Hearing the land god's fearful words, Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but frown.

How could anyone recognize his identity and treat him the same way as the Purple Star Emperor...

It seems that the Heavenly Court has made up its mind. Even if it means sacrificing face, they will tie him to the Heavenly Court's chariot!

After a little thought, he waved his sleeves and said calmly, "Get up. I haven't agreed to move into Ziwei Palace yet, so you don't have to address me like that."

Before he finished speaking, the land was lifted up by an invisible force, and then he hurriedly cupped his hands and said with sweat on his forehead: "This... this little god is absolutely not worthy of this word of honor!"

Seeing this scene, Nie Changchuan couldn't help laughing and glanced at the land teasingly.

"Old landowner, to be honest, I still prefer the way you practiced Tai Chi just now!"

"Master Wangchuan is joking..."

The land god chuckled, then glanced at Lin Zhongtian's expression and asked cautiously, "I wonder why the emperor came here today?"

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "It's nothing important, I just came to see the monkey that killed the previous Purple Star Emperor!"

Land swallowed his saliva and boldly asked again: "Just take a look?"

Lin Zhongtian nodded gently and said, "Just take a look."

Nie Changchuan snorted, put on a stern face, and threatened: "Of course, if you still block our way like this, then we may not just watch..."

The land god was shocked and said quickly, "Please wait a moment, I will be back soon!"

Before Lin Zhongtian could say anything, Nie Changchuan waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, go ahead. Remember to call the Five Directions Jie Di, the Four Valued Officials, the Six Dings and Six Jias, and the Guardians of the Religion as well!"

The land god looked at Lin Zhongtian and seeing that he had no objection, he bowed respectfully and turned into a wisp of green smoke and flew into the sky.

Seeing this scene, Nie Changchuan's mouth curled up and he looked refreshed.

"Damn it, do you think I can't see that these guys are polite to me on the surface, but in fact, they don't take me seriously at all. This time, I have you backing me up, so I have to show you some serious looks!"

Hearing Nie Changchuan's humming words, Lin Zhongtian glanced at him and said with a smile: "Using tiger skin and making a big banner is not the right way after all. If you want them to really pay attention to your words, you have to rely on your own strength!"

"I know that, too."

Nie Changchuan sighed and said, "But I am not Sun Wukong. Even if I were Sun Wukong, I would have to spend countless years on the top of the Flower-Fruit Mountain, enjoying the beauty of nature and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon, to give birth to a stone monkey."

"I have only been practicing for over thirty years, how can it be so fast..."

...That's indeed the truth!

Lin Zhongtian looked at Nie Changchuan for a few times, then smiled and said, "I see that you have enjoyed many precious resources in this world, and your cultivation has reached the peak of the True Immortal. This time you ate a medium-quality peach. After you go back and digest the peach, you may be able to break through that thin membrane and advance to the Heavenly Immortal realm before Wang Chuyi..."

Nie Changchuan chuckled: "This is the benefit of having a high world energy level!"

"I've always said that I wanted Brother Wang to come to my place to practice, but he didn't want to. He insisted that there was a parallel world counterpart of his here. If I surpass him in realm this time, I really can't blame anyone else..."

The two chatted for a while, and suddenly a golden light and auspicious clouds appeared in the sky.

Lin Zhongtian looked up and saw dozens of shining figures emerging above the auspicious clouds.

They were either covered in auspicious clouds or enveloped in Buddha's light. In short, they all had an astonishing appearance and a distinguished aura, far superior to Nie Changchuan, who was at the peak of the True Immortal realm beside Lin Zhongtian.

But even so, Nie Changchuan was not afraid at all.

He laughed loudly and said, "Lao Li, Lao Huang, Lao Zhou, Lao Liu, do you still recognize me?"

Lin Zhongtian followed Nie Changchuan's gaze and saw four gods standing in the clouds, smiling and bowing to Nie Changchuan.

"So you are Master Wangchuan from Mount Mao. It's been a long time since we last met. I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person. I hope Master will forgive me!"

"Sure, sure!"

Nie Changchuan smiled and replied, then whispered, "These four are the Four Guardians of Heaven. They are Li Bing, the God of the Year; Huang Chengyi, the God of the Month; Zhou Deng, the God of the Day; and Liu Hong, the God of the Time."

"I met them at the Yaochi Festival some time ago, and we are acquaintances."

"The six Dings and six Jias next to them are also from the Heavenly Palace. It was just that it was their turn to guard the Five Elements Mountain on the Queen Mother's birthday last time, so they did not go to Yaochi to attend the party..."

"As for the Five Jiedis and the Guardian Jialan next to them, they are all Buddhists, I don't know them."

Lin Zhongtian nodded to show that he understood.

Nie Changchuan turned around, glanced at the immortals in the sky, and chuckled, "Old Li, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but are you really going to talk to my boss like this?"

The four guards were originally smiling and wanted to establish some relationship with Nie Changchuan.

Upon hearing this, their faces changed and they quickly descended from the clouds on auspicious clouds.

"The God of the Year, Li Bing."

"The Moon God Huang Chengyi."

"Duty God Zhou Deng."

"The God of Time Liu Hong."

"Greetings to the Emperor!"

The four guards were the first to salute Lin Zhongtian.

The Six Dings and Six Jias followed closely behind, with the same respectful attitude.

As for the Five Jiedis and the guardian deities of Buddhism, they had already received the news from Lingshan, so they did not dare to delay and immediately went to meet Lin Zhongtian with the etiquette of the Four Imperial Emperors of Heaven.

Seeing the respectful attitude of dozens of celestial gods and Buddhist protectors, Lin Zhongtian didn't feel anything.

