Chapter 116 Zhu Ganglie
Li Anran escorted Zhu Bajie all the way back to the Heavenly Prison and locked him directly in a cell.
Light was flowing on the Book of Punishment, and information about Zhu Bajie appeared.
[Prisoner: Zhu Ganglie from Yunzhan Cave]
[Sin value: three stars]
[Cultivation: Golden Immortal Fourth Level]
[Status: In custody]
[Capture participation: 100%]
[Benefit: 4.2 million experience points/day]
Because of his 100% participation in the arrests, Zhu Bajie is a bit too thick!
It’s equivalent to Li Anran’s half acre of chive field!
Li Anran's daily experience points also increased from more than 8 million experience points per day to 12 million experience points per day.
It seems like a lot, but compared to the 100 trillion experience points needed to go from Golden Immortal to Taiyi Golden Immortal, it seems insignificant.
Even Li Anran's own cultivation speed cannot match it.
"I can gain about 40 million experience points from practicing every day, plus the 12 million from the system, a total of 52 million."
"According to this calculation, it will take me more than 50,000 years to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal!"
Li Anran took a breath of cold air.
He only lived for more than 20 years in his previous life, and more than 260 years in this life, which adds up to less than 300 years.
The number of fifty thousand was really too exaggerated for him!
"No! I can't wait like this any longer. I have to catch more leeks! The system's cheat code is not as fast as my own practice and improvement. This is too embarrassing!"
While thinking about this, Li Anran opened the biography of Zhu Bajie and started reading it.
Zhu Bajie's real name is Zhu Ganglie. He was originally a rich young man from Bosu Country in Dongsheng Shenzhou.
Because he was born dull, he was unwilling to study or practice martial arts, nor did he like fame, wealth and power. He only cared about enjoying himself and was lazy by nature. He had no interest in cultivating immortals and asking for the way. He just wanted to muddle through his life in a muddle.
Because they had a son in their old age, Zhu Ganglie's parents doted on him to the extreme and could not bear to blame him, so they could only let him go.
After his parents passed away, Zhu Ganglie was left without anyone to supervise him. He completely let himself go and was coaxed into a life of eating, drinking, and having fun every day.
In just a dozen years, he had spent all the wealth accumulated by several generations and even sold his ancestral home, leaving only a thatched hut to barely live in.
Zhu Ganglie couldn't bear hardship and originally wanted to end his life by committing suicide, but he was afraid of death and couldn't make up his mind.
In the end, you can only learn how to make money and make a living.
Because he had no special skills and was slow- , he soon lost all his remaining capital and could only make a living by doing odd jobs.
One day, when a passerby was passing by Zhu Ganglie's thatched hut, it was raining heavily, so he begged the prodigal son to let him in to take shelter from the rain.
Zhu Ganglie agreed and shared his remaining food with the Taoist.
Then, something extremely ridiculous happened.
The Taoist was grateful for the meal and the water, and his true appearance was revealed.
He was a god wearing a three-dimensional crown, dressed in a nine-colored robe, with majestic eyes and a face as beautiful as jade, and holding a Fusang wood staff!
Li Anran recognized him at the first sight; it was the Emperor Donghua!
Emperor Donghua cast a spell to enlighten Zhu Ganglie, leading him to absorb the innate pure yang energy that had accumulated in his mind and integrate it into his body.
Afterwards, he accepted Zhu Ganglie as his disciple, gave him the Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pill to temper his body and rebuild his foundation, and also passed on the Pure Yang Kung Fu and the Thirty-Six Changes of Tiangang to him.
Zhu Ganglie was born dull due to the innate pure yang energy accumulated in his mind, but this also qualified him to practice the Pure Yang Kung Fu and the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang, and he was favored by Emperor Donghua.
In just a few decades, Zhu Ganglie achieved success, cultivated to become an immortal, and ascended to the fairyland. Because he was the disciple of Emperor Donghua, he was easily ranked among the immortals and became a general commanding the Tianhe Navy.
Thousands of years passed like this, and Zhu Ganglie's cultivation level improved rapidly, breaking through to the Xuanxian realm, but then it began to slow down and fell into a bottleneck.
Until a thousand years ago, two python monsters, one male and one female, caused chaos in Xiniu Hezhou. They recruited a large number of soldiers and horses, not only besieged the Dragon Palace in the West Sea, but also killed many water gods and mountain gods in Xiniu Hezhou.
The four dragon kings and the underworld of Mount Tai reported the matter to the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor immediately sent the Tianhe Navy to suppress the demon.
Zhu Ganglie is one of them.
The Tianhe Navy quickly wiped out these rebellious demons and killed the male python.
However, the female python broke out of the encirclement and escaped into the dark abyss surrounded by weak water.
"Weak water, abyss of darkness..."
Li Anran was slightly stunned when he saw this.
He had heard of it only because of its name "Dark Abyss" and the fact that it was surrounded by weak water!
But, not in the Journey to the West world!
But in the previous life!
