Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Looking over his equipment, Jiang Liu nodded in satisfaction.

The three newly acquired items, the Chequ Buddha Beads, the Huali Law Ring, and the Black Iron Bracelet, among them the most notable was naturally the Legendary Level Huali Law Ring.

A full 380 points of attack power increase, which was precisely what Jiang Liu was lacking at the moment.

After all, having just battled the Wolf Demon, Jiang Liu had a good understanding of his own situation. Due to two pieces of Legendary Level defense equipment, he was typically low in attack but high in defense.

Now, with this Huali Law Ring, it was different; 380 points of attack power, more than double that of the Green Lotus Staff's 185 points.

Secondly, the Chequ Buddha Beads were also impressive, although the enhancement BUFF effect of the Sandalwood Buddha Beads was quite practical, the Chequ Buddha Beads added 100 points to defense. Moreover, this piece of equipment also increased the skill level of Vajra Mantra, almost as if it had given him an extra Skill Point.

Looking at the Vajra Mantra, the Middle Level Vajra Mantra did not change the immunity to damage, but the original one-time attack block had become two, and even the cooldown time had shortened a bit, very practical.

The last piece, the Black Iron Bracelet, was Common Level equipment. It replaced the previous Refined Iron Bracelet, slightly enhancing his defense.

Considering the equipment exploded by the Demon General Level Wolf Demon, Jiang Liu naturally nodded in satisfaction.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Aside from the three pieces of equipment and potions, finally, the Wolf Demon had also dropped a skill book, a level 20 Compassionate Bodhisattva profession skill book.

Seeing this skill book, Jiang Liu focused on his own situation concerning transformation.

A support type Compassionate Bodhisattva or an attack type Immovable Ming King, which one should he transform into?

Initially, Jiang Liu decided on the Immovable Ming King, considering that compared to the weaker attack capability of support, wasn't it better to have the Immovable Ming King's inherent strong fighting power?

But now, after much thought and comprehensive consideration, Jiang Liu felt the Compassionate Bodhisattva suited him better.

In the Journey to the West World, Divine Skills could be learned as long as one had Skill Points, and together with the Skill Bookcase, even if he transformed into the Compassionate Bodhisattva, there wouldn't be a shortage of attack methods.

And thinking of future battles with Immortals and Buddhas, various enhancement BUFFs and control skills, and even group healing methods, wouldn't these be more valuable?

Jiang Liu could not forget that the Compassionate Bodhisattva also had the Divine Skill—Resurrection Technique!

In this world where Immortals and Buddhas nearly controlled the Three Realms and Six Paths, resurrection? That seemed to be a privilege of the Immortal Buddha leaders.

If he really was to topple the myriad heavenly deities, possessing the Resurrection Technique was very important.

With this thought, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the Compassionate Bodhisattva transformation suited him better. Without much hesitation, Jiang Liu immediately chose the transformation into Compassionate Bodhisattva.

Notification: You have successfully transformed into Compassionate Bodhisattva.

Well, after the transformation, there were no extravagant miracles nor were there rewards like equipment and items; there was merely a plain system notification.

Yet, Jiang Liu was very clear that this system notification was a watershed. From now on, he was no longer a beginner.

Following the transformation, the skill book just exploded by the Wolf Demon was now learnable.

However, in front of Sun Wukong and the White Dragon Horse, Jiang Liu did not show any intent to take out the skill book to study; after all, a skill book transforming into sparkles of light and merging into oneself was a bit too fantastical and hard to explain.

Thinking of Sun Wukong and the White Dragon Horse, Jiang Liu turned his head to look and found both of them staring at him blankly.

"Wukong, why are you looking at me? Is there something wrong with me?" Lowering his head to check, besides a crack that had appeared on his Golden Cicada Buddha Robe, there seemed to be nothing amiss. Jiang Liu asked, puzzled.

"Master, could it be that you practice cultivation through the path of killing?" Sun Wukong spoke up, his voice filled with surprise as he addressed Jiang Liu, his eyes also reflecting a sudden realization.

Throughout their journey, although Jiang Liu had almost grasped every moment for cultivation, he had also fought almost obsessively, not even allowing himself to strike. Sun Wukong had just thought of him as someone who enjoyed fighting.

Now, as the Wolf Demon had been killed by him and his cultivation had also risen to the Body Tempering Realm, did Sun Wukong suddenly realize—was his master practicing the path of slaughter?

Otherwise, it was hard to explain why his cultivation broke through right after he killed the Wolf Demon.

However, what was unbelievable was that, despite always championing compassion, as a disciple of the Buddhist Sect, his master was actually following the path of killing?

It seems that he truly was different from the other disciples.

Sun Wukong saying he followed the path of killing caused Jiang Liu to pause briefly. However, after contemplating it, his leveling up through killing monsters, indeed felt like what Sun Wukong had suggested.

Thus, after pondering for a moment, Jiang Liu nodded in agreement with his words. "Hmm, there are three thousand great ways to attain enlightenment, isn't it? What's wrong with attaining it through killing?"

"But how did your injuries heal in the blink of an eye?" While astonished at Jiang Liu's path of killing, what truly surprised Sun Wukong was that Jiang Liu's injuries had healed completely in the blink of an eye along with his leveling up.

As long as one wasn't blind, it was clear just moments ago that Jiang Liu had been utterly exhausted, at the end of his strength.

And now? He looked completely revitalized, not at all like someone who had just been through a fierce battle.

"Hmm, I'm not quite sure about that situation myself," Jiang Liu said regarding the difficult question without any intention of explaining. He simply claimed he wasn't sure and left it at that.

Studying Jiang Liu carefully, Sun Wukong's eyes even flashed a golden fire, typical of his Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze.

Unfortunately, even with the Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze, there was no clue to be discerned. Sun Wukong decided not to delve deeper.

Yet, after this battle, Sun Wukong buried a seed of expectation in his heart towards Jiang Liu.

Previously, when Jiang Liu spoke of rising to power within a few years to overturn the Heavenly Deities and Buddhas, Sun Wukong wasn't very convinced.

But now, Sun Wukong realized there were many secrets about him that even he was unaware of.

Given this, perhaps what he said wasn't entirely impossible, right?

The White Dragon Horse beside them, merely a persistent follower, naturally had no right to interrupt the conversation between Jiang Liu and Sun Wukong. So, he lowered his head, appearing obedient and dared not speak, but internally, he felt somewhat chilled.

The people who tread the path of killing have always been ruthless and fearless; to think that the Buddhist disciple, the Scripture Seeker, was also treading the path of killing?

It seemed that he should be even more cautious, not to offend him, otherwise, who knows if he might end up as a corpse on his master's path to enlightenment in the future.

Putting aside Jiang Liu completing his job transition and continuing on the road, atop a scenic mountain peak in the 300-mile stretch of Wolf Dwelling Mountain, a vigorous flame burnt in an alchemy furnace.

A young man dressed in a white scholar's robe sat next to the furnace, attentively watching the elixirs inside, obviously completely engrossed in them.

Just then, a black wolf came over, transforming into a humanoid figure with a wolf's head, and bowed.

"Great King, a bald Monk has entered our territory, and the Vanguard Leader has already been killed by him."