The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 357 Five-Colored Cloud Robe
The monkey also cursed the Bodhisattva, saying, "You deserve to be without a husband for life."

Laozi is also referred to as 'Lao Guan'.

He also cursed the Jade Emperor quite a few times.

The gods and Buddhas of the lower and middle ranks curse people more often, and some of their curses are indeed quite offensive.

Among the three monkey brothers, the one who cursed the most viciously and used the most offensive language was actually Sha Wujing.

But the one that curses the most must be the monkey.

Don't be fooled by Pigsy's constant insults towards Monkey King; Pigsy basically only insults the monkey.

Zhu Bajie was generally very polite and kind to everyone else.

To put it bluntly, he was certain that the monkey wouldn't do anything to him; at most, he would just be played by the monkey.

It's just a little hardship.
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After the Six Ding Six Jia, the Five Directions Jiedi, and others finished scolding the three brothers, they could only obediently protect Tang Sanzang.

However, these guys can also slack off.

They might as well summon all the mountain gods and local deities from the surrounding area.

Let them lead the ghost soldiers to protect Tang Sanzang nearby.

Upon seeing this, the little white dragon actually transformed into a real dragon and went to find Li Jingxiao to drink and eat meat.

On a cliff in the Kingdom of Zhu Zi, Li Jingxiao had already summoned more than a dozen golden-armored warriors.

Roasted lamb.

Hot wine.

Others were steaming buns, setting up tables, chairs, and tableware.

Once the three monkey brothers and the white dragon arrived, they immediately began a feast.

After several rounds of drinks, Sha Wujing couldn't help but ask Li Jingxiao the purpose of his visit.

After all, Sha Wujing was arguably the one in the pilgrimage team most eager to see the pilgrimage succeed.

Otherwise, he would have to return to the Flowing Sand River and be pierced by ten thousand arrows every few days.

Meanwhile, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and the White Dragon returned to Flower Fruit Mountain to become its king.

A wealthy landlord returned to Gao Laozhuang.

One of the places, the Snake Coil Mountain and the Eagle's Sorrow Gorge, is small, but one doesn't have to suffer punishment there.

Perhaps by virtue of being Li Jingxiao's brother-in-law, he could easily return to Xihailong Palace and continue to be the crown prince.

But Sha Wujing couldn't go back to Heaven, nor did he want to return to the Flowing Sand River.

Therefore, Sha Wujing was the most steadfast in his commitment to the pilgrimage.

Li Jingxiao asked Sha Wujing about his true purpose in coming to Zhu Zi Kingdom.

Or rather, how much effort is needed from everyone to overcome this difficulty?

He frowned and thought for a moment about how far he should go.

In the end, it was decided to be blunt: although Sai Tai Sui was the mount of a Bodhisattva, his actual strength was not that great.

At most, it could hold off Sun Wukong for forty or fifty rounds.

If it were Pigsy or Sandy, they wouldn't lose as long as they put in the effort.

As for the Purple Gold Bell in Sai Tai Sui's hands, it is a threat.

But once you know the power and uses of this treasure, it's actually not that bad.

However, Li Jingxiao no longer valued the Purple Gold Bell, but it was still a troublesome problem for Sun Wukong and his two companions.

At least Pigsy and Sandy thought the Golden Bell was very dangerous.

If things go wrong, you might suffer a great loss.

Fortunately, Sun Wukong liked to do everything himself. Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing exchanged a glance, secretly pleased.

I can be lazy again.

Li Jingxiao didn't try to persuade them further, letting Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing slack off.

The last of the two brothers was appointed as the 'Clean Altar Messenger'.

The fact that one of them was granted the title of Arhat is indeed largely due to the fact that the two of them did not contribute much along the way.

The monkey was bestowed the title of "Fighting Buddha" because it earned it through genuine battles.

He almost died several times; it would be unreasonable not to confer him Buddhahood.

As for Tang Sanzang, he was a relative.

The Buddha's second disciple was reincarnated 10 times, and each time he went through tribulations.

