Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 230 Immortal Real Estate

The fan, once unfurled in its hand, instantly grew to twelve feet in length, its ribs like a crest and its surface like a rosy cloud. With the infusion of magical power, it emitted a crimson glow and a whirlwind.

Seeing the monkey attack again, he immediately swung his fan at it with all his might!
Good guy——

This flare is like a solar flare appearing on the surface of the sun!
The blazing flames roared, the bright dust surged, a large area of ​​the mountain turned to ashes, and the water within a radius of several miles evaporated in an instant.

Even the monkey trapped in the center had to stop its attack, close its eyes tightly, and cover them with its hands.

Upon hearing the shout, the sword-wielding demon king dared not delay for a moment. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he abandoned Pig Sun and immediately led his group of lesser demons to flee into the distance.

The demon king with the fan noticed that three injured monsters were trapped in quicksand. He immediately gathered his magic power and waved his fan again, enveloping them, along with Pig Sun, in the erupting "flare".

Finally, he added another fan in the direction of the monkey, then mustered his magic power and escaped as quickly as possible.

A moment later, a divine wind descended from the sky, scattering the flames and smoke in the air.

Zhu Ritian stood on the scorched riverbed, surrounded by lightning, his clothes and pants torn and looking rather disheveled.

Most of the quicksand had vaporized, and the gray-bright concrete ball at the very center was bubbling and hissing, with lava-like slurry flowing on its surface.

As the outer shell crumbled layer by layer, Tang Xuanci, Chen Xiaoke, and Sha Dingtian were revealed inside.

The monkey blinked hard, and seeing that they were alright, gritted its teeth and said:

"You two protect them. Those sour radish bitches won't get away. I'm going to kill them right now and see who these devils are!"

As he spoke, he prepared to leap onto his somersault cloud and chase after them to the west.

"Wukong, stop chasing."

Tang Xuanci shouted towards the sky:

“We don’t know the situation, and there might be some kind of trap. That would affect my appointment. Let’s go to Azhou to take control first, then find out who they are and take them down!”

Pig-Head slammed the rake into the ground with a loud thud, muttering under his breath:

"Does this even need an investigation? He's either one of Kui Mulang's men or a lackey of the Daoist sect. If you tell him to get out of Azhou, he'd better not fight you."

The monkey landed from the sky and said confidently:
"They must be dogs of the Taoist sect."

"That smoke and dust from just now... I was in Laozi's alchemy furnace before, it made my eyes hurt unbearably!"

"And that strange magic weapon that guides the primordial spirit, it was probably made by that scoundrel Niu Tizi. He is the most skilled at making such things in the Three Realms."

Sha Dingtian said:

"Could it be... the Golden Horn and Silver Horn Kings who became famous last year?"
"With the secret support of the Taoist sect, these two demons have devoured all the Buddhist resources around Pingdingshan. The disappearance of the previous City God of Azhou must be related to them."

“Now that my junior sister-in-law has become the City God, my master will not do as they wish. That’s why they wanted to ambush us on our way to take up our post after learning of our whereabouts.”

Tang Xuanci spat out the betel nut from his mouth:

"Damn it, do they think I'm Chen Guangrui? Intercepting the City God is a serious crime! Call the police and secure the evidence!"

Soon, the monkey thrust the stick downwards, casting a spell that caused the earth to tremble and spread a signal that could be sensed by the special magic arrays of the local earth god temple.

This signal is similar to Morse code, but a complete compilation system has not been developed, and it requires too much energy. Usually, only immortals will do this when they come on business trips. Ordinary cultivators cannot contact it at all if they are too far away.

About half an hour later, the local earth god finally arrived with his subordinates.

Whether it was real or an act, after confirming Chen Xiaoke's identity, he immediately appeared fearful and claimed that he would definitely investigate thoroughly.

Of course, he didn't provide any actually useful information.

Tang Xuanci didn't have high hopes; he just wanted to establish a major case so he could use it as a pretext for future actions.

So after recording the scene using a special "image recording device" made by the Heavenly Court, they left with the three corpses and fragments of the jade bottle.

They then sped up their journey and entered the territory of Azhou in just three days.

Compared to the southern part of Baoxiang Kingdom, this place is crisscrossed by canyons, with mountains resembling jagged blades thrust upside down, and everywhere you look there is cracked yellow earth and mottled stone bones.

Water is as rare as ambergris, and can only be found in deep mountains where ordinary people cannot reach it.

According to Chen Xiaoke, the area suffered severe damage last year, with large tracts of farmland yielding no harvest and countless people starving to death.

Some families, unable to afford food, sold young boys and girls by weight.
Some people, unable to bear the hunger any longer, had no choice but to venture into the deep mountains and valleys, where they mostly ended up being devoured by wolves, insects, tigers, and leopards, or were abducted and tortured to death by demons and monsters.

It is truly said that the fear of hunger is greater than that of demons!

The abbot of Hongfa Temple told her that the root cause of the famine was not a natural disaster, but the calamity caused by the immortals and demons "reorganizing the spiritual veins." Speaking of reorganizing the spiritual veins, one must discuss the immortal real estate industry, which is essential research for any study of "Sociology of the Three Realms."

