Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 519: Extracting the Soul, Saving Tian Peng

Chapter 519: Chapter 519: Extracting the Soul, Saving Tian Peng

The Soul-Seizing Formation was initiated, and the wild boar was in the center of the formation. Daoren used his demon art to control the formation, and swiftly extracted five souls.

Now was the time when the souls were most vulnerable, making it quick and easy to make a move.

After retracting the formation, Daoren looked at the five souls, carefully discerning them.

The other four souls appeared very faint and seemed to lack strength; one could tell just by looking at the souls that even if they were born, these four wouldn’t live long.

On the contrary, the soul at the very end was substantial and appeared to contain a great deal of energy.

"This is the one," he said.

Although this soul looked powerful, it was also in a weakened state, ensuring that it wouldn’t harm the wild boar’s soul and could be born smoothly.

Daoren took Marshal Tian Peng’s soul and put the other four back into the wild boar’s body, then returned with the soul.

After the Three Demons left, the wild boar successfully gave birth to five piglets. During this vulnerable moment, the wild boar licked each of the five piglets one by one.

The little piglets, born ready to nurse, all nuzzled beneath the wild boar, except for one that didn’t move, remaining still no matter how much the wild boar licked it.

The Three Demons returned to Chaos Residence with the soul.

There were fewer customers coming to buy milk tea, and Sun Wukong could handle them all on his own.

For one thing, after not opening a milk tea shop in Heavenly Court, getting to Chaos Residence wasn’t as convenient, hence the drop in customers.

Secondly, the news of Marshal Tian Peng’s demotion to the mortal realm had already spread throughout the Heavenly Court. Not only had it spread, but people were also discussing it.

Because Marshal Tian Peng, being the famed marshal, had been spending all his time in Chaos Residence instead of attending to his duties, the Jade Emperor had grown tired of him long ago. Now, he had simply found an excuse to send him down to the world of mortals as a warning to others.

There was all kinds of talk, and, after a short while, there were already many Immortal Officials who, even if they wanted to drink milk tea, didn’t dare to go to Chaos Residence to buy it.

After all, Chaos Residence didn’t rely on selling milk tea to make ends meet, and Sun Wukong rather enjoyed the peace.

At present, as the Three Demons arrived, Sun Wukong had just finished a batch of milk tea and was resting.

Seeing them return, he greeted, "Yo, back so soon? Did you find it?"

Seeing Sun Wukong seemed to offer a pillar of support, the Three Demons relaxed all over. They were almost in tears, "Mr. Monkey,"

Seeing them like this, Sun Wukong was very puzzled and asked, "What’s the matter? You all look so troubled, what actually happened? Didn’t you find Tian Peng?"

"We found him," the Three Demons replied.

Sun Wukong became even more curious, "Then if you found him, why are you still upset?"

"Although we found him, it’s just that..."

The Three Demons hesitated, unsure of how to respond. Sun Wukong’s expression hardened, "What’s the matter? Didn’t you find him alive?"

"No no no, not at all."

Sun Wukong was so anxious he wanted to swear, "Can you please be clear? I’m giving you two sentences to explain properly, hurry up and tell me clearly! What’s happened? Stop beating around the bush!"

"It’s just, it’s just..." the Great Roc still didn’t know how to say it.

"Let me do the talking," Daoren interjected. "The thing is, when we found Tian Peng, it turns out he wasn’t reborn as a human."

"Not born from a human womb? What do you mean?" Sun Wukong asked, "Wasn’t he thrown out of the Immortal Pond by the Jade Emperor? How could he not be born as a human?"

"He’s in a pig’s womb," said Xiong Daoren.

With a start, Sun Wukong sprang up from his seat, his eyes ablaze with fire, his face flushed with anger, and his fingers clenched so tightly they cracked.

"Repeat that to me: what exactly happened?"

"Where’s Marshal Tian Peng?" inquired Sun Wukong, "Did you bring him here with you?"

Xiong Daoren handed over the Silken Pouch containing Marshal Tian Peng’s soul to Sun Wukong. "Right here. I got to Marshal Tian Peng’s soul before the wild boar gave birth, and brought it back first. He shouldn’t be considered in a pig’s womb just yet."

Sun Wukong’s originally inflamed face eased a little, then he took the Silken Pouch from Xiong Daoren, flipped the ’Open For Business’ sign of the milk tea shop, and left the shop.

Inside, Sun Wukong and the Three Demons were restless.

"Master, shall I simply go to the Heavenly Court and settle the score with the old Jade Emperor?" Sun Wukong said desperately. "Marshal Tian Peng has contributed so much to the Heavenly Court. How could the Jade Emperor betray him like this and cast him into a pig’s womb? Why would he do such a thing?"

"Enough, calm down," Chen Nuo instructed, pointing at the seats in front of him and motioning them to sit down. One by one, they paced in front of him, making his head spin.

"Master, I really can’t sit still," said Sun Wukong. "My heart feels as if it’s being scorched by the flames on the stove; I just can’t calm down."

"Who’s to say otherwise," added Xiong Daoren. With the current emergency, none of them could stay calm. Except for Chen Nuo, everyone in the room was anxious and agitated.

"What, do you plan to go to the Heavenly Court to confront the Jade Emperor, only to have the Immortal Officials from above capture you one by one, and then end up in wombs, becoming Marshal Tian Peng’s brothers?" Chen Nuo asked.

"No, how could they dare to do such a thing!" Sun Wukong exclaimed angrily.

"Why wouldn’t they dare?" Chen Nuo inquired. "What are you considered in the Heavenly Court, three demons and a stone monkey?"

"But Master, I have Divine Skills, which I awakened by eating your food. Even if I cannot capture the Jade Emperor immediately, I can certainly make them fear me a little," Sun Wukong argued.

Chen Nuo felt that Sun Wukong was so angry that he was thinking irrationally.

"Just because you have Divine Skills, do you think the Immortal Officials who have lived for hundreds of thousands of years are just sitting around doing nothing?"

"Then Master, what do we do?" Sun Wukong pleaded urgently. "This Silken Pouch can only preserve a soul for twenty hours; if much more time passes, Marshal Tian Peng’s soul will be beyond saving!"

Sun Wukong said, "I really don’t know what to do now. You seem so calm and composed; surely you must have a plan in mind, right?"

"You’re not completely foolish," Chen Nuo remarked.

With Chen Nuo’s words, the heavy weight pressing on the hearts of the Three Demons and Sun Wukong seemed finally to hit the ground.

"So, Master, what’s the plan you’ve thought of?" Sun Wukong asked.

"It’s not that I’ve thought of a plan per se. My thought is that for now, you just take Marshal Tian Peng’s soul and leave, find a body to settle it in, and then let things take their course," Chen Nuo said.

"But," Xiong Daoren began, voicing his concerns.

"Shopkeeper, what do you mean? Are we to take Marshal Tian Peng back to that wild boar, or shall we find a woman who’s about to give birth?" he asked.

"Neither," replied Chen Nuo.

"What?" the Three Demons were all shocked. "Then, what shall we do? The Silken Pouch only works for twenty hours; after that, Marshal Tian Peng’s soul won’t be able to be preserved!"

"Are you fools? Marshal Tian Peng was betrayed by the Jade Emperor who found a loophole and unjustly condemned him. If you now use your own methods to find a woman about to give birth, wouldn’t the soul supposed to be born to her have nowhere to go?" Chen Nuo countered.