Chapter 489: Rulai: Damn it, I'm so pissed off!

Journey to the West World, Earth Immortal Realm, Baigu Yaoguo.

Baigu Furen had rebuilt the Imperial Palace; in the previous battle, Sun Wukong had smashed the entire palace to dust with a single strike of his staff.

"Master, Eldest Disciple, Second Disciple, Senior Brother Heixiong, Senior Brother Xiaobailong, Senior Brother Sha, please come in."

Baigu Furen said, her words extremely polite and respectful.

"Tsk tsk, Baigu, I, Old Sun, still prefer that unyielding and rebellious look you had at the beginning," Sun Wukong laughed.

"Xiaobai, call me Second Disciple again," Bajie said, feeling pleased with himself.

Being called 'Senior Brother' by a great beauty made him feel as if he were bathed in a spring breeze, his spirits soaring.

"..." Baigu Furen.

Baigujing wore a smiling face on the surface, but in reality, she had already cursed this pig-headed Bajie a thousand or eight hundred times.

Xuanzang saw all of this; the version of him in the Nezha World was merely a Cloning, his true self being in the main world.

Besides, he was already at the Golden Immortal level of cultivation; with a single thought, he could manifest ten thousand incarnations, present everywhere.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Suddenly, a series of intense sounds of fireworks and firecrackers came from a mortal city near the Baigu Yaoguo.

Xuanzang couldn't help but look over, only to see fireworks shooting up into the sky, colorful and dazzling, a beautiful sight to behold.

Baigu Furen, however, was terrified and said:

"Are those mortals disturbing you, Master? Your disciple will go and wipe them out right now."

Hearing this, Xuanzang irritably tapped Baigu Furen on the head and said:

"Kill, kill, kill, all you know is how to silence people. Your demonic nature is truly hard to extinguish; look at how full of human vitality these fireworks are."

"That's right, come to think of it, could today be the people's New Year's Day?" Bajie suddenly thought of something.

"What is New Year's Day?" Sun Wukong asked.

"It is a festival of the Human Race. Usually, on the night of this day, people set off fireworks to celebrate the arrival of the new year, while simultaneously driving away the bad luck of the past year and welcoming a brand-new future," Xuanzang said.

When he was a child, he and the Old Monk were the same way on the mountain.

The Old Monk would take out fireworks he had swiped from Chang'an City for him to play with.

It was a pity that the Old Monk was not by his side this year.

"So that's how it is," Sun Wukong nodded.

"Sigh, is it the end of the year already? Master, Houzi, I miss Cuilan," Bajie said melancholically.

"Bajie, you were cuckolded by that Zhu Gangqiang, and you still miss your wife?" Sun Wukong teased.

"Damn monkey, a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory," Bajie said angrily.

"Ding, triggered Daily Good Deed Task: disband the Scripture Seeking team on the spot and give the team a vacation. Task completed, obtain a random reward."

At this moment, the voice of the Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence System rang out.

"This... it really is a Daily Good Deed, even this works?" Xuanzang couldn't help but show a smile.

Scripture Seeking? No rush!

It was a setup to begin with; would the world really be peaceful once the scriptures were obtained, with no more disasters or injustices?

How could that be?

"Ahem, your master was once a mortal too. Since today is the New Year's festival, I will give my disciples a half-month vacation. After half a month, we shall meet here again," Xuanzang said.

"?" Sun Wukong.

"!! Master, are you serious?" Bajie.

"?" Xiaobailong.

"?" Heixiong.

The disciples were all bewildered, and even Baigu Furen was the same.

Wasn't it agreed that they were seeking scriptures? Why were they on vacation now?

"Master, where are you going?" Sun Wukong asked.

"Of course, I am going back to Chang'an City," Xuanzang said.

"Pfft... then doesn't that mean we haven't gone anywhere?" Bajie said.

The Scripture Seeking originally started from Chang'an City, and now Xuanzang had gone straight back to Chang'an City.

It felt as if the road they had traveled over the past two or three years had been walked for nothing.

