Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 875 - 876: Tiandou Great Forest (3rd Update!)

"You want to go to Heavenly Demon City? Heavenly Demon City is only accessible to the Demon Beast Race. Other races would be hunted down by the entire city’s demon beasts unless they have the permission from the Demon Emperor. Didn’t you know that?"

Sun Wukong had a Chaos Battle Body, and he looked no different from the Human Race, with his fur hidden under his clothes and his tail tied around his waist beneath his robe. He appeared just like a human, with no trace of monster qi, so the people in the tavern assumed he was a human.

"Only the Demon Beast Race can enter? So, Heavenly Demon City is one of the three cities and four sects belonging to the demon clan?"

Sun Wukong was a bit surprised. The information he had gathered earlier about Heavenly Demon City did not include this detail.

It was quite unexpected to find out that the Yuan Realm also had dedicated forces for the demon clan.

"Of course!"

The person at his table glanced up and down at Sun Wukong, suspiciously asking, "You must not be from Tiandou Prefecture City, are you?"

Sun Wukong nodded his head.

"No wonder! If you haven’t been to Tiandou Prefecture City, it’s quite normal to be unfamiliar with Heavenly Demon City. In all of the Eastern Continent, only we from Tiandou Prefecture City know that Heavenly Demon City is exclusively for the demon clan!"

"Really? This information hasn’t spread?"

Sun Wukong found it strange. How could the flow of information on the Eastern Continent be so poor that only those from Tiandou Prefecture City knew about Heavenly Demon City’s demon clan affiliation? Were the intelligence capabilities of other sects and forces that weak?

"It’s simple. Anyone who enters Tiandou Prefecture City passes through a barrier that plants a rune in them, preventing them from revealing any information about Heavenly Demon City. If they try, their meridians will reverse, and their body will explode and die the moment they open their mouth!"

The person at the table gave Sun Wukong a sly smile, "Now you understand why the information isn’t leaked, right?"

"Hiss~!"

Sun Wukong couldn’t help but take a deep breath. Upon reflecting, he did indeed pass through an almost invisible barrier when entering Tiandou Prefecture City. At the time, he found it odd that the barrier didn’t hinder people at all and caused no visible change upon passing through. It turned out that was its true function!

Where was that silencing rune?

Sun Wukong carefully checked himself but found nothing amiss. Upon further reflection, he recalled feeling a slight force entering his body, which his Chaos Battle Body quickly absorbed and transformed. Could that have been the silencing rune?

To be sure, Sun Wukong asked his table companions about the rune’s location in the body. They all said it was in the center of the Niwan Palace, in a position that couldn’t be removed. Forcing it out would damage one’s divine soul, at the least, causing idiocy!

Following their directions, Sun Wukong checked his Niwan Palace carefully. There was nothing unusual, no silencing rune at all. It seemed the rune had indeed been absorbed by his Chaos Battle Body.

In other words, the silencing rune of Tiandou Prefecture City was ineffective on him!

Of course, Sun Wukong wouldn’t speak of this. It was his secret!

"Was that silencing barrier set by Heavenly Demon City?"

"Of course!"

The person nodded, "Each city lord of Tiandou Prefecture City came from Heavenly Demon City. The silencing barrier has been in place since Tiandou Prefecture City was built."

"Brother, I advise you to give up on entering Heavenly Demon City. If you want to hunt beast cores, just find a mercenary group to explore the outer edge of Tiandou Great Forest. Going too deep will attract strong demon beasts, which is very dangerous!"

The people at the table mistook Sun Wukong for a bounty hunter coming to hunt beast cores and earnestly advised him.

"Thanks for the advice! This meal is on me! Farewell!"

Standing up and cupping his hands to them, Sun Wukong paid for the meal and left the tavern. He had gathered the information he needed, and it was time to head to the Tiandu Great Forest.

Heavenly Demon City belonged to the demon clan, accessible only to the demon beast race. This did not affect Sun Wukong.

While he had a Chaos Battle Body with no monster qi, exposing his tail and fur would make it obvious even to a blind man that he belonged to the Monkey Tribe—one of the demon beast races. The restriction from Heavenly Demon City had no effect on him.

Joining a mercenary group was not something Sun Wukong hadn’t considered but quickly dismissed. His goal was Heavenly Demon City, not the demon beast cores at the outer edge of the Tiandu Great Forest. There was no need to waste time with a mercenary group; he just needed a map of the Tiandu Great Forest.

Getting a map was easy. Sun Wukong bought one with some primordial crystal coins. However, when he checked it, his brows furrowed. To enter Heavenly Demon City, he had to pass straight through the Tiandu Great Forest, traverse the Gloomy Canyon and Sorrow Swamp, both marked as places of near-certain death.

"If Hong Jun Daoist Ancestor and Nüwa Mother could enter, so can I, Sun Wukong. There’s nothing to fear!"

The unease was fleeting; Sun Wukong quickly regained his confidence. Although Heavenly Demon City was mysterious, it still maintained some contact with the outside world as one of the seven major forces of the Eastern Continent. The demon clan of Heavenly Demon City also had to pass through the Tiandu Great Forest. If others could do it, so could he!

As for the near-certain death zones, Sun Wukong dismissed these as scare tactics for the timid. Even if real danger lurked, he would overcome it. Hadn’t he faced countless perils on his journey thus far?

Would the Tiandu Great Forest be any more dangerous than the Ancient God Ruins?

Purchasing some provisions in the city, Sun Wukong left Tiandou Prefecture City and headed towards the Tiandu Great Forest.

Buzz~!

The Tiandu Great Forest was also enveloped in a massive barrier, though Sun Wukong could tell it was not man-made. It was a natural barrier formed by the mountain and earth veins.

Upon entering the Tiandu Great Forest, the sky darkened abruptly, as if day had turned to night in an instant.

Of course, it wasn’t actual night. The dense trees of the forest blocked out most of the sunlight, making it appear dim. If it were night, the forest would be even brighter due to the various luminescent plants on the ground.

Besides the light, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within the Tiandu Great Forest was much richer than outside. Sun Wukong noticed this immediately upon entering, no wonder the demon clan chose to establish Heavenly Demon City deep within the forest. This place had natural advantages!