Why not trade these useless Little Stone for a chance to survive, and perhaps even obtain treasure?
The demons were tempted and immediately ordered their subordinates to find the Spirit Stone.
Xu Long waited here for two months. The demons brought Xu Long a full three hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stone as a gift, and Xu Long became their close friend.
Through this period of time together, Xu Long learned a lot.
These demons had no idea what Spirit Stone were; they thought they were just ordinary Little Stone.
Now, let's add one more thing: medicine for treating illnesses.
The demons brought Xu Long over three hundred Spirit Stone, so Xu Long no longer cared about their lives.
It would be too much trouble to fight, there's no need to take the risk.
After exchanging pleasantries with the demons, Xu Long left.
He gained a lot from this mission and planned to search for Chen Xuanzang.
The second main quest is complete, and I can return at any time, but I haven't done the assessment quest yet!
Defeating the Demon King Son Goku will reward you with 50,000 points and an A-rank Permission Card, making it an extremely generous reward.
But if the mission is not completed, the target is immediate elimination.
As the pinnacle of this world, Son Goku is not so easy to deal with. But Xu Long is no ordinary person either; he had already made preparations.
" Xiaolong, you're finally back."
Inside the temple, the monk looked at Xu Long, who had just returned, with a very complicated expression.
He knew everything Xu Long had done during this period; he had single-handedly killed more than twenty of the top fifty demons on the Demon Hunting List.
The remaining demons were terrified and hid deep in the mountains and forests, too afraid to come out.
"Master, where is my junior brother?"
Xu Long knew that Chen Xuanzang must have been sent to find the demon king Son Goku, and he also knew that the result of this trip would be the death of Miss Duan, and that Chen Xuanzang would have a great awakening and embark on the journey to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
But he pretended not to know anything and asked.
Your junior brother has something important to do.
The master sighed. He had an idea, but he didn't know whether he should do it.
"I have a question."
Xu Long sat upright on the futon and asked, "Who is the strongest in this world? Immortals and Buddhas? Demons and monsters?"
"The strongest are definitely the immortals and Buddhas. The Jade Emperor of Heavenly Court and the Tathagata Buddha of the Western Heaven Spirit Mountain are among the strongest beings in the world."
The master seemed to have thought of something as he finished speaking, " Xiaolong, why are you asking this?"
"Master, since the immortals and Buddhas are so powerful, why don't they wipe out all the demons in the mortal realm? Along my journey, countless demons have harmed people, and many innocent civilians have died tragically. That's why I took action and killed them all."
Xu Long's face was full of compassion, as if he were a good person who was killing in order to save the world.
"While immortals and Buddhas are indeed powerful, this world is not under their control. They cannot enter in their true forms; they can only exert influence through certain methods."
Having said that, the master understood what Xu Long wanted to ask.
"Every world has its own will, formless and intangible, indiscriminate in good or evil, yet it protects that world. You may call it the Heavenly Dao, or the Law."
"I see!"
Xu Long nodded and continued, "Master, what would happen if my junior brother died?"
" Xuanzang will not die!"
The master smiled.
"Is there someone who doesn't want him to die?"
"No one can kill him!"
Upon hearing his master's words, Xu Long immediately fell silent.
The conversation between the master and apprentice seemed inexplicable, but every word had a deeper meaning.
Because of the protection of Heavenly Dao, the immortals of Heavenly Court and the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain cannot enter this world; at most, they can exert influence through various methods.
The Heavenly Dao that the master spoke of might not be the Heavenly Dao at all, but rather the Main God.
The Main God has sealed off this world, forbidding any power exceeding A-rank from entering.
After all, what the four Main God have always done is destroy other worlds and integrate them into the Great Wilderness. If they can't do it all at once, they will gradually weaken them. When a world is weakened to a certain extent, they will send out Reincarnation Temple to find the World Core.
This cheap master is no ordinary person; at the very least, he is not on the side of Spirit Mountain or the Heavenly Court.
Xu Long has a bold guess: this master might be Patriarch Bodhi.
The journey to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures appears simple on the surface, but it is actually very complex and involves many forces.
The five members of the pilgrimage team alone represented four different factions.
Tang Sanzang represents the Western Heaven Spirit Mountain, Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha represent the Heavenly Court, the Little White Dragon represents the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas, and Son Goku represents the Demon Race.
In addition, Patriarch Bodhi always stood behind Son Goku.
How could I watch my apprentice, whom I had personally trained, suffer such hardship?
Of course, this is just speculation. Xu Long has no problem with the specifics, and this cheap master won't say anything either.
Finally, Chen Xuanzang was no ordinary person.
According to legend, Xuanzang was Golden Cicada, the second disciple of the Tathagata Buddha at Mount Ling in the Western Heaven Spirit Mountain. Because he did not accept the Buddha 'Tathagata teachings, he wanted to achieve enlightenment on his own, but ended up going astray and becoming possessed by demons.
To test him, the Tathagata Buddha cast him into the Reincarnation Temple and ordered Bodhisattva Guanyin to guide him to the Western Heaven Spirit Mountain to worship Buddha and seek scriptures.
As the second disciple of Tathagata, Golden Cicada not only disagreed with his master's teachings, but also wanted to achieve enlightenment on his own, which is quite strange.
He achieved enlightenment, but to go so far as to become possessed by a demon is utterly ridiculous.
Xu Long suspects that the so-called "going into demonic possession" was actually a scheme Tathagata Buddha, and that the subsequent journey to the Western Heaven was not a test, but had a deeper meaning.
The fact that Golden Cicada was targeted Tathagata Buddha clearly shows that he was no ordinary person.
The so-called journey to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures must have involved extremely complex matters.
Xu Long put those aside for the moment and instead pondered what his cheap master had said.
Xuanzang will not die; no one can kill him.
This sentence has two meanings. One is that someone is watching everything that is happening here and will not let him die.
It also means that no one can kill him.
Son Goku is no good, the Heavenly Court is no good, and Spirit Mountain is no good either.
Regardless of which one it is, they all represent the same thing: Chen Xuanzang is untouchable.
Fortunately, Xu Long was not the kind of person who was ruthless and insane; he never intended to harm Chen Xuanzang.
On the contrary, he wanted to protect his somewhat foolish junior brother.
After leaving the temple, Xu Long immediately set off for Five Elements Mountain.
Chen Xuanzang had already set off more than two months ahead of schedule, but at his pace, he couldn't cover the distance Xu Long covered in three months in half an hour.
" Golden Cicada, oh Golden Cicada, just as you predicted, a change has occurred, and a change far greater than the heavens."
Watching Xu Long's departing figure, the master's expression was extremely solemn.
He looked up at the boundless sky and muttered something to himself.
With a helpless sigh, his figure vanished instantly.
Along with it, there was also the somewhat dilapidated temple.