Chapter 130 is nothing!
"The Prison God, these two are the Taoist children who look after the golden furnace and the silver furnace in the Tushita Palace. They have a grudge against the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong, so they stole the treasures of Taishang Laojun and came down to earth as demons. They want to kill Sun Wukong for revenge."
When the leading Grass God saw Li Anran coming out, he stepped forward and said, "Fortunately, the brothers were not very capable and were captured by Sun Wukong. Later, they were taken back to heaven by Taishang Laojun to plead guilty to the Jade Emperor. After investigation, my second master found that they did not commit too many sins, so he sentenced them to thirty years in prison and ordered us to send them to you."
It was no secret among the upper-level gods and Buddhas that both Buddhism and Taoism used the journey to the West to resolve karma and gamble on fate, but for the middle and lower-level gods, heavenly soldiers and generals, they had not heard a word about it.
In their view, Tang Seng went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures in accordance with the order of Guanyin Bodhisattva, which was a great and good deed, and their attitude was mostly biased towards Tang Seng's side.
Li Anran took the imperial edict from his hand, glanced at it briefly, and immediately understood.
The golden and silver boys were obviously sent by Taishang Laojun to stop the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
Although they occupied the Lotus Cave in Pingdingshan and were the kings of the mountain, they did not actually commit many sins. They had never even done things like robbing people and eating people, which were usually done by monsters. They were just waiting for the four masters and apprentices to come and fight with Sun Wukong.
The process is not much different from the original time and space.
These two demons took five powerful magic weapons from Taishang Laojun, but they didn't make any use of them. They behaved very stupidly and cutely from beginning to end.
The monkey's appearance didn't even change, he just turned his name, Sun Xingzhe, upside down and changed it to Xingzhe Sun and Zhe Xingsun. The two monsters didn't recognize him at all. His IQ is really touching.
If it weren’t for the Jade Emperor Laozi who saw that the situation was not right and appeared in time to take back the five magic weapons.
Not only will these five magic weapons fall into the hands of the monkey, but the two of them will also turn into thick water in the purple gold gourd.
"He is a handsome guy, how can he be so stupid? Has he been in heaven for too long and is too trusting?"
Li Anran couldn't help but look the golden and silver boys up and down, muttering secretly in his heart.
Afterwards, Li Anran made a handover with the Grass-Headed God and took the golden and silver boys into the Heavenly Prison.
Their information also appeared in the book of punishment for evildoers.
[Prisoner: Golden Horn King of Lotus Cave in Pingdingshan]
[Sin value: one star]
[Cultivation: Golden Immortal Third Level]
[Status: In custody]
[Capture participation: 5%]
[Benefit: 65,000 experience points/day]
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[Prisoner: Silver Horn King of Lotus Cave in Pingdingshan]
[Sin value: one star]
[Cultivation: Golden Immortal Level 1]
[Status: In custody]
[Capture participation: 5%]
[Benefit: 50,000 experience points/day]
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A profit of fifty or sixty thousand is not even a drop in the bucket for Li Anran today.
He was more interested in the life stories of the two boys.
Li Anran stared at the portraits of the two boys on the book of punishment.
After a moment, the picture changed.
The life stories of the two boys appeared in Li Anran's mind one by one.
The Golden Boy and the Silver Boy are brothers, two years apart in age. The elder boy is named Zhang Jiusan and the younger boy is named Zhang Qiyi.
Their parents were poor people from Jambudvīpa who were illiterate, so they named them after the month and day of their birth.
The two boys' earlier experiences were similar to those of the cowherd boy Han Zhongli and the Green Bull Demon.
It was by chance that they were noticed by Laozi, the incarnation of the Supreme Sage on earth. When Laozi resigned from his official position and traveled west, they followed Laozi and served him.
When Laozi achieved perfection in his merits and virtues and ascended to heaven, they also followed him. They first went to the Bajing Palace of the Supreme Sage, and then followed the Taishang Laojun to the Tushita Palace. One was responsible for watching the golden furnace, and the other was responsible for watching the silver furnace.
