Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

"Wujing, don't panic, what on earth has happened!?"

No sooner had Sha Wujing opened his mouth than he started shouting about needing help, immediately tightening the knot in Jiang Liu's heart, but still, Jiang Liu sent a comforting message back.

Ding-dong!

However, as soon as Jiang Liu's message was sent, in the blink of an eye, Sha Wujing replied, clearly showing his urgent state of mind.

"White Dragon Horse, it's terrible, master has been kidnapped by a demon!"

Looking at the message from Sha Wujing, Jiang Liu's mouth twitched slightly, and his face darkened a bit.

Fortunately, Sha Wujing himself realized that he was speaking incoherently and immediately corrected himself.

"No, no, I misspoke, master, it's terrible, both I and the White Dragon Horse have been captured by demons!"

Alright, this sentence made sense, Jiang Liu nodded inwardly in approval.

His mind was originally filled with urgency, but for some reason, after Sha Wujing's silly words, he felt a mixture of laughter and tears, and the atmosphere seemed somewhat lighter, didn't it?

"What exactly happened? Xiaobai's strength is close to the Taiyi Realm, and you've already reached the Taiyi Realm, how could you two be kidnapped by demons? What kind of demon was it?" Jiang Liu continued to inquire, his doubts indeed growing.

Although White Dragon Horse and Sha Wujing were currently the weakest in terms of combined strength within the Journey to the West Pilgrimage Team, that was just in relative terms; actually, in the Three Realms, they were quite competent, so how could they be captured by demons?

"Master, I don't even know what identity this demon has, it's a huge bird, absolutely massive and entirely black. Xiaobai and I didn't even have the strength to resist and were caught immediately, right now!" Sha Wujing followed up with his answer.

"A giant bird!? You had no power to resist, almost as if you were defeated in one blow!?" Seeing the message from Sha Wujing, Jiang Liu's expression tightened slightly.

To achieve this extent, that bird's cultivation level must be at least the peak of the Taiyi True Immortal, right?

Or even stepped into the Great Luo realm!?

What the hell!?

In the Three Realms, shouldn't the Daluo Golden Immortals be among the top fighters?

Like Sun Wukong before, even Nezha hadn't reached the status of Daluo Golden Immortal.

But what's been going on lately?

Is it my imagination? Why does it feel like Daluo Golden Immortals are everywhere, and Taiyi True Immortals are as common as dogs?

Look at the present; five Taiyi True Immortal realm demon creatures are all beaten down!

Although it's not strange for such things to happen during the Immeasurable Kalpa.

However, in the original Journey to the West story, it didn't seem to be so perilous, right?

"Wujing, in which direction are you heading now?"

Although internally he was making snide remarks, Jiang Liu quickly responded and asked Sha Wujing about their current situation.

"Judging from our direction, this demon is carrying me and Little White Dragon toward the North Sea…" Sha Wujing replied promptly with a message.

"The North Sea, huh?" Jiang Liu mused to himself upon reading Sha Wujing's response.

When it comes down to it, the North Sea isn't too far, considering that Jiang Liu is currently in Julu Continent, which is in the north and not too distant from the North Sea.

"Bajie, grab your golden body, we're heading out!" After closing the chat window, Jiang Liu spoke to Zhu Bajie.

There wasn't much time to interrogate the Soul Demon about why it stole Zhu Bajie's golden body anymore; rescuing them was a priority.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Liu rose into the air and flew toward the North Sea.

Of course, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie also took to the sky.

And the golden body? Zhu Bajie obviously brought it with him.

"Master, going to the North Sea in such a hurry, what's the matter?" Sun Wukong joined Jiang Liu and asked.

"Xiaobai and Junior Brother Sha have both been captured by a demon creature. They are in the North Sea right now. Wukong, your Somersault Cloud is fast, go ahead and see if you can find them!" Jiang Liu was naturally concerned about the safety of Sha Wujing and Little White Dragon, so he told Sun Wukong.

"Oh, is that so!?" Hearing this, Sun Wukong grew urgent, too.

He nodded, then sped up on his Somersault Cloud towards the North Sea, disappearing in the blink of an eye before Jiang Liu and the others.

"Wukong's Somersault Cloud is indeed unrivaled in the Three Realms. My Cloud Ascending Leaps are fast, but they're still far behind the Somersault Cloud!" Watching Sun Wukong vanish into the horizon, Jiang Liu murmured to himself in admiration.

"Eh? Eh?" While Jiang Liu and Zhu Bajie were flying toward the North Sea, suddenly, Zhu Bajie began to shout strangely.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Liu turned back to look at Zhu Bajie and asked curiously.

"Master, it's over…" Zhu Bajie looked at Jiang Liu with an odd expression on his face.

"It's over!?" Jiang Liu's heart sank slightly.

Although the Soul Demon's health bar had been emptied, since he had attacked first, if its health bar was depleted, it would merely fall into a severely wounded and dying state of unconsciousness.

