Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything
Chapter 925 - 925: Gaoyang, Stunned as a Wooden Chicken

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Jiang Liu was fighting Master Golden Cicada in the Illusionary Demon Cave, just as he controlled Master Golden Cicada, preparing to use the Lotus to attack—having fought Master Golden Cicada countless times, this situation was already second nature.

But just at that moment, a string of message sounds suddenly echoed, the continuous beeping noise made Jiang Liu feel as though his mind was being bombarded.

If a single message sound was like the pop of a firecracker.

Then now it was entirely like a long string of firecrackers crackling, making Jiang Liu lose focus for a moment.

"What's happening? Suddenly so many messages, does someone have an urgent matter?" Hearing the string of message notifications, Jiang Liu hurriedly opened his friends list to check.

Immediately, his whole body froze as if hit by an immobilization spell.

Because Gaoyang's icon was continuously flashing.

"Disappeared for two years, has Gaoyang finally appeared again!?" Seeing Gaoyang's icon flashing, Jiang Liu felt extremely joyful in his heart.

Huff!

However, before Jiang Liu could open the chat box to look, suddenly, Master Golden Cicada charged towards him, a cold light sliced in his direction.

Shocked, Jiang Liu reflexively backed off, but his chest was still struck, sending him flying back.

At the same time, the health bar above his head also dropped a notch.

With the advantage of initiative, Master Golden Cicada moved quickly, transforming into a stream of light and chasing after him.

"I don't have time to play with you now! Get lost!"

Being eager to talk with Gaoyang and share feelings, seeing Master Golden Cicada pounce again, Jiang Liu shouted angrily.

Vajra Mantra!

He cast a Vajra Mantra skill on himself, increasing his defensive immunity capability.

Jiang Liu neither dodged nor avoided, allowing Master Golden Cicada's attack to hit him, and then grabbed his arm in return.

Palm Thunder!

Violent lightning blasted from Jiang Liu's palm, instantly paralyzing Master Golden Cicada's body.

Under the furious lightning attack, Master Golden Cicada's health bar was dropping rapidly.

With not very healthy health to begin with, soon only a sliver remained, his body scorched black, looking extremely miserable.

Wrath of Vidyaraja!

Seeing Master Golden Cicada with only a sliver of health left, Jiang Liu burst with energy, using his body as the focus to explode outwards.

Releasing his grip, Master Golden Cicada's figure was directly sent flying—the already dangerous health bar was emptied at this moment.

Falling to the ground, he was critically injured and on the brink of death.

Finally, Jiang Liu raised Brahma Heart Lotus, casting the Lotus Spell skill to deliver the final blow.

Strange light descended from the sky, falling on Master Golden Cicada, explosive energy turned into a giant lotus form.

As the lotus explosion shockwave dissipated, Master Golden Cicada's figure vanished.

The prompt for earning experience points and money in his mind indicated Jiang Liu had successfully slain Master Golden Cicada.

After executing a combo to finish off Master Golden Cicada, Jiang Liu raised his hand, casting a Guanyin Mantra skill on himself, then quickly opened the friends list to access the conversation box with Gaoyang.

Starlight gathered, once again forming the figure of Master Golden Cicada.

However, sensing Master Golden Cicada's appearance, Jiang Liu didn't turn back, sending an eighteen-petaled lotus flying over.

Then, a yellow beam of light enveloped Master Golden Cicada, transforming into restraining power, completely immobilizing him within the light.

Now, he was busy communicating with Gaoyang, having no leisure to fight monsters.

"Jiang Liu, where are you? I'm currently on a strange deserted island!"

"Jiang Liu, what are you doing? Why aren't you responding to my messages?"

"A year has passed, I'm starting to miss you!"

"I've already broken through to the Taiyi True Immortal realm, my thirty-second attempt, trying to leave!"

...

Opening the conversation box, Jiang Liu looked through Gaoyang's messages from start to finish.

From her initial appearance on the nameless deserted island to later cultivation, progressing rapidly—from the messages in the dialogue box, Jiang Liu could roughly understand what Gaoyang had been doing these past two years.

It seems Gaoyang was trapped on a nameless deserted island cultivating, all alone.

However, in merely two years, relying solely on cultivation, she managed to advance from the Returning Void Realm to the Taiyi True Immortal level?

Can growth speed be this fast just from cultivation alone?

This speed isn't much slower than when Sun Wukong learned under Ancestor Bodhi, right?

Ding-dong!

After Jiang Liu roughly read through the messages Gaoyang had left him over the past two years, he quickly received a notification that Gaoyang was sending a video call.

Clearly, during this time, Gaoyang was also reviewing the messages he had sent her.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Liu connected the video call, and soon, he could see Gaoyang's appearance on the screen.

