Chapter 139: Resurrection, diverting to the East Sea

If Tathagata knew about this idea of Xuanzang's, the expression on his face would definitely be very wonderful.

Tathagata's original intention should have been to release the news that eating Xuanzang's meat can lead to immortality, and then lure the Demon Race to come and add some difficulties to Xuanzang's journey to obtain the scriptures. Although it is said that there are ninety-nine and eighty-one tribulations, in Tathagata's view, these ninety-nine and eighty-one are just a general term. As long as they are tribulations on the road to obtain the scriptures, they will eventually be counted as merit added to the fortune of the West.

But now it seems that Tathagata's plan is afraid to fall through, and this plan of Tathagata's is very likely to let Xuanzang gain unexpected benefits.

"Master Xuanzang, since we are now on the same side, then when we arrive at Mount Ling, my old Sun will not stand idly by no matter what." Sun Wukong said.

"I am Master's disciple, I will advance and retreat with Master." The Black Bear Spirit also expressed his loyalty.

"Since Little Martial Uncle is going to advance and retreat with Master Xuanzang, then we can't be afraid either, right? Yang Jian." Dapeng said with a smile.

"That's right. Since we have already gathered together, it is impossible to watch Master Xuanzang contend with the entire Mount Ling alone. Also, I actually quite look down on Duobao." Yang Jian said with a smile.

"This White Bone Spirit, now should be called Long Ji Gongzhu. It will probably take some time for this Long Ji Gongzhu to resurrect, so let's temporarily rest in her White Bone Cave. After she resurrects, we will talk about other things." Xuanzang said, looking at the White Bone Spirit wrapped in golden light.

"Good!" The crowd nodded, and the White Bone Spirit was also moved to the White Bone Cave by Yang Jian.

Entering the White Bone Cave, it was not as dirty and messy as imagined. After all, the White Bone Spirit's predecessor was a princess of the Heavenly Court. Although she became a demon, she still had the minimum hygiene and appearance.

"Master Xuanzang, this White Bone Spirit ate your meat, are you not preparing to take her under your command?" Ao Mo'ang asked.

"Yes!" Xuanzang did not hide his purpose.

"What if she doesn't agree? After all, some people will not be constrained. This White Bone Spirit might very likely return to the Heavenly Court after resurrection." Ao Mo'ang said again.

"This is not up to her." Xuanzang said with a smile.

"Hmm?" After the crowd heard Xuanzang's words, they all turned to look at Xuanzang.

"I am the key figure in the rise of the West, the person who responds to the calamity. My flesh and blood can lead to immortality based on this Great Calamity of the journey to the West. Before the Great Calamity ends, anyone who has eaten my flesh and blood cannot leave within one mile of me. This is also a phenomenon I just discovered." Xuanzang explained to the crowd after seeing their eyes.

"So that's how it is. Is this the reason why you had the idea of feeding your flesh and blood to the demons along the way?" Dapeng asked.

"Yes! Since my flesh and blood have this restriction, why don't I make full use of it? If used well, when I arrive at Mount Ling, I can still have some helpers." Xuanzang shook his newly grown arm and said with a smile.

"Your words are very consistent with what a person who has entered the demonic path would say." Dapeng teased suddenly.

"Many thanks for the compliment!" Xuanzang nodded and then focused his attention on the White Bone Spirit.

Two days later, the golden light wrapping the White Bone Spirit began to dim, which meant that there was not much time left before Long Ji Gongzhu resurrected.

Watching the golden light gradually dim, a smile appeared on the corner of Xuanzang's mouth. This White Bone Spirit was Xuanzang's first attempt, but it was not the last. If this White Bone Spirit could achieve the effect Xuanzang said before, then on the road to obtain the scriptures, their strategy would have to change slightly.

Two more days later, the golden light on the White Bone Spirit disappeared. The moment the golden light disappeared, everyone turned around, because the White Bone Spirit had already resurrected, but she was unclothed. If Xuanzang and the others didn't turn around, the scene would be very awkward when she woke up.

After about a dozen breaths, the White Bone Spirit woke up leisurely. She originally wanted to thank Xuanzang, but the next second she felt a bit chilly on her body. The next second, the White Bone Spirit—no, now she should be called Long Ji Gongzhu—the next second, Long Ji Gongzhu's face turned red instantly.

She waved her hand, and a white light flashed. A set of white palace attire appeared on her body. After putting on the clothes, Long Ji Gongzhu checked again and found that there was no problem. She took a deep breath before speaking.

"Long Ji thanks the Holy Monk for saving me!"

Hearing Long Ji's voice, Xuanzang and the others turned back. At this time, Long Ji had already put on her clothes and was standing prettily in front of the crowd.

"How do you feel?" Xuanzang looked at Long Ji and asked, with a trace of imperceptible excitement in his words.

"I feel very good. I haven't been this comfortable for several hundred years." Long Ji Gongzhu moved her hands and feet and then said.

"As long as you feel good, that's fine!" Xuanzang nodded, and his hanging heart was put down. He was afraid of accidents. If there were accidents, his plans would not be easy to carry out.

