Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

The Demon Kings were extremely dedicated to the construction of Three Lives Scholarly City.

It wasn't just because they realized the benefits of being educated at Huaguo Mountain, but more importantly, Ao Yun, the City Lord of the construction project, would certainly not let their efforts go unrewarded.

Eternal coins, Heavenly Dao coins—such magical currencies far surpassed the results of their own daily meditation and cultivation. How could they not pursue them?

Now, in their hearts, they all felt fortunate that they had chosen to stay.

As for the Demon Kings who had left, if they knew about the effects of the Eternal and Heavenly Dao coins, they would probably regret it so much that they'd be heartbroken.

The new Demon Kings who had taken over the positions of those who left were also grateful that the previous Demon Kings hadn't taken them along; otherwise, how could they have the life they now enjoyed?

"Venerable Fox King, you've also cultivated for ten thousand years. Although you haven't achieved immortality and are not fond of battle, with your brush and ink, you can depict a myriad of scenes and write of the bloom of youth. Why don't you become the City Lord and Dean of Three Lives Scholarly City? How about that?"

Sun Wukong looked at the Venerable Fox King with sparkling eyes, seeing great potential in the old and learned fox.

"That is my desire, I dare not refuse!"

The Venerable Fox King bowed deeply, his heart filled with immense joy.

Sun Wukong nodded slowly, then turned his gaze to Fengyun the Taoist, as well as the first group of scholars, Taoist priests, and monks who had followed him to Huaguo Mountain, saying, "All of you possess great talent. Why not also become teachers and educate the students, what do you think?"

"We are willing!"

These people voiced their agreement in unison, without any refusal.

For them, although they had settled down at Huaguo Mountain, they still needed to earn money daily, leaving little time for cultivation.

But by joining Three Lives Scholarly City and becoming teachers, they could not only educate myriad spirits but also spread their own knowledge. What's more, given the great respect the City Lord had for this, the salary paid would certainly be in Eternal and Heavenly Dao coins.

How could such a temptation be refused?

However, their small number was far from sufficient for the eventually completed and vast Scholarly City. More teachers were needed from all walks of life.

As Sun Wukong thought about this, he surreptitiously scanned the Demon Kings of the seventy-two cities and silently shook his head.

Although the Demon Kings had changed somewhat, having them teach might lead to misguided youth. He would need to find candidates among the human race.

That would be easy.

For the citizens of Ao Lai and the various princely states along the coast of the Eastern Sea in Nanshan Continent, Huaguo Mountain was already a legendary paradise on earth. They couldn't wait to come here to study or even to settle down.

Therefore, Sun Wukong wasn't worried about the shortage of people.

After conveying the message, everyone dispersed. Ao Yun went to the Tower of Myriad Books, found books related to architectural planning, took out paper and a writing brush she carried with her, and began to sketch out the blueprints for Three Lives Scholarly City.

Planning a city required at least a million blueprints to be meticulously drafted.

After searching for a long time, Ao Yun found the previous architectural plans for the seventy-two cities but wasn't quite satisfied with them. After thinking hard, an idea suddenly flashed through her mind.

"Right, I can go check at home."

Although the Dragon Palace of the East Sea was luxurious, its architectural planning could certainly be used as a reference.

Thus, Ao Yun arrived on the stone bridge of Shuilian Cave and with a splash, she dived into the water. Through a secret passage, she headed for the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

When the Yasha saw someone pushing their way through the water and recognized it was Princess Ao Yun, they didn't dare to neglect her and invited her into the palace.

"Father!"

Ao Yun called out. She saw the West Sea Dragon King, the Northern Sea Dragon King, and the South Sea Dragon King were also there, and asked, "Uncles are also here. May I know what has happened?"

"My daughter has returned."

Ao Guang showed a smiling face, took a few steps toward Ao Yun, and said, "Is it that you have come because Huaguo Mountain wants to conduct trade with our Dragon Palace?"

"I indeed came for this reason," nodded Ao Yun, looking towards the other three Dragon Kings. She asked, "Father, I see that my uncles look rather serious. Is there some trouble?"

The smile on Ao Guang's face faded, and he sighed deeply, saying, "It's about your Uncle Ao Shun, the Northern Sea Dragon King's issue with his illegitimate child."

