In the East Sea, a merchant ship slowly sailed towards Mount Huaguo.
The workers looked up at the sky, but they didn't see the sun.
The slowly rising Cloud Sky City covered the rising sun, giving them a huge sense of oppression. Many of the human shipwrights fell to the ground with their legs weak.
"The first to the seventh circuits are operating normally!"
"The Spirit Qi Corridor on the west side is blocked. Go check!"
In Cloud Sky City, the demons were busy adjusting the floating rune system to ensure that Cloud Sky City rose steadily.
Zhen Yuan Daisen looked at the busy demons. "There doesn't seem to be any big problem."
"Yes."
Monkey King nodded.
He brought Zhen Yuan Daisen to the Monkey King Palace in Cloud Sky City.
Monkey King Palace wasn't his palace. It was a palace with various halls for meetings and discussions.
Ao Luan originally wanted to design a palace for Monkey King but was rejected by Monkey King — he preferred to live in the Water Curtain Cave.
In the end, Monkey King Palace was designed to be used for discussions.
In the future, all the important matters of Mount Huaguo would be handled here. Basically, Ao Luan would stay here longer than Monkey King.
But the demons still prepared a magnificent main palace for Monkey King — it was used to issue all kinds of important orders.
When Monkey King and Zhen Yuan Daisen arrived at the main palace, the demon kings and Ao Luan had already arrived.
"Your Majesty."
The demon kings looked at Monkey King and made way for him. "Please take a seat."
Sun Wukong walked through the middle of the Monster Kings and sat down on the throne high above.
There was another seat on his left. Zhen Yuan Daisen was about to go over, but Ao Luan took a step ahead and sat there naturally.
"You …"
Great Immortal Zhenyuan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
"Great Immortal, please sit here."
Monkey King waved his right hand, and a stone chair appeared on his right.
Zhen Yuan Daisen had contributed greatly to Mount Huaguo, so he deserved such a position.
The Great Deity sat down in satisfaction.
"Is everyone here?"
Monkey King asked.
"No." Ao Luan replied, "Elder Golden Cicada is not here yet. He seems to be lost in Cloud Sky City."
"No need to wait for him."
Zhen Yuan Daisen said, "It doesn't matter if he comes or not."
The Monkey King nodded. Elder Golden Cicada was a guest elder, there was no need to disturb him during the Flowerfruit Mountain's discussion.
"I would like to thank all of you for your efforts."
The Monkey King opened his mouth and said, "Cloud Sky City has risen. The 20-year plan has been completed perfectly. Everyone has contributed greatly. If you want any rewards, you can tell me."
The demon monarchs were delighted.
"Your Majesty."
The tiger demon monarch came out and said, "We wish to hold a few days of celebration at Mount Huaguo."
The other demon monarchs responded. This was the result of their discussion. All the demons of Mount Huaguo should celebrate for a few days for such a joyous occasion.
"No problem."
The Monkey King smiled and said to Ao Luan, "I'll leave this matter to you."
Ao Luan nodded.
"A Worthy Younger Brother."
Zhen Yuan Daisen coughed. "Let's get down to business!"
"Alright."
The Monkey King retracted his smile.
Rewards and praise were trivial matters. He was sitting in the main hall to announce the important matters that Mount Huaguo was about to do.
The demon monarchs looked at him in anticipation.
The Monkey King was about to speak when his seat suddenly trembled. He frowned slightly.
"I'll leave for a while."
With that said, the Monkey King vanished.
"What happened?"
Ao Luan was also shaken to her feet.
"Second King."
A monkey demon ran in from outside the main hall. He knelt on the ground and said, "A huge rock fell in the west. It seems to be about to hit a merchant ship on the sea."
"Didn't I mark it as a forbidden zone?"
Ao Luan frowned.
The demon hurriedly replied, "That's a merchant ship that's being smuggled."
"A merchant ship that's being smuggled?"
Ao Luan had an ominous feeling.
And on the sea, when the shipwrights saw the boulder falling from the sky, they thought that they were doomed. However, the Monkey King appeared in time and shattered the boulder.
"Why are you guys here?"
The Monkey King looked at the merchant ship curiously before coming to a realization. "Are they being smuggled?"
"Monkey King, spare me! Monkey King, spare me!"
The shipwrights knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. They often traveled between Mount Huaguo and Ao Lai, so they naturally knew what the Monkey King looked like.
The golden light in the Monkey King's eyes flickered. He glanced at the merchant ship and saw that it was filled with humans.
He called the owner of the ship out. "Why did you bring these people here?"
"I didn't want to bring them here."
The owner trembled and said, "They wholeheartedly wanted to go to Mount Huaguo and begged me to bring them here."
"Brother, this is a smuggler ship."
Ao Luan flew down from Cloud Sky City. "Let me deal with them."
The Monkey King glanced at her. Ao Luan lowered her head in fear.
"Did you allow this?"
The Monkey King asked.
Ao Luan hurriedly shook her head. "I asked the shrimp soldiers and crab generals to chase the smuggler ships back. They didn't seem to check carefully when King City took off today."
The Monkey King nodded and waved his hand. A few terrified boys and girls appeared beside him.
"These children are lonely and helpless. I'm taking them away."
After saying that, he flew towards Cloud Sky City.
Ao Luan heaved a sigh of relief and looked coldly at the owner of the ship.
"Do you want to scram by yourselves, or do you want me to send you off?"
The owner of the ship, of course, chose to scram by himself.
The Monkey King brought the children back to Cloud Sky City and left them at the port.
"You are very lucky," he said.
He said, "From now on, this city will be your home."
The children widened their eyes and looked at the endless golden buildings in front of them.
This was the true appearance of Cloud Sky City.
The Monkey King's eyes lit up when he saw the children. He instructed the nearby monsters and turned to leave.
It was expected that the prosperity of Mount Huaguo would attract the attention of humans.
This episode didn't affect the Monkey King in any way.
If it did, it would only make him more certain of his thoughts.
After returning to the Monkey King Palace, the Monkey King waited for Ao Luan to come back and announced a long-prepared recruitment order.
This recruitment order could also be called the "Immortal Recruitment Order."
Mount Huaguo would invite immortals from the three realms to join.
"I didn't expect you to really announce this order."
After the order was announced, Zhen Yuan Daisen couldn't help but click his tongue in wonder. "And not just Itinerant Immortals, even the immortals from the Heavenly Palace are included."
"Mount Huaguo doesn't make enemies with others, and we don't need them to fight for us. Why can't the immortals from the Heavenly Palace join?"
The Monkey King looked at Cloud Sky City under the sunlight and said, "I only want their knowledge."
He didn't expect too many immortals to respond, but the Monkey King believed that the miracle created by Mount Huaguo was enough to interest a small number of immortals.
At the beginning, a small number would be enough.
The Monkey King understood that if he wanted to increase the productivity of this world, he couldn't miss out on the power of immortals.