Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

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Tip: Experience Points +4.

Tip: Experience Points +4.

Tip: Experience Points +4.

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Sitting cross-legged on the back of the White Dragon Horse, Jiang Liu continued his Journey to the West, cultivating the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound cultivation technique, his Experience Points steadily increasing.

This fourth level of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound technique naturally allowed him to gain Experience Points much faster than the third level.

Since the new year had passed, nearly half a month had gone by. A few days ago, Jiang Liu finally gathered 500,000 Experience Points and made a breakthrough, reaching level 31.

According to the Cultivation Level realms of the Journey to the West world, Jiang Liu had now officially entered the Controlling-Law Realm.

After entering the Controlling-Law Realm, Jiang Liu's first action was to invest 2 Skill Points, raising his Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound technique to the fourth level.

When used in attack, the fourth level Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound had even stronger Attack Power.

Of course, what Jiang Liu cared about the most was the speed of gaining Experience Points, which had also reached 4 points.

Checking his character panel, his current level was 31 with roughly 80,000 Experience Points in hand.

However, to advance from level 31 to level 32, he would need a whopping 700,000 Experience Points, which seemed not so easy to come by.

"Master, look at the sky; it's getting late. Shall we rest for a bit?" As the sun began to set, Zhu Bajie suddenly spoke up and suggested to Jiang Liu.

"According to the time in the real world, isn't it just around four in the afternoon?" Glancing at the sky, Jiang Liu's mouth twitched slightly, feeling that Zhu Bajie might be even more eager than him to stall for time.

Planning to stop and rest at just four in the afternoon? Although Jiang Liu was also tempted, wouldn't that be a bit too much!?

"Second brother, I think you just want to play Mahjong again, don't you? All play and no work makes for dull disciples! We are on this Journey to the West to seek scriptures for the good of all beings, not for leisure!" Standing beside them, Sha Wujing could fully understand Zhu Bajie's intention and spoke to him righteously.

"So, when we play Mahjong later, you'll just sit by and watch, right?" Glancing sideways at Sha Wujing, Zhu Bajie asked.

"Uh, well, second brother, I think the person who should only watch is you. It's no fun playing with you; you almost always win the money!" Sha Wujing stuttered for a moment before replying to Zhu Bajie's remark.

"Mm, I agree with that. We should kick Bajie out!" Hearing Sha Wujing's comment, Sun Wukong nodded greatly, agreeing with him.

"That's not fair! You can't just stop playing because you're losing!?" Hearing both Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing's words, as if they weren't planning to include him in Mahjong anymore, Zhu Bajie became anxious.

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"This is bad…" Sitting on the back of the White Dragon Horse, listening to the conversation among his three disciples, Jiang Liu's mouth twitched slightly.

Ever since he first taught them how to play Mahjong, these once disdainful fellows seemed to be getting more and more hooked. Now all their talk was about Mahjong.

"Wait, my disciples, look ahead. Isn't that a temple not far off?" Sitting on the horse's back and pushing forward, Jiang Liu suddenly spoke up, pointing towards the top of a nearby mountain.

Looking into the distance, they saw a small mountain enveloped in auspicious clouds, presenting an extraordinary sight.

"Let Old Sun take a look!" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, Sun Wukong stopped bickering with Zhu Bajie and placed his hand in front of his forehead, to gaze upon the great mountain, flames flickering in his eyes.

Shortly after, Sun Wukong withdrew his gaze and said, "Master, you got it wrong. That's not a temple, it's a Taoist Temple. It seems to be called the Wuzhuang Temple!"

"Wuzhuang Temple, have we arrived?" Hearing Sun Wukong's words, a faint sense of excitement stirred in Jiang Liu.

Even leaving aside the setups from Deification and Primordial, just considering the original Journey to the West, the Grand Immortal Zhenyuan of the Wuzhuang Temple was a big shot, capable of defeating Sun Wukong in a single move.

It would be a perfect opportunity for him to take a good look at Grand Immortal Zhenyuan's character panel!

"Huh? Master? What are you thinking about? Do you recognize the Wuzhuang Temple?" Seeing the contemplative look on Jiang Liu's face, Sun Wukong asked in surprise.

"I haven't heard of it. I'm just considering whether we should go have a look. After all, we're from the Buddhist Sect, and the Taoist Sect is not of the same school." Hearing Sun Wukong's words, Jiang Liu shook his head and said.

"Master, let's go. Grand Immortal Zhenyuan is a real Great Supernatural Power Expert. It's both reasonable and proper for us to go pay our respects!" Sun Wukong didn't recognize Zhenyuan, but Zhu Bajie of course knew who he was, and upon hearing this, he spoke up.

At Zhenyuan's level, there was no such distinction between Taoist and Buddhist Sects anymore; everyone could be considered his junior. Since they were already passing by someone's home, it would indeed be improper not to go in and pay a visit.

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"If that's the case, then let's go!" Jiang Liu nodded his head.

On the surface, it looked as if Zhu Bajie's persuasion was the reason they decided to visit Wuzhuang Temple, but in reality, even if Zhu Bajie had not mentioned it, Jiang Liu had already considered going there.

