From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

“What’s so difficult about that? Your Majesty can transform. Not to mention turning from a bird into a dragon, even turning into an eight-headed lion would be a piece of cake.”

The black carp spirit felt that the king was deceiving the dragon.

"Different."

The catfish spirit refuted this, saying, "How could ordinary transformation techniques produce dragon energy? I've only heard that Sun Wukong's transformation techniques are extremely powerful. When he transforms into other beings, he truly possesses the innate talents of those beings. But where did our king learn such abilities?"

"Let's not make wild guesses. If the King hears this, our good days will be over." The black carp spirit shook its head and poured wine for the catfish spirit.

boom!

Pigsy kicked open the door to the thirteenth floor, startling the black fish demon into dropping his wine pot and frightening the catfish demon into smashing his wine bowl and hastily grabbing his sword.

Despite cultivating for five hundred years, these two fish spirits were still useless, and were defeated in just three to five rounds.

Then, Hu Yuan and Hu Jue, these two "big cats," blocked the doors and windows, leaving them nowhere to escape. They were pinned to the ground, unable to move. When they saw Jiang Liu's face, which was exactly like Sun Wukong's, they hurriedly begged for mercy: "Great Sage, spare our lives! Great Sage, spare our lives!"

The black fish demon said, "My ears have been cut off. I only wish to gouge out my eyes in order to save my life!"

The catfish monster said, "My lower lip is gone, I only ask that you cut off my upper lip so I can live!"

Chapter 1516 The King of Jisaguo was indeed muddle-headed.

"I don't want your eyes, nor will I cut off your upper lip. I only ask you, who stole the Buddha's relics from Fulong Temple? And who killed that old dragon woman?"

Jiang Liu reached out and stopped Hu Yuan and Hu Jue, who wanted to kill them, and questioned them, "Tell the truth and I will spare your lives. If you utter even half a lie, I will boil you into soup and give it to the monks of Fulong Temple to nourish their bodies."

The black fish spirit and the catfish monster were already terrified by Jiang Liu's appearance, so how could they dare to hide anything? They hurriedly said, "We'll tell! We'll tell!"

Those who stole the Buddha's treasure! Those who killed the Dragon Lady! They were all princes-in-law from the Wansheng Dragon Palace at Bibo Lake five hundred years ago—

It is the Nine-Headed Insect!

He was driven away by the Monkey King and Erlang Shen years ago, but has now returned, becoming sworn brothers with a true dragon, sharing the Dragon Palace, and becoming king and ancestor.

Upon hearing this, Pigsy laughed and said, "It really is that Nine-Headed Insect who has returned. He still hasn't given up. He stole the Buddha's relic and harmed the monks of Jisa Kingdom."

"Great Sage, we've already spoken, can you spare us?"

"The black fish spirit asked weakly."

"I'm not the Monkey King."

Jiang Liu chuckled, "However, I am an honest man. Since you are honest, I will naturally not harm you."

But you are ultimately aiding and abetting evil.

He may be spared the death penalty, but he cannot escape punishment.

take away!"

Hu Yuan grabbed the black fish spirit, and Hu Jue carried the catfish monster, as they went downstairs.

The commotion from the previous fight had already disturbed the monks in the temple. Despite their fear, they still picked up sticks from the courtyard and rushed to the front of the Fulong Pagoda with Bajing, Luzhen, and Pingping, hoping to lend them a hand.

When the tower gate opened, the monks were startled to see Hu Yuan and Hu Jue bringing out two fish-headed, human-bodied monsters. They were then overjoyed and asked, "Are they the thieves?"

“You are not thieves, but you are accomplices of thieves, which is enough to clear your names.”

After Jiang Liu finished speaking, he sealed the demon cores of the two fish monsters, ordered Ba Jing to pierce their collarbones, and then had the monks in Fulong Temple tie them up with chains and take them to the main hall. "Tomorrow morning, you can go and tell the king about this matter so that you can regain your freedom."

"Thank you, Venerable Yuanjue!"

The monks in the temple were overjoyed, but the leading monk was also somewhat troubled. He said, "Master, the king is muddleheaded, and we are innocent victims. Now that we have been freed from our shackles, we are afraid that we will not be able to see the king and will be arrested by the soldiers patrolling the city and thrown into prison."

“No need to worry, you don’t need to go to the king, the king will send someone to find you himself,” Jiang Liu reassured him.

"That king hates us terribly. He usually has to drive us away before he even goes on his tour of the city. Why would he send someone to see us on his own initiative?"

The monk was puzzled.

"Needless to say, go to sleep and get some rest. The king will send someone tomorrow." Jiang Liu smiled mysteriously. "The reason is simply because he is a muddle-headed ruler!"

The monk was still puzzled, but he was relieved and led the other monks back to sleep.

Silent all night.

Day two.

There was a lot of noise outside the temple gate.

The young novice monk went to open the door and saw the Imperial Guards leading dozens of soldiers waiting outside. He was so frightened that he hurriedly ran into the courtyard, shouting as he ran, "The King has really sent people!"

In a short time.

Fulong Temple became lively.

"Master, come with us to the palace. His Majesty has something to ask you."

