Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

"Huh? Disappeared?"

The Evil Corpse, hiding in the shadows, was originally thinking it was time to intervene. However, seeing the White Mouse Demon vanish into a plume of white smoke, leaving only a shoe behind, he was secretly surprised.

Since the White Mouse Demon had already disappeared, there was no need for him to take action.

All of them were at the Taiyi Realm; one or two wouldn't be a problem, but facing several, the outcome would be unpredictable.

Therefore, the Evil Corpse thought about it and decided not to reveal himself. Instead, he turned around and left, heading back to the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

"The White Mouse Demon has escaped, what should we do?" Looking around, only an embroidered shoe was left on the ground. Several Taiyi Realm demons looked at each other, then their gazes fell on the leading demon, clearly waiting for him to speak.

"Since it escaped, let's leave too and take our time plotting in the future," the leading demon said after some thought, shaking his head.

"Just leave like that? Shouldn't we chase it?" Some demons voiced a different opinion.

The White Mouse Demon had fallen into a trap and escaped right under their noses, naturally some demons felt unwilling to just let it go.

After all, eating a piece of its flesh could increase one's lifespan by sixty years.

"How to chase it?"

However, the leading demon looked at the dissenting companion and said, "Since the White Mouse Demon has escaped, it's probably returned to Master Xuanzang and his group. Our tracks might already be exposed. Do you want to confront Master Xuanzang now!?"

Confront Master Xuanzang!?

Hearing this, all the demons present couldn't help but change their expressions.

The recent brutality and terror of the Journey to the West Pilgrimage Team were well-known to everyone. Who would dare to confront them?

If anyone really dared, why bother setting a trap for the White Mouse Demon? Why not have attacked Master Xuanzang directly?

Eating a piece of White Mouse Demon's flesh was only worth an increased lifespan of sixty years.

But eating a piece of Master Xuanzang's flesh would grant eternal life.

"Alright, let's go..." Facing Master Xuanzang was not something they dared, and the White Mouse Demon fleeing back might cause Xuanzang and his group to come over. So, the Taiyi Realm demons, after hesitation, decided to retreat.

Without further delay, they quickly turned and left.

...

Meanwhile, not far from the valley, about several dozen miles away by a lakeside, a puff of white smoke suddenly appeared with a "bang".

At the same time, the figure of the White Mouse Demon emerged from within the white smoke.

"Dangerous, that was truly dangerous!" said the White Mouse Demon, appearing with a bit of lingering fear while mumbling softly.

He was almost eaten, luckily he had an innate divine ability to escape, otherwise, he would have become a meal for others by now.

"Those people looked quite old, saying eating a piece of my flesh could extend their life by sixty years? How did such a rumor come about? Does my flesh have life-extending properties? Everyone else seems to know, but not me?" Shaking his head, the White Mouse Demon's heart was heavy.

Although he knew the news was just a rumor, the White Mouse Demon understood that he couldn't rely on words alone to dispel others' fears about him.

Someone attacked him today for the so-called life-extending flesh. Inevitably, more people will come after him in the future.

Thinking of these things, the White Mouse Demon's heart grew heavy.

...

Having successfully completed another mission, Jiang Liu, along with Sun Wukong and others, emerged from the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

He could see the White Mouse Demon still quietly sitting beside the Map, but what puzzled Jiang Liu was that the White Mouse Demon had only one embroidered shoe on, while the other was missing.

This made Jiang Liu frown slightly. Could it be that while he was completing the task, the White Mouse Demon really made a move?

However, if there was such a move, why didn't the Evil Corpse or Good Corpse inform him?

In front of the White Mouse Demon, Jiang Liu naturally would not call out the Good Corpse and Evil Corpse to inquire.

Just as Jiang Liu was about to open his friend list to ask, he noticed the Evil Corpse's icon flashing.

Apparently, it was waiting for him to come out to convey a message.

If it were urgent, the Evil Corpse would have messaged him while he was completing the task. But since it waited until after he finished, it likely wasn't a particularly important matter?

Jiang Liu opened the chat window between himself and the Evil Corpse and took a look. As expected, the Evil Corpse sent a long message explaining the situation of the White Mouse Demon after going through the dungeon.

Looking at the messages from the Evil Corpse, Jiang Liu was slightly stunned and felt very surprised.

What the hell? Eating a piece of the White Mouse Demon's flesh can extend one's life by sixty years?