The two brothers therefore got new names, the Golden Boy and the Silver Boy.
Since then, their lives have become extremely monotonous, with only one thing to do from morning to night -
Make fire and make elixir!
"Very good!"
A smile appeared on Li Anran's lips.
He had previously understood the art of alchemy from the sermons of the Supreme Sage, but that was only theory.
Now, he can observe closely and learn the whole process of Laozi's elixir refining through the life stories of the Golden and Silver Boys.
This experience is much more precious than any elixir or magic weapon!
"Hmm? Why does he use a slow fire to make the elixir?"
"I see! I understand!"
"The five elements of yin and yang, the ruler and his subjects assisting each other , can actually be done this way!"
Li Anran watched the lives of the two boys. Taishang Laojun cooperated with the alchemy formulas and used special methods to put all kinds of natural treasures into the alchemy furnace. Sometimes he looked puzzled, sometimes he suddenly realized, and sometimes he was ecstatic.
Taishang Laojun is undoubtedly the best alchemist in the Three Realms, and his understanding of the art of alchemy far exceeds that of Li Anran.
During the thousands of years in Tushita Palace, he not only improved many elixir recipes, enhancing the effects of the elixirs or reducing the demand for rare treasures, but also developed many elixirs that had never been seen before.
Among them, there are even magical pills that can improve people's understanding in a short period of time and force people into a state of enlightenment.
Li Anran was stunned and amazed by Taishang Laojun's innovative ideas.
At the same time, it is like a sponge, desperately absorbing and digesting the free content and experience.
Li Anran only felt that he had fallen into a treasure house, but for the Gold and Silver Boy who had experienced all of this personally, he did not think that there was anything wonderful about it.
On the contrary, they are in great pain and fear, unable to rest day or night!
"What did I tell you? To make the Tribulation Pill, you must first use the Gentle Fire to refine it for thirty-six, then switch to the Martial Fire to refine it for nine years, and then use the Samadhi True Fire to refine it for the remaining twenty-two years! Why did you only use the Martial Fire to refine it for eight years and three hundred and sixty-four days! One day less!"
"Do you know how much effort I put into refining this furnace of elixir? How many natural materials and treasures did I use?"
"Useless! You are just a useless piece of trash! If you can't even do such a small thing, what else can you do well?"
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Taishang Laojun's gold and silver furnaces were both used to make elixirs.
The golden furnace is mainly used to refine high-quality elixirs such as the Nine-Turn Golden Pill and the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, which have precious and rare raw materials, a long refining time, and a complicated process.
The silver furnace is mainly used to refine some ordinary low-grade elixirs.
Among them, the silver furnace is better. Alchemy is often done in days. A furnace of low-grade elixir will take at most ninety-nine and eighty-one days!
But the golden furnace is different!
The process of refining elixirs in a golden furnace is usually based on years. A furnace of top-grade elixirs may take up to nine Jiazi, or five hundred and forty years!
During this period, the temperature for refining the elixir will keep changing, and there cannot be even the slightest mistake!
If you are not careful, all your previous efforts will be wasted. Not only will a lot of time and energy be wasted, but the alchemy materials invested will also be destroyed.
Even though Taishang Laojun's attainments in alchemy are already number one in the three realms, failures can still occur.
If the failure was caused by himself, it would be fine. However, if it was caused by the gold and silver boys' failure to control the temperature, he would often become furious and the punishment would be extremely severe.
Li Anran regarded every time Laojun in Heaven made elixirs as an opportunity for him to absorb experience.
But, for the Gold and Silver Boys, this is no different from going to the execution ground!
Every time they were terrified and their nerves were stretched to the limit, fearing that something would go wrong, ruining the alchemy materials and delaying Taishang Laojun's work.
However, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet!
Sometimes the more you fear problems, the more likely they are to occur!
On this day, the Golden Boy stayed in the Tushita Palace as usual, guarding the golden furnace.
