NOVEL WEB Chapter 618_2
Profound Immortal, True Immortal, and Golden Immortal, they are the strength tasked with protecting the Immortals and Buddha Head of Chen Sanzang.
Calling it protection, it's actually surveillance to check if Chen Sanzang behaves abnormally, or if any mishaps occur during the westward journey, enabling those behind them to handle it promptly.
"Able to conceal the aura, but after transcending these people, the higher-ups will still send others to monitor."
"No matter how many they send, aren't they just sending heads? Just in time to elevate the cultivation level to Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak."
Chen Sanzang nonchalantly glanced at the scattered Immortals in the sky, clearly indicating these guys also have their own small circles and teams.
"I need to make some preparations, first release Little Kongkong, ensure these guys won't escape fully, then transcend them all."
Old Xi indicated that some waiting is necessary, needing to make some preparations.
"Old Xi, you're truly still useless!"
"Why is the Golden Cicada taking so long to retrieve the scriptures?"
"Watching for a year, it feels like the Golden Cicada isn't retrieving scriptures but sightseeing."
"How come this dude knows the cultivation method of Joyful Buddha? And even teams up with some top-grade mountain spirit demon beauties for joyful dual cultivation?"
"Why is it that the Golden Cicada feels so unreliable?"
"Wasn't it said that in this life the Golden Cicada has Heavenly Immortal cultivation? Why can't it be detected?"
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Five Directions Jiedi gathered together, chattering endlessly.
At this moment, it's been a year since Chen Sanzang left the Great Qin Capital, yet he still hasn't stepped out of the Great Qin Empire's territory.
Not to mention, still halfway to the Five Elements Mountain, at this pace, it might take another year!
Once out of the Great Qin Empire's range, encountering various calamities, presumably Chen Sanzang's speed will slow even more, reaching the Western Heaven Great Leiyin Temple might take decades!
Originally starting as a young adult, traversing the long journey of life, reaching the destination only when old with white hair — isn't this a stunt to amaze a crowd of Bodhisattva Buddhas?
Golden Head Jiedi, Silver Head Jiedi, Paragate Jiedi, Boluo Monk Jiedi, and Mahakaruna Jiedi calculated the time Chen Sanzang needs, instantly feeling a headache.
"Shall we send someone down to play some tricks and hasten him?"
Golden Head Jiedi rubbed his bald head, sensing Chen Sanzang intentionally making trouble to stall time, but having no evidence.
"Look, he's searching for little demons all over the mountains again, which victim number are we at?"
Observing Chen Sanzang's carefree demeanor, dragging a charming female demon into a cave to discuss Buddhist Law, the guardians collectively felt awkward.
"That's the ninety-ninth victim, it's just uncertain whether this female demon will be transcended by the Golden Cicada or sent to the underworld to face Ksitigarbha, hoping for a good reincarnation."
Paragate Jiedi's tone was somewhat sour, especially since some female demons, after serving the Golden Cicada well, were sent to Ksitigarbha's Place for significant opportunities.
It's known that Ksitigarbha shares good relations with the Golden Cicada, any demon sent by the Golden Cicada would listen to teachings at Ksitigarbha's Place.
Ksitigarbha, a top-level Daluo Golden Immortal, his Daoist Skill lectures are very beneficial for these Jiedi, potentially breaking through the True Immortal Realm to reach the Golden Immortal Level.
As for those who didn't serve the Golden Cicada well or even coveted his flesh for immortality, all were transcended by shameless followers using Buddhist Law.
The worst part, once each female demon revealed her true form, fitting a certain monk's taste, even the corpses were treated as delicacies, consumed entirely.
The Six Ding and Six Jia, Five Directions Jiedi, Four Value Officials, and Eighteen Guardian Jialan escorting Golden Cicada felt something uncanny about him, lacking any semblance of a realized monk.
They truly couldn't understand why in this lifetime Golden Cicada harbored such a heavy killing intention, being so vile and unscrupulous; how could he gain the title of Master Sanzang in this life?
