Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2097 - Hyeonyeongdong Oil Refinery

Tang Sanzang and the others began to interrogate the three demons. Tang Sanzang first asked the three demons:

"How many innocent people have you harmed over the years?"

Hearing Tang Sanzang's question, the three demons couldn't help but lower their heads, seemingly unwilling to confess their crimes.

"What? You still won't answer truthfully?"

Avoiding Dust Great King gritted his teeth and replied to Tang Sanzang and the others.

"What? There's a reason for harming people? What do you mean by that?"

Tang Sanzang continued to ask.

"It's like this, most of the people we killed were sent to us by Jinping Prefecture willingly.

Moreover, we have an agreement with the governor of Jinping Prefecture that he will regularly sacrifice living people to us. This is the condition of our cooperation."

Although they had long suspected that the governor, that dead eunuch, must have a cooperative relationship with the three demons, they did not expect that the governor would offer such conditions.

The incident of the three demons killing people that Tang Sanzang and the others encountered when they first arrived at Qinglong Mountain was actually a sacrificial activity where Jinping Prefecture lured people in.

It was pitiful that those people, even after being sold, were still saying good things about Jinping Prefecture.

"What is the content of your cooperation?"

Sun Wukong asked the three demons.

"We will handle the corpses for Jinping Prefecture, and..."

The three demons seemed evasive about the content of this cooperation, and seemed unwilling to say it, indicating that there were still hidden secrets.

"Handle the corpses? How do you handle the corpses?"

Tang Sanzang and the others asked in confusion.

However, the three demons stopped talking, each lowering their heads, and did not answer Tang Sanzang's questions.

"Even if you don't tell us, we can find out for ourselves. The corpses are processed in this demon cave. We can go and take a look."

Sun Wukong said, ignoring the three demons, and continued to head deeper into the demon cave with Tang Sanzang and the others.

The scale of this Xuan Ying Cave was indeed not small. After continuing for a while, they finally arrived at the deepest part of the Xuan Ying Cave.

In the deepest part of this Xuan Ying Cave, there was an extremely vast space. In this space, it was filled with huge pots, one after another.

Hundreds of small demons were busy, throwing the corpses brought into the cave into the pots, one by one.

After a period of simmering, the flesh of the corpses would be melted, leaving only the white bones.

And what was produced from the melted flesh of the corpses was corpse oil. As for the remaining bones, they would all be crushed with a stone mortar, and then mixed with the corpse oil.

Then, some other substances and a large amount of spices were added to it. Finally, the product produced was extremely familiar to Tang Sanzang and the others.

"What is being refined here is actually the Suhe lamp oil used by Jinping Prefecture."

Seeing such a scene, Tang Sanzang and the others were a little stunned.

The Suhe lamp oil used by every household in Jinping Prefecture was actually refined using human corpses' corpse oil and bone powder as the main ingredients.

No wonder there would be bursts of spiritual energy released from the flames of the burning Suhe lamp oil. That spiritual energy came from the corpse oil.

Humans, as the spirit of all things, have more spiritual energy than other things, but how can human corpses be used for such trampling.

"So, the cooperation between the three demons and the governor is to refine the corpses into Suhe lamp oil. This is truly the most sinful thing in the world.

Those three demons must not be spared. Bring them over."

After regaining his senses, Tang Sanzang was furious and said to Sun Wukong and the others.

Sun Wukong and the others brought the bound three demons over again. These three demons also knew that using corpses to refine lamp oil was against all reason, and each of them lowered their heads in silence.

"Master, these three demons are extremely vicious and must not be spared. Let Old Sun beat them to death."

Sun Wukong said, picking up the golden cudgel, and was about to directly kill the three demons.

"You can't kill us. Although we did this, we are just following orders."

"This matter is arranged by the Western Heaven. We are also considered people of the Western Heaven. You can't kill us."

"We and the governor of Jinping Prefecture are directly under the jurisdiction of the Western Heaven."

Seeing their lives in danger, the three demons couldn't care about anything else. For them, saving their lives was the most important thing.

Although they were afraid of the Western Heaven, they still told Tang Sanzang and the others the news that the Western Heaven was the mastermind behind this matter.

They wanted to use the name of the Western Heaven to make Tang Sanzang and the others have scruples, so as to save their own lives.

In fact, even without them saying it, Tang Sanzang and the others could guess a thing or two, but the three demons saying it directly proved the crimes of the Western Heaven.

"This damned Western Heaven, I thought they had changed their ways, but I didn't expect them to use even more vicious methods."

"They actually used this method to create such a peaceful world in Jinping Prefecture. It's simply insidious and vicious to the extreme."

"The Western Heaven's actions are even more ruthless than demons. How dare that Guanyin still have the face to preach to us what the Western Heaven wants to build a Datong world, a human fairyland? It's really shameless."

Although Tang Sanzang and the others were extremely angry, since this matter directly involved the Western Heaven, they had to consider it carefully.

"I think it's better to discuss this matter with the boss carefully."

Zhu Bajie suggested to Tang Sanzang and the others.

"It's more prudent to discuss it with Immortal Chu Hao."

Tang Sanzang and the others also nodded in agreement, asking Zhu Bajie to invite Chu Hao in.

Although Chu Hao had been outside Xuan Ying Cave and had not entered it, with his abilities, he had already completely seen everything inside the cave.

"Immortal Chu Hao, what do you think should be done about this matter? Should the three demons be killed or spared?"

Tang Sanzang asked Chu Hao when he saw him come in.

"Now that the Western Heaven's conspiracy has been completely revealed, Jinping Prefecture is a purgatory-like place like a fairyland.

Although these three demons should be killed, they are still a key link, so leave them for now, they are still useful."

Chu Hao analyzed and said to Tang Sanzang and the others.

As a link in the Western Journey Great Tribulation, the role of these three demons is still not small, and there is no need to rush to kill them.

"Now that we know the truth, we should immediately return to Jinping Prefecture and directly beat the governor, that dead eunuch, into meat paste.

Then, explain the truth to the people of Jinping Prefecture and let them know what kind of sinful place this Jinping Prefecture is."

Sun Wukong suggested, saying that compared to these three demons, the governor, that dead eunuch, was even more hateful. He colluded with demons, killed countless people, and used children's brains as medicine.

Such a crime, even if he is cut into pieces, cannot atone for his sins, even if he is sent to the eighteenth level of hell, it is considered a bargain for him.