Chapter 1040: Chapter 317: I Have to Beware of You
“In those days, Haotian manipulated various races, making you kill each other. It was indeed difficult to escape his machinations.”
The Eastern King said indifferently.
Upon hearing the Eastern King’s words, a flash of brilliance appeared in the Ancestral Dragon’s eyes. He smiled and said, “Haotian’s plans were indeed astonishing, but unfortunately, he himself was ultimately harmed by The Three Pure Ones.”
“There are always people better than you out there, realms beyond your own. The Three Pure Ones were more insidious than Haotian.”
The Eastern King said with a smile.
Sun Wukong was somewhat surprised.
It’s worth noting that the Eastern King has always been quite cautious.
Yet now, when speaking of The Three Pure Ones, he wasn’t very polite and even directly called them insidious.
From his tone, one could sense his displeasure and resentment towards The Three Pure Ones.
Even the Ancestral Dragon was startled for a moment, naturally able to hear it.
The Eastern King smiled faintly and said, “We are all among friends here, so I don’t need to hide my thoughts. The Three Pure Ones are indeed like this, more insidious than Haotian. Don’t worry, I’ve taken measures and sealed the surroundings. Even The Three Pure Ones can’t hear our conversation.”
Upon hearing the Eastern King’s words, Sun Wukong couldn’t help but ask, “Are you suggesting that you are quite dissatisfied with The Three Pure Ones?”
“The Great Saint is correct, indeed.”
“Why?”
“Some old grudges, really nothing significant. It’s mainly because I’ve been bullied by The Three Pure Ones before, so naturally I’m displeased with them.”
Sun Wukong and his companion were both shocked.
The Eastern King and The Three Pure Ones actually have old grudges.
How did they become enemies?
From the Eastern King’s words, he likely had a conflict with The Three Pure Ones a long time ago.
However, he must have suffered losses.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t harbor such resentment.
“I never heard you mention it before.”
Sun Wukong said with a smile.
The Eastern King replied with a smile, “I can’t exactly tell everyone I meet. Besides, having old grudges with The Three Pure Ones isn’t exactly honorable. At least now, it seems The Three Pure Ones are still the symbol of justice within the Three Realms.”
“Humph, just deceiving others, but Old Sun doesn’t believe it at all.”
“Haha, I don’t believe it either.”
The Ancestral Dragon said with a laugh.
Anyway, the Eastern King has already said that no one can hear here.
Among themselves, it shouldn’t be a problem to criticize The Three Pure Ones a bit.
The four exchanged glances, each seeing the smile in the other’s eyes.
In this way, they felt their relationship had become much closer.
“Great Saint, lately when you venture outside, you must be very cautious, not letting Emperor Jun seize an opportunity. If you are at Huaguo Mountain, there’s no need to worry. With the Ancestral Dragon supporting the Great Saint, Emperor Jun wanting to slay the Great Saint is almost impossible.”
The Eastern King advised.
Sun Wukong frowned and couldn’t help saying, “Old Sun can’t just stay inside.”
“That’s not what I mean. Just be careful when the Great Saint goes out, be overly cautious not to let Emperor Jun find a chance to kill the Great Saint. Besides, after this attempt, Emperor Jun should have some understanding of the Great Saint’s strength and might give up on the idea of killing the Great Saint.”
The Eastern King said with a smile.
“Really? Doesn’t he want to eliminate talents? Old Sun is so exceptional, if it were Old Sun in his place, I would want to kill directly to prevent the opponent from growing into a threat.”
Sun Wukong said with surprise.
The Eastern King couldn’t help but laugh, and he said, “The Great Saint has yet to understand the true Heavenly Emperor. The true Heavenly Emperor wouldn’t consider the Great Saint a threat; except for The Three Pure Ones and those on par with them, others in their eyes are mere ants.”
“The true Heavenly Emperor has the pride of an emperor, even with the Great Saint’s excellence, he doesn’t see the Great Saint as a threat.”
“Right, if the Great Saint became Supreme, perhaps then Emperor Jun might pay some attention, but with the current cultivation level, Emperor Jun doesn’t believe the Great Saint can threaten him.”
“The current Great Saint is still too weak, only capable of threatening ordinary Supreme beings, incomparable to Emperor Jun, who is an old monster.”
The two continued discussing, both expressing that Sun Wukong’s strength was too weak.
This made Sun Wukong quite upset; he glared at the two and complained, “Due to a considerably short duration of cultivation and spending most of the time suppressed, do you think Old Sun doesn’t want to become stronger?”
Considering Sun Wukong’s situation, the Ancestral Dragon and the Eastern King showed sympathetic expressions.
There was no gloating; they understood well that if not for Sun Wukong being suppressed for thousands of years, his strength should be much greater now.
Even now, whenever they saw Sun Wukong again, they could feel his strength improving.
With a flash in his eyes, Sun Wukong said, “Forget it, let’s not talk about it. Old Sun will also keep a low profile for now; the Heavenly Emperor’s power is indeed terrifying, I surely don’t want to actually be killed by him.”
“The Great Saint has times of fear?”
The Eastern King chuckled softly.
Thinking of Sun Wukong’s encounters, he also felt sorry for Sun Wukong.
If Sun Wukong hadn’t been suppressed, his strength now definitely wouldn’t be just this.
However, he was suppressed for thousands of years, missing out on too much time for cultivation.
Sun Wukong smiled indifferently, not caring at all: “Every living being fears death, has a survival instinct, there’s nothing strange about Old Sun being afraid.”
The Eastern King nodded slightly.
He agreed with Sun Wukong’s words, actually, not just Sun Wukong, but they all share the same fear of death.
Just because one is stronger and lives longer, doesn’t mean one fears death less.
In fact, it is just the opposite.
The stronger one is, the more one can experience the exhilaration of being superior, and naturally, the less one wants to die.