Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Jiang Liu directly walked up to Randeng Buddha, staring at him, his face turning icy cold, completely unafraid of tearing the pretense apart: "Buddha, you took my Map of Mountains and Rivers, saying you wanted to re-improve it. I wonder when the Buddha will complete it?"

Now, his overall strength had already reached the level of a Quasi-Saint. Tearing the pretense with Randeng Buddha? Jiang Liu was truly unafraid!

Moreover, his identity had also changed.

No matter how famous he was before, he was essentially just a disciple of the Buddhist Sect; but now he had achieved Buddhahood and became the Sandalwood Merit Buddha!

His status was different, his strength was different too, so what was there to fear!?

"This..." Upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, and seeing him on the brink of anger, Randeng Buddha showed a distressed expression, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

After all, the claim of improving the Great Thunder Monastery within the Map of Mountains and Rivers was merely an excuse by Randeng Buddha, but now Jiang Liu wouldn't let it go.

Jiang Liu's face was sullen, staring at Randeng Buddha, with no intention of backing down in his gaze.

Compared to outright fighting and tearing the pretense, Jiang Liu naturally felt it more practical to have Randeng Buddha increase the difficulty level of the scenario for him again!

Of course, difficulties were certain, but who asked him to open such a request himself?

If he truly couldn't fulfill it, Jiang Liu genuinely didn't mind having a showdown with Randeng Buddha here, even if he couldn't win, at least he could find peace of mind.

Of course, it could also be considered as preparing a proper excuse for the showdown in the Great Thunder Monastery in the future.

Though Jiang Liu harbored thoughts of competing with the Immortals and Buddhas in the past, he dared not show it openly, treating them with utmost respect.

As years passed, with his strength, power, and identity all transformed, there was no need to be so respectful anymore!

"Xuanzang, this Map of Mountains and Rivers, as you know, initially borrowed this seat's Heaven and Earth Inkstone, the Jade Emperor's Vermilion Pen, and..." With a troubled expression, under Jiang Liu's gaze, Randeng Buddha began speaking, evidently seeking to refuse.

It was so difficult back then to enhance the Map of Mountains and Rivers, and now to further enhance it on this foundation? How to proceed then.

"Amitabha..."

However, before Randeng Buddha finished speaking, Jiang Liu declared a Buddhist phrase, interrupting Randeng Buddha's words, and said: "Indeed, thank you, Buddha, for allowing me to admire the grandeur of the Great Thunder Monastery in advance, but..."

With these words, Jiang Liu paused slightly, his face gloomy, and said: "In today's matter, the Buddha promised first, and still asks the Buddha to fulfill the promise! Otherwise, others may think the Buddha acted against me with malintent earlier! Then it would affect the Buddha's reputation!"

Jiang Liu's attitude was firm; although Randeng Buddha indeed helped with the 2.0 version of the Map of Mountains and Rivers back then, that favor wasn't enough to offset today's behavior, right?

If Randeng Buddha fulfilled the promise, then this affair could be considered put to rest.

If it couldn't be fulfilled, then the earlier actions were indeed malicious, and he would have to settle accounts with him properly.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Liu's attitude turned out to be so strong, causing Randeng Buddha to be silently amazed, while turning his head to look at Tathagata, hoping Tathagata could speak a few good words for him.

However, in response to Randeng Buddha's gaze, Tathagata closed his eyes and bowed his head, pretending not to see.

Who was Xuanzang? The reincarnation of his second disciple, Master Golden Cicada, naturally someone under his command, and indeed Randeng Buddha was at fault first.

If he spoke for Randeng Buddha today, wouldn't it chill Xuanzang's heart?

Such words were naturally not something Tathagata was willing to say.

Seeing Tathagata unwilling to speak for him, despite some disappointment in his heart, Randeng Buddha could understand.

After a moment of silent reflection, Randeng Buddha had to grit his teeth and said: "The words I have spoken naturally count, but now to improve the spectacle of the Great Thunder Monastery, many materials are needed, so I'll take it back for now!"

"In that case, thank you, Buddha!" Jiang Liu, of course, knew that it was impossible for Randeng Buddha to settle this matter on the spot, so he nodded understandingly and said.

With these words, Jiang Liu paused slightly and continued, "However, my fellow disciples and I enter daily to admire the grandeur of the Great Thunder Monastery, so I hope Randeng Buddha can improve it as soon as possible!"

"Alright, I'll try my best!" Nodding, Randeng Buddha replied.

Try his best? With such an open-ended answer, Jiang Liu naturally felt uneasy. What if it took him a year or half a year? Wouldn't he waste too much experience points by then?

Therefore, when the conversation reached this point, Jiang Liu followed up with a question: "May I ask Buddha, how long will it take to enhance the spectacle of the Great Thunder Monastery?"

