Chapter 77: Sun Wukong Leaves Heaven

  After several months, at the Flower Fruit Mountain school grounds.

  Lei Hao stood with his hands behind him, like a small mountain peak standing on the stage, his purple majestic robe reflecting dazzling light under the wind and sunlight.

  At this time, he kept scanning the demon army on the school field below with his eyes, and after a long while, he let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.

  "This dead monkey, really lazy to the point of excellence." Lei Hao couldn't help but curse when he thought about the effort it took to deal with these demon soldiers.

  Sun Wukong is an extremely lazy character, which Lei Hao had known for a long time. However, it wasn't until he actually took over the daily affairs of the Huaguo Mountain Demon Kingdom that he realized he had greatly underestimated him.

  Lei Hao only recently discovered that the grand Flower Fruit Mountain Demon Country was still using the framework he had hastily set up when it was first established, with only a few changes made over the years, all of which Lei Hao could count on one hand.

  The Huaguo Mountain Demon Kingdom had always claimed to have 500,000 demon troops, but after Lei Hao's reorganization, he kicked out all the old, weak, sick and small demons, leaving less than 300,000. Moreover, they were all scattered and disorganized, with Lei Hao standing on the commanding platform able to clearly see that the little demons below had divided into dozens of small groups.

  The sight of Lei Hao is just a headache, and soon we will be facing a great war. These demon troops are not even qualified to be cannon fodder.

  "Where is Lei Wei?" A loud shout from Lei Hao, who was too lazy to look again.

  "Subordinates are here." The brothers of Lei Dabao, standing at the forefront of the 300,000-strong demon army, simultaneously looked up to the sky and let out a loud roar, with the sound waves continuously echoing within the Huaguo Mountain.

  "You will be responsible for the daily training and drills of these 300,000 demon troops from now on. I hope you all will do your best, as I wish to see a different Mount Huaguo Demon Troop in a few years." Lei Hao said with a serious face.

  "Ah." Another angry shout, thirty or so strands of divine realm law power fluctuations shocked the seventy-two cave little demon kings to be frightened out of their wits.

  "Where is the Unicorn Ghost King?" Lei Hao shouted loudly after arranging the heavy troops of Huaguo Mountain.

  "Your subordinate is here." The Unicorn Ghost King emerged from among the seventy-two cave little demon kings and knelt down on both knees, saying.

  "This king will entrust you with all the armor and blades of the 300,000-strong demon army. You will lead your subordinates, the demon craftsmen from the Demon Kingdom, to reclaim all the copper and iron ore mines in the Eastern Divine State. Refine them into top-quality armor and blades for the use of the 300,000-strong demon army. If there is any slackness, this king will settle both old and new accounts with you." Lei Hao's eyes widened as he spoke loudly, without clarifying what he meant by "new and old accounts", but he knew that the Horned Demon King understood, as did the seventy-two cave demon kings.

  The Unicorn Ghost King was sweating like rain, but who dared to utter a 'no'? He had no choice but to nod his head and accept the order.

  "What's going on with Si Jian?" Lei Hao shouted again.

  Four powerful old monkeys appeared in front of Lei Hao at the same time, kneeling on one knee and saying in unison: "Your subordinates have seen the Second Great King."

  Lei Hao thought for a moment and said, "You four demons are the elders of Huaguo Mountain. I will entrust you with the daily affairs of Huaguo Mountain. I hope you won't disappoint me."

  "Yes." The four monkeys replied in unison.

  "That's all for today, you all return to your respective caves. From tomorrow on, the Flower Fruit Mountain Demon Country will enter a state of war preparedness." Lei Hao's words carried magical power, and the mighty waves of sound shook the hearts of all the demons in the school grounds, causing them to tremble with fear.

  In the great hall of Water Curtain Cave, Wu Yazi carefully peeled a pear with one hand and casually asked, "Husband, why do you want to put Mount Huaguo into a state of war preparedness? Are we going to go to war with someone again?"

  Lei Daniu on the side also chimed in: "Right, which country in Dongsheng Divine State dares to stretch out their claws like us?"

  Lei Hao didn't answer, took the whole pear handed over by Wu Lei, cut it into three pieces with a small knife, handed one to Wu Lei, one to Lei Daniu, and only after taking a bite said: "Who knows?"

  She didn't ask again when she saw Lei Hao was unwilling to talk about it.

  Instead, Lei Da Niu carefully observed Lei Hao's expression and saw that he was focused on eating the pear without anything out of the ordinary. Only then did he turn his head, open his big mouth, and stuff the piece of pear that belonged to him into his mouth for a big bite.

  "Is this really how you eat pears?" Lei Hao kicked him and said, looking at the way Lei Da Niu was eating.

  Lei Da Niu swallowed the pear in his mouth and muttered with some resentment: "I was originally a cow, speaking as if I wasn't a cow."

  "Get out." Lei Hao's raised hand hesitated for a moment before he cursed in a somewhat annoyed tone.

  Lei Hao seems to have gotten really annoyed, and Lei Da Niu, fearing a counterattack from Lei Hao, quickly got up and rushed out of the hall.

  Lei Hao lowered his head and stared blankly at the pear in his hand with dense teeth marks.

