Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

After repeatedly casting the Guanyin Mantra on Zhu Bajie, Jiang Liu finally fully healed his injuries.

As night fell, there was no need to continue the journey in the middle of the night, so they decided to stay outdoors and rest.

Zhu Bajie sat aside, clearly quite shaken by today's events.

He had been enjoying himself between Zhenzhen, Lianlian, and Ai'ai these past few days, feeling as if he was at the peak of his life, almost savoring a romantic affair.

But unexpectedly, it turned out that all three of them were transformations of the Bodhisattva.

Especially in the end, when Ai'ai, furious and embarrassed, transformed into the Bodhisattva Guanyin, Zhu Bajie was truly scared stiff.

Now thinking about it, he felt extremely embarrassed.

"Alas, this is really embarrassing...", thinking of all this, Zhu Bajie covered his face with his hand and murmured to himself in dismay.

He had already become a laughingstock among the three realms for his misbehavior toward Chang'e after getting drunk, and now, here was another incident.

If this got out, he would be even more disgraced.
Continue your journey on empire

"Bajie, why feel embarrassed at all?" Jiang Liu, who was sitting cross-legged preparing to cultivate the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound, heard Zhu Bajie's soft sigh and turned his head.

Without waiting for Zhu Bajie's response, Jiang Liu continued, "If anyone should feel embarrassed, it should be the Bodhisattva Guanyin, right? To others, you, being a pig, managed to kiss the Bodhisattva Guanyin. That's something you could brag about for a lifetime! I can say that among the three realms and six paths, no other pig has managed what you have."

"Eh!?" Jiang Liu's words made Zhu Bajie pause for a moment, and thinking it over from this new perspective, it did indeed seem correct.

What did he have to be embarrassed about? Shouldn't the Bodhisattva Guanyin be the one feeling embarrassed?

"Hehehe, not bad, not bad, Master, you are right!" After reconsidering it, Zhu Bajie felt relieved.

More importantly, he thought that spreading this incident would be embarrassing for him, but wouldn't the Bodhisattva Guanyin feel even more embarrassed? Thus, this incident probably wouldn't be spread by anyone!

"Master, you really do make sense..." After nodding significantly, Zhu Bajie was not upset anymore.

Even more, turning his thoughts around, although he had been tricked by several Bodhisattvas this time, he had still learned some tricks from his master, right?

In the future, if he encountered other female demons or fairies, couldn't he also flirt and win their favor?

Upon this thought, Zhu Bajie's mood considerably lightened, filled with anticipation and thinking about trying his luck with other female demons and fairies...

"In the future, if I come across a beautiful female demon, I, Old Pig, will definitely take her down!" Zhu Bajie mumbled quietly, his eyes filled with longing.

Although he had been tricked by the Bodhisattvas this time, Zhu Bajie seemed more determined to succeed than ever.

The three women transformed by the Bodhisattvas seemed quite susceptible to this approach, giving Zhu Bajie a lot of confidence. After all, if even the Bodhisattvas couldn't resist these sweet nothings, how could other female demons?

"You and this thing! I don't have much to talk about with you except about love"

"I want to ask for a direction, the way to your heart"

"The sea of bitterness has no end, turn back... turn back to me"

...

Even when idling, Zhu Bajie reviewed the ninety-nine corny pickup lines Jiang Liu had taught him, just to make sure he wouldn't forget them when he really needed them.

"There he goes again...", hearing Zhu Bajie's words, Sun Wukong beside him rolled his eyes and said nothing, feeling this pig was far too fixated on female demons, which was rather degenerate.

"Has he misunderstood something?" Watching Zhu Bajie's enthusiastic rambling, Jiang Liu's mouth twitched slightly, feeling that Zhu Bajie was somewhat blindly confident.

The sweet nothings were just casual remarks, and now he really took them as gospel truths? It even seemed like he was doing revisions after a lesson?

Looks were justice, in Jiang Liu's view. No matter how charming the words a pig spoke, they were useless, right? Looks have always been the most important aspect, haven't they?

For instance, a beautiful girl can pull off any dress style, but if she is unattractive, then everything she wears is futile.

Similarly, when a handsome boy talks sweetly, it's charming, but if an unattractive boy does the same? It's just harassment, right?

Or take the old concept of arranged marriages. If a girl likes a boy, she would shyly say, "I'll defer to my parents," but if she doesn't like him? She'll say, "I wish to serve my parents at home for a few more years."

Not to mention, even in life-saving situations, it's the same.

If after a hero saves a beauty, the savior is handsome, what does the girl usually reply? "I have nothing to repay your great kindness, I'm willing to offer myself in marriage!"

But if the savior is an ugly man? Then probably, the offer of marriage becomes, "I have nothing to repay your great kindness. In my next life, I'll become your horse and cattle to repay this debt."

