NOVEL NEXT Chapter 729_2
Just because a demon shelters some villagers does not mean it is a good demon; it may have simply kept them as its reserve food supply.
Karma is the most straightforward criterion to determine whether a living being is evil.
Anyone entangled with karma is basically not a good person; most are heinous, with very few exceptions. The most representative figure among them is the Ming River Sect Master who became a Supreme.
The Blood Sea is the most filthy place in the world, but within the Blood Sea, there is a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure called the Karma Fire Red Lotus.
This treasure automatically absorbs worldly karma, using it as nourishment to enhance its own power. Naturally, the Ming River Sect Master, who acquired this treasure, became entangled with karma all over.
However, the Karma Fire Red Lotus can suppress destiny, so the Ming River Sect Master is not burdened by karma at all. This is also why he dared to scheme against the Red Cloud in the past, intending to seize the Hongmeng Purple Qi, the Foundation of Sanctum, from Red Cloud.
The Red Cloud at that time bore Hongmeng Purple Qi and had great karma. Killing him would incur Great Karma.
But after killing Red Cloud, aside from suffering some injuries, the Ming River Sect Master experienced no subsequent impact.
Kunpeng, who acted with him, fared much worse; for attacking Red Cloud and thus incurring great karma, after killing Red Cloud, he encountered continuous bad luck.
Hiding in his lair, he was targeted by the Demon Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun, suffered another heavy blow, and was forced into the Demon Court, taking on the role of Demon Master, becoming embroiled in the Witch Demon Tribulation.
If it weren't for his ability to endure, his deep scheming, and his first-rate escape skills of the era, he might not have escaped the fate of perishing in the Witch Demon Tribulation.
Chen Sanzang casually asked Little White Dragon, but his heart was filled with many questions.
He knew the storyline of Journey to the West, where Lu Erjie was Lao Zhu's wife, how could she have been killed by Lao Zhu?
Zhu Ganglie, this fellow, was renowned for his lust even when he was the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy in the Heavenly Court, but he was also very affectionate!
If she were truly his wife, he would have cherished and loved her, how could he have done something as ridiculous as killing her?
Therefore, the death of Lu Erjie is highly suspicious, but it definitely was not done by Zhu Ganglie.
"Old Xi, to what extent has Zhu Ganglie's cultivation level been restored now?"
"Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak, and his physical body is extremely strong, he seems to practice the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique."
Good heavens, Chen Sanzang internally exclaimed; it confirmed an important matter.
Zhu Ganglie is definitely a disciple of the Human Sect; otherwise, he couldn't possibly have learned the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.
It's important to know that the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique is a method of proving Dao with power, inherited from Pangu. In the Primordial Era, other than Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones, only the Twelve Ancestor Witches knew it.
The Three Religions passed on to their disciples a Protecting-the-Sect Divine Skill, a slightly inferior technique developed through deduction from the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, called the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique.
In fact, very few people have genuinely practiced the true Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, among whom the more famous figure is Erlang God Yang Jian.
Yang Jian initially practiced the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique, which also led to the creation of another Four Monkey, Yuan Hong, who stole and became entangled with his karma.
After Yang Jian's ascension, through the connection of his master, Master Yuding, he received the complete Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, allowing him to transform the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique into the true Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.
As for Sun Wukong in the original Journey to the West, he studied the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique, and later, becoming the Victorious Fighting Buddha, he had no connection with the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.
"Old Xi, should we perhaps transcend this guy Zhu Ganglie in advance?"
Marrying a mortal woman provides an excellent pretext to eliminate Zhu Ganglie, catching the Heavenly Court and Buddhist Sect off guard.
"As you wish, but I have discovered another interesting matter."
A tone of marvel laced Old Xi's words, and he conveyed some information to Chen Sanzang.
Gao Cuilan appeared to be an ordinary mortal woman, but within her, there was a modest amount of Immortal Energy, reaching the Earth Immortal level.
In the information Old Xi transmitted, he sensed a unique True Spirit aura within Gao Cuilan's Spirit.
Tracing it via Reincarnation Perception, the previous life of this True Spirit aura was a Rabbit Spirit!
Good heavens! Chen Sanzang couldn't stop internally exclaiming good heavens!
Lu Erjie's True Spirit resides within Gao Cuilan's Spirit, perfectly integrated, which can only mean one thing: Gao Cuilan is Lu Erjie's reincarnated self!
In an instant, a multitude of issues flooded Chen Sanzang's mind. As they linked together, preceding doubts became suddenly clear.
One could argue that Zhu Ganglie did indeed eliminate Lu Erjie a decade ago, but it wasn't about silencing a witness; rather, it aimed to help Lu Erjie rebuild her foundation!
Lu Erjie was merely a spirit-turned ordinary rabbit, with a poor foundation and exhausted potential, almost incapable of becoming immortal.
Yet Zhu Ganglie had a method to strengthen Lu Erjie's fundamental base. Thus, leveraging his connections, he helped Lu Erjie reincarnate as a human!
After Lu Erjie's successful reincarnation, Zhu Ganglie played the role of Protector, not only infusing Gao Cuilan with Immortal Power but also spending Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to enhance her original quality.
Once Lu Erjie's True Spirit awakened, and fully controlled the Immortal Power within, Gao Cuilan could achieve immediate ascension to immortality.
Furthermore, leveraging Zhu Ganglie's connections to provide Lu Erjie, under the identity of Gao Cuilan, a minor Divine Position of rank nine within the Heavenly Court, posed no difficulty at all!
Thus, Zhu Ganglie is a great romantic indeed!
Comprehending all this, Chen Sanzang couldn't help but tut, especially when looking at Little White Dragon, Ao Lie, emphasizing the stark differences in their romantic endeavors, as different as day and night!
Zhu Ganglie not only successfully won the beauty's heart, but also gained her unwavering devotion, along with a generous inheritance gifted to him without condition.
And Little White Dragon? Not only was his figurative head crowned with a grassy field, but his wife also left him high and dry with it.
Upon arriving at Gao Village, Sun Wukong sensed the immense demonic energy akin to the Immortal Energy and power of the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy.
"Tianpeng, open the door!"
The monkey grinned playfully in his eyes without hiding it, causing Zhu Ganglie to roll his eyes directly.
Feeling Sun Wukong's qi, Zhu Ganglie rushed out, furious.
"Damn old monkey, knock on the door lightly! You'll make my whole house fall apart!"
Realizing it was Sun Wukong, Zhu Ganglie was infuriated.
"A pig's head suits you well, matching your personality— lazy and lustful."
"Get lost! When I was banished to the mortal world, I faced issues you damn monkey should know. Quit mocking!"
This monkey, back when he was part of the Heavenly Immortals, must have secretly laughed when I was framed!
"A pig's head does fit you. It's just in line with your character—lazy, gluttonous, and everything perceived."
As the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy, in charge of the Heavenly River Water Army, to just drink a few cups of wine and being accused of harassing Fairy Chang'e—how is that even possible?
Don't talk about Fairy Chang'e being the fairest in all Three Realms. In the Heavenly Court, weren't there several concubines to fawn over me?
"If you're not a lecher, then what about Gao Cuilan? You only fell from heaven not long ago, yet you've already found several wives."