Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 148 - 147: Who is Emperor Gouchen?

"Who have you upset among those in heaven?"

"You seem too frightened even to approach the Heaven Court. Come, tell me about it quickly. Maybe I know him and could mediate the situation for you."

Seeing the look on Jiang Xuan’s face that clearly indicated he was eager for some drama, Jiang Chen dared not let him know that he had offended the Ten Fairy Maidens.

Moreover, admitting such an embarrassing incident was indeed quite difficult. Hence, Jiang Chen responded, "You must be joking, Ancestor. Would I dare to offend the immortals in heaven? Isn’t this a joke to you?"

"I’m someone who they wouldn’t even bother with. Even if I wanted to offend them, I wouldn’t be able to."

"As for my reluctance, isn’t that just normal? Why would anyone be eager to give up a life of leisure as the son of the Jiang family, and instead go slave under the Heaven Court’s service?"

Regardless of Jiang Chen’s unwillingness, the Jade Emperor’s orders are absolute, unless he plans on rebelling, he has no choice but to obey.

Disrespecting the orders is akin to rebellion.

Yes, many in the Three Realms could ignore the Jade Emperor’s orders, but their ranks did not include Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen had made up his mind not to offend the Jade Emperor and thus become the Demon Suppression Heavenly God.

"Hehe!" Jiang Xuan responded with a cold laugh to Jiang Chen’s explanation, not believing a single word of it.

However, whether he believed it or not didn’t matter, as Jiang Chen didn’t want to dwell on this topic any longer.

Seeing that Jiang Xuan wanted to continue asking, Jiang Chen changed the topic, "The imperial edict said that I am to be granted a hundred golden flowers, a hundred bright pearls, and a hundred barrels of fairy wine."

"Shouldn’t there be three boxes then? Why are there only two?"

While speaking, Jiang Chen had already begun to open the two boxes.

A flash of golden light darted from one of the boxes, revealing the hundred golden flowers. In the other box filled with dense Innate purity, a hundred bright pearls glistened.

The golden flowers and bright pearls were all present, but the fairy wine was nowhere to be seen. Who needed to ask? It was undoubtedly taken by Jiang Xuan.

Thinking this, Jiang Chen asked Jiang Xuan, "Ancestor, what happened to the fairy wine?"

Jiang Xuan answered without any guilty conscience, "Your ancestor here was bored, so I drank the fairy wine. What, do you have a problem with that?"

Upon seeing this, Jiang Chen quickly laughed, "How could I take issue with that, Ancestor? Even if you hadn’t mentioned it, the fairy wine was meant to be offered to you anyway."

After all, the value of a hundred barrels of fairy wine was nothing compared to the Dragon-slaying Divine Sword. And Jiang Xuan had given the Divine Sword to Jiang Chen without a second thought.

Such care was priceless, and could not be measured by mere worldly possessions.

Mentioning the fairy wine dissuaded Jiang Xuan from digging deeper into the question of who Jiang Chen had offended. He simply laughed and said, "You’re indeed a sensible lad."

From their conversation, it’s clear to Jiang Xuan that Jiang Chen probably didn’t cause trouble with any significant figures in the heavens, so he should be able to handle it on his own.

Otherwise, knowing Jiang Chen’s personality, he would have already rushed back to the Jiang family to seek their help.

After accepting the golden flowers and bright pearls, Jiang Chen suddenly remembered something and asked Jiang Xuan, "Oh right, Ancestor, wouldn’t my role as the Demon Suppression Heavenly God be under the command of the True Martial Emperor?"

Jiang Chen couldn’t be blamed for asking this question. The Heaven Court may have the Jade Emperor as its ruler, but besides the Jade Emperor, there were four other divine emperors who were his equals. Under them were numerous ancient gods, occupying positions such as Emperor Lord and Heavenly Lord.

Besides these individuals, there were also thirty-six palaces, seventy-two temples, and the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Gods, etc. In short, the situation in the Heaven Court is complex with many great gods gathered.