No matter how incompetent and useless Tang Sanzang was along the way, his unwavering determination to obtain the scriptures through ten lifetimes was a testament to his merit.

It would be reasonable to confer upon him the title of Buddha.

Li Jingxiao finally stated that his purpose for this trip was, in addition to preventing Sai Taisui from being killed by Sun Wukong and his two companions.

They also took a liking to the colorful robes worn by Lady Jin Sheng.

Upon hearing this, the four monkeys were first taken aback, but Pigsy reacted the fastest.

While she jokingly teased Li Jingxiao about having too many women, she was actually incredibly envious inside.

Li Jingxiao had already been granted an official position by the Jade Emperor, yet he could still casually descend to the mortal realm and find several wives to play with.

In Pigsy's eyes, this was blatant discrimination.

However, Pigsy wasn't stupid. He was demoted back then because he was accused of harassing Chang'e.

In reality, Pigsy not only failed to win over Chang'e, but at most he only teased her verbally.

Pigsy knew perfectly well the real reason for his demotion.

So even after Pigsy had eaten and drunk his fill and the banquet was over, he still pulled Li Jingxiao aside.

I shared some experience and advice with him.

This surprised Li Jingxiao, but also made him feel grateful to Lao Zhu.

Whether they are true friends or just friends with mutual interests is not important.

Even Li Jingxiao himself couldn't do it; he died for love and for loyalty.

So his definition of a friend is actually very simple.

Mutual benefit is all that matters.

Of course, there are such people as those who are "righteous and chivalrous".

But how many people like this are there in the world?

Once Sun Wukong and the others learned of Li Jingxiao's purpose, the atmosphere immediately became lively.

After getting drunk, the monkey started talking nonsense as usual.

He kept grumbling about his dissatisfaction with Tang Sanzang.

Although Pigsy and Sandy didn't agree, Li Jingxiao could tell from their eyes and expressions.

It's clear that both of them had a lot of dissatisfaction with Tang Sanzang.

In particular, Tang Sanzang was not as 'great and glorious' as he is portrayed in TV dramas.

Putting aside the others, Tang Sanzang's performance when he was captured by female demons was far worse than that of the character in the TV series.

The biggest difference between him and Zhu Bajie is that he can endure, but he is also more hypocritical.

Of course, Tang Sanzang was a mortal in this life, not only surnamed Chen, but also with all sorts of desires.

They were reluctant to part with the Queen of the Women's Kingdom.

They wanted to see the spider demon but were also afraid to.

Hesitant and affected.

He glanced up, then immediately turned away, closed his eyes, and clasped his hands together, chanting "Amitabha."

This is not the mindset one would expect from a highly virtuous and eminent monk.

If you only try to show that you are not interested in women by "avoiding" them, your mentality is far from being right.

Buddhism speaks of the three poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance.

There is also the "Eight Precepts," which require an ordinary person, a monk who is only in his twenties or thirties, to refrain from greed, anger, and ignorance, and to follow the Eight Precepts.

It really put him in a difficult position.

If one could truly achieve this, there would be no need for the pilgrimage; one could directly attain Buddhahood.

Even clinging to the pursuit of scriptures and the attainment of enlightenment is itself an act of greed, anger, and ignorance.

When Sun Wukong and his companions returned to the village, they brought back vegetarian food for Tang Sanzang and gave it to him.

Tang Sanzang could actually smell the alcohol on his three disciples.

He immediately felt very dissatisfied.

He couldn't help but mutter and grumble, which made Sun Wukong want to hit him again.

He simply ignored Tang Sanzang's nagging, used a little silencing spell, and lay down to sleep. This time, it was Pigsy who suffered the consequences.

Sha Wujing has always had a very low profile and rarely speaks.

In order to cause trouble for the monkey, Pigsy often flattered Tang Sanzang and belittled the monkey.

At this point, it's not good to lash out; one can only obediently listen to Tang Sanzang's nagging.

