Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Initially, the Nine-Headed Serpent's attention was on Sha Wujing because he looked the strongest.

Upon hearing Zhu Bajie's introduction, stating he was General Juanlian, although the Nine-Headed Serpent was secretly shocked, it did not back down.

It thought that as long as it planned properly, there was still a chance to snatch Tang Monk from the hands of General Juanlian.

But after hearing Zhu Bajie's self-introduction, the Nine-Headed Serpent was already stunned, the Great Marshal Tianpeng of Heavenly Court? The one in charge of eighty thousand naval forces of the Heavenly River?

To snatch Tang Monk from his hands? The Nine-Headed Serpent no longer felt confident.

Then, as Zhu Bajie introduced Sun Wukong, the identity of the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong, left the Nine-Headed Serpent even more dumbfounded.

Are you kidding me? How powerful is the authority of the Green Wave Pool Dragon Palace? It is quite strong, but compared to the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas, it still falls short.

But what about the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong? He is the one who alone could suppress the entire Dragon Clan of the Four Seas without them being able to lift their heads!

Initially, influenced by Benboba's introduction and prejudiced, the Nine-Headed Serpent also felt that Sha Wujing was the strongest, and Sun Wukong, an unimpressive-looking short and thin monkey, could be completely ignored.

But now, the Nine-Headed Serpent realized, was the strongest-looking General Juanlian actually the weakest, while that unimpressive looking monkey turned out to be the truly fearsome entity?

Indeed! Hidden depth, the saying 'the true person does not show themselves' must refer to Sun Wukong, right?

Cowed!

The Nine-Headed Serpent, having resolved to capture Tang Monk, now, after learning the identities of Sun Wukong and the others, completely chickened out.

To capture Tang Monk?

Such thoughts had long since vanished.

No, it must leave quickly, for if its identity were revealed, its life would certainly be in the hands of others!

It was like a small dog that spotted a fluffy little snake in the grass and immediately lit up with excitement and pounced on it.

But, just as it picked up the fluffy little snake in its mouth, it realized that what it was holding was actually the tail of a Fierce Tiger!

What to do next? For a moment, its mind was a complete mess.

"No worries, hold steady, although the strength of the Great Sage and the others is frightening, wanting to capture Tang Monk was still just a thought, and I haven't acted upon it. Even if my identity is exposed, with no past or recent grudges, they probably wouldn't bring themselves to kill me, so don't scare yourself..."

Although the identities of Sun Wukong and his companions completely frightened the Nine-Headed Serpent, after a short while, the Nine-Headed Serpent took a deep breath and attempted to reassure itself.

It must be said, these self-comforts were somewhat effective. Thinking that it had no grudges against them and had not acted against them, the Nine-Headed Serpent felt considerably more at ease.

At the same time, it felt somewhat fortunate that it had been cautious, knew of Tang Monk's arrival, and had not made a noisy approach, but had chosen to gather intelligence first.

Otherwise, if it had actually made a direct move, it would be purely sending itself to its death.

"Right, the three of us brothers have already introduced ourselves, but I haven't introduced you to the white horse you're riding," said Zhu Bajie, shifting the topic and then addressing the elder transformed from the Nine-Headed Serpent sitting on the horse, "Your steed is not just any horse, but a transformed White Dragon, the third prince of the Western Sea Dragon King!"

Nine-Headed Serpent: "!!?"

The White Dragon Horse, with its head bowed, carrying the elder on its back, walked forward neither too fast nor too slow. Although it could speak human language, it hardly ever interrupted when its master and fellow disciples were talking, adhering strictly to its role as a mount.

However, after the second disciple introduced his identity, the White Dragon Horse could feel the old man on its back suddenly stiffen, his muscles seemingly tensing up.

This left the White Dragon Horse somewhat puzzled.

"You, you just now, said, said what? This, this is..."

After reassuring itself for a while and letting out a breath of relief, putting its heart at ease, the Nine-Headed Serpent was now stuttering and not speaking smoothly, it widened its eyes, looking dumbfounded at Zhu Bajie and asked, "This is? The third prince of the Western Sea Dragon King?"

"Indeed, that is correct! Old man, you've really got great fortune! As a mortal, to be able to sit atop a dragon, you've got a story to tell for a lifetime!" Zhu Bajie nodded and chuckled.

Hearing Zhu Bajie's affirmative words, the Nine-Headed Serpent felt even more weak and nearly fell off the back of the White Dragon Horse.

"Ah, old man, steady yourself," Zhu Bajie, quick-eyed and deft-handed, steadied the elder transformed from the Nine-Headed Serpent, showing a very enthusiastic demeanor.

At this moment, the Nine-Headed Serpent truly felt like crying but had no tears to shed.

Surrounded by General Juanlian, Marshal Tianpeng, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and the Western Sea Dragon King's third prince, who apparently would love nothing more than to kill him, what should he do?