Listening to Zhu Bajie's high spirits as he continuously rehearsed those cheesy lines of romance, Jiang Liu silently shook his head, casting aside the jumble of thoughts in his mind. Ultimately, it really was all about good looks.

Being as handsome as he was, he would certainly have his own worries in the future. Such worries, Zhu Bajie would probably never understand in his lifetime, right?

After shaking his head and sighing for a moment, Jiang Liu promptly stood up and walked towards the distance.

"Master, where are you going!?" Seeing Jiang Liu getting up to leave, Sun Wukong next to him asked.

"It's nothing, your master needs to relieve himself!" Shaking his head, Jiang Liu responded.

As he spoke, he walked a few dozen yards away and squatted down in a patch of grass.

Mentally invoking the command "inventory space," a semi-transparent inventory grid appeared in front of Jiang Liu. Due to the addition of a new knapsack, the inventory space now had twelve extra slots.

In the inventory space, a beautifully ornate treasure chest was lying silently—it was the Epic Level Treasure Chest he had been rewarded with after completing a task earlier.

Previously, Jiang Liu's attention had been caught up with the events between Zhu Bajie and Bodhisattva Guanyin, so he hadn't even had time to check this Epic Level Treasure Chest.

Now, Jiang Liu finally had the time to take a look at it.

Thinking back to the previous chests he had opened—the Guild Creation Token, the Equipment Enhancement Scroll, and the Resurrection Scroll—all had merely been items. He wondered what good things this Epic Level Treasure Chest could possibly contain.

Could it possibly contain an epic piece of equipment!?

With anticipation, Jiang Liu slowly opened the treasure chest. A misty glow flashed by, and immediately, Jiang Liu saw a pale purple stone lying quietly inside.

The stone bore several mysterious and arcane talismans, appearing to be of exceptional quality.

It wasn't equipment, which made Jiang Liu silently sigh in disappointment. However, since it was an item from an Epic Level Treasure Chest, what could its functionalities be?

Curious, Jiang Liu took the stone out of the chest.

As Jiang Liu's gaze landed on the stone, the corresponding data information also appeared before his eyes.

Reset Stone (Consumable): Upon use, removes all Skill Points from the user, returning them to the user, and any learned skills are reconstituted as Skill Books. Usable 1/1 time.

"What a great item!" Looking at the attribute information for this Reset Stone, Jiang Liu's eyes lit up!

Are Skill Points precious? Undoubtedly, as leveling up by a single level grants only one Skill Point.

One Skill Point can be used to learn a new skill or even enhance the level of an existing skill, which is naturally extremely valuable.

Currently being at Level 28, he had only a total of 28 Skill Points. Having come this far, some skills seemed to be becoming less useful to him.

Take the Demon-Subduing Mantra, for example, which increases a fixed amount of Attack Power rather than a percentage. As his Cultivation Level grew, the effectiveness of this skill had diminished.

It was proving to be less useful not only for Sun Wukong and the others but also for himself as it became more and more marginal.

However, on the whole, it seemed that only the Demon-Subduing Mantra had become rather marginal. After pondering, Jiang Liu found no better skills to replace it with, so he was not in a hurry to use it.

For now, he would keep the Reset Stone in his inventory, ready to use it later if he encountered powerful skills while short on Skill Points.

Overall, while it was disappointing that the Epic Level Treasure Chest did not contain a piece of equipment, the Reset Stone turned out to be a decent item, so Jiang Liu's mood improved considerably.

After securing the Reset Stone, Jiang Liu returned to where Sun Wukong and the others were, sat down with crossed legs, and continued to practice the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound Cultivation Technique.

For this completed task, he had earned a total of 350,000 Experience Points. Although he hadn't leveled up yet, Jiang Liu believed that he was getting closer and closer to Level 29.

...

Meanwhile, on Mount Luojia in the South Sea!

"Damn, damn! That pig!" By the side of the Lotus Pond, Bodhisattva Guanyin was vigorously washing her face with a piece of silk. No matter how much she washed, she felt like her face was still dirty.

Indeed, Jiang Liu was right. This time during the trial of Zen hearts among the four holy beings, Zhu Bajie thought he had lost face? Bodhisattva Guanyin felt she had lost even more face—she had been insulted by a pig...

The mere thought was utterly revolting.

Next to her, the Pearl Holding Dragon Maiden and Gaoyang, who had never seen the Bodhisattva looking like this, were somewhat afraid to approach, unsure what had gotten into her today.

It was quite some time before Bodhisattva Guanyin finally stopped what she was doing, her eyes still brimming with annoyance.

"It seems I need to arrange a few more calamities, especially taking good care of Marshal Tianpeng. The ninety-nine trials are meant for every member of the Scripture Seeking team alike!"