Journey to the West: Become stronger by taking on disciples, start by recruiting a demonized Sun Wuk

Taiqing Laozi sensed Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang once again.

Yes, that's it.

That is indeed the Ruyi Jingu Bang, a magical treasure born from acquired merit.

How could an acquired merit treasure instantly shatter an innate treasure?

This is indeed a problem.

Taiqing Laozi immediately put aside his doubts, and his expression changed drastically.

He shared the same doubts as Yama, the King of Hell.

This Ruyi Jingu Bang was personally crafted by Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao).

"Won't Zhunti and Jieyin suspect that I'm plotting against them?"

Taiqing Laozi's lips twitched, his gaze piercing through time and space, locking onto Taishang Laojun of the Heavenly Court.

"Fellow Daoist, did you really forge that golden cudgel?"

At this moment, Laozi was also puzzled.

However, after repeatedly sensing the object, he confirmed that the one in Sun Wukong's hand was the Ruyi Jingu Bang that he had crafted.

In an instant, his mind was in complete turmoil!

"My forged golden cudgel is so powerful! It can cleave a primordial spiritual treasure in two with a single blow!"

"I knew absolutely nothing about this!"

The sages Taiqing Laozi, Taishang Laojun, Nuwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin were indeed unaware of this.

The weapon in Sun Wukong's hand is not the Ruyi Jingu Bang, a magical artifact acquired through merit.

Instead, it was the Chaos Spiritual Treasure Demon Ape Staff that he obtained from the Divine Weapon Pavilion!

Chaotic spiritual treasures are on the same level as beings in the Supreme Limitless Realm.

After it transforms into other magical treasure forms, apart from beings at the Supreme Limitless Realm, other living beings, including saints, cannot see its true nature at all.

"Fellow Daoist, this is indeed the Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel) that I crafted!"

Lao Tzu nodded.

But then he shook his head: "However, when I forged this staff, it didn't have such great power as it does now."

Taiqing Laozi narrowed his eyes to slits: "So, someone is plotting against me?"

Laozi nodded again: "Fellow Daoist, that should be it."

Taiqing Laozi frowned deeply: "Who is plotting against me?"

Laozi's words immediately made Taiqing Laozi realize that the Ruyi Jingu Bang had been tampered with by Laozi during its forging, which is why it was so powerful and could break a primordial spiritual treasure with a single blow.

This must be true.

Someone is plotting against him, Taiqing Laozi.

We must find out who this person is immediately.

He's always the one scheming against others, but now someone dares to scheme against him.

Taiqing Laozi was furious!

"No matter who you are, if you dare to scheme against me, I'll make you pay the price!"

Taiqing Laozi had never been so angry.

But at that moment, Taiqing Laozi's expression suddenly changed, and he then revealed a bitter smile.

Taiqing Laozi noticed that Zhunti and Jieyin were flying over aggressively.

"Those two bastards!"

Taiqing Laozi frowned.

Zhunti and Jieyin are thugs and ruffians; Taiqing Laozi doesn't want to get entangled with them.

But they came to us on their own initiative.

He felt a surge of irritation.

Taiqing Laozi really wanted to say that he didn't use the Ruyi Jingu Bang to scheme against them, but just wanted to use the Jingu Bang to earn some merit!

But he knew that Zhunti and Jieyin would never believe such words.

Even if it were him, he wouldn't believe it.

Lao Tzu decided to stop explaining.

He doesn't need to explain his actions to anyone!

Soon, Zhunti and Jieyin arrived at the entrance of the Sanqing Courtyard.

The two descended from the chaos and stood on the steps in front of the Sanqing Courtyard.

"Fellow Daoist Taiqing, Zhunti and his senior brother Jieyin have come to see you. Please open the door."

Zhunti immediately revealed his identity, but Taiqing Laozi's voice remained calm: "Fellow Daoist Zhunti, I am not feeling well today and will not receive guests."

"You may leave."

Zhunti immediately became furious.

Taiqing Laozi looks down on my fellow disciple and me!

Saints never get sick!

