These two ordeals made Xuanzang and his disciples feel unspeakably miserable.
But there was nothing they could do. So long as they had not reached Spirit Mountain, their days had to go on; after passing through those trials, they once again set foot on the rugged road west.
As one of those in charge of Journey to the West, Lu Chuan naturally could not possibly ignore what was happening over there.
Given his temperament, if he had not had this Black Gold Black Lotus on him, he definitely would have slipped out to get involved and properly temper Jin Chanzi.
But after getting his boss's GPS positioning system, there was nothing he could do. He could only settle down honestly, devote himself to learning, and write some essays.
What made Lu Chuan's teeth ache even more was that the essays used for enlightenment could not be written too profoundly. He had to make them a bit more newbie-friendly...
Of course, this was not necessarily a bad thing for Lu Chuan.
In the early years, he had campaigned in all directions during the Investiture of the Gods; later, after ascending to Heaven, he had gone on all sorts of expeditions against demons and evils in the mortal world. Over many years, the baleful aura accumulated on him had already become extremely heavy.
Being nourished by baleful aura would make a person's temperament grow increasingly extreme. For example, someone who loved killing would see his killing intent become even heavier.
Settling his heart like this to read books and write characters was not a bad thing for him.
Not only did the baleful aura on him dissolve bit by bit, even those little demons, under his teaching, began to become less vicious, moving from savagery toward civilization.
Several years later, the