One person above Qing Huang Ting

Chapter 727: Luxurious and Rich Ling Xiao Tian, ​​the Neither Human nor Ghost Wang Lingguan

The Star Gods took back their magic weapons, and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing brought Nezha to greet Tang Monk and his disciples. Except for the Kangjin Star God, all the Water and Fire Star Gods and their subordinates have already had feelings of missing the sky.

This mortal world is too filthy, the spiritual energy is thin, and spiritual essence is rare. It is not as comfortable as the pure, wonderful, and spiritually rich heaven.

Taibai Jinxing grabbed Hu Xiuwu. His mission was to observe Hu Xiuwu and respond accordingly. Hu Xiuwu had already shown that his abilities were not inferior to those of Sun Wukong. Taibai Jinxing naturally wanted to win him over for the Jade Emperor.

The missions of Tota-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha and other heavenly officials have been completed, but Taibai Jinxing’s mission has just begun.

He must keep an eye on Hu Xiuwu to make sure nothing goes wrong before he finally returns to heaven.

"Fortunately, Master Hu is not as naughty and unruly as that monkey. This errand will be much easier."

Taibai Jinxing looked at the handsome and well-mannered Hu Xiuwu standing beside him, feeling emotional.

On the other side, Sun Wukong smiled at Hu Xiuwu and said, "Brother, one day in heaven is one year on earth. I will wait for you when I finish my quest for scriptures."

As he spoke, he winked at Hu Xiuwu, and everything was said without words.

Hu Xiuwu smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. Maybe I came to you first."

His brother seemed to have other ideas. Sun Wukong thought for a moment and waved his hand: "Alright, alright, Heavenly King, Nezha, and Taibai Jinxing, you should take my brother back quickly. If you don't go back, my master will not leave."

"Amitabha."

Tang Monk chanted Buddhist mantras and smiled without saying anything.

"Holy monk, let's say goodbye now."

Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, was also unambiguous. He held the pagoda and performed a half-bow, then rode the clouds back to heaven with the celestial officials and star gods.

Hu Xiuwu and Taibai Jinxing rode on the same cloud and were led by Taibai Jinxing to heaven.

Tang Seng, his three disciples and the white dragon horse watched Hu Xiuwu and his group of immortals disappear over Jiu Gao before they left at the impatient urging of Zhu Bajie.

Continue heading west towards Lingshan.

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This was not the first time that Hu Xiuwu went to the heaven, and ascending to the upper realm was not a strange experience for him.

He had been to the pure and ethereal realm of gods floating above the sea of ​​clouds in the world of fairy swords. He had also visited the newly opened heavenly realm presided over by Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, which was a wild scene with slightly chaotic time and space and full of inner scenes of heaven.

However, the Heaven in the Journey to the West world, as the most traditional Heaven, still gave him a different experience.

The South Gate is as tall as a pillar of heaven, shining with golden light and made of translucent jade. The light of the stars and the moon is cast into glazed door pillars, and the glow of the sun is made into golden and jade beams and pillars.

Not to mention that there are dragons entwined on it as accessories; the afterglow of the sun radiates light; and a magic mirror and an inlaid plaque.

Before he even entered the door, the majestic and luxurious side of the Heavenly Palace had already revealed the tip of the iceberg to Hu Xiuwu.

Taibai Jinxing also explained to Hu Xiuwu: "This is the South Heaven Gate. If you enter from this gate, you can go directly to His Majesty's Lingxiao Palace."

Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, continued, "Returning to heaven through this gate is a privilege that many immortals do not have."

The star officials, including Kangjin Star Lord, all puffed out their chests and raised their heads, looking flattered and honored, as if they felt that their status was not worthy of passing through the South Heaven Gate, and that today they were blessed by the help of Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, and Taibai Jinxing.

Even the unruly Nezha became much more restrained after arriving at the Nantian Sect.