Online waiting, urgent!!!

Originally, the identities of people like the Great Sage Equal to Heaven were indeed terrifying, but since there was no past resentment or recent grudges, the Nine-Headed Serpent believed there shouldn't be any trouble for him.

But now, seeing that his old life-and-death romantic rival, the third prince of the Western Sea Dragon Palace, was also part of their team, the Nine-Headed Serpent was really about to cry.

What kind of karma had he brought upon himself!? He had originally thought about capturing Tang Monk and taking him back.

Now it seemed, was he here for a hunt? He was completely delivering himself as the prey, wasn't he?

"Old man, I see that your complexion doesn't look very good. What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Throughout the conversation between Zhu Bajie and the Nine-Headed Serpent, Jiang Liu hadn't interrupted. At this point, noticing the other's poor complexion, Jiang Liu joined the conversation and asked.

"Oh, it's nothing, just some, um, old problems!" Jiang Liu's words caused the Nine-Headed Serpent to stutter a bit in response.

After a brief moment of silence, he said, "That, master, you must all have your own matters to attend to. I just realized that the pain in my foot has eased a lot. I should probably head back myself, not wanting to trouble you masters anymore!"

"Did this guy get scared?"

Although Jiang Liu was unsure of the old man's true identity, after hearing Sun Wukong and the others' names, he was sure that the old man must have been frightened by their notoriety, which made Jiang Liu inwardly laugh while feeling somewhat astonished.

His laughter was naturally at the irony of how the other party wanted to capture him but had kicked an iron plate instead.

But the astonishment came from the fact that a level 70 Golden BOSS, with such status and strength, seemed quite strong but apparently was nowhere aware he was following Sun Wukong and his disciples?

This typically showed strength but little wisdom, or maybe it even indicated a lack of intelligence resources.

Jiang Liu chuckled internally. Setting that aside for the moment, on the surface, he remained expressionless, showing no flaws as he said, "Why would you say that, old man? There's an old saying, 'When saving someone, see it through to the end; when sending Buddha, send him to the West.' Since I've already promised to escort you home, how could I possibly quit halfway?"

"No, no, no, master, the little old me really shouldn't delay you any further! I'll just go back by myself!" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, the Nine-Headed Serpent panicked and immediately dismounted.

Once on the ground, the Nine-Headed Serpent even deliberately walked a few steps in front of Jiang Liu and the others and said, "Master, look, I'm really fine, my foot injury has already healed!"

"Old man, you don't need to endure it any longer. Twisting a foot, that kind of injury needs several days to heal at least. How could it possibly heal so suddenly? Unless you are an immortal or a demon!" Shaking his head, Jiang Liu seriously stared at the Nine-Headed Serpent and said.

"This…" Feeling slightly guilty, upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, the Nine-Headed Serpent also found them reasonable and suddenly found himself at a loss for words.

After a slight pause, he continued, "Master, what you don't know is that I am naturally gifted with quick healing, so even injuries like this heal very quickly!"

"Really!?" Skeptically looking at him, Jiang Liu pressed.

"Really!" The Nine-Headed Serpent nodded emphatically, affirming firmly.

"Master, since this old man's foot injury has already healed, let him go back. We should continue on our way!" Standing nearby, Zhu Bajie chimed in after hearing this, feeling that the master was being unnecessarily warm to a stranger.

"Fool!" However, Sun Wukong quietly kicked Zhu Bajie, shook his head slightly at him, and signaled him to be quiet.

Master was suddenly very warm to this stranger they met by chance, and Sun Wukong also felt something was amiss. He had discreetly used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze just now and saw that the old man was a demon creature in disguise.

Sun Wukong realized that the master must have also seen through the demon creature's identity, hence his reluctance to let him leave so easily.

"Monkey Brother, why did you kick me?" Yet, still not catching on, Zhu Bajie turned his head and curiously asked Sun Wukong.

Zhu Bajie's words earned him an annoyed roll of the eyes from Sun Wukong, who chose not to respond.

"Amitabha, since old man your foot injury has healed, then walk by yourself. But there's no need for us to part ways!" Jiang Liu spoke up, addressing the Nine-Headed Serpent.

"Why is that?" Jiang Liu's words startled the Nine-Headed Serpent.

If his foot injury had truly healed, shouldn't they part ways? Why was there still no need to separate?

"Old man, didn't you say your home is in Jisai Country? Coincidentally, my group also needs to visit Jisai Country, so we happen to be going the same way!" Jiang Liu said with a slight smile.

Nine-Headed Serpent: "..."

At that moment, the Nine-Headed Serpent truly regretted everything and wished he could slap himself several times.

Why did he unnecessarily claim his home was in Jisai Country? Wasn't that just digging his own grave?