Rabbit Must Die
Chapter 408 - 21 The Last Immortal Path_1

Chapter 408: Chapter 21 The Last Immortal Path_1

Qin Shou kept silent and produced a steel wire scrubber, followed by pulling out a carrot and scraping it vigorously on the carrot with the steel wire scrubber. In just a few seconds, the carrot, which was originally as thick as a wrist, had shrunk to the thickness of a thumb!

Only then did Qin Shou speak indifferently, "This is the ’nails for the rich ladies’ steel wire ball!"

Seeing this, the old swindler shivered all over, begrudgingly saying, "My steel spear isn’t afraid of this!"

Without a word, Qin Shou continued to pull out nails, then one by one, he started inserting them into the carrot from the pointed end...

With each nail inserted, the old swindler subconsciously shuddered...

After Qin Shou had inserted all ten nails, he posed as if he had achieved some divine skill and spoke calmly, "This is the ’nails for the rich ladies’."

Sun Wukong looked up at the old swindler and asked, "How about it? Want to give it a try?"

The old swindler cried out with a sobbing voice, "Try my ass! If you want to try, go ahead! Isn’t it just ascending to the Heavenly Court? Am I not going to take you there?"

Qin Shou immediately laughed, grabbed the old swindler, and started walking outside, saying as they went, "If you had just said so earlier, wouldn’t that have been the end of it?"

The three did not leave the village too far behind because Sun Wukong worried about the safety of the village. Three miles outside the village, he took out his Golden Cudgel and struck the ground ferociously. With a thunderous roar, he smashed a round imprint into the ground, the imprint as solid as reinforced concrete with the patterns on the Golden Cudgel clearly visible!

Then Sun Wukong let out a long howl to the sky and announced, "I am Sun Wukong, the Monkey King from the Water Curtain Cave of Huaguo Mountain in the East Shengshen Continent! I’ve got Liu’s Village covered. If anyone dares to touch a single hair on them, I’ll exterminate your entire clan!"

After his proclamation, the imprint twinkled with golden light and returned to its original state.

Curiously, Qin Shou asked the old swindler, "What’s that for?"

The old swindler didn’t speak but quietly watched as Sun Wukong, imitating the form of a gourd drawing a ladle, created three more identical imprints around Liu’s Village.

As Sun Wukong walked away, the old swindler whispered, "Ever seen a dog urinate? Often, it’s not just because they need to relieve themselves, but it’s also a kind of marking—a warning. It marks their territory, warning outsiders not to trespass."

Qin Shou uttered an "Oh," only to see a stick descending from the sky, thumping the old swindler into the ground with a bang.

Then Sun Wukong sauntered over, picked up the stick, and started dragging the old swindler by his legs, saying as they walked, "Rabbit, are you thinking of fighting your way up, or what?"

Qin Shou was taken aback, fight their way up?

Remembering Overlord Gouchen, Qin Shou suddenly felt that if they went up there, they might really be in for a tough fight.

Although Qin Shou had many friends, they were facing the most powerful force between heaven and earth, the Heavenly Court! Qin Shou might not be fully aware of the heritage of the Heavenly Court, but he was very clear on one thing: with his current strength, wanting to defy Heaven? That was bullcrap.

Sun Wukong might be powerful, and even seemed much stronger than in the original story, but so what? The Heavenly Court had several individuals at the level of the Tathagata!

If the Tathagata could suppress Sun Wukong with a single slap, so could the others.

Therefore, fighting their way into the Heavenly Court would not be awesome, it’d be idiotic.

Hence, Qin Shou said, "No, let’s sneak in and live quietly. If worst comes to worst, we can pack up and come back down to live."

Sun Wukong nodded in agreement, "I was actually afraid you’d stubbornly want to fight your way up. To be honest, when I first came down from the mountain, I thought I was really impressive. After visiting the East Sea Dragon Palace, I felt even more like a big shot. But after actually getting to the Heavenly Court and going through that fierce battle, I suddenly realized, there’s always someone better..."

Qin Shou was stunned, "Monkey, are you chickening out?"

Sun Wukong gave Qin Shou a blank stare and replied, "Chickening out? Master once said, courage is not the same as foolishness. Be brave when it’s time to be brave, be fierce when it’s time to be fierce, and not to wreak havoc for the sake of things that shouldn’t be done. I’ve seen the power of the Heavenly Court. The gap is huge, I need to cultivate hard, and when my strength is sufficient... hmph hmph..."

With the Golden Cudgel on his shoulder, Sun Wukong looked up at the sky, his eyes sharp as lightning.

