To keep the ending of "Three Attacks on the White Bone Demon" from upsetting readers everywhere, and to finally shed the hat of Shame of the Literati, Chen Luo ultimately wrote two more chapters, publishing all three together.
The Twenty-Eighth Chapter: Flower-Fruit Mountain Gathers Demons for Righteousness, Black Pine Forest: Sanzang Encounters Demons.
The Twenty-Ninth Chapter: Escaping Calamity: Jiangliu Arrives in a Land, Receiving Grace: Bajie Travels the Mountains and Forests.
Although Kui Mulang's storyline consisted of four chapters in total, with the final two not published alongside these, releasing three chapters at once could still be considered Light of the Literati.
Yes, that settled it.
Thus, under Chen Luo's arrangements, the twenty-seventh through twenty-ninth chapters of Journey to the West were immediately delivered to Wenchang Pavilion and distributed among the academies for transcription.
"Have you heard? The Warden of Wu has released another new manuscript of Journey to the West."
"Hm? Didn't he just open the Earthly Immortal Great Dao? I thought the next chapter wouldn't appear for at least half a month."
"Hey, hey, do you know? I heard a Confucian scholar got so furious while copying the new manuscript that he vomited three pints of blood. The academy sealed the news."
"Hmph. A mere young man. Though he possesses Righteous Qi, he's still young and can't keep his mind steady. Ever since that incident with The Return of the Condor Heroes, I've never vomited blood while reading the Warden of Wu's books."
"Exactly. This Journey to the West isn't some story of romantic love. Sun Wukong endured even being crushed beneath Five Elements Mountain. What could possibly unsettle our minds?"
"Let's wait and see!"
"I refuse to believe it can make this old man vomit blood again!"
The next day.
Central Capital, Morning Awakening Teahouse.