When they got tired of listening, they simply vented their frustration by echoing Tang Sanzang and cursing Sun Wukong.

Fortunately, the monkey couldn't hear him, otherwise he would definitely have given Pigsy a beating.

As for Li Jingxiao, he had already planned to leave.

But when he looked up, he saw the Six Ding and Six Jia, the Five Directions Jiedi, and the Eighteen Garan all coming to find him.

They greeted each other with a bow, and Li Jingxiao immediately understood that this was done while Monkey and the others had gone back.

We came here together to find some late-night snacks.

Li Jingxiao has always been very generous when it comes to gaining experience.

He ordered the golden-armored warrior to roast another lamb, set out wine, and the group ate, drank, chatted, and joked around.

Li Jingxiao also heard many interesting stories and earned more than two million experience points.

He even felt that he could have treated these people to drinks a few more times.

No, Li Jingxiao's eyes darted around. After sending the gods away...

He waved his hand, sending the souls of the golden-armored warriors back to Heaven, and then went directly to Mount Luojia.

They sought the Bodhisattva's authorization to become protectors on the journey to the West to retrieve Buddhist scriptures.

But after a few flashes, he appeared in the Purple Bamboo Forest. Li Jingxiao then felt that since he had already become Laozi's personal disciple.

It would be unsuitable for me to continue as a protector.

So I wasn't in a hurry to find the Bodhisattva.

Instead, he took the Bull Demon King, Princess Iron Fan, Red Boy, Black Bear Spirit, Muzha, and Linggan King out for drinks and to reminisce.

They even made it clear that there would be no fighting this time.

Otherwise, the Bull Demon King and his entourage might find various excuses not to attend the banquet.

As I drank, an idea came to me.

After getting Lao Niu and the others drunk, they went to have a private talk with the Bodhisattva.

After the Bodhisattva agreed, he went to the Tushita Palace and told Laozi that he owed the Bodhisattva a lot of favors in the past.

So much so that when the Bodhisattva needed help, he had no choice but to lend a hand.

Since that's the case, I might as well ask the Jade Emperor to appoint me as the commander of the guard team consisting of the Night Patrol Gods, the Six Ding and Six Jia, the Five Directions Jiedi, and the Eighteen Garan.

Although Mount Ling is quite independent, in Journey to the West, even the Buddha had to address the Jade Emperor as the Great Heavenly Venerable.

Even 'My Lord'.

When the Golden-Headed Jiedi went to the Heavenly Palace to see the Jade Emperor, he addressed the Jade Emperor as "Lord".

What does this mean?
No matter how powerful Mount Ling is, it is still a force under the Jade Emperor's command.

After listening to Li Jingxiao's words, Laojun thought about it for a while and didn't see any harm in Li Jingxiao wanting to be the commander of the guard.

After all, no matter how powerful the Taoist sect is, it can't be considered the only dominant force.

Moreover, the Jade Emperor and Mount Ling had actually secretly joined forces to suppress the Taoist sect through the pilgrimage.

At this time, allowing Li Jingxiao to infiltrate the guard team not only eased tensions to some extent.

They can also keep an eye on things legitimately at all times.

To avoid the same calamities as before, where someone deliberately slanders the Taoist sect.

Moreover, since Li Jingxiao is his personal disciple, if he takes more credit, it means that the credit of others will be less.

This is a good thing.

For the Jade Emperor, Laozi's decision to have Li Jingxiao join the team protecting Tang Sanzang was tantamount to a disguised attempt to ease tensions.

The Taoist sects should suppress them, but they shouldn't overdo it.

To avoid provoking a rebellious attitude, which could lead to a heated argument and a difficult situation to resolve.

A tripartite balance of power would be the best outcome for the Jade Emperor.

As for future rewards based on merit, the Jade Emperor wouldn't mind promoting Li Jingxiao.

From the moment Li Jingxiao was able to refine the Golden Elixir, it was destined that he would be won over.

It would be better to use the excuse of his meritorious service in protecting the enemy and promote him accordingly.

