Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 605 - 606 Wait for the Right Moment (3rd Update)
Chapter 605 -606: Wait for the Right Moment (3rd Update!)
Chapter 605 -606: Wait for the Right Moment (3rd Update!)
“Uh, regarding this matter, I’m afraid you’ll have to remain in Jiang Liu’er’s body for a while longer…”
Sun Wukong smiled awkwardly, “I already mentioned before that to reconstruct your physical body, we must rely on the Merit and Destiny bestowed by the Heavenly Dao. Now, as Jiang Liu’er is on his Journey to the West to Seek Scriptures, after the successful completion of his quest, the Heavenly Dao will certainly bestow a tremendous amount of Merit and Destiny. At that time, using part of it to condense a physical body for you will be feasible.”
“You mean I have to continue staying in this body until the scripture-seeking is successful?”
Hou Yi’s eyes widened.
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“I’m afraid that’s the case!”
Sun Wukong spread his hands, “Apart from this, I can’t think of any other way to help you reconstruct your physical body. You wouldn’t want to just find any body and then be limited to the Quasi-Saint Realm, would you? Don’t forget, Fairy Chang’er has already reached the Half-Step Saint Realm. With the addition of Jiang Liu’er’s primordial yang and the Merit and Destiny within him, breaking through to the Heavenly Dao Saint isn’t much of an issue anymore. You wouldn’t want to always lag behind, right?”
Sun Wukong’s words hit a sore spot for Hou Yi. He could, of course, sense Fairy Chang’er’s current Cultivation Strength. Just as Sun Wukong had said, without finding the most compatible physical body, not only would catching up with Fairy Chang’er be out of the question, he might not even be able to retain his former strength!
According to what Sun Wukong said, it was already the third time of the Boundless Great Calamity; in this age of great strife, could it be he had to rely on a woman to protect him? That would be too humiliating for Hou Yi!
“Alright, I understand!”
Taking a deep breath, Hou Yi nodded his head in agreement, but his heart still felt somewhat unwilling. He knew that Jiang Liu’er had also paid a lot to help him save Fairy Chang’er, yet deep down, he just felt it so annoying that words of gratitude just couldn’t come out.
“By the way, I’ll have to trouble you, Hou Yi, to look after things along the way. When Jiang Liu’er finds himself in danger, please lend him a hand. After all, your physical body still has to be taken up by him, doesn’t it?”
Sun Wukong chuckled, and Hou Yi rolled his eyes, utterly speechless. His soul shrank back into the Cinnabar Pill Palace, surrendering control of the body back to Jiang Liu’er.
“Great Saint, what do you mean by letting Hou Yi save me with his hands? Are you asking him to control my body?”
Jiang Liu’er had heard Sun Wukong’s conversation with Hou Yi clearly and was annoyed. Being controlled by Hou Yi once was already embarrassing enough. Does it mean that during the journey ahead, such a situation could happen again, a second or third time?
“Jiang Liu’er, you are aware of your situation, your Cultivation is indeed not low now, but you practically have no combat experience, and you barely have the ability to protect yourself in the face of danger. I’m doing this for your own good!”
Sun Wukong explained, “Look, when Hou Yi controls your body, you can feel everything he experiences. Thus, you can also sense his combat techniques and experience, which can greatly benefit your strength improvement! Besides, in the face of real danger, when no one else can rescue you in time, if Hou Yi takes over, you can save yourself, can’t you?”
Sun Wukong’s words were reasonable and Jiang Liu’er found no grounds to refute, so he tacitly agreed.
After the poisoning was resolved, Fairy Chang’er fell into a deep slumber. Demon Master Kunpeng inspected her and said that Chang’er only needed to absorb the Merit and Destiny that Jiang Liu’er had transferred into her body, which was why she had fallen asleep. Once she had completely assimilated it and awakened, it would signal her breakthrough to the Heavenly Dao Saint Realm.
The Journey to the West to Seek Scriptures must continue, and Jiang Liu’er had already left for over half a month. It was time to return. Sun Wukong didn’t delay and, taking Jiang Liu’er, rose on a cloud and flew towards the western route. They happened to catch up with Yuan Hong and his companions right before the Chechi Kingdom’s city gates.
Sun Wukong retracted his clones, and Jiang Liu’er once again mounted the White Dragon Horse. Yuan Hong and the others were very curious about what Jiang Liu’er had been doing over the past half month, but no matter how they inquired, Jiang Liu’er did not disclose a word, even showing anger when pressed, suggesting he was annoyed to the point of rage; thus, Yuan Hong and the others could only keep their full-blown suspicions to themselves.
“Master, we can’t enter the city like this, we’ll be captured!”
When they arrived at the city gates, just as Jiang Liu’er was about to drive the horse forward, Yuan Hong grabbed the reins.
“Why? We merely wish to pass through to the west, having committed no crimes. Why would we be captured?”
Jiang Liu’er was utterly confused.
“Master, you were not here before and are unaware. On our way here, we saw monks doing hard labor. Upon inquiry, we learned that this place is called Chechi Kingdom, which venerates the Taoist Sect and eradicates the Buddhist Sect. Any Taoist is revered here, while monks are invariably captured to perform hard labor. Even though we are merely passing through, if we enter the city dressed as monks, we will surely be caught!”
Yuan Hong’s words made Jiang Liu’er somewhat flustered, “Then what should we do?”
“Master, I have already made inquiries. The reason why the Chechi Kingdom venerates the Taoist Sect and eradicates the Buddhist Sect is because twenty years ago, there was a great drought here. The king ordered monks and Taoists to pray for rain together. Those monks were regular people without any mana, capable only of chanting sutras and praying, unable to summon any rain. On the other hand, three Taoists descended from the sky, known as Goat Immortal, Deer Immortal, and Goat Immortal, who could summon wind and rain, resolving the drought and bringing blessings upon the citizens. Hence, the king deemed the monks useless, demolished temples and Buddha statues, and ordered all monks to work at the Taoist temples.”
Yuan Hong explained all the information he had gathered to Jiang Liu’er, while Sun Wukong listened clearly from his position above the clouds, secretly amused.
Those so-called Goat Immortal, Deer Immortal, and Goat Immortal were not true immortals of the Taoist Sect but obviously tiger, deer, and goat demons, each with the cultivation of Taiyi Scattered Immortals. Likely tired of their impoverished lives in the deep mountains, they had come to this Chechi Kingdom to display their divine skills and seek wealth. However, these three demons were not very clever. If you wish to seek glory and riches, there is no problem, but why must you push monks to the brink of extinction? This has caused one of the Eighty-One Tribulations to fall upon Chechi Kingdom.
In his previous life, all three demons had lost their lives during their contests with Sun Wukong. If Yuan Hong were to compete with them in this life, the fate of the three demons likely wouldn’t be much better. The Buddhist Sect’s influence would catch fire once again within Chechi Kingdom, which was not what Sun Wukong wished to see.
He must save the lives of the three demons and ensure that the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Cult replaced both the Taoist Sect and the Buddhist Sect, becoming the sole religion of Chechi Kingdom. Of course, he couldn’t completely eradicate the Taoists and monks; with sufficient temptation, they would surely convert to the Demon Cult!