Qin Shou saw this and his heart trembled. He had a feeling that, with his mischief, the Monkey had already begun to deviate from the original plotline.

So Qin Shou asked, "What then, when you’re strong enough?"

Sun Wukong grinned and said, "I, Sun Wukong, shall also take a seat in that Lingxiao Hall!"

Qin Shou was startled and thought to himself, does the Monkey really want to make trouble in the heavenly palace again? To be suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain for another five hundred years?

Sun Wukong, as if knowing what Qin Shou was thinking, chuckled, "Don’t worry, next time I won’t act so hastily. If I make a move, it will be with full preparation! I’ll charge in, sit my butt down, savor the feeling, and then run like the wind. I, Sun Wukong, don’t believe they could do anything to me if I truly wanted to escape."

Qin Shou, listening to this, nodded, but he always felt that what Sun Wukong said wasn’t entirely sincere. Could this haughty Monkey really be content with just sitting on that throne for a moment and then walking away?

However, Qin Shou didn’t ask anything more. He just silently took note and decided that, no matter what, he would help the Monkey achieve his goal when the time came. Even if the Monkey really did poke a hole in Heaven, he’d have to help him make another one, ensuring they were paired up and not alone, otherwise it would be too unsightly.

Along the way, the two chatted and walked, talking about the future and discussing aspirations as they headed straight for the gates of Three Immortals Road in the South Shanbu Continent.

The old swindler woke up in the midst of their journey, but the two of them still dragged him by one leg, and he seemed not to mind, lying there looking up at the sky, listening to the pair bragging.

Midway through their journey, the trio passed by a human city and stopped to rest, eat some food, and drink some wine.

While they were eating, they overheard two people whispering nearby, "Have you heard?"

"Heard about it, Yao Sanqian really went wild this time, destroying the gates of Three Immortals Road in the east, west, and north—all at once! That’s fierce!"

"The Three Immortals Road is a passage between two realms created by the Immortal Realm. Since ancient times, whoever touched it, died. Yao Sanqian broke three in a row and there’s still no movement from the Immortal Realm. It looks like what Yao Sanqian said is true, there is indeed a problem in the Immortal Realm. Without the Heavenly Court, the world is probably going to change."

"Yeah... more and more old demons are emerging lately. Not long ago, a human city was destroyed by an old demon who slaughtered everyone, turning the streets to rivers of blood to craft a magic treasure..."

"Cultivators are also out there slaying demons everywhere, many innocent demons are killed, and their heads are hung up at the gates of sects to showcase their achievements and prestige. I have a feeling that the golden age of peace between humans and demons is coming to an end."

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Hearing this, Qin Shou and Sun Wukong dropped their chopsticks, dragged the old swindler onto the Pegasus Dragon Carriage, and raced towards the gates of Three Immortals Road in South Shanbu Continent!

As they rushed along, Qin Shou cursed, "Damn Yao Sanqian, trying to cut off my path to the Immortal Realm! Don’t let me catch you, or I’ll stew you for sure!"

The old swindler chuckled and said, "Rabbit, you talk so lightly. Do you know how powerful Yao Sanqian is?"

Qin Shou replied, "How powerful? I don’t care how powerful! Anyone who blocks my way to Heaven has to die!"

But the old swindler didn’t take it seriously and said, "Nobody knows where Yao Sanqian came from; all we know is that he first appeared as a Human Immortal, a hundred years later as an Earthly Immortal, and then, almost at regular intervals, he would jump a level! Three hundred years ago, he was a peak Earthly Immortal! Now, if I’m not wrong, he’s at least a Heavenly Immortal! Monkey, you slay Earthly Immortals as if they’re chickens, what will you do if you face a Heavenly Immortal?"

Sun Wukong fell silent, then after a while, he said, "Give me another five hundred years, and I can kill Heavenly Immortals as easily as slaughtering chickens."

"And right now?" Qin Shou now only cared about that.

After a moment’s silence, Sun Wukong said, "I don’t know, I’ll only know after I fight."

Qin Shou breathed a sigh of relief; at least there was still a chance.

The old swindler, however, chuckled and said, "The current Yao Sanqian is not alone; he has a bunch of followers, and behind him stands a crowd of old demons supporting him. Monkey, I don’t mean to look down on you, but you’ve cultivated for such a short time. Compared to those old beings with deep roots, you’re still at a disadvantage."

Sun Wukong didn’t make a grunt...

Trying to cheer him up, Qin Shou said, "Monkey, don’t be discouraged. With the same amount of cultivation time, you could beat the crap out of them. You’re at a disadvantage only because you’re too young, but you have time on your side. Sooner or later, you’ll beat the crap out of them!"