Journey to the West: Sun Wukong's Advice System-Chapter 42: Unboxing and Discovery

Sun Wukong’s loud shout startled all the minor and major officials of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

"Who dares to make such a commotion here!" The supervising official arrived at the entrance pompously, surrounded by deputies, registrars, and strongmen.

Unexpectedly, a terrifyingly fierce gale blew over, sending them all flying out.

"Eat dog’s guts, dare to act tough in front of Old Sun!"

These officials were terrified and only then did they clearly see that at the entrance stood the handsome Monkey King, wearing a purple gold crown, a golden armor, and walking on cloud-treading boots.

"We are blind as bats!" said the supervising official in a panic, "May I ask why the immortal has come to the Imperial Horse Supervisor?

In the heavenly realm, those who are qualified to use celestial horses are not weak in strength, and their speed in riding clouds is much faster than that of celestial horses, thus it’s rare for such dignitaries to requisition celestial horses.

Unless some divine generals or heavenly generals need to descend to the lower realm for a campaign, they would issue an order for a large-scale requisition, but the heavenly realm hasn’t dispatched troops to the lower realm for many years.

These officials in the Imperial Horse Supervisor had grown complacent and comfortable in peacetime; they never expected such a powerful personage to suddenly arrive.

Only when all of them had knelt before him did Sun Wukong put on airs and spoke, "Listen well, you filthy things, Old Sun is the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong, personally sealed by the Jade Emperor, and also in charge of the main affairs of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, now your grandfather!"

The officials cautiously looked at each other, all shocked, and then quickly knocked their heads in unison, "Your humble ones greet Great Sage Grandfather!"

"Hmm, take this Great Saint to have a look around," Sun Wukong commanded, with his hands clasped behind his back, strolling in an eight-directional pace.

Subsequently, he formally inspected the affairs of the supervisor.

Indeed, as Wood Deity Xingjun had said, the Imperial Horse Supervisor had no more than a thousand celestial horses, with over a dozen minor and major officials, each with their own duties.

All were cunning and deceitful in their work, though the horses themselves looked quite pleasing.

Sun Wukong, seeing the celestial horses each displaying spectacular vigor, some as fast as the wind, others stepping through the clouds, felt his own spirits lift and was very pleased.

He couldn’t be bothered to deal with those petty officials in the supervisor, found a good-looking celestial horse, fed it some fodder, and then rested on its back.

In fact, his mind sank into his brain, finally having the leisure to open the treasure boxes he had obtained earlier.

There were four in total.

Solving one case investigation merited a Fifth-Rank Treasure Box.

Completing the suggestion to befriend the Old Dragon King granted a Third-Rank Treasure Box.

And from earlier, for not minding a minor position and being an in-name-only Great Sage Equalling Heaven, he received a Third-Rank and Fourth-Rank Treasure Box respectively.

"Open, open!"

Sun Wukong chose to open them all.

[You have opened a Fifth-Rank Treasure Box, congratulations on obtaining Physical Cultivation (early stage of Daluo Golden Immortal), Primordial Spirit Cultivation (early stage of Daluo Golden Immortal), Qiankun Bag (medium-grade acquired Spiritual Treasure), Moluo’s Obsession]

[You have opened a Third-Rank Treasure Box, congratulations on obtaining Taibai Jinxing’s Officialdom Experiences]

[You have opened a Third-Rank Treasure Box, congratulations on obtaining the Comprehension of the Tian Gang Divine Skills]

[You have opened a Fourth-Rank Treasure Box, Staff Technique Comprehension (one layer), Archery Technique Comprehension (one layer)]

Upon opening the four treasure boxes, Sun Wukong immediately felt waves of immense Daluo mana surge through his body, strengthening his physique.

At the same time, countless forces of Primordial Spirit strengthened his Primordial Spirit, and memories of Dao and Divine Skills Comprehension rushed into his mind, becoming a part of his memories as if they were innate abilities.

In the unseen realm, he felt as if his Primordial Spirit had floated up and flew into another level of existence.

"The second layer of the laws, heh heh, excellent!" Sun Wukong was delighted and scratched his cheeks in glee.

