Chapter 78

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Heavenly Court, Golden Pavilion, Lingxiao Hall.

The 9835th Supreme Celestial Sage, the Great Benevolent and Kind Jade Emperor of the High Heaven, also known as the Jade Emperor, was sitting upright on the dragon throne, overlooking the ministers. Her perfectly proportioned figure sat straight on the dragon throne, and although her face was veiled, no one doubted that she was the number one beauty, even surpassing Chang'e. The face under the veil must be one of unparalleled beauty.

Unfortunately, this beauty was currently in a temper, slamming the table: "Erlang Shen! You failed again?"

The three-eyed little girl stood in the center of the hall, pouting: "If it weren't for the Lingji Bodhisattva's interference, I wouldn't have gotten lost in the cave. So, the fault lies with the Lingji Bodhisattva, not with me."

"Isn't your reason for failure completely missing the point?" The Jade Emperor was furious: "Don't blame others for your mistakes. Take responsibility for your actions!"

"In any case, I will do my best next time."

The Jade Emperor covered her face with a delicate hand, weakly saying: "Being a celestial official is truly easy. You just need to say you'll try harder next time, and you can continue to enjoy the salary of the Heavenly Court without any guilt. Forget it, you may leave. I don't want to see you for a while."

Erlang Shen retreated, and the entire hall of celestial officials fell silent.

The Jade Emperor quickly pulled out a textbook on "Business Management" from under her desk and flipped through it. This was a course she had chosen in school, and she had scored quite well on the exam. She often humbly sought advice from her teachers, and it was inevitable that she would promote this subject in the future.

After flipping through a few pages, she closed the book and stuffed it back under the desk, then cleared her throat: "All celestial officials, listen up. I have decided to implement performance evaluations starting next month. Any official who fails the evaluation will have their salary deducted or be dismissed. I want officials who truly understand and do their jobs, not idle and useless people..."

The entire hall of celestial officials was shocked... Only Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, was watching a Hong Kong crime drama on her tablet phone with earplugs, so she didn't hear the Jade Emperor's words and felt no pressure at all.

Nezha quickly pulled out her earplugs and shouted: "It's over, performance evaluations... We only show up once every 500 years and always fail. We definitely won't pass the performance evaluation, and our salaries will be deducted."

"What? Performance evaluation?" Li Jing said smugly: "I'm good at this, listen up... hahahahahaha..."

After a fit of laughter, she looked up at the Jade Emperor: "Your Majesty, my 'performance' should pass the evaluation, right?"

"Bold, to make such a loud noise in the Lingxiao Hall?" The Jade Emperor slammed the table in anger: "Where are the imperial guards? Bring a dung fork and fork this nonsense out of the hall..."

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Tang僧 and his companions finally walked out of the endless Yellow Wind Ridge and arrived at a human city. Over a hundred handsome men and beautiful women, who had been through this strange adventure, were quite worn out. As soon as they saw the human city, more than half of them burst into tears. Especially those who were the first to be captured and had been prisoners in the character garden for several months, they were overwhelmed with emotion upon seeing the light of day again.

Tang Sen had to put on the appearance of a high monk and comfort them one by one: "Those who survive great calamities will surely have great fortune... When heaven bestows a great mission on someone, it must first test their will, tire their muscles, starve their body, and make them suffer... The hardships you endured yesterday will become the driving force for your future success. Stop crying and stand up, let's go."

Comforting them didn't help; when people are emotional, their tears can't be stopped.

As they approached the edge of the city, a police officer stopped them. He had noticed their strange behavior and naturally came to investigate. After a few words with the police officer, Tang Sen learned that this city belonged to the "Lao Chan Kingdom." Checking the information on his phone, he found that the country was quite large, with a population of over 62 million, several times larger than Wusang Country.

Tang Sen's travel passport from the Great Tang Empire was also valid here. After all, the Great Tang Empire was now the supreme nation. As soon as Tang Sen mentioned he was from the Great Tang, the police officer almost turned into a lapdog, wagging his tail and looking eager to serve.