In the sequel to Journey to the West!
This abyss of darkness is a crack between the three realms, and its function is similar to that of the Five Elements Mountain. It is the place where Tathagata imprisoned Mara Wutan!
The female python reminded him of Wujitian's eldest disciple, who was also his great guardian in black robe!
The body of this black robe is actually a giant python!
Li Anran's mind was full of thoughts, but Zhu Bajie's life story was still moving forward.
The Tianhe navy of the Heavenly Court was afraid of the poison of the Weak Water, so they could only surround it outside and watch the female python get away with it.
The Jade Emperor was furious and issued a reward. Anyone who could enter the Abyss of Darkness and capture the female python would be appointed Marshal Tianpeng, commanding 100,000 Tianhe navy.
With the huge reward, many generals of the Tianhe Water Master and even the cultivators in the Three Realms who were good at water magic gritted their teeth and joined the Weak Water.
However, the Weak Water was extremely dark, evil, light and filthy. As soon as they stepped into it, they sank to the bottom.
Under the erosion of weak water, it instantly melted into a ball of foam, and its soul was shattered.
There is only one exception!
That’s Zhu Ganglie!
Zhu Ganglie practiced the Pure Yang technique, which was good at restraining the extremely yin and evil poisonous water like Weak Water. He also practiced the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang (Nine Revolutions of the Original Power), and his body became much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.
Among all the heavenly soldiers, generals, monks and immortals, he was the only one who successfully waded through the Weak Water and entered the Abyss of Darkness.
The Abyss of Darkness has always been a forbidden area in the Three Realms. Zhu Ganglie was terrified when he entered it.
Fortunately, although the female python successfully crossed the Weak Water, it also paid an extremely heavy price. The scales on its body, the flesh and blood inside, and even the demon pill had been completely corroded, and it fell at the outermost edge of the Abyss of Darkness.
When Zhu Ganglie dragged the female python's body out of the Weak Water, only nine snake fangs were left of the female python.
Li Anran paid special attention to the female python's body.
Especially the abdomen.
There was a very smooth wound that looked like a knife cut!
He looked around.
Soon, behind a dark stone, a crystal clear snake egg like white jade was seen!
It was obvious that the female python was already pregnant!
When he was dying, he forced open his abdomen, dug out the snake eggs, and hid them in the cracks of the rocks!
If nothing unexpected happens, the egg should contain the future Black Robe!
Zhu Ganglie was very afraid of the Abyss of Darkness. After seeing the corpse of the female python, he hurried back without noticing the existence of the snake eggs.
After he went out, the female python's body had been completely corroded by the weak water, so no one noticed it!
Li Anran took a closer look at the snake eggs and discovered something unusual.
Although the black-robed creature has not yet been born, the snake egg is already shrouded in a thick, sinister and evil aura, which has become line upon line and almost condensed into substance.
If this place wasn't the Abyss of Darkness, Zhu Ganglie would have discovered the existence of the snake eggs long ago!
What surprised Li Anran even more was that he sensed a very familiar feeling on the snake egg.
Soon, he dug up the answer from his memory.
"Refine the demon into elixir! Yes, refine the demon into elixir! The aura on this snake egg is similar to the aura on those elixirs!"
The more Li Anran observed, the more he became certain of his thoughts.
"These two pythons killed so many immortals because they obtained some evil method similar to the method of refining demons into elixirs , which can use the souls and lives of immortals to improve their qualifications!"
"However, they were not used on themselves, but on the child in the female python's arms. It was because of this that Heipao was noticed by Wu Tian and accepted as his apprentice."
"Refine the monster into pills...Refine the spirit into pills...There are also monsters that eat humans to improve their cultivation..."
Li Anran felt his heart pounding and his scalp tingling.
Who on earth is deliberately stirring up hatred between humans, gods and demons?
The first person Li Anran thought of was Wu Tian.
The person who could create these three evil methods that are similar in nature but completely different from each other must be a powerful being who harbors great hatred towards the Three Realms and whose cultivation is among the best in the Three Realms!
Wu Tian was able to overthrow the Heavenly Palace and Lingshan in the future and rule the Three Realms for thirty-three years, which completely meets these two points!
In addition to that, there is the ancestor of the Styx!
The Sea of Blood was formed by the dirty blood that fell when Pangu created the world. It is the final destination of the resentment and evil thoughts in the three realms.
The growth of the Asura clan and the sea of blood requires a large amount of resentment and evil thoughts. The ancestor of the Styx has reason and ability to create these evil methods and stir up disputes among the three realms!
There is also the demon master Kunpeng, who is also one of the powerful ones with reason and ability.
However, these are just speculations and there is no substantial evidence.
Zhu Bajie's life continues.
The journey to Ruoshui was a challenge, a disaster, and a great opportunity for Zhu Ganglie.
After successfully bringing back the python spirit's corpse, Zhu Ganglie quickly broke through to the Golden Immortal realm.
