Mount Longevity on Western Ox-Hoast Continent

After the Journey to the West team had been fully assembled, they did not encounter any demons or monsters. Within a few days, they set foot on Western Cattle-Ho Continent.

Since Zhu Bajie was traveling west to obtain scriptures with his wife in tow, there was naturally no need for the Four Sages Testing Zen Hearts episode to take place.

Moreover, even if the Buddhist Sect wanted to arrange it, no one would be willing to cooperate. After all, if things went wrong, they might end up being dealt with by the scripture-seeking team instead.

The examples of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva were right there. Who would be willing to follow that same old path and become the next unlucky fool?

Thus, Tang Sanzang and his group arrived at the territory of Five Villages Temple on Mount Longevity without incident.

This immediately put Sun Wukong on high alert. He said to Tang Sanzang, "Five Villages Temple is the main stronghold of the Teaching of Elucidation. It is now the sanctuary of Zhenyuan the Great, the good-corpse incarnation of the Teaching of Elucidation's saint, Zhen Yuanzi."

Zhu Bajie could not help frowning. "Looks like we should disband. We can't get past Mount Longevity and Five Villages Temple."

Tang Sanzang sighed as well. "We have repeatedly shown no respect for Zhenyuan the Great and have even killed disciples of the Teaching of Elucidation. This grudge has become irreconcilable."

"Our only option now is to find a way around Mount Longevity and Five Villages Temple. Otherwise, if we encounter Zhenyuan the Great, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Just as master and disciples were discussing how to pass Mount Longevity and Five Villages Temple, a Daoist suddenly approached from ahead.

The Daoist stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said to Tang Sanzang, "Esteemed