Chapter 196: 196. Chapter 196: Memory Awakening! A Conversation with the Self from Five Hundred Years Ago

196. Chapter 196: Memory Awakening! A Conversation with the Self from Five Hundred Years Ago

"Zixia!!"

"Zixia!!"

Inside the Spiritual Power Shield, Zhizunbao was frantically pounding the barrier with his fists, attempting to break free from its constraints.

His fists were already covered in blood, yet the shield remained completely unmoved.

He possessed no magic power and knew no Immortal Technique; how could he, with only a mortal body, shatter this Spiritual Power Shield constructed from immortal energy?

Yet even so, Zhizunbao did not give up in the slightest.

It was not until Zixia stepped upon flowing clouds and charged toward those Heavenly Soldiers and Divine Generals that Zhizunbao truly understood his own heart.

The speed at which the Buddha Seal in his mind was dissolving increased slightly, but at this moment, Zhizunbao did not notice this at all.

Wind and sand filled the air; he had now lost his way.

The immortal energy shield dissipated, and Zhizunbao fell into the desert, rolling a few times before steadying himself.

He glanced around; wind and sand were blowing, and there was an endless desert everywhere, making it impossible to discern the direction.

"Zixia!!"

Zhizunbao screamed, running frantically in the direction he had come from.

The light of Taiyang Xing gradually faded, and moonlight shone upon the desert once more.

He did not know how long he had walked, yet he still could not see the end of the desert, nor could he find the location of the Luoyang Market.

What surprised him slightly was that after walking for so long, he did not feel the slightest bit of fatigue; it was as if a force was continuously surging within his body, erasing the wounds on him.

Every time he walked for a while, little fragments of memory would appear in his mind.

At first, he did not pay them any mind, thinking they were merely scenes from a dream resurfacing, but when those memory fragments connected, a strange look appeared on his face.

After walking in the desert for a long time, until the afternoon of the next day, Zhizunbao still had not seen the familiar Luoyang Market.

However, the Swastika Buddha Seal in his mind had now basically dissolved.

"Hoo—"

Exhaling a breath of stale air, Zhizunbao gazed into the distance toward the Luoyang Market, a golden glint flickering in his eyes.

A misty ripple emanated from his body, shrouding the surrounding desert.

This ripple covered the withered trees, as if reversing Time itself! Those withered trees actually took root and sprouted, growing tender green branches and leaves.

His face was calm, and buried within those eyes, which were like deep pools, were coldness and persistence.

Raising his hand slightly, a golden flame, like a small snake, flew and danced at his fingertips.

He waved his hand gently, and the small snake vanished in an instant.

Zhizunbao closed his eyes, carefully experiencing his own insights into the power of laws over these past five hundred years.

"Five hundred years of reincarnation has actually allowed me to fully comprehend the Time Law, and my progress in other laws is not small either."

He looked into the distance and whispered softly, "Guanyin Dashi, you have worked hard."

Zhizunbao murmured softly, and the aura on his body climbed instantly, completing the reversal from mortal to immortal.

The Immortal Aperture, which had been locked by the Time Force, was also instantly unsealed at this moment.

Clenching his hand slightly and feeling this surging and vast power, a look of joy appeared on his face.

Just then, spiritual power rioted in the distance, and two streaks of light flashed suddenly, causing ripples to spread through the surrounding space.

"Hmm?"

Zhizunbao looked in the direction of the two streaks of light, pondered slightly, then stepped out directly, merging into the void and heading toward where the two streaks of light were.

Several clones were living a good life in the Blessed Land, and their power naturally gathered in the main body.

Ye Ming, having recovered his original memories, was naturally able to use the power of the several clones at will.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Ming stepped out of the void and appeared behind a high slope in the desert.

He used the Dark Ancestral Talisman to mobilize the surrounding darkness to conceal his own fluctuations, then watched the direction of the streaks of light with peace of mind.

Where the streaks of light were, red clouds filled the sky!

High in the air amidst the red clouds, Guanyin Dashi, with her left hand in an orchid gesture and her right hand holding the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle, sat upon a lotus throne, looking down at the man and the monkey below with a face full of murderous intent.

Below, Tang Sanzang, wearing a monk's robe and holding a Golden Zen Staff, sat cross-legged on the ground, muttering incessantly.

Not far from him, that handsome figure wearing the Phoenix-Winged Purple-Gold Crown, clad in Chainmail Golden Armor, wearing Ou Si Bu Yun Lu, and holding the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, was looking at Guanyin Dashi in the sky with a guarded expression! Ye Ming, hidden in the darkness, was slightly startled in his heart.

Wasn't this the scene he encountered when he first arrived in A Chinese Odyssey and met Guanyin?

The Sun Wukong now should be himself.

Only at this moment did he understand why "he" had seen another self on the high slope back then.

A smile appeared on the corner of Ye Ming's mouth, and he whispered inwardly, "Only in this way can Zixia fall in love and can I fully master the Time Law..."