The Four Heavenly Kings are majestic and serious like four mountains, guarding the South Gate of Heaven and protecting the tranquility of the gate. In addition, the four great heavenly masters Zhang Daoling, Ge Xuan, Sa Shoujian and Xu Xun have set up clones to handle the internal affairs of the South Gate of Heaven and manage the entry and exit of immortals.

Taibai Jinxing greeted the four great celestial masters and enthusiastically introduced Hu Xiuwu to them.

The Four Heavenly Masters complimented him, but Hu Xiuwu could see that it was not the first time that the Four Heavenly Masters had heard his name.

As the Jade Emperor's aides, they must have had a hand in his going to heaven to receive the title.

After some boasting to each other, they were shone through the magic mirror and their identities were verified before they finally entered the heaven.

Under the magic mirror, Hu Xiuwu still looks like a handsome young man, which shows that he is a human of good family background. At the same time, he has not been practicing for a long time. He is not like many old immortals who pretend to be young and are about to die.

The heaven in the world of Journey to the West is a vast sea of ​​clouds. Palaces and government offices are like floating islands dotted above the sea of ​​clouds, and rainbow bridges and cloud roads connect them. This is similar to the realm of gods in the world of Legend of Sword and Fairy.

The fantasies of these worlds all originate from Eastern mythology, and the most basic cultural logic and rules are the same.

However, unlike the divine realm in the Legend of Sword and Fairy world, the heaven in the Black Myth world is more magnificent, grand and wealthy.

In the world of Sword and Fairy, the gods are born with pure spirit, and they like to be simple and elegant. They also like to use white jade and satin for decoration. The palaces are like mirages on the clouds, elegant and mysterious. However, the palaces in the heaven in the world of Sword and Fairy are more like traditional imperial palaces, with golden tiles and red walls, carved beams and painted buildings, nine dragons coiled on the pillars, phoenixes against the walls, and nine beasts squatting on the high ridges.

The palace is surrounded by warmth, like spring all day long; the main hall is sealed with bright light and never gets dark for ten thousand years.

There is an air of immortality in heaven, but more of it is an air of wealth and nobility. The immortals and priests who come and go all wear gold and jade pendants, jade hairpins and pearl shoes, and purple ribbons and gold medals. There is little of the feeling of the immortals in folk tales who do not eat the five grains of the world and do not envy gold, silver and treasures.

Moreover, compared with the divine realm in the world of Xianjian, the heaven is more feudal.

Feudalism does not only mean strict hierarchy. The hierarchy of the Fairy Sword God Clan is also strict. Lower gods cannot disobey the orders of upper gods. The second-generation gods are subordinates of the first-generation gods, and the Emperor of Heaven is supreme.

The relationship between the gods in the world of Xianjian is like the relationship between the wolf king and the wolves in a wolf pack, or the relationship between a general and the soldiers in the army. The main focus is on disciplining and there is not much etiquette.

However, in addition to the strict hierarchical system in heaven, there are also the constraints of etiquette and patriarchy.

The Chang'es, the maids in the fairy palace, take every step as if they were measuring, with precision to the minute. They know how high the lanterns should be held, how high the hands should be placed when walking slowly, and what etiquette to follow when meeting celestial officials and star gods of different official positions.

Coming all the way from the South Heaven Gate, Hu Xiuwu saw that the higher the status of the immortal official, the easier it was, while the lower the status of the immortal maidens and attendants, the more rules they had to follow.

When they arrived outside the Lingxiao Palace, they watched Taibai Jinxing, Tota-holding Heavenly King and others enter the hall to report on their work. Hu Xiuwu still needed to wait and stand with Wang Lingguan, waiting to be summoned by the Jade Emperor.

Without the Jade Emperor's summons, no one dared to bring a wandering immortal to see the Jade Emperor. Just like in the mortal world, even the prime minister or the chief minister would bring someone the emperor had never seen into the palace without being summoned, even if the emperor already knew this person's name and intended to recruit him.

