Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 625: The Flustered Qiongqi (9th Update)

"Xiaoyu, don’t speak..."

With only 20 seconds for the Hand of Healing, Jiang Liu was now going full speed. At the same time, he glanced down at Lingyu and whispered to her.

Roar!

Twenty seconds was not short, enough for Jiang Liu to fly far away, but as soon as the limit for the skill expired, a thunderous roar erupted.

The Qiongqi flapped its wings fiercely, gaining speed outrageously fast, and like a bolt of lightning, it lunged toward Jiang Liu.

Although the Qiongqi was not known for its speed, with a level 90 Blue UI, its cultivation level was two whole realms higher than Jiang Liu’s.

In the midst of his rapid flight, Jiang Liu looked back and could see the Qiongqi catching up to him at electrifying speed.

The difference in speed was like that between a bicycle and a motorcycle.

"Xiaoyu, run first!" Seeing how quickly the Qiongqi was gaining on him, Jiang Liu’s expression changed slightly, and he promptly produced a Dharma Treasure. He placed it on Lingyu’s back, released his grip, and spoke.

A myriad of blades transformed into a pair of huge wings that vibrated gently. Lingyu was suspended in mid-air, now endowed with the ability to fly – it was the Feather Demon Blade, a flight category Dharma Treasure that was one of Jiang Liu’s Special Equipment pieces from before.

Ever since Jiang Liu had learned the Art of Cloud Soaring with his Cloud Ascending Leaps, he had kept this piece of Equipment.

Lingyu’s cultivation was only at the Controlling-Law Realm, without the ability to fly on her own, so naturally, she would need the Feather Demon Blade.

This Qiongqi was after him; logically, it should be relentlessly pursuing him and not going after Lingyu, right?

Whoosh!

However, the Qiongqi moved with incredible speed, instantly overtaking Jiang Liu and getting in front of Lingyu.

It opened its massive maw and directly snatched Lingyu, landing on a nearby mountaintop.

"How can this be!?" Jiang Liu’s eyes widened in disbelief as he observed the Qiongqi’s action.

Wasn’t he the target? The Qiongqi had already made its move, so logically, it should be attacking him.

Why was it obstinately holding onto Lingyu?

"Xuanzang, I’ve said it before! My demand is not much, just a piece of your flesh!" Now assuming its original Taoist Body form, the Qiongqi placed its hand on Lingyu’s neck as if to choke her.

"Why? Why are you so insistent on this little girl?" Jiang Liu’s gaze fell on the Qiongqi as he descended, and he asked.

"There’s no why. Attacking you directly is far too risky. As long as I have your daughter, I’m not worried about you disobeying! Otherwise, why would I have bothered to lure her out when I could have struck at you directly in the Women’s Kingdom?" said the Qiongqi, holding Lingyu, responding to Jiang Liu’s question.

As one of the Ten Great Demon Gods of ancient times, the Qiongqi had more than once witnessed the horrors of the Immeasurable Kalpa and had personally experienced them.

Thus, it knew very well that attacking Xuanzang could be extremely risky.

Attacking Xuanzang himself to get a piece of his flesh and Xuanzang cutting off a piece to give were entirely different things.

Well, this explanation from the Qiongqi left Jiang Liu with nothing to say.

Indeed, targeting him with a level 90 Blue UI but not lifting a finger against him, instead opting to grab his daughter to threaten him?

Was that truly the case? Had the Qiongqi never intended to attack him all along, and it was just him attacking the Qiongqi before?

"Hurry up, I’m losing my patience. If you don’t act now, your daughter’s life won’t be spared!" the Qiongqi threatened, still gripping Lingyu’s neck.

"Auntie, you turned out to be a bad person?" But at that moment, Lingyu, whose neck was being grasped by the Qiongqi, suddenly spoke up, accusing the Qiongqi.

"You, how do you recognize me?" These words made the Qiongqi stare at Lingyu in astonishment.

When it was with her before, it had assumed a woman’s guise. Now, in its original Taoist Body form, how could this little girl recognize it at a glance?

"I can feel it. You’re the auntie!" Why did she recognize it? Lingyu couldn’t explain clearly, but somehow she knew that this old man was the same ’auntie’ who said she had trouble with her eyes and had asked for her help earlier.

"So you are a bad person. You deceived me, you’re bad!" Despite the Qiongqi’s grip on her neck, Lingyu didn’t seem scared at all. She raised her fists and started hitting the Qiongqi’s arm.

"Alright, alright, stop it, stop it!" Being hit by Lingyu’s fists didn’t hurt the Qiongqi, but it hastily exclaimed, looking at her.

"Humph, auntie, you’re a bad person. You’ve deceived me, and you want my father to cut off his flesh for you to eat! You are very bad!" Lingyu ignored the Qiongqi’s shouting and showed no sign of stopping.

"Quick, Xuanzang, cut off a piece of flesh quickly, and I’ll exchange your daughter for it! Hurry!" Seemingly at a loss with Lingyu, the Qiongqi then turned its head and called out urgently to Jiang Liu.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

Jiang Liu felt utterly bewildered as he watched the scene in front of him.