Especially after Golden Cicada committed so much evil, his Buddha Essence remained extremely pure, almost matching the Buddha Essence of Tathagata.
Absolutely ludicrous!
"Shall we report this? I feel something's off with Golden Cicada; at this rate, forget becoming a Buddha; more likely he'll turn into a big devil!"
"Shall we wait some more? Once he releases Sun Wukong, things might improve, as the monkey is stronger and might prevent further evil deeds."
Time flies, another year passes.
Chen Sanzang thoroughly enjoyed his journey, always finding mountains and entering forests, with any beautiful female demon being enlightened by him.
Those who followed him received great opportunities.
Those who didn't received immense fortune.
The former were enlightened and sent to the Netherworld, arranged to be reincarnated as humans in the Great Qin Empire.
The latter were transcended and sent to the Western Paradise; whether they encountered the Buddha remains unknown.
After all, he bestowed great fortune; if one couldn't capitalize on it, whom could they blame?
Anyway, he only handled their transcendence, and incidentally collected all their inheritances, including cultivation, even corpses.
For instance, some female rabbit, feeling the mighty Buddhist Law, desired to join the Buddhist Sect, ended up transcended to the Western Paradise by Chen Sanzang.
Incidentally, he spiced up her rabbit head, truly exquisite.
Riding a little tiger, today Chen Sanzang finally reached the border of the Great Qin Empire, outside the Two Worlds Mountain.
Gazing at the bald peaks like five fingertips reaching the sky, he had to admit Tathagata is impressive, worthy of being the former Jie Sect Senior Brother.
"Old Xi, if not climbing the mountain to pay respects, can I forcibly break the seal to release Little Kongkong?"
The towering peaks offered no incentive to climb, especially given Five Elements Mountain's barrenness; he felt no urge to explore or enjoy a fortuitous encounter with a young lady.
"If you completely transcend the Golden Cicada, inheriting all his cultivation, you'll be able to break it forcibly."
Old Xi conducted a brief exploration, discovering Five Elements Mountain connects to the earth's pulse, gathering Five Elements of Heaven and Earth to form a shackle, along with the Buddha Seal left by Tathagata atop the peaks, confining Sun Wukong.
However, the seal isn't very strong; a Daluo Realm champion could break it with force.
The reason nobody released Sun Wukong is that the Buddhist Sect stationed people here, moreover, Daluo Realm champions have no reason to offend the Buddhist Sect.
Given the poor reputation of the two saints in the Buddhist Sect, daring to help the monkey might get oneself roped into the Western Teaching, considering Jie Sect was once the greatest in misfortune?
"Damn it, really have to climb the mountain to pay respects to Tathagata, hmph, today I'll pay respects, but tomorrow I'll ensure he repays it tenfold!"
Chen Sanzang muttered his distaste secretly, yet didn't immediately proceed to climb. Instead, he headed towards Sun Wukong's confinement spot.
"Little Kongkong, your Heavenly Destiny teacher is here to recruit you as part of the team!"
Grasping a staff in one hand and a small wine gourd in the other, Chen Sanzang sat atop the little tiger, drinking while chanting Buddhist scriptures.
"Hey, a Drinking and Eating Monk visiting today? It's been ages since Old Sun had a drink; first, give Old Sun a cup to satisfy my craving."
With people from the Great Qin Empire taking care, Sun Wukong was buried under the Five Elements Mountain but wasn't deprived of food and drinks.
However, wine was scarce, mostly because the monkey doesn't have good wine etiquette, liking to curse heaven, earth, and Buddha while drunk.
The Great Qin Empire's people feared being noted in the Buddha's book, hence while serving Sun Wukong, they rarely offered wine.
"Hmm, originally thought monkeys were lean, why's Little Kongkong so plump?"
Chen Sanzang looked with a peculiar expression at Sun Wukong's shoulder and head exposed outside Five Elements Mountain.
Having seen various Brother Monkey versions before, this was the first time witnessing one so round, the monkey face had turned into a round ball, full of humor.