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"what?"

Sun Wukong was stunned for a moment. Liu Yuan stroked his chin and thought for a moment, "If I remember correctly, the ones who came to capture you were Li Jing, the Four Heavenly Kings, and then Erlang Shen, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes! During the battle, that old fellow Laozi knocked me unconscious with something."

At this point, Sun Wukong's tone became somewhat angry. In his view, if it weren't for Laozi's sneak attack, who among these heavenly soldiers and generals could have defeated him?

However, just as he was thinking, Liu Yuan interrupted his fantasy: "Let me tell you something to discourage you... Actually, none of the really capable fighters in Heaven have fought you."

"what?"

If someone else had suddenly said such a thing, he definitely wouldn't have believed it. But Liu Yuan knew who his master was, and his master's seniority even seemed to be higher than his own. In addition, this magical space that could completely restrict all of his power made him somewhat believe Liu Yuan's words.

Liu Yuan continued, "I don't know much about the Heavenly Court. To say nothing of the distant past, there's Taibai Jinxing, who is the God of War who is in charge of killing and warfare."

"That old man?"

Sun Wukong's eyes widened in disbelief. From the first time he met Taibai Jinxing, the man had always appeared to be a small, kind-looking old man, even slower than him. And now Liu Yuan was telling him that Taibai Jinxing was a god of war?

Liu Yuan continued, "Don't disbelieve me? Let me put it this way! As far as I know about the Heavenly Court, civil officials are usually assigned based on their education level because they're too good at fighting and there's no other way to assign them. The rest, who aren't so good at fighting, are assigned to military positions based on their strengths. So... those you fought in the Heavenly Court were basically no good at fighting. And I guess they only let you cause such a ruckus in the Heavenly Palace because they were bored."

Liu Yuan had specifically looked into the situation in Sun Wukong's world. Putting aside everything else, just the six Heavenly Emperor-level deities in the Heavenly Court were not people Sun Wukong could mess with. At the very least, Doumu Yuanjun's Twenty-Eight Constellations could bring out a few to play with him.

As for why Sun Wukong was able to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace, according to Liu Yuan's understanding, it was because those gods had been in their positions for too long and were bored. At the same time, some of the heavenly soldiers and generals had been too leisurely and had become disrespectful.

Taking advantage of Sun Wukong's momentum to give him a warning, it can be said that Sun Wukong was clearly being schemed against by the Jade Emperor from the time he wreaked havoc in Heaven, or even earlier.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

Sun Wukong was somewhat annoyed at this moment, while Liu Yuan

He spoke slowly and deliberately, "You can ask him when you get back if you don't believe me. Anyway, you have nothing to do in the Eight Trigrams Furnace. You can ask Laozi for help and he might let Taibai chat with you. By the way, Laozi is no pushover either. He is probably an avatar of the Supreme Lord of Morality and Law, helping the Heavenly Court to keep order."

"?"

Sun Wukong was now full of questions. He originally thought he was very powerful, but at this moment, Liu Yuan shattered his perception.

Seeing Sun Wukong's eyes gradually losing their luster, Liu Yuan comforted him, "Don't be upset. Think about it, you've only cultivated for a few hundred years. Those guys have cultivated for several huiyuan. It's normal that you can't beat them in terms of strategy and strength. Although your title of Great Sage Equaling Heaven is just a nominal one, you still have everything you need. They even put a monkey like you in charge of the Peach Garden. Didn't you notice anything unusual?"

"???"

Everything had gone too smoothly for Sun Wukong, so he didn't feel anything unusual. But when Liu Yuan asked if he had noticed anything amiss, he suddenly realized that everything from when he became an official to his havoc in the Heavenly Palace was abnormal.

Sun Wukong was very clever, but he was blinded by his smooth-sailing experiences, and coupled with the fearlessness of youth, he didn't think too much about it. But now, upon closer reflection, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Just then, Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Instead of thinking about all this nonsense, why don't you come and try out the illusionary trial here?"

"An illusion? What's that?"

Liu Yuan, as if possessed by Cupid, introduced the game: "The Trial of Ghost Valley's Eight Desolations allows you to transform into either a human or a demon, experiencing cultivation from scratch to hone your character. This game also recreates ancient myths to some extent, such as Hou Yi shooting down the suns, Jingwei filling the sea, and..."

Liu Yuan's smile sent chills down Sun Wukong's spine.

For the sake of player experience, the difficulty of the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations game is not high. However, the presence of some myths and elements from the Classic of Mountains and Seas allows Sun Wukong to understand to some extent what the Heavenly Court is all about and how terrifying those old guys in the Heavenly Court are.

Chapter 595 Sun Wukong and the Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley

The game mode of Guigu Bahuang is very simple. In the game, players have thirty days to act each turn. During these thirty days, they can learn martial arts techniques, learn skills, and collect various materials to break through their level.