By the time the monkey made trouble in Heaven, he had cultivated to the peak of the Golden Immortal and was only one step away from becoming a Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Emperor Donghua was very satisfied with the fact that his disciple Zhu Ganglie waded alone across the Weak Water into the Abyss of Darkness to capture the python spirit.
The Jade Emperor appointed Zhu Ganglie as Marshal of the Heavenly Peng, and Emperor Donghua personally went to the Tushita Palace to ask the Jade Emperor Laozi to forge a magic weapon for Zhu Bajie.
That is the Shangbaoqinjinba.
The nine fangs of the female python became the rake nails of the Shangbaoqinjin Rake.
Since then, Zhu Ganglie has reached the peak of his life.
He has the cultivation level of a peak Golden Immortal, is a disciple of Emperor Donghua, is highly regarded by the Jade Emperor, holds the title of Marshal Tianpeng, and also has the magical weapon, the Qinjin Golden Rake, which was personally crafted by the Jade Emperor!
Looking across the entire Three Realms, there are few people who can compare to him!
People of all kinds gathered around him, and all kinds of flattery were heard everywhere.
Then, Zhu Ganglie inevitably became arrogant, and his nature that had been suppressed for thousands of years began to gradually reveal itself.
Vain, lazy, and hedonistic...
He was lucky that he did not encounter any monkeys because he was guarding the Tianhe River.
But, it was at the Peach Banquet and celebration banquet after the monkey was suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain.
Because he molested Chang'e while drunk, the Jade Emperor was furious and stripped him of his immortal status. He was going to send him into reincarnation and cultivate as a new life.
Li Anran recalled a conspiracy theory in his previous life that Zhu Ganglie molested Chang'e while drunk and was the result of someone's scheme, so he watched the whole process carefully.
As a result, nothing abnormal was found!
Because Zhu Ganglie was guarding the Tianhe River and did not fight with the monkey, he was inevitably overshadowed by others, especially Wang Lingguan, at the celebration banquet.
He was jealous and kept boasting, "Bima Wen was lucky not to have met him, otherwise this and that would have happened." Then he drank too much.
Drinking too much and making a fool of yourself is not that serious.
But, this time it’s different!
Firstly, the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother were angry about the monkey incident.
Secondly, teasing the fairies involves worldly desires, which is what the Queen Mother hates the most.
Thirdly, it happened in front of Lingshan Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva and others. In modern terms, this was a diplomatic incident.
In short, Zhu Ganglie was blind and walked right into the muzzle of the gun.
The Jade Emperor was furious and chose to punish Zhu Ganglie severely and swiftly. He did not even give him a chance to admit his mistake and reflect on himself. He directly sent him into the reincarnation cycle and made him reincarnate again.
Zhu Ganglie was so frightened that he sobered up.
He had experienced the pain of cultivation and was unwilling to go through it again, so he simply abandoned his physical body and escaped from the heavenly soldiers and generals with only his spirit, intending to take over the body of a mortal.
He did not ask to be a god anymore, he just wanted to live happily and carefree in the mortal world.
As a result, he was born into a pig's womb by mistake.
Zhu Ganglie, or Zhu Ganglie, was so angry that he bit the original owner's parents and brothers to death, and burned down the farmer's house. From then on, he became a pig demon.
Because he abandoned his physical body, his cultivation was greatly damaged, and he fell directly from the peak of the Golden Immortal to the fifth level of the Golden Immortal.
Since then, Zhu Ganglie began to abandon himself, often becoming violent and killing innocent people indiscriminately, and began to capture and eat people like a monster.
More than two hundred years passed in this muddle.
Until a year ago, Zhu Ganglie married into the Yunzhan Cave and became a son-in-law with Luan Erniang.
The two demons were so passionate about each other that they had sex day and night, which led to Zhu Bajie's pure yang being leaked out. His skills were wasted and his cultivation level dropped from the fifth level of the Golden Immortal to the fourth level.
Zhu Ganglie was shocked and regretful, but at this time, Luan Erniang pestered him to continue having intercourse with her.
Zhu Ganglie became extremely ferocious and blamed everything on Luan Er Niang. He bit Luan Er Niang to death with one bite and announced to the public that Luan Er Niang had died of illness. He then occupied the Yunzhan Cave openly.
It was at this time that Zhu Ganglie happened to meet Qiu Yin and learned that Qiu Yin wanted to deal with Li Anran.
Zhu Ganglie is the disciple of Emperor Donghua. He knows a lot about the secrets of the Three Realms and is aware of the importance of Jiejiao.
So, he thought about making friends with Qiu Yin, and making friends with Jiejiao through Qiu Yin . Although he didn't ask for being able to return to heaven, at least he would have a backer and wouldn't have to worry about encountering any danger.
As a result, he ran into a tough problem, Li Anran, and was beaten by Li Anran and taken back to the prison.
"Killing father, mother, brother, and wife! No wonder this Zhu Bajie has three stars in his sin value!"
Li Anran showed a look of realization.