As for the True Martial Emperor, also known as the Xuan Tian Mighty Deity or the Holy Sovereign, being the Heavenly Lord who eliminates demons in the Nine Heavens and the Ancestor who repays kindness.

The title of Demon Suppression Heavenly God is clearly related to the Holy Sovereign. Therefore, Jiang Chen’s first thought was that this position should belong to the True Martial Emperor’s Demon Elimination Palace. freeweɓnovel.cøm

He also found it strange. He wasn’t without connections in the Heaven Court, being the descendant of the Sun Star Monarch.

Instead of arranging for him to serve in the Sun Temple of the Jiang family, the Jade Emperor sent him to the Demon Elimination Palace of the True Martial Emperor. Wasn’t he intentionally causing trouble?

However, the following words from Jiang Xuan caused Jiang Chen’s face to fall completely.

Jiang Xuan looked at him strangely and said, "The True Martial Emperor? The Jade Emperor is not so senile as to let a member of the Jiang family take office in the Demon Elimination Palace."

"That position of the Demon Suppression Heavenly God belongs to the Gouchen Heavenly Palace, under the command of the Heavenly Emperor."

"What? The Emperor Gouchen? Lei Zhenzi? I have to serve under him? This..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen’s face became a picture of displeasure.

At least the True Martial Emperor is a well-known powerful figure in the Three Realms, serving under him wouldn’t belittle himself.

But Lei Zhenzi, merely a disciple from the third generation of the Chan Teaching, although his official position is impressive, his real strength is mediocre.

Even Yang Jian, who is considered the first among the third-generation disciples of the Chan Teaching, has not yet achieved the Dao Fruit of Daluo Heaven. It would seem that Lei Zhenzi should be even less accomplished.

Smack...

Hearing Jiang Chen’s murmurs, Jiang Xuan suddenly slapped him and said, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about Lei Zhenzi for? When you were a child, you visited the Jiang family library quite often, how can you still not understand who the Heavenly Emperor Gouchen really is?"

That certainly confused Jiang Chen. Wasn’t Lei Zhenzi the Emperor Gouchen? No one ever told him otherwise.

Besides, didn’t everyone else also have the same understanding? During the Investiture of the Gods, King Wen’s two sons, one was conferred the title of the Emperor of the Purple Microcosm in the Central Heaven, and the other was conferred the title of Heavenly Emperor Gouchen.

The titles of the two emperors from the same family caused quite a stir in the Three Realms at that time. It was even said that the glory of the Zhou royal family was unparalleled, with no other family in the Three Realms equaling them.

Even more, those who loved gossiping claimed that the reason why the Zhou Emperor could be called "Heavenly Son" was that his ancestors were "heaven" in the heavens.

In short, that incident caused a huge sensation in the Three Realms at that time. But now, Jiang Xuan was telling him that Lei Zhenzi was not Emperor Gouchen, which startled Jiang Chen.

If Lei Zhenzi is not Emperor Gouchen, then who is the real Heavenly Emperor?

Seeing the confusion in Jiang Chen’s eyes, Jiang Xuan explained irritably, "Although the Investiture of Gods is known as a heavenly book, it is at best an extremely powerful Innate Spiritual treasure, not an Innate Treasure."

"While the Emperor of the Purple Microcosm in the Central Heaven and Emperor Gouchen are two of the Four Royal Highnesses, they occupy positions of equal status to the Jade Emperor and help him to administer the Three Realms. Even the saints would call them peers in respectful address, and would not dare to be arrogant."

"The status of the Four Royal Highnesses is equivalent to that of the saints. Can the Investiture of Gods, being a mere extremely powerful Innate Spiritual Treasure, even confer such high positions?"

"Without the decree of the Daoist Master and the approval of the Heavenly Dao, even the saints cannot confer the Four Royal Highnesses. You need to understand this."

Listening to this, Jiang Chen roughly got the idea. The positions of the Four Royal Highnesses were too high, much higher than those conferred by the Investiture of Gods. Therefore, they could not be conferred by the Investiture of Gods.

It was just not qualified!