At the foot of the mountain, there is a monkey head that looks like it's grown into Shitou.
Ling Yi saw the monkey head, and the monkey head also saw Ling Yi.
A human and a monkey stared at each other.
" Brother Monkey?"
" The Son Goku?"
" Son Goku?"
The monkey bared its teeth, shook its head, and asked, "To recognize Old Sun, Old Sun, it seems you're no A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. Are you a Buddhist School monk or a dog of the Heavenly Court?"
Ling Yi didn't speak, but instead went to Son Goku's side and sat down cross-legged.
The system functions were also enabled.
Looking at the Copy progress, Ling Yi curled his lip. Well, it's taking three months to download Brother Monkey's martial arts manual.
Downloading the cultivation materials in a package takes even longer, about six months.
" Brother Monkey, how long have you been trapped under this Five Elements Mountain?"
Son Goku was immediately displeased.
In Son Goku's view, being imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain was a dirty trick Tathagata.
Otherwise, in a real fight, I might not be a match for that Tathagata Buddha.
This was a disgrace to him, so he didn't want to answer Ling Yi's question.
Ling Yi wasn't in a hurry; he had plenty of time, and he planned to stay with Brother Monkey for at least a year.
With a casual flip, a pile of fruit appeared before Ling Yi's eyes.
Taozi, Banana, apples, pears, watermelons...
Son Goku immediately began to drool involuntarily.
" Brother Monkey, don't be so polite!"
Son Goku really didn't hold back.
He had already concluded that Ling Yi was either a member of Buddhist School or the Heavenly Court.
Although I don't know what their purpose is, I might as well take advantage of it.
Although Son Goku was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain and his Magic Power were sealed, at least his arms were still exposed, which conveniently allowed him to eat.
Ling Yi's backpack contained a small amount of fruit, but enough to last him for a while.
Ling Yi was generous, letting Son Goku eat as much as he wanted, and replenishing his food until Son Goku was full.
Now that the Houzi's cultivation has been sealed, and he has no Magic Power to aid digestion, he can't eat much.
"It's been almost two hundred years since I've tasted such delicious fruit. These fruits are unlike anything Old Sun ever eaten before. Although they have no Spiritual Qi whatsoever, the taste is quite remarkable."
"Especially this watermelon, it's juicy, sweet, and delicious, yet it has very few seeds."
Son Goku exclaimed in amazement!
Great, as long as we have something to talk about, that's fine.
"This fruit has been optimized by countless generations."
Ling Yi didn't explain further; he couldn't exactly tell Brother Monkey about genetically modified organisms, could he?
"Kid, no matter who you are or which faction you represent, Old Sun, will never fall for your tricks."
Here we go again. Ling Yi had no intention of building a good relationship with Son Goku whatsoever.
He was only here to download cultivation techniques and methods. Since he had such a good opportunity, Ling Yi would be doing a disservice to his time-traveling adventure if he didn't download them.
Therefore, Ling Yi usually doesn't offer much explanation.
Brother Monkey was Ling Yi's childhood idol, a great hero.
But as he grew older and learned more about Journey to the West, Ling Yi saw more of a tragedy in Son Goku.
I suspect that most people who travel to the Journey to the Journey to the West World would want to change Brother Monkey's fate.
Ling Yi had the same idea, but only if he had the ability to protect himself.
" Brother Monkey is right, come on, let's drink!"
Ling Yi still did not refute or emphasize his identity too much.
Son Goku is now a frightened bird, suspicious of everyone; he won't believe anything you say.
"Hiss! What kind of fine wine is this? Why Old Sun, never tasted it before?"
"This is Moutai!"
"What kind of cooking is this? Hiss, I, Old Sun, can't eat this! Hiss!"
"Haha, Brother Monkey, you can't handle spicy food? Barbecue without chili is soulless!"
"Take it away, take it away, cough cough!"