Not to mention anything else, the Ginseng Fruit truly was a treasure. In the original story, Master Zhenyuan even instructed his Taoist Boy to specifically pick two fruits for himself to taste.

If there was Ginseng Fruit to be had, how could Jiang Liu not go!?

However, in the original story, it seemed that the Ginseng Fruit only had the effect of prolonging life. The flesh of Tang Monk also had a similar effect, so Jiang Liu really wondered what use it would be for him to eat the Ginseng Fruit.

Moreover, it seemed that Grand Immortal Zhenyuan even instructed that two were for himself!?

Shaking his head secretly, Jiang Liu thought it best to wait until he saw the Ginseng Fruit for himself!

A mountain is not renowned for its height but for its immortals, and Wanshou Mountain, where Wuzhuang Temple was located, was not tall, so climbing up was not strenuous. When the sky was just slightly darkened, Jiang Liu and his companions had already arrived in front of Wuzhuang Temple.

Upon close inspection, Wuzhuang Temple covered a large area, but it was not luxurious. On the contrary, it gave off a very simple, Tao-natured vibe.

The main gate had a plaque hanging on it, with the three characters "Wuzhuang Temple" written with dynamic strokes, very nice to look at.

Bang bang bang!

Sun Wukong was an impatient one and didn't recognize Grand Immortal Zhenyuan at all. Seeing that the main gate of Wuzhuang Temple was tightly closed, he went straight up and started pounding on the door, making a thunderous noise.

"Someone's coming!" As the knocking sounded, someone responded from inside.

Immediately, the gate was opened a crack, and a delicate and cute-looking Taoist Boy poked his head out from inside, surveyed Jiang Liu and the others, and asked, "Who are you folks? Why are you pounding on our gate?"

"You're quite funny, little Taoist Boy. Is it usually forbidden to knock on your gate!?" Hearing the Taoist Boy's words, Sun Wukong laughed and said.

"Little Taoist Boy? I see you're not very old yourself, right? How dare you act superior in front of this Immortal Boy?" The Taoist Boy scoffed in response to Sun Wukong's words and retorted.

"You little Taoist Boy, you don't recognize Mount Tai when you see it. Since I, Old Sun, popped out of a stone, it's been one thousand two hundred years in the Mortal World, hasn't it? Your Grandpa Sun is now one thousand two hundred years old!" Sun Wukong responded to the Taoist Boy's remark.

"That's hard to tell! You, this little monkey, are actually one thousand two hundred years old!" The Taoist Boy looked at him in surprise, evidently taken aback by Sun Wukong's age.

"Humph humph humph, now you know your Grandpa Sun's age, huh? Dare to act superior in front of me?" Seeing the surprised look on the Taoist Boy's face, Sun Wukong laughed smugly.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than he felt something was amiss and said, "Wait a minute, now that you know your Grandpa Sun's age, how dare you still call me a little monkey!?"

"Sorry, but I am a disciple of Grand Immortal Zhenyuan, and this year I am already one thousand three hundred and twenty years old—I am actually over a hundred years older than you! Shouldn't you be calling me 'Immortal Boy'?" The delicate-looking Taoist Boy laughed and said to Sun Wukong.

Squeak squeak squeak...

"It infuriates me, Old Sun, you little Taoist Boy, how dare you lie about your age? Over one thousand three hundred years old? Where would you get such a look like yours!"

Hearing that this Taoist Boy actually wanted him to address him as grandpa, Sun Wukong was so angry he bared his teeth, speaking furiously.

Clearly, Sun Wukong did not believe the Taoist Boy's age, thinking he was lying just to compete in age.

"You monkey, so ignorant!" Seeing Sun Wukong's uncontrollable rage, the Taoist Boy mocked with a laugh, countering the earlier comment Sun Wukong made about his inability to recognize greatness.

"Wukong, don't be angry!" Seeing that Sun Wukong was choking with rage and might just whip out his weapon, Jiang Liu promptly called out to him.

"Master, I think the guys in this Taoist Temple are all impostors! We'd better not go in!" Your adventure continues at empire

Although he was stopped by Jiang Liu, after the competition of age, Sun Wukong believed the other side was deliberately lying, which affected his impressions of everyone in Wuzhuang Temple.

"You brash monkey, how dare you recklessly insult our Wuzhuang Temple!" Right at his own doorstep, being called impostors was something the Taoist Boy could not stand. He snapped back unapologetically.

"Amitabha, you make a good point, little Immortal Boy. I am from the Great Tang in Eastern Land, on my way to seek scriptures in Western Heaven and have come across this sacred place, so I was hoping to ask for a bowl of water to drink..."

Not daring to let the Taoist Boy and Sun Wukong continue their exchange of harsh words, for fear that the two fiery-tempered fellows would start a fight, Jiang Liu quickly spoke up, revealing his identity.

"You? Are you the Tang Monk from the Great Tang in Eastern Land!?"

Indeed, Grand Immortal Zhenyuan had given specific instructions before leaving, so hearing Jiang Liu's words, the Taoist Boy no longer cared about arguing with Sun Wukong and took a serious look at Jiang Liu.