Dapeng and the others heard Xuanzang's words, and a smile also appeared on their faces. They had already started to imagine the scene after arriving at Mount Ling.

According to Xuanzang's plan, when they arrived at Mount Ling, they should have already pulled up a huge team behind them, and their strength should not be too low; after all, Xuanzang's flesh and blood were still very powerful.

"Holy Monk, thank you again for your life-saving grace. Long Ji still has some things to do, so I will take my leave first. After I finish my business, Long Ji will definitely come back to thank you." At this time, Long Ji bowed to Xuanzang.

"Hmm!" Xuanzang nodded with a smile.

Seeing this, Long Ji flew away directly. After Long Ji flew away, the crowd kept staring at her back. Xuanzang had said before that anyone who had eaten his flesh and blood could not leave him for more than one mile before the Great Calamity of the journey to the West ended. They wanted to see if this was true.

Xuanzang was also paying attention to Long Ji; he also wanted to see if the information in his mind was true.

Just after Long Ji flew out for one mile, she immediately felt uncomfortable. The vitality in her body was losing at an extremely exaggerated speed, and the flesh and blood on her body were also becoming rough and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, Long Ji turned into a dried corpse, and thick death Qi appeared on her body, which made her fearful immediately.

She didn't even think about it and flew back. She wanted to find the Holy Monk and ask him what the reason was.

But just as she was flying back, the withered flesh and blood on her body were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the death Qi on her body was gradually replaced by vitality, which made Long Ji a bit confused for a while. She didn't know what was going on.

Long Ji's changes were seen by Xuanzang and the others. Xuanzang was full of smiles, while the others were full of surprise.

"What is the principle of this? There is no aura of any law, nor any fluctuation of magic power. This is really a bit strange." Dapeng said.

"Indeed, I am also seeing this situation for the first time." Ao Mo'ang nodded.

"When a very difficult thing becomes extremely easy, the price behind it is also very great. Just like this immortality, we still need to practice, and only after achieving certain results can we jump out of the cycle of reincarnation and be immortal. But now, just eating a piece of meat can lead to immortality. The price of this can be imagined." Yang Jian said at this time.

"Makes sense. In order to pursue immortality, I traveled across the ocean and came to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and practiced in the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave for more than twenty years before jumping out of the cycle of reincarnation. If immortality becomes so easy, perhaps this is the price of immortality." Sun Wukong said, looking at Long Ji who was stunned in place.

Sun Wukong's words were affirmed by everyone. From the White Bone Spirit to Long Ji Gongzhu, it only took less than ten days. During this period, Long Ji did not pay any price, and now, it was time for her to pay the price.

"Holy Monk, what is going on? Why did I become like that just now?" At this time, Long Ji came to Xuanzang.

"Do you think it's so easy to be immortal, do you need to pay some price?" Xuanzang asked, looking at Long Ji Gongzhu.

"I don't understand!" Long Ji Gongzhu's brows furrowed.

Hearing Long Ji Gongzhu say this, Xuanzang told Long Ji the information he knew. After Long Ji heard Xuanzang's words, her face changed instantly.

"Then do I have to go to the West with you?" Long Ji Gongzhu looked at Xuanzang and said, her face a bit ugly.

"Currently, it seems so." Xuanzang nodded.

"Since that's the case, then Long Ji has a small request." After pondering for a moment, Long Ji looked at Xuanzang and Yang Jian and the others and said.

"What request?" Yang Jian asked.

"I want to go to Thus line: Golden Turtle Island in the East Sea!" When Long Ji said this, a trace of murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

"Can!" Before Xuanzang and Yang Jian could speak, Dapeng nodded in agreement.

Actually, before, when Long Ji was still the White Bone Spirit, after she told her encounter, the crowd already had a trace of murderous intent towards this kid named Hong Jin. Now it was just right to go and see what this kid named Hong Jin was like.

"Since that's the case, then let's set off." Xuanzang nodded.

"This is diverting to the East Sea! Then I will follow and see, see what Thus line: Golden Turtle Island is like now. The loss of Thus line: Golden Turtle Island in this life is not great. Except for the three thousand outer disciples forcibly enlightened by Zhunti, the other Jie Sect disciples are all there." Panhuang muttered to himself.

At this time, on Thus line: Golden Turtle Island in the East Sea.

Hong Jin retreated from his cultivation. Just now, he suddenly felt a palpitation, and then a feeling of death surged into his heart.

"What's going on?" Hong Jin muttered to himself.

The next second, he began to pinch his fingers to calculate, but he couldn't calculate anything. Xuanzang and his party were scripture seekers now, and even Saints couldn't calculate the heavenly secrets about them. It was even more impossible for him, a mere Taiyi Golden Immortal.

"With my current realm, this feeling is definitely not groundless. I'd better go to the Azure Tour Palace and find the Eldest Senior Sister first." Hong Jin got up and said, and then left his cave dwelling.

After Duobao betrayed the sect, Our Lady of Wudang became the Eldest Senior Sister of the Jie Sect. After Tongtian was trapped in Chaos, all the big and small matters of the Jie Sect were handed over to Our Lady of Wudang.

