Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 629: Jiang Liu: Huh? Why is Golden Hair Lion tied up here?
"Xiaoyu, you stay here in the Netherworld Blood Sea and be well. If I have time, I will come and see you," Jiang Liu said his farewells after bringing Xiaoyu to the Netherworld Blood Sea.
"Mmh, Father, remember to come and visit me often!" In the palace of the Netherworld Blood Sea, Lingyu hopped off the back of Qiongqi and spoke to Jiang Liu, showing reluctance to part.
"All right, I've remembered!" Hearing this, Jiang Liu nodded and said, waving his hand as he said goodbye.
However, having just turned to leave, a sudden thought struck Jiang Liu's mind, and he stopped again.
"Amitabha, Demon King Poxun, greetings!" Jiang Liu's gaze turned to the side, falling upon Ancestor Minghe's eldest disciple, Poxun, as he spoke.
"Master Xuanzang, greetings!" In response to Jiang Liu's greeting, Poxun also nodded and spoke.
"I have here a Bloodthirsty Divine Spear. I ask if the Demon King could keep it safe for me. When Xueyu comes out, please give her this spear and say it's a gift from me," Jiang Liu said as he pulled out a Divine Spear from the Gang's Treasury and presented it to Poxun.
As Jiang Liu's gaze settled on it, the Attribute Information of the Bloodthirsty Divine Spear appeared before him as well.
Bloodthirsty Divine Spear (Epic Level): No level requirement, Attack Power +10-1000000, Special Effect 1: 15% of the damage dealt to the target is converted into the wielder's Health Point recovery, Special Effect 2: When powered by Demon energy, Attack increases by 10%, Durability 880/1000.
The attributes of this Bloodthirsty Divine Spear were quite good, with a maximum Attack Power reaching 1 million, which wasn't far off from Jiang Liu's own Fire Tip Spear.
Of course, it was a long way behind the Jingu Bang currently wielded by Sun Wukong or the Supreme Treasure Golden Rake in Zhu Bajie's hands.
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But as a nearly growing-type weapon, it would be suitable for Xueyu, and the effects seemed to match her well.
Jiang Liu had spent nearly two months with Lingyu in the Women's Kingdom and had to use the Ginseng Fruit and the Prohibited Hoop to subdue Qiongqi, which he then gave to Lingyu as a mount.
Wouldn't it seem a bit too biased if Xueyu didn't have anything?
After all, they were both his daughters, weren't they?
Even though there was always resentment in Xueyu's heart toward him, he couldn't let that resentment deepen, right? Thus, after giving Lingyu Qiongqi as her mount, it was only right to give Xueyu some form of compensation.
"Understood, Master Xuanzang. I will remember," Poxun said, nodding as he took the Bloodthirsty Divine Spear from Jiang Liu's hand.
After instructing Poxun on this matter, Jiang Liu nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand, and turned to leave.
"Wait, Master Xuanzang!" Just as Jiang Liu was turning around, Qiongqi called out to him.
Jiang Liu slightly turned his body, directing an inquiring look at Qiongqi.
"On our way here, I spotted an uninvited guest," Qiongqi told Jiang Liu.
"An uninvited guest? You mean...?" Jiang Liu asked curiously.
"Golden Hair Lion. As far as I know, this Demonic creature is very afraid of death. He was easily subdued by Guanyin and became her mount," Qiongqi explained to Jiang Liu.
"Golden Hair Lion?" Jiang Liu's heart jolted upon hearing Qiongqi's words.
Back in the Purple Bamboo Forest, he had encountered Golden Hair Lion once as it ran out of the forest.
Without any reason, why would it come to the Netherworld Blood Sea?
"As the mount of Bodhisattva Guanyin, why would Golden Hair Lion appear here in the Netherworld Blood Sea? Could it be that Guanyin has tasked him with some mission to accomplish?" Jiang Liu murmured to himself, thinking about Golden Hair Lion's presence in the Netherworld Blood Sea.
Naturally, he suspected that Golden Hair Lion might be carrying out some scheme at the behest of Guanyin.
After inquiring about the location where Qiongqi spotted Golden Hair Lion, Jiang Liu nodded and departed.
Upon a move, he stepped onto an auspicious cloud and swiftly passed over the terrifying landscape of the Netherworld Blood Sea.
The auspicious cloud seemed terribly out of place against the backdrop of the Netherworld Blood Sea.
Approximately half a tea time later, Jiang Liu swiftly arrived at the place mentioned by Qiongqi, concealed his presence, and checked the area.
Indeed, Jiang Liu found traces of Golden Hair Lion, who had transformed into his true form and was astonishingly bound by chains on all four limbs.
"What's going on? Is it Ancestor Minghe, or someone else? Golden Hair Lion has actually been captured by someone?"
Seeing the state of Golden Hair Lion, Jiang Liu became even more perplexed.
After a brief moment of contemplation, without any more intention to hide and watch, he stepped forward and appeared openly.
...
"Coward!"
"I'll just stay here quietly, perfectly fine! After a decade or so, once the time of the great calamity of the Westward Journey has passed, I'll come out again. By then, it will definitely be safe!"
