Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

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Initially, Jiang Liu took out Mahjong to play on New Year's Eve simply because he was idle and wanted to relive his past life. He crafted a crude set of Mahjong tiles and spent the whole night playing with his disciples to pass the time.

Then, he casually brought out poker cards to play Fight the Landlord as a change of pace and, of course, to prevent them from pestering him to play Mahjong during his cultivation practice.

To Jiang Liu, both Mahjong and poker were distractions, and given his Journey to the West, it was as if he was racing against life itself—how could he afford to idle away his time?

Most of the time, it was his disciples who played among themselves, while Jiang Liu seized every moment to cultivate.

However, tonight, after being disturbed by the Lost Soul of the King of the Black Chicken Country, Jiang Liu felt rather uneasy staying in his room alone.

So, he indulged himself and decided to join Sun Wukong and the others.

Mahjong and poker cards had already been played for half a year and had indeed become monotonous; Jiang Liu believed his disciples felt the same, so he decided it was time to introduce something new.

"Oh? Master, a new card game? What is it?" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie showed expectation and curiously asked Jiang Liu.

Mahjong and poker cards, both introduced by Jiang Liu, were extremely amusing.

Now, there were even newer things to play with? What could they be?

"Wait a moment, let me create a deck first!" With a slight smile, Jiang Liu said.

As he spoke, his mind moved, trying to see if his Life Profession could craft the cards.

The materials needed for the cards were naturally hard cardboard, and as for paper, it was made from wood and water, among other materials.

After pondering the process and method of making them, Jiang Liu spoke up and had his disciples gather the necessary materials.

Then he opened his Life Skills panel and placed all the materials, even the pigments needed for drawing, onto it, pressing a button.

Dazzling light flashed, lasting for two whole minutes.

It seemed that making a deck of cards required more effort than crafting an equipment item of level 20 or above?

After two minutes, the brilliant light gradually faded, and then a new deck of cards with beautifully drawn pictures appeared before Jiang Liu.

"Hehehe, it really worked!" Looking at the new set of cards in his hands, Jiang Liu smiled and nodded.

"Eh? Master, these cards are completely different from the ones used for Fight the Landlord!" However, Sun Wukong, who was beside him, was curiously looking at the new cards in Jiang Liu's hands, picked a few, and said in surprise.

"Drawing out the sheeps? This is a picture of a hand drawing a sheep. What does this mean?"

"What's this? A spy? What does that mean?"

"Attack? What does 'Attack' mean on this card?"

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"Come on, disciples, let me explain to you. This card game is called 'Legends of the Three Kingdoms.' It randomly matches five players as the Lord, Loyal Ministers, Spy, and two Rebels..."

After gathering all the cards, Jiang Liu began to carefully explain the rules of the Legends of the Three Kingdoms game to Sun Wukong and his fellows.

Considering the rules, the Legends of the Three Kingdoms game naturally offered more interest than Mahjong or Fight the Landlord; it was more complex and more extensive.

For instance, the identities: four different roles to be chosen randomly.

Or Health Points: different characters have different limits.

Then the Equipment: various odd equipments with their unique effects.

There were also Hand Cards, Attacks, Dodges, and not to mention the functional cards like Create Barriers and Drawing out the Sheep.

Of course, the crux was one's Role: characters like Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Hua Tuo, etc., all had entirely unique traits...

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Role Cards, Character Cards, Equipment Cards, along with various Hand Cards, resulted in an endlessly variable combination, which naturally greatly increased the interest.

Moreover, except for the Lord, everyone's identities were secret, known only to themselves, so it was a battle of wits and courage.

Listening to Jiang Liu explain these rules, Sun Wukong and the others were already dazzled.

"Alright, got all that!?" After going through a litany of rules, Jiang Liu himself felt his mouth was dry and asked Sun Wukong and the others.

"Understood, understood! Master, let's play a few rounds to practice?" Sun Wukong, always the impatient one, quickly said to Jiang Liu.

"Okay, then let's draw for our Role Cards now. Everyone, don't reveal your identities except for the Lord!" Nodding, Jiang Liu said.

With five Role Cards spread out on the table, each took one.

Jiang Liu looked at his own card and saw the words "Spy" written on it.

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"Hehehe, I, Old Sun, am the Lord, who among you is a Loyal Minister!?" Sun Wukong revealed his Role Card with a big smile and asked.

Of course, no one would answer that question, since everyone knew that apart from the Lord's identity, all others had to be kept secret.

"Alright, now let's draw the Character Cards! I've explained all the different characters and their special traits on the mission card, so if you don't understand something, take a look for yourself!" After nodding his head, Jiang Liu went on to speak.

