Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

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South Sea, Mount Luojia.

In the midst of the Purple Bamboo Forest, Guanyin Bodhisattva sat serenely upon her lotus platform, quietly observing the youth in front of her who appeared to be about fourteen or fifteen years old. A slight smile curved her lips, revealing a look of admiration.

The one before Guanyin Bodhisattva was Yuanling. Over these days as she had been instructing Yuanling in cultivation, she could clearly sense the speed at which Yuanling was progressing, which greatly satisfied her.

After Guanyin had watched in silence for a moment, Yuanling's cultivation reached a pause. He opened his eyes, brought his palms together in salute, and bowed towards Guanyin, "Bodhisattva!"

"Hmm, you've begun to grasp the essence of the Brahman Sound Mantra. Not bad, your progress is swift. With your cultivation level, I believe it won't take many years for you to shed your mortal body!" She nodded her head, not hiding the admiration in her eyes, and continued.

"It is all thanks to the Bodhisattva's teaching!" Facing Guanyin Bodhisattva, Yuanling was extremely modest, which pleased Guanyin Bodhisattva even more.

"Alright, go and continue your cultivation," she waved her hand, indicating that there was nothing more to say, and spoke calmly.

As her voice fell, Guanyin Bodhisattva stretched her hand into her bosom, and soon took out a thin book—the Calamity Book of the Journey to the West Pilgrimage Team.

Upon opening the Calamity Book, Guanyin Bodhisattva's eyes suddenly brightened with a hint of surprise, but more than that, a look of delight.

For Guanyin Bodhisattva discovered that, inexplicably, an additional calamity had appeared in the book—the "Waterfall to Heaven River".

Looking at the newly added calamity in the book, Guanyin Bodhisattva murmured to herself in contemplation.

It seems there has been a fall into the water? But what happened at the Heavenly River? What led Xuanzang to fall into the water, and even be counted as a calamity?

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Setting aside Guanyin Bodhisattva's delighted reaction to the unexpected calamity for the moment, on another side, within the Heavenly River, Jiang Liu obtained a method for the Cloud Ascending Leaps from Zhu Bajie and immediately spent a Skill Point to complete the learning process.

Upon completion of his learning, a wealth of information suddenly came to mind, related to the Cloud Ascending Leaps.

As if recalling some forgotten skills, Jiang Liu gained a thorough understanding of the Spell of Cloud Ascending Leaps.

With a spell formula gripped in his hands, Jiang Liu softly chanted a few phrases.

Suddenly, a cloud appeared before him from the edge of the sky, transforming into nine cloud steps right under his feet.

Jiang Liu wasted no words and stepped onto the cloud, which felt solid under his feet, and began ascending step by step.

After climbing the nine steps, Jiang Liu stood atop a cloud. With a mere thought, the cloud turned into a white shadow and shot off into the distance at a remarkable speed.

"Fast! So fast!"

After having fully exerted the Spell of Cloud Ascending Leaps for a loop, Jiang Liu could clearly feel its incredible swiftness.

Although it couldn't compare with Sun Wukong's Somersault Cloud, for Jiang Liu, it was much faster than the Feather Demon Blade.

At this rate, Jiang Liu thought, could he not make several round trips from Chang'an City in a single day?

"While it may not compare to the legends of immortals who can traverse the three mountains, five peaks, and the five lakes and four seas in a day, as my cultivation level increases, or if I invest a few more Skill Points, the Spell of Cloud Ascending Leaps will become even faster!"

After fully experiencing the flight speed of the Cloud Ascending Leaps spell, Jiang Liu was very satisfied with it and nodded to himself.

"This is a bit awkward though..."

Now that he could fly, a thought suddenly crossed Jiang Liu's mind.

If he were to use the Art of Cloud Soaring and fly directly to the Great Thunder Monastery, what sort of scene would that be? Surely Tathagata's expression wouldn't look too good, right?

Of course, for Jiang Liu, this was just a fleeting thought. He would rather delay for another ten or eight years, preferably reaching level 100, the max level, before proceeding to the Western Heaven.

If he reached level 100, that would be the cultivation level of a Peak Quasi-Saint. By then, he should have enough power to protect himself, right?

"Master, I, Old Sun, am back!"

Just as Jiang Liu was experimenting with the Cloud Ascending Leaps spell, a shadow swiftly crossed the sky and returned—it was Sun Wukong, who, after sending the people of Chen Family Village back, had come back.

"Eh? Master, when did you learn the Art of Cloud Soaring!?" Hovering in mid-air, Sun Wukong spoke with a look of surprise upon seeing Jiang Liu standing on a cloud.

"Hmm, I've just learned it!" Jiang Liu nodded slightly as he spoke.

