Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 200 Obtaining a Celestial Certificate
After the conference concluded, the assembled immortals, each with their own thoughts, left the Heavenly Constitution Hall and went off in all directions.

A rumor and a gossip quickly spread throughout the Immortal Realm and Demon Mountain.

Rumor has it that:
"Sun Wukong fought against fifty-six immortals and demons and more than three hundred and sixty Nascent Soul demon cultivators at Mount Li."

"Plucking a hair can create eight thousand incarnations, truly enough to rival a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers!"

"After the battle, only five people managed to escape."

From then on, when immortals and demons of the Three Realms mentioned the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, they no longer used the phrase "five hundred years ago".

The rumor goes:
"With the loss of Tang Sanzang's flesh, the Buddhas and demons of the West will find it difficult to prolong their lives."

"The heavens are about to be disturbed."

"Even the Buddha himself, like Huang Jiao, would lead all the Buddhas and demons in rebellion against the Heavenly Court!"

From then on, Xiniu Hezhou began to be in turmoil, and the entire Immortal Realm was filled with fear.

……

With such a huge mess in Chang'an, after the latest law came into effect, the City God didn't want to waste any time and immediately sent a group of celestial officials to Lishan to find Tang Xuanci.

Although Mount Li is private property, no deity can infringe upon it without the consent of the Goddess of Mount Li.

However, there is one exception: the celestial beings who perform divine duties.

If you don't cooperate, you'll be obstructing the affairs of the gods and violating the heavenly rules.

After all, not all immortals can be called celestial immortals; only those who have received the Heavenly Court's celestial ordination can be.

As for things like Earth Immortals, Scattered Immortals, Ghost Immortals, True Immortals... and the like from Balala the Fairies, they are just miscellaneous categories, and most of them are just trying to claim a higher title and embellishing their own image.

(The King of Hell is also a celestial being, as is the Earth God; a celestial being's cultivation level doesn't necessarily have to be very high. As long as they have "ability," theoretically, even a mortal with an IQ of 80 can become a celestial being.)
Without interfering with the affairs of the immortals, the Old Mother of Lishan directly ordered people to bring the City God and his celestial followers to the main peak of the immortal palace, and personally accompanied Brother Jinchan to meet them in the main hall.

After working for quite some time, using a high-grade demon-revealing mirror that required a dozen people to activate, and carefully examining Tang Xuanci's body, they finally arrived at a well-known conclusion—

His cultivation has reached the realm of immortals!

Then, a celestial official formally informed Tang Xuanci that he was no longer a mortal and must abide by the heavenly rules from now on, or he would be severely punished according to the law.

After saying this, he took out three heavy legal codes and said to Tang Xuanci:

"This is the latest rubbing of the entries on the heavens, costing one hundred taels of gold per copy. Holy Monk, you'd better take a look at the 'Catalogue of the Three Realms' and the 'Law of Heavenly Retribution' within, lest you suffer losses in the future."

Upon hearing this, Ai'ai, who was standing next to her mother, immediately retorted:

"One hundred taels of gold per book? Is the cover made of gold, or are the pages made of gold? We have the Langhuan Library in the mountains, which will be replaced in time. There's no need for the old... Holy Monk to buy it from you."

The celestial official only wanted to earn some extra money and dared not disrespect the people of Lishan Old Mother. After hearing this, he simply explained and prepared to give up.

But Tang Xuanci said calmly:

"It's still worth buying. I'll take all three of these Buddhist scriptures."

As he spoke, he took out a flying coin from the Heaven and Earth Bank, handed it to the celestial official, and accepted the three Heavenly Laws.

Back then, he spent two prison sentences on his home planet and almost got executed, which was partly due to not having memorized the law.

Now, for only three hundred taels, the beaker can completely penetrate the Heavenly Laws without arousing the suspicion of the Old Mother of Lishan. It's really a great deal.

