If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

"what?"

Zong Ze was stunned when he heard the little black pig mention the "Immortal Transformation Manual" and the "Heart Sutra of Nature".

"You mean you were sent by the monkeys?" Zongze asked.

In his excitement, Zong Ze blurted out the name he used for his so-called senior brother, but it was clear that the little black pig wasn't surprised at all by the name.

"I wasn't sent by the monkey, I was sent by your master! He sent me to be responsible for your safety!"

"Responsible for my safety?"

Having lived for hundreds of years, the old demon Zong calmed down instantly:

"With your appearance, you'd be like a mouse before a cat if you saw the Samadhi True Fire. How could you possibly protect me?"

"You don't know anything!" the little black pig scoffed.

"Grandpa, I'm not afraid of your little Samadhi True Fire at all. I'm not even afraid of the Solar True Fire in the alchemy furnace, so why would I be afraid of your Samadhi True Fire? I just have a bit of a hereditary fear of your fire, mainly because my father was burned so badly by that fire back then!"

"Your father?" Zong Ze asked curiously!

"Hmm!" The little black pig seemed a bit dejected when talking about his father.

"If it weren't for my idiot father, why would I be running all the way to this godforsaken place to protect you?"

"tell me the story?"

Seeing the little black pig's expression, Zong Ze immediately became interested. It seems that gossip is not necessarily a right limited to women!

"You should know who your senior brother is, right?" the little black pig asked irritably!

"I know a little bit!"

Zong Ze nodded. He had overheard the conversation between his cheap senior brother and the judge last time:

"He must be Sun Wukong, the legendary Monkey King who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace and was punished to go on a pilgrimage! I just don't know why he was wearing a Taoist robe the last time I saw him. He must be a Buddhist, right?"

"Buddhism my foot!" The little black pig rolled its eyes.

"That was their method of recruiting talent back then, but in the end, my master saw through it. With your master's intervention, my master left Buddhism. Now he is neither a Taoist nor a Buddhist, but just a carefree Great Sage!"

"That's amazing?" Night Sky's eyes lit up even more:

"If he is neither Buddhist nor Taoist, doesn't that mean my senior brother can even form his own school of thought?"

"You know nothing!" the little black pig continued dismissively.

"You wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you. You'll understand when you reach that level!"

"That level?" Zong Ze suddenly shook his head:

"I don't aspire to that level. To be honest, I'm already tired of living like a wandering immortal for over five hundred years! Now, all I want is a peaceful life. To enjoy a rare moment of tranquil family life and the joys of family life! A hundred years is enough for a lifetime!"

"Hmph!" the little black pig grunted.

"Some things don't go the way you want them to! The past is the past, and the future is what you need to look forward to!"

Zong Ze continued to shake his head: "You don't understand my thoughts. You weren't born into an imperial family, so you don't know how important family is to me. Between power and family, I choose the latter!"

"So spineless!" The little black pig's tone was full of sarcasm.

"No future, just living for the present, I really don't know what you're thinking. You have such a great master, yet you don't strive for improvement and are only obsessed with the life of an ordinary person!"

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you!" Zong Ze said with a wry smile.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. Tell me why you came to protect me."

"Oh! It's all my old man's fault!" said the little black pig.

"My father is the same Pigsy who accompanied your senior brother on the journey to the West! Your master instructed your senior brother to resurrect you, but because my father dragged him into drinking, the time was delayed!"

"I know that!" Zong Ze nodded.

"So the 'Old Pig' that my senior brother was talking about back then was your dad!"

"That's absolutely right!" the little black pig retorted angrily.

"As a result, you lost your soul! Later, when your master found out about what happened, he was furious and gave my father and your senior brother a good beating. Then, he foresaw that you were coming to this world, so he punished them by making them find a way to protect you!"

"And then you came?" Zong Ze laughed!

"Hmm!" the little black pig continued, still annoyed.

"After thinking it over, one of them was used to a carefree life and couldn't possibly tie himself down here, while the other was a marshal in Heaven and didn't have the time. So the two old guys put their heads together and ended up kicking me here!"

"Ha ha!"

Hearing this, Zong Ze couldn't help but laugh. He could imagine a monkey head and a pig head meeting together with long faces to discuss a solution.

"Don't laugh so happily!" the little black pig said.

"I came to this plane to avoid some guys, so I was forbidden when I descended to the mortal realm, and all my strength was dissipated! Now I'm just an ordinary pig, at most equivalent to a level three demon beast!"

"Damn! A level three demonic beast!" Zong Ze's laughing face suddenly turned bitter:

"Then what are you protecting me for?! Who's protecting whom? My strength is now comparable to a level five or six demonic beast! How could a useless guy like you possibly compare?"

"Who says I'm incompetent?" the little black pig said proudly, raising its head.

"I, Pig Lord, am at least a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Although my strength is currently sealed, I possess something you lack!"

"Oh? What is it? Tell me!" Zong Ze teased, looking at the little black pig in front of him who called himself Pig Lord but had no strength.

"First of all, I, your Pig Grandpa, possess boundless wisdom. Don't be fooled by the fact that you've lived for over five hundred years; you're still far inferior to me!" The little black pig suddenly stood on the table in a human-like manner, his two front hooves on his hips, and said!

Looking at the little black pig, Zong Ze couldn't help but find it amusing, but the little black pig didn't notice Zong Ze's mockery at all and remained arrogant and aloof.

"Secondly, I, Pig Lord, still retain my aura! I'm not bragging, but as long as I release my aura, all the ninth and tenth-tier demonic beasts will have to kneel down and beg for mercy. Even divine beasts that sense my aura will have to obediently kneel down and beg for mercy!"

"Yes! It counts as a skill!" Zongze nodded.

"But in reality, it's completely useless. It can only scare monsters. You'll still be a coward when facing a real human expert!"

Seeing Zong Ze's disdainful expression, the little black pig became anxious: "Master Pig has a secret weapon!"

Suddenly, the little black pig opened its mouth wide, and Zongze saw a rake fly out of its mouth!

"A nine-toothed rake?" Zong Ze was somewhat surprised.

"This is the legendary weapon your father spoke of, the Nine-Toothed Rake?"

"Haha, scared now?" the little black pig laughed.

"Let me tell you, my belly is a whole universe, filled with countless things. How about it? Want me to give you some?"

"No!" Zongze's decisive answer left the little black pig speechless.

"I already said, I don't want to become a Buddha or cultivate immortality, so what would I need those things for?"

Having said this, Zong Ze turned and walked out, saying:

"Don't call yourself 'Master Pig' in front of me anymore. You're allowed to speak when there are no outsiders, but you have to call me 'Uncle-Master'!"