Outside the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain, a white light descended from the sky and landed on the cliff opposite the waterfall, transforming into a white-haired Taoist holding a jade token and with an immortal look.

This Taoist was none other than Taibai Jinxing, who was ordered to recruit Sun Wukong to serve as an official in heaven.

Before he landed, Cheng Long in the cave sensed his breath, so he arranged for Qingyi to go out and wait for him early.

"Is the person coming here a celestial being?"

Aunt Qing, dressed in blue, asked in a graceful manner.

"Exactly."

Taibai Jinxing smiled.

As the most diligent immortal official beside the Jade Emperor, there is absolutely no fault in the way he treats people and things.

In the original drama, Taibai Jinxing was threatened by a group of Monkey King's monkeys with swords and spears, and he did not get angry even when he was tied up with ropes by the monkeys.

Treating the polite Aunt Qing was naturally even more like a spring breeze.

Soon, Taibai was led into the Water Curtain Cave by Aunt Qing.

"I hope you will forgive me for not welcoming you, my distinguished guest."

Cheng Long, who was sitting at the table eating grapes, immediately stood up to greet him, giving Taibai enough face.

"No, no, it was the Taoist priest who disturbed me."

Taibai Jinxing looked around and said, "The blessed land of Huaguo Mountain, Shuilian Cave! The environment is really good. Practicing here is a hundred times better than the human world, but... it's still a little worse than the heaven."

"The Heavenly Palace has thirty-three heavens, and the natural treasures are inexhaustible. The small Water Curtain Cave cannot compare to them." At this point, Cheng Long suddenly changed the subject, "Hey, old Taoist, you came to me, you didn't come here just to look down on me, did you?"

"Of course not. I am Taibai, a close confidant of the Jade Emperor. This trip is to recruit fellow Taoists to serve as officials in heaven and share the fortune of heaven." Taibai Jinxing smiled and quickly got to the point.

"So it's Taibai Star Lord. I'm honored to meet you."

Cheng Long cupped his hands, without any panic on his face.

Even though Taibai Jinxing is a star god who advocates killing and has the cultivation level of a middle to late stage Daluo Jinxian, if the two of them really fight, Taibai Jinxing is no match for him.

He has too many cards.

The laws of creation and devouring have been further understood based on my original Golden Immortal's understanding.

The Divine Fire Technique allowed him to condense the most domineering divine fire.

The sun is really hot.

The Nine Revolutions Profound Art allowed his physical body to catch up with that of a great wizard.

Even the golden cudgel, with the help of my adopted mother, was transformed into a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure. Not only was it incredibly powerful, it could also kill people without any consequences.

"Fellow Daoist, I won't say any more polite words. The Jade Emperor is inviting you to heaven with all sincerity. As long as you follow me to heaven and accept the seal, you will definitely receive an Eighth Rank Golden Pill."

Before Taibai Jinxing came to the mortal world, he received a telepathic message from the Jade Emperor, recruiting Sun Wukong to serve as an official in heaven. He could set any conditions, as long as it was not a rare item like the Nine-Turn Golden Pill or an innate spiritual treasure, he would agree to any other resources.

The Nine-Transformation Golden Pill, one pill of which can make a person become a Golden Immortal, has become a rare item many years ago. Even the Jade Emperor who refined this pill could not find the materials to make it, so only a few pills were left for the destined person.

Although the Eight-Turn Golden Pill is not as good as the Nine-Turn Golden Pill, taking one pill can make a person become a Taiyi Golden Immortal. It is equally valuable, and Laojun doesn't have many in stock.

Nowadays, the highest grade of golden elixirs circulating on a large scale in the fairy world is only sixth grade. The seventh grade requires a reward from the Great Celestial Venerable, that is, the Jade Emperor.

Taibai Jinxing offered an Eight-Turn Golden Pill as soon as he opened his mouth, which showed his sincerity.

After all, this pill can allow Sun Wukong to instantly recover excess mana and physical strength when he encounters a strong enemy.

Even the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir cannot elevate Sun Wukong's realm, let alone the Eight-Turn Golden Elixir.

The biggest function of the Eight-turn Golden Pill is to restore mana and health.

"Just one eighth-level golden elixir is like a job for me? Then my worth is too cheap!" Cheng Long would not miss such an opportunity to ask for a high price.

Taibai was able to take the initiative and promise an Eight-Turn Golden Pill, which shows that the bottom line given by the Jade Emperor is far more than that.

"Then I wonder how many Eight-Transformation Golden Pills you want? Too many won't do. Laojun doesn't have many in stock anymore." Taibai Jinxing gave Cheng Long a shot of prevention to prevent the other party from asking for too much.

"I don't have many rank eight golden pills, so give me a rank nine golden pill. Also, give me one hundred and eighty rank nine thousand year old peaches and ten rank eight ginseng fruits. Once these conditions are met, you can invite me to heaven again."

"..."

Taibai Jinxing had a dark face.

There are not many Eight-Transformation Golden Pills left, and you actually want the Ninth-Transformation Golden Pill. Let’s not talk about whether this thing is still available. Even if the Great Celestial Venerable can give it to you, it will be of no use to you!