From the most basic Qi cultivation to the highest level of Ascension, even ordinary people without any qualifications can ascend to immortality directly in this game as long as they can cultivate Qi.

So, what level of strength does Sun Wukong possess now? Aside from the mythological events within the game, he could probably defeat almost anything with a single blow. However, Liu Yuan's intention in having him experience this game wasn't to conquer the entire world, but rather to let him experience it from the perspective of a human or an ordinary monster, starting from scratch.

In realistic mode, Guigu Bahuang isn't just a simulator for leveling up and fighting higher-level crayfish; it's a simulator of interpersonal relationships and social dynamics. You can also participate in various classic events.

Furthermore, in each major event, Sun Wukong is allowed to choose his own path.

Sun Wukong was born from a celestial stone created at the beginning of time. He was born of nature and learned skills from the Bodhi Patriarch. However, the Bodhi Patriarch only taught him the methods of longevity, transformation, and cloud-riding. As a result, he relied on these three skills and a handy golden cudgel to defeat the heavenly soldiers and generals.

This alone demonstrates his immense power. Especially the title of Great Sage Equaling Heaven, which was recognized by the Jade Emperor. Although it's a sinecure, as the saying goes, not just anyone can obtain such a prestigious and seemingly sinecure.

Whether it's background, martial prowess, or anything else, Sun Wukong has nothing to lack. What he lacks is the ability to handle interpersonal relationships, and also, because his strength has increased too quickly, he's become a bit arrogant.

"Hey~ This boss, you can experience the ambiance just by sitting here?"

Unlike ordinary guests, Sun Wukong squatted directly on the chair, excitedly scratching his ears and cheeks. He'd been captured and burned in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, yet he was spared the pain and could even enjoy the surroundings? More importantly, this person even recognized his teacher?

Liu Yuan: "Sure! Just consider it a way to temper your character. By the way, I adjusted the time ratio for you. One day equals five hundred years? That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"No problem! No problem!"

Sun Wukong was completely oblivious to the seriousness of the situation, while Liu Yuan calmly made adjustments. His actions were tantamount to blatantly giving Sun Wukong special treatment, but what could he do? The Great Sage Equaling Heaven was his most admired figure from his childhood.

Besides, Liu Yuan was also quite curious about what kind of trouble Sun Wukong, who had experienced five hundred years of trials, would cause upon returning to his own world.

What? The sky collapsed? Impossible, absolutely impossible. Even if Sun Wukong could smash the world to pieces with one blow, he would become a good boy again when Bodhi Patriarch appears.

Despite his rampage in the Heavenly Palace, this monkey's comprehension and respect for his teachers far surpass those of many others.

With Liu Yuan's help, Sun Wukong put on the glasses. Then, after clicking the mouse, he successfully entered the game world.

The moment he entered the game, Sun Wukong became completely obedient, sitting properly on the stool.

Once Sun Wukong was completely silent, Liu Yuan returned to the front desk, where Yakumo Ran nervously asked, "Boss, who is it? Why is it so terrifying?"

The conversation between Liu Yuan and Sun Wukong left her completely confused.

However, compared to Liu Yuan, the pressure from Sun Wukong was far greater. Especially the oppressive aura emanating from his bloodline when facing Sun Wukong, which still makes her shudder involuntarily when she thinks about it now.

"Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, if you're interested, I'll try to find him..."

After searching for a while, Liu Yuan found the novel Journey to the West. This kind of thing can be bought in many worlds. Although it is written in classical Chinese, it is not difficult for Yakumo Ran to read.

Journey to the West?

Yakumo Ran had a vague impression of this; she seemed to have heard of this novel in her world, but the content was too absurd for her to have read.

Liu Yuan: "When there are no customers, you can do whatever you want as long as you're on duty. If you want to watch, then watch; you'll know once you've seen it."

"Ah."

Yakumo Ran agreed and started reading.

Meanwhile, Sun Wukong also entered the game world. However, the moment he entered, his eyes widened involuntarily. What did he see? Pangu creating the world?

A giant raised his left and right hands, with Yin and Yang above them. As Yin and Yang merged and the Heaven-Opening Axe was unleashed, his vision was completely overwhelmed by the light.

"what!!!"

Sun Wukong couldn't help but let out a scream. At the moment when heaven and earth were first created, Sun Wukong seemed to have realized something, yet he also seemed to have realized nothing at all.

"Is this what the creation of the world is like?"

This is Sun Wukong's last memory. When he regained consciousness, he found himself in a bamboo forest.

Deep in the bamboo forest, he saw a stone table. He walked towards it without thinking and saw an old man wearing a straw hat sitting beside a chessboard. Sun Wukong looked left and right, cautiously approaching, when the old man spoke.

"You've arrived."

Sun Wukong scratched his ears and cheeks: "Where is this place?"

The old man said, "You can call this place—Ghost Valley."

Sun Wukong: "Who are you?"

Old man: "You can call me—Zhang San."

