Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 316 The City God's Solo Journey of Ten Thousand Miles
suddenly!

Wukong was startled by something amiss, and tears welled up in his eyes. He grabbed his staff and searched for the source of the trouble.

But they discovered that... the person who came was none other than the newly appointed mistress, Pilanpo.

It was very surprised, thinking to itself that the great Bodhisattva had given it medicine to heal its wounds earlier, and that it was supposed to go find help to save the monk.
How did you end up in my master's cave?

My master once instructed me not to reveal my apprenticeship. Now that she has seen me here, won't it expose me?

A hundred thousand questions suddenly popped into his mind.

The astonishment and doubt in Pilanpo's eyes were no less than its own, and he thought to himself:
"I have come here to seek the assistance of someone from the Buddhist community."

"How does this monkey know about this place? Could it be... that it sneaked into Poisonous Enemy Mountain to see its husband, and its husband asked it to find this place?"
"So, my husband is indeed a holy Buddha!"

The lone monkey and the widow soon began to probe each other, and as they chatted, they discovered an even more astonishing secret.

It turns out that Wukong's master, Patriarch Bodhi, was actually the incarnation of the Golden Cicada Buddha.

The name Bodhi is taken from the pseudonym and pen name used by Jin Chan in Buddhist scriptures—Subhuti.

Actually, back on the day the Old Mother of Lishan discovered Tang Xuanci's deception, Wukong had heard her mention this story, which sparked some inexplicable associations. He even found an opportunity to test her later.

However, the Old Mother of Lishan was unaware of the existence of Fangcun Mountain, and since the word "Bodhi" is quite common in Buddhism, she paid no attention to it.

Now that it was suddenly confirmed that his "unkind master" was indeed the previous incarnation of his "cheap master," Wukong was struck dumb. He ignored all of Pilanpo's subsequent questions and just stood there, lost in thought:
"Master... he really is dead... killed by Buddha!"

Seeing the monkey's appearance, Pilanpo wondered if her husband was truly not a holy Buddha, or perhaps he had deliberately withheld the past from it.

At the same time, more questions arose in my mind.

After all, the monkey who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago was actually a disciple of Buddhism and the last disciple of Jin Chan, but she, the attendant bodhisattva, had never heard of him.

However, remembering that her husband was still in danger, she couldn't bother to delve into what happened back then and directly led the monkey to a hidden place with a protective barrier.

Upon opening it, a completely different world unfolded inside.

Wukong was stunned by what he saw, surprised that there was such a place in this place that he had already tricked in every corner.

After following Pilanpo inside, it discovered that there was another person in seclusion in this small cave, and he looked very familiar.

Upon closer inspection, wasn't it none other than "Wuyin," the senior brother who used to often follow Master around?

It also clearly remembered that the senior brother was learning the "Quiet" school of thought, which was called "resting grain and guarding the valley, being quiet and inactive," and it disliked it very much.

Wuyin remained calm when he saw Pilanpo walking ahead; but when he saw the monkey behind him, he was startled and clearly surprised.

After a brief chat, the three of them discovered another hidden secret from back then.

Wu Yin said:
“Junior Brother Wukong, back when you had just mastered all seventy-two transformations, I remember Master saying that although you had high comprehension, you were stubborn and would need to be properly guided in the future.”

"But a few days after saying this, Master went to Mount Ling to see the Buddha."

"When you come back, I'll see you showing off in front of others and then kick you out."

Wukong sensed something amiss and felt a pang of sorrow, thinking to himself that his master had once wanted to continue teaching him...

But that was all Wuyin knew. Later, Jin Chan was "killed," and the disciples of Fangcun Mountain scattered over the centuries, leaving only him to live in seclusion there.

Pilanpo immediately explained his purpose to him, saying that the cicada might have been boiled into soup and the holy Buddha might not be dead yet. She advised him to come out of the world and go with her to find the other disciples and go to Poisonous Enemy Mountain to deal with the scorpion demon.

Wuyin agreed, and so they went off separately to find the others, but that's another story.

Poison the enemy in the cave.

Tang Xuanci had long forgotten his sorrow. While stroking the little dog that Siqin had transformed into, he pondered how to escape.

First of all, let's rule out the possibility that he would give all his life energy to the Scorpion Demon and the Buddhist sect. How could that be possible?

If all the energy is used up, the Nine-Dimensional Armor cannot be activated, and the super-recovery efficiency after training will be greatly reduced.

So, after some discussion, the best solution currently offered by Beaker is:

He pretended to agree at first, but then said he was worried that even if he gave them the gifts, they wouldn't release him, so he had to call the monkeys to bring an army to ensure his safety.

Then, he immediately changed his mind, fought his way out, and if he couldn't win, he threw a large swastika and then blamed Buddhism.

Anyway, the Buddhists were already involved, so we'll see how the Heavenly Court investigates it.

So Tang Xuanci summoned the Scorpion Demon and Sai Taisui and made the beaver's request. However, Sai Taisui flatly refused, at most asking him to call Zhu Wuneng to come and meet him, and he had to be searched first to prevent him from carrying the magic weapon that had blew up several mountains and cities in Tibet back then.

