Chapter 36: I Want Some Excitement

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  "Sun Dasheng, Sun Dasheng... is Dasheng there?"

  Arriving at the Yuma Supervision, the barefoot immortal changed his previous detailed and elegant demeanor. A flattering smile appeared on his chubby face as he shouted towards the empty offices. His voice carried a hint of warmth, like meeting an old friend, and a sense of urgency, like a lonely widow's lament.

  After being recruited, the Great Sage Sun Wukong became a refined and dignified immortal from a rustic village thug and an illiterate martial artist. He was overjoyed and spent his days checking on the heavenly horses in the Imperial Stables, feeling that everything in Heaven was under his control.

  In the monkey's heart, I, old Sun, am in charge of the Imperial Stables. Isn't the Jade Emperor of Heaven awesome? All institutions in Heaven want to go out, they must come to ask me, old Sun. If a celestial officer comes, without a smile, without making me feel comfortable, wanting to ride the heavenly horse, ah, where is it cool, where should I stay, I, old Sun, don't care what kind of celestial officer you are.

  This way, Sun Dasheng's life was quite comfortable. Every day, he would gather his friends and drink together, entrusting all the big and small matters to the two horse officials under the Imperial Horse Guard. He would either sneak into Heaven to steal a few immortal peaches or go to various caves to taste a few jars of immortal wine, enjoying himself immensely.

  On this day, the Great Sage was inspecting his horses in the Imperial Stables. There were: Hualiu, Jijun, Longmei, Ziyuan, Chitu, Chaoguang, Tengwu, Shenghuang, Zhuifeng, Juedi, Xiangliu, Hubian, Zhiji, Zixi, Sibajiu, Jiuyi, Qianli, and Juequn. These fine horses were all spirited and robust, with the strength to gallop against the wind and climb up into the clouds.

  The Monkey King checked the register and noted down the number of horses, secretly pleased with himself.

  He tilted his head and thought to himself: "I, old Sun, have put in a lot of effort to raise these heavenly horses into strong and sturdy ones with the Jade Emperor. I mustn't let those idle deities look down on me. I need to find an opportunity to take the heavenly horses out for a gallop... no, that's not it, for a patrol, so that those who do nothing but draw their salaries can see that I, old Sun, am worthy of the few taels of silver the Jade Emperor has given me as salary. Besides, that old man Taibai is all right too. Every time he runs around busily, his enthusiasm makes me worry that his old arms and legs will be worn out. Let him take a look at my achievements and let him rejoice."

  Thinking of this, Sun Wukong whistled and summoned a snow-white purple donkey with no miscellaneous colors, ready to ride off.

  Although the Great Sage's筋斗云can travel 108,000 miles in one leap, compared to this heavenly horse, it is much faster. However, after getting a taste of being an official, the Great Sage has developed a liking for this tune and feels that riding the heavenly horse makes him feel superior and extremely cool.

  "Come on, bring me old Sun's official uniform."

  Two attendants of the Imperial Stables heard Sun Wukong's shout, exchanged a glance and winked at each other, covering their mouths to suppress their laughter, turned around and ran inside to prepare that set of bright red, out-of-style official robes.

  Since Sun Wukong arrived at the Imperial Stables, Taibai Jinxing had secretly greeted him, and no one was allowed to discuss this official matter, so Sun Wukong did not know that his small position as the Imperial Stables was not of high rank, and thought that in Heaven, except for the Jade Emperor, he was the greatest.

  Later, after Zhang Youren crossed over, he was afraid that the Imperial Horse Guard would have problems and also because many things happened, which made him not have time to focus on this matter. He repeatedly emphasized that the monkey from Huaguo Mountain must not be allowed to harbor rebellious intentions.

  So here, Sun Wukong did not fall down to the underworld because he knew about the Imperial Horse Guard, but instead sat steadily and safely.

  Originally, according to Zhang Youren's arrangement, it was also planned that after solving Sun Wukong's affairs at the Peach Conference, he could truly settle down and cultivate, break through, reach the realm of Daluo Jinxian, unlock the lock, and become a true self-governing Three Realms Supreme.