"Just like this, sealing myself away. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't break the seal to go out and play."
"This way, I'd surely be free of danger."
"Solid!"
Though Golden Hair Lion had sealed himself with Magic Supernatural Power and was almost devoid of freedom, what was freedom compared to life?
Therefore, being bound by his own chains, Golden Hair Lion felt no sorrow. He lay down and quietly savored these moments of peace.
He had been startled by Master Xuanzang's sudden appearance, but now, Golden Hair Lion had completely lost the desire to go out and play.
Tap, tap, tap!
However, just after crouching down for a short time, while Golden Hair Lion was preparing to continue counting the beautiful sisters in his mind, a sudden burst of footsteps sounded.
Hearing the footsteps, Golden Hair Lion opened his eyes.
Then, an all too familiar face appeared right before his eyes.
With a swish, like a spring had been installed beneath him, Golden Hair Lion sprung up.
Then, filled with immense terror, he stared at Jiang Liu, desperately trying to struggle and back away.
But how could he escape when his limbs were bound with chains?
"Golden Hair Lion, it seems we haven't seen each other for two months, right? What are you doing here? And why are you chained up?" Seeing Golden Hair Lion's strong reaction, Jiang Liu was also startled, and then he asked Golden Hair Lion.
"Why am I here? Didn't I come here to avoid you?"
"Rather than asking why I am here, shouldn't we be asking what you are doing here?"
"As a Scripture Seeker on the Journey to the West, wandering everywhere, you've even wandered into the Netherworld Blood Sea, shouldn't Maitreya Buddha manage you a bit better!?" Jiang Liu's words made Golden Hair Lion's whole body stiffen, and deep inside, he wanted to curse, nearly weeping.
It's over, I'm doomed!
What does it mean to weave one's own trap?
My current situation is exactly that!
Every time I encountered Master Xuanzang previously, I still had some ability to escape.
But now, after encountering Master Xuanzang, how come I don't even have the ability to flee?
I was just secretly praising myself, thinking I was smart for sealing myself and completely quashing the thought of going out to have fun.
But now, Golden Hair Lion felt a despairing thought secretly taking hold, weaving his own trap with no chance of escape.
Immeasurable Kalpa is truly terrifying; it seems no matter how hard I try to avoid it, I can't escape it?
"What's the matter? Don't you recognize me? Why aren't you speaking?" Not to mention Golden Hair Lion's internal despair at this moment, Jiang Liu, seeing him bound and silent, could not help but ask in wonder.
"Master Xuanzang, did you come here to kill me?" After a long silence, Golden Hair Lion asked in a stiff voice.
"Kill you? For no reason at all, why would I kill you?" Hearing Golden Hair Lion suddenly ask this, Jiang Liu looked even more puzzled, not understanding at all.
"Could it be? He found out about my sneaky visit to the Purple Bamboo Forest in search of Gaoyang? So he thinks I wish to silence him?"
"Having said that, silencing him seems feasible?" Seemingly reminded by Golden Hair Lion's words to kill him, the thought of murder actually crossed Jiang Liu's mind.
If he could kill him, wouldn't that subtly reduce the power of Bodhisattva Guanyin?
"It's over, just as I thought..."
As Jiang Liu's thoughts edged towards killing intent, Golden Hair Lion sensed it, trembling slightly, and grew even more desperate.
"Master Xuanzang, even in death, let me die knowing, how did you know I was in the Netherworld Blood Sea?" Feeling his death was inevitable, Golden Hair Lion asked Jiang Liu with despondent unwillingness.
"Know you're in the Netherworld Blood Sea? I had no idea!" Shaking his head, Jiang Liu found Golden Hair Lion's question even stranger.
"Then, if you didn't know I was in the Netherworld Blood Sea, why did you come here?" Jiang Liu's reply made Golden Hair Lion even more puzzled.
"My daughter is a disciple of Ancestor Minghe. This time, I'm here to bring my daughter to the Netherworld Blood Sea. Bodhisattva Guanyin knows about my daughter's matter, don't tell me you didn't know?" Jiang Liu asked, looking at Golden Hair Lion oddly.
"I don't know anything!"
Jiang Liu's words almost made Golden Hair Lion curse out loud.
Bodhisattva Guanyin, did you set me up?
She knew that Xuanzang's daughter was a disciple of the Netherworld Sect Master, but I didn't know!?
If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have hidden in the Netherworld Blood Sea to save my life!
"Sigh, if Bodhisattva Guanyin set me up, does it mean that it's fated that I must face this calamity?"
Letting out an involuntary long sigh in his heart, Golden Hair Lion felt extremely aggrieved and even more unwilling.
Heaven is really pushing me onto the path of death!
"Kill him? Hmm, as a level 71 being, he should drop some good stuff, right?"
Seeing Golden Hair Lion accepting his fate, Jiang Liu inwardly felt some anticipation.
However, just then, a sudden inspiration struck Jiang Liu's mind.
Just now Qiongqi said Golden Hair Lion is very afraid of death?
If that's the case, can I subdue him?
Simply killing him naturally can't compare to the value of subduing him for myself, right?
