Given the current situation, Journey to the West was no longer a simple matter of fetching scriptures.
In this tribulation, Laozi had no choice but to arrange for Xuandu to make a move and seize the pattern anew for Human Religion.
However, with the Westward Journey Team acting as the vanguard, it was not yet time for the various religions to dispatch their main forces and engage in direct Bargaining.
Aside from Xuandu, this personal disciple, Laozi had taken no other disciples.
But Xuandu had a Nominal Disciple serving in Heavenly Court as Marshal Tianpeng.
This disciple, too, was of Human Race origin. His aptitude was acceptable, and though his temperament was somewhat lazy and lustful;
his cultivation had already reached Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, and he also commanded the Heavenly River's eighty thousand Water Army. His experience in leading troops and ability to adapt were both adequate.
He was perfectly suited to take up a role on this sort of "westward journey," which required long treks and handling complicated situations.
Considering that this time's westward journey would be long, stretching from the Eastern Land to the west, requiring them to cross countless perilous mountains and treacherous rivers, wastelands and Great Marshes of the Primordial Wilderness, what they encountered along the way would definitely not merely be uncivilized tribes, but also many demon kings cultivating in seclusion, Exotic beasts, and perhaps even certain old monsters hidden from the world.
If the team members' cultivation was too low, they would likely find it difficult to respond, and might even fall midway, damaging the face of the religions behind them.
Laozi began to calculate. After returning, he would take out some medicinal pills and, no matter what, force the cultivation of Xuandu's Nominal Disciple, Tianpeng, up to the realm of Daluo Golden