"Then in this A Chinese Odyssey, Sun Wukong's inner demon won't be able to jump around for much longer."

After secretly sorting out his thoughts, Ye Ming, who had recovered his memory, looked into the distance again.

Before the red clouds, on the lotus throne.

Guanyin looked coldly at Sun Wukong, who was holding the Golden Cudgel below, and scolded, "Sun Wukong, in order to marry Niu Mowang's sister, you actually used your master Tang Sanzang as a wedding gift and even invited demons and monsters to eat the Tang Seng feast!"

"Do you admit your mistake?"

Sun Wukong bared his fangs and brandished his claws, just about to speak, when he suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure on a distant hilltop out of the corner of his eye.

The moment the two locked eyes, Ye Ming had already slightly shifted the surrounding dark power.

He looked at his self from five hundred years ago, that is, Sun Wukong, and spoke softly: "Follow the plot, leave the rest to me!"

Sun Wukong nodded quietly, spun the Ruyi Golden Cudgel in his hand into a flower, pointed it at Guanyin in the sky, and bared his teeth: "You old hag! It's only because you're a woman that I won't kill you! Don't think I'm afraid of you!"

Tang Sanzang, sitting cross-legged on the ground, saw this, placed the Golden Zen Staff horizontally across his knees, tilted his head, and looked at Sun Wukong, "Wukong, how can you speak to Sister Guanyin like that?"

Sun Wukong turned his head abruptly, glaring at Tang Sanzang with a face full of murderous intent, "Shut up!"

Tang Sanzang's expression did not change, and he said kindly as before: "You are scaring me again."

Guanyin saw the conversation between the master and disciple below, and indifferently raised a finger to point at Sun Wukong, saying: "Do you know that you have already committed a monstrous crime, and you have also snatched Zixia Xianzi's Moonlight Box."

"You're clearly trying to avoid me!"

Sun Wukong took the Moonlight Box from his waist and tossed it aside, "Since I can't avoid it, I'll fight you to the death!"

The Moonlight Box hit the top of Tang Sanzang's head and bounced away.

"What are you doing?"

Tang Sanzang tilted his head, then suddenly leaped up, grabbed the Moonlight Box in his hand, picked up his Zen staff, and said to Sun Wukong:

"Oh, Wukong, you're being naughty again. I told you not to throw things around!"

"Sigh! Throwing things around is wrong!"

"……"

In the distance, hidden in the darkness on a high slope, Ye Ming saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that his acting talent was indeed quite good.

But this Tang Sanzang was truly long-winded.

Most importantly, Tang Sanzang's long-windedness seemed to be surrounded by a special power of law, which had the effect of destroying others' Dao heart.

If one's will was not firm, they would indeed be unable to withstand this nagging. He shook his head, put away the dark power that concealed his own fluctuations, and used the Time Law to temporarily seal his power again.

Right now, the plot was still in motion, and it still needed the identity of "Zhizunbao" to push it forward.

He looked at the familiar scene in the distance, his heart already prepared.

Zhizunbao, back online.

In the distance, the plot continued.

"Guanyin Dashi, even you can't stand this guy's nagging, almost destroying your Dao heart; I am enduring it every single moment!!"

Sun Wukong watched Guanyin attack in a frenzy and then regain her composure, laughing out loud as he said:

"Now you can understand my pain!"

He moved his feet, directly snatched up the Golden Cudgel from the ground, spun it in a flourish, and suddenly knocked the Moonlight Box lying on the ground toward Guanyin with one strike.

The Moonlight Box flew toward Guanyin, but she just flicked her orchid finger, and the Moonlight Box flew off into the distance.

Seeing the Moonlight Box fly away, Zhizunbao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran toward the distance.

He discovered that Guanyin and Tang Sanzang seemed to be ignoring him.

This made him happy.

Seeing the Moonlight Box right before his eyes, just as Zhizunbao was about to reach out, Tang Sanzang appeared in front of the Moonlight Box as if flashing, and ran off directly holding the Moonlight Box.

"This Tang Sanzang is not simple either!"

After muttering this, Zhizunbao waited for the next opportunity to strike.

And below, Sun Wukong pretended to look unintentionally at where the Moonlight Box had landed, and seeing that familiar figure about to run over, he felt slightly relieved.

Suddenly, he was surprised to find that, he didn't know when, Tang Sanzang had already arrived ahead of time at the place where the Moonlight Box had flown.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Sun Wukong's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"Oh, I told you not to throw things around!"

Tang Sanzang held his cassock in one hand and the Moonlight Box in the other as he ran back down.

Sun Wukong glanced at the figure on the desert hill in the distance that looked exactly like him, then suddenly swung the Golden Cudgel and smashed it toward Guanyin before him.

Guanyin was furious and threw out Willow Leaves that blotted out the sky and sun, wrapping Sun Wukong up like a rice dumpling.

The plot continued to develop, and Sun Wukong was directly taken into the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle by Guanyin.

