This was the number of Exchange Points he had left.
Ksitigarbha could only smile bitterly. The Saint King book required quite a lot of Exchange Points. If he had been even a little short just now, he would not have been able to finish reading it.
In fact, Ksitigarbha wanted to read it a second time.
Unfortunately, he had no Exchange Points left. Even if he wanted to read it again, it was impossible.
"I wonder what I'll comprehend from this Saint King book this time?" Ksitigarbha muttered.
Ksitigarbha could feel an astonishing power surging within him.
But what exactly this power was seemed to be shrouded in fog because of the General Store.
Ksitigarbha understood that only after leaving the General Store would he know what he had gained.
"Diting." Ksitigarbha turned his gaze to the side.
"Master." Diting respectfully bowed to Ksitigarbha.
"What is it, Diting? You've finished reading?" Seeing this, Ksitigarbha asked.
"Yes, Master. I've used up my Exchange Points." Diting was slightly puzzled. "But as for the gains you mentioned, Master, I don't feel anything yet."
"Haha, don't worry. Once you leave the General Store, you'll know what you gained from the book." Ksitigarbha smiled.
"Oh..." Diting nodded.
"Sun Wukong." Ksitigarbha continued looking toward another person—Sun Wukong.
Ksitigarbha also knew of this monkey demon.
Although the Buddhist Sect had not explained much to Ksitigarbha about this calamity, as a Quasi-Saint, Ksitigarbha vaguely knew that Sun Wukong was one of the Buddhist Sect's targets in this calamity.
But to Ksitigarbha now, there was no need to scheme against Sun Wukong.
Otherwise, he would not have left his Quasi-Saint power to Sun Wukong back then.
That way, Sun Wukong could save him in an emergency.
"Journey to the West..."
Vaguely, Ksitigarbha saw the book Sun Wukong was reading. Those words were written on it.
Journey to the West. Journey to the West.
The Buddhist Sect's calamity several hundred years from now should also be Journey to the West.
"Could this be the destiny of this world?" Ksitigarbha's pupils narrowed.
If that was the case, then the shopkeeper, as a senior, was even more unfathomably terrifying.
He had turned the destiny of the future into a book.
This was something even a Saint could not accomplish.
Perhaps the legendary Dao Ancestor Hongjun could do it, but that was merely Ksitigarbha's guess.
"Next time, this book." Ksitigarbha made a silent decision. This would be his goal from then on.
"Swish..."
A white light flickered in Sun Wukong's hand, and the Journey to the West in his grasp returned to its original cabinet.
Sun Wukong had only had six thousand Exchange Points to begin with. Later, following Wu Feng's advice, he exchanged some of them for Pills, which reduced his Exchange Points considerably.
Thus,
Sun Wukong, with only several thousand Exchange Points left, naturally could not read the Journey to the West for long.
"Ah, I haven't even finished it!" Sun Wukong shouted.
Although he had not finished reading it, Sun Wukong had grown even angrier at Buddha Tathagata.
After all, according to the Journey to the West, he had been suppressed by Tathagata for five hundred years.
Afterward, some so-called scripture pilgrim would apparently come along.
Then that person would make him a disciple and put a Golden Fillet Spell on him. It was simply ridiculous.
"Sun Wukong." Ksitigarbha smiled.
Ksitigarbha understood Sun Wukong's current state very well. After all, he had felt the same way while reading Saint King.
Fortunately, he still had enough Exchange Points.
"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva." Sun Wukong continued, "I heard from the senior shopkeeper that you attacked Spirit Mountain and even looted its treasury."
"Unfortunately, I still wasn't a match for Tathagata." Ksitigarbha shook his head with a laugh.
"Even so, Bodhisattva, you're already very impressive." Sun Wukong praised him. "I don't know how long it'll take me to reach that level."
"Sun Wukong, I believe that since you had the opportunity to enter the General Store, you have the chance to change your destiny." Ksitigarbha smiled. "Also, you can call me Ksitigarbha from now on. I'm not a Bodhisattva anymore."
"Oh, all right, Senior Ksitigarbha." Sun Wukong said, "Senior, tell me—how many powerful figures does the Buddhist Sect have?"
"The Buddhist Sect has quite a few powerful figures. Sun Wukong, your current strength is still somewhat lacking." Ksitigarbha immediately saw that Sun Wukong possessed only the power of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
"Then I'll explain it to you properly..."
After some time,
Ksitigarbha, Sun Wukong, and the others bade farewell to Wu Feng.
They believed they would come again.
Above the General Store,
"Why haven't they come out yet? I don't even know how many days have passed." Floating in the air, Bixiao looked somewhat dejected.
She had originally thought Sun Wukong would come out very soon.
Who would have thought that several days later, there was still no movement inside?
This left Bixiao rather bored.
If she had not been worried that something might have happened inside, she would have wanted to barge in directly.
Just then, suddenly,
The sound of a creak rang out, and immediately afterward, the General Store's door opened.
"They're coming out." Bixiao's eyes lit up.
If Sun Wukong came out, she could enter and take a look, to see what was inside.
"Wait..."
Bixiao held her breath because she discovered that the person who came out was not merely Sun Wukong. There was also an extremely terrifying aura.
That aura made even her feel a chill of fear.
A Quasi-Saint expert.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Even if I'm killed, I can still be resurrected." Bixiao said silently to herself.
Ever since she had been killed in the Battle of the Gods and then become one of the divine spirits on the List of Deities, Bixiao was no longer so easy to kill.
That was the List of Deities' special property. Back then, that treasure had been a crucial treasure in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
"Who exactly is that monk? Why is he with Sun Wukong?"
Bixiao hesitated.
A Quasi-Saint together with a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
No matter how she looked at it, it seemed strange.
The Protagonist's Physique!
"This is..."
When Diting stepped out of the General Store, his expression changed.
A terrifying power surged from within his body, as if it belonged to him.
Only Diting himself understood that it was not his own power.
Could this be the power his master had mentioned—the power gained from the General Store?
"Rumble..."
Like a surging sea, a golden Sea of Suffering rippled above Diting. A swaying lotus stood within it.
Immediately afterward, the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Diagram, the Immortal King Descending upon the Nine Heavens, and various other visions appeared one after another.
At the same time,
As Diting's physical body transformed, a profound cultivation technique surfaced in his mind. It was a cultivation method distinct from those of the Journey to the West World.
Although this technique might not necessarily compare with the cultivation methods of the Journey to the West World, it was as if it had opened a new door for Diting—a new path of laws.
It was the Dao Scripture.
The Dao Scripture, as the cultivation method from which many emperors of the Covering the Sky World originated, was incomparably powerful and terrifying.
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