Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

"You? Why do you need a Soul-Returning Pill?" Hearing Sha Wujing's words, Sun Wukong looked at him somewhat astonished.

A Soul-Returning Pill is used for resurrecting the dead, so what did he need it for?

Furthermore, the precondition for resurrecting someone with a Soul-Returning Pill is that their body must be perfectly preserved.

"Big brother..." There was no intent of explanation, but Sha Wujing, staring earnestly at Sun Wukong, had a sorrowful and pleading look in his eyes.

"All right, I, Old Sun, will go and try for you!" Seeing this look in Sha Wujing's eyes, Sun Wukong fell silent for a moment before nodding and speaking.

As his words fell, he leaped up, mounted the Somersault Cloud, and in mere moments arrived at Doushuai Palace.

In the Royal Palace of the Black Chicken Country, Jiang Liu glanced at Sha Wujing and heaved a silent sigh.

Sun Wukong did not know why Sha Wujing wanted the Soul-Returning Pill, but Jiang Liu did, presumably for his so-called "Amei"?

Who exactly this Amei was, Jiang Liu was unsure, having never asked further. Sha Wujing had never voluntarily mentioned it, but having once overheard Sha Wujing's sleep talking, Jiang Liu knew such a person existed.

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Leaving aside Sha Wujing in the Imperial Garden of Black Chicken Country, feeling uneasy yet hopeful, over at Doushuai Palace, Sun Wukong directly arrived and knocked at the palace door.

"It's you, monkey, what are you doing here again!?" The door was opened by a child servant of the Supreme Elder Lord, who, after seeing Sun Wukong, spoke irritably.

"Hehehe, I'm here today to ask the Supreme Elder for some Immortal Pills!" Sun Wukong chuckled, speaking in a frank manner.

"He's not in, my master is not here!" Hearing Sun Wukong's words, the child servant did not give him a pleasant look and spoke rudely.

In the midst of speaking, he issued an order to leave and started to close the door simultaneously.

But, would Sun Wukong be so easily spoken to?

Seeing the child servant attempting to close the door, Sun Wukong propped it open, then actually pushed it open, while saying as he walked inside, "If the Supreme Elder isn't here, then I, Old Sun, will just wait for him right here in Doushuai Palace, hehehe..."

"You, monkey, get out, get out!" The child servant tried hard to close the door but how could his strength compare to Sun Wukong's?

After a brief stalemate, the door was outright pushed open by Sun Wukong from outside, who then walked in.

"Child servant, who has come ah!?" As Sun Wukong walked into Doushuai Palace, the voice of the Supreme Elder Lord called out, and soon, the figure of the Supreme Elder Lord could be seen walking out.

"It's this stinky monkey, he's here again to ask for our miraculous elixirs!" Watching the Supreme Elder Lord walk out, the child servant looked annoyed, pointing at Sun Wukong as he spoke.

"Hehehe, you little child, you're really mischievous. Earlier at Pingding Mountain, you troubled our master and disciples, and I, Old Sun, haven't settled the score with you yet!" Sun Wukong teased the child, stretching out his monkey paw and scraping it across the tip of the child servant's nose, speaking irritably.

Sun Wukong's words made the child servant's expression grow even uglier.

Pingding Mountain was where he had troubled their master and disciples? Actually, it was Xuanzang who had been troublesome, right? At that time in the cave, he himself was almost brought to tears by Xuanzang!

"Humph, you stinky monkey, stop your nonsense. I am older than you, what right do you have to call me a child!?" The child servant's face turned dark, he swatted away Sun Wukong's monkey paw and spoke to him.

"You..." The words of the child servant made Sun Wukong smile slyly, but then he recalled the two Taoist boys, Clear Wind and Mingyue he had met at Wuzhuang Temple. They looked like delicate children, yet indeed, they were older than he was. Read latest chapters on My Virtual Library Empire

"Alright, you rascal monkey, having come to my Doushuai Palace again, what pill do you wish to ask for this time!?" The Supreme Elder Lord, not letting Sun Wukong and his servant bicker any further, interjected with a question to Sun Wukong.

Having come to Doushuai Palace, it wasn't to bicker with this child servant, so hearing the Supreme Elder Lord, Sun Wukong did not say much and said to the Supreme Elder, "Supreme Elder, I've come here to ask you for a hundred and eighty Soul-Returning Pills!"

"Puff..."

The moment Sun Wukong spoke these words, the Supreme Elder Lord remembered the previous claim by Jiang Liu asking for a hundred and eighty Nine Revolutions Golden Pills, and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

His face turned dark, he irritably waved his horsetail whisk, saying, "No, off you go, child servant, see our guest out!"

"Uh..." The reaction of the Supreme Elder Lord left Sun Wukong feeling stunned, feeling that the Supreme Elder Lord's response was completely unreasonable.

Previously when his master negotiated, didn't he also start with such demands? Why, when it came to his turn, did the old man react completely differently?