  Who would have thought that human calculations are inferior to heavenly ones? Sun Wukong's position in the Imperial Stables had indeed not been overturned, but just today, on the eve of the Peach Festival, something unexpected happened.

  "Let's go! Let's go! Drive!"

  Sun Wukong clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and Zixing Daowang let out a loud snort. Just as he was about to raise his hooves, a voice suddenly rang out.

  "Great Sage, is Sun Wukong here?"

  "Who is it? You're being a nuisance. I'm telling you, old Sun, no matter which immortal official needs the heavenly horse, wait until I've inspected it before saying anything."

  Sun Wukong didn't even turn his head back, with two official ribbons on his head flying up, he was about to leave.

  "The Great Sage is waiting, it's me, the Barefooted Great Immortal."

  "I was wondering who it was, and it turned out to be you old fellow." Sun Wukong turned his head to look at the Barefoot Immortal, and his expression improved a lot. This guy would occasionally bring out fine wines from who-knows-where and let Sun Wukong have a taste.

  Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

  Sun Wukong suppressed the annoyance in his heart and said with a slanted mouth: "You old man, you're neither early nor late, I was just about to go on patrol when you came to stir up trouble. Say, what important business do you have looking for me?"

  The Barefoot Great Immortal looked at Sun Wukong with a serious expression and burst out laughing.

  "Great Sage, what time is it now? You still go patrolling around, don't you know that the Heavenly Court is bustling at this moment?"

  "Lively?"

  The Great Sage's eyes shone brightly.

  Sun Wukong is the spiritual stone monkey incarnation, since cultivation, the monkey nature has not changed, no matter how high the cultivation is, how strong the combat power is, he is still that lively, likes to intervene in other people's business, and mischievous little monkey.

  So, they were having a lively discussion in the heavenly court, and suddenly they forgot all about the inspection.

  He jumped down from the purple cloud horse, a pair of fluffy big hands grasped the collar of Red Footed Great Immortal's clothes and said: "Red Footed Old Man, quickly tell me where it is lively, hurry up, take me to see. Since entering the heavenly court, every day I'm busy with Jade Emperor's affairs, exhausting my delicate heart. Now thinking about it, it's been a long time since those kids from Huaguo Mountain made things lively for me."

  After speaking, Sun Wukong's eyes were slightly red, he missed home. He thought of those little monkeys, who spent their days finding fleas on each other and lazily sunbathing.

  The barefooted Great Immortal, Qiang Na Xiao Yi, wiped the sweat from his round and chubby face and said: "I'm telling you, Great Sage, can't you loosen up a bit? If you keep pinching like that, I'll be strangled to death."

  "Ah...... forgive me, forgive me." Sun Wukong released his hand and patted the collar of the Barefoot Immortal's robe with his furry hand, saying: "Speak quickly, or I'll suffocate to death."

  The barefooted Great Immortal took a deep breath and said slowly, "Great Sage, didn't I come to invite you to the lively place? Cough, it's choking me to death."

  "Ah, Great Sage, do you have an invitation to the Peach Blossom Party? Oh, I see, with your cultivation and unparalleled fighting power in heaven and earth, as well as being personally appointed by the Jade Emperor as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, how could you not have a small invitation to the Peach Blossom Party? Hehe... hehehehe..."

  "What! What invitation! Say it again!"

  Sun Wukong's brain turned, and he found that the information contained in the words of the barefoot immortal was quite large. The situation seemed to be somewhat different from what he had thought, his eyes widened, his furry face turned red, with a hint of green, white, black, and a touch of autumn.

  "Whoosh!"

  A nameless fire began to creep up onto Sun Wukong's head.

  "Barefooted old fellow, come, come, come, tell Old Sun all about it."

  Sun Wukong's tone was somewhat cold, and his piercing eyes began to turn fanatical, like a volcanic crater that could erupt at any moment.