But now, he's dead!?

"Bajie, did you hit him just now?" Jiang Liu knew that under this condition, even a normal attack could be fatal, so he asked Zhu Bajie.

"How could I!?"

However, after hearing Jiang Liu's words, Zhu Bajie shook his head and said, "I still have to interrogate this Soul Demon on why he tried to steal my Golden Body. How could I have laid a hand on him?"

"Hmm..." Jiang Liu nodded slightly, indicating he understood.

In fact, without Zhu Bajie having to say it, Jiang Liu also knew that Zhu Bajie would not have killed him.

But the Soul Demon, on the brink of death with severe injuries, hadn't been attacked and suddenly died for no reason!?

This was not right, very much not right.

There was a trick, definitely a trick here.

The sudden death of the Soul Demon made Jiang Liu feel that something was very off.

But if dead, so what? There's nothing to fear, right?

With my Soul-Returning Spell, as long as the death was within one hour, even if turned to ashes, I can still revive them.

Still, feeling that something was off, Jiang Liu didn't immediately intend to revive the Soul Demon, deciding instead to wait a bit longer.

The death of the Soul Demon must have been caused by someone's manipulation. Therefore, it might be that at this moment, they were still secretly monitoring them from the shadows, waiting to see their reaction.

Even if I want to revive him, I should wait a bit longer, too.

"Forget it, Bajie. Since this demon dared to steal your Golden Body, even if he died, it can be said he died justly. With such heavy injuries, it's not surprising he couldn't hold on and died!"

With a thought, Jiang Liu deliberately put on a resigned expression and heaved a low sigh.

"Yes, Master's words make sense!" As Jiang Liu's number one sidekick, even if Jiang Liu claimed the sun rose from the west, Zhu Bajie would nod in agreement. Naturally, he had no objections to these words.

Since the Soul Demon was already dead, the Soul Demon hidden within the Golden Body had dissipated. Zhu Bajie took back his Golden Body, focusing entirely on the road ahead.

Tip: Task "Golden Body" completed. You have gained 100 million Experience Points and a Legendary Level Treasure Chest*1.

Following the system's prompt, Jiang Liu's task was accomplished. 100 million experience points weren't a lot, but not too little either.

Opening his inventory space, sure enough, there was an additional Legendary Level Treasure Chest.

As Jiang Liu opened the chest, a slight change crossed his face. Inside the chest was a Treasure Sword with quite impressive patterns.

As Jiang Liu focused his gaze, the corresponding Attribute Information appeared in front of him.

Dragon Pattern Sword (Legendary Level): Required level 71, Attack +350,000, Special Effect: Dragon Clan target equipment, level requirement reduced by 5, Durability 666/666.

"Yay? A Legendary Level weapon for level 71?" After examining the attributes of the Dragon Pattern Sword, Jiang Liu's heart stirred slightly.

However, this Dragon Pattern Sword wasn't very useful to Jiang Liu. On the other hand, it's quite nice for Little White Dragon. Also, with the Dragon Clan's use, the level requirement is reduced by 5. Little White Dragon can just use it now, right?

The attributes of the Dragon Pattern Sword were certainly a cut above the weapon in Little White Dragon's hands.

Although it wouldn't be wrong to give the Dragon Pattern Sword to Little White Dragon, right now, the priority was to rescue Sha Wujing and Little White Dragon first.

Just thinking about a giant bird that easily captured both Sha Wujing and Little White Dragon made Jiang Liu somewhat uneasy.

If I remember correctly, in the original story, the Roc Bird of Lion Camel Ridge was tough, and even Sun Wukong was easily captured by it, right?

Could it be that the big bird that captured White Dragon Horse and Sha Wujing was the Roc!?

Jiang Liu and Zhu Bajie were chasing after them, while on the other hand, Sun Wukong, eager to rescue them, had already swiftly flown to the North Sea.

Then, with a flash of golden light in his eyes, he searched for the whereabouts of Sha Wujing and Little White Dragon.

Although the North Sea was immense, Sun Wukong's vision was beyond the reach of ordinary people, perhaps even superior to the Thousand-Mile Eye of Heavenly Court.

After searching for a moment, Sun Wukong found traces of Sha Wujing and Little White Dragon.

Indeed, they were captured by a huge bird species. With a pair of massive wings flapping, the bird's flight speed was also extremely fast.

Taking a deep breath, Sun Wukong immediately pursued in the direction of the big bird.

...

Amitabha.

Elsewhere, Maitreya Buddha sat serenely on his Lotus Platform, murmuring a Buddha's name in a low voice, a beaming smile deepening on his face by three degrees.

That's right, although the development of events was still somewhat unexpected—the Soul Demon wasn't killed, but he was in a half-dead state—it's fortunate that I made foolproof preparations.

Easily stealing Marshal Tianpeng's Golden Body and sacrificing two suppressed demons added two great calamities.

It seems that the Journey to the West for Scriptures isn't as difficult as I'd imagined, is it?