Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

These methods are time-consuming and laborious, and the resulting Sun, Moon, and Star triads are extremely ordinary. Liu Qing already has three top-grade Heavenly Spirits—Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Stone—to replace them, so he naturally doesn't care about such common things.

The Yellow Wind Monster's corpse was buried under the Blood Peach Tree, and the discarded top-grade magic weapon, the Three-pronged Fork, was casually tossed into the Power Cave by Liu Qing as a collection.

Afterwards, Liu Qing flapped his fiery wings and hurriedly chased after Bodhisattva Lingji.

This time, Liu Qing planned to use the same trick again, but instead of doing what the Yellow Wind Monster did, he would enter the belly of Lingji Bodhisattva.

Instead of resorting to brute force, they continue to use clever tactics to defeat their enemies.

Liu Qing's Fire Wings were extremely fast. After flying a hundred or two miles, he could already see the auspicious clouds of Bodhisattva Lingji in the distance.

At this moment, Liu Qing's body trembled, and he unleashed his Thousand Transformations Great Divine Power, transforming into the appearance of the Yellow Wind Monster.

Afterwards, he used the Face-Changing Insect to transform his own energy into that of the Yellow Wind Monster.

In this way, even if the Yellow Wind Monster were right in front of him, he wouldn't be able to tell that Liu Qing had transformed into himself.

After mastering the Great Divine Power of Thousand Transformations, Liu Qing no longer needed to use the Face-Changing Worm to change his appearance, but only to use it to change his Qi.

The transformation techniques wielded by the Thousand Transformations and the Face-Changing Insect far surpass even Sun Wukong's Seventy-Two Transformations.

Sun Wukong's seventy-two transformations, in terms of transformation techniques alone, can barely compare to the great supernatural power of a thousand transformations, but it cannot change his own energy. The face-changing worm given to him by Hong Gu just makes up for this shortcoming.

After Liu Qing transformed into the Yellow Wind Monster, he held the trident that marked him as the Yellow Wind Monster, retracted his fire wings, transformed into a demonic cloud, and headed towards Lingji Bodhisattva.

"Bodhisattva, wait for me, wait for me—"

Liu Qing pretended to be out of breath and shouted at Lingji Bodhisattva.

Lingji Bodhisattva turned around and saw that it was the Yellow Wind Monster. Without thinking much, he said, "Why did it take you so long to arrive? Hurry up and come to my side. Your demonic cloud is too slow. I'll take you."

Liu Qing was secretly delighted; this was exactly what the Bodhisattva had been waiting for.

Lingji Bodhisattva stopped his auspicious cloud. Liu Qing caught up and jumped to Lingji Bodhisattva's side: "Thank you, Bodhisattva. This chase has exhausted me half to death."

Liu Qing imitated Huang Feng's strange accent, and Lingji Bodhisattva did not notice anything unusual. After nodding slightly, he turned his back and continued riding the cloud towards the Liusha River.

"Bodhisattva, I'm sorry."

Liu Qing thought to himself, then suddenly summoned the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone and pierced Lingji Bodhisattva's heart from behind.

If Lingji Bodhisattva were not wary of a trap, he would not have been able to keep his golden body in place. Besides, even if he had a golden body for defense, it would be difficult for him to withstand Liu Qing's Panlong Bayin Cone.

Lingji Bodhisattva's cultivation level had reached the Golden Body Realm, and his vitality was extremely strong. Even though Liu Qing pierced his heart with a spear, he did not die immediately.

He turned around and looked at Liu Qing in astonishment: "Huang Feng'er, how dare you ambush this humble monk? Aren't you afraid that Buddha will boil you into oil afterward?"

In Buddhism, when dealing with disobedient demons, the monks would peel off their fat and take out the oil used to make glass lamps. This oil contained the demon's essence and power, which is why the Yellow Wind Demon was able to steal the oil and make great progress in his cultivation.

Faced with the honest Bodhisattva Lingji's questioning, Liu Qing felt quite ashamed, so he had no choice but to twist the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone and shatter Bodhisattva Lingji's heart.

