Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 421 Nantianmen

The army passes like a comb, and the bandits pass like a comb.

Sometimes, there is actually no difference between soldiers and robbers.

When thieves and bandits come, they just steal valuable things and don’t take the worthless things at all. The common people can barely survive after being robbed.

In ancient times, when soldiers and officers suppressed bandits, they were actually more harmful than bandits and robbers. First of all, they had to pay the legal reward fees, which they could not avoid.

Sometimes, the officers and soldiers just picked grass and hunted rabbits. In the name of suppressing bandits, sometimes they just let the soldiers plunder, and the common people dared not speak out despite their anger.

Some officers and soldiers even killed ordinary people in order to gain merit and receive rewards, and falsely reported that they had "merited in suppressing bandits."

At this moment.

A group of heavenly soldiers and generals wreaked havoc in Qingjiang County like a swarm of locusts, burning, killing, looting, digging up graves and slaughtering the mountains, doing whatever they wanted, leaving the land in a mess.

The Qingjiang River in Qingjiang County, which was originally long and wide with rippling blue waves, suffered a devastating disaster in the war.

The flames of the heavenly soldiers and generals raged like mad dragons, burning the river water to a boiling point and almost boiling it dry.

For a time, the river was cut off and the water level dropped sharply.

The once magnificent Qingjiang River has now almost become a trickling stream. The former majestic waves and the oneness of water and sky are no longer there, leaving only the cracked riverbed and charred land.

Tiankuixing stood on a high place, his brows furrowed, and his eyes revealed a look of worry.

He thought to himself:

"If the living beings here ask in the future why there is no river in Qingjiang County, how should we answer? Wouldn't it be extremely embarrassing?"

"If this matter gets out, it will greatly damage the reputation of us, the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Evil Stars and Gods."

"After all, we are gods in heaven, how can we leave such a bad reputation?"

After all, the people of Qingjiang County would certainly worship them, the star gods, in the future. If they knew that they had set fire, killed people, dug up graves, and destroyed the mountains, and even burned the river.

Wouldn't that be a disservice to the scenery and undermine the dignity of the general?

Isn’t this beautiful?

Wouldn't this affect their offerings of incense?

How can this work!

We should cut the grass and remove the roots!
Tian Kuixing pondered for a moment, and had a plan in mind:

"Why not completely erase the name of Qingjiang County to prevent future troubles?"

Tiankuixing summoned the new mountain god, land god and water god of Qingjiang County, and his eyes revealed an unquestionable majesty.

He opened his mouth slowly and instructed the mountain god and the land god:

"The river is turbulent and prone to giving birth to dragons and fierce beasts. It is indeed an ominous sign."

"A river is a long and steady stream, and its water resources bring prosperity to a country. It has a long and deep source, and is a sign of good fortune."

"Why not change the name of Qingjiang County to Qinghe County?"

"In this way, there will be fewer evil incidents in the future, and the people will be able to live and work in peace."

Upon hearing this, the mountain god and the land god were unwilling in their hearts, but how could they dare to disobey the order of Tiankuixing?

They said respectfully:
"I will follow the orders of the Star Lord."

When Jiang Shen of Qingjiang County heard this, he felt mixed emotions and wanted to cry but had no tears.

He sighed secretly, he was supposed to be in charge of a mighty river, but now he has become a river god, in charge of a small stream.

At this time.

Tiankuixing saw that the River God of Qingjiang County did not speak.

Tian Kuixing frowned and looked at the Jiangshen of Qingjiang County. He threw away his blood-red official robe and spoke in a very frightening tone:
"Well, Qinghe County's 'River God', what do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, the River God of Qingjiang County was startled. Although he was extremely unhappy, how could he, a small water god from the lower world, dare to go against the Star God in the center of Heaven?

If this Tian Kuixing says a few words about me in the Water Department of Heaven and makes things difficult for me, how can I end up well?

Then, the river god of Qingjiang County bowed respectfully and said:

"I will follow the orders of the Star Lord and do my best to ensure the peace and prosperity of Qinghe County."

"Um……"

Tiankuixing nodded with satisfaction.

He thought that Qinghe County would be his place of worship in the future, and he would need to maintain good relations with the mountain gods and the land, so he softened his tone and said:

"Then it's hard work for you."

The Jiang God of Qingjiang County wiped his sweat and said quickly:

"I dare not, I dare not. It is my honor to serve the Star Lord."

From then on, he changed from a river god to a river god. Although he was unwilling, he could only accept it silently.

"The peace and prosperity of Qinghe County... is the responsibility of us, the Star Gods."

