Nestled in the lush, verdant forest, Ling Yi sat on Shitou, covered in sweat and sighing.
He was hungry, tired, thirsty, and dejected.
It took Ling Yi a full month and a half to travel from Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, to Shuangcha Ridge.
In the past Half Moon, Ling Yi died a total of ten times.
He starved to death six times, was eaten by Beast twice, was poisoned once by an unknown poisonous fruit, and was finally killed by bandits.
The reason Ling Yi is still alive is because he has a seemingly incredibly powerful cheat ability, but which doesn't seem to be very useful.
Passive Infinite Substitute-Death Clone System:
Substitute-Death Clone level: 1 (10/100)
Number of Substitute-Death Clone: Unlimited!
Lifespan: (21/81)
Function: When fatally injured, Clone dies in your place.
Simply put, with this cheat ability, Ling Yi is immortal.
Whenever faced with a life-or-death crisis, Clone will die in its place. After the current Clone dies, its soul will automatically transfer to the next Clone.
Each Clone is the original body, and each original body is also Clone.
It's somewhat like infinite full health Resurrection, but not entirely.
Perhaps because the current system is only at level 1, it doesn't have many features yet?
Who knows!
Although it was Clone that died in his place, the taste of death was real.
Ling Yi has been in this world for three years.
Despite being a time traveler, with knowledge and experience far exceeding that of this era, he opened a hot pot restaurant, a soap factory, a steamed bun shop, and a furniture store in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty...
Over the past three years, Ling Yi has lived a pretty good life. Although he is not yet incredibly wealthy, he has accumulated a considerable fortune.
However, once Ling Yi learned that this world was the Journey to the West World, he could no longer sit still.
On one hand, Ling Yi didn't want to just drift through life; he wanted to Longevity.
If this were the Great Tang in an ordinary world, Ling Yi would naturally not have such aspirations, but this is the Journey to the West World, so he still has a chance.
A cheat ability can only substitute for someone else's death, but it cannot grant Longevity. When one's lifespan ends, even if there is Substitute-Death Clone, it will be useless; one will still die as destined.
His lifespan is 81, meaning he can only live to be 81 years old.
On the other hand, since this is the Journey to the West World, how could Ling Yi not want to make a name for himself in this world? He doesn't have to imitate the Great Sage's Heavenly Palace in the Heavenly Palace; he wants to become famous throughout the world and shake the Immortal Court!
Most importantly, he also has the cheat code of immortality; as long as his lifespan isn't over, he can keep courting death.
After these ten instances of using Clone to take the place of others in death, Ling Yi had roughly figured out some of the tricks of the trade.
After the Clone dies in place of the other, the next Clone " Revive " takes 60 seconds, which Ling Yi calls the "sage" time.
Within these sixty seconds, Ling Yi will cause trouble in a special state of being invisible and untouchable.
In this state, no one can see Ling Yi, not even the Heavenly Dao, let alone touch Ling Yi; it's as if they are in a third-dimensional space.
If, in this state, Ling Yi were to stab his arm into the target's heart...
Once the sixty-second "sage" period is over, Ling Yi will "reappear" in this state and directly crush the opponent's heart.
Ling Yi used this method to successfully kill the two Beast that had eaten his Clone.
Strictly speaking, Ling Yi was using a cheat-like ability—a Clone that could die and Revive.
When Ling Yi discovered this, he was quite excited for a while.
In the "Sage" state, let alone ordinary Beast, even Buddha himself Tathagata couldn't defend against it.
However, while it's impossible to completely prevent it, with Ling Yi's current ordinary human body, the idea of harming Tathagata is probably wishful thinking.
Even if you really grasped the Tathagata's heart, you probably couldn't crush it.
However, if Ling Yi can cultivate immortal techniques and become stronger, that would be a different story.
However, Ling Yi had no way of cultivating immortal techniques for the time being.
After much deliberation, Ling Yi decided to venture out to seek immortality, and his first stop was Ling Yi Five Elements Mountain to meet the Great Sage.
If we could trick the Great Sage into revealing cultivation Dharma School, that would be ideal.
If that's not possible, then we'll have to find another way.
In any case, now that we've arrived in the Journey to the West World, we must eventually meet the Great Sage.
After passing Two-Fork Ridge, Five Elements Mountain will not be far away.
Ling Yi was still very excited at the thought of meeting the Great Sage soon.
After resting for half an hour and regaining some strength, they set off westward again.
After walking a few more miles, Ling Yi's eyes suddenly lit up. In front of him, there was a small peach orchard, and most importantly, the peach trees were full of bright red Taozi.
This made him, who was already starving, ecstatic and burst into laughter.
Looks like we won't starve to death this time.
However, just as Ling Yi ran towards Taozi, a deafening Tiger Roar suddenly rang out.
Immediately afterwards, a gust of evil wind rushed in from the side, and before Ling Yi could react, he was knocked to the ground by a huge black shadow.
The next moment, a stench assaulted his senses. Ling Yi only had time to curse "Damn it!" before a sharp pain shot through his head, and then he was plunged into darkness.
A few seconds later, the cheat system activated, and Ling Yi's figure reappeared out of thin air.
However, he is currently in a 60-second "Sage Time, so others cannot see him.
Ling Yi instinctively rubbed his neck; the feeling of having his head bitten off was truly awful.
