Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 547: Scene 463 Unfolds_3

Chapter 547: Scene 463 Unfolds_3

Having chatted casually with the Barefoot Immortal for a while, the two set off together for Lingxiao Palace.

When they entered Lingxiao Palace, they happened to arrive just as the Jade Emperor was lashing out in anger.

As it turned out, after Sun Wukong had sneakily devoured some Pan Peaches, he had also gone to Yaochi to filch some imperial wine and a variety of eight precious delicacies. Subsequently, he even made his way to Douluo Palace in the Heaven of Separation, and stole the Golden Pill that the Old Lord had prepared for the Jade Emperor.

The otherwise splendid Pan Peach banquet was completely ruined by Sun Wukong, leaving the Jade Emperor furious.

Of course, Jiang Chen knew the Jade Emperor was pretending, but he didn’t mind making things worse for him at this moment.

After the Jade Emperor had vented his anger, without waiting for anyone else to speak, Jiang Chen was the first to step forward, addressing the Jade Emperor: "Your Majesty, I humbly beg for your permission to execute the Martial Virtue Star Lord. Had he not been the one to recommend Sun Wukong as the caretaker of the Pan Peach Garden, none of today’s disaster would have occurred."

"Therefore, I have the audacity to beseech Your Majesty to issue an edict beheading the Martial Virtue Star Lord, in order to discourage others from doing the same."

Just as Jiang Chen’s words dropped, the originally noisy Lingxiao Palace instantly fell into a pin-drop silence. Everyone was taken aback, looking at him in consternation.

At this time, shouldn’t they be dispatching troops as quickly as possible to capture Sun Wukong, the cause of this disaster?

What was the reasoning behind seeking the execution of the Martial Virtue Star Lord?

Following a moment of silence, the Martial Virtue Star Lord immediately jumped out, shouting at Jiang Chen, "What is the Emperor Lord implying? Sun Wukong’s wrongdoing has nothing to do with me! It’s not like I suggested he should do all that, how could this be dragged onto my head?"

Jiang Chen chuckled coldly, disdainfully retorting, "Ha, you say it has nothing to do with you, so it has nothing to do with you? The Mirror of Haotian has the ability to survey the Three Realms. If you have a clear conscience, dare you ask His Majesty to reflect you with the Mirror of Haotian?"

"Under the Mirror of Haotian, if there truly is no problem with you, this Emperor would immediately apologize to you. How does that sound?"

Would the Martial Virtue Star Lord dare to face the Mirror of Haotian?

He dared not. Even if he had a clear conscience, he still wouldn’t dare. For once he did, he would undoubtedly expose the Jade Emperor.

At that time, even if Jiang Chen apologizes to him, so what? The humiliated and enraged Jade Emperor would definitely not spare him.

The Martial Virtue Star Lord stuttered for a long time without making a coherent reply.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Chen continued to interrogate, "You don’t dare. You are guilty. At the time, when you proposed to the Jade Emperor that Sun Wukong should take care of the Pan Peach Garden, I already had a suspicion that there was something wrong with you. Either you were stupid or malicious."

"Back then, I thought you were stupid."

"But now, I suddenly realized, you weren’t stupid, you were simply hateful."

"You proposed on purpose to let Sun Wukong take care of the Pan Peach Garden, aiming to take advantage of his nature to destroy the Pan Peach Garden, eventually ruining the Pan Peach banquet and making Heaven Court lose all face."

Having said so far, Jiang Chen’s aura suddenly exploded like a mountain, pressing down on the Martial Virtue Star Lord. Accompanying this aura was Jiang Chen’s question filled with majesty, "Speak now, who are you working for? What was your purpose for ruining the Pan Peach banquet?"

While speaking, Jiang Chen utilized the power of the Ancestor of Thunder’s authority, lending a touch of heavenly prestige to his voice, embodying supreme dignity. All creatures below the level of Tao would be suppressed, falling into a momentary stupor.

However, this was Lingxiao Palace where numerous experts gathered, Jiang Chen’s attempt to suppress others with his powerful presence did not work.

They saw that as soon as the Martial Virtue Star Lord showed signs of stupor, an anonymous force emerged from the void, performed on him, and woke him up.

The now sober Martial Virtue Star Lord immediately understood what had just happened and couldn’t help feeling a strong sense of fear.

Just now, he had nearly been manipulated by Jiang Chen into revealing secrets that were kept hidden in his heart. Fortunately, at a critical moment, a high-level expert intervened, so he didn’t lose control.

Suppressing his fear, the Martial Virtue Star Lord immediately retaliated, "Emperor Lord, you are slandering me. You are intentionally diverting everyone’s attention, buying time for Sun Wukong to escape."

"It is well known that you and Sun Wukong are close friends. Now he has committed a big mistake, yet you are not allowing His Majesty to send people to catch him. Instead, you insist on targeting me. Could I suspect that you are intentionally delaying time?"

The Martial Virtue Star Lord reacted quickly, instantaneously finding a breakthrough in Jiang Chen’s relationship with Sun Wukong. He fought back fiercely, biting back at Jiang Chen.

Responding to him, however, was Jiang Chen’s stern reprimand, "Presumptuous! Who do you think you are to question me? I am Punishing on Behalf of Heaven, the manifestation of Heavenly Dao’s justice in the world. I maintain the justice of Heaven and Earth—fair and rightful."

"You say I slander you, are you questioning me, or are you questioning Heavenly Dao?"

Without waiting for the reply from the Martial Virtue Star Lord, Jiang Chen bellowed, "On that day, right here, Martial Virtue Star Lord proposed to let Sun Wukong manage the Pan Peach Garden. Everyone agreed, and I was the only one who opposed, explaining the pros and cons and advising His Majesty to revoke his edict."

"But who listened to me?"

"Now, everything I said has unfortunately come true. I am here to hold the culprit responsible for all this, yet you claim I am being partial to Sun Wukong."

"I ask you, where is the righteousness in this world?"

"On that day, if you had listened to me, wouldn’t we have avoided today’s events and saved Heaven Court from losing face?"

The more Jiang Chen spoke, the angrier he became, and the louder his voice. By the end, he abruptly turned and left with a sweep of his sleeves.

Seeing this, the celestial beings couldn’t just let him leave. They quickly stepped forward, held him back, and tried to calm him down: "We plead for your calm, Emperor Lord. We were indeed wrong for not having your foresight."

"But now is not the time to address this. We must first capture Sun Wukong to maintain the reputation of Heaven Court."

Being dragged by the immortals, Jiang Chen returned to Lingxiao Palace and stood silently to the side. And the Martial Virtue Star Lord was left ignored by everyone.

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