After Guanyin took the Sun Wukong who had transformed into Sun Wukong into the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle, a hint of murderous intent appeared on her face, and she said indifferently: "Today I will act on behalf of Heaven!"

Tang Sanzang suddenly stopped in his tracks, placed the Moonlight Box aside, and holding his Golden Zen Staff, he spoke:

"Sister Guanyin, please show mercy!"

"If one asks who among men has no faults, he is, after all, my disciple. If a disciple is at fault, the master also bears responsibility."

"I beg Sister Guanyin to spare his life!"

"If I do not eliminate him, I cannot answer to the Heavenly Venerable and the World Honored One." Guanyin looked at Tang Sanzang pleading below and performed a Buddhist salute.

Tang Sanzang met Guanyin's gaze and covered his heart with one hand, "I will not make things difficult for you."

"I beg Sister Guanyin to tell the Heavenly Venerable and the Buddha that this poor monk is willing to pay life for life."

Not far away, listening to what Tang Sanzang said, Zhizunbao's face remained calm, his eyes fixed tightly on the Moonlight Box beside him.

Taking advantage of the time Tang Sanzang and Guanyin were talking, he crawled on the ground, quietly moving his body to get closer to the Moonlight Box.

At this moment, Guanyin stared at Tang Sanzang below, her eyes filled with surprise.

Her mouth opened slightly, and she let out a sound of confusion: "Ah?"

Tang Sanzang's eyes were filled with sincerity; he met Guanyin's surprised gaze and said earnestly, "As the saying goes, if I do not enter hell, who will?"

"I beg you, Sister, to understand."

"What I am doing is nothing more than wanting to reform my wayward disciple, in order to cooperate with the fearless spirit of my Buddha's compassion!"

After speaking, Tang Sanzang held the Golden Zen Staff and slowly sat cross-legged on the ground.

He placed the Golden Zen Staff flat between his knees and performed a palms-together Buddhist salute to Guanyin.

Seeing Tang Sanzang in this state, the murderous aura on Guanyin's body quietly dissipated at this moment.

"Good, very good."

"Wukong, I hope that one day you will be able to comprehend your master's spirit of sacrificing his life for righteousness."

Just then, Tang Sanzang smiled, picked up the flat Zen staff with both hands, and then suddenly tossed it into the air.

Hum hum hum! The Golden Zen Staff spun in the air, and then, guided by a special power, its sharp end pointed straight down toward the top of Tang Sanzang's head.

Tang Sanzang's face was full of kindness, his hands pressed together in front of his chest, and he murmured: "Namo Amitabha."

Whoosh!!

Just as the Golden Zen Staff descended, Zhizunbao had already touched the Moonlight Box beside Tang Sanzang!

He stood up excitedly, suddenly hearing the sound of something breaking through the air above his head.

Looking up, Zhizunbao saw the Golden Zen Staff suddenly turn around and smash directly onto his forehead.

"Clang!!!"

A crisp sound rang out, Zhizunbao's eyes rolled back, and he collapsed directly; the Moonlight Box in his hand slipped from his grasp instantly and crashed to the ground.

In an instant, moonlight spilled down, shining exactly upon the Moonlight Box.

The Moonlight Box opened, and a beam of light sucked Tang Sanzang directly inside, and together with the Moonlight Box, he vanished without a trace.

A night passed, and when Zhizunbao woke up, he immediately got up to check the surrounding situation.

The figures of Guanyin and Sun Wukong had long since disappeared, and along with them, Tang Sanzang and the Moonlight Box were also nowhere to be found.

If not for the surging power within his body, he would likely have thought that what happened last night might just have been a dream.

"The cause has been planted; now I just need to push the plot forward and complete the final result to end this first layer of the Journey to the West world!"

He closed his eyes to sense the power of the laws he had mastered; among them, the two laws he was most familiar with were Force and Time!

"Let's test whether this Time Law, refined over five hundred years, is truly as miraculous as they say!"

He murmured, opened his eyes, and slowly manipulated time.

Clouds gathered, and the entire world, under his control, began to spin at extreme speed, as if an accelerator had been turned on.

The Taiyang Xing that had just risen was actually falling toward the horizon at a terrifying speed.

Before long, night once again shrouded the entire desert.

A smile appeared on Ye Ming's face; mastering the Mythical-grade Extraordinary Talent of Time, combined with the power of the laws within the Moonlight Box, had brought his comprehension of time to a new, terrifying level! Changing the time of the entire world for a day did not consume much of his physical strength at all.

This was far from his limit! "If I were to face Guanyin now, I think I could go toe-to-toe with her!"

He murmured, and Ye Ming activated the Ancestral Space Talisman, took a step, and arrived directly at Heifeng Ling.

Now, to make the result drive perfectly, the catalyst that is Tang Sanzang is indispensable.

After all, according to Ye Ming's conjecture, in this A Chinese Odyssey, besides Zixia, that chatterbox Tang Sanzang is also a point that cannot be ignored regarding Sun Wukong's inner demons! (End of chapter)