The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 153 Get him out of here

After the group finished dinner, it was completely dark.

Jiang Feng finished the mushroom soup in his bowl and said to Sha Wujing, "Wujing, I have a special task for you to do."

Sha Wujing raised his face warily: "Master, please tell me what it is, otherwise I won't know what to do."

Jiang Feng said, "There is an octagonal well in the royal garden of the palace. There is a corpse dressed in an imperial robe in the well. Go and sneak into the palace to retrieve the corpse."

"Wujing, you have a low profile, which makes you suitable for stealth-based tasks, and you're also an expert swimmer. You're the most suitable person for this."

Sha Wujing dismissed it, saying, "Hey, it's just a small matter. Master, please wait here for a moment, I'll be right back!"

Having said that, Sha Wujing picked up the Solo Staff and left Baolin Temple.

A moment later, he returned to the house with a young man dressed in an imperial robe, and said smugly, "Master, I've brought the corpse back to you."

Looking at the corpse he brought back, Jiang Feng exclaimed in amazement, "This corpse is so lifelike, it's indistinguishable from a living person!"

The corpse rolled its eyes and said, "He couldn't possibly be any different."

Jiang Feng was startled and exclaimed in surprise, "It's a talking corpse!"

The corpse took a deep breath and said eerily, "It looks so lifelike and can even talk. Do you think it's possible that I'm actually alive?"

Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment, then turned to glare at Sha: "I told you to retrieve the body, how come you brought back a living person?"

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Sha Wujing said with a troubled expression, "Master, there's only one person wearing imperial robes in that octagonal well. Why don't you wait a little longer, Master, and I'll turn him into a corpse right now?"

"??!!"

The corpse was terrified and cried out in panic, "No! I am the Dragon King of the Well in Wuji Kingdom! Killing me will violate the heavenly laws!"

Jiang Feng glared angrily and said, "What? Dragon King of the Well? Tell me quickly, where did you hide the corpse of the King of Wuji Kingdom?! If you dare to utter a single lie, I'll eat your dragon liver as a snack!"

The Dragon King of the Well was completely bewildered and said, "The King of Wuji Kingdom is alive and well, so where did this corpse come from?"

Jiang Feng paused, then muttered, "Could it be that the monster disguised as the Imperial Advisor hasn't arrived yet—?"

Upon hearing this, the Dragon King of the Well hurriedly replied, "Last month, a national advisor did indeed come to the Kingdom of Wuji and helped the Kingdom of Wuji overcome a three-month drought!"

The king, seeing his extraordinary abilities, treated him with the respect due to a brother and was wholeheartedly seeking to learn the path to immortality from him!

Seeing Jiang Feng's stunned expression, Bai Suzhen covered her mouth and chuckled: "Oh, which holy monk predicted earlier that the king was being impersonated, and even said he would help the prince avenge himself!"

Jiang Feng snapped out of his daze and forced a defense: "There will definitely be a prince. Who knows, Bajie might be the son of the former king, who had been wandering outside for a long time and has now returned to avenge his father!"

The little white dragon exclaimed in surprise, "The king of Wuji Kingdom is truly diligent! Not only is he busy with countless affairs of state, he even finds time to go to the people's pigsties to breed pigs!"

Jiang Feng said solemnly, "That's right, this is a once-in-a-millennium good king, so we should help him and your second senior brother avenge themselves—forget it, I really can't make this up anymore!"

Jiang Feng slammed his hand on the table, muttering with a resentful look, "What's wrong with this Manjushri Bodhisattva? Why isn't he playing by the rules?"

The Dragon King of the Well was both amused and exasperated: "Holy Monk, the Kingdom of Wuji has only been established for a year, and the king has yet to have a son. He has taken in several concubines and tried many remedies, but none of them worked. This Baolin Temple was built by him in order to pray for a son."

At this moment, he should be begging the Imperial Preceptor to use his magic to grant him a son.

"I see, is that so?

Jiang Feng seemed to be deep in thought, then took out a pill to apologize to the Dragon King of the Well and sent him back to the Dragon Palace inside the well.

After seeing the Well Dragon King off, Jiang Feng said with a worry, "This is going to be difficult. The water of the Mother-Child River can only produce daughters, so there's really no way to give him a son."

The White Dragon said, "Master, we're on our way to the Western Paradise to retrieve the scriptures. Who cares if we can have a son or not! Tomorrow, once we get the travel permit, we'll continue our journey. If anyone tries to stop us, I'll stab them through the heart with my spear!"

Jiang Feng said, "If only it were that easy. The emperor's offspring are crucial to the stability of the country. If we can't resolve this matter, the people of Wuji Kingdom will likely suffer."

Bai Suzhen pondered, "I've heard my master say that Guanyin Bodhisattva has a form that grants children, which can bestow offspring upon people, but he probably won't help us, right?"

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Jiang Feng nodded in agreement: "Instead of hoping Guanyin Bodhisattva will help us, we should hope the monkey won't steal the peaches."

Sun Wukong: "————"

This isn't just alluding to me; you're directly insulting me by name!

The group set off early the next morning and arrived at the city gates around noon.

At this time, the king, who had received the proclamation yesterday, was already at the city gate with his civil and military officials to greet him.

Upon seeing Jiang Feng from afar, music began to play. The king walked forward, clasped his hands together in greeting, and said, "Welcome, envoy of the Great Sui Dynasty, the Holy Monk Tripitaka!"

Jiang Feng returned the greeting, saying, "This humble monk, Jiang Feng, greets His Majesty the King of Wuji Kingdom!"

The king warmly took his hand and said, "Holy Monk, a banquet has been prepared in the palace. Please come with me to the palace for the meal!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Feng boarded the carriage and sat next to the emperor. Before long, they arrived at the palace.

After several rounds of drinks, the king looked at Jiang Feng expectantly and said, "To be honest, Holy Monk, I have wasted twenty years of my life and still have no offspring. I and the court officials have been worried about this for a long time."

I have heard that there are many temples within your Great Sui territory that are very effective in granting children. Could you please ask the holy monk to perform a ritual and grant me an heir? I will certainly offer a generous reward afterward!

Jiang Feng recalled, "What Your Majesty said is true. To be honest, there used to be a temple for praying for children and a temple for babies on the mountain where I lived."

These two temples were indeed very effective; any woman who went there seeking a child would find out she was pregnant after staying for ten days to two weeks, or about a month later. But later, both temples were destroyed by the people. Do you know why?

The king, his face contorted with rage, roared, "You unruly people! These people who vandalized the temple are all unruly people! How dare they smash such an efficacious temple! If it were me, I would have them all imprisoned and punished!"

Jiang Feng said with a strange expression, "Then Your Majesty has misunderstood the people. They smashed the temple because the children who went to the temple to pray for grew up to look very similar to the monks and Taoists in the temple."

My fourth disciple is a white dragon in human form, and his ability to reproduce is extremely powerful. If Your Majesty does not mind, you may let him take a stroll in your harem. I guarantee that after just one day, you will surely have many children and much happiness in the future!

This also saves the trouble and expense of building temples, so it's a win-win situation.

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After a moment of stunned silence, the king took a deep breath and solemnly ordered, "Guards, forcibly remove this fourth disciple of the holy monk!"

The little white dragon, who was chuckling to himself, suddenly froze:

No, what did I do to deserve this?

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