Tang Xuanci immediately turned hostile, hurling insults and cursing Guanyin and the Scorpion Demon as two whores. He declared that if they didn't agree to the conditions, he would rather shoot the longevity fruit into a stinking ditch than give it to them!
The Scorpion Demon was enraged and launched into a brutal beating. He then captured Siqin as well, telling her that her patience was limited and advising Tang Xuanci not to court death.

Tang Xuanci cursed a few more times, and after they left, seeing that the best strategy was not working, he began to think of a middle strategy with Beaker.

According to the analysis of the beaker, the scorpion demon is clearly not one of the Buddhist sects and has an old grudge against the Buddha. It is highly likely that this cooperation is only temporary and is for the sake of longevity.

Moreover, when Sai Tai Sui was explaining the specific steps of the pilgrimage to Tang Xuanci before the pilgrimage to the West... uh, the pilgrimage to the West, the Scorpion Demon interrupted her forcefully, saying that she had to go first, and that after she had collected enough, some kind of demon sent by Guanyin would take her place.

This shows that the Scorpion Demon was also very distrustful of Guanyin's people.

In response to this, the beaker's proposed middle-ground solution is—

Let Tang Xuanci communicate with the Scorpion Demon alone, give up some of his life energy just to satisfy her, and then ask her to help kill Sai Tai Sui. Maybe they can form an alliance to deal with Buddhism in the future.

But as Beaker had already mentioned, Tang Xuanci could imagine the energy sealed within the nine-layered essence circle dimension as a pyramid-shaped container divided into nine layers—

The capacity of the top layer is only about the size of a "pointed corner";
The capacity of the lowest layer is more than half of the total capacity.

When the Nine-Dimensional Dunjia is circulated within the body, energy is accumulated layer by layer from the top layer downwards.

When energy is released from the body, it leaks from the bottom layer like water, and the process still requires "layers" as the smallest indivisible unit. Only after all layers have been released can the beaker reseal the energy seal.

Therefore, the "partial lifespan energy" that is given up is at least more than half!

At that time, the Nine-Dimensional Formation will become the Eight-Dimensional Formation, which is equivalent to the "Eight Gates Formation" in a certain anime on the home planet, where only seven gates can be opened.

Tang Xuanci was also resistant to this.

Moreover, even if the Scorpion Demon verbally agrees, she might still break the contract if she can't summon bodyguards who are as strong as her.

After all, we can't pin our hopes on the enemy's moral character, can we?

After much deliberation, it turned out that there was no highly feasible solution.

Tang Xuanci couldn't help but sigh inwardly, wishing he had Hikun inside him right now. Even if Hikun couldn't use the Great Warp Shift to help him escape, he could still secretly send messages outward.

Unfortunately, that guy is an ungrateful, white-eyed kun!
In the past year or two, he has fed Kun Kun countless divine weapons and magical treasures, which have all been drained of their power and turned into scrap metal.

But that guy only clung to Chen Xiaoke, and only to Chen Xiaoke. At most, he would go for a stroll with him in Azhou, but he was completely unwilling to go on long trips.

……

Meanwhile, the anti-demon siege army, upon hearing of the strange events in the Daughter Kingdom, immediately seized the opportunity and launched a fierce offensive.

Zhu Wuneng still had some sense of responsibility towards his soldiers. Even though the monkey had gone and never returned, he didn't give up. Instead, he decisively led the remaining troops to abandon the Women's Kingdom and return to their position to hold the line.

In order to boost morale, the anti-demon deliberately spread the rumor that their commander, Tang Xuanci, had been captured by the Scorpion Demon.

These rumors spread rapidly, soon reaching the territory of Azhou. There was even a rumor that the Scorpion Demon had eaten Tang Sanzang's flesh.

Good heavens! When the matriarch of the Tang family, her three concubines, four maids, and several other servants in the outer quarters heard this news, they were so shocked that their emotions surged like mountains, appearing as mountains from different angles and shapes...

The women, who were usually at odds, gathered at the City God Temple for the first time ever, urging the mistress and Sha Wujing to quickly come up with a plan to rescue them.

Just as they were anxiously discussing, the usually inconspicuous Lord Chen, with tears in his eyes, stared at the location of Poisonous Enemy Mountain on the map. He quickly realized that he had been to that area when he came from the West Sea to look for Pigeon.

So, taking advantage of everyone's momentary lapse in attention, she used curvature teleportation to leave the temple.

Then I opened the "Dragon Ball Navigation" app on my iPhone—since there are no satellites, it can only guide direction, similar to a radar in a certain anime—and headed straight for the Women's Kingdom.

Upon reaching the border of Azhou, Kun Kun, who was extremely sensitive to danger and had a very cautious nature, stopped her, making a "whale" sound and urging her to go back.

Chen Xiaoke said:

"I need to hurry and save Gege. If you're scared, you can go back by yourself. Anyway, I can walk through walls, and I'm sure I can get him out!"

After saying that, he patted its head and continued on his way alone.

Kun Kun stared at the girl's back with his small, bright blue eyes.

Before she could go far, it let out another "Whale!" and chased after her, carrying her on its back and speeding towards the Demon Mountain thousands of miles away.

(End of this chapter)