Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 781 - A Horse Rides in the Cart, A Person Pulls the Cart
781: Chapter 781: A Horse Rides in the Cart, A Person Pulls the Cart
781 -781: A Horse Rides in the Cart, A Person Pulls the Cart
Prompt: Level up 1: Current level 73.
Time seemed to flutter by in a haze, and half a month had passed in the blink of an eye when suddenly, the system’s prompt echoed in Jiang Liu’s mind.
Halting his cultivation of the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture, a smile spread across Jiang Liu’s face.
Had he really gained a level in just half a month through cultivation and slaying demons?
Such a growth rate filled Jiang Liu’s heart with immense joy.
It wasn’t just him; Xiaobai, Good Corpse, and Sha Wujing had all leveled up in the recent days as well.
The feeling was incredibly satisfying.
As for Bajie?
Though he was still stuck at level 79, in just half a month, he had acquired over two billion experience points.
Jiang Liu believed that Bajie must have taken a significant step towards the major milestone of level 80.
The speed of cultivation progress over the past month delighted everyone.
Such tangible advancement was incredibly swift for Bajie and the others.
At this rate, a few short years might suffice to greatly enhance their cultivation levels, right?
“Master, something seems off ahead…”
While Jiang Liu was internally rejoicing and contemplating the latest difficulty of the instances, it was at that moment that Sun Wukong, who was always leading the way, suddenly spoke to Jiang Liu.
“Off?
What seems off to you?” Jiang Liu asked, his interest piqued upon hearing Sun Wukong’s remark.
Sun Wukong hovered midair with his monkey paw over his eyes, peering ahead, and then said, “Master, I, Old Sun, see many demon creatures up ahead!”
“Many demon creatures?
Does that not mean there’s a whole pile of experience points waiting for us!?” Jiang Liu thought, his heart stirring at Wukong’s words.
While the difficulty of the instances was very satisfying, the real-world demon creatures provided not only the opportunity to level up by killing beasts but also to vanquish evil for the good of all.
Possibly even triggering a mission, Jiang Liu was naturally very interested.
If the Tang Monk from the original work knew about the demons, he would have looked for a way to detour, or wait for Sun Wukong and the others to clear the demons before daring to move forward.
But now?
Upon hearing of the presence of demons, Jiang Liu was like a hungry man who had discovered a feast.
He urged his steed forward with a nudge of his legs!
Xiaobai naturally understood Jiang Liu’s thoughts.
The leisurely pace was immediately quickened, and they moved forward.
Indeed, they hadn’t gone far before suddenly, a dozen Little Demons leapt out.
These Little Demons glanced over Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong but showed no interest, their gazes settling on Jiang Liu.
“Hehehe, there’s a nice and clean-looking monk there!
If we capture him, the Great King will surely reward us handsomely!” said a Wolf Demon standing on two legs, licking its lips with drool all over the ground, laughing as it spoke.
“Indeed, indeed!
It has been a long while since we’ve seen such a clean person!” Added a bipedal Fierce Tiger, nodding emphatically.
During this exchange, they addressed Sun Wukong and the others: “You lot seem to be from the Demon Clan too, so we won’t make things difficult for you.
Leave this human here and the rest of you can buzz off!”
“How dare you!” Sun Wukong was so angry he laughed,
But before Sun Wukong could make a move, suddenly, a strange light appeared in the sky, descending swiftly.
It landed right amidst the Little Demons, exploding instantly to take the form of a gigantic lotus.
Seeing this, Sun Wukong turned around to look.
Alright, no need to say more, it was the Master’s doing, using the Lotus Spell skill.
“They’re just a bunch of level 30-something Demon Generals!” With a single cast of the Lotus Spell skill, these Little Demons were all wiped out.
Listening to the system’s prompt, Jiang Liu, gaining not much experience, muttered under his breath, adopting the attitude that even small gains are valuable.
“Come on, Wukong, let’s keep moving…” After obliterating the Little Demons with the Lotus Spell, Jiang Liu spoke, and the scripture-seeking team pressed on.
At level 73, Jiang Liu had now attained the cultivation level of a Taiyi True Immortal.
Within the Buddhist Sect, this level would qualify one to become a Bodhisattva.
Dealing with these Little Demons was naturally an effortless task.
They continued on, and indeed, they began encountering more and more demon creatures.
This place seemed to have fallen into the world of demons.
“The path of the Journey to the West for Scriptures takes one from the southern Shanbu Continent to the western Niuhe State.
Considering the time and distance, I’ve probably traveled half the distance by now, so this should be the border between Shanbu Continent and Niuhe State, right?
Why have the demon creatures suddenly become more numerous here?” Jiang Liu pondered this as he slew hundreds of Little Demons, his thoughts running through his head.
Is it particularly chaotic because it’s the border between two continents?
After walking for two or three days, covering over a hundred miles and having slain countless demon creatures, they still hadn’t found the demon creatures’ nest.
