The Tathāgata Must Fail

Chapter 27: What Good Brothers


After the flowering period of the Hemostatic Grass ended, Sun Wukong let the merchant ships carry the grass seeds and the first batch of Spiritual Objects away from Huaguo Mountain.

Gold Star Taibai secretly bought some and returned to the Heavenly Palace.

"Gold Star Taibai, are these the treasures you brought back?"

In the Palace of the Polestar, the Immortals toyed with the Spiritual Objects, expressing amusement and disbelief.

"It seems Huaguo Mountain isn't all that remarkable."

"Gold Star Taibai, you always said that Demon Immortal is clever, but now it turns out he's just a monkey fond of trifling with gadgets! How is he any different from mortals?"

None of the Immortals cared for these Spiritual Objects.

What kind of Spiritual Objects were these? Without sentience, incapable of attacking or defending—merely performing trivial tasks like sweeping and illumination, any random item in the Heavenly Palace could surpass them.

A Jade Flute came into the hands of Tota Li Heavenly King.

With a pinch of his hand, the Jade Flute crumbled to dust.

"Li Heavenly King." Gold Star Taibai frowned slightly: "What are you doing?"

Li Jing turned to the Jade Emperor and said: "Your Majesty, how can toys from the Mortal World be permitted in the Palace of the Polestar!"

The Jade Emperor nodded; indeed, those things were to him like children's toys.

"Gold Star Taibai, take these things away."

The Jade Emperor spoke: "If others come to know that we study toys in the Palace of the Polestar, wouldn't we be a laughingstock!"

"Your Majesty, these are not toys."

Gold Star Taibai quickly said: "They will have a great impact on the Mortal World."

"It doesn't matter, they are but faux Spiritual Objects."

The Jade Emperor waved his hand, commanding someone to clear the items away.

"Your Majesty."

Gold Star Taibai continued: "That Monkey King is a talent; I suggest we recruit him to the heavens."

As soon as these words came out, someone among the Twenty-Eight Constellations immediately burst into laughter.

"Gold Star Taibai, what use is there in recruiting a monkey?"

"He has only been the Demon King for a few days; you think too highly of him."

"That's right!"

The other Immortals chimed in with agreement.

The Jade Emperor pondered for a moment; since Gold Star Taibai regarded the Monkey King so highly, there must be a reason.

"Thousand-mile Eye, Sharp-Hearing Ear."

The Jade Emperor summoned two Immortal Ministers to keep a closer watch over Huaguo Mountain.

A day in the heavens is a year on Earth.

As half a day passed in the Heavenly Palace, half a year had passed on Huaguo Mountain.

Immortal Zhenyuan received the news and secretly warned Sun Wukong.

"Young brother, can't you change the name of these Spiritual Objects?"

Immortal Zhenyuan then laughed: "The Immortals up there are all having a good laugh."

"They were not made for them in the first place."

Sun Wukong said.

He had the Demons create Spiritual Objects to trade with human nations; the reactions of those Immortals were all within his expectations.

"You're right, brother."

Ao Luan poured Sun Wukong some fruit wine and said: "We should sell our wares without concern for their gaze."

At this moment, in Shuilian Cave, a banquet was being held among the Demon Kings, celebrating Huaguo Mountain's vast daily earnings.

Just as Sun Wukong had predicted, humans couldn't produce Spiritual Objects and were now flocking to trade gold, silver, and pearls for them, so Huaguo Mountain didn't have to worry about expenses anymore.

In the past half-year, Huaguo Mountain earned a tidy sum from the humans—by fair means, not foul, there was no better method than this.

"The wisdom of our Great King is beyond the comprehension of those Immortals."

A Demon King spoke loudly.

Other Demon Kings responded in succession.

Seeing their faces brimming with joy, Sun Wukong also unconsciously showed a smile.

In recent years, fewer and fewer demons were leaving, and the Demon Kings were gradually recognizing Huaguo Mountain, understanding Sun Wukong's methods—this was good.

Immortal Zhenyuan couldn't help but sigh: "I never thought I would be drinking with a group of demons."

The longer he stayed at Huaguo Mountain, the more differently he felt about the demons.

All of this stemmed from Sun Wukong.

"Great King."

At this moment, a Monkey Spirit suddenly arrived at Shuilian Cave with the Thousand-year-old Fox King, reporting some news to Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong was shocked.

After the Thousand-year-old Fox King left the Sky Scraping Cave on Jilei Mountain, the Bull Demon King took over the cave and made it his dwelling.

One day ago, the Bull Demon King invited five Demon Clan Great Saints to a feast.

"That Monkey King is truly a disgrace to our Demon Clan!"

The Demon Clan Great Saints gathered at the Sky Scraping Cave, and as soon as they spoke, they began cursing Sun Wukong.

The Bull Demon King was surprised: "Brothers, what has that monkey done now?"

He had been in closed-door cultivation for two years, meditating and cultivating in peace, and was unaware that Huaguo Mountain had begun selling Spiritual Objects to human nations.

The Lion Camel King, hot-tempered, was the first to explode: "Big brother, you don't know, recently those Independent Immortals and Taoists have been mocking our Demon Clan, saying we stoop to consort with mortals, disregarding the pursuit of the Immortal Dao for the stink of money!"

"And that's putting it mildly!"

Peng Demon King said: "The day before yesterday, I met a Daoist who actually told me, in order to get food and clothing, our Demon Clan didn't hesitate to turn the power we painstakingly cultivated into playthings, to please those mortals."

"What is all this about?"

The Bull Demon King promptly inquired, and the five Great Saints explained one by one, lighting the fire of anger in the Bull Demon King.

He wished he could go and teach Sun Wukong a lesson immediately.

"That Monkey King is setting a bad example, messing around with useless things is one thing! But now he's even let us all become a laughingstock to humans, this is absolutely intolerable!"

The Bull Demon King was extremely hateful towards Sun Wukong.

In this world, although demons were not as noble as Immortals, they were far more powerful than mortals!

The demons of Huaguo Mountain used the mana they had arduously cultivated to create Spiritual Objects for trade with humans, earning money—this practice, however, brought extreme disgrace to all demons.

"How could our Demon Clan degrade ourselves like this!"

"Being mocked by humans, it's a monumental humiliation!"

The six Great Saints grew angrier as they spoke, and Peng Demon King couldn't help but stand up and say: "Big brother, we should revitalize the Demon Clan."

Yu Rong King agreed: "We should invite some Great Demons, like Huaguo Mountain, to establish a Demon Kingdom."

Hearing this, the other Great Saints all brightened up, feeling it was a good idea.

They briefly discussed and then went their separate ways.

One day later, this was the news Sun Wukong received.

"Establish a Demon Kingdom?"

Sun Wukong recovered from his surprise and then asked, "Did they mention the Golden Winged Great Peng?"

The Thousand-year-old Fox King shook his head: "No, nothing was said."

"Then it's not a concern."

Sun Wukong waved his hand, filled with emotion: "I've misunderstood them all along."

He had thought that these six Demon Clan Great Saints would no longer be his brothers.

Now it looked like, what great brothers they were.

He had just learned that the Heavenly Palace had begun to take notice of Huaguo Mountain, and they enthusiastically came out to take the blame for him!

Even real brothers wouldn't be this good.

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