From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 318 The Alligator Dragon Returns to Its Position
"You did very well!"

As soon as Ao Qian stepped into the Dongyue Emperor Temple, he heard a familiar voice. Then he saw Jiang Chen standing on the dilapidated altar, kicking the clay statue of Huang Feihu to the ground before clapping his hands and jumping down.

"Using the Tang Emperor's decree to get into the Journey to the West, leaving both the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling speechless, well done!" Jiang Chen said with a smile to Ao Qian.

"Your Majesty flatters me. But as you know, the Three Realms are a very complex place. Although we have the Tang Emperor's decree, things are unpredictable. This kid's skills are only so-so. He's good at fighting monsters, but if he really manages to protect Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West, I'm worried he won't even make it to the Five Elements Mountain!"

"Don't worry, now that we've successfully gotten involved, we're going to see it through to the end." Jiang Chen glanced at the little alligator dragon, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Not bad, the alligator dragon body is quite fierce. Did you give birth to it?"

“Uh…” A hint of embarrassment flashed in Ao Qian’s eyes. “The dragon has nine sons, each different from the other.”

"Alright, I understand what you mean." As he spoke, Jiang Chen pointed lightly, and a beam of red light shot out from his fingertip.

"hiss!"

Tuo Jie cried out in pain, patting her chest, but after a moment, she found that her chest was perfectly fine, with nothing there.

However, Ao Qian clearly sensed that the alligator dragon had an additional, faint aura. He was very familiar with this aura; it was the aura of the Taiyin Refining Technique.

"Alright, go find Monk Tang. Your father and I still have something to discuss," Jiang Chen said, waving his hand.

“Go ahead. Elder Tang is at the Mingzhou post station. Don’t keep him waiting anxiously. Oh, right, this is the imperial edict from the Tang King. Take it with you and show it to him when the time comes. Remember, don’t wander off along the way. No matter who calls you, don’t answer. Go straight to the Mingzhou post station. If anyone blocks your path, kill them on sight,” Ao Qian said.

"Uh..." At this moment, Tuo Jie seemed to have a flash of inspiration and asked, "What if I can't beat them?"

“You won’t be unable to defeat them,” Jiang Chen suddenly said. “If you encounter someone blocking your way and you can’t defeat them, and you get killed, then none of us can get through. Go on.”

"Huh?" Tuo Jie looked confused and bewildered.

"Alright, don't delay any longer, hurry up and go." Ao Qian said impatiently in a low voice.

Tuo Jie dared not say anything more, glanced at the two of them with a puzzled look, and turned to leave.

"Your son is so stupid."

Jiang Chen watched his departing figure and laughed, "However, you did a great job. Putting him in Journey to the West will bring a lot of fun."

"If I hadn't found a way to include him in Journey to the West, the Great Emperor probably wouldn't have appeared today, right?"

"Actually, at first, I didn't think too much about it. I just wanted to use a blank signature for blackmail to annoy the Jade Emperor..." Jiang Chen said with an awkward smile. "But I didn't expect you to turn the tide so quickly, using such a small opportunity to launch such a brilliant counterattack."

Upon hearing this, Ao Qian's face darkened.

What the hell?
This sounds like coming into this world is like putting yourself on a hot seat, like shooting at someone even if you don't have any luck, right?

Seeing Ao Qian's somewhat resentful gaze, Jiang Chen laughed, "Actually, it's nothing. I mainly thought we should wait until you've settled down here before discussing anything else. As you know, the so-called Journey to the West is just the beginning. The initial and ultimate purpose of this matter is actually the conflict between Taoism and Buddhism, a conflict of ideologies. After the Journey to the West, Buddhism will spread eastward, and the two sides will compete for faith among the human race. That's the real issue!"

"Neither of these will work, will they?" Ao Qian asked, puzzled. In his experience, whether it was Taoism or Buddhism, in the end, they were just a form of comfort. In the classical society of the human race, it was not these two schools that truly played a ruling role, but Legalism and Confucianism. These two doctrines were the cornerstone of the stability of human society. As for Taoism and Buddhism, they were just for worshipping when one needed psychological comfort. This result had been proven in countless worlds. The Buddhist kingdom on earth was no different from hell. As for the Taoist principle of non-action, it would not last long either.