Facts proved that Our Lady of Wudang was still very powerful. The Jie Sect was not in chaos in her hands, and even the Jie Sect was much better in her hands than before. After all, Our Lady of Wudang did not teach without discrimination.

Under her governance, the bad atmosphere of the Jie Sect improved a lot, and the Ten Thousand Immortal Array was also remodeled by Our Lady of Wudang. This was also the reason why the Jie Sect could still exist after losing the treasure that suppressed fortune.

"Eldest Senior Sister, Hong Jin requests an audience!" In the Azure Tour Palace, Our Lady of Wudang was practicing when Hong Jin's voice suddenly came from outside.

"Junior Brother Hong Jin, do you have anything to do here? If you want to say you want to go to the Great Desolation to experience, then don't say it." Our Lady of Wudang looked at Hong Jin and said.

Tongtian Jiaozhu had once instructed Our Lady of Wudang that during the Great Calamity of the journey to the West, Jie Sect disciples were not allowed to step out of Thus line: Golden Turtle Island, otherwise they would be expelled from the Jie Sect.

Our Lady of Wudang didn't know the reason for this, but she just needed to follow what the Master said. So after she took over and reorganized the Jie Sect, she directly sealed the island.

"Eldest Senior Sister, Hong Jin is not here to talk about experiencing." Hong Jin shook his head.

"Then Junior Brother has problems with cultivation?"

"Eldest Senior Sister, just now when Junior Brother was practicing, I suddenly felt a palpitation, and then a feeling of death surged into my heart. Junior Brother's current strength is also at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, so there shouldn't be an illusion, so Junior Brother wants to stay in this Azure Tour Palace for a period of time." Hong Jin looked at Our Lady of Wudang and said.

"Can!" Our Lady of Wudang thought for a while and nodded.

The reason why Hong Jin chose the Azure Tour Palace was because this was once Tongtian's palace. Tongtian often practiced and lectured here, and the Azure Tour Palace had long been stained with the aura of a Saint. If someone really wanted to harm him, this Azure Tour Palace would definitely be able to save his life.

Just on the second day after Hong Jin arrived at the Azure Tour Palace, Xuanzang and his party also arrived outside Thus line: Golden Turtle Island.

"Sealed the island?" The Black Bear Spirit looked at the array on Thus line: Golden Turtle Island and said.

"No matter, they will know about us." Yang Jian said with a smile.

The next second, the Heavenly Eye opened and closed, and an attack slammed into the array of Thus line: Golden Turtle Island.

The moment Yang Jian's attack fell on the array, Dapeng's attack fell on the array at the same time, followed by Sun Wukong and Ao Mo'ang, and finally the Black Bear Spirit's attack.

Actually, when Yang Jian's attack fell on the array, all the Jie Sect disciples on Thus line: Golden Turtle Island already knew.

This island-protecting array had a warning function. After being attacked, all the disciples on the island could sense the alarm issued by the array in an instant.

"Hmm?" Our Lady of Wudang also felt the array being attacked for the first time, and her brows furrowed immediately.

"I don't know if Junior Brother Hong Jin's previous feeling has anything to do with this." Our Lady of Wudang actually thought of Hong Jin for the first time.

The next second, she disappeared from where she was. When she appeared again, she had arrived at the place where the Thus line: Golden Turtle Island array was attacked, and then she saw Xuanzang and his party.

Our Lady of Wudang didn't know Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, and Ao Mo'ang, and she didn't know the Black Bear Spirit either. Long Ji Gongzhu lived in the Heavenly Court for a long time, and she hadn't seen her either, but she knew Dapeng and Yang Jian.

"Golden-Winged Dapeng, Yang Jian, what is the meaning of this?" Our Lady of Wudang asked, with a trace of anger in her words.

"Does your Jie Sect have a kid named Hong Jin?" Dapeng looked at Our Lady of Wudang and asked. Although it was a question, Dapeng's tone was very certain.

"Are you here to find Junior Brother Hong Jin? Do you have a grudge against him?" Our Lady of Wudang asked.

If Yang Jian and Golden-Winged Dapeng had a grudge against Hong Jin, then this matter would not be easy to handle. After all, the Ren Sect's domineering and protecting of their own were famous throughout the Great Desolation. If this matter was not handled well, it would very likely attract the Saint Panhuang.

"We don't have any grudge against him." Yang Jian shook his head.

After hearing Yang Jian's words, Our Lady of Wudang breathed a sigh of relief.

"But..."

Yang Jian's "but" made Our Lady of Wudang's heart rise again.

"But Long Ji Gongzhu has a deep blood feud with that Hong Jin, so we advise you to hand Hong Jin over. Your Jie Sect cannot protect him." Yang Jian said coldly.

"Long Ji Gongzhu? The daughter of the Jade Emperor! When did Junior Brother Hong Jin get involved with the Heavenly Court?" Our Lady of Wudang said in her heart.

"This poor Daoist will call Junior Brother Hong Jin over now, and then we will ask clearly face to face!" Our Lady of Wudang felt that this matter must be explained by Hong Jin face to face. What if there was a misunderstanding?

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