"It's been two years, and you've finally regained your freedom. That's wonderful!" Jiang Liu said with delight as he saw Gaoyang appear.

"Yes, two years have passed, and we can finally meet again. This is really great!" On the other side of the video, upon seeing Jiang Liu, Gaoyang's face naturally blossomed into a joyful smile as she spoke.

Separated for two years, with no communication during that time, upon meeting through the video call, they naturally had endless things to talk about.

"By the way, Jiang Liu, where are you now?" After exchanging some words, it was evident that Gaoyang was not satisfied with chatting over video; she wanted to meet in person.

"Well..." At Gaoyang's question, Jiang Liu's face showed a hesitant expression.

"What is it? Is it inconvenient for you to meet now?" Seeing Jiang Liu's hesitant expression, Gaoyang naturally found it strange.

Logically, after two years of not seeing each other, Jiang Liu should also really want to meet her, right? Didn't he previously secretly try to find her in the Purple Bamboo Forest?

"I'm currently imprisoned in the Illusionary Demon Cave..." Jiang Liu began to explain.

"Illusionary Demon Cave? How did you get imprisoned again? Did you commit some big mistake?" Gaoyang asked in surprise upon hearing Jiang Liu's words.

She remembered that he was once imprisoned there for half a year.

"Yes, recently, Emperor of Longevity and Empress Qinghua perished because of me. Of course, others only know it's related to me, but they don't know they died by my hands…" Jiang Liu answered honestly, not hiding anything from Gaoyang.

"Emperor of Longevity and Empress Qinghua!? But they are among the Four Royals of Heavenly Court! You, you actually..." Upon hearing this news, Gaoyang's face showed a shocked expression.

In just short two years of absence, Jiang Liu had started to eliminate figures at the level of the Four Royals?

Indeed, these royals, second only to the Great Jade Emperor, each one is a major figure!

In the Buddhist Sect, their positions should be between Maitreya Buddha and ordinary Buddha.

"Moreover, Manjushri and Samantabhadra also died by my hand; this was known to everyone and not concealed..." After a moment of silence, Jiang Liu continued.

"This, this, this..." Gaoyang widened her eyes, momentarily lost for words.

Manjushri, Samantabhadra? Their status and rank are almost identical to Bodhisattva Guanyin, right? Yet they died at his hands?

Although they were just Bodhisattvas, their prestige and strength were akin to Buddha.

Even if their strength and status seemed a tad lower than Empress Qinghua and Emperor of Longevity, let's not forget Jiang Liu's own identity. He is a Buddhist Disciple.

Yet he killed Manjushri and Samantabhadra? This is utter madness!

"You, Jiang Liu, you should flee now; murdering Manjushri and Samantabhadra is a grave sin. Even though the Journey to the West for Scriptures mission is deemed important now and the Buddhist Sect won't deal with you, once the mission is complete, they won't spare you!"

Despite the shock, Gaoyang hurriedly urged Jiang Liu, naturally worried about his safety.

"Besides..." At this moment, Jiang Liu showed a hesitant expression again.

"Besides what?" Seeing Jiang Liu hesitating, Gaoyang's heart skipped a beat, suspecting the matter wasn't simple.

"Moreover, Maitreya Buddha also died by my hand!"

"Though later he was resurrected, he lost all memory and his cultivation level fell to the Great Luo realm! Of course, this matter of Maitreya Buddha dying by my hand is unknown to outsiders!" Jiang Liu pondered for a moment and decided to explain this to Gaoyang.

Stunned!

Upon hearing this, Gaoyang was completely dumbfounded, as if turned to stone, speechless for a long time!

Who was Maitreya Buddha? A being that surpassed the Daluo Golden Immortal! One of the Three-World Buddhas in the Buddhist Sect.

But he actually perished?

"Jiang Liu, has your cultivation level surpassed the Daluo Golden Immortal level too?" After a long time, Gaoyang regained composure and asked Jiang Liu.

Gaoyang remembered clearly, two years ago when she lost contact with Jiang Liu, he was just at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, not even reaching the Taiyi True Immortal realm.

Though she knew Jiang Liu advanced quickly, in just two years, could he have leapt from Heavenly Immortal directly through Taiyi to Great Luo? Wouldn't that be too exaggerated?

"Not at all, I am still at the Taiyi Realm!" Jiang Liu explained in response to Gaoyang's question.

At this moment, Jiang Liu paused slightly and continued: "Actually, I have various extraordinary means to kill transcendent beings!"

"For example, in the past battle with Buddha of the South Baosheng, you used a Random Teleportation Stone to leave, and later you happened to meet the Empress!"

"Although the Empress escaped with her life, her Treasure Lotus Lantern fell into my hands!"

Gaoyang: "..."