Journey to the West: I have become an immortal, why did you just join the chat group?

Chapter 103 Even the Heavenly King didn't know? (Please subscribe)

"Whoa!"

Sun Wukong put away his golden cudgel and said indignantly, "I've been tricked! An old man came to Flower Fruit Mountain and said that he was Taibai Jinxing, and that he was sent by the Jade Emperor to invite me to Heaven to become an official. I set off at the same time as him, but when I arrived in Heaven, I was stopped. What else could this be but a trick?"

"It's not necessarily that I lied to you."

Lu Jun smiled and said, "Maybe it's because you're fast on your feet that you left Xingjun behind."

Sun Wukong was taken aback, then scratched his cheek: "That makes some sense. I, Old Sun, am indeed fast on my feet."

Just saying.

A beam of light descended from the lower realm.

Venus, holding his whisk, chased after him with all his might, calling out, "King Sun, King Sun, slow down!"

Sun Wukong's golden eyes lit up: "Here he comes, it's this old man."

Zong Guang arrived outside the East Heavenly Gate.

Venus appeared and took out a gold token from his sleeve.

"Old man, you're too slow."

Sun Wukong grabbed Taibai Jinxing's wrist and said with a grin, "I've been here for most of the day, and these heavenly soldiers are blocking my way and won't let me in. Go and tell them, did you invite me to heaven?"

“Great King Sun, you received a decree from the Great Heavenly Venerable, but they are unaware of it. Please don’t be offended,” Venus explained with a smile.

"Humph!"

Sun Wukong gave a light snort and released Taibai Jinxing's wrist.

"Greetings, Lord Chang Geng." Lu Jun and the other three marshals bowed.

"Thank you for your courtesy."

Venus returned the greeting with a quick gesture, then handed the golden invitation to the four marshals, including Lu Jun, saying, "I am acting on the decree of the Great Heavenly Venerable, requesting the Flower Fruit Mountain demon immortal Sun Wukong to ascend to Heaven to bestow his official position. I trouble the marshals to open the Heavenly Gate."

"We obey orders." The four marshals, including Lu Jun, used their talismans to open the Heavenly Gate.

"Brother Lu, I'm going to see the Jade Emperor first and ask for an official position. I'll come back to catch up with you later." Sun Wukong greeted Lu Jun, and then followed Taibai Jinxing, looking left and right, poking here and touching there, all the way to the Lingxiao Palace.

Lu Jun didn't have time to give detailed instructions, so he could only send a few words through telepathy. He didn't know if Sun Wukong had heard them.

East Heavenly Gate.

Marshals Xin and Zhang have already led the heavenly soldiers to their posts. Now it is Marshals Lu Jun and Deng's turn to be on duty.

"Marshal Lu, do you know that demon immortal that Venus invited?" Marshal Deng turned to look at Lu Jun and asked casually.

"We met once, and we only had a slight acquaintance," Lu Jun said casually.

"The Great Heavenly Venerable has personally issued a decree to grant amnesty, so Brother Lu's friend is likely to ascend to heaven in one step." Marshal Deng said with a complicated expression. He was not an immortal who later ascended from the mortal realm, but rather a former subordinate of Nezha, the Third Prince. He was rewarded along with the Third Prince during the Investiture of the Gods and thus ascended to the Heavenly Realm.

Having spent several decades in the Heavenly Court, he knew the situation there like the back of his hand.

It was common for the Great Celestial Venerable to personally issue decrees to grant amnesty, and every one of those who received such decrees rose rapidly through the ranks of the Heavenly Court.

It's like the Golden Immortal who was granted amnesty hundreds of years ago.

Upon entering the court, he was immediately appointed as the Grand Marshal Tianpeng, in charge of the Milky Way and commanding 100,000 naval troops. His prominence was comparable to that of Nezha, the Third Prince, and he was quite the star.

Now that another one has been recruited, he's likely to become a Grand Marshal.

"hope so!"

Lu Jun sent a telepathic reminder to Sun Wukong, but he didn't know whether he would ultimately be dismissed by a lowly and insignificant "弼马温" (a minor official in charge of horses).

Outside the Tongming Hall.

Venus led Sun Wukong to the front of the hall and announced to the Four Celestial Masters, "I have already recruited the demon immortal of Flower Fruit Mountain. I request that the Celestial Masters of the Hall of Enlightenment inform His Majesty and, with His Majesty's divine judgment, grant him an official position." "There are probably no vacant positions in the heavens. Let us summon all the immortals to discuss this!" Celestial Master Sa walked out of the Hall of Enlightenment and had the bronze chime of the court assembly struck.

