Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

From Yuanling's perspective, once he learned that Maitreya Buddha intended to obtain the Divine Water from Guanyin's Jade Clean Bottle to restore his severed arm, Jiang Liu's heart began to silently ponder.

Speaking of the world of Journey to the West, although the level of cultivation is certainly important, there are many magical skills, or should say, items that exist which have restraining effects.

For instance, the Official of the Sun is not particularly outstanding among the twenty-eight Star Abodes, but he can easily kill a Scorpion Demon of the Great Luo Golden Immortal Level.

Similarly, Guanyin's Cultivation Level is only at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Level, and even Maitreya Buddha himself, whose arm was cut off by the Witch-Slaying Sword, could not recover on his own. However, the Divine Water in Guanyin's Jade Clean Bottle being able to help him recover was not an impossible matter.

Of course, for Jiang Liu, now was not the time to ponder whether this was possible or not.

It was time to think about how to stir things up in this affair!

If he didn't know about it, then that would be the end of it, but now that he did know, how could Jiang Liu let Maitreya Buddha easily recover his severed arm? Naturally, he had to secretly sow discord.

If Maitreya Buddha continued to suffer from his injuries, it would be relatively easier for Jiang Liu to match wits and bravery with him on the Journey to the West, wouldn't it?

So, the question arose, knowing that Maitreya Buddha was looking for Guanyin's aid, how would Jiang Liu stir things up?

Hint: A quest "Stir Trouble" has been triggered. Quest requirements: sabotage Maitreya Buddha's attempt to seek Guanyin's aid to heal his severed arm. Upon successful completion, receive 500 million Experience Points and one Epic Level Treasure Chest*1.

While Jiang Liu was secretly contemplating how to meddle, suddenly, the system notification sounded.

Alright, when he decided what to do, it would trigger an active quest, which was not surprising.

Another Epic Level quest? And the reward is as high as 500 million Experience Points? That's 100 million more than the reward for seeking revenge against Maitreya Buddha?

To meddle, there were two focal points.

First, naturally, was to strike against Maitreya Buddha and stop him!

Second, it was to act against Guanyin, achieving the same goal of stopping him!

Thinking with one's toes, it was clear that dealing with Guanyin would naturally be easier than dealing with Maitreya Buddha.

Although the difference in their levels wasn't much, the gap in Cultivation Level between Great Luo Golden Immortal Level and Quasi-Saint Level was enormous.

After silently pondering for a moment in his heart, Jiang Liu's mind stirred slightly, and he immediately opened his storage space.

Inside his storage space was a small puppet.

As Jiang Liu's gaze focused on it, the puppet's Attribute Information appeared before his eyes.

Substitute Puppet (Special Consumable): After defeating the target, one can write the target's corresponding name in blood on the puppet, and their identities will be swapped. The target's level must not exceed level 90, duration lasts for 30 days.

Looking at the Attribute Information of this Substitute Puppet, Jiang Liu silently pondered.

This Substitute Puppet was a reward from an Epic Level Treasure Chest after completing the quest of seeking revenge against Maitreya Buddha.

In Jiang Liu's view, the utility of this puppet was not great; having already defeated the opponent, wouldn't it be simpler and more convenient to just execute them? Why bother switching the target for a puppet?

But now, it seemed this Substitute Puppet could be quite useful.

Turning Guanyin into a puppet for 30 days? It sounded quite good.

However, the prerequisite for using the Substitute Puppet was to defeat Guanyin.

Simply put, it meant he had to act first, deplete Guanyin's Health Bar completely, bringing her to a gravely injured and dying state, right?

"Could it be? If I'm to act, do I need to use another Equipment Trial Coupon? Spending 100,000 silver taels?" As Jiang Liu thought about depleting Guanyin's Health Bar, he quietly muttered to himself.

After thinking it over, Jiang Liu shook his head.

No need, this time, he wouldn't need to use an Equipment Trial Coupon. Perhaps he could try using someone else's hand?

With this thought, Jiang Liu's mind stirred slightly, and instantly, his figure flew towards the direction of the Heavenly Court.

"Master, where are you going?"

Seeing Jiang Liu soar into the sky, Sun Wukong and the others on the Journey to the West naturally asked.

"There's something I need to handle. You all just wait here for me to return," without explaining too much to Sun Wukong and the others, Jiang Liu left them with these words.

With Jiang Liu's Cultivation Level nearing a breakthrough to the Taiyi Realm, going to the Heavenly Court naturally wouldn't take much time, and soon, he arrived at the South Heavenly Gate.

"Holy Monk! All is well with you, I trust..." Seeing Jiang Liu approaching, the Heavenly Soldiers guarding the South Heavenly Gate greeted him.

"Mm, sirs, all is well..." In his overt identity, he was after all a person of the Buddhist Sect, so Jiang Liu did not expect them to treat him with too much reverence. He nodded slightly as a greeting and then said,

"I seek the Third Prince Nezha, may I enter?"