Son Goku can drink spicy wine, but he can't eat spicy food?
Do Houzi have a different sense of taste than humans?
In the days that followed, Ling Yi set up a tent at the foot of the mountain and cooked all sorts of different dishes every day.
Although Son Goku remained wary of Ling Yi, he was no longer as averse to him.
For over two hundred years, he neither drank a drop of water nor ate a drop of rice. Every three years, the Five Directional Jiedi and the Earth God would come to feed Son Goku molten copper and iron pellets as punishment.
The molten copper was scalding hot and poured down his throat, while the hard iron pellets were forced down his throat. One can only imagine the pain that Son Goku, whose cultivation had been sealed, endured.
Now, with delicious food at every meal and people to chat with, it can be said that the period during which Ling Yi appeared was the most comfortable time Sun Son Goku had experienced in the past two hundred years.
Three months later, Son Goku looked at Ling Yi with astonishment as he began to cultivate the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art, and a variety of thoughts immediately arose in his mind.
The Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula was a skill taught to him by Patriarch Bodhi. In the entire Journey to the West World, only Patriarch Bodhi and Son Goku knew this Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula.
At this moment, Son Goku was convinced that Ling Yi must have been sent by his the Final Master to take care of him because he felt sorry for him suffering.
"Alas, Old Sun, have disgraced my the Final Master," Son Goku lamented.
Ling Yi was unaware of Son Goku's thoughts at that moment, instead focusing entirely on experiencing the Xuan Miao of the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula.
I thought this technique must have flaws or bugs, but it actually doesn't.
This is a wonderful cultivation method. It not only contains profound principles of the Great Dao, but also makes up for one's lack of talent and improves one's cultivation aptitude.
However, precisely because this technique is so Xuan Miao, those lacking comprehension will not be able to master it even if they obtain the technique.
Ling Yi's magical Magic Power began to increase at a visible rate.
His cultivation level also increased almost uncontrollably.
With a cultivation speed a thousand times faster, Ling Yi's one day of cultivation is equivalent to three years of cultivation for others.
It only took Son Goku a few years to go from cultivating the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula to becoming Golden Immortal.
As one's aptitude Perfection, the speed of cultivation will increase rapidly.
In just three days, Ling Yi's Rocket level soared to the Golden Immortal Realm realm.
If you really calculate it, it's roughly equivalent to ten years.
This speed is practically like riding Rocket.
Of course, the main advantage is the system's functionality. Not only does it offer a thousand times the speed, but it also saves Ling Yi the trouble of comprehending the cultivation technique on his own.
If Ling Yi were to try to comprehend it on his own, it would probably take him hundreds of years to even begin to grasp the Entry.
As for the Seventy-Two Transformations and the Flying Nimbus, they belong to magical arts and do not require any training. You can simply download them and master them directly.
What surprised Ling Yi the most, besides the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula, was the Seventy-Two Transformations.
Anyone who has read the original Journey to the West knows that the Seventy-Two Transformations does not refer to 72 different Changes.
Instead, there are seventy-two Dharma School.
This includes supernatural Divine Ability such as Summoning Clouds and Rain, Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, Carrying Mountains and Chasing the Moon, Turning Earth to Steel, and Drawing a Prison on the Ground a circle on the ground as a prison.
It is said that there is no time to lose in the pursuit of immortality, and Ling Yi's cultivation lasted for a whole month.
When he woke up, he had already reached the Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal, and the next step would be the Daluo.
However, Daluo needs to comprehend the laws, and Ling Yi estimates that it's highly unlikely he can do so on his own.
Looks like we'll have to rely on the system.
With his strength and cultivation, Ling Yi couldn't wait to find something to practice his moves on.
If you were to ask what the hardest thing in the area is, it would undoubtedly be Five Elements Mountain).
Five Elements Mountain was refined Tathagata Buddha using Buddhist teachings.
