Chapter 125 Great Sage, you have a criminal record!
Mount Hua.
The world is full of perilous places.
Su Bai's cave dwelling is located in a treacherous place on Mount Hua.
It is virtually impossible for ordinary people to enter this cave.
This allows the kittens in the cave to avoid many disturbances from demons and monsters.
Although this is the location of Yang Chan's temple, it is impossible for her to take care of every corner of Mount Hua.
Inevitably, there will be a few minor demons or evil spirits hiding in some dark corner.
During Su Bai's absence, the kittens in the cave also tried their best to cultivate.
But cats' thoughts are always a bit different from other living beings; they are hardly interested in cultivation.
This meant that they were essentially powerless to retaliate when facing attacks from the Heavenly Court.
But precisely because of this, the heavenly soldiers and generals who came to besiege the cat demon's lair were somewhat speechless.
After entering the cave, the heavenly soldiers did not find any cat demons that had already taken human form.
Although the local mountain god and earth god reported that this place was a cat demon's den, after entering and exploring it closely, what the heavenly soldiers saw and what the mountain god and earth god saw were completely different.
If you were to say it's a den of cat demons, that would be absolutely true.
But once inside the cave, all they saw were a group of cats, some fast asleep, others playfully frolicking and laughing.
This is completely inconsistent with what the mountain god and local earth god said: that this place is teeming with cat demons and filled with demonic energy.
Fortunately, Yang Chan returned in time, which made them give up their idea of destroying the place.
……
As soon as Su Bai entered the cave, all the cats instinctively began to hiss at him.
However, after recognizing Su Bai, they all consciously exposed their bellies.
However, compared to Su Bai, they were clearly closer to Yang Chan.
After all these years in this cave, Yang Chan was the only one who took the best care of them.
Looking at the group of cats and their offspring, Su Bai couldn't help but sigh deeply.
In fact, he had considered taking these cats and their offspring back to the void where he was.
But after thinking about it carefully, Su Bai gave up the idea.
Leaving aside whether they could even get inside, the sheer number of demonic beasts in the Endless Mountains was enough to terrify these little cats.
Of course, the most important point is that the place might not be big enough to accommodate these kittens.
In the past few days, Su Bai did not rush to leave, but stayed in the cave for a while.
Of course, he also taught some of his skills to the one among the cats who seemed the smartest.
In fact, Su Bai hadn't thought about what kind of beings they would become in the future, but being able to live a few more days would be good.
As for rushing into the underworld and tearing up the Book of Life and Death, he had never even considered it.
The growth of all things follows its own laws, and not everyone can easily rush into the underworld like Sun Wukong and cross out the names of all the monkeys on Flower Fruit Mountain.
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On this day, Su Bai returned to the Goddess Temple from his cave.
Yang Jian and Nezha had already left long ago.
Inside the temple, only Yang Chan sat quietly on the threshold.
Su Bai quickly stepped forward and then jumped into her arms.
"What are you thinking about, junior sister?"
"It's summer now, the season of thunderstorms, but it's just raining without thunder, which is really strange to me."
"It just rains, but there's no thunder, and it always feels like something's missing."
Upon hearing this, Su Bai couldn't help but shrink back.
He couldn't very well say that all those magical artifacts he used to generate lightning were now lying quietly inside his little sword.
"Senior brother, you came down from Heaven a few days ago, didn't you hear anything?"
As she spoke, a hint of a smile flashed in Yang Chan's eyes.
He slightly raised his hand and gently stroked Su Bai's head.
Believe it or not, ever since this little cat senior brother transcended tribulation and became an immortal, his fur has become even softer than before.
"I don't know, I don't know anything," Su Bai said, his eyes darting around.
Yang Chan continued with a smile, "I know you have resentment in your heart, but the world cannot be without thunder."
"Thunder is the subtle movement of Yin and Yang, and the source of all living things, including thunder and rain."
"It also serves to ward off evil spirits and deter evil."
"If the Thunder Department didn't have a treasure for generating thunder, countless lives would perish, and countless demons and evil spirits would roam freely."
"If you've calmed down, senior brother, why don't you return these treasures?"
In fact, Su Bai had been staying in his cave for the past few days, while the people from the Heavenly Court had already come by once.
In order to persuade Su Bai to hand over the Thunder Department's magical treasure, Taibai Jinxing of the Heavenly Court practically wore his lips out with persuasion.
However, this treasure is with Su Bai, not Yang Chan. No matter how much you say, if Su Bai is unwilling to hand it over, there's nothing you can do.
As for the pro-war faction in the Heavenly Court, they could no longer contain their restlessness.
As for the pro-war faction in the Heavenly Court, they could no longer contain their restlessness.
Several times, they called for an attack on Mount Emei.
But those who truly know the truth simply turn a blind eye.
As for their plan to attack Mount Emei, let them go ahead. As long as it's not an attack on that cat, they can just pretend they know nothing.
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Mount Emei.
Sun Wukong also sensed something was amiss these past few days.
Logically speaking, he has now become a Buddha, and Mount Emei belongs to his sacred site.
In this area, neither the Five Directions Protectors nor the Guardians of the Faith would keep a close eye on him as they had in the past.
But recently, he felt that there seemed to be many more eyes on Mount Emei.
And these eyes all seem to have come from the Heavenly Court.
Although the monkey had long since extinguished its restless heart and tamed its wandering thoughts, it could not withstand the Heavenly Court's surveillance.
On this day, the monkey came out of his cave and stood outside. He was wearing a cassock, his hands were clasped together, and he would occasionally look up at the clouds in the sky.
"Why are you gentlemen lingering in front of my old Sun's cave?"
As the monkey's peaceful voice rang out, several heavenly soldiers and generals poked their heads out from the clouds with smiles and said, "Great Sage, don't be angry. We are just following orders."
"Oh? Whose orders are you on?" Sun Wukong's face remained peaceful, but when he grinned, a cold glint flashed in his sharp teeth.
Upon seeing this, several heavenly soldiers couldn't help but shudder and said, "Great Sage, you may not know this, but the Heavenly Court has been robbed these past few days, and many of the Thunder Department's magical treasures have suddenly disappeared."
"The Jade Emperor didn't initially suspect it was you; he only found a peach pit in the palace of the Thunder Ancestor Heavenly Venerable."
As he spoke, the man secretly glanced at Sun Wukong, seemingly trying to find a flaw in his expression.
To his surprise, Sun Wukong remained unmoved, not even a hair on his face twitched.
"Great Sage, please don't be offended. We had no choice."
"Li Tianwang said that the Great Sage's theft of peaches and pills in the Peach Garden is still vivid in his mind. Now that something like this has happened again in the Heavenly Court, it is inevitable that suspicion will arise about the Great Sage, after all, he has a criminal record."
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed in anger.
Okay, okay!
He truly lives up to his title as Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.
If someone else had said these words, he would have just laughed it off, but since they came from Li Jing's mouth, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.