Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

"That, Master…"

As he saw Jiang Liu turning his head to look at him, the expression on Zhu Bajie's face was a bit awkward. He hung his head low, seemingly too embarrassed to meet Jiang Liu's gaze.

"Bajie, what have you done to the puppet these past few days?" Jiang Liu asked with a somewhat exasperated smile.

"Well, Master, didn't you say that the puppet was a living thing? I thought it looked like a woman, so I assumed… I assumed it was a Female Demon in disguise, and therefore… therefore…"

Looking like a child who had done something wrong, Zhu Bajie's words faltered, and he became too embarrassed to finish his sentence.

Unable to continue, Zhu Bajie looked incredibly wronged, almost on the verge of tears: "Master, the puppet is Guanyin, why… why didn't you tell Old Pig sooner? I…"

He burst into tears!

For Guanyin, Zhu Bajie's existence was her Heart Demon.

However, for Zhu Bajie, it seemed that Guanyin's presence was similarly troublesome!

Thinking back on how he had continuously showered the puppet with kisses, Zhu Bajie truly felt a chill down his spine.

Seeing the way Guanyin was staring at him now, Zhu Bajie felt even more trembling in his heart.

If he had known this would happen, not even death could have compelled him to act indecently towards the puppet.

"It seems you believe the fault lies entirely with your teacher?"

Seeing Zhu Bajie now practically accusing him of wrongdoing, Jiang Liu's face darkened, and he spoke to Zhu Bajie with no good humor.

"Disciple wouldn't dare. It's just that, disciple thought, had you told us the puppet's identity beforehand, perhaps the outcome would have been better…" Zhu Bajie said, still hanging his head but muttering quietly.

"Sigh…" Jiang Liu let out a helpless sigh at Zhu Bajie's words.

One couldn't deny that Zhu Bajie had a point.

It was his own oversight; he hadn't expected Zhu Bajie to be so lustful as to act inappropriately even towards a puppet.

Could it be that the issues between Zhu Bajie and Guanyin were truly fated?

The incident during the initial trial of their minds. Now, it was happening again?

"Bodhisattva…"

Although Guanyin introduced herself as Demon Venerable Guanyin, Jiang Liu continued to respectfully address her as Bodhisattva, saying, "Ignorance excuses no one from blame. I think since Bajie didn't know your identity, we might as well…"

"Out of the question!"

Before Jiang Liu could finish, Guanyin cut him off with a wave of her hand.

It sounded so easy to say 'Ignorance excuses no one from blame', and just brush this matter off. But had he considered how she felt?

Transformed into a puppet, watching Zhu Bajie hold her in his hands, fiddling with her, and even leaning in to kiss her...

But she couldn't even dodge or resist, the very thought was enough to drive someone insane.

"To teach without severity is the teacher's laziness. If you, Bodhisattva, cannot let go of this matter, then let any blame fall on this disciple. I am willing to bear it all!" Seeing that Guanyin was indeed furious and far from pacified, Jiang Liu pressed his palms together and addressed her.

"This matter has nothing to do with you!" However, Guanyin disregarded Jiang Liu's words, focusing her ire entirely on Zhu Bajie.

"If you, Bodhisattva, truly wish to strike, Wukong, Wujing and I naturally cannot stand idly by…" Jiang Liu waved his hand, summoning the Fire Tip Spear, and said seriously to Guanyin.

Guanyin had her stance, as did he.

"Master!" Seeing Jiang Liu staunchly defending him against Bodhisattva Guanyin, Zhu Bajie's eyes filled with moved tears.

"You…" Guanyin's face flashed with anger at the sight of Jiang Liu.

Yet, she couldn't say much against Jiang Liu's stand.

After all, from her own point of view, she was right.

But, from the opposite side, they were also right.

Despite her anger, Guanyin knew that with her power alone, it would be impossible to go against the entire Journey to the West for Scriptures team.

They had already clashed before, and she had been utterly defeated.

Holding the Fire Tip Spear, Jiang Liu watched Guanyin, hoping she would back down and leave. That would be for the best.

But if she insisted on fighting, Jiang Liu didn't mind clashing with Guanyin again, thinking it might net him some good loot.

Guanyin's face alternated between shades of green and white. After taking several deep breaths to calm her raging anger, she gave up the thought of further conflict and turned to leave without another word.

Watching Guanyin walk away, Jiang Liu made no move to stop her.

"Master, this puppet is Guanyin, and even in the form of a puppet, she still has awareness. Could she know many secrets about you?" As Guanyin turned to leave, Sun Wukong couldn't help but speak up, quietly asking Jiang Liu.

"Don't worry about that; I've been cautious these days!" Jiang Liu shook his head in response to Sun Wukong's words.