Doing this is not called recommending talents, it is called trespassing into the forbidden palace, offending the emperor, and plotting something evil.

Although no god in heaven would believe that a new god that suddenly appeared could threaten the Jade Emperor who had experienced 128,000 calamities, such an action was actually interfering with the power of the Jade Emperor.

In other words, those who don't follow the rules will die a more miserable death.

If you don’t believe it, just look at the fate of Wang Lingguan, the former top official beside Hu Xiuwu.

Wang Lingguan has a burly figure that can swallow three rivers. He has bird wings on his back that allow him to fly into the sky. He wears green brocade boots with phoenix heads, a golden jade belt with a tiger head around his waist, and a yellow robe draped over his waist to hide treasures and medicine. His armor shines with golden light, and he has a whip that subdues demons to drive away thunder and lightning. Under his feet, there is a wheel that spins with wind and fire.

What a great spiritual officer who monitors the heavens, a selfless and fierce general of the three realms.

Unfortunately, there is a huge red hand on his neck. It is the right hand of the Jade Emperor. According to legend, Wang Lingguan sued Marshal Tianpeng for misbehaving at the Peach Banquet and having a tryst with the fairy Chang'e. The Jade Emperor praised him for his impartiality and actually transformed his own right hand onto his head to show that Wang Lingguan's arrival was like the Jade Emperor's personal presence.

However, after watching Shadow of the Gods and watching Zhu Bajie's cutscenes, I know that when Zhu Bajie saw Wang Lingguan, he lost his mind and accused him of being a snitch.

Hu Xiuwu knew that the so-called reward for Wang Lingguan's "impartial law enforcement" was bullshit.

Wang Lingguan was partial to his friends. The person who had a tryst with the fairy Chang'e at that time was not Marshal Tianpeng, nor the Jade Emperor as most people speculated, but an unknown god who had a good personal relationship with Wang Lingguan.

For this person, Wang Lingguan violated his principles and told the first lie to the Jade Emperor.

Even God will believe the first lie told by an honest person.

The Jade Emperor believed Wang Lingguan's statement and demoted Marshal Tianpeng to the mortal world, where he mixed in with the team and threw sand into Lingshan.

But soon after, the Jade Emperor apparently knew the truth.

But the decree issued by the Supreme Being cannot be wrong. He will pardon Zhu Bajie for this, but he will not let Wang Lingguan off easily.

Giving the right hand to Wang Lingguan was ostensibly a reward for him, but in reality it was a punishment for him.

The Shadow God Record describes the gods' opinions on the Jade Emperor's actions as follows: [Some gods said that since Wang Lingguan was willing to take on such an important position, he deserved to endure this loneliness.]

The Jade Emperor installed a surveillance camera on Wang Lingguan’s head, so who would dare to see Wang Lingguan privately?

Since you are showing favoritism because of personal relationship, I will make you lonely for the rest of your life.

Moreover, Wang Lingguan has a spiritual eye on his forehead given by the Jade Emperor. Yes, Wang Lingguan also has three eyes.

Taking back Wang Lingguan's head and inserting it into his right hand was also a secret way of taking back the gift given to him.

When Journey to the West was written, Wang Lingguan was the leader of the Five Hundred Lingguans. It was said that Wang Lingguan was the first thing to be worshipped when entering a temple. He was the most worshipped deity among all the gods in Taoist temples at that time.

The story about Sun Wukong fighting against Wang Lingguan was equally matched, which was really a way of praising Sun Wukong at the time.

The Black Myth continues the worldview of Journey to the West. Wang Lingguan's status in heaven is naturally extremely high. It can be said that his status in heaven is even higher than Taibai Jinxing and Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

But even such a spiritual official, after offending the Jade Emperor, still became half-human and half-ghost. How could Taibai Jinxing and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing violate their principles for Hu Xiuwu?

One can only feel pity for Hu Xiuwu, who was waiting outside the hall like a fool.