After hearing this, Ma Xiaoling asked in confusion:
"Wait, what do you mean by that? I don't understand. What do you mean, what I thought didn't happen?
This clearly didn't happen, did it?"
Yuan Tiangang responded with a faintly amused smile:
"Hehe, Xiaoling, tell me, why was the Jing River Dragon King's son arranged so well?
And his children had basically all been arranged for as well.
In other words, this was merely something they had discussed and settled long ago.
You just didn't know it!!!"
Hearing this, Ma Xiaoling was speechless for a moment.
"So that was how it was. Everything had already been arranged long ago?"
Yuan Tiangang said, "What else did you think?
Among the many demons on the Journey to the West route, aside from those few who were originally part of that route—
Which of the other demons wasn't some mount, attendant boy, pet, or the like?
Yet that was nothing at all.
The people behind them had already fought in secret an unknown number of times to compete for this merit.
What you saw was only what they wanted you to see.
As for the struggles behind the scenes, hehe! Who knew?"
After hearing this, Ma Xiaoling nodded thoughtfully and said:
"Indeed. No one knows about the struggles behind the scenes!"
After saying that, Ma Xiaoling took a deep breath, looked into the distance, and slowly said:
"Do you think it's possible for us to take part in the Journey to the West Tribulation?"
Yuan Tiangang froze for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"Impossible. Those matters had already been divided up long ago.
By then, all the preparations would have been made.
How could they possibly let an outsider like you participate?"
At that, Ma Xiaoling gave a faint smile and