Knowing that the puppet was Guanyin, Jiang Liu naturally guarded against it.

For instance, matters like his slaying of Maitreya Buddha were kept away from the puppet.

Otherwise, right after regaining her true form, Guanyin's focus wouldn't have been on Zhu Bajie but on him instead.

"Alright!" Hearing Jiang Liu's response, Sun Wukong nodded, not saying anything further.

With the master's wisdom, he had certainly taken precautions. This was within reason and hardly surprising.

Watching Guanyin leave, Jiang Liu did not stop her.

He had spoken with Guanyin while wearing the Shadow Robe before. Since she could become an important ally against the Immortals and Buddhas, naturally there was no need to make a move against her.

After Guanyin had left quite a distance, Jiang Liu then opened his bag space.

Although he hadn't succeeded in killing the Medicine Buddha, defeating him should have yielded some good loot, right?

Indeed, upon opening the bag space, he found several good items had dropped, including two Legendary Level pieces of equipment.

Unfortunately, for him, who possessed the 10 billion Defense Value of the Green Lotus Buddha Robe, these defense-type pieces of equipment made little difference whether he had them or not.

Noticing that the levels of Sha Wujing and Little White Dragon seemed not too bad, Jiang Liu gave the items to them.

However, another item that appeared, a Skill Book, brought some joy to Jiang Liu's heart.

After so long, a Skill Book that he could use had finally dropped. It was precisely a skill his Compassionate Bodhisattva profession could utilize.

Without wasting time, Jiang Liu used up a Skill Point to learn this new skill.

Then, he invested three more Skill Points to enhance the skill to the tip-top level.

With a sense of enlightenment rising in his heart, Jiang Liu became very clear about the newly learned skill.

Still, his gaze remained on his skill list, thoroughly checking the Attribute Information of this skill.

Duel Contract (Great Perfection): Can designate two targets to duel, during which neither can be harmed by each other or by a third party, lasting 120 seconds, with a Cooldown Time of 600 seconds.

The Duel Contract skill is a type of support skill.

Simply put, it's a skill that enables one to take a general's head from amid a million-strong army.

The Primary Level skill has a duration of just 30 seconds, but this Great Perfection level Duel Contract lasts for a full 120 seconds.

"In a way, this Duel Contract is an invincible skill, isn't it?"

"Like, if I link Sun Wukong with a Duel Contract, no matter where he charges, nobody else could harm him, right? Of course, he wouldn't be able to harm anyone either." Looking at the Attribute Information of the Duel Contract, Jiang Liu nodded thoughtfully to himself.

"Master, what's next? What do we do?" As Jiang Liu focused on his newly learned Duel Contract, Sun Wukong, having waited for a while, spoke up and asked Jiang Liu.

"Oh, Wukong, borrowing the Vermilion Pen from the Heavenly Court naturally requires your effort!" Hearing Sun Wukong's question, Jiang Liu's attention shifted away from the skill list, and he nodded as he spoke.

As he spoke, Jiang Liu took out a finely crafted box from his bag space.

Then, he placed three Healing Potions and three Mana Potions inside it.

"Wukong, when you go to the Lingxiao Hall, speak pleasantly, offer these six potions to the Jade Emperor as gifts, and then borrow the Vermilion Pen from him, saying it will be returned shortly!" This task was most suitable for Sun Wukong. Jiang Liu got the gift ready and instructed Sun Wukong.

"Sure thing, Master, I, Old Sun, understand!" Hearing Jiang Liu's instructions, Sun Wukong nodded and replied.

As they were speaking, Sun Wukong reached out to take the box of potions; he then quickly took off toward the Heavenly Court on his Somersault Cloud.

"I hope nothing goes wrong!" Watching Sun Wukong's departing figure, Jiang Liu muttered to himself.

If they could successfully borrow the Vermilion Pen, then with the Heaven and Earth Inkstone, the Ink Blood of Molong Ji, and the Vermilion Pen from the Jade Emperor, along with Randeng Buddha personally drawing, the difficulty of replicating the Map of Mountains and Rivers would certainly increase significantly, wouldn't it?

With an increased difficulty of the replica, his leveling speed would also greatly accelerate. This was of great significance to him.

"Bajie, Wujing, Xiaobai, let's head back and wait on the Journey to the West's roads for Wukong's good news!"

After watching Sun Wukong disappear into the distance, Jiang Liu spoke.

As his voice fell, clouds of good fortune appeared beneath the White Dragon Horse's feet as it galloped through the air.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing naturally followed behind, and the group made their way towards the path of the Journey to the West for Scriptures.

(This is the first update, the next chapter will be at 3 a.m.)