"Holy Monk, what are you saying? You're free to enter as you please!" Hearing Jiang Liu's polite words, the Heavenly Soldiers quickly responded.

Previously, I almost always journeyed with Sun Wukong, and these Heavenly Soldiers naturally did not dare to stop me out of respect for him.

Now, coming here alone, I could also enter and leave the South Heavenly Gate at will.

Jiang Liu nodded his head and thanked them humbly before entering the South Heavenly Gate.

After passing through the South Heavenly Gate, Jiang Liu did not waste any words and directly flew towards the Palace of the Heavenly King; after having his arrival announced, the Third Prince Nezha personally came out to meet him.

"Holy Monk, what brings you to visit my Palace of the Heavenly King?" Nezha stepped forward with a complex look in his eyes but still spoke up.

The death of Muzha at the hands of Jiang Liu and the others had naturally left Nezha without any good feelings towards them.

However, following the theft of the Fire Tip Spear, Nezha went to Jiang Liu personally, believing that he had stolen his spear.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Liu generously purchased a brand new one from the marketplace to give to him, which caused Nezha to feel somewhat guilty.

So, meeting Jiang Liu again now, Nezha felt his emotions were incredibly complicated.

There was resentment, of course, but even more so, a sense of guilt.

"Amitabha, Third Prince, I have come today with a matter to discuss!" Jiang Liu maintained his humble and polite demeanor but got straight to the point.

"What matter do you wish to discuss with me? Please, Holy Monk, speak!" Nezha slightly tilted his head up and asked Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu raised his hand and immediately, a Treasure Mirror appeared in his hand, and he said to Nezha, "Third Prince, I hold a Treasure called the Treasure-Seeking Mirror in my hand. If you shout out the name of the treasure you wish to know about towards this mirror, it will reveal the location of that treasure!"

"Holy Monk, are you suggesting..." Upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, Nezha's brows slightly raised, clearly understanding Jiang Liu's implication.

"By a fortuitous coincidence, some days ago, this humble monk made a trip to the Demon Realm and happened to discover that besides the Fire Tip Spear with the Third Prince and in my hands, there is a third one in the Demon Realm..."

Jiang Liu spoke, and what he said was the truth.

The Treasure-Seeking Mirror could be used once a day, so in his idle time, Jiang Liu enjoyed shouting the names of treasures into the mirror to see the whereabouts of the treasures he wanted to know about.

Since the Fire Tip Spear theft remained an unsolved case, Jiang Liu had shouted its name, but there was no reaction when he was in the Mortal World.

Therefore, Jiang Liu also shouted in the Demon Realm, and upon receiving a reaction, his curiosity led him to investigate, discovering that the last Fire Tip Spear appeared to be in the possession of Guanyin.

Jiang Liu kept this matter to himself for the time being, not in a hurry to reveal it, waiting for a suitable opportunity to come out with it.

Now, it seemed, the right opportunity had arrived.

"The Demon Realm!?" Upon hearing this, Nezha was first shocked, then became furious.

He certainly understood what the Holy Monk was implying.

The Holy Monk had one Fire Tip Spear, and moreover, had presented one to him, but where did the Fire Tip Spear that he had lost go?

All this time, he had been looking into the matter, both overtly and covertly, yet found no clues. Would it be possible that someone from the Demon Realm had come to steal his Fire Tip Spear?

"Holy Monk, I understand!" Nezha's finely-carved small face flushed with anger, and after a moment of silence, he nodded and said.

Immediately, he extended an invitation to Jiang Liu, "Since that is the case, would you, Holy Monk, be willing to accompany me on a trip to the Demon Realm?"

"Naturally!" Jiang Liu said, nodding as if it was to be expected.

"In that case, let us be off!" Hearing Jiang Liu's prompt agreement, Nezha felt even more indebted to him.

Without further delay and with a decisiveness in his manner, Nezha turned his head to give an order to a Divine Power Warrior beside him, and then promptly set off.

Jiang Liu naturally followed along with Nezha, taking to the sky together, flying into the distance.

As Jiang Liu and Nezha flew side by side, the silence between them might have made the atmosphere awkward because neither one spoke.

Nezha turned to look at Jiang Liu, his eyes carrying a hint of admiration, and said, "Holy Monk, your cultivation level has indeed grown higher and higher. If I'm not mistaken, you must be getting closer to the Taiyi Realm, right?"

"Hmm, indeed so! The Third Prince has keen insight!" Jiang Liu nodded his head, not being too modest.

After all, a fact was a fact, and being overly modest would have come across as insincere and distant.

"The Holy Monk certainly is a person of destiny. Such a rate of growth is rare in both the past and the present!" Nezha spoke somewhat emotionally after hearing Jiang Liu's acknowledgment.

While Jiang Liu was about to respond to Nezha's remark,

suddenly, he felt something was amiss: "Wait, hold on..."

"Third Prince, this doesn't seem to be the way to the Demon Realm, does it?"