He's definitely hiding from us because he's afraid we'll see through his scheme!

Lao Tzu's hiding was a sign of his guilty conscience, and this guilty conscience only made Zhunti more arrogant.

"Taiqing Laozi, you must give us an explanation about the Ruyi Jingu Bang today, or we won't leave!"

"Bang bang bang!"

After Zhunti finished speaking, he began to pound on the door.

Taiqing Laozi roared, "Zhunti, stop fooling around!"

"The matter of the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) is none of my concern."

"You two get out of here right now, or I won't be polite!"

Zhunti was furious.

"Taiqing Laozi thinks he can dismiss us fellow disciples with just a few words."

"They dare to threaten us? This is outrageous! They've gone too far!"

Zhunti was so angry he was trembling.

Jieyin frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist Taiqing, since the matter of the Golden Cudgel is none of your concern..."

"Why won't you let your fellow disciples in?"

"Let's go in and talk things out, and we can clear up the misunderstanding."

"What do you think?"

Inside the Sanqing Courtyard.

When Taiqing Laozi heard Jieyin's words, he frowned.

He thought to himself, "This Jieyin is indeed more difficult to deal with than Zhunti."

"In that case, why don't we invite you both in for a detailed discussion?"

"hehe."

Taiqing Laozi sneered; he knew the true nature of Zhunti and Jieyin.

If we let them in.

Zhunti would throw a tantrum in the Sanqing Courtyard, while Jieyin would pretend to mediate and act like a good person.

Taiqing Laozi might actually become a schemer!

"No, we absolutely cannot let those two scoundrels in!"

Taiqing Laozi's tone became even more resolute.

"Fellow Daoist, the facts are the facts."

"I have already made it clear that this has nothing to do with the Golden Cudgel, so let's leave it at that."

"No need to say more!"

"Take your junior brother and leave now, or I will kick you out!"

The guide frowned.

Zhunti was furious; those words were too harsh.

He put on an air of superiority, saying things like "the innocent are innocent, and the guilty are guilty," and that even explanations were superfluous.

He didn't take his fellow disciples seriously at all.

"Junior brother."

Jieyin gave Zhunti a wink, and Zhunti immediately understood.

"Knock knock knock!"

He pounded on the door.

He pounded on the door while shouting, "You old bastard Taiqing, you dare to scheme against me, so you dare to open the door!"

"Stop faking illness, you're just feeling guilty!"

"You old man Taiqing, if you dare to scheme against me, then you dare to open the door!"

"Stop faking illness, you're just feeling guilty!"

Zhunti's curses echoed in the chaos.

Nuwa, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Pingxin Niangniang were all stunned.

There are such shameless people in the world.

At this moment, Nuwa, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Pingxin Niangniang all felt that it was a great disgrace to be a saint like Zhunti and Jieyin.

……

Chaos, Nuwa Palace.

Nuwa saw Zhunti and Jieyin being rejected in front of the Sanqing Courtyard.

She burst out laughing.

"These two people were indeed rejected."

"What can they do to Senior Brother Taiqing now?"

Nuwa underestimated the shamelessness of Zhunti and Jieyin.

She saw Zhunti frantically banging on the gate of Taiqing Laozi's courtyard, and she could hear Zhunti shouting in her ears.

"You treacherous old man, you schemed against me, dare to show yourself!"

"Stop faking illness, you're just feeling guilty!"

Nuwa shuddered: "That voice is maddening."

She discovered that as long as she closed her eyes, the sentence would keep repeating in her mind.

"Zhunti and Jieyin have no moral bottom line and have utterly disgraced the sages."

"But if they anger Senior Brother Taiqing, he will take action."

"Senior Brother Taiqing will definitely make a move."

Nuwa began to look forward to it.

She expected Taiqing Laozi to be enraged and beat Zhunti and Jieyin severely.

Within the chaos, inside the Jade Void Palace.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable coldly snorted, "To be considered a sage alongside these two is a disgrace to me!"

"My older brother is too weak."

"If it were me, I would have kicked them out the first time they came to my door!"