Doing a Favor

Su Qing heard Leng Xiang's words and couldn't help but feel that Leng Xiang's way of changing the subject was always so stiff.

However, Su Qing didn't plan on joking with Leng Xiang today; she just casually mentioned a few dishes she wanted to eat.

Leng Xiang could naturally tell that Su Qing might need some peace and quiet right now.

So after learning what food she wanted to eat, she turned and went to the kitchen to prepare the dinner.

After Leng Xiang left her sight, Su Qing leaned back in her chair, looking at the slightly gloomy sky in silence.

"I wonder what kind of reincarnation that old monkey will get!" Su Qing thought, shaking her head slightly. "Forget it, what does it have to do with me?"

Su Qing quickly calmed her mood, suppressed all her messy thoughts, then got up, stretched, and went to the kitchen to help.

Meanwhile, in the Underworld.

After the Underworld emissary brought the old monkey's soul to the Underworld as Su Qing requested, it was soon sent to the Ten Kings of Hell for judgment.

Whether it be mortals, demons, or beasts.

As long as they are dead, they all need to undergo judgment by the Ten Kings of Hell.

Through judgment, it is decided what kind of reincarnation they will have.

And this old monkey was naturally no exception.

However, when the old monkey was brought before the Ten Kings of Hell for judgment, the hands of the Ten Kings of Hell flipping through the documents all paused in unison.

After a long silence, the Ten Kings of Hell called the Underworld emissary over.

"What kind of business are you handling? Where did you catch this old monkey? He's not in the Register of Life and Death; why did you catch him?"

Hearing this, the Underworld emissary couldn't help but tremble, and he quickly recounted the events truthfully without any concealment.

He wasn't worried that Su Qing would blame him, as Su Qing had told him to tell the Ten Kings of Hell directly.

After learning what happened, the Ten Kings of Hell were all stunned for a moment.

Then they asked, "Was it really that snake demon who told you to send this old monkey's soul for reincarnation?"

"Of course, of course. If there's any lie, I am willing to be punished," the emissary nodded quickly.

The Ten Kings of Hell stared at the emissary for a good while, and seeing no sign of lying, they had to believe him for the time being.

"This matter... what do you brothers think?" King Qin Guang asked. "Should we help with this favor or not?"

"This demon monkey isn't in the Register of Life and Death; logically, he shouldn't be under our jurisdiction."

"But if we don't care, who will manage this old monkey's soul?"

"I think... what we should discuss is not whether this old monkey's soul is under our jurisdiction, but whether we should do Su Qing a favor."

King Yama, seeing the other two kings off-topic, couldn't help but speak up.

As soon as these words were spoken, the Ten Kings of Hell fell silent.

They began to think seriously about this issue.

Regarding Su Qing, the Ten Kings of Hell felt a sense of "hating the house and its crows."

Because Su Qing was Wukong's big sister, the Ten Kings of Hell had quite a prejudice against her.

However, the Ten Kings of Hell also had to admit.

Although her little brother caused a lot of trouble, she indeed had never done anything to harm the Underworld.

She was even a deity with an official position in the Heavenly Court.

Not only that, she was Patriarch Bodhi's disciple and a close friend of seniors like Taishang Laojun and Old Mother of Mount Li despite their age difference.

Even the Jade Emperor was deliberately protecting her.

So no matter how they thought about it, doing her a favor didn't seem like a loss at all.

The only thing they were struggling with now was a matter of pride.

After a long time, King Qin Guang finally said, "Forget it, forget it. Let's just do it as a favor to Taishang Laojun and the others."

The other kings of Hell, hearing this, also nodded slightly and said, "Very well, doing it as a favor to Taishang Laojun and the others is not a loss."

Once the Ten Kings of Hell reached a conclusion, the judgment could naturally proceed.

Soon, the judgment reached a result.

Because the Register of Life and Death had been restored, all of the old monkey's previous merits and sins were wiped clean...

Simply because there were no merits and no sins.

The old monkey would need to go through the Path of Animals again, and then, based on his performance there, see if he had a chance to enter the Path of Humans.

"Alright, go get your Meng Po Soup and then go to your reincarnation," King Qin Guang said indifferently to the old monkey. "You are quite lucky..."

Hearing this, the old monkey naturally understood the reasoning.

Then he bowed to the Ten Kings of Hell and followed the Underworld emissary away.

The next day.

The weather was still as gloomy as before, as if a storm was about to strike.

However, although the weather was gloomy, Su Qing's mood was quite good at this time.

Because most of the matters had already been arranged yesterday.

So, today Su Qing had plenty of time to go to the East Sea Dragon Palace to find her old friend Ao Ying.

However, before Su Qing set off to see Ao Ying, there were still some things she had to do first.

She planned to take a walk in the forest first to check on the monkey troop.

Incidentally, she also planned to see how the monkeys had progressed with building the temple after a day, or rather, if they were working seriously.

Before long, Su Qing arrived near the place where the temple was being built.

However, she didn't show herself, only intending to observe the situation from a distance.

After all, she knew that if she just showed up now, it would definitely attract a lot of monkeys to watch.

By then, she would probably have to find a way to trick them again before she could get away.

So being a bit low-key was also a good thing.

She looked from afar.

She saw a group of monkeys working hard on the foundation of the temple.

These monkeys were trying out various tools and cooperating quite well with each other.

At the same time, she also saw the old Earth God grabbing a few monkeys and scolding them.

With his beard bristling and eyes glaring... it was clear that he seemed truly furious.

Seeing this, Su Qing just gave a helpless smile; for now, she could only let the old Earth God work hard.

"Looking at this progress, it should be built in about a month. Well, it's not too time-consuming."

Su Qing made a rough estimate, nodded, and felt relieved.

"Next, I'll leave it all to the old Earth God, and I can relax a bit. However, once it's finished... I really should give the old Earth God a bit more reward."

After all, directing a group of monkeys to build a house was indeed a very exhausting task.

Su Qing shook her head slightly, then turned and went back to the courtyard.

She prepared to call Leng Xiang, Gongsun Zhixue, and the little sparrows to go to the East Sea Dragon Palace together.

Leng Xiang and Gongsun Zhixue agreed without question, but to her surprise, the little sparrows refused to go along.

"By the way, do you guys really not plan to accompany me to the East Sea Dragon Palace?" Just in case, Su Qing asked again.

"No way, no way! If our feathers get wet, it'll be so uncomfortable."

"That's right, that's right. The East Sea Dragon Palace is in the water. If we stay in the water all the time... we won't be able to fly. So we're not going!"

The sparrows chattered on all at once, all expressing that they really didn't want to enter the East Sea.