Sun Wukong looked at the chessboard: "What is this?"

Just as Sun Wukong was wondering, he felt a wave of dizziness. After obtaining a strange yin-yang artifact, the old man in front of him disappeared.

Then, he witnessed a cultivation world even more cruel than the one he lived in. His first experience was as a human, trying to live as one. Passing through a bamboo forest, he encountered two inexplicably severely injured people, and Sun Wukong, out of compassion, saved them.

In fact, Sun Wukong is not inherently bad, especially considering the words of Patriarch Bodhi when he left: "From now on, do good deeds and do not do evil."

Furthermore, since his former senior brothers were all ordinary humans, he was very friendly towards them and would lend a helping hand to anyone he could. With the rescue of these two individuals, and the two leaving behind letters of recommendation from their respective sects, Sun Wukong's journey through the Ghost Valley and Eight Desolations truly began.

Unless you reach the very top, the path of cultivation is not about fighting and killing, but about understanding human relationships and worldly affairs.

Sun Wukong encountered couples who fought fiercely over trivial gains, and he also met childhood sweethearts who supported each other through thick and thin, overcoming obstacles together. Some people became demons or monsters for their own benefit, while others sacrificed themselves to save the world.

Initially somewhat confused by this game world, Sun Wukong gradually came to understand the meaning of cultivation. Despite being physically limited by the game's system, Sun Wukong, possessing exceptional talent and comprehension, was able to quickly adapt to this game world, even as an ordinary cultivator in the Qi Refining stage.

He didn't know what he should do, but when he encountered the Golden Crow and saw that a man named Hou Yi was about to shoot down the Golden Crow that was threatening the eight wastelands, he knew what to do.

Wielding divine weapons, he brought down the Golden Crow, pacified the East Sea, shattered the Underworld Mountain, defeated Xing Tian, ​​and led the Immortal Alliance against the beast tide.

From a lowly Qi Refining cultivator, he spent five hundred years becoming the sect leader, helping humanity escape disasters and assisting the demon race in finding a place to live. Together with Jingwei, he filled in the East Sea to eliminate the sea monsters and helped Feng Lixi escape from the clutches of the "righteous path."

During this time, under the guidance of his junior sister Xiaoxing from the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, Sun Wukong gradually saw through the essence of the world and, based on his own enlightenment and choices, led the Eight Desolations World onto the path he believed to be right.

The world changes in the blink of an eye; five hundred years pass in the blink of an eye. When the game ended, Sun Wukong suddenly opened his eyes while sitting in his seat.

"I, Old Sun... am back."

After a sigh, he recalled his experiences in the game, and Sun Wukong's eyes welled up with tears. Unlike his hundreds of years as a monkey, as a human, or rather, as one of the creatures of the Eight Desolations, he had learned a great deal.

This wasn't an improvement in physical strength, but a change in mindset. In the Eight Desolations World, even those who successfully ascended wouldn't be a fraction as strong as Sun Wukong himself. While Sun Wukong wasn't the strongest in magic, his combat prowess and endurance were among the top in his world. However, his limited experience and rapid increase in strength prevented his spirit from growing in tandem with his physical power.

Chapter 596 Sun Wukong: "Laojun, please accept the Heavenly Dao's energy."

Virtual? Real? The moment Sun Wukong left the game, he could confirm that the game was virtual and he himself was real. But the experiences he had in the game were probably the most unforgettable things in his life, especially those comrades he had fought alongside.

"Boss! I, Lao Sun, thank you very much."

Sun Wukong got up

He bowed to Liu Yuan, knowing just how much this experience had helped him.

He recalled his experiences after leaving his master, realizing that he had lost his true self since the treasure hunt in the East Sea. He was no longer the monkey seeking enlightenment, but a demon lost in the pursuit of power.

The game experience allowed him to rediscover his true self, and the most important thing in cultivation is to have clear and unobstructed thoughts. With clear and unobstructed thoughts circulating through his true self, Sun Wukong's strength made a great leap forward.

Liu Yuan, cracking sunflower seeds, said, "Don't be shy. You pay for internet access, I'll provide the service. When karma is settled, there's no question of one helping the other. By the way, how about a peach?"

"Do not…"

"Hey, don't be so polite, come on! Thirty yuan for a big peach!"

As they were talking, Liu Yuan took out a large peach and threw it to Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong caught it instinctively, and looking at the big, plump peach, he couldn't help but take a bite.

"Such delicious peaches are just ordinary food?"

After taking the first bite, Sun Wukong knew that the peach was useless but delicious. However, he had to admit that it was more delicious than any immortal peach, elixir, dragon liver, or phoenix marrow.

Liu Yuan: "It's just ordinary food. In countless worlds, there are always some worlds with delicious food. Come here often when you have time; there will be plenty of good food."

Sun Wukong didn't reply, but judging from the speed at which he ate the peaches, Liu Yuan knew he would definitely come later.