This oddity made Jiang Liu even more perplexed.
A demon territory so vast?
At least a hundred miles in radius?
And it just exists openly without any Immortals and Buddhas coming to check on it?
“Master, there’s something strange ahead…” Just as Jiang Liu was pondering how he might have wasted two or three days not properly taking on instances, feeling like he had incurred a great loss, Sun Wukong suddenly spoke to Jiang Liu.
“Strange again?
What kind of strange?
Tell me…” Jiang Liu asked, upon hearing Sun Wukong.
“I, Old Sun, have found that there’s a city ahead, and it seems to be a capital!” Sun Wukong’s expression was somewhat strange as he spoke to Jiang Liu.
“What?
In this place where demons are everywhere, there’s actually a human capital!?”
Upon hearing Sun Wukong’s words, before Jiang Liu could speak, Zhu Bajie at his side widened his eyes and his face filled with an astonished look, incredulously saying.
Zhu Bajie’s words had indeed voiced everyone’s surprise.
Indeed, after traveling for two to three days and a hundred miles, they had seen demons everywhere.
Yet, there was a human capital here?
It seemed like an improbable situation, right?
In lands where humans lived, it was common for demon creatures to occupy a bit of the mountains and rivers to survive.
But a human capital in a place where demons lived everywhere?
It was like a little white rabbit digging a burrow to live among a pack of wild wolves!
“Let’s go and take a look!” Hearing that there was a human city in this demon-filled place, Jiang Liu also felt surprised, but did not rush to say more.
After calling out to Sun Wukong and the others, they walked toward the direction of that kingdom.
However, as Jiang Liu and his companions approached this kingdom, suddenly, a carriage appeared before them, coming head-on and immediately drawing everyone’s attention.
This carriage?
Strictly speaking, should no longer be called a horse carriage, but rather a human carriage!
Looking at the design of the carriage, it indeed didn’t look much different from an ordinary horse carriage, but instead of steeds, it was pulled by seven or eight humans.
Seven or eight humans, with harnesses around them, crawling on the ground, moving like beasts.
And on the carriage, a horse was actually half-reclining, enjoying the service of being pulled!
Though Jiang Liu had grown accustomed to all sorts of sights in the world of Journey to the West, seeing the scene before him where humans were pulling the carriage and the horse was sitting on it still left him somewhat dumbfounded.
As the carriage met Jiang Liu and his companions head-on, clearly, the humans pulling the carriage also noticed the presence of Jiang Liu’s group.
One of the gaunt old men, upon seeing Jiang Liu actually sitting on a horse with Sun Wukong and the others by his side, was taken aback for a moment, stumbling in his walk, and fell to the ground with his hand slipping off.
“Waste!”
Seeing the old man’s figure, the horse sitting in the carriage said with an angry tone, and at the same time, raised its hand.
A horsewhip was flung out with the motion, wrapping directly around the old man’s neck.
Then with a flick of the whip, the old man was thrown onto the vehicle.
Crack.
A grating noise, the sound of bones breaking, was heard.
Clearly, the old man’s neck had been twisted and broken by the whip.
The corpse lying on the carriage was all abraded at the knees and palms, bloody and raw.
Opening its mouth, the horse actually bit into the corpse of the dead old man.
Clearly, it was prepared to eat him.
The other humans pulling the carriage, each one lowering their head, had a terrified look and dared not utter a sound!
“Stop!”
Seeing this scene, fury blazed within Jiang Liu!
When the horse demon threw out its whip, Jiang Liu didn’t rush to act.
But now, since the old man’s neck had already been twisted and broken by a whip, it was too late for Jiang Liu to save him.
Seeing that the horse demon even intended to eat the human, Jiang Liu’s heart burned with rage, and naturally, his murderous intent surged.
“You?
Are you a human!?” As Jiang Liu shouted, the horse demon on the carriage paused its movements and, after looking at Jiang Liu and then seeing him riding atop the White Dragon Horse, also spoke with a furious tone.
“How dare a mere level 32 Demon General seek death!” Jiang Liu scrutinized the horse demon’s profile, his brow furrowing.
On this grand road, to use humans for pulling carriages, and demons sitting in luxury – even resorting to cannibalism?
For humans, this scene must be akin to Asura Purgatory, right?
“How bold of you, human!
To actually sit on the back of a horse!?
Seeking death!?”
Setting aside Jiang Liu’s own anger, the horse demon, upon confirming Jiang Liu’s human identity, seemed even more furious than Jiang Liu and loudly shouted.
As it spoke, the horsewhip was flung out again, whipping directly towards Jiang Liu’s neck!
“Die!”
Jiang Liu didn’t waste words, extending his finger and pointing at the horse demon.
There wasn’t any particular skill involved, just a simple use of force.
A ray of light shot from Jiang Liu’s fingertip.