"That is different, Bajie. I am giving you a vacation; are you not happy?" Xuanzang said.

"Of course I'm happy, it's just that I suddenly don't know where to go," Bajie said.

"You idiot, don't you miss Cuilan? Then go back to Gao Village. With your magic power, you can see your wife in half a day," Sun Wukong said.

"Missing her is one thing, but I cannot see her. As long as I, Old Pig, know she is happy, that is enough," Bajie said affectionately.

"Since you put it that way, I, Old Sun, don't know where to go either," Sun Wukong said.

"Eldest Disciple, Second Disciple, why not come to the West Sea as guests?" Xiaobailong suggested.

"Xiaobailong, are you sure? If I, Old Sun, see any good treasures, I'm going to take them," Sun Wukong said.

"Master, why don't we go to Chang'an with you," Bajie said.

But suddenly, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie realized that Xuanzang had already left, without leaving a single trace behind.

If a Great Luo Golden Immortal wanted to leave, they naturally wouldn't be able to discover anything.

"Master, you didn't take us along!" Bajie beat his chest and stamped his feet.

"Since Master didn't take us, can't we just go to Chang'an ourselves?" Sun Wukong said.

"That's right, Houzi Brother is still the smart one," Bajie beamed with joy.

Subsequently, Sun Wukong, Bajie, Baigu Furen, Heixiong, and Xiaobailong flew toward the direction of Chang'an.

At the same time, at the Lingshan Great Thunderclap Temple.

Rulai Buddha, Randeng, and Maitreya Buddha, who were closely monitoring Xuanzang's journey west, had very colorful expressions.

They truly did not expect Xuanzang to have such an outrageous maneuver, directly disbanding the Scripture Seeking team and even taking a half-month vacation; so, the Scripture Seeking is just an incidental task, right? Not serious at all.

"Does this Jinchanzi even put the great cause of Scripture Seeking first?" Burning Lamp Buddha questioned, his expression extremely unsightly.

"Burning Lamp Buddha, is there any need to look? Anyone with eyes can see that Xuanzang is slacking off," Maitreya Buddha said.

"At this rate, who knows when he will ever reach the Western Heaven."

Below, the Dragon Subduing Arhat grumbled, though in his heart he admired Xuanzang; balancing work and rest, not being a wage slave—a role model for our generation.

"Rulai, what is your take on this?" Randeng asked.

"..."

Rulai remained silent, truly wanting to give Randeng a slap in the face; stop asking him, damn it.

As for what his take is, what else could it be? Just sit and watch?

And what else could he even do?

Should he capture Xuanzang and throw him into the Six Paths of Reincarnation to be reshaped?

But the Journey to the West has already begun, and so much manpower, material resources, and wealth have already been spent; if they were to give up and start over, it wouldn't be worth it.

Moreover, Xuanzang is already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, which in itself has deviated from the control of the Script.

At this moment, Rulai deeply suspected that he might have been played by someone, yet he could not find a shred of evidence.

"Five hundred years have already been waited; fifteen days makes no difference."

Rulai Buddha said, closing his eyes, not wanting to hear Randeng yapping on the side.

"Abominable!" Burning Lamp Buddha grew even more furious.

Whatever "form is emptiness, emptiness is form"—right now, none of it is of any use.

"Burning Lamp Buddha, maintain a calm heart. The thoughts of young people are certainly different from ours; we must learn to accept and be tolerant, Amituofo."

Maitreya Buddha smiled, lying on the Lotus Throne, incomparably carefree.

"Tolerance? Hmph, entering my Empty Gate means one must follow the rules, understand the greater righteousness, sacrifice the small self, and consider the big picture," Burning Lamp Buddha said.

"Ding, Daily Good Deed Task completed, obtained Arbitrary Golden Elixir x100, Flat Peach x100."

On the way back to Chang'an, the system's voice reached Xuanzang's ears.

This Arbitrary Golden Elixir is not the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir or Six-Turn Golden Pellet series from Laojun previously, but rather a Golden Core that increases magic power; the specific amount of years of magic power increased depends on the individual.