Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
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242: Chapter 232: Target, Dongsheng Divine Continent (Seeking Monthly Subscriptions) 242: Chapter 232: Target, Dongsheng Divine Continent (Seeking Monthly Subscriptions) “Right now, such an opportunity exists in the Three Realms.

If seized, perhaps you might not become an overlord, but there is enough room for you to become an influential figure in the Heaven Court.”

When Sun Wukong heard Jiang Chen say this, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked, “What opportunity?

Quickly tell Old Sun!”

Laughing, Jiang Chen talked as if an old scholar, “The current Three Realms is overrun with demons causing chaos and tormenting the living creatures.

If someone were to stand up and suppress these demons…”

Before Jiang Chen could finish, Sun Wukong interrupted him, “Stop.

You couldn’t possibly still be thinking about making Old Sun attack my sworn brothers, could you?

That’s impossible.

Old Sun wouldn’t do something that disloyal.”

From the start of Jiang Chen’s statement, Sun Wukong understood what he was trying to say, so he had no intention of listening to the rest.

“Change it, change it quickly!

This method absolutely won’t work,” Sun Wukong waved his hands repeatedly.

Even demons recognize gratitude and loyalty.

Sun Wukong and the six demons are sworn brothers.

He would never resort to such fratricidal behavior.

Shaking his head, Jiang Chen spoke resentfully, “Carving rotten wood is futile.

Those Six Demons are all unparalleled demon kings.

If you were to defeat them all, the merit you’d gain would be enough to make you an important marshal in the Heaven Court, commanding hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers.”

“Moreover, as your brother, I have connections.

As long as you perform outstandingly, I can communicate to the Gouchen Palace and ask for you to be granted the title of the Great Demon King of the Eastern Sea, becoming the overlord of the demon clan of the Eastern Sea.”

“Why must you be so undiscerning?”

He had certainly painted a tempting picture.

If it were anyone else, they might’ve been swayed, but Sun Wukong remained unmoved.

When he said it would not work, it just wouldn’t.

Seeing that Sun Wukong was firm, Jiang Chen didn’t continue persuading and instead lowered his expectations, reluctantly speaking, “You don’t even know how to value opportunities given to you.”

“Fine, we won’t ask you to strike the Six Demons.

But, attacking the other demons should be fine, right?

They have no relation to you.”

“You haven’t become so accustomed to the company of demons that you’ve started to think of yourself as one of them, have you?”

There are plenty of demon kings in the Three Realms, some even stronger than the Six Demons.

Since Sun Wukong was unwilling to fight the Six Demons, Jiang Chen wouldn’t force him; they’d just change the target.

As for the Six Demons, once Jiang Chen found some free time, he’d deal with them properly.

From the time he set upon his path, the one time Jiang Chen suffered the worst beating was when he was besieged by the Six Demons.

This was a grudge he absolutely had to settle!

…

Sure enough, hearing that he wouldn’t need to fight the Six Demons, Sun Wukong quickly nodded, “As long as it’s not against Old Sun’s sworn brothers, there’s absolutely no problem.”

Among the Three Realms, many people considered Sun Wukong as a member of the Demon Clan, but he himself never considered himself as part of the Demon Clan – or even the Divine Race, for that matter.

He simply saw himself as a monkey.

A demon monkey, or immortal monkey, or even a divine monkey, he was still just a monkey.

Therefore, whether it was slaying demons or killing immortals, Sun Wukong had no scruples as long as it didn’t involve him.

Seeing that Sun Wukong agreed, Jiang Chen joked, “Then let’s impose on the Great Sage for a while and have you play the role of a deputy.

Once you’ve accumulated enough merit, I’ll recommend you to the Gouchen Palace and give you real power, allowing you to lead an army independently.”

The Great Sage Equal to Heaven-the title seemed grand, but it was devoid of power and wealth.

It was even lesser than that of a regular heavenly general.

He couldn’t lead an army, and he didn’t even have personal guards.

It was a position merely for show.

Only someone as naive as Sun Wukong would be proud of it.

If it were anyone else who knew better, they wouldn’t bear such a humiliation.

As for working under Jiang Chen, Sun Wukong had no objections.

Firstly, he genuinely respected Jiang Chen.

Secondly, Jiang Chen was benevolently helping him gain merit, so he really had no grounds for complaint.

After receiving Sun Wukong’s reply, Jiang Chen exclaimed, “Good, then it’s settled.

Go prepare.

Once the Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers are ready, we set off.”

Finishing his sentence, he turned and walked away, heading toward the Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers.

Although he mentioned ‘preparation,’ there was really nothing to prepare.

The battlefield has been cleaned up already.

Now, the Demon Suppression Heavenly Soldiers were busy surveying the terrain with the assistance of the craftsman from the Heaven Court.

After confirming the path of the Earth Vein, the craftsmen would start building the palace.

However, this would take some time.

Jiang Chen’s plan was not just making a couple of palaces, but rather an extensive palace complex.

According to his plan, he intended to build 108 divine palaces.

Including the 72 caves, 72 palaces would need to be constructed.

And let’s not forget, Jiang Chen had other uses for them too.

Such as for rest, baths, pill refining, tool refining, receiving guests, etc., all needed their dedicated palaces.

Of course, even adding all of these together wouldn’t require 108 divine palaces.

About eighty to ninety should be enough.

But Jiang Chen thought, given there’s already so many, why not aim for a whole number and just construct a total of 108 divine palaces?

The sum of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend numbers is 108 anyway.

This was going to be a massive project which will undoubtedly take substantial time, at least a few years.

Besides, the materials required to construct the 108 divine palaces would also total to a massive amount.

The Heaven Court, however, wouldn’t cover these costs, they would come out of Jiang Chen’s pocket.

If it was one or two divine palaces, the Heaven Court might cover the costs to win people over.

But the staggering quantity of materials required for 108 divine palaces, how could they assume the Heaven Court would foot the bill?

Without the support of Heaven Court, Jiang Chen would have to cover the costs himself.

Can he afford so many materials?

Of course he can’t.

The treasures he possesses, like the Innate Sun God Gold, are certainly valuable, but they aren’t allowed to be seen; he can’t use them openly.

As for other treasures, apart from a few particularly valuable ones like the Shouyang Mountain brass and the Earth God Gold, the rest had all been spent by Jiang Chen on the Soul Refining Banner.

What this amounts to is that Jiang Chen is now broke.

The materials needed for the construction of the 108 divine palaces, at best he could only come up with part of them.

For the rest, he’d have to figure something else out.

If not for this, he might not have been so anxious about attacking the demon kings without even resting.

Why was he doing this?

Isn’t it to seize their wealth, ready to harvest some?

Oops, that was incorrect.

Looting the wealth of the demon kings to gather the materials for constructing the divine palaces was only incidental.

Jiang Chen’s main objective was to eradicate demons, maintaining the order of the Three Realms.

Yes, it must be like this!

Killing demons was for the greater good, not for personal gain.

What was at question here was a matter of principality, which should not be confused.

By brandishing the flag of righteousness, he’d be in an unbeatable position.

That’s how all righteous individuals operated!

Pulling out the Dragon-slaying Divine Sword, Jiang Chen pointed his goal towards Dongsheng Divine Continent.

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