This made him grimace, and it took him a long time to recover.
Watching the Tiger devouring the Substitute-Death Clone, Ling Yi's lips twitched wildly.
"You little Laozi, you dare to Sneak Attack me? You can't take a joke. You little piece of trash, you dare to eat me? Laozi 'll roast you for dinner later."
Before the Sage Time" wore off, Ling Yi thrust his hand through the Tiger's head. He planned to mash the Tiger's brain into a paste once the "Ling Yi Sage Time " was over, and see if the Tiger would die.
The "wise man's" time passed quickly.
The Tiger, which was gnawing on the carcass, suddenly froze. Before it could react, it felt a sharp pain in its brain, and the next moment, Tiger consciousness was plunged into darkness.
Ling Yi pulled his hand out of the Tiger's head, shook off the red and white substance, and then watched as the Tiger fell onto the Substitute-Death Clone.
With a look of disgust, he wiped his hand on the Tiger's fur, examined the Tiger's corpse for a long time, and finally could only shake his head helplessly before turning and walking towards the peach grove.
Ling Yi really wanted to barbecue the Tiger, but he had neither the tools to dispose of the Tiger's carcass nor anything to start a fire, so he had no choice but to give up.
It would be easier to just eat a few Taozi.
Although he was "fully Resurrection " after Substitute-Death Clone, his hunger was gone.
But we also need to prepare for what's to come; picking more Taozi will help us hold out for longer.
Ling Yi took off his shirt, picked more than twenty Taozi in one go, put them in his shirt, and casually tossed them over his shoulder.
He picked a plump peach, munched on it, and continued walking forward.
Less than an incense stick's time after Ling Yi left, an old man dressed in a long robe, holding a whisk, with a full head of white hair and an air of Wind Dao grace, descended from the sky and landed next to the Tiger's carcass.
This person was none other than the kind-hearted man of Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor's personal envoy and scapegoat, Taibai Jinxing.
"Strange, how could this beast die? Judging from the wound, it must have been killed by a Great Strength punch that pierced its brain. But that shouldn't be the case. This beast's Destiny was already sealed; it was a calamity ordained by heaven. How could this happen?"
Taibai Jinxing calculated for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
On one hand, the heavenly secrets were in chaos during the Journey to the West Calamity; on the other hand, Ling Yi was not within the rules of heaven and earth. Even if the heavenly secrets were clear, Taibai Jinxing could not possibly have calculated anything about Ling Yi.
This tribulation was originally one of the eighty-one tribulations prepared for Tang Sanzang. According to the original plan, Taibai Jinxing would transform into a hunter to help Tang Sanzang kill the Tiger and help him overcome this tribulation.
The eighty-one tribulations on the journey to the Journey to the West are all acts of Merit.
This Merit should have originally belonged to Taibai Jinxing, but now that the Tiger has been killed by someone else, even if Taibai Jinxing arranges for another Tiger to bring about a new calamity, this Merit will still be lost.
To put it bluntly, this Tiger is the Merit itself, the calamity ordained by Heaven in the Journey to the West Calamity.
This greatly frustrated Taibai Jinxing.
Merit is a wonderful thing. Whether it's used to improve cultivation, refine magical treasures, or reduce one's own Karmic Force, it's a universal treasure.
Moreover, as one of the eighty-one tribulations, this is a considerable Merit.
He glanced at the half-eaten carcass beneath the Tiger, thought for a moment, and then unleashed a burst of Huoyan that burned both corpses to ashes.
The next moment, Taibai Jinxing waved Void hand and grabbed another Tiger from somewhere, casually tossing it into the nearby forest.
With a sigh, Taibai Jinxing flew up into the sky, looking dejected, and returned to the Heavenly Court to report back.
There are no small matters in the Journey to the West; the slightest carelessness is unacceptable. It would be best to inform the Jade Emperor first.
After learning of this, the Jade Emperor spent a long time calculating, but ultimately came to no conclusion.
"If it was just an accident, then so be it; but if someone did it intentionally..."
At this point, the Jade Emperor suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something, and asked with a smile, "Besides you, is there anyone else who knows about this?"
"This old minister burned it all to ashes with True Fire!"
"Alright, then we don't need to worry about it anymore. After all, this is Buddhist School matter, and if we take it too seriously, it will only arouse suspicion."
Taibai Jinxing sighed. It seemed his share of Merit was lost.
At the foot of Five Elements Mountain, Ling Yi squatted next to the Great Sage, looking at the monkey with a head full of straw, and couldn't help but sigh.
"That's really tragic," Ling Yi sighed.
These words greatly annoyed Son Goku, who then bared his teeth and glared at Ling Yi.
" Great Sage, how about we do some business?"
As Ling Yi spoke, he placed a Taozi in Son Goku's exposed hand.
Son Goku's body was mostly trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, but half of his forearm was exposed. Unfortunately, this half of his forearm was stuck in the Shitou and could not move. Only his wrist could move, making it difficult for him to even eat.
Upon seeing the Taozi, Son Goku's eyes lit up, and he immediately put Taozi in his mouth and ate it quickly.
"I wonder if the Great Sage wants to escape?"
Upon hearing Ling Yi's words, Son Goku paused for a moment, but quickly pretended not to hear and continued to eat the Taozi in silence.