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

Chapter 448: Xiantian Pure Yang Gong

Penglai Fairy Island, overseas sea area.

The sea breeze is howling and the waves are surging.

At this time, the members of the Heavenly Court's Catching Team were concentrating on catching turtles in the turbulent waves.

The divine mastiff was as agile as lightning, shuttling between the waves. Its roar was deafening, frightening the golden turtles.

The iron-backed goshawk soared above the clouds, staring at the ground below with sharp eyes like a falcon. Once the golden turtles showed the slightest flaw, it would swoop down like an arrow and pounce on the golden turtles.

In the sky, the heavenly soldiers and generals held strong bows and crossbows, and arrows rained down like rain, making sharp sounds of breaking through the air, shooting towards the golden turtle in the sea.

Although the golden turtle in the sea is huge and powerful, it has to flee everywhere under the dragnet-like pursuit.

Sometimes they dive into the deep sea, trying to avoid the deadly attack; sometimes they surface and spray huge columns of water, trying to disperse the encirclement team.

However, would the heavenly soldiers and generals of the "Heavenly Turtle Catching Team" let them go easily?
The heavenly soldiers and generals, armed with harpoons and large nets, went into the sea to catch giant turtles, cooperating in perfect harmony and with great momentum.

Xiao Chen and Princess Wansheng worked together to capture a few more golden turtles.

After capturing the Golden Turtle, Xiao Chen and Princess Wansheng brought their spoils to the Gongcao official to register their military achievements.

As the Gongcao official recorded every stroke, Xiao Chen's accumulated Tianlu points instantly broke through the 10,000 mark, which meant that he had met the conditions required for promotion to a Golden Armor Heavenly Soldier.

If Yang Guoshan's identity could get him a good ranking in the upcoming "Heavenly Soldiers Martial Arts Conference".

With sufficient qualifications and strength, it is a foregone conclusion that Yang Guoshan will be promoted to the Golden Armored Heavenly Soldier.

The golden-armored heavenly soldiers are the elite among the heavenly soldiers and the highest level of heavenly soldiers.

Once promoted to Golden Armored Heavenly Soldier, Xiao Chen's activity area in Heaven will be greatly expanded, and he can even lead Silver Armored Heavenly Soldier to carry out missions.

He is also qualified to carry out tasks in some important places in the Heavenly Palace, not just doing odd jobs every day.

"Thirty-three Heavens, Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum..."

In this way, Xiao Chen thought to himself that after he was promoted to a golden-armored heavenly soldier, he could take Princess Halloween with him to the Thirty-three Heavens to investigate the movements of the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum.

In the original plot, about a thousand years later, the Lord of the All Saints Palace secretly broke into the Lingxiao Palace in Daluo Heaven and stole the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum from the Queen Mother.

From this, it can be inferred that the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum is most likely hidden in front of the Lingxiao Palace.

"General Rolling Curtain..."

"In front of Lingxiao Palace, I call myself the Supreme..."

Xiao Chen stood at the edge of the crowd, his eyes cast towards the general who was surrounded in the center.

I saw the general who rolled up the curtain wearing golden armor and holding a magic staff to subdue demons. He was sitting on a blue stone, surrounded by heavenly soldiers.

Xiao Chen knew very well that if he could be transferred under General Juanlian and go to guard near the Lingxiao Palace, that would undoubtedly be the place closest to the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum, which would be of great help to his plan.

"General Juanlian, this is a little specialty of mine. It is a thousand-year-old spiritual fruit I picked from a tree. I hope you don't mind..."

A thin heavenly soldier, with a big smile on his face, held an exquisite jade box in both hands and handed it to the general who rolled up the curtain.

"General Juanlian, I have a problem with my cultivation that has been bothering me. I would like to ask you for advice..."

The other heavenly soldier looked anxious, his eyes full of anticipation.

At this time, the general who rolled up the curtain was surrounded by circles of heavenly soldiers. They either smiled flatteringly or diligently handed over fairy fruits and spiritual tea, all of them wanting to please this imperial attendant.

"Come, let me explain this cultivation problem to you..."

General Juanlian has always been arrogant towards the immortal officials in heaven, but he is quite nice to these grassroots heavenly soldiers.

It can be said that: "The immortal officials are light, and the soldiers are heavy."

General Juanlian had a kind attitude, a faint smile on his face, and sat on the ground, explaining the problems of cultivation to these heavenly soldiers one by one.

After all, he, General Juanlian, was not a disciple of the Three Pure Ones. He also climbed up step by step from a cultivator in the lower realm.