His daughter was pummeling the Qiongqi; the Qiongqi was rushing him to cut off a piece of flesh for it?

Was this a threat? It seemed as if it was begging him for rescue instead?

Was this some kind of illusion?

"Could it be? This Qiongqi can’t deal with children? Or is it just my daughter in particular?" Observing the scene, Jiang Liu began to speculate.

Moreover, when he first arrived, beside the Qiongqi, his daughter was sleeping soundly?

If it really was a bad person who had taken her, could she possibly sleep so soundly?

"Hey, Xuanzang, what are you thinking about? Hurry up!?" Seeing Jiang Liu hesitate, Qiongqi seemed even more anxious.

"If I’m not mistaken, you wouldn’t really harm my child, would you?" With a suspicion in his heart, Jiang Liu hesitated for a moment, then asked Qiongqi directly.

This question made Qiongqi’s actions freeze slightly.

"No, Xuanzang, you’re overthinking it. Who am I? I am Qiongqi, one of the ten great Demon Gods from ancient times. I’ve eaten countless people, and I especially love little girls with soft skin! I... I’m super fierce!" Qiongqi quickly reacted, putting on a ferocious facade and shouting loudly.

However, no matter how menacing he tried to look, in Jiang Liu’s eyes, it seemed somewhat feigned, even somewhat blustering and faint-hearted.

Because Qiongqi’s menacing display, intentionally or not, was aimed at him and not his daughter.

...

Anxious, Qiongqi indeed felt extreme urgency at this moment.

Was it true? The terror of the Immeasurable Kalpa lay here, where all well-laid plans could go awry in what seemed an entirely irrational way.

Initially, Qiongqi, confined in Maitreya’s prison, felt his life dwindling away, believing he would eventually die of old age within that prison.

Unexpectedly, Maitreya had given him a chance.

Although Qiongqi knew that all of Maitreya’s actions were to make him a pawn, to utilize him, to use him as a chess piece in a game against the Tathagata.

Yet, he had to admit, with his life nearing its end, the opportunity Maitreya gave was his only hope. It was Maitreya’s open conspiracy.

Unable to resist the desire for survival, he had come out.

And he had come to the Women’s Kingdom and found Xuanzang!

In times of weakness, having witnessed the grand calamity of dragons and phoenixes, as a Demon God, he had also experienced the Shaman-Demon catastrophe and was captured during the Deification crisis by Jieyin...

After all this, he had witnessed the Immeasurable Kalpa three times, understanding deeply its horrors.

Therefore, despite his high Cultivation Level, he dared not make a move against Jiang Liu.

Because Qiongqi knew, despite seemingly insurmountable power, his own chances of success were less than ten percent.

So, he devised a plan, capturing Xuanzang’s daughter and coercing Xuanzang to cut off a piece of his own flesh to trade with him.

The love a parent has for their child, to trade a piece of flesh for his daughter’s life, Xuanzang was likely to agree.

Qiongqi chose not to combat with strength but with wits.

After careful consideration, Qiongqi believed that his plan had at least a fifty percent chance of success!

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Taking advantage when no one was paying attention, capturing a little girl would not go wrong.

Having captured the little girl, then forcing Xuanzang to trade with him for her release, a piece of flesh for a person, should not fail either!

With his Cultivation Level, ordinary people would not be able to save her from his clutches.

Therefore, Qiongqi made his move!

But, after calculating every possible outcome, Qiongqi had not anticipated that things would still go awry!

Ordinarily, for a task that is almost a sure success, the chance of failure might be one in ten thousand.

However, amidst the Immeasurable Kalpa, this one in ten thousand probability would be infinitely magnified!

Qiongqi was chatting with the little girl, initially just teasing her by lying that he was blind and needed a new pair of eyes to replace his own, asking if the little girl was willing.

Unexpectedly, the young girl truly was willing to give her eyes, though she offered only one, not a pair.

But that sentence, like an arrow, pierced straight into Qiongqi’s heart.

If someone else had said this, Qiongqi would surely doubt that they were merely speaking pleasantly without sincerity.

Yet this little girl had a pure heart and clearly spoke from the soul.

Qiongqi himself could never have imagined, for all the people he had consumed, including many human children, at his age, nearly at the end of his lifespan, that he could be moved by a single sentence from a human girl.

Waiting for nightfall, before Jiang Liu could come to save her, Qiongqi talked a lot with the little girl. The more they talked, the more fondness he felt for her.

He had intentionally reverted to his Taoist Body appearance so that she wouldn’t recognize him upon waking, and then he could successfully trade her for a piece of her father’s flesh.

Yet, she saw through his identity at first glance.

With the little girl still in his grasp, her extreme sadness, her small fists pounding against him, in that moment, Qiongqi felt overwhelmed with panic, clueless about how to handle the situation, flustered and at a loss, he could only desperately call out to Jiang Liu to hurry and cut the flesh for him!