"Hmm, please, you monkey, won't you leave quickly!?" Already eager to send Sun Wukong away, now that the Supreme Elder Lord had commanded, the child servant naturally drove Sun Wukong away impatiently.

"All right already, don't give me so many, ten or eight will suffice, won't they?" Waving his hand dismissively, Sun Wukong asked the Supreme Elder Lord.

"Monkey, you have already leapt beyond the Three Realms, not confined by the Five Elements anymore, what do you need these soul-returning pills for?" The Supreme Elder Lord turned his head and asked Sun Wukong.

"I, Old Sun, don't need them, but others do!" Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong spoke up and related the incidents that had occurred in the Black Chicken Country to the Supreme Elder Lord.

"So it's meant for resurrecting that king; well then, I'll give you one!" After hearing the reasons from Sun Wukong, the Supreme Elder Lord thought for a moment and then spoke.

"One? That's not enough, aren't you being a bit too stingy, Supreme Elder?" Hearing the Supreme Elder Lord's words, Sun Wukong shook his head, showing his refusal.

Junior Brother Sha had also asked him to get one for him; how could one suffice?

"Back when you and your master were drinking in my Doushuai Palace, your master ate several of my soul-returning pills, and this is the last one I have. Take it or leave it!" The Supreme Elder Lord said irritably as he took out a soul-returning pill and handed it to Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong extended his monkey paw and grasped the soul-returning pill in his hand.

However, thinking about the pill for Junior Brother Sha, Sun Wukong still refused to leave.

"You, Supreme Elder, must be deceiving me. I don't believe that you only have one soul-returning pill left. You must give me another one for I, Old Sun, or else I won't leave!" Throwing a tantrum, Sun Wukong lay on the ground, ready to forsake even his own dignity as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven for the sake of Junior Brother Sha Wujing's request.

"You rascal monkey, if you like staying here, then stay, but let me tell you, a day in heaven is a year on earth. If you return too late and the body of the King of the Black Chicken Country has decayed, even the soul-returning pill won't be able to revive him!" Seeing Sun Wukong's childish antics, the Supreme Elder Lord laid down on the ground, completely unbending, and waved his sleeves as he spoke.

While he spoke, the Supreme Elder Lord turned around and left with his child servant.@@novelbin@@

"What should I do now? Has the Supreme Elder really only left the last one?"

Watching the retreating figure of the Supreme Elder Lord, Sun Wukong pondered his words, which were not without reason, then helplessly got up and left the Doushuai Palace.

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"Master, I, Old Sun, am back!" Back in the Black Chicken Country, Sun Wukong shouted as he descended from the sky.

"Elder Sun, how did it go?" The Crown Prince, who had been anxiously waiting, hurried over and asked.

Sun Wukong hesitated to meet the eyes of Sha Wujing standing nearby and instead focused on Jiang Liu, saying, "Master, the Supreme Elder Lord only had one soul-returning pill. Here's the pill, you decide what to do with it!"

Sha Wujing, watching the soul-returning pill being handed to Jiang Liu, brightened visibly but hesitated to speak.

Nevertheless, his gaze seemed magnetically drawn to the pill.

"Wujing, we can't delay the king's situation any longer. The Supreme Elder Lord will surely make more soul-returning pills in the future. If there's a chance, shall we ask Wukong to get one for you later?" Holding the soul-returning pill, Jiang Liu thought inwardly for a moment before asking Sha Wujing.

Logically, Sha Wujing was one of their own. Even if they wanted to help others, how could they prioritize outsiders while neglecting their own?

But Jiang Liu knew that Sha Wujing's situation must be connected to Bodhisattva Guanyin. Since Sun Wukong hadn't managed to get a pill for him, the Supreme Elder Lord likely also refused to give one, thus he couldn't just hand it out in public.

"Everything, all [...] depends on Master's decision!"

Hearing Jiang Liu's words that the soul-returning pill should be given to the king of the Black Chicken Country, Sha Wujing's expression filled with disappointment. He then bowed his head slightly, not wanting Jiang Liu to see his changing emotions, and spoke in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Ah!" Seeing Sha Wujing's demeanor, Jiang Liu sighed inwardly and shook his head.

If he truly needed it, luckily he still had three soul-returning pills and could give him one.

However, he would have to wait until it was quiet at night to secretly give it to him.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Liu glanced at the body of the King of the Black Chicken Country, hesitating to approach, still haunted by the ghostly events of that night, and instead handed the soul-returning pill to the Crown Prince.

Accepting the pill from Jiang Liu's hand, the Crown Prince of the Black Chicken Country naturally didn't hesitate and immediately placed the pill into his father's mouth.

Sha Wujing's gaze remained intently fixed on the soul-returning pill, his lips pursed and silent.

Yet, as he watched the pill being swallowed, he felt as if something inside him had shattered.

As the pill went down, he could clearly see a healthy flush gradually appearing on the pale, bloodless face of the King of the Black Chicken Country...