What an honest man! Didn't he see that what pierced your skin wasn't a trident, but a coiled dragon eight-tone cone? Yet he still thinks I'm the Yellow Wind Monster?
The life force in Lingji Bodhisattva's eyes quickly dissipated, and Liu Qing directly opened the Power Cave Heaven, absorbing it into it.

They quickly mobilized the power of the Heavenly Cave and suppressed Lingji Bodhisattva deep within it.

Bodhisattva Lingji's cultivation had reached the Golden Body Realm, and so had his soul. He was only one step away from immortality. The Yin Jade Spirit Banner was merely a low-grade spiritual treasure from the later stages of cultivation. Even with Liu Qing's Yin Wind supernatural power, it could not erase his consciousness.

They had no choice but to suppress it first.

After suppressing it, Liu Qing was still not at ease, so he took out the various array plates he had previously refined and set up a series of large arrays at the place where it was suppressed. Finally, he summoned the Five Elements Mountain, which was derived from the innate Five Elements Qi, and pressed it down on top of Lingji Bodhisattva.

When Liu Qing had time, he fused the three kinds of celestial spirits—Sun Essence Stone, Moon Dew, and Star Fruit—into the Power Cave Heaven, completely evolving the Power Cave Heaven into a Lesser Thousand World.

At that time, we can borrow the power of the minor world to suppress and kill the soul of Bodhisattva Lingji.

For now, let's just use this as a temporary transition.

After Lingji Bodhisattva was suppressed, Liu Qing gained two more treasures: the Wind-Fixing Pill and the Flying Dragon Staff.

The Wind-Stabilizing Pill is neither a spiritual treasure nor a spiritual pill, but rather something between the two, making it a pill treasure.

It was specially crafted by the Buddha to counter the Samadhi Yellow Wind of the Yellow Wind Monster. Unlike the Wind-Fixing Pearl, which can stabilize all kinds of winds in the world, this Wind-Fixing Pill is only for the Samadhi Yellow Wind and is a temporary item. Liu Qing didn't care for it and just threw it into the Power Cave Heaven as a collection.

The Flying Dragon Staff is quite appealing. It's a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure, containing a dragon's divine soul. Releasing this dragon's divine soul during battle is quite powerful.

Unfortunately, this dragon species is not a true dragon; it is more like a winged lizard from the West, and can barely be considered a type of dragon-like creature.

If it were a true dragon, Liu Qing intended to refine it to see if it could help him transform from a jiao (a type of dragon) into a dragon.

Now, Liu Qing's true form has evolved into a Flood Dragon, and he is only one step away from becoming a true dragon. However, Liu Qing is facing some difficulties on the road to further evolution.

Should we continue to consume the elixir to evolve into a true dragon, or should we transform into a dragon?
Liu Qing was also undecided, so he could only take it one step at a time and see if the gate to the dragon would open towards him first.

After suppressing Lingji Bodhisattva, Liu Qing's eyes flashed, and he used the Thousand Transformations Technique to transform into the appearance of Lingji Bodhisattva. He then used the Face-Changing Insect to transform his own aura into that of Lingji Bodhisattva.

Although there was a difference in their cultivation levels, it was difficult to tell without careful observation. Then, they flapped their fire wings again and sped off towards the Flowing Sand River.

After flying for about seven or eight hundred miles, the scent-smelling insect chirped, and Liu Qing immediately strained his eyes to look down.

Then, a long river appeared below, though not as long as the Jing River, it was still nearly eight hundred li long. Moreover, the river water was turbid, carrying mud and sand, with high waves and rapid currents, making it appear quite ferocious.

This must be the Liusha River.

Liu Qing's eyes flickered, and he immediately retracted his fire wings, picked up the flying dragon staff, and pretended to be Lingji Bodhisattva.

Having tasted success once, Liu Qing was unlikely to let this good method go. Even if it was eventually exposed, he had probably gained the upper hand early on and might even be able to scheme against another one.

Liu Qing did not immediately approach the Liusha River, nor did he descend from the clouds. Instead, he concealed himself and stood high in the sky, looking down to assess the situation first.

