Chapter 84: The thief dared to steal peaches

The Four Heavenly Kings were not to be outdone. They held weapons in their hands and displayed their unique skills to defeat the monsters.

Li Jing brought the monsters back to the camp, and the monsters were roaring and making all kinds of noise.

His eyes widened with anger, and he shouted sternly: "How dare you, a bastard, hurt the people!"

This shout had the power to wake people up.

The monsters were trembling with fear at Li Jing's aura. One of them stammered:
“Sir, we were originally ordinary farmers, living in a village near Taoshan.

One day, we found a strange-looking peach tree on the mountain, and the fruits on it looked very tempting.

We couldn't resist eating a few and ended up looking like this."

After hearing this, Li Jing had a rough guess in his mind.

He felt that the changes in these monsters might be related to the peach tree.

He decided to take the Four Heavenly Kings to the Peach Mountain that the monsters mentioned and find the strange peach tree.

They came to Taoshan and saw that the mountain was full of peach trees, but one of the peach trees was particularly eye-catching.

This peach tree is tall and straight, with its branches full of black and red fruits that emit a unique fragrance.

Li Jing observed it carefully and found that the bark texture of this peach tree was peculiar, completely different from that of ordinary peach trees.

He walked forward and wanted to pick a fruit to study it.

But when his hand just touched the fruit, the fruit suddenly released a powerful force and bounced his hand away.

Li Jing's heart trembled, realizing that this peach tree was unusual.

He said to the Four Heavenly Kings, "There is something strange about this peach tree."

The Four Heavenly Kings nodded, surrounded Li Jing closely, and looked around vigilantly.

Li Jing tried to pick the fruit again, and this time he used his magic power and successfully picked one.

He took the fruit in his hand and was about to examine it carefully.

At this moment, the peach tree suddenly shook violently.

The branches pulled out of the soil, like human figures, and the branches danced wildly, attacking Li Jing and the Four Heavenly Kings.

Li Jing quickly used his magical powers to use the exquisite pagoda to resist the attack of the peach tree.

"This demon tree has very tough branches. Why does it give me a familiar aura?"

Similar to those monsters, this peach tree seemed to have just gained intelligence. It was acting crazy, with its branches twitching randomly without any order at all.

So, without much effort, Li Jing put the evil peach into the pagoda.

He used his magical powers to shrink the peach tree and put it into his sleeve: "Let's go, take this monster with us and go see the Jade Emperor together."

Lingxiao Palace.

Taibai Jinxing hurried to the Jade Emperor:

"Your Majesty, something big happened in Pantao Garden!"

"Oh? That's good to see. Is it because the monkey has had enough of the peaches and can't stop eating them?"

The Jade Emperor lowered his head and snorted coldly when he saw the dragon clan's memorial saying that the lack of the Dinghai Shenzhen caused the flood in Uttarakuru.

Taibai Jinxing smiled bitterly:
"I don't know what tricks Sun Wukong used to let all the guards and soldiers in the heaven know that the peaches can be taken at will!"

"Haha, this monkey, is he really not going to eat it himself and give it to others?"

"Everyone is rushing to Pantao Garden now, the situation is out of control!"

The Jade Emperor waved his sleeves, and the scene of Peach Garden was reflected on the Kunlun Mirror.

There was a banner hanging in the Peach Garden:
I am sending peaches by order, to people of no rank, one per month, come quickly!

The Jade Emperor's mouth twitched as he watched the most ordinary servant in heaven holding a nine thousand year old peach and eating it.

This monkey is committing a sin!
What a waste of resources!
All the ordinary guards and soldiers in the Heavenly Palace knew that one could get one peach from the Peach Garden every month.

Everyone rushed in and the scene was extremely chaotic.

The Jade Emperor was about to say something when suddenly an urgent report came from outside the Heavenly Palace:

"Your humble servant Li Jing has something to report!"

"Transmit!" The Jade Emperor put down the memorial temporarily and sat upright.

