Chapter 310: Four Layers of Purpose, Several Layers of Calculation, and Playing Chess Against the Heavenly Dao

Tang An could not get an answer, so she impatiently opened a spatial rift and returned to the Journey to the West World.

The very first thing Tang An did upon returning to the Journey to the West World was to seek out Tongtian Jiaozhu to ask for clarity.

Yet Tongtian Jiaozhu could only sigh.

"I only just discovered this clue myself; leave this matter to me to investigate."

So, this matter was not done by Tongtian Jiaozhu.

Who was it, then?

Was it one of the other Saints?

Was it to help her? Then why absorb the power of the Ancestral Dragon?

Ancestral Dragon... Dragon Transformation Pool... Four Seas Dragon Kings...

Is there some hidden connection between these?

"Ah!!!!"

Tang An's CPU was about to fry, "Stop thinking, stop thinking, let it be whatever it wants to be!"

If she thought any more, her brain would explode!

Those big shots are really something; why do they all insist on betting on her for no reason? If they're going to bet, can't they just be clear about it instead of always making people guess, guess, guess!

They say a woman's heart is a needle at the bottom of the sea, but the thoughts of those big shots are the true needles at the bottom of the sea!

In a fit of pique, Tang An sighed, opened the parcel given by Lady Yin, and tore off a large chicken leg to eat.

Only after she was full would she have the energy to burn brain cells.

"Huh?"

Tang An discovered with surprise that there was also a set of clothes in her parcel. Moreover, the clothes were packed very carefully, separated from the food, and had not been soiled by it.

"Did we take the wrong parcels?" Tang An asked Nezha.

Nezha also opened his parcel; there was a set of clothes inside his as well.

"What about you two? Do you have any?" Tang An asked Sun Wukong and Yang Jian.

Sun Wukong and Yang Jian also opened their parcels; they had no clothes, only some food.

The clothes for Tang An and Nezha were made of light blue fabric with dark cloud patterns, and the cuffs were tied with white twisted ropes. Tang An's outfit also included an extra white underskirt.

One look at the clothes showed they were made with care by Lady Yin, and the stitches were extremely meticulous.

"There is a letter." There was an extra letter in Nezha's parcel.

Tang An took it to look; it was some words of instruction from Lady Yin.

"Zha'er, too many things have happened in the few days you have been here, and time has been truly tight."

"I spent several days preparing, and only managed to make clothes for you and Miss Tang. I don't know if you two will like them."

"As for the other two Immortals, please ask them not to take offense; I truly did not have time to finish the remaining two sets. Next time, when you come back, I will certainly make it up to them."

"With Mother not around, you must take good care of yourself. All that food is what I observed for several days and specifically chose because you like to eat it."

"Also, you must remember, although Miss Tang is your master, she is also a child who needs to be taken care of."

"You must absolutely, absolutely not provoke her anger, and do not argue with her over who is right. You are a great man; you must have a heart of tolerance and the magnanimity to let a boat pass..."

Tang An finished reading Lady Yin's letter and drank a few sips of water.

"Truly worthy of being a mother; it really is 'the clothes on the wanderer's body, stitched closely before departure'."

"She even worried about telling you not to make your master angry. Tsk, as expected of a mother, she's just afraid the child will talk back to the teacher."

"In consideration of her bribing the teacher, I won't hold it against you."

Tang An returned the letter to Nezha, "Keep it well, as a memento."

Saying this, Tang An looked at Wukong again, "Yang Jian has clothes made for him by Yaoji Zhanggongzhu. Wukong, next time there are tiger demons or leopard spirits, I will make you a set of clothes too, how about that?"

Sun Wukong was overjoyed, "Does Old Sun really get new clothes? Really?"

"Of course I do." Tang An promised Sun Wukong repeatedly that she would definitely make them for him.

Sun Wukong was thrilled; no one had ever made clothes for him before. He was bouncing and jumping along the way, extremely excited and expectant.

Yang Jian, however, was not fixated on a set of clothes, "Master, are you satisfied with the harvest of this trip?"