After all, when he went to Lingshan before, the face and pomp that Tathagata gave him was much greater than this little fight now!

In comparison, Nie Changchuan felt differently.

Seeing the fearful looks of the immortals and gods before him, he finally understood that the previous courtesies were just superficial politeness. The current look of being like a mouse seeing a cat was the real reason why they did not dare to neglect him!

Lin Zhongtian glanced at the immortals and gods and said calmly, "I came here only to see the stone monkey that caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago. I wonder if you are willing to help me?"

The immortals and gods all said they dared not, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you really embarrassed us!"

"Since it is the Emperor's order, how dare we disobey it? However, we still have to ask according to the law because it is our duty. I wonder why the Emperor came to see this demon monkey?"

Seeing the cautious attitude of the immortals and gods, Nie Changchuan rolled his eyes and said unhappily.

"Didn't I tell you? I'm just taking a look!"

"Don't worry, my boss just returned from Lingshan and won't do anything to that monkey."

Upon hearing this, all the immortals looked at each other. The Golden-headed Jieti, the Silver-headed Jieti, the Parajieti, the Parasamjieti, and the Mahajjieti were the first to step aside, making way for them. They said respectfully, “In that case, please do as you please, Your Majesty!”

Lin Zhongtian nodded slightly, and walked openly with Nie Changchuan among the crowd of immortals and gods.

The immortals and gods looked at the backs of the two men, looked at each other, and hesitated whether to follow them.

"Or... just forget it!"

Li Bing, the God of the Year, hesitated and said, "I see that the Emperor appears to be humble, but in reality he is intimidating without even getting angry. He must not be someone who is easy to get along with. If we rashly follow him, we might offend him, and it will be difficult for us to do business in Heaven in the future."

"On the contrary, if we obey the Emperor's order, even if something happens, it will have nothing to do with us..."

The Four Guards and the Six Dings and Six Jias whispered to each other and decided not to get involved in this mess.

The Five Directions Jie Di and the protector of the religion, Jia Lan, were calm and composed, and had no intention of stopping them from the beginning.

Didn't you hear what Wang Chuan said? Lin Zhongtian just came back from Lingshan. If there was anything wrong, the Buddha would have explained it. Why would they, the guardians of Buddhism, need to interfere...

Nie Changchuan followed behind Lin Zhongtian, paying attention to the movements behind him, and couldn't help but look surprised.

"So easy to talk to?"

"Boss, you are so popular!"

Nie Changchuan couldn't help but give a thumbs up, feeling secretly happy.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and strode towards the Five Elements Mountain ahead with Nie Changchuan.

Soon, they arrived at the foot of the mountain, where they saw a dirty head sticking out of the mountain.

It has a pointed mouth and sunken cheeks, golden eyes, moss on its head, ivy growing in its ears, grass on its temples, and mud under its chin. In short, it looks very miserable.

Seeing the two people appear, the monkey head looked up at them, then ignored Nie Changchuan and stared at Lin Zhongtian.

After a long time, he suddenly said, "Who are you?"

Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly: "Just a passerby..."

"passer?"

The monkey sneered, "Since Tathagata coaxed me and pinned me down on this mountain, it has been more than five hundred years. I have been living here day by day like years. In the Three Realms, not a single person who knows me has come to see me!"

"If you were just a passer-by, how could you have passed the test of all those immortals and gods and come here to meet me?"

Hearing this, Nie Changchuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are quite clever, monkey. Five hundred years of suppression couldn't close your mind."

The monkey glanced at Nie Changchuan and said contemptuously, "Whose hairy god are you?"

Nie Changchuan bowed and smiled, "I am Nie Changchuan, a descendant of Mount Mao. My Taoist name is Wangchuan. Great Sage, you can just call me Wangchuan!"

"Maoshan?"

The monkey laughed when he heard this: "I was wondering who it was. It turns out that it was the disciple of Mao Ying, Mao Gu, and Mao Zhong. I want you to know that your Three Mao True Lords fled in panic in front of me five hundred years ago."

"You little disciple, why don't you come and pay homage to your Grandpa the Great Sage?"

Nie Changchuan's face froze, and he immediately said angrily: "You monkey, you really don't know what's good for you. I treated you kindly, but you spoke ill of me. Do you really think you are still the Monkey King from five hundred years ago?"

"Be kind?"

The monkey sneered: "The mountain gods, the land gods, and the immortals in heaven are also very kind to me, but they still feed me copper juice and iron pills every day, right?"

"For five hundred years, only a little boy at the foot of the mountain has fed me some wild fruits. I, Old Sun, have been sitting here and watching the three realms. I have long seen through the faces of you immortals in heaven!"

"Now, your tricks are no longer effective against me, Old Sun!"

Hearing the monkey's disdainful words, the anger on Nie Changchuan's face disappeared and was replaced by surprise.

He came close to Lin Zhongtian and whispered, "It's indeed different. Five hundred years of suppression did not change his character. Instead, he became even more unruly... Boss, there must be something wrong with this monkey!"

Lin Zhongtian nodded. He finally understood why Tathagata was so obsessed with the small world’s journey to the West.

It turned out that the progress of the main world was not smooth, and he needed to plan the Ten Thousand Worlds, and use the Ten Thousand Worlds' Journey to the West plan to consolidate the fortune of Buddhism, so as to increase the success rate of the Main World's Journey to the West plan...

Thinking of this, Lin Zhongtian waved his sleeves.

In an instant, yin and yang were reversed, the wind and clouds changed color, the stars moved, and the secrets of heaven were obscured.

Lin Zhongtian lowered his arms, looked at the monkey with a surprised expression, and asked softly: "Sun Wukong, I want to know, who is your master?"