"Thank you for your trouble, Celestial Master." Venus, holding his whisk, bowed respectfully.

"It's just my duty, why talk about hardship?" Master Sa waved his hand, his gaze lingering on Sun Wukong for a moment, and said slowly, "His Majesty's divine incarnation is still in the Lingxiao Palace. If the immortals cannot reach a conclusion, then let His Majesty make the final decision."

“Good!” Venus nodded.

"strangeness!"

Hearing their conversation, Sun Wukong's golden eyes darted around, and he thought to himself, "Why invite me, Old Sun, to be an official in Heaven, yet say there are no vacancies? Are they just trying to fool me?"

"Let's see what they have to say later."

"If there's really no celestial position to assign me, or if they give me some insignificant official post, I'll smash this Tongming Palace to pieces with my staff!" Sun Wukong made up his mind and temporarily calmed down.

The sound of the bronze chime resounded throughout the heavens.

Celestial officials of the third rank or above all gathered on clouds, exchanging puzzled glances.

"Didn't the grand court assembly just end? Why have we been summoned again?"

"Who knows!"

"Something big must have happened; we must not be negligent."

“The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King has also arrived; let’s go and ask him.”

"Wang Lingguan of Tongming Hall must know something. I'll go and find out."

"..."

The celestial officials arrived on clouds, but the monkey was hiding behind a stone statue outside the Tongming Hall, so no one noticed him.

"King Li, do you know why the Tongming Palace has summoned us again?" Wuqu Xingjun, holding an iron mace, came to Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, and asked.

"I...I don't know either."

Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, broke out in a cold sweat and secretly lamented, "I was summoned to the Tongming Palace again. In my haste to leave home, I forgot to bring my Ruyi Golden Pagoda. I hope that rebellious son Nezha won't seek revenge in public, or my life will be in danger!"

Given that Nezha and Li Jing are father and son, why would Nezha seek revenge against Li Jing?
There was actually a reason behind it.

In the past, Nezha was born with extraordinary abilities. Even as a child, he possessed great magical powers. When he was three years old, he went to bathe in the sea, trampled down the Crystal Palace of the Dragon King of the East Sea, captured Ao Bing, the third prince of the East Sea, pulled out his tendons to make a rope, and peeled off his skin to make scales.

After learning of this, Li Jing feared that Nezha would cause trouble and cause further problems in the future. So he said that Nezha was born from his own blood and essence and that he should kill him to repay his debt of gratitude.

Enraged, Nezha took up his knife, cut off his flesh to return to his mother, and shaved off his bones to return to his father. With only a trace of his true spirit remaining, he went to the Golden Light Cave on Qianyuan Mountain to seek his master, Taiyi Zhenren, for help.

Although Taiyi Zhenren was among the Twelve Golden Immortals, he had not yet broken through to the Taiyi Immortal level and could not protect Nezha's cultivation. So he took Nezha to Mount Ling to ask for a spiritual root of heaven and earth - the Seven-Colored Lotus.

Just then, the Buddha Tathagata, with his all-seeing eye, saw through the three realms and used lotus root as bones and lotus leaves as clothes to retrieve Nezha's cultivation from the river of time. He then recited the mantra for resurrection and restored Nezha's life.

Taiyi Zhenren refused to owe the Buddha a debt of gratitude, and together with Nezha, they agreed to repay it by collecting merit.

The master and disciple descended the mountain, subduing ninety-six demon caves along the way, and presented them to the Buddha. The Buddha, with immeasurable merit and Nirvana relics, crafted a magnificent golden pagoda inscribed with relics, which he then entrusted to Li Jing.

When Nezha sought revenge on Li Jing, he made a pact with him to recognize the Buddha as his father. When Li Jing held up the pagoda, the Buddha images in the layers of the pagoda were Nezha's father.

Therefore, Nezha has not acted recklessly since then.

pity……

The two had lived in peace for many years, so Li Jing had become complacent and forgot to bring the pagoda with him when he left today.

"What if that rebellious son really makes a move?" Li Jing took advantage of the moment when no one was looking and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. His mind raced, but he forced himself to appear calm.

"Even the Heavenly King doesn't know?" Wuqu Xingjun frowned, looked towards the entrance of Tongming Hall, and immediately spotted the monkey squatting next to the stone statue.

(End of this chapter)