"Report!"
The Yaksha went straight to the Blackwater River God's residence at the river bottom. Yet the one seated in the great hall was not the river god, but a Demon Dragon with an alligator's head and a human body.
"Reporting to the Great King! Four monks have been spotted on the riverbank..."
As the Yaksha explained, the Demon Dragon immediately rose, his eyes flashing with cold light.
"Tang Sanzang, you've finally arrived!"
He opened his mouth and spat out a Nine-Section Whip.
"Lads! Once I capture Tang Sanzang, we'll feast on Tang Monk's flesh together and live forever!"
With that, the Demon Dragon rushed out of the residence toward the river's surface.
Lin Tian had already been waiting here for ages. He had even used the time law to cultivate for nearly ten years inside his Dao Field.
He knew this Demon Dragon: Alligator Dragon, the nephew of the Dragon King of the Western Sea.
Alligator Dragon's father was the Jing River Dragon King. That unlucky fellow had defied an imperial decree governing rainfall, violated the Heavenly Laws, and been beheaded by Li Shimin's minister Wei Zheng in a dream.
After the Jing River Dragon King died, his vengeful soul refused to disperse. He sought Li Shimin's life, frightening him to death and sending him into the Underworld.
In the Underworld, Li Shimin saw countless vengeful souls, all people whose deaths he had caused.
After returning to life, Li Shimin followed King Yama's instructions, building temples and holding a Water and Land Dharma Assembly to deliver those vengeful souls.
At that assembly, Xuanzang was granted the title of Imperial Brother and sent to the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures.
Knowing the plot, Lin Tian understood perfectly well that these were all tricks played by the Buddhist Sect.
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