But he definitely couldn't say this.

The Nine-Turn Golden Pill is not useful for Cheng Long, but it can be used for the person next to him who has no talent.

One pill can allow an ordinary person to become an immortal pill that transcends the Three Realms and is no longer bound by the Five Elements. Many immortals are looking forward to it, but the problem is that there are really only a few Nine-Transformation Golden Pills!

Even if the Great Heavenly Venerable asked Laojun for it, he might not be able to get it.

The nine thousand year old peaches and ginseng fruits are even more outrageous.

It’s not that the Heavenly Court cannot produce these things, but the quantity is more than billions.

The Heavenly Palace holds a Peach Festival every three thousand years, and every year rewards some immortals with nine thousand year old peaches. It takes three Peach Festivals to produce one crop of nine thousand year old peaches.

And the output is very small.

Many times, we spend more than we earn.

It wouldn't be a problem to change it to three thousand year old peaches. We can produce three to five hundred of them. The yield is huge!
There was always a surplus after each Peach Festival. After so many times, the 3,000-year-old peaches stored in the Heavenly Palace’s treasury must have at least 30,000 to 50,000, if not 100,000.

Ginseng fruit grows once every ten thousand years, and each crop only produces thirty fruits.

Even if a new round of fruits have just ripened, the Jade Emperor may not be able to ask for ten or eight of them.

This request is indeed outrageous.

"Fellow Daoist, your conditions are too high. The Jade Emperor will never agree to them. I can only promise to give you three eighth-turn golden pills, ten nine-thousand-year-old peaches, twenty six-thousand-year-old peaches, and one ginseng fruit."

Although the ginseng fruit is not yet ripe, if he gets the Jade Emperor's password and goes to Wuzhuang Temple to ask for it, he will definitely have no problem getting one.

The immortal Zhen Yuanzi would certainly not eat all of them every time. He would leave some for guests. After several kalpas, he must have a lot of ginseng fruits in reserve.

"Five eighth-turn golden pills, 15 nine-thousand-year-old peaches, thirty six-thousand-year-old peaches, and no more ginseng fruits. I'll exchange them for a hundred three-thousand-year-old peaches. If you agree to it, you can go to heaven with me. If you don't agree, then turn right out the door." Cheng Long pointed to the entrance of the Water Curtain Cave with a firm attitude.

Seeing this, Taibai Jinxing said helplessly, "Forget it, forget it. I have agreed. I hope the Jade Emperor will not blame me! Taoist friend, please follow me to heaven!"

"It's easy to talk about."

Sun Wukong smiled very happily. With this batch of resources, when he took them back after the journey to the West, his women would bring about another surge in their cultivation.

Among them, a few favored ones can even be directly promoted to Taiyi Golden Immortals.

"Young Master, you asked for such a big thing, and even Taibai Xingjun agreed. It seems that the Jade Emperor really cares about him. Then I have to practice hard. I dare not say that I can catch up with you, but at least I have to take good care of the Water Curtain Cave..."

Looking at the young master who left with Taibai Jinxing, Qingyi returned to the Water Curtain Cave alone and began to comprehend the magical powers and secret techniques bestowed by the young master.

Due to limited talent, Cheng Long only granted her three magical powers.

They were Nine Breaths to Subdue Qi, Five Elements Great Escape, and Flying Body to Escape. They were enough for her to practice for a lifetime.

The reason why she was able to obtain these three Tiangang techniques was entirely because she stood on Cheng Long's side and secretly eradicated the dog demon Abao.

Although Cheng Long didn't care about a dog demon whose cultivation had been knocked down, Qingyi's willingness to kill his former partner for him was a sign of surrender.

Therefore, it is appropriate to teach Aunt Qing some magical powers to enhance her strength.

……

heaven.

Follow Taibai Jinxing and enter the Lingxiao Palace.

Cheng Long had a feeling of both familiarity and strangeness in his heart. The familiarity was naturally due to his past experiences, as he had been to the Lingxiao Palace more than once.

The heavens in every world are similar.

However, there must be many different environments in the heavenly palaces of the universe. The fairy spirit in the heavenly palace of Journey to the West is particularly strong. If one were to go to heaven before becoming an immortal, he might even get drunk.

"Your Highness, the Jade Emperor, the immortal Sun Wukong from the lower world has brought you to..."

"The Jade Emperor."

Cheng Long followed Taibai Jinxing and bowed.

As the Jade Emperor examined him, he said, "Sun Wukong, are you willing to serve as an official in my heaven?"

"That depends on whether the Great Lord can meet the conditions I set."

Cheng Long smiled.

You want to join the heaven without getting any benefits? That’s such a wishful thinking!
"You bold monster, how dare you speak rudely in front of His Majesty!" The Pagoda-Bearing Arhat stepped forward and glared at him. His angry eyes seemed as if he wanted to tear Cheng Long off alive.

"Who are you?"

Cheng Long turned around and looked at the pagoda-bearing Arhat, and said coldly: "The Great Celestial Venerable hasn't spoken yet, so how can you speak here? Or do you think that you have someone to back you up, and you don't even take the Jade Emperor seriously?"