How could there be such a rumor out of nowhere?

In the original work, the White Mouse Demon didn't have such characteristics. Who spread this rumor?

Moreover, just to eat a piece of the White Mouse Demon's flesh, someone was secretly acting? They even used a treasure to attract the White Mouse Demon's attention and captured her?

It seems that things that promise longevity really are the most enticing, especially for those elderly demons and ghosts, it's an irresistible temptation.

Of course, what Jiang Liu was most concerned about was the White Mouse Demon's methods, similar to the Golden Cicada's Shedding technique?

She was tied up by spells, yet she could escape at the critical moment, leaving only an embroidered shoe on the scene?

No wonder, after I came out, I saw the White Mouse Demon only had one shoe on her foot.

"I remember, there was indeed such a passage in the original..." Thinking about the White Mouse Demon's technique similar to Golden Cicada's Shedding, Jiang Liu secretly murmured to himself.

In the original, the Journey to the West Pilgrimage Team, traveled with the White Mouse Demon, and then Sun Wukong disguised himself as a little monk, provoking the White Mouse Demon, tearing her disguise apart.

Logically, with Sun Wukong's skills, to kill her directly would be an easy task.

But unexpectedly, when he struck her down with a stick, the White Mouse Demon turned into a puff of white smoke and fled, leaving only an embroidered shoe on the scene.

It was like this in the original, and the White Mouse Demon is like this now too. It seems this innate divine ability is indeed a self-preserving technique.

Although her cultivation level is low, with such a means, the White Mouse Demon should have no problem with self-preservation.

"Wait..." While secretly marveling at the White Mouse Demon's innate divine ability, Jiang Liu's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

When he first encountered the White Mouse Demon, she was bound by ropes from the Buddhist Sect's Buddha, shouting for help, which caught his attention.

But now, being tied up by magical supernatural powers, the White Mouse Demon can use her innate divine ability to escape? This doesn't make sense, right?

"So, from the very beginning when we met, was she actually deceiving me? If she really wanted to leave, she should have been able to leave an embroidered shoe and escape directly, right?" After pondering for a moment, Jiang Liu's eyes fell on the White Mouse Demon, realizing something.

"Holy Monk, why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong?"

Being stared at by Jiang Liu with such a look, the White Mouse Demon felt very puzzled and asked.

"Let me ask you, when our master and disciples were training in the Map of Mountains and Rivers, were you always waiting here, or did something interesting happen?" Not answering the White Mouse Demon's question, Jiang Liu instead inquired about the White Mouse Demon.

"Indeed something happened!"

Hearing Jiang Liu's proactive inquiry, the White Mouse Demon hesitated a little but didn't intend to hide it. She recounted the events to Jiang Liu, and her words were exactly the same as what the Evil Corpse said.

"Hmm, it seems she's quite honest and doesn't intend to hide anything from me…" Listening to the White Mouse Demon's words, Jiang Liu secretly nodded.

"Are you saying? Someone set a trap for you? Then? How did you escape?" Jiang Liu followed up with a question to the White Mouse Demon.

"Well, because I have an innate divine ability called the Flying Shoes Technique, which allows me to escape dangerous places, but it means I have to leave a shoe behind, so…" Hearing Jiang Liu's question, the White Mouse Demon thought and then responded.

"Then why didn't you use this divine ability the day you were tied with a rope? Instead, you called for help?" With the White Mouse Demon's confession, Jiang Liu followed up with a direct question.

"This, this…" Obviously, the White Mouse Demon hadn't expected Jiang Liu to bring this up suddenly, and she was at a loss for words.

However, after a brief hesitation, the White Mouse Demon quickly spoke, "Because when I was about to use this divine ability to escape, I knew that you, the Holy Monk, and your party were nearby, so I saw no need to abandon an embroidered shoe to activate this divine ability!"

Alright, the White Mouse Demon's explanation, to some extent, makes a reasonable argument.

If she has two shoes on, she could use this divine ability twice in succession, right?

It's a pretty strong self-preservation technique.

"All of this, could it be that Maitreya Buddha is secretly aiding and abetting?" After chatting with the White Mouse Demon and considering the rumors about her, the thought reflexively popped into Jiang Liu's mind.

On the Journey to the West for Scriptures, whenever something happened, Jiang Liu habitually suspected Maitreya Buddha.

Maitreya Buddha deliberately spread rumors to make all the demons and ghosts in the world create calamities for him, right?