The Tathāgata Must Fail

Chapter 143: 142: Belly got bigger


"Great Saint."

The Mountain God bowed to Sun Wukong.

"Mountain God."

Sun Wukong glanced at his swollen ear and asked, "Do you know where the Spirit Vein beneath the Spring of Abortion leads to?"

"Spirit Vein?"

The Mountain God shook his head, "There is some Spiritual Energy emerging from the Spring of Abortion, but I do not know its source. It's too deep, beyond my power."

Although he was the Mountain God, he only governed the top layer of the land on the surface, totally unaware of the deeper realms.

Sun Wukong frowned, "Go away!"

He dismissed the Mountain God.

"Immortal, Emperor," Sun Wukong continued. "Let's find another leak."

Immortal Zhen Yuan and Emperor Donghua acknowledged this.

The three left Po'er Cave. It was evening when they entered, and it was dark when they left.

Sun Wukong took out Jingu Bang and drew a golden circle on the cave entrance.

"What is this?"

Immortal Zhen Yuan asked.

"Barrier."

Sun Wukong retracted Jingu Bang, "To prevent others from taking the Spring of Abortion."

"Wise Brother."

Immortal Zhen Yuan mockingly chided, "Wherever you go, must you always do good deeds? How could there be such a foolish monkey in the world."

Though he said this, Immortal Zhen Yuan quite liked Sun Wukong's nature.

Sun Wukong then released the immobilization spell on the women soldiers and took flight with the others into the sky.

The female soldiers, regaining their senses, saw three streaks of Immortal Light across the sky and immediately knelt and worshipped.

The news soon reached the Daughter Country Palace.

"Three Immortals?"

Upon hearing this, the King's face lit up with joy, "I had recently heard that Wise Monkey and two Immortals were seen crossing the Zi Mu River, it must be them without a doubt."

She quickly ordered her palanquin to be prepared and headed to Mount Jieyang. Alighting from the carriage, she saw a dazzling golden circle at the entrance of Po'er Cave.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed the Wise Monkey."

The female General accompanying the King said, "This is a spell by the Immortals to protect the Spring of Abortion."

The King led her entourage to bow several times towards the circle, then erected a golden statue of the Monkey King at the cave entrance.

The Daughter Country revered Sun Wukong, though Sun Wukong himself was unaware.

He and the two Immortals continued predicting the direction of the Spirit Vein until sunset the next day, yet still without any findings.

"We have miscalculated several locations."

Immortal Zhen Yuan stated, "This place must be correct."

In front of them lay a series of continuous mountains, it was raining in the distance, with the mountains shrouded in mist, appearing ethereal and elusive, like an ink painting.

The trio searched for a long time but found neither the Spirit Vein nor any demons.

"How can there be no demons either?"

Sun Wukong wondered, summoning the Mountain God within a hundred miles.

However, only a frail Mountain God appeared.

"Great Saint."

The Mountain God bowed.

"Is it only you here?"

Sun Wukong scanned with his mind but didn't detect any other Mountain God's presence.

"There's a strange sound underground that's been resonating; other Mountain Gods couldn't bear it and left." The Mountain God replied, "Only I remained here."

Immortal Zhen Yuan and Emperor Donghua exchanged looks, both showing signs of delight.

"Wise Brother, that strange sound might be related to the Spirit Vein."

Immortal Zhen Yuan suggested, "Let's search more."

Sun Wukong nodded and dismissed the Mountain God.

The trio searched again, digging three feet into the ground, exhausting all kinds of Star Maps and divination diagrams, but still no findings.

"If we can't find it here, we must have miscalculated."

Immortal Zhen Yuan remarked, "Maybe there isn't such a Spirit Vein at all."

Emperor Donghua nodded.

If these beings with Divine Skills couldn't find it, even if there was a Spirit Vein, it must be a dead one.

Just as the two were about to leave, Sun Wukong stopped them.

He wanted to try again, so he walked to a valley and took out Jingu Bang.

"Go!"

Sun Wukong cast a spell on Jingu Bang, and with a buzzing sound, it pierced into the earth and disappeared in a flash of golden light.

"Didn't we just dig here?"

Immortal Zhenyuan asked.

"Not deep enough."

Sun Wukong replied.

A moment later, his expression suddenly changed.

"Come back!"

He shouted and quickly retreated with Immortal Zhenyuan and Emperor Donghua, flying into mid-air.

With a "buzz", Jingu Bang shot up from the ground and returned to Sun Wukong's hand.

Suddenly, Immortal Zhenyuan noticed the earth starting to tremble.

"What is this..."

He looked on in surprise.

A beam of light suddenly burst from the ground, shooting up into the air like a fountain.

"How could this be..."

Immortal Zhenyuan quickly shielded himself with Immortal Energy, staring dumbfounded at the light beam: "Is this the Spiritual Energy of the Mother-Child River?"

He had never seen such dense Spiritual Energy before; it was almost condensing into a solid, like a fountain.

"Go!"

Sun Wukong was the first to react, waving both hands and shooting out a dozen Spirit Talismans in all directions.

Then, a golden Barrier rose from the ground, enclosing the valley.

"Great Immortal."

Sun Wukong called out.

Immortal Zhenyuan nodded: "I know."

He and Emperor Donghua quickly joined hands in setting up a Barrier around the area to prevent the Spiritual Energy from leaking out.

A few figures flew towards them from a distance.

Before they got close, they shouted loudly: "A treasure has appeared, and all who witness share part!"

Sun Wukong and the others turned to look, it turned out to be a few Independent Immortals.

Seeing them, the Independent Immortals performed a sharp air stop in the sky and turned to flee.

Immortal Zhenyuan waved his right hand, and these Independent Immortals were sucked into his sleeve and placed in the valley.

"Great Immortal, spare our lives!"

The Independent Immortals hastily bowed to Immortal Zhenyuan.

"I will establish a palace here, since you have come, it must be fate. If you are willing, then stay."

Sun Wukong said.

The few Independent Immortals looked at each other, then knelt down to Sun Wukong.

"We are willing to serve the Great Saint."

Even if they did not recognize Emperor Donghua, Sun Wukong was too recognizable.

"There are too few helpers here."

Sun Wukong then said to Immortal Zhenyuan: "Go back and bring some people over for me, we need to establish the Spiritual Network immediately!"

"I understand."

Immortal Zhenyuan happily flew away.

They had indeed found a treasure land!

Sun Wukong turned to look at the fountain, others might not know, but he himself understood that Jingu Bang had merely poked a small hole in the Spirit Vein, and this was just a little leakage.

The Spiritual Energy beneath the ground seemed almost endless.

"Why is there so much Spiritual Energy here?"

Sun Wukong no longer had the time to think about this; he needed to protect this Spiritual Energy.

This Spiritual Energy was enough to establish the Immortal Country.

"Be careful, don't touch these..."

Sun Wukong was just about to warn the Independent Immortals not to touch the Spiritual Energy, but it was already too late.

"What is this thing!"

The Independent Immortals exclaimed in shock as they watched their bellies swell.

Sun Wokong fell silent for a moment, then spoke to the Immortal Energy-shielded Emperor Donghua: "Take them to the Spring of Abortion."

It seemed utilizing this Spiritual Energy was not going to be easy.

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