Simultaneous travel: City, infinite evolution

Chapter 449 The Seven Fairy Maidens of the Peach Banquet, Tenfold Jupiter Golden Elixir [Seeking Recommendations and Monthly Tickets]

When the Jade Emperor learned of this, he was furious and wanted to send 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to punish the enemy.

The old man, Taibai Xingjun, advised the Jade Emperor that it was nothing more than an empty title; he should just give him the name but not real power, and that it would be enough to fool that country bumpkin.

The Jade Emperor granted his request, and so Taibai Xingjun descended to the mortal realm to persuade Sun Wukong to surrender.

Because Sun Wukong wandered around the Southern Continent before becoming an apprentice, he picked up a human vice: being obsessed with officialdom.

In the end, he couldn't resist the temptation of becoming an official, accepted the imperial pardon, went to the Heavenly Court, and became the Great Sage Equal to Heaven in name only.

In his spare time, he wandered around, becoming a street monkey, seeking amusement from various immortals and gods, which many of them disliked.

The God of Martial Virtue then slandered Sun Wukong to the Jade Emperor, saying that Sun Wukong wandered around aimlessly every day without any duties to keep him in check, causing chaos in the Heavenly Court and making trouble everywhere.

He has too many connections with gods and immortals; I'm worried he might actually build up his network and cause trouble.

So the Jade Emperor ordered Sun Wukong to go to the Peach Garden to see the peaches.

Sending a monkey to look at peaches is no different from sending a mouse into a rice jar.

Just then, Chen Hong in the underworld finally awoke and fully comprehended the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

They rushed to the Heavenly Court without stopping.

It just so happened that the local earth god was leading Sun Wukong around and introducing them.

But there it was: Blossoms in full bloom, fruit upon fruit on every branch.

Fruit hangs heavy on the branches like brocade balls, and flowers bloom profusely on the tree like clusters of rouge.

It blooms and bears fruit intermittently, ripening over a thousand years; it remains dormant for ten thousand years, without summer or winter.

The ripe ones are flushed and drunken; the unripe ones are green with stems.

Its skin, tinged with green from the mist, reveals its crimson beauty under the sun.

Beneath the tree grow rare and exotic flowers, their colors ever vibrant throughout the four seasons.

The pavilions and buildings on the left and right are often shrouded in clouds and rainbows.

It is not a mortal seed from the Xuandu, but was cultivated by the Queen Mother of the West in Yaochi.

Sun Wukong asked the local earth god, "How many trees are there?"

The landman said, "There are three thousand six hundred trees."

The first 1,200 trees have tiny flowers and small fruits, ripening once every 3,000 years. People who eat them become immortals and attain enlightenment, becoming healthy and light.

The middle 1,200 trees bear layered flowers and sweet fruit, ripening once every 6,000 years. Those who eat them will ascend to heaven and live forever.

The following 1,200 trees bear purple-veined, yellow-kernel fruit, ripening once every nine thousand years. Those who eat them will live as long as heaven and earth, and be as old as the sun and moon.

How could a monkey resist such temptation? Immediately, its eyes darted around, and an idea struck it.

"You all go outside and serve me, let me rest in this pavilion for a while."

The immortals and local deities had no choice but to retreat.

The monkey king took off his crown and put on his clothes, climbed up a big tree, picked ripe peaches, and enjoyed them freely on the branches.

Just as Wukong was about to take a bite and throw away one, wasting food like crazy, he was about to...

Chen Hong finally arrived.

"Junior brother, this is good stuff, don't waste it."

Wukong was startled, and his monkey head trembled.

"Senior brother, what brings you here?"

Chen Hongxian appeared, smiling as he looked at the monkey.

"What? You're going to eat alone? You don't even invite your brother when there's something good to eat."

Wukong scratched his head sheepishly: "Brother, you're joking. Let's eat together, let's eat together."

So, the two of them, like mice falling into a honey pot, began to wreak havoc on the peach orchard.

Start by eating the peaches that ripen only once every three thousand years, and you'll feel healthy and light afterward.