The leading monk was the abbot of Fulong Temple. Upon hearing this, and recalling what Jiang Liu had said yesterday, he happily stepped forward.

But Jiang Liu jumped out and said to the academy master, "Wait, I'll go with you."

He then instructed Bajie, Bajing, Huyuan, Hujue, and Luzhen Pingping, "You stay here and guard the monks in the temple and watch over those two fish monsters. I will go with this monk to see the king, so that he will not say anything unfavorable."

The Imperial Guards stopped Jiang Liu and asked, "Who are you?"

"To be honest, I am a monk on my journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. I saw that the Buddha's relics were missing from Fulong Temple and the monks were being wronged, so I went to reason with the king," Jiang Liu replied.

"In that case, let's go see His Majesty together." The Imperial Guards saw that Jiang Liu was alone and frail, so they didn't think much of him.

Enter the palace, proceed through the halls, and ascend the golden steps.

When the king saw that the abbot of Fulong Temple had removed his shackles and broken his chains, he was furious and said, "This morning someone advised me that the monks of Fulong Temple were slandering me in the street yesterday, saying that I was a fool. I didn't believe it, but now I see that you have no shackles on your hands and no chains on your feet. You really want to rebel!"

With this charge of rebellion leveled against him, the abbot was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this old monk has absolutely no intention of rebelling!"

"If there is no way, how can we remove the shackles and break the chains?"

The king asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, I helped them remove these shackles and break these chains. What does it have to do with them?"

Jiang Liu leaped in front of the abbot, stared directly at the king, and rebuked him, "If we're talking about treason, then the blame should be placed on me. But I'm not a citizen of Jisa, so how can I be accused of treason?"

The king then noticed Jiang Liu, but was startled by his strange appearance and hurriedly said, "Guards! Protect the king!"

The Imperial Guards had already surrounded them.

Jiang Liu, however, remained unfazed and chuckled at the king, saying, "Your Majesty, I am unarmed and merely stating the facts. Why are you making such a fuss?"

The king was indeed muddleheaded. After listening to Jiang Liu's words, he was no longer afraid. He dismissed the Imperial Guards and asked, "Tell me, why did you remove the shackles from the monks of Fulong Temple? Did you intend to spread heresy and attack me?"

"Your Majesty's words are unreasonable. I am not related to you, nor am I familiar with you. Moreover, as I said before, I am not from Jisa. Why would I attack you?"

This well-reasoned counter-question left the king speechless, but then Jiang Liu said, "I am a practitioner, practicing the righteous path."

Seeing that the monks of Fulong Temple had suffered because of this injustice, they came specifically to clear their names.

The king said, "You have probably been deceived by these cunning monks! They stole the Buddha's relics and have refused to return them. What crime have I committed by making them suffer?"

"Your Majesty's words are unreasonable."

"The Buddha's relics are already inside Fulong Temple, and the monks there see them every day. Why would they steal them?"

"Even if a monk has impure senses and becomes greedy, and steals the Buddhist treasure, he will surely fly far away. What does that have to do with the other monks?"

"Even if His Majesty cannot find anyone to convict, if he wants to question the other monks, he should just question the senior monks. Why tie up those eight- or nine-year-old novices as well?"

"This is inhumane."

That makes sense, but even a clay figure would have some temper when ridiculed by Jiang Liu, let alone a tyrannical king.

His face contorted with rage, and he roared, "You monkey-faced cultivator, how dare you come here to mock me? You truly have no regard for your own life! Men, hack him to pieces!"

"Fine, I insulted you, and you got angry, which is understandable. So I'll let you slash me a few times."

Jiang Liu remained unmoved, letting the guards hack at him wildly.

After a series of loud clanging sounds, the guards' knives were all broken into several pieces, terrifying the civil and military officials.

The emperor was also at a loss...

Chapter 1517 Restoring Order and Clearing Up Injustices

"Your Majesty, have you vented your anger?"

Jiang Liu asked with a smile.

How could the king dare to say "no"? But he felt that he was the supreme ruler and would lose face if he backed down. So he said, "I don't know where you learned the skill of being invulnerable to swords and spears. Come and show it off in front of me!"

stop!

I'll spare your life!

However, since the monks of Fulong Temple were guilty of embezzlement, I will not forgive them.

"His Majesty is also forgetful."

Jiang Liu chuckled and cursed the king in front of all the civil and military officials. Before they could get angry, he said, "I already said before that I would clear their names, and I have evidence."

Although the king was muddle-headed, he wasn't stupid. He knew Jiang Liu's methods and dared not provoke him, so he could only ask, "Where is the evidence?"

“Last night I swept through the Fulong Pagoda and captured two fish demons. They are now being guarded in the temple. Just bring them here and we'll know,” Jiang Liu said.

Where are the Embroidered Uniform Guards?

The King said.

"We are here."

The Imperial Guards quickly stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, although they are the pillars of the nation, their strength is no match for the demons. It would be better if I went with them," Jiang Liu chuckled.

"Then let's go together."

The king agreed.

"There is one thing that requires Your Majesty's permission."

"what's up?"

"I need seven sedan chairs to carry me back."