Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

After receiving Judge Cui's advice, the three ghosts were overjoyed and quickly found the other damaged book. They gritted their teeth and started tearing it together with the book of the Tang Dynasty lady. However, after trying for a long time and their faces turned blue, the Book of Life and Death did not move at all. They felt very embarrassed.

Judge Cui shook his head and said, "I almost forgot. With your level of skills, it's not that easy to move the Book of Life and Death. Give it to me, Judge."

The mountain ghosts, as if they had been pardoned by the emperor, respectfully handed over the two books of life and death. Judge Cui took them, and with two "clicks", he tore off the two pages with problems neatly, then checked them again in a pretentious manner, nodded, and closed the books of life and death: "In this way, we can get away with it. You three ghosts should also take this as a warning and don't make the same mistake again in the future."

The three ghosts nodded and bowed, smiling: "I won't dare to do it again, never again."

The big ghost rolled his eyes, handed over another stack of money, and whispered, "It's a little gift, buy some tea, sir."

Every year during the Spring Festival, Wei Zheng would burn mountains of wax paper ingots for him. Judge Cui didn't care about this little money. His face suddenly changed: "Am I here to cover up for you three little things just to show my respect?"

The three ghosts knelt down again and said in unison: "No, no, no, my lord, you are a man of high character, but we are the ones with low hearts, and we think everything we see is dirty!"

Judge Cui softened his expression and said, "I hope you understand my painstaking efforts." He then made a move to leave. Just before he left, he pretended to suddenly remember something and turned back to say, "It is inconvenient for you to keep those two pages of the Book of Life and Death, and you don't have the ability to burn them. You should just give them to me to take back and destroy in secret."

The material of the Book of Life and Death is extremely special and is impervious to water and fire. The three ghosts' magic power is not strong enough, so it is not easy to damage it. It will be even more difficult to destroy the corpse. They were worrying about how to deal with it, and when they saw Judge Cui volunteering to take over this hot potato, they hurriedly handed it over with both hands with great gratitude.

Judge Cui took it, put it into his sleeve, and then walked away leisurely, going straight back to his own mansion. Then he ordered the servant ghost to make tea, and after he left, he took out Wen Jiao and placed her on the guest seat.

Wen Jiao returned to her original size and bowed: "My niece thanks Uncle Cui for his support."

Judge Cui smiled and said, "We are family, why should we be polite? Come, smell this tea. It's a pity that people in the living cannot eat food from the underworld, otherwise they will get seriously ill. Otherwise, your uncle would really like to invite you to taste the flavor of the underworld."

Wen Jiao took the cup and sniffed it, only to feel a faint and cool tea fragrance lingering around her nose. She nodded and praised, "It is indeed fragrant and refreshing, but it's a pity that my niece can't taste it." She frowned again, "Uncle Cui, you tear up those two pages of the Book of Life and Death, will you really not be implicated?"

Judge Cui sat with his feet up and drank tea, looking like an idle old man: "What are you afraid of? I have my own way to settle the account. I wonder if my niece has heard of the Monkey King Sun Wukong?"

That's really clear. Which modern Chinese child didn't regard Monkey King as his idol in his childhood?

Wen Jiao smiled reservedly: "I've heard a little bit about it."

Judge Cui stroked his long beard, narrowed his eyes, and smiled, "When Sun Wukong became a Taoist, he should have achieved the Tao fruit and become an immortal. However, the Book of Life and Death recorded that his life span was limited, so the Black and White Impermanence were sent to take his soul. This made the Monkey King very angry, so he drew out his golden cudgel, smashed the Yama Palace, and scratched many entries in the Book of Life and Death with his pen."

The monkey clearly only wiped out the book of life and death of the monkey clan...

Wen Jiao was startled for a moment, then understood what he meant: "This broken Book of Life and Death..."

Judge Cui calmly drank a sip of tea and said, "Of course it was done by Sun Wukong. Is there anyone else who is so bold?"

Sun Wukong, your name should be The Great Sage Who Takes the Blame and Settles Accounts in Various Ways.

Wen Jiao smiled secretly and breathed a sigh of relief. For a moment, she felt as if she were sprinkled with nectar, and she felt indescribably relaxed and happy.

If even the underworld cannot find out Yin Wenjiao's fate, then what else can control her future?

There is a vast world with great potential.

She was moved: "May I ask Uncle Cui, what will happen to my niece after her name is deleted from the Book of Life and Death?"

Judge Cui looked serious and said, "Since you have heard of the deeds of Sun Wukong, do you know whether all the monkeys whose fates were taken away by Sun Wukong have achieved immortality?"

Wen Jiao shuddered: "My niece has only heard that there are many long-lived monkeys in the world, but I have never heard of an immortal monkey."

"That's right," Judge Cui liked to talk to people who understood. "The book of life and death has erased their fate, which only gives them a chance to live forever. But they are still mortals, not like the bronze-headed and iron-shouldered Monkey King. They will die if they encounter heavenly soldiers and generals, they will die if they are attacked by demons, and they will also die if they encounter human hunters. They need to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, and survive these disasters one after another, only then can they have the possibility of living to be a hundred years old. If they are lucky enough to live to be a thousand or ten thousand years old, they will still have to endure the hardships of thunder, lightning, fire, and strong winds."

"My dear niece, you have great fortune to have escaped the constraints of the Book of Life and Death. Perhaps it is a truly enviable fate that you have the Heavenly Venerable Dangmo as your master and the Beiji Zhenwu lineage as your backer. If you are able to ascend to the immortal class in the future, don't forget this day."

Wen Jiao was just wondering, based on the little bit of history between Yin Kaishan and Judge Cui, why was it worthy for Judge Cui to help him so much, even to the point of tearing up the Book of Life and Death, something that would go against the will of the world? It turned out that he was waiting here!

As a disciple of the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable, her future prospects will certainly not be low, so it is certainly worth it for Judge Cui to do her a big favor early on. Otherwise, it would be too late to try to establish a relationship with her when she really becomes successful in the future.

What an old fox, Wen Jiao thought.

However, after understanding Judge Cui's thoughts, some words became easier to say. She smiled slightly, and said in a gentle and humble manner: "Uncle Cui, what are you saying? Your kindness will be deeply engraved in my heart and I will never forget it. However, I have a request."

“You can tell me anything, as long as I can help you.” Judge Cui said.

Wen Jiao sighed, "The princess Yuying, the imperial sister who was not to live long, mentioned by the Ten Hells of Hell today, was made by the retired emperor in his later years. When my niece was young, she was good friends with the Princess Xiangyang, and she often invited her to the palace to play. At that time, I also saw Princess Yuying. My niece even held her in his arms!"

Judge Cui was originally listening with a smile, but he blinked and glanced at Wen Jiao with a deeper smile: "Why does this sound a little familiar?"

No, the sentence "I held her in my arms" was directly pulled out from your words. Mantangjiao was of the same generation as Princess Xiangyang, and Princess Yuying was born after Li Yuan abdicated. At that time, Mantangjiao was still in Hongzhou with Liu Hong, missing her husband and young son every day, and crying. Did she know who Princess Yuying was? As for Wen Jiao, she didn't know who she was.

Wen Jiao remained calm and said, "If Princess Yuying were to die at such a young age, I would not be able to bear it. I wonder if Uncle Cui has any way to teach me?"