Tian Kuixing groaned and said:

"If the people of Qinghe County worship us devoutly..."

"Naturally, we must ensure that the weather is good and the country prospers with water resources."

"If they are not pious enough..."

"do you understand?"

When Tiankuixing said this, a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes as he looked at the river god of Qinghe County.

The river god of Qinghe County was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Tiankuixing's cold eyes and said quickly:

"I understand, I understand."

Some words, if only to the point, will speak for themselves.

It would be bad if you said it out loud.

Upon hearing this, Tian Kuixing nodded with satisfaction, patted the river god of Qinghe County on the shoulder, and said earnestly:

"Thank you for your hard work. If there is a vacancy in the Water Department of the Heavenly Court, I will definitely recommend you."

Upon hearing this, the river god of Qinghe County's eyes flashed with joy.

Local officials, who doesn't want to enter the central department of Heaven? That is the center of power in Heaven.

Who doesn’t want to make progress?
The river god of Qinghe County was overjoyed and said:

"Then I'll leave it to you, Star Lord. I will do my best to live up to your high expectations."

"Hahaha……"

"Hahaha……"

Several gods smiled at each other, and everything was said without words.

In the Heavenly Palace, everyone pays attention to factions and helping each other.

You help me and I help you, that's right.

This is the way to survive in heaven.

……

Although Xiao Chen concealed his breath, his six senses were still there.

As a Taiyi Golden Immortal, his six senses are naturally extremely sharp.

Hearing this, Xiao Chen thought to himself:
"Qinghe County, isn't that the place where Tianshangxing was reincarnated and where Wu Song was born?"

……

After Tiankuixing completed all this, he casually swung his blood-red official robe and strode towards the camp of Tiangang Disha with big strides.

With a satisfied smile on his face, he said loudly:

"Brothers, let's go back to heaven."

Upon hearing this, all the local gods bowed and saluted, saying in unison:

"Respectfully send off all the Star Lords back home!"

……

Until that day, Kuixing stepped on auspicious clouds, gradually going farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the sky.

The river god of Qinghe County dared to turn his gaze to the devastated Qingjiang County, and could not help but curse inwardly:

"What's the difference between a star god in the sky and a bunch of evil bandits passing through and eating people without leaving any bones?"

After all, these heavenly soldiers and generals are only responsible for suppressing monsters and not for dealing with the aftermath.

After burning, killing, looting and plundering, these heavenly soldiers and generals returned to heaven in a leisurely manner.

And this devastated land, but these environmental restoration works... all this mess will eventually fall on the heads of these local gods of the mountains, land and other places.

This fire completely burned Qinghe County into a scorched earth.

I don’t know how many years it will take for Qinghe County to recover.

……

Somewhere in a deep cave.

After the heavenly soldiers and generals had finished burning, killing and looting, they left in a mighty force.

"Duoduo, let's go back."

The Monkey King came out with the golden gourd Duoduo.

The Monkey King glanced at Qinghe County, which had been reduced to scorched earth, and couldn't help feeling a sense of emotion.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, suddenly, his ears moved slightly, as if he had detected something unusual.

"Ok?"

The Monkey King frowned slightly. His pair of sharp ears could detect and identify things. If he stood in one place, he could know what was happening a thousand miles away.

The words of ordinary people are even less worth mentioning.

Any disturbance in the entire Qinghe County could not escape his sharp ears.

The Monkey King discovered something unusual and in a flash he turned into a gust of wind and floated away somewhere.

"This is..." He reached out and gently picked up an extremely tiny piece of the plague pill fragment.

This life plague pill is the essence of Huang Binghu's illness and contains a bit of Huang Binghu's true spirit.

Now, this life-threatening plague pill has exploded, and Huang Binghu is naturally dead.

However, if this fragment of the innate demon pill is nourished by the beauty of nature, the essence of the sun and the moon for a long time, it may be able to give birth to another "demon cell".

The Monkey King stared at the fragment of the demon pill in his hand, sighed softly, and said:
"Let's leave a little fire for the tiger tribe in Liyang Guiyu."

If there was no other important matter at hand, he, the Monkey King, would definitely come to help in such an anti-Heaven event.

However, if we use this demon pill as a seed and plant a little bit of the tiger clan fire in the 600-li Liyang Guiyu, perhaps one day, another tiger clan demon hero will grow up and cause some trouble for the Heavenly Court.

Kill some more heavenly soldiers and generals.

Why wouldn’t the Monkey King enjoy doing such an interesting thing?

"Hey hey hey..."

Thinking of this, the Monkey King could not help but chuckle, feeling secretly proud in his heart, then he took the golden gourd and turned into wind and escaped.