But when the old woman of Lishan saw this, she thought to herself:

"Now, Brother Jin Chan is as fierce as fire when he needs to be ruthless, and as gentle as water when he needs to be kind. He's even more charming than before..."

A surge of emotion welled up within him; even before noon, he found himself anticipating the sunset. Li Shimin had already been found by the "suicide squad" that had pursued him to Mount Li and rescued back to Chang'an. The celestial beings of the Fire and Thunder departments had already come to Mount Li to investigate the fierce battle.

So the people at the City God Temple didn't have much else to say.

Finally, the celestial official who had pocketed a small amount of profit looked at the celestial register and kindly offered some advice:
"Tang Xuanci, your celestial status certainly cannot remain in Chang'an."

"I see that when you were a mortal, you studied under Faming of the Pure Land School. If you want to stay in the Tang Dynasty, you need to get the Pure Land School to help you obtain your immortal status and register you as belonging to the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible."

"If it's not done within a month, the Zhongyue Prefecture will assign you a cultivation area, and you'll most likely have to move out of the Tang Dynasty."

"If I want to come here again in the future, I must first apply to the local government with a token, and then obtain permission from the Tang Dynasty government. It's very troublesome..."

Ah this?

Tang Xuanci thought to himself, "Wow, the Heavenly Court really knows management. It sounds like we need a visa to cross borders?"
Those talismans are like passports and identity cards, or rather, celestial identity cards.

No wonder the Fire Goddess pointed out the monkey's crime of smuggling into the Tang Dynasty when she came to Mount Li a few days ago.

Fortunately, there were no immortal certificates five hundred years ago, and considering that the monkey was a first-time offender and had only been active within Mount Li, he was only punished with a fine of ten thousand taels of silver and deportation.

Xiniu Hezhou is very chaotic, and most areas are visa-free, so the three Wu brothers did not need to go through any procedures when they traveled west.

"What Pure Land School?"

The Old Mother of Lishan spoke:
"Tang Lang has already changed sects and entered Lishan, so his immortal status will naturally fall within the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

"Zhenzhen, take some people to escort our distinguished guests down the mountain, and while you're at it, go to the City God Temple to find out what's going on and get this done as soon as possible."

Zhenzhen understood immediately and gestured for them to go to the City God Temple to make some arrangements.

Seeing this, Tang Xuanci's heart stirred, and he spoke again:

"Please wait a moment, esteemed immortals."

“I have a young disciple named Wukong. He was released from prison last autumn after serving his sentence for some wrongdoing.”

"Without a talisman, it's very inconvenient to visit relatives and friends. May I ask if it can be used with me?"

Ah this?

"Young apprentice," "made some mistakes," "visiting relatives and friends"... Upon hearing these redefined terms, the officials at the City God Temple all looked strange.

The celestial official who had already skimmed some profit became even more polite, replying cautiously:

“Sun Wukong should belong to the celestial beings of Dongsheng Shenzhou. I’m afraid we should inquire about this with Dongyue Prefecture. However, the Tang Dynasty has extremely strict management of the celestial register. I suspect it will be very difficult.”

What else could Tang Xuanci say? He could only say that people with criminal records have a hard time getting by, whether on their home planet or in the Three Realms.

In a daze, ____.

After dismissing the celestial official, Tang Xuanci wanted to go to the nearby peak to talk to the monkey who was unlikely to obediently leave.

The old woman of Lishan only wanted to be inseparable from him, so she immediately regained her youthful appearance and mature body to accompany him.

Tang Xuanci sighed inwardly, "This is such a tormenting old witch. It's fun, but I have to play the role of Jin Chan with her all the time, which is very uncomfortable."

But considering all that she had done for him, and even risked a complete break with Buddhism, Tang Xuanci couldn't bear to refuse her, so he agreed.

However, after the Old Mother of Lishan applied some makeup and changed into a dress similar to the one worn by Huang Jingjia, she heard Lianlian come to report that Guanyin Bodhisattva had sent someone to see her, saying that she had something important to tell her.

(End of this chapter)