Then I saw Li Jing, the Four Heavenly Kings and others walking quickly towards me.

As the pagoda opened, the peach demon and the monsters were released, but they were tied up with ropes.

When Taibai Jinxing saw the peach tree that Li Jing brought and heard what happened, his expression changed slightly and he seemed to be thinking about something.

"Those farmers accidentally ate the fruit and turned into half-human, half-bird monsters. If we don't deal with it in time, the consequences will be disastrous."

As he spoke, Li Jing took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to the Jade Emperor:

"Your Majesty, these are some strange seeds that I found near Taoshan. They are different from ordinary peach pits and seem to contain some mysterious power."

The Jade Emperor took the cloth bag, opened it, and saw that the seeds inside were emitting a faint light.

He frowned and asked, "Taibai Jinxing, do you know where these seeds came from?"

Taibai Jinxing observed it carefully and said thoughtfully:
"Your Majesty, I think we should first find out the effects of these fruits, and then find a way to neutralize their power."

The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "Li Jing, you have made great contributions this time. You discovered these hidden dangers in time. You did a good job."

Li Jing cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, for the safety of the people, this is my duty."

At this moment, the Heavenly King of Growth, one of the Four Heavenly Kings who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:

"Your Majesty, we have discovered some strange signs near Taoshan. The spiritual energy there seems to have become abnormally disordered, and there are also some unknown power fluctuations. I am worried that this may be related to the appearance of the peach tree."

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor looked even more solemn: "This matter is of great importance. Taibai Jinxing, you must immediately organize people to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Taoshan and make sure to find out the cause of the disorder in spiritual energy."

Afterwards, the Jade Emperor said to Li Jing and the Four Heavenly Kings, "You should go down and have a rest first. You have worked hard."

Li Jing and the Four Heavenly Kings took their leave and left.

After hearing this, the Jade Emperor frowned even more.

He asked, "Taibai Jinxing, do you know the origin of this demon peach?"

"Perhaps we can ask Taishang Laojun for help. He is quite knowledgeable about alchemy and may be able to find a solution."

The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "Okay, then go quickly."

After receiving the order, Taibai Jinxing rode the mist to the heaven.

Soon, Taishang Laojun came before the Jade Emperor.

He observed the peach tree and its fruits and said, “Your Majesty, these fruits originally contained immortal energy, but they were contaminated by the mundane world, disrupting their power and causing people to lose their minds and turn into monsters.

"Do you know the origin?"

The Jade Emperor asked with a smile.

Taishang Laojun glanced at him and started cursing in his heart.

This is fucking like you haven't seen it before.

Isn't this just the peach pit from heaven that went down to the mortal world and turned into a demon? Why are you pretending to me?

But in front of the Jade Emperor, Laojun took a deep breath and said with a smile: "This is clearly caused by someone throwing the peach pits from the Heavenly Palace into the mortal world, causing this evil disaster."

The Jade Emperor was waiting for him to say this: "Okay, then please accompany me to the Peach Garden. I want to see who is so bold as to steal the peaches and throw them into the mortal world."

The Peach Garden is still bustling.

The Buddhist disciples who sneaked into Pantao Garden were a little overwhelmed when they saw the chaotic scene.

His original plan was to provoke Sun Wukong's anger and make him cause trouble in the Peach Garden.

Now, without any action on his part, the monkey’s status in the Peach Garden is almost the same as that of the fairies and the groom’s biological father.

How to do this?
Also, so many people took peaches casually. Eating a peach can increase your lifespan by 9,000 years, but they just let people take them?

Seeing that Sun Wukong was just watching the fun from the side, he had no intention of taking any action.

In desperation, he sighed, took matters into his own hands, and secretly picked a few peaches.

If you really can't prepare enough, you can bring a dozen peaches back to Guanyin. That way, if you fail to get things done, at least you'll have someone to help you.

Unexpectedly, just as he reached out his hand to take the second peach.

A hairy arm grabbed his wrist
"You thief, how dare you steal peaches!"

(End of this chapter)