This furnace is refining the Nine-Transformation Golden Pill, which has been refined for forty-nine days!
The "tian" here refers to the time in heaven, which converted into the time unit of the human world is seventy-seven forty-nine years!
The golden boy has been guarding this golden furnace for forty-nine years!
Today, it’s finally time to end!
Jin Tongzi's expression revealed indescribable fatigue. He stood up and stood in front of the alchemy furnace, constantly making hand gestures to control the changes in the alchemy fire.
At the beginning everything went smoothly, but when he was starting the furnace to collect the elixir, Jin Tongzi had been nervous for too long and was careless, so he was a moment late in performing the spell to control the elixir fire.
In a very short moment, Golden Boy realized something was wrong and responded immediately, but he was still a step too late!
Buzz!
The Nine-Transformation Golden Pill flew out of the furnace, flashing with golden light and surrounded by rosy clouds, and flew into the five gourds placed nearby one by one.
In an instant, the entire alchemy room was filled with the fragrance of elixir.
However, the golden boy's eyes were filled with fear and despair.
Li Anran couldn't help but sigh slightly.
Jin Tongzi's mistake was actually very small, but it caused a flaw in the last turn of the Nine-Turn Golden Pill!
This batch of Nine Revolutions Golden Pills can only be considered defective products!
"It's over!"
The golden boy's face was as pale as paper and his whole body was shaking.
When Taishang Laojun is in Tushita Palace, he is not as amiable and pure-hearted as he appears outside.
Especially when it comes to alchemy.
Normally, if the brothers failed to control the elixir fire and destroyed the elixir, they would be severely punished by Taishang Laojun.
The weight of this furnace of pills in front of him is countless times heavier than usual!
Not only because it is the extremely precious Nine Revolutions Golden Pill!
More importantly, this Nine-Turn Golden Pill is a gift prepared by Taishang Laojun for the Danyuan Conference that the Jade Emperor is about to convene!
The Danyuan Conference is just around the corner, and it is now impossible to refine another furnace!
And if Taishang Laojun cannot this furnace of Nine-Transformation Golden Elixir, he will lose face in front of the Jade Emperor and the immortals in Heaven!
This is a big problem!
Li Anran knew the whole story and was also worried for Jin Tongzi.
Compared to the prisoners he had seen before, the Golden and Silver Boys were simple-minded and serious about their work. He had watched them for so many years that it was hard not to have some favorable impression of them.
At this moment, Li Anran's expression changed slightly and he looked up towards the door.
But I heard a light exclamation coming from a distance.
"Hmm? Tushita Palace? Tushita Palace is above the thirty-three heavens, where the Supreme Lord Lao of Lihentian resides. How did I, Sun, end up here?"
"Well, I, Old Sun, have always said that I would come to the Tushita Palace to visit Taishang Laojun, but I have never been here on weekdays. I can pay him a visit today."
monkey?!
Is it time for the monkey to make trouble in Heaven and steal the golden elixir from Tushita Palace?
Li Anran was stunned.
Since coming to Tushita Palace, Golden Boy has never left. He spends most of his time in the alchemy room watching the fire refine the elixir, and is truly unaware of the passage of time and the passing of days and months.
Li Anran stayed beside them, so naturally he didn't know much.
At this moment, hearing the monkey's voice, Li Anran suddenly remembered that after the monkey rebelled against Heaven this time, Taishang Laojun had reported the monkey to the Jade Emperor, alleging that the monkey had stolen the Nine-Turn Golden Pill that he had prepared for the Jade Emperor at the 'Dan Yuan Conference'.
The Jade Emperor holds the Dan Yuan Conference every once in a while, with no fixed frequency. It all depends on whether Taishang Laojun has any good elixirs.
Li Anran had heard of this several times in the life of the Golden and Silver Boys, so he didn't think much about it.
Unexpectedly, this time was the same time when the monkeys made trouble in the Heavenly Palace.
