Spreading Journey to the West

"Ah, there's only one month left, and I still haven't completed the mission. What should I do?!" Ye Qiu suddenly put on a troubled expression and said sadly.

"Hm? What's wrong, Brother Shi Qiu? The mission is going smoothly! We'll reach Wu Tan City in about half a day," Luo Danhe said.

Hearing Ye Qiu sigh, everyone turned to look at him.

"What's wrong, Ye Qiu?" Little Fairy Doctor asked.

"Sigh, it's not this mission, but a mission assigned by the Buddhist Sect. I... sigh." Ye Qiu shook his head with a sigh.

"The Buddhist Sect! Could it be...?" The moment Ye Qiu said those words, everyone became excited. They had just heard the story of Journey to the West and were deeply familiar with those two words. Especially Guanyin Bodhisattva of the Buddhist Sect—her strength could shake heaven and earth, yet she was compassionate and merciful. She was truly worthy of immense admiration.

"That's right, the great and compassionate Buddhist Sect. I am actually the son of a noble family from the Huaxia Empire. Because my state of mind was unstable, my father sent me out to gain experience. It so happened that the Buddhist Sect was about to send people to spread its teachings across various lands, and the Gama Empire was among those places. Since my destination for training was the Northwest Continent, my father ordered me to prepare a place of worship in the Gama Empire for the Buddhist Sect in advance. But I encountered bandits along the way. Although I kept my life, the money meant for setting up the place of worship... sigh, what should I do?!" Ye Qiu said nervously.

"Brother Shi Qiu, are you saying that an eminent figure from the Buddhist Sect will descend upon the Gama Empire in one month?" Everyone was extremely nervous.

"Ah, yes. I still have to prepare a place of worship for the eminent figure. I really don't know where I should do it." Ye Qiu looked troubled.

"That's wonderful! The great and compassionate Buddhist Sect is coming to our Gama Empire! Buddhism seeks to save all living beings, so our good days are coming. Brother Shi Qiu, if the eminent figure does not mind, why not build the place of worship in our Green Mountain Town?" Luo Danhe was bursting with excitement. If that eminent figure went to Green Mountain Town, the benefits would be beyond imagination.

"That's right, that's right! Come to our Green Mountain Town! Once we get back, we'll quickly gather everyone and build a place of worship for the Buddhist Sect's eminent figure to descend upon."

"Th-this... is that really all right? This was originally my mission, yet I have to trouble everyone. Wouldn't that be too..."

"Please don't say that. If an eminent figure from the Buddhist Sect truly comes to our Green Mountain Town, Shi Qiu, you will be the great benefactor of Green Mountain Town!"

"That's right, let us build a place of worship for the eminent figure." Everyone spoke excitedly, including Little Fairy Doctor.

"All right, then. Thank you, everyone. The Buddhist Sect's eminent figure should descend in about a month. Please work together after you return and build a temple to serve as the place of worship." Left with no other choice, Ye Qiu could only say this with an embarrassed expression.

"Great, wonderful! An eminent figure from the Buddhist Sect is coming to our Green Mountain Town! I wonder if the eminent figure accepts disciples?"

"You want to take an eminent figure as your master? Besides, joining the Buddhist Sect means eating vegetarian for the rest of your life."

"As long as I can become stronger, I'll eat vegetarian food."

After receiving Ye Qiu's promise, the group was overjoyed and unconsciously quickened their pace, hoping to return as soon as possible and build the temple for Ye Qiu.

It worked. Ye Qiu secretly rejoiced. Green Mountain Town suddenly launching such a large construction project would definitely attract attention. At the very least, the surrounding towns would notice it. Moreover, these mercenary guards were all bigmouths and would certainly spread word of the Buddhist Sect. Most importantly, there were still nine hundred and ninety-nine copies of "Huaxia Empire: Journey to the West" in the system space. Ye Qiu felt that this matter was bound to succeed.

Half a day later, in Wu Tan City, Little Fairy Doctor and several others were receiving goods from the owner of a medicine shop, while Ye Qiu, Luo Danhe, and a few others went out for a while.

They had not actually done much. They simply delivered a copy of "Huaxia Empire: Journey to the West" to forces such as the Mittel Auction House, the Xiao Family, the Galie Family, and the Opa Family, then gave them away at random in the markets. They handed out more than a hundred copies in total and finally posted notices on the city walls declaring that a Dou Emperor from the Buddhist Sect would descend upon Green Mountain Town in one month to preach the Dharma.

Although he did not know who exactly the summoned Buddhist disciple would be or how strong he would be, since it was an A-rank character, they would at the very least be a high-level Dou Emperor. Therefore, Ye Qiu directly stated on the notices that the visitor possessed the strength of a Dou Emperor. After all, Dou Emperors stood at the peak of the Gama Empire. As for why he said the eminent figure would preach the Dharma, it was naturally to attract crowds and speed up the spread of information.

Of course, Ye Qiu did not forget to ask about Xiao Yan and find out what point in time this was.

He heard that Xiao Yan of the Xiao Family had lost his Dou Qi for three years. A few days ago, the Xiao Family had held another test. Xiao Yan had less than a year before his Coming of Age Ceremony, and Nalan Yanran had also brought people from the Yun Lan Sect to break off the engagement. In other words, the plot had already begun. A year later, Xiao Yan would leave Wu Tan City. It seemed Ye Qiu still had time to grow stronger. After all, once the plot began, powerful experts would appear one after another in endless numbers.

After finishing their business, Little Fairy Doctor and the others returned to Green Mountain Town first to gather manpower and build the temple, while Ye Qiu took several people to the surrounding cities to distribute his Shi Qiu edition of Journey to the West. He spent another five Myriad Realms Coins to buy five thousand copies. He gave one to everyone he saw and posted notices on every city wall he came across, keeping at it for over half a month.

But he did not know that during the half month he shut himself off from the world and focused solely on giving away books, "Huaxia Empire: Journey to the West" had caused an enormous upheaval throughout the Gama Empire.

Ding! Congratulations, Host. Mission completed. Reward: Earth Rank Low Level fire-attribute cultivation technique, Fire Dragon Art; A-rank Buddhist Character Summoning Card; three hundred Myriad Realms Coins. Rewards have been issued.

Just as Ye Qiu stood in the middle of a crowd, continuing to distribute books as usual, the system's voice rang out.

"Uncle Luo, help me hand these out first. My stomach is upset, so I need to relieve myself." As he spoke, he shoved all the remaining books in his hands onto the others.

"Uh..." Looking at the pile of books before him, Luo Danhe was speechless. For the past half month, this rough man had been keeping company with books every day.

"Retrieve the Character Card." Ye Qiu ran to a corner and muttered silently.

A card filled with strange mysteries appeared out of thin air in his hand. At the same time, the front of the card glowed as its images constantly changed. There were various character portraits, and names such as the eminent monk Mende, the monk Aide, and so on.

The images on the card changed more and more slowly before finally stopping. It showed a middle-aged man dressed in a red kasaya, holding a golden monk's staff and carrying a Golden Bowl.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a Fa Hai Summoning Card from the world of Legend of the White Snake!"

"Oh, my God!"