  "After all these years, I almost forgot that I'm just a cow myself." Lei Hao said with a hint of self-mockery on his face.

  "Husband." As soon as she saw Lei Hao's appearance, Wu Lei couldn't help but feel a little helpless and gently hugged him from behind.

  ………

  Since that day, the voice of training soldiers has been heard every day in Huaguo Mountain, accompanied by the 'ding' sound of molten armor, and there are also one million large livestock sent by Dongsheng God State every year as food for small monsters in the demon country. The momentum of Huaguo Mountain's sharpening knife has frightened other forces in Dongsheng God State, and almost every year, some small monsters with broken hearts come to surrender, making Huaguo Mountain present a thriving trend.

  And the mastermind behind all this, Lei Hao, has become a leisurely person, meditating and contemplating the Tao every day. His days are spent in rare peace and happiness, and if possible, he would be willing to spend the rest of his life like this.

  That day, Lei Hao was dozing off on the top of Huaguo Mountain when he suddenly heard a gust of wind by his ear. After opening his sleepy eyes, Lei Hao saw a familiar monkey face that he hadn't seen in a long time.

  "Dead monkey, disturbing people's dreams." Lei Hao, who hadn't woken up yet, drowsily said to Sun Wukong.

  After finishing speaking, Lei Hao felt something was off and rubbed his eyes hard before asking in surprise: "Dead monkey, aren't you supposed to be in the Heavenly Palace? When did you come back?"

  Sun Wukong's face showed a hint of depression as he picked up the small cup of clear tea in front of Lei Hao, and after drinking a mouthful, he threw away the teacup with some discomfort. He stretched out his hand and suddenly pulled out a jar of strong wine from a corner of the Mountain of Fruits and Flowers, drank more than half of it before saying: "I, old Sun, have just returned to the Mountain of Fruits and Flowers, and saw you on the mountain top, so I came over. However, I was only in heaven for ten or so days, why has the Mountain of Fruits and Flowers changed so much?"

  Lei Hao snatched the wine jug from Sun Wukong's hand and took a sip before slowly saying, "What's just over ten days' time for you in Heaven, where you don't notice the passage of time. One day in Heaven is equal to one year on Earth. Now, more than ten years have passed."

  Monkey King's face suddenly showed a look of regret, and he muttered to himself: "Alas, alas, several days were spent as if they were several years, I, old Sun, was indeed at a loss."

  When Lei Hao heard Sun Wukong say this, he asked curiously: "Monkey, you were doing well as the king of demons, why did you suddenly think of going to heaven to be a laborer?"

  Lei Hao asked, and Sun Wukong's face was somewhat unbearable, but he couldn't say that it was because he couldn't beat him, so he went to heaven to find treasures to enhance his strength. He made an excuse: "I was sitting in the mountain and suddenly had a strange desire to go up to heaven and take a look."

  Lei Hao's face was filled with curiosity, but in his heart, he still had some doubts. With Sun Wukong's temperament, if he got bored, he would definitely go to Canyuan Mountain, and not anywhere near the Heavenly Palace.

  Two demons came and went, drinking a few rounds, Lei Hao asked with some jest: "Monkey King, I don't know what kind of official position the Jade Emperor gave you for your skills. If it's a high-ranking one, I'll also go to the Heavenly Palace to take a stroll."

  Lei Hao finished speaking, and Sun Wukong's face, which had just looked a bit better, immediately darkened again. He slammed the wine jug in his hand to the ground and said with gritted teeth: "Don't mention it, but as soon as you do, I get angry. Originally, I didn't care about what position that old official gave me, but relying on my skills, that old official actually dared to let me take care of horses for him. It's really infuriating! Just now, after I figured it out in the Imperial Stables, I swung my staff and rushed out of the South Heavenly Gate. I should have smashed the Lingxiao Hall of the Jade Emperor!"

  Sun Wukong indeed spoke the truth, he originally didn't go to Heaven's Palace with any rightful purpose, nor did he care about what kind of official position Jade Emperor would give him. He was single-mindedly searching for treasures within Heaven's Palace that could enhance his cultivation. Only today did he come to know that Jade Emperor actually made him a horse groomer, so Sun Wukong immediately got angry and didn't even bother with the 'grand plan' of searching for treasures, swinging his staff as he stormed out of South Heavenly Gate.

  Lei Hao pretended to be serious and listened, but seeing the anger on Sun Wukong's face, he couldn't help but burst out laughing with a 'hiss' sound.

  "Laugh on, laugh on, go ahead and laugh at me." Sun Wukong said with a rogue tone as he sat on the ground, looking at Lei Hao who was mocking him.

  "Since the Jade Emperor looks down on you, then don't go to heaven." Lei Hao said casually.

  "Of course I won't go, even if the Jade Emperor himself comes to invite me with eight sedan chairs, I still won't go to Heaven's Palace." Sun Wukong said boastfully, but his face showed some hesitation, and in his heart he was muttering: "I just caught a glimpse of the treasures on Heaven's Court, so many precious things... if I don't go..."

  Lei Hao carefully looked at Sun Wukong's expression and sighed softly in his heart: "What was destined to come will still come after all."

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