Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 229 - 229 219 Passive

229: Chapter 219: Passive 229: Chapter 219: Passive Jiang Chen didn’t know the name of this White Demon, so he decided to refer to it as such for the time being.

The White Demon walked straight up to Jiang Chen, first fluttering the feathered fan in his hand, and then said with a full-faced smile:

“You humans are quite interesting, slapping such a big label on us, the Demon Clan of the Eastern Sea, right off the bat.”

“Rebellion?

That’s a big accusation; we from the Eastern Sea’s Demon Clan can’t shoulder such a charge.”

The minor demons might not understand the true strength of the Heavenly Court, but the senior demons do.

That’s a power they absolutely should not provoke.

In truth, as long as the Jade Emperor is willing to be ruthless, no force in the Three Realms could withstand the Heavenly Court’s destruction, given the sages do not intervene.

Even the Spiritual Mountain in the West is not an opponent to the Heavenly Court.

If even the Spiritual Mountain is like this, how would the mere Demon Clan from Eastern Sea dare to challenge the Heavenly Court?

In his interaction with Jiang Chen, the White Demon didn’t bother to mention his own name nor inquire about Jiang Chen’s background, showing his complete disregard for Jiang Chen and disdain for learning his name.

He wouldn’t even bother to show up to face someone akin to an insignificant ant like Jiang Chen, let alone hold him in high esteem.

Jiang Chen wasn’t bothered by the White Demon’s disdain.

As a Great Luo Golden Immortal, he had the right.

But just because he wasn’t bothered, didn’t mean he was going to let things slide.

Attacking heavenly soldiers is tantamount to rebellion, right?

He couldn’t let them wiggle their way out of this.

With a stern face, Jiang Chen asked sharply, “If it’s not rebellion, why did you attack the heavenly soldiers?

Is it fun to you?”

In response to Jiang Chen’s question, the White Demon still wore a smile, “You can’t put it that way.

It’s not us who attacked the heavenly soldiers, but rather the heavenly soldiers who unreasonably massacred the Demon Clan of the Eastern Sea, so we were forced to fight back.”

“Hm,” Jiang Chen scoffed and replied, “The Demon Clan is cruel and has caused countless innocent deaths, wreaking havoc on the Three Realms.

It’s right for the heavenly soldiers to take action against you.

Facing the spears of the heavenly soldiers, you could have just accepted your punishment, but you dared to fight back.

You really deserve to die.”

At these words from Jiang Chen, not only did the White Demon’s face change, even the other senior demons hidden in the dark felt a change in their expression.

Good heavens, they had seen arrogance, but not to this extent.

Is this young man even speaking human language?

They were supposedly wrong to resist when the heavenly soldiers wanted to kill them, and accepting their fate was the right thing?

Couldn’t they even resist?

Upon hearing Jiang Chen’s words, all the demons present were fuming.

On the other hand, the hidden human experts, after hearing Jiang Chen’s words, couldn’t help but give him a thumbs up, considering his words to be quite refreshing.

Another senior demon from the void jumped out, pointing at Jiang Chen and yelled:

“Where did this wild boy come from?

Didn’t your elders tell you about the agreement between the Demon Clan of the Eastern Sea and the Heavenly Court when you left home?”

This was news to Jiang Chen.

He had no idea that there was an agreement between the Heavenly Court and the Demon Clan of Eastern Sea.

Since no one imagined that the Demon Clan of the Eastern Sea would take action, no one in the Jiang Family had told him about it.

Even though Jiang Chen didn’t know, it wasn’t an issue.

Long Ye, who was hidden in the darkness, immediately conveyed to him the reason behind it.

In the early days of ancient times, after the conflict between witches and demons ceased, various forces ascended, causing chaos in the Prehistoric World.

At that time, Haotian, who had just ascended the throne, made an effort to pacify the Chaos World.

He swallowed his pride, generously granted land to all parties, recognized them as legitimate, and granted them the Fate of Heaven and Earth.

With their gains, the various forces stopped fighting and started to recuperate in their own territories.

Although this move temporarily restored some peace to the Prehistoric World, it also left many troubles for the Heavenly Court in the future.

The Demon Clan of the Eastern Sea was one of the forces that the Heavenly Court had recognized back then.

