With no further ripples of trouble, everyone except Sun Wukong was thoroughly satisfied with how things had turned out.
Sun Wukong had secretly stashed away only fifteen Ginseng Fruits.
After all, he could hardly leave Zhen Yuanzi without a single Ginseng Fruit.
Sun Wukong believed he still had certain lines he would not cross, and he would never do something like that.
Under these circumstances, the group continued on their journey.
Yet even after traveling for a long time, they still encountered no trials.
"This isn't right. Why hasn't anyone come to block our way after we've been traveling for so long?"
Sun Wukong was clearly rather bewildered by this.
Under normal circumstances, they should already have encountered an enemy blocking their path.
"If I remember correctly, the one who was supposed to stand in our way here was the White Bone Spirit, wasn't she?"
Tang Sanzang began to ponder this as well.
Under normal circumstances, the White Bone Spirit could not possibly have been a match for their current group.
That meant there was little chance that the White Bone Spirit would still be waiting here.
So, had Buddha Tathagata not yet found a suitable replacement?
The group slowed their pace, adopting a wait-and-see attitude.
After all, they had to give Buddha Tathagata some time to react.
The trials along the Journey to the West had a fixed total.
If they wanted to pass smoothly through this Journey to the West Calamity, not a single one of the eighty-one trials could be missing.
Buddha Tathagata was terribly anxious now, but he truly could not find a suitable candidate.
There were certain figures who could cause some trouble for Tang Sanzang and his companions as they were now.
However, almost all of them had other roles to fulfill.
If he