In fact, on the surface, very few people could understand what Tang An was actually trying to do.

But Yang Jian, who participated in it and observed with meticulous detail, had already understood what Tang An wanted to do.

He saw that there were three purposes.

The first was to complete Nezha's regrets and let him feel the warmth of a home.

The second was for the Yuxu Palace treasury and the Seven-Colored Precious Lotus, to make plans for resurrecting his mother.

The third was aimed directly at the Chan Sect.

What Tang An wanted to do was to stir up the muddy waters of that world while simultaneously causing the Chan Sect to flourish.

"Of course I am satisfied." Tang An put her hands behind her back and looked up at the sky.

Actually, there was a fourth layer that Yang Jian did not see.

And that fourth layer was the Hetong and Lu Tong that Tang An had subdued. She would continue to plant them beside Wuliang Xianweng to continue acting as moles.

Until the Conferring of the Gods Great Tribulation began; this time, Tang An wanted to reverse the ending of that world where the Chan Sect suffered a great defeat.

Although she liked to act as if she didn't take her enemies seriously on the surface, when she was plotting in her heart, she never underestimated even the smallest pawn.

At the critical moment, Lu Tong and Hetong were the keys she arranged in the Great War of the Conferring of the Gods to reverse the ending between the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect.

Even if she failed, it didn't matter; she had already completely stirred up that game of chess anyway. She wanted to see how the Heavenly Dao would change things now.

As for when Hetong was subdued, that had to be mentioned from the first time the four master and disciples went to make a deal with Ao Run.

At that time, Tang An had cut open a spatial rift in Yuxu Palace and, taking advantage of Hetong being off guard, dragged him directly to their side.

And the reason why Ao Run believed that Tang An could eliminate the Heart-Piercing Curse, and the fundamental reason why Hetong was subdued, lay in the fact that Nezha had used Samadhi True Fire to turn the Heart-Piercing Curse into fly ash right in front of them.

That place was where Tang An laid out her plans, the beginning of turning everything around.

"Right now, outside Biyou Palace of the Jie Sect should be a pretty good scene."

Tang An seemed to be able to imagine that picture already.

At the same time, in the Biyou Palace of the Demon Pill World.

Shiji Niangniang and a crowd of demons came to pay their respects at the mountain.

The Four Seas Dragon Kings also gathered outside Biyou Palace. They had already discussed it: using the sword intent gifted by Tang An, they would cling tightly to Biyou Palace to elevate their status and gain leverage for negotiations with the Heavenly Court.

Sharing the same goal as the Four Seas Dragon Kings was Shen Gongbao, who had arrived after settling Shen Zhengdao and Shen Xiaobao.

The opportunity Tang An pointed out for him to change his fate lay in this Great Tribulation of the Conferring of the Gods. If he could take hold of the Investiture of the Gods and become the most crucial piece in the Great Tribulation, he would have the ability to protect himself and his family.

He, she, they, and the vast army of demons before their eyes were the greatest results of this trip by Tang An.

Mo Wan Nezha and Ao Bing were the last to arrive, but before they reached the gates of Biyou Palace, they were swept away by a flash of green light.

As for what happens to them next, it depends on the direction of the Great Tribulation of the Conferring of the Gods. In any case, Tang An had stirred up a hornet's nest this time; even if the Heavenly Dao rushed to patch it up, it would be hard to fully repair.

And what Tang An needed to do was to complete her plan for the Journey to the West World while the Heavenly Dao was preoccupied.

"Let's go, time to meet up with Jiuyue and Xiaotian Quan; we should continue our journey to the west."

Tang An returned after changing her clothes; it must be said, it made her look quite fair, and she had a pure and spirited air about her.

Nezha had also rarely changed his clothes, wearing something almost identical to Tang An's, yet he wore it with a different youthful temperament.

"Brother Yang Jian," Sun Wukong poked Yang Jian with his Golden Cudgel, "don't you think their clothes look like..."

Yang Jian smiled with deep implication, and the two exchanged a look, laughing even harder.