Immortal Zhenyuan finally agreed.
Even if Sun Wukong hadn't mentioned it, he had long been contemplating relocation—Immortal Zhenyuan knew that a major event was about to take place at Huaguo Mountain and decided to secure a spot early.
"If I don't act now, other Immortals will snatch it up." With this thought, Immortal Zhenyuan invited Sun Wukong to return with him to Wuzhuang Temple.
"Master."
The young Immortals of Wuzhuang Temple all paid their respects to Immortal Zhenyuan but were rather indifferent towards Sun Wukong.
This was hardly surprising; Immortal Zhenyuan had spent all his years at Huaguo Mountain and had nearly forgotten about Wuzhuang Temple, naturally angering his disciples.
Immortal Zhenyuan told his disciples, "Protect the Ginsengfruit Tree well; we are going to move Longevity Mountain to the East Sea."
He intended to move the entire Longevity Mountain, the location of Wuzhuang Temple, next to Huaguo Mountain.
The disciples of Wuzhuang Temple were shocked: "Master, have you informed the Heavenly Palace about this?"
"Is this really something to report about?"
Immortal Zhenyuan was unconcerned; he sent word to the Heavenly Palace, for such a minor matter, the Jade Emperor couldn't bother him.
"But Master."
The disciples continued to ask, "Longevity Mountain is so large, how could we possibly move it?"
Longevity Mountain was not just a single peak; it was a range of high and mighty mountains, with continuous ridges stacking upon each other. Even Immortal Zhenyuan would not boast that he could relocate it to the East Sea.
"Esteemed brother, it's up to you now."
Immortal Zhenyuan said to Sun Wukong, who, in place of not taking monkey hair, had agreed to help him transport Longevity Mountain.
Sun Wukong performed a spell, and all the land and Mountain Gods of Longevity Mountain, big and small, a total of twenty, emerged from underground.
"Great Immortal."
They respectfully paid homage to Sun Wukong with trepidation.
"Help me move Longevity Mountain to the East Sea."
Sun Wukong commanded, "The Heavenly Palace won't blame you."
The land gods and Mountain Gods were not surprised; they had already received orders from the Heavenly Palace.
Immortal Zhenyuan was moving to Huaguo Mountain, and the Heavenly Palace could not refuse outright but had calculated that moving a mountain would require the cooperation of land gods and Mountain Gods, instructing them to try to dissuade the effort.
"Great Immortal."
One of the land gods said to Sun Wukong, "The distance to the East Sea is so vast, and our mana is limited; we truly cannot move it there."
From Longevity Mountain to Huaguo Mountain, even Sun Wukong's Somersault Cloud would take an hour, so of course he would not make unreasonable demands on these land gods and Mountain Gods.
"I'm not in a hurry; you can take your time."
Sun Wukong said, "Just move it there within three years."
"Three years?"
The land gods and Mountain Gods were in an uproar.
"Great Immortal, not to mention three years, even thirty years would be impossible for us."
The aforementioned land god spoke up, "Let's forget it, or please give us fifty years."
"Fifty years?"
Sun Wukong turned to look at Immortal Zhenyuan.
Immortal Zhenyuan furrowed his brow; he knew the capabilities of Longevity Mountain's land gods and Mountain Gods inside and out; three years was indeed impossible, but fifty years was a bit too long.
"Esteemed brother, you can give them ten years' time."
Immortal Zhenyuan said.
Sun Wukong shook his head, ten years was still too long.
His Mountain God title was of no use to Longevity Mountain, otherwise, it would only take him a few days to transport Longevity Mountain back.
Sun Wukong checked Longevity Mountain again; the mountain was half the size of Huaguo Mountain, and judging by sheer brute force, it seemed impossible to move it back.
He still needed to rely on the authorities of the land gods and Mountain Gods.
"Very well, I'll bleed a little."
Sun Wukong pricked his fingertip, squeezing out a drop of blood.
While studying the path to immortality, the Master had instructed him to carefully guard his vital essence, not to leak any of it. After achieving Dao, every single hair on his body was a treasure, let alone his blood.