Who is Tathagata? He's at least Quasi-Sage level being. Things crafted by Quasi-Sage level being should be quite sturdy, right?
Ling Yi stood in front of the Five Elements Mountain, mobilized all his Magic Power, and without using any skills, simply slapped the Five Elements Mountain with a giant palm formed from his Magic Power.
With a deafening roar, Ling Yi was stunned, and Son Goku was stunned as well.
Five Elements Mountain was actually blasted to pieces by Ling Yi with a single slap.
"Is this a fake Five Elements Mountain?"
Instead of being happy, Ling Yi felt a chill run down his spine and a tingling sensation on his back.
Ling Yi ultimately underestimated the system's power, which was ten thousand times greater than its actual strength.
Damn it, now that I've destroyed Five Elements Mountain, won't the Buddhist School, the Heavenly Court, and all those powerful Big Shot who schemed against Journey to the West be targeting me?
No, we have to run away.
Ling Yi glanced at the Dragon Radar Map, determined the direction of Chang'an, and was about to use his Flying Nimbus.
But then Son Goku jumped up, looking very touched.
" Old Sun, thank you for saving me, Senior Brother."
"Senior brother? Brother Monkey, have you misunderstood something?"
"Forget it, that's not important, let's run away first!"
There was no time to explain now; he simply used his Flying Nimbus, somersaulted, and disappeared without a trace.
"You can even do the Flying Nimbus, and you still say you're not my senior brother? Senior brother, wait for me, Flying Nimbus..."
Tathagata Five Elements Mountain were gone, what would Buddha's reaction be?
It wasn't anger, it was panic.
Journey to the West is Calamity ordained by Heavenly Dao. This "game" has dragged countless people into it.
Spirit Mountain, the Heavenly Court, the Underworld, the Dragon Clan, various Demon King, and powerful beings from all sides...
Now, suddenly, an unknown, incredibly powerful, and unidentified individual has appeared and destroyed Five Elements Mountain three hundred years ahead of schedule?
If there wasn't something fishy going on, Tathagata Buddha would never believe it.
But at this time, the one who dares to defy public opinion and cause trouble is definitely not Xiaojiao Ce.
Someone capable of such a thing must have the Shadow of Sage behind them.
Tathagata is at the Peak Quasi-Sage, but no matter how Pinnacle he is, he is still only Quasi-Sage, and can only be Quasi-Sage.
The number of destined Sage has reached its limit; the Peak Quasi-Sage is a dead end, and there is no future for them.
Below even Sage, all are but ants.
He, the Buddha of Spirit Mountain, is nothing more than a pawn used by Jieyin Zhunti to gather Karmic Luck.
However, Jieyin and Zhunti have offended too many people over the years.
Putting aside other things, during the God Investiture period, these two old men schemed against the Three Pure Ones of Daoist School Nüwa.
Do you really think that just because the Investiture of the Gods Calamity has passed, people will forget their grudges?
What goes around comes around.
What is Calamity? Others may not know, but Tathagata does not know. Don't those Sage know?
The idea that Buddhist School is destined to flourish is nonsense; it's nothing more than a result of exchanging favors.
Once Calamity occurs, Heavenly Dao doesn't care who prospers or who doesn't.
" Guanyin, you should go to Five Elements Mountain. Regardless of the outcome, observe secretly and do not act rashly. I will consult the Sage before making a decision."
"Amitabha Buddha, good!"
On the other side, Ling Yi and Son Goku appeared one after the other in the sky above Chang'an City.
Ling Yi looked at the dilapidated Chang'an and a twitch at the corner of his mouth.
He had forgotten that this wasn't the Tang Dynasty yet, but Ling Yi had no idea which dynasty it was.
He's not a history scholar.
Ling Yi was particularly curious about Tang Sanzang's ten Reincarnation, during which he failed nine times on his journey to the West.
Which incarnation is this? What is Tang Sanzang's true identity? And how did he embark on his journey to the West?