Serene and unhurried, Jiang Liu slowly opened his eyes, as if awakening from a deep slumber.
Upon opening his eyes, Jiang Liu found himself bound by chains of an unknown material to a stone pillar, tightly tied so that he could not move.
Looking around, Jiang Liu realized he was inside a demon's cave, surrounded by many corpse demons.
A female demon with an ashen complexion kneeled quietly to the side, while a handso man sat on a throne fashioned from bones, clearly having noticed Jiang Liu's awakening, was watching him.
"Has Master Xuanzang woken up?" As Jiang Liu ca to, the fine-looking man seated on the throne of bones began to speak, upon seeing him awake.
However, while he spoke, his eyes revealed a greed that made him unconsciously lick his lips.
"Great King, it is said that this Tang Monk has cultivated goodness for ten lifetis. By eating a piece of his flesh, one can achieve everlasting life…" The pale-faced woman, her body exuding an aura of death, gazed intently at Jiang Liu and spoke.
"Indeed, your information is accurate," the man nodded in agreent. "Eating a piece of this monk's flesh can indeed grant eternal life!"
In the midst of speaking, his eyes looked at Jiang Liu with the sa avaricious gleam, evidently seeing Jiang Liu as a rare delicacy of the world.
"Then what are we waiting for? Great King, let's flay and dismber this monk right now!" The pale-faced female demon eagerly said by the side, showing an expression of wild joy and an impatience to act.
"Wait!"
Nevertheless, the handso man suddenly shouted out loud, stopping the female demon's actions, saying, "You don't understand, while this monk may not be very capable, his disciples are all extraordinary. If they co here causing trouble, what shall we do? We should wait for a few more days until his disciples stop making noise, then we can peacefully enjoy this Flesh of Longevity."
"Cough cough, I think you simply don't want to eat , do you?" Jiang Liu suddenly chid in, after the handso man had finished speaking.
"Hahaha, you monk must be losing your mind, right? Whoever could eat a piece of your flesh and gain immortality would want to!?" The handso man burst into laughter upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, as if he had heard sothing amusing.
"The reason you just said for not wanting to eat makes no sense at all!"
Unfazed by the man's mockery, Jiang Liu, though bound, remained calm with no hint of fear. He then said, "You say you're worried about Sun Wukong and the others causing a commotion, so you want to wait until they lose patience and leave before you eat . But if you are sure that Sun Wukong and the others will eventually leave without patience, there's no harm in eating now, is there?"
"This..." Confronted with Jiang Liu's analysis, the handso man was montarily at a loss for words, unsure of how to respond.
Pausing for a mont, Jiang Liu continued, "If you're afraid of Sun Wukong and his abilities and believe you can't defeat them, why would you bother tying up and waiting for them to co? Logically, you should eat now, acquire the Longevity Life, and flee before Sun Wukong and the others arrive, isn't that the sensible thing to do?"
"But here you are, capturing without eating , and instead, waiting for Sun Wukong and them to show up. This doesn't look like you want to eat at all!"
Shaking his head with amusent, Jiang Liu looked at the handso man and said, "So, do you not want to eat , or are you afraid to eat ?"
"Now, here's the question, whether you don't want to or are afraid to eat , you're not going to eat in the end. So, why did you bother capturing in the first place? What exactly is your purpose? You..."
"Guard! Plug this monk's mouth!" But before Jiang Liu could continue, the fine-looking man, seemingly in a fit of anger and embarrassnt, loudly commanded.
Following his words, so little demons ca over, stuffed a piece of cloth into Jiang Liu's mouth, and gagged him, preventing him from speaking further.
The more Jiang Liu spoke, the more the handso man felt alard. His own excuse to spare Jiang Liu's life had been seen through, based on just a few words. Could the wisdom of this Scripture Seeker really be so terrifying?
It was better to gag him; otherwise, who knew if he would eventually deduce that everything was a plot!
"Why are you all looking at like that!?" After having successfully gagged Jiang Liu's mouth, the handso man had just breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed several of his subordinates staring at him peculiarly, which caught him off guard.
"Great King, I think what the monk just said seems reasonable! Don't you actually want to eat his Everlasting Flesh?" the pale-faced female demon asked the handso man.
Clearly, even though they had gagged Jiang Liu's mouth, the words he had just spoken seed sensible, and the demon creatures had taken them to heart.
Feeling the strange glances of his own subordinates, the fine-looking man was montarily resourceful, and with a flash of inspiration, spoke, "Haven't you thought about it? If his disciples are so powerful that we can defeat them, then there's no problem in eating the Longevity Flesh; but if we can't, then keeping this monk as a talisman can protect us!"