The Liusha River flows east to west. Some distance away on the south bank, there stands a thin, dark-skinned monk, presumably the ninth incarnation of Jin Chanzi, the Sui Dynasty monk Sanzang. Beside the Sui Dynasty monk stands a large, dark-skinned man with a black pig's head and an ugly appearance. In his hand, he clutches a magical treasure, shaped like a tiller, called the Shangbao Qinjinba, also known as the Nine-Toothed Rake because of its nine teeth.

Both Sanzang and Zhu Bajie of the Sui Dynasty looked nervously at the Liusha River ahead.

On the surface of the Liusha River, a monkey and a human are working together to suppress the Golden Hoop Immortal.

The monkey appears to be 'Sun Wukong', and is also holding a golden staff. However, Liu Qing has seen the Mad Monkey before, and there is also a monkey that is two parts of the same creature in the Quanbing Cave. Therefore, he has some doubts about the authenticity of Sun Wukong for the time being.

Teaming up with 'Sun Wukong' was a tall, strong man dressed as a wandering monk, with eight skulls strung around his neck and a demon-slaying staff in his hand.

This person is none other than the Curtain-Raising General of the Heavenly Court, a confidant of the Jade Emperor. He descended to the mortal realm with a mission to become a river demon in the Flowing Sand River. He is both one of the eighty-one tribulations of the Journey to the West and the one destined by Heaven to retrieve the scriptures, helping the Heavenly Court to share the fortune of the Journey to the West.

The demon-slaying staff in his hand was forged by the Jade Emperor from the sacred wood of the Moon Palace before he descended to the mortal realm. It can change shape at will and is a rare mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing, the two strongest fighters in the pilgrimage team, were able to overpower the Golden Hoop Immortal when they fought together. Liu Qing was not surprised at all.

But seeing that although the Golden Hoop Immortal was being suppressed, he was still fighting back and forth with the two of them. More than half an hour had passed since the message was sent, and he had not yet been defeated, which really surprised Liu Qing.

When did the Golden Hoop Immortal become so brave?
Senior Brother Golden Hoop Immortal is limited by his physical form, which is based on a spiritual treasure. Although he had considerable strength from birth because of his spiritual treasure, his aptitude and comprehension were limited after he became Tongtian's disciple, and his progress was slow.

Everyone says that a blockhead and a stonehead are a perfect match for a stupid person, but who can be more dull-witted than Lingbao?

Therefore, after many years of cultivation, Senior Brother Golden Hoop Immortal only managed to reach the Golden Body Realm, which was comparable to the cultivation of Bodhisattva Lingji, who was suppressed by Liu Qing.

Back when they hadn't yet separated, the Golden Hoop Immortal of the Jie Sect and the Yellow Dragon True Man of the Chan Sect were known as the Two Fools of Kunlun Mountain.

Similarly, their cultivation level is not high, they lack spiritual treasures, and they have comprehended few supernatural powers and spells. Their combat strength is even inferior to many third-generation disciples of the two sects.

But how could this Golden Hoop Immortal fight two opponents single-handedly, putting up a fight against the so-called Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the Monkey King, who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace and possessed unparalleled fighting power?

Putting aside the fact that Sha Wujing was just there to make up the numbers, how could Liu Qing not be shocked by the performance of the Golden Hoop Immortal?

Conversely, Sun Wukong's performance shocked Liu Qing even more!

You are the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, with unparalleled fighting power, so why can't you defeat a mere Golden Hoop Immortal?

Liu Qing looked at the monkey who was fighting alongside Sha Wujing. The monkey looked just like the mad monkey in his own Quanbing Cave. It was wielding a divine weapon and fighting fiercely, which was quite impressive.

The leaking aura indicated a Golden Body Realm cultivation level, just as rumored, indicating a low level of cultivation.

But it always feels a bit weak.

Sun Wukong is not known throughout the Three Realms for his cultivation level, but rather for his formidable fighting prowess. What he is showing now makes Liu Qing quite disdainful.

He can handle even a 'Sun Wukong' like that.

It seemed that even Sha Wujing, who was working alongside him, sensed something was amiss. Back when the Great Sage Equaling Heaven had wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he had been guarding the Jade Emperor.