He was born with a strong spirit and had traveled across the world. He was famous for his heroism and a role model for heroes. He could travel anywhere in the world and go anywhere in the world... He had practiced hard for many years and experienced countless hardships and difficulties, and had acquired a good skill.

After ascending to heaven, General Juanlian worked his way up among the many heavenly soldiers and generals, and caught the eye of the Jade Emperor with his hard work and talent.

First of all, his abilities were indeed good, and he was among the best among the generals in Heaven.

Secondly, the General Curtain-Pulling is a close attendant to the Emperor and often serves before the Jade Emperor, so his background must be clean.

Most of the celestial generals in heaven were disciples of the Three Pure Ones, and were those who died in the Conferred Gods Battle.

Although these heavenly generals are under the command of the Jade Emperor, they are not his confidants.

The Heavenly Palace has the "imperial power" of the Jade Emperor and the "religious power" of the Three Pure Ones.

Compared with the "imperial power" of the Jade Emperor, these heavenly generals may be more loyal to the "religious power" of the Three Pure Ones.

But he is not like that. He is of ordinary birth and has no background. He is loyal to the Jade Emperor and is deeply trusted by him.

Thirdly, he has a natural magical power called "Body of Quicksand".

Once this magical power was used, his body became like quicksand, seemingly soft but actually extremely hard, with a strong self-healing ability.

Although his "body of quicksand" is not as invulnerable to swords and spears as Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun's "Eight-Nine Mysterious Skills", he can still survive being pierced by hundreds of swords in the chest.

Even the ordinary Golden Immortal does not have a physical body as strong as his.

If anything unexpected happens, he can block the knife for the Jade Emperor at the critical moment.

……

Xiao Chen watched General Juanlian patiently answering questions for the heavenly soldiers, and he also moved closer, hoping to make himself familiar to the general.

The heavenly soldiers pushed and shoved each other, and the team moved forward very slowly.

After a lot of effort, it was Xiao Chen's turn.

"General Juanlian, I am Yang Guoshan from the Fighting Department. I have always admired your reputation."

"I heard that there are many talented people under your command, and I am yearning to be one of them. I wonder if you can give me a chance to serve under you?"

Each heavenly soldier had little time, so Xiao Chen didn't waste any words and directly stated his purpose.

"Doubu, Yang Guoshan?"

The general in charge of the curtain raised his head and looked at Xiao Chen.

He had some impression of this heavenly soldier. Although this heavenly soldier was only a true immortal, his skills were quite good.

During the previous process of catching giant turtles, Yang Guoshan's performance was quite impressive.

It often takes a lot of effort for other heavenly soldiers to deal with a golden turtle, and it is easy for them to tear the body of the golden turtle into pieces.

But Yang Guoshan could often defeat a golden turtle with just a few strikes without causing too much damage to the golden turtle's body. He really had some skills.

General Juanlian glanced at Xiao Chen, and suddenly felt a desire to appreciate his talent, so he asked casually:
"Which department of the Doubu are you from?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen quickly replied:

"I am from the Doubu Twenty-Eight Mansions Division."

General Juanlian nodded slightly and said:

"Okay, Yang Guoshan, I will remember you."

"However, I have always been strict in recruiting people under my command. The Silver-Armored Heavenly Soldiers are not qualified to follow me."

"Let's talk about it after you become a golden-armored heavenly soldier."

He is the general who pulls up the curtain, the general who guards the sky and the crimson palace, and the imperial attendant of Jiuxiao Yushu.

There are few people in the Heavenly Palace who do not give face to the General of the Curtain.

He went to the Twenty-Eight Mansions to ask for a heavenly soldier, it was just a matter of words.

"Thank you very much, General Juanlian."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen was overjoyed and immediately bowed and saluted.

Xiao Chen secretly calculated in his heart:

"If we can really deploy him to General Juanlian's command, then the plan to steal the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum will undoubtedly be much simpler."

After all, in the original plot, Princess Halloween stole the Nine-Leaf Ganoderma Lucidum, and the accomplice was most likely General Juanlian and Marshal Tianpeng.

With this relationship, it will be much easier for him to act.

"Okay, back off."

General Juanlian looked indifferent and waved his hand casually, signaling Xiao Chen to leave.

In his eyes, there are too many heavenly soldiers who try their best to please him every day. An ordinary heavenly soldier is not worth his attention.

……

After finishing today's catching mission.

General Juanlian put away the "Sea Mirror" and stood alone on a mountain top on the Penglai Fairy Island.

The waves, with a salty smell, hit the rugged rocks of Penglai Island one after another, splashing layers of snow-white waves.

General Juanlian, dressed in a red battle robe, stood firmly on the top of the mountain amid the whistling wind.

