Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

"Indeed, there are other secrets! Monkey King, Leng Xuan, these look like three prohibitions!"

Luo Bai dashed to the parted screens and carefully examined the three circular light rings before turning to Sun Wukong and Leng Xuan, asking them. Regarding formations and prohibitions, Leng Xuan was more proficient than Sun Wukong, although Sun Wukong had the Void-Breaking Moon Eyes, giving him a natural advantage in breaking formations and prohibitions.

"Hmm, these are indeed three prohibitions, but they seem like some kind of switch... Oh, there's a line of small characters below!"

Leng Xuan scrutinized the three circular light ring prohibitions, his brow furrowed slightly. Suddenly, as if he had discovered something, he pointed to the small characters beneath the rings and spoke.

"There are indeed words, choose two out of three: magical treasure, spirit pill, shortcut channel..."

Luo Bai followed Leng Xuan's finger to look, muttering aloud, "It seems these three prohibitions correspond to a magical treasure, a spirit pill, and a shortcut channel. Magical treasures and spirit pills are straightforward, but what is this shortcut channel?"

"Boss, how do we choose?"

Leng Xuan also looked towards Sun Wukong. When together with Sun Wukong, they had grown used to letting him make the final decision, especially during such ventures for treasures, as Sun Wukong's luck was the strongest among them, and his choices often brought the greatest benefits.

"Choose two out of three?"

Sun Wukong pondered, inwardly griping, the owner of this palace was really stingy, not giving all the rewards to whoever safely reached here. Instead, only two out of three prizes could be selected!

What a mischievous setup!

Griping aside, a choice still had to be made. Sun Wukong stroked his chin and weighed them carefully. By logic, they came for treasures; naturally, magical treasures and spirit pills would be the first choices. However, this third prohibition representing the shortcut channel made Sun Wukong uncertain. What type of channel did this shortcut depict?

Placed as a reward alongside magical treasures and spirit pills, it surely wouldn't be anything ordinary. Perhaps it opened a route to somewhere?

A shortcut, meaning it could put one ahead of others?

Hmm, could it just be a misleading setup by the palace owner? What if upon opening, it turned out to be nothing?

Contemplating for a long time, Sun Wukong finally gritted his teeth and made his decision, extending his hand towards the two circular prohibitions representing the spirit pill and shortcut channel.

Though magical treasures are rare, they must align with the user's needs to achieve the greatest benefit. The three of them currently lacked no powerful magical weapons, so this could be temporarily set aside.

By comparison, spirit pills hold greater value. A spirit pill placed here as a reward must not be ordinary; with Yuan Realm's current alchemy techniques, it can't possibly be refined—perhaps it's a lost divine elixir, choosing it surely won't be wrong!

As for the final shortcut channel, Sun Wukong only hoped his guess was correct, and the opened path was indeed a shortcut, allowing them to get ahead within this Heavenly Que Realm.

Buzz~!

Once Sun Wukong's hand sank into the circular prohibition, a ripple flashed through, and all three prohibitions disappeared into thin air. A vial of elixir appeared in Sun Wukong's hand, and simultaneously, a channel radiating colorful glows manifested before the three of them.

"Life-saving Elixir! It's actually a Life-saving Elixir!"

Sun Wukong's right hand holding the elixir trembled slightly, his face displaying uncontrollable excitement. At the instant he grasped the jade vial containing the elixir, a wave of information flooded into his body. The elixir in the jade vial was the lost divine elixir from ancient times—the Life-saving Elixir!

Life-saving Elixir, as the name suggests, bears the effect of saving lives. As long as the divine soul hasn't completely vanished, this elixir can be invoked, seizing the creation of heaven and earth, veiling the Heavenly Dao's laws, reversing life and death, saving those doomed to die!

A single Life-saving Elixir is equivalent to having an extra life!

Moreover, this jade vial contained not just one Life-saving Elixir, but three, equivalent to having three extra lives!

"Haha, I knew Monkey King's choice wouldn't be wrong! A divine elixir that can save lives and it's three in one go! Worth it, totally worth it!"

Luo Bai laughed heartily, and Leng Xuan's face was filled with joy. Nothing could be more precious than life itself; these three Life-saving Elixirs could save lives three times at critical moments. Any magical treasure within the prohibitions could never compare to these Life-saving Elixirs, right?

"Boss, who knows where this shortcut channel leads, what do we do now?"

Leng Xuan looked at the channel revealed after the prohibitions vanished, slightly furrowing his brows.

"What else can we do but go in!"

Luo Bai shrugged, "This is Monkey King's choice, can't waste it! We don't know where the channel leads, find out by going in? Besides, are there any other exit channels here? Would we break through the palace walls?"

Break through?

Sun Wukong and Leng Xuan glanced at the surrounding walls, shaking their heads with bitter smiles. What a joke, these palace walls were protected by powerful prohibitions, completely unlike the walls of the Heavenly Palace in the Three Realms, incomparable even on the same day. Breaking even a tiny crack was challenging, let alone breaking through!

"Let's go and see exactly how this shortcut channel operates!"

Sun Wukong led the way into the shortcut channel, followed closely by Leng Xuan and Luo Bai, as the shortcut channel began to shimmer, seemingly about to close, they couldn't afford to waste it!

...

Within the front hall of the golden stairs in the Heavenly Que Realm's main palace, Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and others exerted significant effort, finally breaking the door's prohibition and entering the palace.

This main hall did differ from other palaces, decorated with dragons and phoenixes, imposing in grandeur, even the fore-hall emanated a sense of extraordinary magnificence. Compared to it, the Human Race Heavenly Court's Heavenly Palace in the Three Realms seemed like a dilapidated courtyard, not on the same level at all.

Apart from columns exquisitely carved to an extreme, each side of the fore-hall's columns was lined with tall golden-armored statues, wielding various weapons like knives, spears, swords, and halberds, each unique in appearance, vividly lifelike. If not for detecting no trace of vitality from these statues, they would almost believe these statues were the fore-hall's guards.

"This Heavenly Que Realm must be the legendary Ancient Heavenly Court without a doubt, otherwise how could such a spectacle exist? If it's indeed the Heavenly Court, there must be a Heavenly Palace Treasure House. All other places have been searched, only the main hall remains unchecked, the treasure is most likely here! We must hurry, or the others will get to it first!"

Two strong individuals from the Dark Soul Hall glanced at Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and Demon Ancestor Lou Hu, charging ahead towards the middle corridor of the fore-hall.