"That's not right! Their Nine Revolutions Golden Pill has clearly been ruined, how could it be that the monkey stole it?"
"Could it be that Taishang Laojun put the blame on the monkey?"
As Li Anran was thinking, he heard the monkey push open the door of Tushita Palace and stagger in, wandering around while shouting incoherently: "Taishang Laojun! Taishang Laojun! I, Sun, am here to see you!"
The monkey was obviously drunk at the Peach Banquet , and his speech was unclear and his voice was not loud.
The Golden Boy was completely immersed in panic and didn't pay any attention to what was happening outside.
Crunch——
With a sound of door opening, the monkey pushed open the door of the alchemy room and staggered in.
The golden boy was startled by the noise, and suddenly stopped crying and looked over.
Then, I was shocked by the monkey's disheveled, flushed face and drunken appearance.
The Tushita Palace is the Taoist temple of Taishang Laojun. Which immortal who comes here will not be solemn and dignified for fear of losing etiquette? This is the first time he has a visitor like this...
No! This is not a visitor!
This is an uninvited guest who broke in!
The golden boy suddenly remembered that Taishang Laojun was invited by the ancient Buddha Dipankara to preach in the Vulture Peak Palace, and for this purpose he brought all the immortal children, immortal generals, immortal officials and immortal clerks in the Tushita Palace with him to stand on his left and right to listen to the lecture.
He was the only one left here to guard the golden furnace.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Taishang Laojun to invite others to visit the palace!
The golden boy forgot to cry for a moment and asked loudly: "Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Tushita Palace?"
The monkey said, "Don't be afraid, little kid! I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong! I happened to pass by the Tushita Palace today, so I came to visit Taishang Laojun!"
"You, you are the Monkey King?!" The golden boy widened his eyes.
The Golden Boy spends all year round refining elixirs in the alchemy room and seldom goes out, but the Cowherd Boy often goes out and tells them any news he hears.
In recent years, the idol worshipped by the cowherd boy has changed from the Three Altars and Sea Assembly God to the Monkey King Sun Wukong!
The Golden Boy had heard many stories about the Monkey King from the cowherd boy.
only……
He really couldn't connect the majestic Monkey King described by the cowherd boy with the disheveled drunk monkey in front of him!
The Golden Boy did not suspect that the monkey's identity was fake. He just thought that he was drunk and accidentally walked into the Tushita Palace. He immediately told the monkey about Taishang Laojun's visit to the Lingjiu Palace.
"Taishang Laojun is not here? I am gone! Gone!"
The monkey was a little disappointed and a little drunk, so he turned around and walked out the door drunkenly.
Golden Boy breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the monkey leave, but when he turned around and saw the defective Nine Revolutions Golden Pills, he thought about the severe punishment he might face next, and he could no longer suppress the fear in his heart and burst into tears.
The monkey had already walked to the door, but when he heard the crying, he turned around and said, "Man, why are you crying? You are so noisy!"
"You don't understand."
The Golden Boy sobbed and told the story of how he accidentally destroyed the golden elixir. He then said, "These Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs were originally given by the master to the Jade Emperor to hold the Dan Yuan Conference. Now they are all ruined!"
"Old Jade Emperor is still going to hold the Dan Yuan Conference?"
The monkey glared and immediately became annoyed.
The Queen Mother did not invite him to the Peach Banquet, nor did she invite him to the Dan Yuan Conference!
Seeing that the golden boy was crying non-stop, he became even more impatient and shouted, "Isn't it just that one furnace of pills was ruined? It's no big deal!"
The monkey stepped forward and picked up all the gourds in front of him.
Under the horrified gaze of Jin Tongzi and surprised gaze of Li Anran, he gulped it all into his mouth and swallowed it whole.
"Just tell that old man that it was me, Old Sun, who ate his Nine Revolutions Golden Pill!"
"No! Not just the Nine Transformations Golden Pill, I, Old Sun, will eat all of his pills!"
"I want to see how that old Jade Emperor can hold the Dan Yuan Conference!"