General Juanlian looked towards the Immortal Mountain of the Abbot, then slowly stretched out his hand and gently stroked the "Haotian Mirror" in the "Sumeru Universe Bag".

When he came to Penglai Island, he specially brought two mirrors with him.

One is the "sea mirror", which can be used to explore the sea area and catch golden turtles, and plays a great role in the task of catching golden turtles.

The second is the "Haotian Mirror", which is an innate spiritual treasure that has the effect of seeing through the three realms and is extremely powerful. He hid it in the "Sumeru Qiankun Bag" to catch adultery. However, Emperor Donghua's cultivation is not ordinary.

It would be inconvenient for him to take out the "Haotian Mirror" all the time to investigate Emperor Donghua, so as to avoid being noticed by Emperor Donghua.

He had been waiting for a signal, a signal from the Moon God.

Only after receiving this signal can he determine the next action plan and maximize the effect of the Haotian Mirror.

……

Fangzhang Immortal Mountain.

Inside the Taiyuan Palace, smoke curled up into the air, and the air was filled with auspicious aura.

Emperor Donghua was sitting cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, practicing the "Innate Pure Yang Gong".

The innate pure yang energy around him was like a dragon rising from the abyss, and the hot breath surged as if it would turn the entire palace into a furnace.

As the pure yang energy flowed, it shone brightly, yet also carried a heart-pounding violence, making the air in the palace seem to be ignited and filled with a burning breath.

"Um……"

Emperor Donghua's face turned red, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and his body became increasingly hot and unbearable, as if countless flames were raging in his body.

Duke Dong has the strength of a quasi-saint and is feared throughout the three realms.

Later, during a fierce battle with Donghuang Taiyi, Dong Wanggong was injured by the "Chaos Bell", and his Yang origin was severely damaged.

As time passed, by the time of Emperor Donghua's generation, although he had already cultivated to the realm of Daluo Jinxian, he was still some distance away from restoring the heyday of Duke Dongwang.

Although he, Emperor Donghua, is the orthodox of the heavenly realm, it is difficult for him to compete for the position of the Golden Immortal in this heavenly realm full of powerful people, and it is also difficult for him to intimidate the other immortals.

This "Innate Pure Yang Kung Fu" is extremely powerful. If practiced to a deep level, it can burn mountains and boil seas, move mountains and fill the sea.

However, everything in the world requires a balance between yin and yang. Yang cannot exist alone, and excessive yang will easily break.

Although this technique is powerful, it has a fatal flaw - "positive pole backlash".

This disaster of "positive pole backlash" is like the fire poison hidden in the source of extreme yang, which is difficult to resolve.

Just as there is the sun and the moon in the world, the mutual generation and restraint of yin and yang can maintain the balance of heaven and earth.

When practicing to the critical point, if yin and yang cannot be harmonized in time, the pure yang energy will be like a wild horse that has broken free from its reins, rushing wildly in the body.

At that time, the yang fire will burn the body, and both the flesh and soul will be burned to ashes by this scorching pure yang energy, resulting in the soul being torn apart.

At this moment, Emperor Donghua is facing this thorny problem.

Alone yang cannot exist; it needs the harmony of yin energy so that yin and yang can complement each other and reach the realm of great way.

The King of the East has the Queen Mother of the West.

But he, Emperor Donghua, has no empress.

There's no way around it.

Unless he gives up the practice of "Innate Pure Yang Gong", abandons the "Pure Yang Way", and turns to practice other exercises.

But how could he easily give up the magical skills he had practiced for many years?
What's more, this "Innate Pure Yang Kung Fu" is the top-level Kung Fu in the Three Realms and is also the Kung Fu that best suits him.

As the saying goes: "A little lack of patience can ruin a great plan."

Emperor Donghua has his own ideas in mind.

When he regains the strength of Dong Wanggong, he will compete for the position of Emperor of Heaven and "confer the title of Queen Mother".

By then, he would no longer need to be so tolerant and restrained.

Emperor Donghua thought about it and looked up at the sky. It was still daytime, and the sun was shining on the earth, making it bright.

Normally, he would choose to practice dual cultivation at night to regulate the excessive yang energy in his body.

After all, the night is filled with yin energy.

Today, he wants to do the opposite.

In broad daylight, no one would be able to notice his actions.

Then, Emperor Donghua stood up and walked into the imperial garden of Fangzhang Fairy Mountain.

In the imperial garden, the peonies were vying for beauty, in all their splendor and splendor, so beautiful that it was beyond words.

Emperor Donghua waved his hand, a green light flashed across, and the peonies suddenly became sickly.