Furthermore, over the years, Sun Wukong had amassed a considerable amount of merit with nowhere to expend it, so he took the opportunity to cleanse his blood as well.
At the appearance of just a drop of his blood, the air around him changed.
Local deities and Mountain Gods scrambled to inhale, dazzled by the rich Immortal Qi and Merit Qi, their eyes shining with greed, wishing they could snatch the blood away.
"Indeed, it is a Spiritual Object nurtured by heaven and earth."
Immortal Zhen Yuan inwardly praised, thinking that even a drop of Sun Wukong's fresh blood was probably more than enough for him.
"Go!"
Sun Wukong flicked his blood into the wind, and it dispersed in a flash, landing on twenty local deities and Mountain Gods.
These deities and Mountain Gods trembled, then, as if they had taken steroids, their bodies turned completely red.
"Huh?"
Immortal Zhen Yuan blinked in surprise. Was Sun Wukong's blood really that powerful?
"Hurry and move the mountain!"
Sun Wukong cast another spell, driving the local deities and Mountain Gods to start moving the mountain.
Without any control over their bodies, the deities and gods burrowed into the earth, and before long, the entire Longevity Mountain rose soaringly into the sky, moving towards the East Sea, darkening the skies.
Immortal Zhen Yuan gazed up blankly, stunned for a long time before he turned his head and glared at Sun Wukong.
"Junior brother..."
He asked in disbelief, "You couldn't be stronger than me, could you?"
Sun Wukong glanced at him: "Of course, have you just realized that now?"
Immortal Zhen Yuan's heart suffered ten thousand points of damage.
But Sun Wukong didn't care at all. He left Immortal Zhen Yuan behind and flew up, driving the local deities and Mountain Gods to move the mountain.
The mountain-moving operation was immense, with Sun Wukong marching onwards, stepping on clouds, eclipsing the sun and moon, striking terror into the heart of every creature on the ground.
At Jilei Mountain's Sky Scraping Cave, the Six Great Saints couldn't believe the news when they heard it.
"What did you say?" the Flood Demon King pressed a little demon, "Say it again."
"Second Great King, it's absolutely true."
The little demon answered fearfully, "That Monkey King is driving the local deities and Mountain Gods to carry Longevity Mountain all the way from the Western Continent to the Southern Continent, and even crossing the sea to Huaguo Mountain!"
The Flood Demon King broke out in a cold sweat.
How could the Monkey King possess such tremendous ability!
He was glad that he had taken the advice of the Bull Demon King in the past not to act against Huaguo Mountain, otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Big brother."
The Flood Demon King asked the Bull Demon King, "What is the Monkey King doing this for?"
"I don't know."
The Bull Demon King was also puzzled.
What puzzled him wasn't Sun Wukong's divine skills but his high profile.
Sun Wukong always acted with a low profile, a practice the Bull Demon King himself followed. These years, he refrained from talking about rebuilding the Demon Kingdom and slowly built up his strength in Jilei Mountain, keeping a low profile.
But just as the Bull Demon King chose to stay low key, Sun Wukong suddenly went high profile.
Such conspicuous displays of power would surely attract the attention of all immortals in the Three Realms—the Bull Demon King couldn't fathom what had prompted Sun Wukong to behave so out of character.
"He is smarter than I am."
In the end, the Bull Demon King thought, "There must be a reason for his actions."
Meanwhile, Sun Wukong's mountain-moving endeavor continued, and it wasn't until two months later that Longevity Mountain finally arrived near Huaguo Mountain, settling down in the adjacent sea.
The twenty local deities and Mountain Gods were utterly exhausted, lying motionless for a full six years.
And the local deities and Mountain Gods from other places, having heard about this event and seen Longevity Mountain flying through the sky for two months, were so terrified they were weak at the knees, their souls nearly shattered.
"So it turns out that Sun Wukong likes to torment us old folks!"
"I heard that if we don't listen to him, he'll control us and make us run our legs off!"
Sun Wukong's bad reputation insidiously spread amongst the local deities and Mountain Gods.
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