After drawing the Role Cards and Character Cards and assigning themselves the appropriate Health Point cards, the game began. Everyone drew their cards; Jiang Liu happened to be seated upwind of Sun Wukong.

"I, Old Sun, am the Lord, eh!?" Sun Wukong, clutching a handful of Hand Cards, glanced at them, swept his gaze over Jiang Liu and the others, then suddenly flung an Attack card at Zhu Bajie sitting opposite him. As he did, he shouted fiercely, "Attack!"

"Damn, you damn plague of a Monkey, why the hell are you attacking me!?" Zhu Bajie jumped in surprise, checked his hand, and as luck would have it, didn't have a Dodge, so he had to lose a Health Point.

"Hehehe, with that pig head of yours, you don't look like a good guy. There's a three in four chance you're bad, so of course I, Old Sun, have to take you down first!" Hearing Zhu Bajie's words, Sun Wukong replied with a sly smile.

In an instant, the battle commenced, with both sides going back and forth.

Sun Wukong attacked Zhu Bajie. Sha Wujing, who was sitting at the lower hand, drew his cards and equipped two Equipment Cards but held onto his cards without playing, looking sly and assessing the situation.

After Zhu Bajie drew his cards, he saw that because of the distance, he couldn't attack Sun Wukong and could only reluctantly turn to White Dragon Horse sitting next to him.

Yet, when White Dragon Horse made his move, he aimed directly at Sun Wukong, his unbending will made it clear he was playing the role of a Rebel.

Although they were just playing with cards, the five disciples each had their own schemes and attacks.

Within moments, White Dragon Horse's last Health Point was taken out by Jiang Liu, who claimed the remaining cards for himself.

"Wukong, don't worry, I'm here to help you!" After taking out White Dragon Horse, Jiang Liu called out to Sun Wukong, then turned to attack Zhu Bajie!

"Hehehe, Master is a Loyal Minister!" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, Sun Wukong nodded vigorously, as clear as if looking into a mirror.

Then, Sun Wukong took action and eliminated Zhu Bajie, who turned out to be another Rebel!

After that, the situation simplified, and Sun Wukong and Jiang Liu joined forces to attack Sha Wujing.

One against two, Sha Wujing stood no chance, and his last Health Point was taken by Sun Wukong. Turning the Role Card over—it read: Loyal Minister!

"Hahaha, uh..."

Having defeated Sha Wujing and thinking the game was over, Sun Wukong started laughing triumphantly, but stopped abruptly when he saw the Loyal Minister Role Card.

"Monkey, sorry, but as the Lord, since you've taken out a Loyal Minister, you have to discard all your cards!" Jiang Liu said with a wicked smile to Sun Wukong.

Without a shred of courtesy, he dumped all of Sun Wukong's cards onto the table.

In the end, without exception, Sun Wukong, the Loyal Minister, ended up in Jiang Liu's hands.

"How could this be! Master, weren't you a Loyal Minister?" Sun Wukong looked at his own 'death' and spoke to Jiang Liu with some disbelief.

"That's the essence of being a Spy! Make the Lord think you're a Loyal Minister, convince the Rebels you're one of them. That's the true essence of a Spy!" Jiang Liu said with a sly smile.

Winning at Legends of the Three Kingdoms isn't just about having good luck or drawing good cards; besides luck, strategic play is even more important.

"I, Old Sun, refuse to accept this, let's go again!" Sun Wukong, though not contemplative, was very unsatisfied and said loudly.

As his words fell, the second round began, and this time, Jiang Liu drew the Lord's Role Card.

"Hehehe, Master, I, Old Sun, am here to help!" After everyone had drawn their Hand Cards, Sun Wukong immediately declared his loyalty to Jiang Liu.

"Snatch by Trickery!" The target was Sun Wukong.

"Create Barriers!" The target was still Sun Wukong.

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"Undermining the Enemy!" Yet again, the target was Sun Wukong.

Finally, Jiang Liu threw down an Attack card.

"Master, what are you doing!?" Sun Wukong was on the brink of tears, watching the treatment he received. Had he not made his position clear enough?

"Hmm, you just don't look like a good guy! There's a three in four chance, so of course, I have to take you down first!" Jiang Liu said, his lips curling into a slight smile.

He was just parroting the words Sun Wukong had said to Zhu Bajie back to him.

"Ha, ha, ha, Master, well said!"

Hearing this, Zhu Bajie burst into laughter, feeling refreshing as if he had drunk a cup of ice water on a scorching summer's day, thoroughly comfortable.

Indeed, out of all three disciples, Master still liked I, Old Pig, the best.

Didn't he? Now, Master was even helping Old Pig exact revenge!