"You still don't understand, kid. Their target has never been ordinary people, but cultivators!"

Jiang Chen laughed and said, "In this world, gods and humans coexist, and humans and demons live together. If humans want to survive, they need to work hard to cultivate. Whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, they have begun to spread their teachings from the Heavenly Court. Their disciples and grand-disciples have also begun to establish sects in the human world. These are the people they value."

As for mortals, what they need is not healing, but faith. Faith and incense are not the mainstream of cultivation, but the power of faith is the purest spiritual power, which can be used to do many things. It can be said to be a resource, not to mention..."

At this point, Jiang Chen's eyes flickered, and he said to Ao Qian, "Don't limit your vision to your own understanding. Whether it's humans or other intelligent races, there can be many kinds of social structures. The state is just one of them. Moreover, in all the worlds, there are countless states with divine right of kings."

"I understand." Ao Qian smiled. Indeed, he had been too short-sighted. After all, his predecessor was born in the Celestial Empire, and he had directly applied the Celestial Empire's experience to the myriad worlds. That wouldn't work! Intelligence levels are different. There are so many idiots in the myriad worlds; not every one of them is as rational as the Celestial Empire. Moreover, this involves resources of faith. "So, your original plan was after the Journey to the West?"

“That’s right, it takes time to gain a foothold in a world like this. We just didn’t expect that your other half would be the Dragon King of the Jing River. We didn’t even have a chance to stand up before we floated away!” Jiang Chen said with a wry smile.

————I am the dividing line————

"What's going on here?!"

At the Mingzhou post station, the Six Ding and Six Jia, who were secretly protecting Tang Sanzang, looked at Tuo Jie, who was holding the imperial edict of the Tang Emperor and rushed to Tang Sanzang, and felt as if they were in a dream.

This is too...

His Majesty didn't say anything about this happening! Neither Buddha nor Bodhisattvas mentioned it!

Wasn't Tang Sanzang's chief disciple already chosen to be that Monkey King? How did it suddenly turn into this thing?
Jinghe Dragon King!

In a moment of stunned disbelief, they instantly realized the only possibility.

It's the Dragon King of the Jing River!
Only he could pull off something like this.

This……

What a courage!
What audacity!
You dare to mess with the projects and rules set by the top beings in the Three Realms?

Is this something a nobody like you, the Dragon King of the Jing River, could possibly stage?
It will kill people!

Not only will people die, but ghosts will too. Believe it or not, after you die and arrive in the underworld, Yama, the King of Hell, will arrange you in eighteen different positions and send you to the eighteen levels of hell eighteen times, then interrogate you eighteen times, and arrange you in eighteen different positions again...

A little dragon king? How laughable, how laughable...

At this moment, they had already begun to devise eighteen different ways for the little alligator dragon to die.

Of course, this is just their idea.

Tang Sanzang was initially surprised, but after that, he was overjoyed.

Upon seeing the imperial edict, Elder Tang was so moved that tears almost streamed down his face.

They've finally arrived!

To be honest, he was also frightened. They hadn't even left the border of the Tang Dynasty yet, and they had already encountered such a cruel demon. What would happen if they left the border?

He had heard that outside the Tang Dynasty, humans and demons lived together, and there were countless monsters and ghosts on the road. Could a weak and frail monk like him really make it there?

It wasn't that he valued his life, but rather that if he couldn't reach the Western Paradise and obtain the true scriptures, he would be a sinner of the Tang Dynasty and a sinner of Buddhism!
So when the Mingzhou inspector asked him to wait at the post station, he reluctantly agreed.

This is not for his own sake, but for the great cause of obtaining the scriptures!

That's great! His elder brother is really too helpful; he actually sent a dragon prince over.

Although he had never met him, judging from the dragon prince's strong and powerful appearance, his fighting ability should be quite good, right?
Thinking of this, he put down the imperial edict, clasped his hands together in prayer to the east, and said, "Amitabha, well done, well done. Thank you, Your Majesty. I will not fail in my mission to the Western Paradise and will bring the true scriptures back to the East. Amitabha."

(End of this chapter)