Dig Up the Buddha's Roots

Cheng Tian led the team down a path no one had ever imagined.

To put it in terms of Metal Slug, Cheng Tian had probably joined General Modern's camp, becoming the enemy of the Sparrows and the Peregrine Falcon Squad.

But just as the prompt had said, becoming someone's enemy was not the only way to make trouble for them. Sometimes, a sudden move from an ally could hit even harder than the blows dealt by a purely opposing enemy.

The Pilgrimage Team's eighty-one tribulations were not all indiscriminate fighting and killing. Many involved the complexities of human relationships, even romances powerful enough to stir mortal hearts.

Cheng Tian did hate the Buddhist sect's ways, that was true, but it did not mean he felt the same way about Monkey Brother and the others.

Now that the Three Immortals had been incorporated into the Grass Head God system, as long as Cheng Tian retained Erlang Shen's template, the Three Immortals would obey him as their acting superior. In other words, Cheng Tian had indirectly gained control over seventy or eighty percent of Chechi Kingdom. With a few words, he could directly influence the policies of the entire nation.

The three great tribulations of "Moving Chechi," "Gambling on Victory and Defeat," and "Suppressing Taoism, Elevating Buddhism" were, in essence, only one problem.

As long as the Three Immortals were not so petty, were willing to put aside some pride, and could preserve their lives, the monks here would remain enslaved, while Taoism would continue to reign supreme in Chechi Kingdom.

Of course, that was based on the original work. The current setting was Journey to the West: The Great Sage's Fury, which meant that even the Pilgrimage Team's lineup had already changed.

Besides Tang Sanzang, Son Goku, Zhu Bajie, and Sha