It's better than using the refining of elixirs as a reason for promotion.

Since the Jade Emperor and Laozi both agreed, Li Jingxiao left the Heavenly Court and returned to Mount Putuo.

When they met the Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva smiled and nodded.

It is said that Buddha promised to personally preach to him for three days after the pilgrimage was successful, and that he would preach the Pure Yang Way.

With a smile on his face, Li Jingxiao bid farewell and ran straight to Zhu Zi Kingdom.

Seeing that the pilgrimage team had entered the royal city, he immediately summoned all the day and night patrol gods, the six Ding and six Jia, the five directions of Jiedi, the four duty officers, and the eighteen Garan to a restaurant in the city.

Everyone now knew that Li Jingxiao had become their superior during the pilgrimage.

Therefore, no one would refuse Li Jingxiao's invitation to dinner.

They even brought out gifts, and their words were full of flattery.

Li Jingxiao's main purpose in becoming the commander was to legitimately gain experience points.

That's why he doesn't care about the power struggles or interests among these people.

To put it bluntly, he simply owes the bodhisattva a debt of gratitude, and from time to time he has to help the bodhisattva, Laozi, and the former Zhenwu Emperor to subdue demons or save people.

So he simply asked Buddha, Laozi, and the Jade Emperor for the position.

Everything will continue as before, and I will only come to the vicinity of the pilgrimage team once a day to check in.

On ordinary days when there's nothing to do, everyone just does things according to the usual routine.

If they encounter powerful demons, they will come looking for them.

Upon hearing this, all the immortals and gods were immediately relieved.

The atmosphere became lively as they drank with Li Jingxiao.

After gaining over two million experience points, Li Jingxiao went straight to the West Sea Dragon Palace to play with Ao Huiji and Ao Xin.

The next day, all the gods arrived on time and obediently stayed in the sky, watching Tang Sanzang.

They waited and waited, but the newly appointed commander, Li Jingxiao, never came to inspect.

I felt both happy and somewhat dissatisfied.

Just as he said yesterday, Li Jingxiao took this position merely to go through the motions.

So people don't have to worry about anyone causing them trouble.

But for the Five Directions Protectors and the Eighteen Monks, Li Jingxiao's actions were far too irresponsible.

Fortunately, by evening, Li Jingxiao not only showed up to report for duty, but also took the gods to a restaurant to drink and eat meat.

Someone was treating them to a meal, and the drinks were of good quality; most people were quite satisfied with their new boss.

And so, as long as Li Jingxiao wasn't refining elixirs in the Tushita Palace, he would come over every evening to check in.

Then he'll inevitably drag everyone along for drinks.

In just 10 days, Li Jingxiao earned more than 20 million experience points.

In addition, he plays with women every day, from 151 (2801 million/5100 million).

Upgraded to 152 (1 million/5200 million)
体质330、根骨331+28、悟性121+14
After dealing with the guards, Li Jingxiao finally turned his attention to Sai Taisui.

Sun Wukong had already performed a diagnostic procedure on the King of Zhu Zi Kingdom, explaining why the king's illness had persisted for so long.

The king was immediately ordered to present the monkey to the heavenly people.

Monkeys can perform seventy-two transformations, so seeking medical treatment and divination is indeed very simple for them.

Not to mention medical and pharmaceutical knowledge, he even knows medical arts and magical techniques.

The Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends is actually an encyclopedia.

It encompasses everything from combat, supernatural speed, Taoist magic, supernatural powers, medicine, transformation, prolonging life, to astronomy and geography.

Once the king revealed that Sai Tai Sui had stolen the Golden Saint Palace Lady, the monkey had a reason to cause trouble for Sai Tai Sui.

Moreover, knowing in advance that Sai Tai Sui's martial arts skills would at most be a match for him in forty or fifty rounds.

Relying on the Purple Gold Bell, they also learned about the three spells of fire, wind, and smoke in advance.

The monkey naturally looked down on Sai Tai Sui.

(End of this chapter)