There was no denying that this explanation made sense.
Therefore, the demon kind nodded in agreent, showing their understanding and not saying anything further.
Gagged and bound to the pillar, Jiang Liu displayed no hint of fear and quietly waited.
Through the task he'd triggered himself, and the fact that the demon creature dared not eat him, Jiang Liu could almost be certain that this demon creature must have co from among the Immortals and Buddhas.
And all this, must be a trap laid out by Guanyin, one that added to the eighty-one trials.
This trap was not in the original work, so why had it been added now?
It seed on this journey, the trials that should have occurred had all been safely passed by him, none counting as true trials. Therefore, the count of eighty-one trials was incomplete, causing Bodhisattva to grow anxious and naturally, she needed to arrange more trials, leading to the appearance of trials not present in the original work. This seed to make sense within reason, didn't it?
Regardless of Jiang Liu's thoughts, ti ticked away second by second. Although Jiang Liu's flesh, the Flesh of Longevity, was an irresistible temptation for the demons, since the Great King had forbidden them to eat it, the demon creatures dared not do anything to Jiang Liu.
Soon, the night grew deeper.
"Master, Master, how are you feeling?" In his dazed state, Jiang Liu vaguely seed to hear Sun Wukong calling out, and slowly he opened his eyes.
He saw a tiny fly hovering in front of him. To be able to transform into a fly and co over in the dead of winter was quite a feat.
Jiang Liu saw it clearly; this fly even had the head of a monkey. Who else could it be but Sun Wukong?
Clearly, Sun Wukong ant not to startle the demons and had transford into a fly to speak with Jiang Liu.
"Master, why aren't you speaking? Are you alright?!" Hovering in front of Jiang Liu and seeing him silent, Sun Wukong beca worried and continued to ask.
"Mmmmph!"
Sun Wukong's question made Jiang Liu roll his eyes at him in annoyance. He opened his mouth but could not speak because it was gagged with a cloth, unable to express anything but muffled, indecipherable noises.
"Oh, sorry, I wasn't aware..." Realizing that Jiang Liu couldn't speak, Sun Wukong finally noticed the piece of cloth in Jiang Liu's mouth.
Although he was just a fly, Sun Wukong's legs clung to the cloth and he managed to directly yank it down.
"Master, how are you? Are you alright?" After pulling the cloth from Jiang Liu's mouth, Sun Wukong continued to ask.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, the demon creature doesn't dare to eat !" Having had his mouth stuffed with a cloth for so long, Jiang Liu felt as if his jaw were stiff. After moving his jaw, he finally spoke.
"Oh? It doesn't dare to eat you? You an to say—?" Hearing Jiang Liu's response, Sun Wukong asked in surprise. Experience tales at empire
"This demon creature, it must have co from the heavens!" Jiang Liu affird.
"No wonder!"
Understanding dawned on Sun Wukong's face as he nodded and said, "When you were taken away by that Black Lotus earlier, no wonder my Jingu Bang couldn't smash it. So this demon had originated from the Immortals and Buddhas, possessing such rare treasures!"
Sun Wukong felt aggrieved too. As a Taiyi True Immortal with a distinguished reputation among the Immortals and Buddhas, it was surely a blow to his pride that a re Heavenly Immortal could abduct his master right under his nose.
But he had to admit, sotis the treasures from the Immortals and Buddhas were truly formidable, possessing powerful Dharma Treasures that could overco stronger foes or even defeat those of a higher Cultivation Level.
However, as the conversation reached this point, Sun Wukong paused slightly, then asked, "So, Master, what shall we do next?"
"What shall we do next, you ask?"
Hearing Sun Wukong's question, Jiang Liu's lips curved slightly, a strange smile on his face as he whispered, "Wukong, do you rember our goal? What if today we collect so interest?"
"Oh? Master, do you an, kill this demon from the Immortals and Buddhas?" Sun Wukong's eyes sparkled as he asked.
"Exactly!" Jiang Liu nodded.
"Hehehe, I, Old Sun, like it!" Upon receiving Jiang Liu's affirmative reply, Sun Wukong joyously executed several flips in mid-air in his fly form.
Yet, as soon as he did, Sun Wukong beca troubled again. "But, that demon wields a Black Lotus, which seems to be a treasure and not easy to deal with!"
"That only matters if he has the chance to use it!" replied Jiang Liu with a grin.
Weren't his Silencing Zen and Sheep Transformation Technique skills prepared for monts like this?
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