Wukong, Kill Him

"My disciple wants to eat. Old sir, could you make an exception?"

Tang Yu pointed at Sun Wukong, making his meaning obvious. It was not him who wanted to eat—it was Sun Wukong.

The old man had no choice but to take a knife outside to kill a chicken.

He only had those two chickens and could not bear to eat them himself, yet now they were going to benefit someone else.

Still, this was the first time he had ever seen a monk eat meat.

"Amitabha. Old sir, you are truly kind," Tang Yu said, uttering a Buddhist invocation.

The Five Directions Guardians returned to Spirit Mountain to report. They found Tang Sanzang very strange, nothing like a monk at all.

They had already guarded Sun Wukong for five hundred years.

That monkey had suffered beneath the mountain, while they had to keep him company.

Monks were supposed to be free of worldly concerns. Had it been anyone else, they would probably have gone mad after five hundred years.

Golden Head Guardian said, "Buddha, Sun Wukong has already been freed by Tang Sanzang and is now setting out on the Journey to the West."

"Excellent." Buddha was overjoyed.

As long as they followed the prescribed path and completed the Journey to the West Tribulation, the Buddhist Sect would surely flourish.

Guanyin Bodhisattva turned her head and offered a reminder. "Buddha, perhaps you should first see what Tang Sanzang is doing."

Buddha did not understand why Guanyin Bodhisattva said that, but he still followed her suggestion and waved his hand.

Tang Yu's figure appeared clearly within the Mystic Light Mirror.

At that moment, he was eating chicken, his mouth gleaming with grease.

All of Spirit Mountain was stunned.

The scripture seeker was eating meat?

He had broken his vegetarian diet?

"Th-this... Heavens, what am I seeing? The scripture seeker is eating meat?"

"This cannot be the scripture seeker. I must be seeing things."

Buddha looked at the Mystic Light Mirror and was dumbfounded as well. Could his divine power have malfunctioned, causing some bizarre image to appear?

With a wave of his hand, the Mystic Light Mirror vanished.

Then he cast the spell once more.

The Mystic Light Mirror reappeared.

There was no mistake.

With his power, there was absolutely no way he could be wrong.

Neither had the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain seen wrongly.

Tang Sanzang truly was eating chicken.

Buddha's face immediately darkened, and he felt the urge to beat Tang Sanzang to death.

"Buddha, this..."

"Let him eat." Tathagata Buddha pondered briefly before saying, "As long as he obediently reaches Spirit Mountain according to the arrangement and completes the Journey to the West Tribulation, nothing else matters. There is no need to concern ourselves with anything during the journey. Once he reaches Spirit Mountain, there will be plenty of ways to punish him."

They could not touch him now, but once Tang Sanzang completed the Journey to the West Tribulation, would he not be at their mercy?

Still, the entire Buddhist Sect's reputation had probably been ruined by that single chicken.

With the beginning of the Journey to the West, quite a few people were watching Tang Sanzang's group.

The Heavenly Court!

The Jade Emperor watched Tang Yu's figure in the Mystic Light Mirror, confusion also filling his eyes.

Ten lifetimes of cultivation, ten lifetimes as a good man—yet he had broken his vows now.

He was wolfing down that chicken, eating it with utter relish.

"Jade Emperor, this Tang Sanzang..." Taibai Jinxing appeared hesitant to continue.

The Jade Emperor considered it for a moment, then smiled. "It is nothing."

Buddhism wanted to use the Journey to the West Tribulation to seize Destiny Points and make the Buddhist Sect flourish?

But the Jade Emperor was no pushover either. He could not stop the Journey to the West Tribulation.

Thus, he had long since formed a degree of cooperation with the Buddhist Sect. From Golden Cicada being demoted to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations, to Sun Wukong's birth, his Havoc in Heaven, and his imprisonment beneath Five Elements Mountain, every step had been part of their calculations.

If possible, the Jade Emperor naturally did not want the Buddhist Sect to flourish.

However, there were untouchable saints behind this scheme.

Though he was temporarily cooperating with the Buddhist Sect, it was ultimately for his own sake and for the sake of the Heavenly Court.

If the Buddhist Sect flourished, he would also gain quite a few Destiny Points for nothing.

Even if the Buddhist Sect declined, it would not affect him in the slightest.

No matter how the Journey to the West Tribulation ended—whether it was completed or not—he would suffer no losses.

He might even gain considerable benefits.

Such was the art of an emperor. The Jade Emperor had long seen the interests involved with perfect clarity.

As for Tang Sanzang, as long as he did not go too far, no one would do anything to him. If he faced danger, they would even have to protect him in secret.

Of course, the tribulations of the Journey to the West had long been arranged.

Danger? It simply did not exist.

Tang Sanzang wiped his mouth, took something from inside his clothes, placed it between his lips, lit it, and took a drag, wearing an expression of pure enjoyment.

Seeing the old man stare at him longingly, he seemed to feel a little embarrassed. After all, he had eaten the man's chicken. He then pulled out one and offered it to him. "Old sir, have a cigarette."

The old man repeatedly waved his hands, seemingly somewhat afraid of the smoking thing.

"Wukong, let's rest here for the night, shall we? We can talk after we wake up tomorrow." Tang Yu glanced at the chickens in the yard and licked his lips, looking as though he still wanted more.

"Master, Old Sun will listen to you."

The old man's heart gave a slight shudder. It was obvious that master and disciple had their eyes on his remaining chickens.

Damn it, what kind of monks were these?

Tang Yu lay on the bed, lost in thought. Earning Destiny Points was the true path forward now.

He currently had a Human Immortal Card in hand and could step into the Human Immortal realm at any time.

But he did not dare.

Tang Yu understood very clearly that quite a few people were watching him in this Journey to the West Tribulation.

There were even some great powers among them.

If he rashly entered the Human Immortal realm, they would definitely notice.

After pondering for a while, Tang Yu temporarily gave up on using the Human Immortal Card.

After all, he would not face any danger.

Because those bastards from the Buddhist Sect could not possibly stand by and watch him die.

As for those messy tribulations, they were merely going through the motions.

And that nonsense about eating Tang Sanzang's flesh to gain immortality.

Bullshit.

Those demons had already cultivated into human form. Would they really care about that?

Besides, many of them were mounts belonging to Bodhisattvas and immortals.

How could they possibly die?

If they did not die, he would find a way to make them die. They dared to descend to the mortal realm and strut around, so it was decided.

He could show mercy to those from the Daoist Sect, but as for those from the Buddhist Sect, he would deal with them ruthlessly.

Just as his thoughts were running wild, a burst of chaos arose outside.

He hurriedly recalled the plot. It should have been a group of bandits.

Sure enough, just as he expected, a group of bandits carrying gleaming blades charged in.

They looked utterly menacing.

"Haha, old man, hand over every valuable thing in this house, or I'll kill you!" The bandit leader glared viciously at the old man.

Tang Yu had been considering how the plot should proceed next.

How he could earn more Destiny Points and the like. Being interrupted so suddenly made him rather angry.

Tang Yu was angry, and the consequences were severe.

"You bald donkey, what are you staring at? Hand over anything valuable you have."

The bandit leader noticed Tang Yu and waved the blade in his hand at him. The threat was unmistakable.

Fuck.

You think I'm giving you face, don't you?

Who are you calling a bald donkey?

Tang Yu waved at Sun Wukong. "Wukong, kill him."

After saying that, he lay back on the bed without a care, looking completely indifferent.