Hearing this.
Sun Kong's entire body trembled!
He had initially thought that even with the Tathagata, it would be very difficult for the two of them to find the whereabouts of his second brother, Wu Zhiqi, requiring at least several months, or even years.
Unexpectedly.
The system had sent him this reward so quickly.
Moreover, it sounded like no ordinary reward, but one for shocking the new Six-Eared Macaque.
This was rather interesting.
What was the thirteenth demon land?
Sun Kong didn't know and wasn't interested.
However, to shock the new Six-Eared Macaque and make him back down once in fright.
This was definitely the most exciting and proud event for Sun Kong, second only to him destroying his previous physical body and stealing that drop of Pangu's essence blood!
"So, my second brother was being soft-imprisoned by him in the depths of the Huai River?"
"This Huai River, I met and fought with my second brother here before. Last time, I even investigated, but found nothing."
"They devised some secret space to imprison my second brother, so that even I couldn't see him?"
"This new Six-Eared Macaque is indeed becoming more and more extraordinary."
With this thought, Sun Kong, without a word, together with the still huffing and puffing Tathagata, who couldn't understand why Sun Kong was so wasteful,
Traversed the barrier between the Immortal Realm and the Mortal Realm.
And arrived in the Mortal Realm, where the spiritual energy was much thinner. Sun Kong was fine, but the Tathagata immediately sneezed, clearly unable to adapt!
Even.
The previous moment, he was the foremost person beneath the Saints, a peak Quasi-Saint. Due to the suppression of rules from different parts of the three realms,
He was forced to "devolve" from peak Quasi-Saint to middle-grade Quasi-Saint, then lower-grade Quasi-Saint.
Finally, he was at the same level as Sun Kong, Great Perfection of Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal!
It seemed.
Such strict rules of cultivation levels existed everywhere.
The chaotic void could only be freely traversed by Saints at the very least.
Beyond the thirty-three heavens, only Saints could establish dojos, and to enter and exit freely, one needed at least a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.
The Heavenly Realm did not limit the upper cultivation limit, only the lower limit. To live comfortably, one needed at least a Golden Immortal.
The Immortal Realm was rather special.
From ordinary mortals to Quasi-Saints, all could live well.
But it was completely different in the Mortal Realm.
The rules here did not permit anyone exceeding Great Perfection of Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal to exist, not just targeting Sun Kong, but also the Tathagata.
It was just unknown if the new Six-Eared Macaque and others were also subjected to this.
"Your second brother is actually in this backward Mortal Realm?"
"Who exactly did he offend?"
"Since he's not dead, go find him yourself. I'll wait for you in this thousand-mile-wide spacetime rift. I can't possibly be mobilized to save some nameless brat, can I?"
The Tathagata frowned and snorted.
His expression of disgust was more than obvious.
On his face, he showed clear disdain. If not for his father-son relationship with Sun Kong, and the command from the two Heavenly Lords to cooperate with Sun Kong,
As a transcendent former Buddha, he would absolutely not want to come here, much like a city dweller who would rather go bankrupt than visit the countryside.
That indescribable, yet inherently understood superiority seemed to exist in every time and space.
It was a common ailment!
"What backward Mortal Realm?"
"Little Lai Lai, didn't you advocate for the equality of all beings?"
"How come you also believe that while all beings are equal, gods and immortals, especially your Buddhist disciples from Spirit Mountain, are the most equal?"
Hearing the Tathagata look down on the Mortal Realm, making him uncomfortable with every step, Sun Kong, though not wanting to argue with him, couldn't help but recall his past experiences.
In his previous life, he was like a villager. Although he got into university, graduated successfully, and found a good job, he was still looked down upon by city dwellers.
Even the poorest, most bankrupt, and worst city dwellers could mock the shabbiness and poverty of those from the countryside.
This once made Sun Kong have suicidal thoughts.
He couldn't blame certain city dwellers for being disgusting.
Rather, he blamed his own poor background, regretting his birth!
Who would have thought.
This kind of discrimination not only existed on Blue Star but even the Tathagata, the venerable ancestor of all Buddhas, would go back on his word, hypocritically.
Clearly, when he founded Lesser Vehicle Buddhism, he relied on "equality of all beings" to attract followers.
Now, he was the first to oppose this notion?
Truly unprecedented!
However, to fall out with the Tathagata over such a small matter would be counterproductive and would not be recognized by others.
After all.
The Primordial World and the Three Realms were inherently places where the strong preyed on the weak, with no law, no governance, only one rule.
The rule of strength.
The rule of power.
The rule of victory and defeat!
Thinking of this, Sun Kong did not continue to argue with the Tathagata, but kept his feelings of injustice for all beings in his heart.
Despite his usual carefree and irreverent demeanor.
He adjusted his intermediate goal, which was originally just for his own satisfaction.
When the Journey to the West was completed, he would gain merit, become the Victorious Fighting Buddha, wield power and advantages, and then seek justice for all those looked down upon by the gods and immortals!
"Little Lai Lai is indeed quite clean and doesn't want to get involved in karmic debts in the Mortal Realm. Fine, this time you stay in the spacetime rift to hold the fort for me."
"I'll go."
"I refuse to believe that the Mortal Realm, where billions of humans can live well, is looked down upon by you!"
"Hmph, to speak frankly without embarrassing you, don't talk about 'equality of all beings' anymore, lest you deceive too many people and face repercussions."
"And this Mortal Realm, although it truly has sparse spiritual energy and not even Heavenly Immortals, I find it to have more human warmth than the Buddhist disciples of Spirit Mountain."
"Alright, alright, enough nonsense, lest you feel so ashamed you want to jump off a building and I can't salvage the situation."
"I'll go to the Huai River to rescue him!"
Sun Kong's words infuriated the Tathagata greatly. But after he left and calmed down, he had to admit the truth in his words.
Gradually, his eyes were covered with a layer of mist!
"I never expected that the one who truly understood my Buddha's compassion, the one who truly practiced the concept of equality of all beings at all times, would not be me, the Tathagata, but him, Sun Wukong?"
"No wonder, the three Saints instructed me back then to create Sun Wukong and let him gradually become the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, and embark on the Journey to the West."
"At the time, I thought they were being biased. Now, it seems I, the Buddha, am somewhat unqualified. Heh heh, Wukong, Wukong, how many more unknown virtues do you have?"
"Hidden beneath your carefree and irreverent personality, what kind of great compassion, benevolence, and kindness do you possess, making you even more like the ancestor of all Buddhas than I am?"
The Tathagata's evaluation of Sun Kong reached a new peak!
...
In the depths of the Huai River.
Sun Kong indeed found a secret space and shattered it immediately, rescuing his second brother, Wu Zhiqi.
Subsequently.
Before Wu Zhiqi could suffer further due to his severe injuries, he hurriedly activated his magic power and gave him various elixirs.
Only when he saw him awaken and regain his vitality.
Did he then check his most crucial part again.
But unexpectedly.
It provoked Wu Zhiqi's bashfulness!
"Cui Lan jie, you can't do that there, please spare me..."