Although there was an element of acting in coordination with Buddhism, and many powerful beings in the Heavenly Court did not actually participate, the fact that it could defeat the various heavenly gods, guardian deities, and palace officials in the Lingxiao Palace was enough to demonstrate its formidable fighting power.

But its current performance is far inferior to when it wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace. It couldn't even defeat the Golden Hoop Immortal after a long battle, forcing Sha Wujing to emerge from the water and help it fight.

According to the original plan, Sun Wukong was supposed to go into the water several times to fight himself, but in the end, because he was not good at water combat, Guanyin came and subdued him, and he joined the pilgrimage team.

But now, a sudden change has occurred. The Golden Hoop Immortal of the Jie Sect suddenly appears and stops Sun Wukong from going into the water to fight him.

Sun Wukong fought for a long time without success, and Sha Wujing had no choice but to abandon the proper procedures and come out of the water to help Sun Wukong.

Despite his assistance and their joint efforts with Sun Wukong, although they were able to overpower the Golden Hoop Immortal and gain the upper hand, they were still unable to completely defeat him.

Sha Wujing kept glancing at Sun Wukong out of the corner of his eye.

Is this a fake monkey?

Liu Qing also had this guess. The reason was that the two-in-one mad monkey inside the Power Cave was unusually irritable at this moment. It went berserk again, as if it had sensed something and kept roaring and howling, trying to come out of the Power Cave.

In the Liusha River region, Liu Qing observed the Sui Dynasty monks Sanzang and Zhu Bajie, and watched Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing battle against the Golden Hoop Immortal.

I felt much more at ease.

They arrived just in time. Although Sha Wujing had joined forces with Sun Wukong, he was still dressed as a river demon, with the eight previous heads of the Sui Dynasty monks hanging around his neck. He had not yet been formally accepted as a disciple.

Therefore, the pilgrimage team is not considered complete. Without the complete team, the pilgrimage team cannot gain the approval of Heaven, and the journey to the West cannot be considered to have truly begun. There is still room for redemption.

Liu Qing's eyes flickered as he considered how to make his move to maximize his profits.

Just as Liu Qing was pondering, a sudden tremor ran through the distant space, and Guanyin Bodhisattva emerged from the void.

She couldn't stand it any longer. Even with Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing joining forces, they couldn't defeat the Golden Hoop Immortal after a long battle. To prevent any unforeseen complications, she had no choice but to personally intervene, intending to break the agreement that those in the Great Luo Realm couldn't intervene, and forcibly take down the Golden Hoop Immortal so that the pilgrimage team could reunite and quickly begin their journey to the West.

She had some guesses about how 'Sun Wukong' became like this, guessing it was related to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's explosive personality. But now she couldn't care less about finding out the truth, only thinking about quickly capturing the Golden Hoop Immortal, making Sha Wujing a disciple of the Sui Dynasty's Tripitaka, and truly starting the Journey to the West.

Just as Guanyin Bodhisattva was about to make her move, she saw another fluctuation in space, and Pilu Xian emerged from the void, looking at Guanyin Bodhisattva with hostile eyes.

Although Pilu Xian's cultivation surpassed that of Jin Gu Xian, reaching the early stage of the Daluo realm, he still couldn't compare to Guanyin Bodhisattva, whose cultivation was roughly at the mid-stage of the Daluo realm.

In addition, Guanyin Bodhisattva possesses the innate spiritual treasure, the Jade Pure Bottle, and a hollow willow branch, making her powerful enough to suppress Vairocana.

However, after receiving Liu Qing's message, Pilu Xian was already prepared. He borrowed the innate spiritual treasure, the Wudang Sword, from his senior sister, the Holy Mother Wudang.

Facing the Vairocana Immortal wielding the Wudang Sword, Guanyin Bodhisattva's expression was grim. If she were to forcefully attack, the Vairocana Immortal would surely stop her. With the Wudang Sword's blessing, she could at most fight the Vairocana Immortal to a draw.

Guanyin Bodhisattva hesitated for a long time before making a move, and Pilu Xian chuckled coldly, also remaining silent.

At this moment, Liu Qing suddenly sent a message through the Jie Sect disciple token: "Senior brother, lure Guanyin away later. I'm planning something big." (End of this chapter)