In the air, the Monkey King was leisurely and contented. He turned his eyes and saw that not far from "Qinghe County" there was a county called "Yanggu County".

The Monkey King flew over Yanggu County and saw a towering mountain with such abundant spiritual energy that it was breathtaking.

Among the hills, longevity deer and fairy foxes are running around and playing, and magical birds such as black cranes are dancing on the trees. What a lively picture.

The rare grasses and flowers bloom all year round, and the green pines and cypresses are evergreen all year round, adding a touch of fairy air to this hill.

The roar of tigers is often heard in the mountains, shaking the forests; the cry of white apes is also often seen in the forests, which is crisp and pleasant. Such strange phenomena make it clear that this place is extraordinary and must be a place where spiritual energy gathers.

"What a beautiful hill!"

The Monkey King could not help but exclaimed:
“It’s a perfect place for tigers to survive and reproduce.”

An idea suddenly occurred to him, and he immediately took out the fragment of the yellow sick tiger's demon pill and buried it deep in a stone on the top of the hill.

The stone is nourished by the beauty of nature, the essence of the sun and the moon, and it will surely allow the fragments of the demon pill to give birth to new life.

"Since the sick yellow tiger is dead, the disease will naturally be cured."

"The aura of his illness also dissipated between heaven and earth."

"Destruction leads to creation, this is the law of the cycle of nature."

“If given enough time, the fragment of the Yellow Sick Tiger Demon Pill will definitely give birth to an extremely strong and powerful tiger.”

The Monkey King predicted with a smile.

Afterwards, the Monkey King took the golden gourd Duoduo and went to Uttarakuru.

When leaving, the Monkey King also did not forget to find out the name of the hill so that he could pay attention to it in the future.

It turns out that this hill is named "Jingyang Hill".

……

"Jingyanggang, what a good name!"

The Monkey King muttered to himself, then turned into a gust of breeze and disappeared into the sky.

One day, a fierce tiger will rise up on Jingyang Ridge and write a new chapter for the tiger clan of Liyang Guiyu.

……

Before chaos was separated, heaven and earth were in a mess, vast and boundless, and no one could see its true appearance.

Ever since the great god Pangu split the chaos with his axe, heaven and earth began to separate, the clear and the turbid were distinguished, and all things came into being.

From then on, chaos began to separate, the light and clear air rose to become the sky, while the heavy and turbid air sank to become the earth.

To put it simply, the sky is a mass of light and clear air.

The sky is a mass of light and pure air, which is light and ethereal, but supports the majestic and magnificent "Yaotian Palace".
This Yaotian Palace is what people in the world call the "Heavenly Palace".

……

The location of today's Heavenly Palace is different from that of the ancient Demon Palace.

The sky is nothing but a mass of pure air, a light and pure air, very light. How can it bear the weight of the numerous and complicated Yaotian Palaces and the entire heavenly realm?

Therefore, the sky needs the existence of the "pillar of heaven". The sky needs the pillar of heaven to hold up the heaven so that the heaven has support.

In other words: the heaven must be built on the pillars of heaven.

The earth carries all things, and with its thickness, it bears the weight of the heavens.

Therefore, if the pillars of heaven are damaged, the heavens will collapse like a house without its support.

There is no other reason. The sky is nothing but a mass of clear air, a light and pure air, very light. Without the support of the pillar of heaven, it would be difficult to bear the weight of the world.

So, in fact, there is such a thing as pure air being noble and turbid air being lowly... To put it bluntly, it is just that when the house is built, the people who live in it forget to lay the foundation.

The heavy and turbid air is the foundation for the light and clear air. Without the heavy and turbid air, the earth would not exist, and how could the sky exist?

In ancient times, there was only one pillar in the world, and that was Mount Buzhou.

Therefore, the ancient demon court could only be built on the pillar of heaven, Mount Buzhou.

But it's different now.

During the war between wizards and liches, the pillar of heaven, Mount Buzhou, was broken.

Afterwards, Nuwa beheaded the black turtle in the North Sea, took its four legs, and placed them at the east, west, south, and north poles, turning them into four new pillars of heaven.

These four pillars of heaven stand on the four major continents: Dongshengshenzhou, Xiniuhezhou, Nanshanbuzhou and Beijuluzhou.

There are now four pillars in the prehistoric world.

Therefore, when the heaven was later established, there were four places to choose from.

Uttarakuru is a den of evildoers.

Xiniu Hezhou is the territory and base camp of the Western Religion.

These two places are not suitable for the Heavenly Court.

