The Demon Race in Chaos, Hongjun Emerges from Seclusion

Upon hearing Yang Jian's words, Ancestor Hongjun's eyes revealed a look of shock, clearly astonished by Yang Jian's plan.

Because Ancestor Hongjun never expected that Yang Jian could come up with such a move; it was completely beyond his expectations, and it was truly killing two birds with one stone.

"Alright! In that case, I'll go tell Sun Wukong now to lead ten thousand Demon Race soldiers to the Heavenly Court to provide support!" Ancestor Hongjun said after thinking for a moment.

Seeing this, Yang Jian smiled and said, "Alright, go ahead!"

"Yes, nephew, I'll take my leave!" Ancestor Hongjun nodded, then turned and left.

Yang Jian then began to ponder.

"The situation on the Demon Race's side has stabilized, but we can't let our guard down too much. I think we should send someone from the Great Thunderclap Monastery to investigate Demon Race's strength and then send the news back to the Heavenly Court," Yang Jian said.

"Yes, Master, I'll go prepare now and wait for my message!" Cult Master Tongtian nodded.

"Okay, go ahead!" Yang Jian said.

After receiving Yang Jian's order, Ancestor Hongjun immediately left the Great Thunderclap Monastery and headed straight for Sun Wukong's palace.

However, to Ancestor Hongjun's surprise, he discovered that Sun Wukong had already left and was not in the palace at all, but had gone somewhere else.

Upon seeing this, Ancestor Hongjun became even more puzzled, wondering where Sun Wukong was going.

Thinking of this, Ancestor Hongjun did not delay and hurriedly flew towards the other palaces. However, what Ancestor Hongjun did not expect was that when he arrived at one of the palaces, he happened to run into Sun Wukong and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi talking about something.

"Junior brother, why have you suddenly come here again?" Celestial Venerable Yuanshi couldn't help but ask when he saw Ancestor Hongjun arrive at his palace.

"Second Brother, Old Sun, just went to discuss something with Yang Jian," Sun Wukong said.

"Oh? What is it? Is it about the Heavenly Court?" Celestial Venerable Yuanshi asked.

Upon hearing this, Ancestor Hongjun nodded and said, "Yes, Senior Brother Yang Jian sent me to find you, asking you to lead the disciples of the Great Thunderclap Monastery to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to defeat the ten thousand Demon Race army."

Upon hearing this, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi frowned and said, "Junior brother, our Great Thunderclap Monastery only has a little over three thousand people. We simply don't have the capacity. You should go find someone else!"

"Senior brother, you don't need to worry about this. Leave it to me!" Sun Wukong said anxiously when he saw that Celestial Venerable Yuanshi had refused him.

He knew Celestial Venerable Yuanshi's personality; if he forced Celestial Venerable Yuanshi would probably turn against him. Therefore, he came up with a brilliant plan: to threaten Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and force him to help him.

"Uh..." Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi was speechless for a moment. He knew that he had no way to refuse Sun Wukong's request.

"Alright, I promise you, I'll help you with this, but you have to tell me the whole story and all the details," Celestial Venerable Yuanshi said after thinking for a moment.

"No problem!" Sun Wukong nodded. He didn't believe that Celestial Venerable Yuanshi would agree to help him so easily.

Afterwards, Ancestor Hongjun told Celestial Venerable Yuanshi about his discussion with Yang Jian.

After listening to what Ancestor Hongjun said, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi's expression also became very solemn. He naturally knew what Yang Jian's goal was.

"Alright, in that case, I'll do as you suggest, Junior Brother. I'll go and make the arrangements now." Celestial Venerable Yuanshi thought for a moment and finally made his decision.

"Thank you, Second Senior Brother!" Upon hearing that Celestial Venerable Yuanshi had finally agreed, Sun Wukong's face immediately showed a satisfied expression, and he spoke.

Seeing this, Ancestor Hongjun did not linger any longer and took his leave.

After Ancestor Hongjun left, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi left the palace and went directly to Yang Jian's palace.

"Master, you've arrived!" Yang Jian said upon seeing him.

"Yang Jian, there's something I'd like to discuss with you. What do you think?" Celestial Venerable Yuanshi said, his voice filled with a serious tone.

"Oh? What is it? Please speak, Master!" Yang Jian nodded and began to speak.

"Yang Jian, do you know what the strength of the Demon Race is like now?" Celestial Venerable Yuanshi asked.

"Master, I just received some information. According to my guess, the Demon Race is much weaker than humans. Therefore, I think the Demon Race's strength shouldn't be too high. We should still have many ways to deal with the Demon Race," Yang Jian said after thinking for a moment.

Upon hearing Yang Jian's words, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi couldn't help but smile wryly. He knew Yang Jian was right. Although the Demon Race was currently much weaker than humans, they were still Demon Race, and Demon Race overall strength far surpassed that of Human Race. Therefore, the Demon Race's overall strength was still formidable.

"Yang Jian, do you have a way to reduce the strength of the Demon Race to the same level as that of ordinary Human Race?" Celestial Venerable Yuanshi asked.

"Reduce the strength of the Demon Race?" Yang Jian frowned, a look of doubt on his face.

"Yes, the Demon Race is not as weak as humans. If we really want to defeat the Demon Race, we must increase our strength. Otherwise, we will not be a match for the Demon Race at all, and our Human Race will definitely be wiped out!" said Celestial Venerable Yuanshi.

"Master, do you want to strengthen the power of our Great Thunderclap Monastery?" Upon seeing this, Yang Jian suddenly remembered the agreement he had made with Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, and his heart was filled with joy. He then spoke up.

"Well, Yang Jian, I'd like to have the Great Thunderclap Monastery establish a Buddhist Order branch in the Demon Race's territory. It will be specifically responsible for collecting intelligence and resources from the Demon Race. What do you think?" Celestial Venerable Yuanshi said.

"Master, I'm fine. You're right, this can indeed enhance the strength of our Great Thunderclap Monastery!" Yang Jian nodded.

"Very well, in that case, I will arrange this matter immediately." After saying this, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi left directly.

"Yang Jian, what are your plans to deal with the Demon Race?" Just then, Sun Wukong walked into the palace and asked.

"Don't worry, Brother Monkey, I've made some progress on this matter. It's just that I don't know the specifics of the Demon Race yet. I'll tell you, Master, once I've figured it out," Yang Jian said.

"Okay, alright!" Sun Wukong didn't ask any further questions.