Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2062 - Chu Hao's old rules

The Buddha of the Western Paradise arrived at the Prison God's Hall once again, his face gloomy as he questioned Chu Hao.

"Chu Hao, what exactly do you want in order to release them?"

"Buddha, although you didn't obtain the Jade Emperor's amnesty edict, I can release them, seeing as you're so sincere."

Chu Hao saw that the Buddha was indeed reaching his limit. If he continued to tease him, he might explode soon.

Hearing Chu Hao say this, the Buddha, who was about to vent his anger, saw hope and had no choice but to forcibly suppress the fire in his heart.

"Since that's the case, please release them quickly."

The Buddha once again lowered his head and pleaded with Chu Hao.

"Buddha, without the Jade Emperor's amnesty edict, it would be reckless for me to release them. I would have to bear a lot of risk.

If the Jade Emperor blames me, it wouldn't just be me personally, but the entire Prison God's Hall would suffer. I don't care, but I should at least explain it to my subordinates, right?"

Chu Hao feigned difficulty as he explained to the Buddha.

"Then what do you want?"

The Buddha already had a premonition that Chu Hao was probably going to make an exorbitant demand.

"How about this? Let's stick to the old rules. We'll redeem each person with ten thousand elixirs and one thousand magical treasures!"

After considering it, Chu Hao stated his conditions to the Buddha.

"You…"

Upon hearing the price for redemption, the Buddha was dumbfounded.

Ten thousand elixirs and one thousand magical treasures per person, and with Guanyin and the others, there were thirty to forty people. That would be three to four hundred thousand elixirs and thirty to forty thousand magical treasures.

The Western Paradise was indeed quite wealthy in the past, but after Chu Hao's several raids, he had plundered most of it.

The Buddha really couldn't produce the items and couldn't allow Chu Hao to detain the people, so he had no choice but to give Chu Hao an IOU.

"Alright, if it's inconvenient for the Buddha, we can pay in installments."

Seeing that the Buddha even had the idea of writing an IOU, Chu Hao knew that the Western Paradise was truly poor.

The Buddha gritted his teeth and wrote an IOU to Chu Hao.

"Buddha, you must write it carefully, specifying the exact numbers, and also affix your fingerprint."

Chu Hao supervised from the side, constantly reminding the Buddha.

The dignified Buddha was now writing an IOU to Chu Hao. One could imagine what the Buddha was feeling.

"Alright, release them!"

After writing the IOU, the Buddha's face was filled with anger and shame, his features almost twisted together.

"Buddha, don't be anxious. I still need to go through the relevant procedures. The Buddha can go back first. I guarantee that everyone will be released within a day!"

Chu Hao said to the Buddha. Of course, saying that he was going through procedures was just a pretext, because Chu Hao still had a plan.

Although he had made things difficult for the Buddha and made the Western Paradise bleed, Chu Hao was still somewhat dissatisfied with the result.

"Prison God, are we just going to let Guanyin and the others go like this?"

Qing Shi asked Chu Hao from the side.

"Releasing people is definitely necessary. After all, this Prison God's reputation is still very important. But as for whether Guanyin and the others can leave, that depends on their own luck."

Chu Hao said with a hearty laugh.

"What does the Prison God mean by this?"

Qing Shi was a little confused, not knowing what brilliant plan Chu Hao had come up with again.

"Go immediately and send a message to Maitreya Buddha, saying that Guanyin and the others, under the banner of the Demon Clan, attacked the Heavenly Prison, wanting to provoke a conflict between the Heavenly Court and the Demon Clan."

Chu Hao instructed Qing Shi.

"The Prison God is truly brilliant. This plan is truly ingenious."

Upon hearing Chu Hao's instructions, Qing Shi immediately understood Chu Hao's plan.

Guanyin and the others were being clever, impersonating the Demon Clan to attack the Heavenly Prison. This not only offended the Prison God's Hall and the Heavenly Court, but also the Demon Clan.

If the Demon Clan knew that Guanyin and the others were using their banner to rob the Heavenly Prison, how could they let Guanyin and the others from the Western Paradise off?

"By the way, tell Maitreya Buddha that I will release Guanyin and the others in three hours. If they want revenge, this is a very good opportunity."

Chu Hao had Qing Shi tell the Demon Clan the time when he would release Guanyin and the others from the Western Paradise.

What would happen next was self-evident, and if Guanyin and the others suffered any casualties under the Demon Clan's revenge, it would have nothing to do with Chu Hao.

"Understood!"

Qing Shi immediately set off to deliver the message.

Meanwhile, Chu Hao entered the Heavenly Prison to check on the condition of Guanyin and the others.

It was easy to imagine what kind of treatment Guanyin and the others received being imprisoned in the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Prison.

Even Qinghua Great Emperor, with his strength, became like a crazy beggar after a few days in the eighteenth level, and Guanyin and the others were not as strong as Qinghua Great Emperor.

"Don't have any more hallucinations."

"I've really had enough."

"Help! Buddha, save me!"

Those elite figures from the Western Paradise were desperately shouting for help. The illusions and punishments of the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Prison made them feel worse than death.

"Buddha, why haven't you come to save us yet?"

Even Guanyin couldn't bear it anymore. She, who was originally dressed in white and holy, was now like a madwoman, struggling wildly with disheveled hair.

"Everyone, how are you all doing?"

With a wave of his hand, Chu Hao dispelled the illusions in front of Guanyin and the others, and said with a smile.

"Chu Hao, let us go."

"We know we were wrong. Please spare us a way out."

"Lord Prison God, please have mercy."

Those big shots from the Western Paradise were usually arrogant and overbearing, but now they were pitifully begging Chu Hao.

"Why be like this, everyone? I've come this time to release you all. The Buddha paid a lot of money to buy your freedom."

Chu Hao found it very funny looking at Guanyin and the others.

"I said the Buddha would save us. We will definitely be free."

Guanyin shouted triumphantly when she heard that the Buddha had spent a price to redeem them.