They were allowed to live in the Eastern Sea and their way of life was not to be disturbed.

These forces were like the vassal lords of the Heavenly Court, but they did not listen to their commands or decrees, they only nominally submitted to them.

This is precisely why, despite the long-lasting battle between the Demon Suppression heavenly soldiers and the Demon Clan of the Eastern Sea, there was no sign of the Heavenly Court sending reinforcements, nor did the Dragon Palace intervene.

It’s not that they are unwilling, but rather, they cannot.

They are dukes of Heaven Court, and without a suitable reason, even the Jade Emperor cannot wage war against them; otherwise, it would set a terrible precedent.

…

An annoyance.

After hearing Long Ye’s explanation, Jiang Chen also realised that he had been rash, not having investigated the origins of his opponent thoroughly.

His demon-slaying had ended up being directed at a duke of Heaven Court.

A serious mistake!

In this matter, Jiang Chen’s wrong didn’t lie in slaying the demon, it was because the Eastern Sea Demon Clan had sided with the Dukes of Heaven’s Court.

If their people violated Heavenly Rules, they must die too.

Therefore, there was nothing wrong in Jiang Chen’s demon-slaying actions.

The mistake was he skipped a step in the process.

Before leaving Heaven Court, he should have appealed for a demon-slaying decree from the Jade Emperor first.

The Eastern Sea Demon Clan, being Dukes of Heaven Court and having violated Heavenly Rules, could be dealt with.

But one had to first report to the Jade Emperor, obtain his decree, then act.

If one acted without the decree, even justified actions become unjustifiable.

He fell silent—Jiang Chen fell into silence.

His lack of patience put him in a passive situation, which proved rather troublesome.

Of course, Jiang Chen could also set this event as a private feud between the human and demon races, but then the reason for their rebellion might become shaky.

The Heaven Court cannot intervene in races’ private disputes unless they threaten the Three Realms.

No wonder the prestige of the Heaven Court keeps declining; they can’t control everything, only able to handle a few wild demons.

If they didn’t decline, then it would be a true wonder.

…

Seeing Jiang Chen rendered speechless, a Demon King immediately stepped forward, laughing, “Hey, kid, do you have the Jade Emperor’s decree to send heavenly soldiers to the Eastern Sea to kill my clan?”

“If you don’t, what’s the crime for starting a war in Heaven without reason?

What crime is there in attacking a Heaven Court ally for no reason?

Is it enough for you, boy, to take a walk on the Immortal-slaying Platform?”

The demon race also boasts of talented individuals; see, this one laying the blame is not much different from Jiang Chen.

When the Demon King finished speaking, all the Demons looked at Jiang Chen with faint smiles, waiting for his explanation.

Unfortunately, they were bound to be disappointed.

Who was Jiang Chen that he could be easily manipulated by others?

He could make up a reason in no time.

Raising his eyelids slightly, Jiang Chen glanced at the Demon King who had spoken, and asked, “Which one are you?”

The Demon King puffed out his chest and said with satisfaction, “What, are you dumbfounded?

Want to ask my origins to take revenge?

Do you think I’m scared of you?

Listen up, boy—”

But before he could finish, Jiang Chen impatiently cut him off: “You talk too much.”

As he spoke, a cold glint flashed across Jiang Chen’s eyes.

The Taichu Divine Sword sprang out suddenly, transformed into a frosty star, plunging into the Demon King’s brow, and extinguishing his life force.

Only then did Jiang Chen raise his head, saying coldly, “When I talk to a great demon, what gives you—a hybrid beast—the opportunity to interrupt?

You truly didn’t know your place.”

While speaking, with the assistance of Dao Incense artifacts, Jiang Chen had already restored some of his magical power.

Using the Taichu Divine Sword to slaughter a Taiyi Demon King was a piece of cake.

It was the Demon King’s bad luck to choose to speak up at this moment.

If Jiang Chen didn’t kill him, whom could he kill?

“You!”

Seeing Jiang Chen boldly kill a Demon King right in front of them, the faces of the two great demons turned gloomy, feeling a tidal wave of rage rising in their hearts.

PS: I still have to write during the weekend.

I’m upset and angry.