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"Just now? I only left for a moment, and you've already learned the Art of Cloud Soaring? Master, I haven't read many books, please don't fool me!" Upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, Sun Wukong looked at him with a skeptical gaze.

With Sun Wukong's Somersault Cloud, not to mention sending the people of Chen Family Village back, even taking a trip around Flower Fruit Mountain wouldn't take much time.

Yet, in such a short time, the master had already learned the Art of Cloud Soaring? Sun Wukong was naturally skeptical.

"You don't believe it? You can ask Bajie and the others!" Jiang Liu pressed down on the cloud head, showing no intention of arguing with Sun Wukong any further, and landed directly on the head of the Little White Dragon.

"Master, how did you do it!?" Below, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, Little White Dragon, and even Fairy Zixia—all of them looked at Jiang Liu as though they had seen a ghost.

Clearly, Jiang Liu had learned the Art of Cloud Soaring in the blink of an eye, which made them feel as if their understanding of the world had completely collapsed.

Everyone knows that people have different talents, so the speed of learning varies.

But the Art of Cloud Soaring is still a spell, right? Learning it in the blink of an eye? That's unheard of!

"What does it mean to be a genius? Now do you understand!?" Seeing Zhu Bajie and the others with their gobsmacked expressions, Jiang Liu cleared his throat and then spoke with a calm demeanor.

"Master, you are truly worthy of being my master, Old Pig has really opened his eyes today..." Thumbing his admiration, Zhu Bajie was the first to speak, loudly praising Jiang Liu.

"I have opened my eyes as well, the Holy Monk's talents are unparalleled in history!" Fairy Zixia also said with a surprised expression on her face.

Sha Wujing: "What Fairy Zixia and Second Brother said is true."

"Really!? You learned it just by glancing at the cultivation spell?" As for Sun Wukong, he was still somewhat skeptical.

Back when he was cultivating in the Moon Three-Star Cave, in just a few years, he had reached the Taiyi Realm and learned the transformations, Somersault Cloud, and the Law of Heaven and Earth, among other supernatural powers. Sun Wukong thought his cultivation speed was incredibly fast.

Now compared to the master, it seemed like nothing special?

"No need for praises, just basic operations, sit down, sit down!"

Although Jiang Liu felt very comfortable seeing the expressions of Zhu Bajie and the others, he maintained a nonchalant facade and calmly said.

In the meantime, Jiang Liu sat on the back of the Little White Dragon, while Sun Wukong and the others, who could naturally fly, swiftly crossed over the Tongtian River and landed on the other side.

After landing on the riverbank, Jiang Liu and his company continued their Journey to the West, and the Little White Dragon naturally transformed into the White Dragon Horse.

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Elsewhere, within the Palace of the Heavenly King in the Heavenly Court.

"Brother, how are you? How is your injury?" The ostentatious Nezha, still adorned with Dharma Treasures, asked.

"Thank you, brother, for your care. My injuries have mostly healed!" Master Leizhen, of the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, was now looking brimming with vitality, indicating his injuries had fully recovered.

As he spoke, Master Leizhen strode out of the Palace of the Heavenly King.

"Brother, wait, where are you going?" Seeing that Master Leizhen seemed anxious to leave now that his injuries had healed, Nezha quickened his pace to catch up and asked.

"I've asked you several times about Fairy Zixia's well-being, and since you're not inclined to speak, then I must go and find out for myself!" Turning his head, Master Leizhen glanced at Nezha and said.

"This…" Upon hearing Master Leizhen's words, Nezha's face showed a hesitant expression.

After a moment of silence, knowing that if he didn't speak, Leizhen would look for the information himself, Nezha sighed quietly and then said, "Actually, these past days, Fairy Zixia has been following the Journey to the West Pilgrimage Team..."

"So you're saying Zixia is with that stinky monkey right now!?" Hearing Nezha's words, Master Leizhen's eyebrows knitted tightly together, looking very displeased.

No matter what, he considered himself Fairy Zixia's fiancé, right? Yet she was with that stinky monkey? What was the meaning of this?

"But, brother, didn't you and that monkey agree on a decisive battle to settle the affair last time?" Seeing Master Leizhen's eagerness, Nezha hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"This…" Nezha's words left Master Leizhen hesitating.

He felt that the fight wasn't over since Zixia had intervened and taken the monkey away. However, in his heart, Leizhen admitted that the stinky monkey had a miraculous potion that allowed rapid recovery of injuries, and if it weren't for Zixia's intervention, he certainly would have lost definitively at that time.

Could he now shamelessly deny it? Those weren't words Master Leizhen could utter.

"Brother, we both experienced the ordeals of deification and know the terror of such world-altering calamities. Now that the Journey to the West is part of a great calamity, things have come this far. I urge you, brother, to let it go…"

Seeing Master Leizhen's hesitant expression, Nezha continued to admonish him.

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