Jiang Liu's words were completely forcing Randeng Buddha to make a time-bound commitment now.

"This..." Jiang Liu's words made Randeng Buddha a bit uneasy. How long would it take to settle this? He didn't know either.

Of course, such words were impossible to say out loud.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Randeng Buddha spoke, "About a year! It should be enough within a year..."

"A year!?" Hearing Randeng Buddha's words, Jiang Liu's face turned somewhat dark.

He didn't have many years left until he reached the Great Thunder Monastery, so wasting a year for Randeng Buddha to busy himself? It was completely a loss without any gain, wasn't it?

"One month! At most one month!" Jiang Liu thought for a moment, then spoke.

One month is enough for him to gain around 10 billion experience points; this is the maximum time frame he can tolerate.

"That's impossible, you're making it too difficult!" Randeng Buddha shook his head resolutely when he heard Jiang Liu only gave him a mere month.

Although he agreed to improve the scenes of the Great Thunder Monastery, he didn't say it would be done within a month!

"Does Buddha need a year for the drawing time, or for the preparation of materials?" Jiang Liu thought for a moment and asked Randeng Buddha in a completely negotiative tone.

"Drawing doesn't take long; what's lacking is naturally the time for preparation of materials!" Randeng Buddha replied.

"If that's the case, then return this Map of Mountains and Rivers to me. A year from today, when Randeng Buddha brings materials for the drawing, how about it? It will also let me admire the Buddha's painting skills again!" Jiang Liu suggested after thinking for a moment.

"That works too!" Randeng Buddha thought for a moment; it indeed made no difference, so he nodded and agreed.

After both sides haggled, finally, a more agreeable and acceptable result was reached for both.

Straight away, Randeng Buddha didn't intend to stay any longer, and after bidding farewell to Jiang Liu, he turned and left.

Naturally, Tathagata also encouraged Jiang Liu with a few words before leaving as well.

After the two Buddhas had left, Jiang Liu turned around to see that by now, all the Quasi-Saints had also left one after another.

Even the mysterious black-clothed figure transformed by the Evil Corpse also left with Gaoyang to return to the Ming Sect.

For Jiang Liu, the events that occurred in Gale Gorge finally came to a conclusion, and without further ado, he turned back to the Journey to the West team.

Returning to the Journey to the West team alone, when alone, Jiang Liu finally had the mind to contemplate his issues.

To be more precise, to ponder the matter of the Hongmeng Purple Qi within him.

Although at the time in Gale Gorge, the Evil Corpse's words could conveniently explain everything, making the Quasi-Saints find no reason to refute.

But Jiang Liu himself understood that the words of the Evil Corpse were a lie; the Evil Corpse was one of his avatars, so even if there indeed was Hongmeng Purple Qi, it shouldn't be on the Evil Corpse but on his true self.

"Previously, it was said that Hongmeng Purple Qi was on Master Wuchao, and I once fantasized about whether I would have the possibility of attaining saintliness after snatching it. Now it seems, was this Hongmeng Purple Qi originally inside me?" Jiang Liu muttered in his heart.

He also lowered his head to glance at himself.

Moreover, Jiang Liu's divine sense also surged out, enveloping his whole body, to check the Hongmeng Purple Qi within himself.

Yet, Jiang Liu also found nothing.

At the moment of finding nothing, Jiang Liu opened his character panel, of course, he couldn't see anything from the panel either.

"Could it be? The system I came across after traveling here, is it really transformed by Hongmeng Purple Qi?" Unable to find any trace of Hongmeng Purple Qi within him, Jiang Liu murmured again in his heart.

It seems only this explanation makes sense, right?

Thinking carefully, it does seem possible, and indeed, this explanation seems to make sense!

Remember, what is the greatest efficacy of the Primordial's Hongmeng Purple Qi?

The foundation of Great Dao, the qualification for achieving saintliness, and it can significantly enhance one's comprehension and various aspects, with cultivation progress being rapid!

Looking at actual circumstances, in less than ten years, he has already reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal's late stage cultivation level.

Others would need thousands, even tens of thousands of years of cultivation to reach this level.

From this point of view, the functions of fighting monsters and leveling up, if based on the effect of Hongmeng Purple Qi, completely make sense, don't they?

"But, fighting monsters and leveling up can still make sense, what about the mission system? The system rewarding experience points can be said to conform to the efficacy of Hongmeng Purple Qi, but what about the rewarded Treasure Chest? And dropping equipment from fighting monsters! Never heard of Hongmeng Purple Qi enabling creation from nothing, transforming into all things!"

As he mentally pondered, following that Jiang Liu's mind also felt puzzled.

Thinking carefully, it seemed he couldn't quite understand it again.