Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2318 - Demons and monsters

Under the relentless beating and torment from Sun Wukong and his companions, they did manage to extract some useful information from the servants.

"We only know that Miss Kou is very fond of visiting the Buddhist hall in the back garden."

"I've seen Kou the Benevolent sometimes seem very respectful towards the young lady."

"Once, I passed by the Buddhist hall and saw Miss Kou seemingly talking to the Buddha statue inside."

Although this information consisted of mere clues observed by the servants, piecing them together, combined with Tang Sanzang and his group's analysis, made it easy to deduce certain things.

"In my opinion, this Miss Kou is very likely a transformation of some big shot from the Western Paradise."

Tang Sanzang said to Sun Wukong and the others.

"That's right, when I saw Miss Kou's expression and demeanor, it felt strangely familiar."

"I felt like she looked so much like that old hag, Guanyin."

"I have that feeling too."

Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk all nodded in agreement with Tang Sanzang's deduction.

Once they were certain that Miss Kou was a transformation of Guanyin, Tang Sanzang and his companions could see things more clearly, but they were still trapped.

"Since we can analyze this, then Immortal Lord Chu Hao's wisdom is far greater than ours, so he must have noticed it long ago.

I think he will definitely come to save us; perhaps Immortal Lord Chu Hao has already begun to lay out a plan."

Tang Sanzang said to Sun Wukong and the others.

Sun Wukong and his companions naturally had great faith in Chu Hao; as long as Chu Hao was present, he would certainly not allow Guanyin and the Western Paradise to succeed.

At this moment, after a thorough search, Chu Hao had already found Maitreya Buddha hiding in a cave.

Maitreya Buddha was not surprised to see Chu Hao; although he had set up a formation to hide, this formation could not stop Chu Hao.

"Jail God, what brings you here?"

Maitreya Buddha asked Chu Hao.

"I've come to find you, naturally wanting to cooperate with your demon race."

Chu Hao said to Maitreya Buddha, but upon hearing these words, Maitreya Buddha repeatedly shook his head.

"Jail God, forgive me for speaking frankly, although you and our demon race have cooperated many times before, what were the results?

Each time, our demon race exerted a lot of effort, but the benefits were all taken by you, leaving our demon race with no reward for our hard work.

Therefore, I really need to carefully consider what you said about cooperation."

Maitreya Buddha said to Chu Hao; the demon race had also been among those tricked by Chu Hao several times before.

"You don't believe me, but what else can you do? Could it be that you are willing to hide here like a rat?

The Western Paradise has set up laws here, so even Demon Emperor Chujin would not dare to easily step in. If your demon race wants to get a piece of the pie, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it relying on your own strength.

So we can only cooperate; you have no other choice."

Maitreya Buddha naturally understood Chu Hao's meaning.

Maitreya Buddha had also been lurking in the Kou family for a long time, knowing that besides the Western Paradise and their demon race, there were also the Second Madam and the steward's faction.

The steward and the Second Madam must also be hiding within Diling County at this moment. Since the Western Paradise is so powerful here, I'm afraid that only by joining forces can they deal with the Western Paradise.

"Alright, I will go with the Jail God!"

Chu Hao and Maitreya Buddha searched for the Second Madam and the steward together, and Chu Hao had already located the place where the steward and the Second Madam were.

The two arrived at an ordinary courtyard in Diling County, and Chu Hao and Maitreya Buddha stepped inside.

Just as they entered, suddenly two violent auras attacked them.

The ones who attacked were the demon lord who had already restored his identity in the house, and the Second Madam, who had restored her fox demon appearance.

The cultivation levels of this demon lord and the fox demon were not weak. As one of the three great demon lords of the demon ancestor, his strength had already reached the peak of the ninth level of Quasi-Sage, and the fox demon also had the cultivation level of the first level of Quasi-Sage.

I'm afraid that if Chu Hao and Maitreya Buddha were not strong enough, they would only be killed by these two attacks.

With a wave of their hands, Chu Hao and Maitreya Buddha immediately dissolved the attacks of the demon lord and the fox demon, which greatly surprised the demon lord and the fox demon.

"Who are you?"

The demon lord asked Chu Hao and Maitreya Buddha.

"I am the Future Buddha Maitreya, now under the command of Demon Emperor Chujin of the demon race, and this is the Jail God of the Three Realms, Lord Chu Hao.

Looking at your appearance and magical powers, you are full of demonic energy; you should be from the demon race.

The demon ancestor has three great demon lords, Feather Lord, Lin Lord, and Ao Lord. I wonder which demon lord you are?"

Maitreya Buddha asked the demon lord.

The demon ancestor is a collective term for living beings other than humans. Feather Lord is the head of birds, the phoenix; Lin Lord is the head of walking beasts, the Qilin; and Ao Lord is the head of insects and the like, the Black Tortoise.

"I am Lin Lord."

As he spoke, the Lin armor on the demon lord's body had already appeared.

"That's good; don't misunderstand. We have come to find you without any malicious intent.

Now we are all trapped here. The scale of the Western Paradise's plan here is beyond our expectations. We can only overcome the Western Paradise by joining forces."

Maitreya Buddha continued to say to Lin Lord.

"As the Jail God of the Three Realms, I can represent the Heavenly Court. Maitreya Buddha is the number one general under Demon Emperor Chujin and can represent the demon race.

If you agree, then our three parties will join forces, and even if the Western Paradise has more plans, it will not be as good as our three parties joining forces."

Chu Hao was even more direct, because he knew that Lin Lord was probably in the same situation as Maitreya Buddha.

They are trapped here and are probably thinking about countermeasures. Now that they have extended an olive branch, it will be difficult for them not to agree.

"Yes, but after the matter is completed, my demon race must obtain a share of the benefits."

Lin Lord replied to Chu Hao and Maitreya Buddha.

Maitreya Buddha and Chu Hao both nodded in agreement to Lin Lord's request.

Although both of them nodded, what they were thinking in their hearts was naturally different.

Maitreya Buddha was naturally thinking about the interests of himself and the demon race. They wanted to control the Journey to the West plan and confront the Western Paradise.

After breaking the Western Paradise's plan, the demon race would be much easier to deal with than the Western Paradise.

As for Chu Hao, he was different. Probably no one could guess what Chu Hao was thinking.

Of course, even Lin Lord, who agreed to cooperate, naturally had his own and the demon race's selfish interests in mind. Although the three parties were considered to be joining forces, they were really harboring their own agendas.

"Now that we have reached a cooperation, what is the first step we should take?"

Lin Lord asked Chu Hao.

Among them, Chu Hao's strength was the strongest, and he was also the initiator of the cooperation. Among the demon race, the demon race, and the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court was also the strongest.

So naturally, Chu Hao would be the one to take charge and command the joint action.

"I have already locked onto the target. According to my observations, the daughter of that Kou the Benevolent should be a transformation of Guanyin.

Our first step is to capture Guanyin alive and learn all the layout information of the Western Paradise."

Chu Hao said to Maitreya Buddha and Lin Lord.