As is well known, the Thirty-Three Heavens Palace requires a massive amount of spiritual energy for sustenance.

In the past, the earth veins of the three continents of the lower realm—west, south, and north—were fragmented and scattered to make way for the construction of the Heavenly Palace, which directly led to a sharp drop in the quality and quantity of spiritual energy.

The earth's veins cannot be completely restored, but if we follow the principles of Feng Shui to find the dragon veins and acupoints, change the mountains and rivers, and reorganize them, we can gather small dragon veins into large dragon veins, achieving a "1+1+1>10" effect. It is estimated that at least 60-70% of the original level can be restored.

However, rebuilding the spiritual veins requires a huge investment of immortal power and resources, and also involves various issues such as "demolition compensation" and "unequal distribution of benefits." The Heavenly Court cannot handle all of this on its own and can only subcontract it down layer by layer.

Thus, the immortal real estate industry, unique to the Three Realms and sharing the same origin as the Great Dao of the Xuanci Mother Star, was formed.

Spiritual veins are the source of spiritual energy and magical power, and also the soil that nurtures various metaphysical materials. They are the foundation of the immortal realm and an essential necessity for both humans and demons.

Xian Real Estate is a place where huge profits are hidden.

Almost all of the Eight Great Sects in the Lower Realm made their fortunes in the real estate industry.

Whether through information asymmetry, business acumen, feng shui, or organized crime, they consistently gain an advantage in competition.

First, submit a plan according to the Heavenly Court's correct policy, acquire the potential land at a low price, then locate the auspicious spot and start construction.

Once the restructuring is successful, the spiritual veins will be transformed into a CBD, just like a shantytown being turned into a CBD, with a surge in spiritual energy and a dramatic increase in value, making them incredibly wealthy.

This is Xian Real Estate.

It is quite obvious that the reason why Azhou was so devastated was because of the real estate development business.

Because in the planning, all the immortals and demons only cared about maximizing their own interests and completely disregarded the lives of mortals.

You must understand that human life is very fragile. We can't go to dangerous mountains and rivers, and even moving house can be exhausting and lead to death.

Especially in impoverished areas like Arju, people rely on the annual harvest to survive.

You've gone and found the dragon veins and auspicious spots, gathering up all the spiritual energy of the mortal fields and changing the course of the water. People can't grow any grain for a year, they have no food to eat, and that's it, isn't it?

It was after hearing the abbot of Hongfa Temple point out the fundamental problem that Chen Xiaoke made a grand vow to become the City God, fantasizing that this would allow him to order adjustments to the spiritual vein planning and ensure that the people of Azhou could fill their stomachs.

This is exactly--

If only I had a hundred million acres of arable land in Azhou, I could feed all the starving people in the world and make them rejoice! Three meals a day would bring boundless joy. Alas! When will every household be filled with the aroma of delicious food? Even if she were beaten to death on Mount Hua, it would be enough!
Tang Xuanci felt it was... difficult to comment on.

In fact, there were many horrific and inhumane places on the journey to the West.

But he and the monkey didn't notice at all and were unable to resonate with such low-energy things.

Although Sha Dingtian came from a humble background, he always favored his relatives over reason, and valued personal feelings over loyalty, and turned a blind eye to this.

Only Pig Heaven, with his compassionate heart, often helped impoverished girls and young women.

However, since Chen Xiaoke had gone to participate in the state examination because of these starving people, Tang Xuanci didn't mind fulfilling her wish. So, he went to Hongfa Temple on the way to help the villagers in the vicinity.

But while the ideal was lofty, the reality was that Chen Xiaoke didn't know the way at all, and after wandering around, she couldn't find the place at all.

Seeing that the monkey had repeated "So annoying" eight hundred times, Tang Xuanci had no choice but to give up and decided to go directly to Azhou City to find someone who knew the way before coming back.

As they passed through a forest full of locust trees and shrubs, they suddenly smelled the aura of a monster and heard an indescribable noise.

They used a shadow-遁术 (Shadow Cloak) to approach, only to be met with a horrifying scene—

A gaunt, ragged woman knelt on the ground, grabbing wild fruits scattered in front of her and eating them, completely oblivious to the dust on them.

Around her sat three half-transformed demons, speaking in somewhat indistinct human language, chatting and joking with her.

There was also a wolf spirit that hadn't yet transformed, lying on her back, its sharp claws tearing through her skin, adding new wounds to the already festering and unhealed old ones.

Even so, the woman only cared about wolfing down her food, her dim eyes revealing three parts pain, three parts numbness, and four parts animal instinct.

Ah this?

The four disciples were speechless and choked with emotion, unable to bear watching.

Chen Xiaoke was startled at first and instinctively covered her eyes, but then peeked through her fingers as if watching a horror movie.

Then, she realized the woman looked familiar, cried out in surprise, and rushed out of the escape technique, shouting loudly:
"You monsters, release that old woman right now!"

(End of this chapter)