Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 102: Show Off Acting Skills

"What grievances do you hold, my esteemed official? Please, tell me quickly. How could things have escalated to the point of executing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

The Jade Emperor knew of Jiang Hao’s intentions, but still feigns confusion.

The Jade Emperor is not particularly close to the Buddhists, and certainly would not offend the powers of Heaven on their behalf.

After paying his respects to the Jade Emperor, Jiang Hao, with an aggrieved look on his face, expressed, "Your Majesty, I came here to seek justice for my unfortunate descendants."

"To let Your Majesty know, just a while ago, a monster monkey intruded into the Netherworld. It initially caused havoc in the Underworld, and then stirred up the Underworld River, releasing countless demons imprisoned in hell, causing chaos in the human world."

"One of my descendants, seeing the monster monkey wreak havoc, faced danger and rushed into the Netherworld, trying their utmost to defeat and suppress the monster monkey."

"Just when the havoc-causing monster monkey was about to surrender, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva interfered, not only rescuing the monster monkey but also throwing my descendant deep into the Underworld River, leaving his fate unknown."

At this point, Jiang Hao’s emotions surged, and he cried out mournfully, "Your Majesty, my descendant was wronged!"

"I had to intervene to save the world, but instead of perishing in the disaster, I fell prey to the villain’s toxic hand. Even in death, I didn’t rest in peace!"

"I beseech Your Majesty to deliver justice, to let the world know that Haotian is fair and impartial. He won’t let heroes die in vain, nor will he let the enemy escape punishment."

With that, Jiang Hao bowed deeply to Haotian.

His words, a mix of truth and lies, were theatrical. If he didn’t exaggerate the severity, how could he justify making the Buddhists pay a great price?

"What? Did this genuinely happen?" The Jade Emperor, being a drama king, promptly played along. He banged his armrest, stood up from his throne, and demanded angrily.

At this point, Jade Emperor’s top lackey, Taibai, also stepped forward and loudly called out, "Where are Thousand-Miles Eyes and Favorable-Wind Ears? Where are the day and night travelling spirits? Where is the celestial supervising official?"

"Why don’t you promptly speak up and enlighten His Majesty on the matter?"

The individuals Taibai called out were Heaven’s eyes and ears, appointed to monitor the Three Realms. They would not dare lie or withhold any information from the Jade Emperor. If they were found doing so, their fate would be sealed.

There won’t be anyone in the Three Realms and Six Paths who could save them.

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor was instantly infuriated, "How dare they! Sheltering a chaos-causing demon monkey, conspiring against a meritorious person, what is Ksitigarbha trying to do?"

"Does he disregard Heaven Court? The Heavenly Rules? Or me?"

With the Jade Emperor enraged, even Heaven and Earth lost color!

For a moment, dark clouds filled the sky and countless thunderbolts appeared. The deafening thunder resonated through the Three Realms, shaking one’s spirit.

Feeling the Jade Emperor’s fury, the gods in the hall immediately adopted a serene demeanor, remaining silent. The conflict between the Jiang family and the Buddhists was not something they could interfere with.

While others dared not speak, Jiang Hao did. He stepped forward and said loudly, "I, Jiang Hao, the Sun Star Lord, am here to respectfully request Your Majesty to issue a command to execute Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, in order to demonstrate Heavenly might!"

With that, Jiang Hao bowed deeply.

"Oh..." Jiang Hao’s assertion abruptly disrupted the momentum building in the Jade Emperor.

He didn’t have an issue with punishing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, but executing him seemed like an unrealistic demand.

After a moment of hesitation, the Jade Emperor coughed lightly and ordered, "Pagoda Bearing Heavenly King, heed my command. Immediately arrange for people to go to the Netherworld and arrest Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva for trial in Heaven Court."

Ignoring Jiang Hao’s words about executing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Jade Emperor turned to Li Jing for instructions.

Of course, Jiang Hao didn’t expect the Jade Emperor to execute Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva just based on his words.

However, even though Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva could not be executed at this time, the charges against him were already set in stone. When an opportunity presents itself in the future, it will serve as the best reason to execute him.

"I understand and comply!"

The Pagoda Bearing Heavenly King stepped forward to take the command and was about to lead people to the Netherworld to arrest Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. But at that moment, the Buddha arrived.

"Stop, Heavenly King!" Upon arriving at Lingxiao Hall, the Buddha first stopped Li Jing, then turned to the Jade Emperor and said, "Would Your Majesty allow me to ask a favor?"

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor was tempted, as a favor from the Buddha was a precious thing. In the future, he could use this favor to ask the Buddha to take action once.

But looking at Jiang Hao, the Jade Emperor hesitated and didn’t immediately agree.

Seeing the Jade Emperor’s hesitation, the Buddha turned to Jiang Hao and said, "Star Lord, could you spare me some face?"

At the same time, he secretly sent a message to Jiang Hao, "How about one disaster?"

Jiang Hao thought about it and felt one disaster was not enough. He subtly held up two fingers towards the Buddha.

The Buddha hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Jiang Hao snorted coldly, "Today I’ll give face to the Buddha and spare Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva this time. But if there’s a next time, it won’t be me coming, but the Foundation of the Human Race."

"That boy carries the last inheritance of Ancient Martial Arts. If anything happens, I ask you all to imagine the wrath of the Ancient Martial Artists."

At this junivase, Jiang Hao’s tone changed as he warned all the gods in the hall, "This is all I have to say. I hope you all will think carefully."

With those words, Jiang Hao swept his sleeves and left.

After this incident, everyone started to take note of Jiang Chen. Therefore, Jiang Hao gave everyone a shot of preventative medicine in advance.

He wanted them to know that Jiang Chen was not so easy to plot against. If their intentions became apparent, they would face the wrath of Ancient Martial Arts.

As a once glorious Ancient Martial Arts sect, had really only eight people, the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns, been validated through its tradition since ancient times?

Are there really no individuals in the vast sea of humanity that can rival the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns?

The depth of this lineage is much greater than Jiang Chen’s understanding. There’s so much that he doesn’t know.

Like the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, the Nine Elders, the originators of Ancient Martial Arts, and why did the Great Shang have the audacity to defy heaven, and so on.

All of these are buried in history, waiting for Jiang Chen to discover them one by one.

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Exiting Lingxiao Hall, Jiang Hao did not return to the Sun Star but sneakily lowered the boundaries. He hid beside the Fusang tree, which was transformed from the Sun God Scepter.