"Ah, I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense..."

Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, blushed when he was refuted by Cheng Long. Some things weigh less than 4 taels if not weighed, but they can't even bear the weight of a thousand pounds if weighed.

Although he still didn't know why Sun Wukong knew that there was someone backing him up, it was wrong to say this in front of all the immortals.

This is a slap in the face in public!

He couldn't help but be angry.

"Hahaha, old thing, the Great Celestial Lord hasn't said anything yet and you're so eager to jump out." Nezha, the famous rebel in the Heavenly Palace, jumped out and accused him immediately: "And you still say you didn't disrespect His Majesty?"

"Shut up you!"

Li Jing turned around and glared at Nezha.

This matter...is getting worse and worse.

"I'm telling the truth, why can't I speak it out?"

Nezha held his head high and chest out, not afraid at all.

He didn't believe that his own Lao Deng would dare to take him into the Linglong Pagoda in front of the Great Heavenly Venerable.

"you……"

Li Jing was so angry that he wanted to strangle this traitor to death immediately.

Unfortunately, he couldn't win!
"Well, how can the father and son quarrel in front of all the immortals?"

The Jade Emperor was very happy to see Li Jing being humiliated. Sun Wukong hadn't even officially joined the sect yet, but he had already made the gods of the Buddhist faction blush. This made him more inclined to keep Sun Wukong rather than help Buddhism suppress the other party and eventually let them become a puppet of Buddhism.

"Your Majesty, this guy is full of lies, and he is always trying to sow discord! I am loyal to you, and the sun and the moon can testify to that. How dare I not take you seriously?"

Li Jing quickly expressed his loyalty. He had never lost his composure like he did today, and the murderous intent in his eyes almost became real.

On the contrary, little Nezha really liked Cheng Long more and more, and he had already made up his mind that when Sun Wukong received the immortal position and immortal palace, he would go to visit him and become sworn brothers with Big Brother Sun.

"King Li, respect is something you should keep in your heart, not keep in your eyes all the time..." Cheng Long interrupted suddenly.

Li Jing: "..."

The immortals smiled but said nothing, but many of them frowned.

Li Jing is not the only immortal who does not take the Jade Emperor seriously. In addition to Li Jing, the Four Heavenly Kings and other immortals from the Buddhist faction, the immortals of the Jiejiao sect, led by Zhao Gongming and the Golden Spirit Mother, also do not take the Jade Emperor seriously.

If their true spirits had not been included in the Investiture of the Gods and they were not bound by the Investiture of the Gods, they would probably not even bother to attend the court.

Just like the immortals of the Chan sect.

After the Immortal of the South Pole and the True Man Taiyi took the throne of the Six Emperors, they never came to the Lingxiao Palace. If it weren't for the low level of cultivation, the Emperor Gou Chen Lei Zhenzi would probably have been missing for many years.

The Jade Emperor was eager to recruit Cheng Long to heaven because he wanted him to replace Lei Zhenzi and become the Western Emperor Gou Chen.

It is really a loss of face for one of the six great emperors of heaven to not even be a Daluo Golden Immortal.

"Old man, we are not fools. We all see whether you have respected the Great Heavenly Venerable in your daily life!" Nezha smiled and added another blow.

Li Jing, who was already furious at being criticized, really couldn't help but want to take action.

If it weren't for the last bit of reason that told him that taking action in the Lingxiao Palace would have serious consequences, Nezha would have been taken into the Linglong Pagoda the next moment and endured endless pain.

In the end, it was Taibai Jinxing who spoke up to smooth things over and turned the topic back to the conditions proposed by Cheng Long.

"Sun Wukong, Taibai promised to agree to all your requests before. Are you willing to accept my edict now?" The Jade Emperor had already received the telepathic message from Taibai Jinxing.

He didn't think Cheng Long's high price was excessive.

They are just some resources.

These things are completely insignificant treasures to the Great Celestial Lord who is at the peak of Quasi-Saint status.

"I am willing."

Cheng Long nodded decisively.

He cannot escape being an official in heaven. Even if the Jade Emperor lets him go and wants him to go down to the mortal world to practice asceticism, Buddhism will not let him do so.

Instead of staying in Huaguo Mountain and worrying about Buddhism's back-up plan every day, it is better to get benefits from heaven.

"Then I will appoint you as the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, supervising the three realms and commanding the three armies..." The Jade Emperor never stopped talking about shocking people. He said he would command the three armies and supervise the three realms. This power is not ordinary, if you really compare them, the difference between him and the Six Emperors of Heaven is not much.

It all depends on whether Cheng Long dares to use the Monkey King's supervisory authority.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Cheng Long originally thought that he would be a star god of some importance, but he never expected that the Jade Emperor would go all the way and directly confer the title of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven on him.

Having been given such a big title, if he doesn't do something practical next, he will definitely be criticized by the gods of the Buddhist faction, which will cause all kinds of conflicts and make him do whatever it takes to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

But he would never do this to satisfy the Buddhist sect... (End of this chapter)