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His Staff Technique and Archery Technique laws had both advanced to the second realm, and with that, how far could the perfect twelfth realm be?

He then looked at the other rewards.

"Taibai Jinxing’s public service experience? Steady, cautious? Whatever His Excellency says is right?"

"Heh, so this old Star Lord is actually a bootlicker!"

"Moluo’s obsession? The dissemination of dharma by the Gandharvas in the mortal realm, the death of Ashu? Violating the precepts of lust, expelled from Buddhism? Obsession turned to demonhood?"

"Hmm, turns out it’s a case of love troubles, Wukong better be careful in the future."

Sun Wukong scratched his hands and then his face, feeling a bit like he was snooping on someone’s secrets.

In addition, this time opening the box also rewarded a Spiritual Treasure, a mid-grade postnatal treasure called a Qian Kun Bag, capable of containing living creatures and holding everything.

"What a treasure!" Sun Wukong pulled out a cloth bag in his hand, very pleased with the inspection, no longer needing to turn the Ruyi Jingu Bang into a wish-fulfilling pocket anymore.

Finally, he took advantage of the spare time to sort out the suggestions he had not yet completed.

There were two suggestions that could earn a Ninth-Rank Treasure Box, [Topple Tathagata, Topple the Jade Emperor, Topple the Three Realms], [Subdue the six-eared macaque]

There were also two suggestions that could earn a Seventh-Rank Treasure Box, [Eliminate the Six-Eared Macaque as soon as possible], [Find out the true purpose of Moluo and the Six-Eared Macaque]

Sun Wukong weighed them in his mind, and from the current situation, it seemed that only the last suggestion had the best chance of being completed.

However, he quickly put the matter aside.

Now that he’d ascended to Heaven and become the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, he should be enjoying himself. Mulling over these schemes all day, isn’t that tiring?

In the following days, Sun Wukong spent his days playing with horses and his nights watching over them attentively, having a great time.

The celestial horses were raised so plump and sturdy that they all rushed to greet him whenever they saw him, showing great affection.

Time flew by quickly, more than half a month passed unnoticed.

One day, while Sun Wukong was planning to change the pasture, he hadn’t left the stables yet when he noticed a Herculean groom acting sneakily.

"Heh heh, after enduring for so long, is there finally some action?" He scratched his face and his nimble eyes twinkled, but he pretended not to notice and led a Zilin celestial horse out of the Imperial Horse Supervisor’s office.

Once outside, and seeing no one around, he directly put the horse into the Qian Kun Bag and quietly muttered a transformation spell, turning into a wasp that buzzed its way back.

He then discovered that the groom from earlier hurried to the Supervisor’s office.

Not just the Supervisor, but after he, the main steward, had left, two deputy supervisors, two record keepers, and ten Herculean grooms all gathered together.

"Supervisor, that Equerry Wen has gone outside to graze the horses again," said the groom from before.

The dozen officials clearly relaxed a lot, chatting and laughing merrily.

"Gentlemen, I have sought advice from that Star Lord; our opportunity has come," the Supervisor said with a smile.

The officials were overjoyed, congratulating each other, completely unware of a wasp flying around in the distance.

"A mere Supervisor dares to refer to himself as ’this official.’" Sun Wukong sneered internally; these petty officials really were two-faced, calling him ’Great Saint’ to his face but ’Equerry Wen’ behind his back.

He had heard about the position of Equerry Wen before on Zhihu, where a senior netizen had said that this position actually wasn’t bad, holding real power.

Other senior netizens also asserted that he would become Equerry Wen once he ascended to Heaven.

Later, after reading other replies, he learned that becoming Equerry Wen would be an insult to him since it was a position only for female monkeys!

That’s why he proactively asked to be the title-only Great Sage Equalling Heaven when the Jade Emperor was conferring titles, only to end up overseeing the Imperial Horse Supervisor’s office anyway.

This indeed confirmed the foresight of the senior netizens, except for not being given some Equerry Wen title.

So now, hearing the term Equerry Wen, Sun Wukong naturally felt anger surge in his heart and wanted to strike these officials with his staff until their brains burst open, but he suppressed the urge.

Because, according to what the Supervisor said, it seemed like they were planning to plot against him.

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