Tang Sen handed the handsome men and beautiful women over to the police, asking them to be treated as refugees and protected by the police. They would naturally be sent back to their own countries. The handsome men and beautiful women waved goodbye to Tang Sen with reluctance.

The beautiful Li Si cried like a teary-eyed doll: "Master Tang, don't you want to stay and renounce your monkhood? Where can I find a better man than you?"

"Cough... Well..."

The handsome Miao Li was also quite reluctant. He had wanted to learn some magic from Tang Sen, but now he had no chance. He bowed and said: "Thank you, Master Tang, for saving us. The Miao family has considerable wealth in the surrounding countries... Here is a Miao family gold card. With this card, you can eat, drink, and stay for free at any Miao family hotel or restaurant... If you want to do some small business in the surrounding countries, just show this card, and the Miao family will give you the best discounts."

This was quite useful. Tang Sen smiled and put the gold card away, thinking: I'll have my mother use this card to get goods from the Miao family group. There should be some unique products that can be sold in the Great Tang. If we can get the best wholesale prices, my mother's online store will definitely make a fortune.

After saying goodbye to the handsome men and beautiful women, Tang Sen and his companions returned to their usual faces and walked through the streets of the "Lao Chan Kingdom." The cultural atmosphere here was no different from that of the Great Tang Empire.

The Great Tang Empire was like a terrifying giant, radiating its culture and influence to all neighboring countries. Many small countries had been influenced by the Great Tang, almost becoming part of it.

They found a roadside restaurant and ordered some local specialties. The dishes here were quite spicy, with a lot of chili oil in every dish, making them look red and intimidating.

Tang Sen, born in the capital, didn't like spicy food much, and Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie also found it hard to handle. But Xiaobailong didn't mind the chili oil at all, eating large bites and soon her delicate face turned red from the spiciness, with tears and snot streaming down. But she smiled contentedly: "It's so spicy, it's great."

Tang Sen couldn't help but ask: "Is it really appropriate for a well-bred lady to eat like this? And to use such an uncivilized word like 'great'?"

Xiaobailong coughed and said: "When being a well-bred lady conflicts with enjoying food, I'm not a well-bred lady anymore."

Everyone: "..."

"None of you are eating much, don't you like it?" Xiaobailong reached out and took the dish in front of Tang Sen: "If you don't eat, I'll take it. I'm still not full."

Everyone: "..."

Forget it, there's no point in arguing with this nonsense. Tang Sen shook his teddy bear: "Peanut, we're in a new city. Absorb some demonic energy... Last time, we almost lost to the rat spirit. If you could have fired a bear energy blast, we wouldn't have been in such a difficult situation."

"Huh? That's true!" The teddy bear quickly extended her short, plump hands, raising them high to feel the resentment from the abandoned toys in the city. Indeed, a massive amount of demonic energy gathered, forming a huge vortex above the small restaurant, and then it all rushed into the teddy bear.

Zhu Bajie looked at the teddy bear and sighed: "What terrifying demonic energy. Peanut, you're really capable. If you absorb a few more cities, who could be your match?"

Xiaobailong smiled: "It looks like we'll have to rely on Peanut for protection in the future."

The teddy bear happily said: "Sure..." But before she finished speaking, the demonic energy in her body started to surge out, and in a flash, it was almost all gone.

"Huh? Why?" Everyone was surprised.

Sun Wukong laughed: "Peanut can gather a lot of demonic energy quickly with the help of the toy companions, but she's just a stuffed toy. My master once said, 'All beings with nine orifices can cultivate immortality.' This can also be interpreted as those without nine orifices cannot cultivate. Peanut doesn't have nine orifices; her body has no heart, blood, or flesh, so she can't store a large amount of demonic energy. She can only maintain a small amount, so... to make Peanut useful in battle, she needs to gather demonic energy in the city and fire a bear energy blast. Once away from the city, she's useless."

That makes sense, everyone realized.

"So, in the end, I'm still useless," the teddy bear pouted.

"It's okay," Tang Sen hugged her tightly: "As a man, I shouldn't rely on a stuffed toy for protection. Just be my teddy bear, and I'll work hard to improve myself. I'll protect everyone."

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