Subsequently.

Emperor Donghua waved his sleeves, a golden light flashed, and a jade slip with golden handwriting appeared before his eyes.

Emperor Donghua summoned Dongfang Shuo, handed him the invitation, and said:
"For some reason, the peonies in my garden have recently been plagued by diseases. The flowers have withered, the branches and leaves have fallen, just like a beautiful woman in her old age. It's a pity."

"Go to heaven and invite the Peony Fairy to come and help me look after the peonies. The Peony Fairy is well versed in flowers and trees, and will surely be able to bring back spring."

Dongfang Shuo heard this and nodded quickly:
"Emperor, I understand. I will definitely live up to your trust and invite Fairy Peony to come."

Then, Dongfang Shuo, holding the handwritten letter from Emperor Donghua, turned into a stream of light and rushed towards the heaven, his figure gradually disappearing in the clouds.

……

The Red Luan Star God is in charge of the "Marriage Book" and can sense the fluctuations of emotional calamities in the three realms.

This "marriage book" is by no means comparable to the red thread book held in the hands of an ordinary matchmaker.

The red line book is just an ordinary thing and can be perceived by ordinary immortals.

This "Marriage Book" was carefully refined by the Queen Mother using the fragments of the "Kunlun Mirror". It was specially designed to monitor the emotional changes of the upper-level immortals. It was intended to prevent the high-level officials of the Heavenly Court from disrupting the rules of Heaven due to personal relationships and to maintain the stability of the order of the Three Realms.

This treasure is a secret treasure of the Heavenly Palace, used for secretly monitoring the upper immortals, so naturally it has not been made public yet.

Therefore, in heaven, no god knows about the existence of this treasure.

……

The daytime in heaven is different from that on earth.

In the human world, we can only see the sun during the day, and the moon appears in the sky when night falls.

But the heaven is different.

In the heavens, the sun and the moon coexist, and the stars in the sky are suspended like chess pieces.

Even in the daytime, the sun, the moon, and the stars can be seen.

It is not the difference of the sun and the moon appearing and disappearing, but the mystery of their movement.

During the day, the sun travels across the sky, its light as bright as fire, illuminating the entire sky.

At this time, the Sun Star has the upper hand and sunlight is dominant.

But the moon still exists, just that its moonlight is a little dimmer.

The stars in the sky also each keep their positions, some bright, some dark, like chess pieces in the sky, secretly matching the number of the celestial body.

If viewed with human eyes, the sun may seem dazzling and the moon dim.

However, in the eyes of immortals, this is a wonderful realm where "yin and yang complement each other, and the stars and the moon shine together."

Even in the daytime, one can glimpse the moon's radiance as if lightly shrouded by a veil, the stars' faint glow as if flying fireflies, and all things in the heaven and earth bathed in the starlight.

……

Lunar star.

In the Taiyin Palace.

The Moon God was sitting upright on a cloud couch, his figure graceful yet revealing endless majesty, his silver hair cascading down on his shoulders like a waterfall, adding a touch of coolness and otherworldliness to him.

At this moment, she was closing her eyes, concentrating, regulating her breathing and cultivating her nature, immersing herself wholeheartedly in the vast and boundless energy of the Moon, becoming one with this cold star.

The bright moonlight poured down from the moon, onto the jade buildings in heaven, and onto the exotic flowers and plants in heaven...

Inside the Taiyin Palace.

The light of the lunar star flows in the hall like lively threads, interweaving and entwining with each other, quietly weaving a secret and magnificent map of the celestial stars.

Sudden.

The tightly closed eyes of Taiyin Star Lord suddenly opened, and his pupils turned into dazzling silver-white, like two bright moons hanging in the night sky.

The Taiyin mark on the Taiyin Star Lord's forehead suddenly lit up, shining brightly, illuminating the entire Taiyin Palace and making it tremble.

"The moon in the water is a mirror in the moon. The moon reflects all the rivers, the real and the unreal reflect each other."

She flicked her bare hands, the light of the lunar star flowed through her fingertips, and the star map suddenly turned into an incomparably clear moonlit water mirror.

In the water mirror, the scene is as hazy yet real as the moon in the water, as if the entire world is condensed in this small mirror.

Through the water mirror, every detail near the peony garden is clearly visible.

The gorgeous peony flowers swayed gently in the breeze, with crystal dewdrops on the petals, as if the tears of a beauty.

On the winding path, several figures could be vaguely seen walking.

Taiyin Xingjun smiled and said:

"After waiting for so many days, Emperor Donghua finally couldn't hold back any longer."

(End of this chapter)