Finally, between the East Pillar of Heaven and the South Pillar of Heaven, the Heavenly Court finally chose to build the new Heavenly Court on the East Pillar of Heaven in Dongsheng Shenzhou.

There is no other reason, it is impossible to eliminate all the demons.

If there were really no demons in the world, what would be the use of gods?

Governing the Three Realms is like managing a fish pond. The demons are the fish on the chopping board. Once they are fat and tender, it is time to harvest them.

In the Southern Continent, the human race flourished and was the main source of offerings from the heavenly beings. The heavenly beings would often fight against demons here, with wars raging and smoke rising everywhere.

Not very stable.

Therefore, the Heavenly Palace was finally built on the Dongtian Pillar in Dongsheng Shenzhou.

In other words, the Heavenly Palace is above the Dongsheng Shenzhou.

Therefore, among the four poles of east, west, south and north, the east is the most respected, and this pattern was thus established.

From then on, the East Palace became the main palace.

In this world, the head of princes is called the "Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace", the head of concubines is called the "Empress of the Eastern Palace", and the master is called the "Dong Jia"...all of these come from this.

In addition, in order to supervise the three realms, the Heavenly Court also set up four gates in the east, west, south and north, which lead directly to the four continents.
Nantianmen is the main passage for the gods to return to heaven from the mortal world.

……

Kangjin Star Lord, Tiankuixing, Dikuixing and other gods, riding on auspicious clouds, led the mighty heavenly soldiers and generals, soared into the sky, and finally arrived in front of the majestic South Gate of Heaven.

This was Xiao Chen's first time in heaven. He was among the heavenly soldiers. Looking around, he saw the South Gate of Heaven. It was dark green and made of colored glaze; it was bright and made of precious jade...

"I see……"

"The blue sky is what this scene is for."

Xiao Chen suddenly realized what was happening.

There are actually many different opinions on heaven, including thirty-three heavens, thirty-six heavens, and nine heavens...

But the sky has actually always been the same sky. It’s just that people call it and understand it differently. It depends on how you call it and how you count it.

The lowest layer of the sky is naturally closest to the human world, with thin clouds and mist, allowing one to glimpse the human world.

Conversely, people on earth can also look up to the sky.

The building materials of this lowest layer of sky are mainly blue colored glaze, so it looks dark green.

Therefore, when the weather is clear and the clouds are thin, people in the lower world look up and see the blue sky, because the lowest level buildings in heaven are blue.

The mortals in the lower world have no idea of ​​the infinite mysteries of the heavenly world, so they naively think that the sky is blue, which is why it is called “blue sky”.

Little do they know that this "sky blue" is just the color reflected by the lowest level buildings in heaven.

Although Xiao Chen has not yet officially stepped into the heavenly realm, he can already glimpse the endless splendor of the heavenly realm through the magnificent gate of the South Gate of Heaven.

I saw thousands of golden lights rolling red neon and thousands of auspicious auras emitting purple mist. It was really an auspicious atmosphere.

Outside the Nantian Gate, dozens of Zhentian Marshals stood tall, leaning against the beams and pillars, holding swords and flags, looking majestic and imposing.

Hundreds of golden-armored heavenly soldiers lined up all around, holding spears and whips, holding knives and swords, looking heroic.

On the inner wall of Tianmen, several huge pillars stand tall, with red-bearded dragons with golden scales shining in the sun entwined on the pillars.

A long bridge spans across, with a red-crowned phoenix with colorful feathers hovering above it. The bright clouds reflect the sky, and the green mist covers the mouth of the bridge, which is a beautiful sight.

Outside some palaces, there are rows of jade unicorns guarding them. They have different shapes and are very majestic.

Famous flowers that never fade for thousands of years, auspicious herbs that are evergreen for tens of millions of years, winding coral trees...the things in heaven are rare, countless, and can be found everywhere, making it a feast for the eyes.

It is true: "There are all kinds of strange things in heaven, but there is nothing like it in the world!"

"In the beginning, we asked the father of the Jiao Demon King to take care of this pillar, but he was unwilling..."

Xiao Chen looked at the golden dragon coiled on the pillar, feeling filled with emotion.

Xiao Chen noticed that the person guarding the South Gate of Heaven today was also an old acquaintance.

The leader is the King of Growth among the Four Heavenly Kings.

In addition, there were also the generals of the Thunder Department, including Pang, Liu, Gou, Bi, Deng, Xin, Zhang, and Tao, whom he had fought before.
The God of Wealth, the dragon-tiger "Xuantan Zhenjun Zhao Gongming".

That is, Marshal Zhao is also there.

(End of this chapter)