Then he ate the peaches that ripened only once every six thousand years, and indeed he gained immortality and his lifespan greatly increased.

He then ate a purple-veined peach that ripens only once every nine thousand years, greatly increasing his lifespan to the same age as heaven and earth, and the same age as the sun and moon.

The monkey stared in disbelief as Chen Hong devoured large peaches one after another, as if they were small grapes, quickly chewing the juice, swallowing them, and spitting out the peach pits.

His cooking speed was far slower than Chen Hong's.

This is understandable, as Chen Hong not only possesses the physical instincts of the Six Treasures Immortal Thief, but also the devouring talent of Devouring Heaven and Earth, making him a true glutton.

Even the word "dimensional stomach" doesn't do justice to this thing.

Not a single peach was wasted.

Under Chen Hong's virtuous influence of diligence and thrift, the monkey dared not waste any more peaches and obediently ate them all up.

I tried all three levels of peaches.

The entire peach orchard, with its 3,600 peach trees and hundreds of thousands of peaches accumulated over thousands of years, mostly ended up in Chen Hong's stomach.

The remaining two-thirds went into Sun Wukong's stomach, which was so full that he couldn't eat anymore.

Chen Hong had no choice but to keep the remaining third as a collectible, which he could give to his woman and the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain.

In order to be able to grow trees in the cave and sell their own produce, the peaches of immortality can truly be free for life.

Chen Hong collected all the peach pits.

They also cut off one root from each of the three thousand six hundred peach trees to keep for transplanting, in order to prevent the peach pits from deteriorating in quality.

After Chen Hong finished everything, Sun Wukong could no longer bear the peach wine. His face turned red, and he transformed into a two-inch-long person, falling into a deep sleep under the thick leaves at the top of the big tree.

Hearing a woman's soft voice coming from outside the garden, Chen Hong immediately rolled his eyes and retreated to hide among the trees several hundred trees behind the monkey.

As expected, the woman's voice conversed with the celestial officials and the local earth god for a while, and then the earth god led the seven fairies into the Peach Garden.

The seven fairy maidens were a fairy in red, a fairy in white, a fairy in blue, a fairy in black, a fairy in purple, a fairy in yellow, and a fairy in green. Each of them carried a flower basket, swaying gracefully, their colorful clothes and ribbons fluttering, making them exceptionally beautiful.

These seven fairies were indeed beautiful, and could be considered peerless beauties, after all, they were all fairies.

Since they couldn't find the Great Sage, and the Seven Fairy Maidens were all under the Queen Mother of the West's command, responsible for the important task of picking peaches at the Peach Banquet, offending the various immortals attending the banquet and the Queen Mother herself would be a huge problem. The Earth God couldn't afford to offend them, so he had no choice but to let them pick the peaches themselves.

But when the seven fairies strolled through the Peach Garden and saw those small, unripe peaches with fuzzy stems, green skin, and sparse blossoms and fruit, they couldn't help but shake their heads.

These peaches are far from ripe; how can we pick them? If the immortals see them, they'll think we're looking down on them.

The seven fairies searched the entire Peach Garden in despair, but couldn't find a single peach they could pick.

Thanks to Chen Hong's spirit of diligence and thrift, not a single grain was wasted.

The seven fairies panicked and had no choice but to pick those small peaches, at least to have something to use as an excuse and evidence.

While picking a peach, the little Monkey King was startled.

Sun Wukong jumped out and questioned the seven fairies.

After learning the whole story, Sun Wukong asked which great gods had been invited to the Peach Banquet.

When he learned that he hadn't been invited, Sun Wukong immediately felt that he had been looked down upon and insulted.

He immediately cast a spell to freeze the seven fairies in place.

He leaped out of the Peach Garden on a cloud of auspiciousness.

According to Chen Hong's observation, the monkey was indeed just a simple monkey, and he couldn't appreciate the beauty of the Seven Fairies.

There are absolutely no ridiculous rumors about him having a connection with the Seven Fairies or giving birth to seven Calabash Brothers.

The monkey is a stone monkey; it doesn't have any romantic or other messy things like that.

There's no tragic love story about Zixia Fairy.

