Before long.
The pilgrimage party pressed onward and finally arrived at a rather interesting country: the Chechi Kingdom.
Tiger Strength Immortal, Deer Strength Immortal, and Goat Strength Immortal of this place were undoubtedly Mystic Sect disciples with genuine skills.
After Tiger Strength, Deer Strength, and Goat Strength arrived in the Chechi Kingdom, the king honored them as national preceptors. Daoism alone was revered throughout the nation, while Buddhist followers were subjugated and forced into hard labor for Daoism. Most of them were tortured to death.
The three demons had mastered orthodox Daoist arts, such as the Five Thunder Arts and Turning Stone into Gold. They might have studied at Daoist holy lands like Mount Zhongnan or Mount Mao, but their exact lineage remained unclear.
It was clear that, upon careful consideration, this incident ran quite deep.
First of all, there really had been a similar episode along the pilgrimage route, one specifically aimed at monks. This was already within Western Ox Continent, where the Western Teachings' Spirit Mountain and Great Thunderclap Temple stood.
Yet beneath Spirit Mountain itself, such a thing had happened. It was practically a naked provocation. Thus, without any truly important figure stepping forward to save them—
Tiger Strength Immortal, Deer Strength Immortal, and Goat Strength Immortal had all died.
Jiang Ming also remembered another place along the pilgrimage route that targeted monks. The king there had a dream and began slaughtering monks from then on. That king had been truly brutal; he really did kill them.
And yet, when the pilgrimage party arrived, they could not do anything to that king. Instead, the king's three sons followed Son Goku, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, each learning a trick or two and forming the bond of half-teachers and friends.
Of course, that place involved the Nine-Spirit Primordial