Illegitimate child?

Ao Yun was startled, then suddenly understood.

Dragons lived within the earthly realms and had many offspring, mostly from immortal record-holding Dragon Mothers and Dragon Consorts. The so-called illegitimate children referred to children the Dragon Kings had with creatures without immortal records.

Celestials and mortals must not intermarry!

Heaven has this rule!

His own Uncle Ao Shun made a mistake by mating with a demon without a celestial record and carelessly leaked his essence, thus fathering a child.

At first, Ao Shun was unconcerned.

Because such illegitimate children, not documented by Heaven, were not few in the Three Realms, and for the most part, Heaven turned a blind eye and did not intervene.

Therefore, most illegitimate children were sent to the Northern Jambu Continent to fend for themselves.

After all, the dragon lineage was numerous, and even the offspring of dragon matrons and consorts often, while wandering in the mortal world as carp, ended up being caught by people and their souls descended to the netherworld.

What more for an illegitimate child?

It simply didn't matter.

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This was not only the case with Ao Shun, but also with the other three Dragon Kings, including Ao Guang, except the illegitimate child of the Northern Sea Dragon King became influential.

"Uncle Ao Shun, may I ask who your illegitimate child is? And what trouble has he stirred up?" Ao Yun stepped forward and asked Ao Shun.

"The Jiao Demon King."

Ao Shun sighed repeatedly, "It was only after he came into his own power did I realize that the Jiao Demon King was actually my son... If that bastard had just stayed in the Northern Jambu Continent, ruling as king, that would have been fine, but last month, he actually went to my place and caused so much turmoil in my Dragon Palace that there was no peace!"

"He said he wanted to fight against the True Martial Great Emperor and targeted my Northern Sea Dragon Palace."

"Unfilial!"

Ao Yun asked, "If I remember correctly, my elder brother once gave you a hair, why didn't you use it?"

Ao Shun sighed repeatedly.

With the Monkey King present, he naturally had confidence.

If it were some other powerful Demon King who came, he would definitely call upon the Monkey King to eliminate such a threat.

But it was the Jiao Demon King!

With the Monkey King's ability, he would surely be able to see that the Jiao Demon King shared his bloodline. Where would he put his face?

What's more important was that the Jiao Demon King was nameless in the celestial records!

If he had a name, even if it were his own child, he would have reported him to Heaven and let Heaven dispatch troops to punish this unfilial son, but with the Jiao Demon King being nameless, if he reported it to Heaven, he too would have violated Heavenly law.

By then, his time as Dragon King would have come to an end.

Therefore, it was better for as few people as possible to know about the relationship between him and the Jiao Demon King. If it became known to everyone, not only would his position as the Northern Sea Dragon King be demoted, but the other three Dragon Kings would likely be implicated as well.

"Niece, this matter should not be made known to others, it must be resolved by us alone," the Northern Sea Dragon King said with a wry smile.

"Hmph! Younger brother, it's all because you couldn't control your vital essence. Otherwise, how could that bastard have reached his current state?" Ao Run, the West Sea Dragon King, snorted, "If this matter isn't handled properly, it will affect all of us."

The South Sea Dragon King Ao Qin advised, "Elder brother, let's say no more about this. We should think about how to deal with the Jiao Demon King, or else there will be endless troubles."

"Third brother is right," Ao Shun wiped the sweat from his forehead, "That bastard, even flaying his skin and pulling out his tendons would not be an overreaction."

Though he had fathered yet not raised him, he had provided gold and silver, never mistreating any of his children in their youth.

If one said he had not personally taken care of them...

With numerous dragon descendants, even those born of dragon matrons and consorts were not closely supervised; at most, a few with innate talent were kept close for care, the rest were left to grow wild.

Although the Jiao Demon King was an illegitimate child, Ao Shun believed he had not been cheated in terms of wealth and resources.

And yet, the situation had escalated, and he even wanted to contend with the True Martial Great Emperor stationed in the Northern Jambu Continent. If Heaven were to allocate blame, he would not be able to bear the responsibility.

As for whether that bastard would be recruited by Heaven?

Ao Shun understood all too well.

No!