As a stone monkey, he was born with a Daoist heart and only loved to be carefree; he had no base desires like humans.

Because he is immortal, he has no reproductive instinct.

These seven fairies were not the Jade Emperor's seventh daughters or seventh princesses.

The Queen Mother of the West is the head of all female immortals, and she holds the title of immortal in charge of all female immortals in the world.

These seven fairy maidens were merely female immortals working under the Queen Mother of the West.

These female immortals are similar to palace maids and female officials in the imperial palace, responsible for serving the Queen Mother of the West and the Jade Emperor, and doing errands and running errands for the Queen Mother of the West.

Their status is far inferior to that of the great immortals and deities with official positions.

At least in this era, the Jade Emperor did not have any daughters of the Seven Princesses or sons of the Ten Golden Crows.

In this era, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were not husband and wife, but partners who joined forces to establish the Heavenly Court in accordance with the principles of Yin and Yang.

In this era, everyone was worried that the cycle of heaven and earth could no longer continue, and what should be done?
Should one jump off this doomed, sinking ship and swim naked through the chaotic sea, or should one patch things up and continue living on the wrecked vessel?

I have no interest in playing those weird and strange scripts.

Chen Hong naturally had no interest in doing anything lewd while the Seven Fairies were frozen in place.

He's not some sleazy, greasy old man.

As a handsome, rich, and successful emerging immortal.

Having consumed so many peaches of immortality and accumulated a massive amount of longevity substances and pure vital energy, his cultivation level was now no less than that of a veteran celestial being.

He only needs to overcome the three calamities to become a true carefree immortal.

With his accumulated knowledge, he could enter the Golden Nature realm faster than the great immortals and gods, becoming immortal and indestructible, unafraid of the cycle of eras.

At this moment, Chen Hong's dantian space had expanded from ten times the size of Jupiter to ten times the size of the sun.

The enormous Golden Core planet expanded from ten times the size of Earth to ten times the size of Jupiter.

More importantly, the immortal substances in the peaches of immortality make the immortality on the golden elixir even stronger, the golden patterns imbued with immortal golden nature become even more robust, and the immortal golden nature refined by the primordial spirit also increases.

This represents progress in both quality and quantity.

Eating half of the peach orchard deepened Chen Hong's knowledge and experience.

The story goes that when the Monkey King went out, he met the Barefoot Immortal, who tricked the pot-bellied old man into going to the Tongming Palace.

He then transformed himself into the Barefoot Immortal and went to the Peach Banquet.

When the Great Sage arrived at the Jade Pool, he was intoxicated by the fragrance of the celestial wine, which aroused his appetite.

The Great Sage transformed into several sleepy creatures, causing all the strongmen, celestial officials, and attendants to fall into a deep sleep.

Just as they were about to enjoy the table full of fine wines and delicacies, Chen Hong arrived, drawn by the aroma.

The two of them were not polite and ate and drank together.

The table was laden with dragon liver and phoenix marrow, bear paws and orangutan lips, celestial wine and fruits, a hundred delicacies and eight treasures, and jade nectar and fine wine—truly an unparalleled feast, the essence of celestial cuisine.

Chen Hong and Wukong began to eat heartily.

The delicious dishes that were originally intended for all the gods and immortals were eaten by the two of them.

Can't finish it, can't finish it at all.

There was so much, delicacies from land and sea, every last penny was taken.

This is true blessing, the blessing of a deity, inexhaustible, utterly inexhaustible.

The essence of all the world's wonders is gathered here.

Whether someone is a deity or a higher being depends on what they eat.

Eating good food naturally leads to strength and longevity.

They eat garbage, so naturally they are thin and have cerebral palsy.

Chen Hong and Wukong enjoyed themselves to the fullest, experiencing the luxurious lifestyle of the immortals.

Chen Hong stored all the uneaten food into his storage magic item.

Pack it up and take it back for the children of Flower Fruit Mountain and my own wife to enjoy slowly.

Wouldn't it be better to eat it as a daily staple than those modern pesticide-laden foods?
As a thrifty and frugal man, he would never waste anything.

(End of this chapter)