Tricking Kong Xuan and Touring the Tang Empire with Old Mother Lishan

Kong Xuan soon returned to the Great Thunderclap Monastery. Looking at Tathagata, Venerable Wen Jing, and Cihang, he felt deeply depressed when they merely raised their heads and glanced at him indifferently.

How had this matter ended up on his shoulders...?

"Everyone, the next tribulation is at Tongtian River. What arrangements do you have?" Kong Xuan looked at the three of them.

Tathagata glanced at everyone, then turned his gaze toward Cihang. This tribulation should have been triggered by the Great Spirit King, so he asked, "Venerable Guanyin, what arrangements do you have?"

"My fish is still sick..." Cihang refused.

"What about Venerable Wen Jing?" Tathagata looked at Wen Jing again.

Venerable Wen Jing smiled faintly and said, "There are neither spirit beasts nor disciples under my command. I cannot arrange this segment. Let the Buddha Mother Kong Xuan handle it..."

Tathagata developed a headache. Is it really all right for you to keep pushing the responsibility onto each other like this?

Kong Xuan's scalp prickled. He felt that these people were trying to force him into a dead end. Was it really necessary to scheme against him so relentlessly over that little bit of merit?

Yet he could not give up that merit. He was counting on it to attempt a breakthrough to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. He had truly been tricked into suffering in silence...

He absolutely could not just accept this!

"Then what do you suggest? I don't have any disciples under my command either. Are you saying this matter should simply be dropped?" Kong Xuan gave up resisting, thinking that everyone might as well panic together.

Tathagata, Cihang, and Wen Jing were all speechless. As the Number One Under the Saints, how could he start slacking off like this? Still, they could only