Chapter 464

The scripture-seeking team has not yet fully assembled, which means the gambling match has not yet begun.

The two Sages of the West do not yet have the thick skin to treat these few trials as one of the eighty-one tribulations.

If that were truly the case, Luo Fu would have been considered a failure from the very beginning.

In reality, because of Luo Fu's participation, the preceding trials did not occur directly as they did in the original plot.

Luo Fu did not intervene in the trials Tang Seng initially experienced, nor did he allow Tang Seng to display any special side; instead, he let Tang Seng act strictly according to the original plot.

In the eyes of the two Sages of the West, Tang Seng is their person.

If Tang Seng were allowed to directly display a special side, it would be hard to guarantee that the two Sages of the West would not forcibly take action against him and convert him into a believer.

Based on Luo Fu's understanding of the two Sages of the West, they would certainly do so.

Only when the Journey to the West officially begins and the wager formally takes effect will he be in a position to check the two Sages of the West and prevent them from converting Tang Seng.

The first seven trials followed the original plot, but the eighth trial clearly could not follow the original plot.

Because what is currently pressing down on the Two Worlds Mountain is not Sun Wukong, but the Buddha Tathagata.

In fact, only the first seven trials followed the original plot.

In order to temper Tang Seng, the two Sages of the West arranged all of the first seven trials according to the original plot.

As for the subsequent trials, it is fundamentally impossible for them to proceed according to the original plot.

Therefore, after the seventh trial, Tang Seng's horse was eaten by Sha Monk, and Sha Monk took the opportunity to become Tang Seng's mount.

Subsequently, the Little White Dragon and Zhu Bajie also became Tang Seng's disciples by way of seeking him out and pledging their allegiance.

Not long after the seventh trial, the scripture-seeking team was fully assembled, with the exception of Sun Wukong.

When the scripture-seeking team gathered, Luo Fu and the Ancient Buddha Dipankara appeared in the Heavens Beyond the Heavens as if by prior arrangement.

Luo Fu is not a Saint, so the two Sages of the West did not appear in person.

In the eyes of the two Sages of the West, they will only show themselves when Tongtian appears.

"Amitabha! Fellow Daoist Luo Fu, we meet again. I ask that you bring out Sun Wukong so that the wager may officially begin."

Upon seeing Luo Fu, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara pressed his palms together and, with an expressionless face, demanded that Luo Fu summon Sun Wukong to complete the scripture-seeking team.

Upon seeing Luo Fu, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara's face remained as calm as an ancient well, as if he did not take Luo Fu to heart.

However, if one looked closely, one could discover that the depths of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara's eyes were filled with resentment.

The reason he resents Luo Fu is, of course, because the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls were snatched away by the Saint Tongtian.

Clearly, over these five hundred years, the two Sages of the West have not been able to retrieve the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls that the Ancient Buddha Dipankara lost to the Saint Tongtian.

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara dares not resent the incompetence of the two Sages of the West, nor can he confront the Saint Tongtian, so he can only place his resentment upon Luo Fu.

Luo Fu saw the resentment in the Ancient Buddha Dipankara's heart very clearly.

However, he did not care; in fact, he was somewhat pleased.

After all, Luo Fu does not have much affection for the Ancient Buddha Dipankara either.

"Very well, I shall release Sun Wukong now."

Luo Fu did not make things difficult for the Ancient Buddha Dipankara and nodded in agreement.

Then, with a gentle wave of his right hand, he summoned Sun Wukong.

As early as several days ago, Luo Fu had placed Sun Wukong, who had broken through the Blood War Heavenly Road, into the Chaos Bead, ready to summon him at any time to participate in the Journey to the West.

Like the two Sages of the West, Luo Fu was also very much looking forward to the Journey to the West beginning soon.

"Wukong, go ahead."

Luo Fu nodded at Sun Wukong, signaling him to go and rendezvous with the scripture-seeking team.

Compared to five hundred years ago, Sun Wukong has undergone a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering change.

If the Sun Wukong of five hundred years ago was still a youth with a pure heart and an incredibly lively spirit, then the current Sun Wukong is a battle-hardened, steady warrior.

Five hundred years in the outside world, ten thousand years in the Fighting Small World, having experienced countless bloody battles, Sun Wukong is no longer the Sun Wukong of the past.

That was ten thousand years; Sun Wukong had not lived for many years from his birth until he went to the Fighting Small World to train.

Ten thousand years is dozens of times Sun Wukong's previous age.

Over such a long time span, coupled with countless bloody battles, Sun Wukong's personality would naturally change.

"Yes, Great God Luo Fu, leave it to Old Sun!"

As usual, Sun Wukong shouldered his Ruyi Golden Cudgel.

Only this time, Sun Wukong's attitude was exceptionally serious.

He had cultivated bitterly for a full ten thousand years just to prove himself during the Journey to the West and change his own destiny.

Now, the time had come to test the results of his cultivation.

Swish!

With a flash of his figure, Sun Wukong did not even put up any defenses, flying from the Heavens Beyond the Heavens toward the Earth Immortal World on his own.

The chaotic airflow of the Heavens Beyond the Heavens is a diluted chaotic airflow.

But even a diluted chaotic airflow is not something an ordinary Da Luo Golden Immortal can easily withstand with just their physical body.

"The Great Dao of War, at its peak? And his physical body is also very strong; Sun Wukong's changes are simply too great."

Sun Wukong's movements just now directly exposed a portion of his true strength.