I did not find the presence of the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor in Yaochi.

There were no other abnormalities either.

I left Yaochi and came to the Great Sage's Mansion. This calamity should befall Sun Wukong, and as long as I stick close to him, it will be fine.

Since becoming the Great Sage, Sun Wukong has been idling around in the Heavenly Palace, drinking and reveling with various gods.

Unable to tolerate this, the Jade Emperor assigned him the task of guarding the Peach Garden.

Sun Wukong accepted it happily and guards the Peach Garden every day.

Since entering the Peach Garden requires the Queen Mother's token, otherwise one will be blocked by the formation, I can only wait outside the garden when Sun Wukong is on duty.

In the past few days, Sun Wukong was doing fine while on duty. But today, after he finished guarding the garden and came out, he furrowed his brows, clearly troubled.

The formation outside the Peach Garden isolates my investigation, so I don't know what Sun Wukong encountered inside.

After returning to his mansion, Sun Wukong drank a few cups of wine in silence. Without greeting any other gods, he left the Great Sage's Mansion, passed through the Southern Gate, and headed straight to Flower Fruit Mountain.

However, he left the Queen Mother's token for entering the Peach Garden in his mansion.

I transformed into Sun Wukong's appearance, took the token in the Great Sage's Mansion, and went straight to the Peach Garden.

Passing through the formation, what came into view was a forest of peach trees.

The trees were scattered with fruits.

The forest seemed ordinary, but I immediately caught a whiff of a bloody smell coming from deep within.

I followed the scent of blood and saw seven female statues deep in the forest.

The statues looked lifelike, with surprised expressions on their faces.

Near the statues, I discovered traces of the "Petrification Spell."

These seven statues were all turned into stone by someone using the Petrification Spell. There is no doubt that it was the monkey's doing.

He doesn't understand how to cherish beauty.

I wrote a talisman in mid-air and lifted the petrification from the seven fairies, watching them slowly recover from their stone state.

"Master Sun, I was wrong. I beg the forgiveness of the seven fairy sisters." I lowered my head and apologized on behalf of Sun Wukong.

But there was no response.

A cockroach fell in front of me and immediately crawled into the ground at the feet of the statues.

I looked up in astonishment and saw the seven fairies, who were in the process of returning to their human forms, shattering into pieces.

Countless cockroaches flew out from within the statues, turning into a swarm of insects dancing in the Peach Forest.