Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Chapter 683: Chapter 684: Each Harboring Their Own Schemes (Second Update!) Chapter 683: Chapter 684: Each Harboring Their Own Schemes (Second Update!) (PS: Rushing to catch a flight, one more update will be a bit late! Four updates will resume tomorrow!)
Daluo Golden Immortal? Keep dreaming your grand delusions!

A cold light flashed in Sun Wukong’s eyes. The idea that this Evil Race and that rat demon could cultivate into a Daluo Golden Immortal was simply laughable!

After searching through his memories, Sun Wukong nodded with some clarity. From the past life memories of the Time-Space Life-Death Talisman, he knew that a beautiful rat demon resided within the Bottomless Pit of Trap-emptiness Mountain. Moreover, she was the sworn daughter of Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing and the sworn sister of Nezha the Third Prince. However, in this lifetime, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing had already fallen, and it was uncertain how much affection Nezha held for this rat demon.

No matter, once the matter here was concluded, he would bring her back to Flower-Fruit Mountain and hand her over to Nezha for disposition.

Sun Wukong suppressed his urge to immediately execute the Evil Race’s powerhouse before him. He left the house while remaining invisible and found a secluded area to sit and wait. Since the rat demon wanted to combine yin and yang with Jiang Liu’er to absorb his Yang Essence, she wouldn’t kill him off hastily. Wukong would wait here for Jiang Liu’er’s ordeal to end before he’d make his move against the Evil Race!

Soon, three days had passed. Sun Wukong heard a noise from afar and stood up, alert. The rat demon had returned, accompanied by Jiang Liu’er, who seemed to have been captured by her. Wukong sensed the special Merit Force on Jiang Liu’er. Perhaps due to being suddenly seized by the rat demon and feeling emotionally unstable, Jiang Liu’er had inadvertently let slip a bit of his Cultivation Aura.

The rat demon didn’t notice the Cultivation Aura emanating from Jiang Liu’er. In her view, Jiang Liu’er was a high monk sent by the Great Tang of the Eastern Land to Western Heaven Spiritual Mountain to seek scriptures and possessed Ten Generations’ Merit, so having some cultivation was perfectly normal. Anyway, as long as Jiang Liu’er lacked combat experience, he couldn’t escape from her clutches.

“Bring that monk down to clean up. Tonight I will consummate the union with him! After absorbing his life essence, I will send him on his way!”

As soon as she entered the threshold, the rat demon commanded her demon maids and attendants in high spirits. Two attendants escorted Jiang Liu’er away, and the rat demon herself left too.

“Kill him after consummating the union? Wishful thinking, but you’re not that fortunate!”

Sun Wukong sneered secretly but did not take action. This was Jiang Liu’er’s tribulation, and he should experience it himself. Moreover, there were disciples like Yuan Hong who should earn their keep. If Wukong were to resolve everything, what would be the point in having disciples?

For now, Jiang Liu’er was safe. Sun Wukong moved with such stealth and speed that no one noticed as he followed the rat demon to the pavilion where the Evil Race expert was. He just so happened to overhear the Evil Race expert’s roar filled with shock and rage:
“What did you say? The Evil Pearl is lost? Wretched woman! Do you know how much strength it takes me to condense an Evil Pearl?”

The Evil Race expert jumped up from the soft couch, his eyes brimming with ferocity. Intense malevolent energy radiated from his body, looking as if he wanted to devour the rat demon on the spot.

Sun Wukong noticed that a concealed murderous intent briefly flickered in the depths of the rat demon’s eyes but vanished just as quickly, cleverly masked by her as she said to the Evil Race expert with a charming smile, “It’s all my fault, my lord, please don’t be angry anymore! Although the Evil Pearl was taken, I’ve caught Tang Seng! I will nourish him for a day, and tomorrow, after I’ve absorbed his Yang Essence, we can both enjoy Tang Seng’s flesh and achieve Eternal Youth and Daluo together!”

These words immediately improved the mood of the Evil Race expert considerably. At last, he was no longer consumed with the loss of the Evil Pearl, only repeatedly instructing the rat demon to absorb Tang Seng’s Yang Essence early the next day without delaying the feast on Tang Seng’s flesh.

The rat demon agreed readily, yet inwardly she was sneering endlessly: “What a fool! After I drain Tang Seng’s life Yang Essence tonight, my power will soar, and I won’t be under your thumb anymore!”

This spectacle, Sun Wukong watched from the side with crystal clarity, and he couldn’t help but sneer inwardly, “These two are each harboring their own schemes, it looks like there will be a rebellion nested within, and quite the drama to watch!”

Initially, the Rat Demon had planned to absorb Jiang Liu’er’s life essence that very night, but now it was telling the Evil Race’s expert to wait until the next day, which clearly indicated it intended to absorb Jiang Liu’er’s life essence in the interim!

The two of them, outwardly harmonious, were in fact scheming against each other, each wanting the other’s life, merely using one another!

After leaving the Evil Race’s expert, the Rat Demon immediately rushed to the place where Jiang Liu’er was kept, planning to consummate with Jiang Liu’er without delay and absorb his life essence, clearly too impatient to wait.

Sun Wukong frowned slightly, if Jiang Liu’er’s life essence were to be taken away by the Rat Demon just like that, it would be a direct slap in the face to him, the Great Sage Equalling Heaven!

However, Sun Wukong also did not want to intervene right away; rescuing people should be left to Yuan Hong and the others. All he needed to do was to take care of that member of the Evil Race when the time came.

Thus, Sun Wukong hurried to the place where Jiang Liu’er was imprisoned and put the two maidservants watching over him to sleep. In front of Jiang Liu’er, he revealed his form.

“Great Sage!”

Jiang Liu’er exclaimed with a face full of surprise. Sun Wukong quickly gestured for him to be quiet and drew a circle around him with the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, precisely enclosing him within it.

“Jiang Liu’er, just stay inside the circle and don’t move. No one can do anything to you. Just wait for Yuan Hong and the others to come rescue you!”

Just as Jiang Liu’er was about to say something, Sun Wukong’s form had vanished, leaving behind only one phrase, “Remember not to mention ol’ Wukong!”

No sooner had Sun Wukong’s form disappeared than the Rat Demon arrived at the doorway, immediately alarmed upon seeing the two maidservants lying asleep on the ground. It rushed in to see that Tang Seng was sitting well and composed at the center of the room, which allowed it to breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, a surge of evil fire welled up, and it woke the two sleeping maidservants with a few strikes, barraging them with a heap of curses.

The two maidservants were utterly baffled; they had no idea how or when they had fallen asleep.

Yet they did not dare to argue with the Rat Demon and could only bear it with faces full of submissive obsequiousness. After the Rat Demon vented for a while, it waved its hand to dismiss them, and like receiving a grand pardon, they bowed and hastily retreated.

“Brother of the Great Tang, the night is late, shall we rest now?”

The Rat Demon re-entered the inner chamber, eyeing Tang Seng seated cross-legged in the center with a glimpse of lecherous intent flashing across its eyes, and approached with a seductive smile.

“Ah!”

The moment it touched the Golden Hoop left by Sun Wukong, the Rat Demon immediately screamed in pain. It felt an extremely agonizing heat and hastily withdrew its foot.