Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything
Chapter 952 - 9)

A stone monster, standing about a hundred feet tall, looked just like Sun Wukong's Heaven and Earth Mighty Magic.

With every move, it wielded tremendous power.

Jiang Liu maintained a calm expression and raised his hand to cast the skills: Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra, Strengthening Body-Protection Spell, and Vajra Mantra on the Good Corpse.

Though this stone monster's level had reached 81, considered the level of a Daluo Golden Immortal.

But for Jiang Liu and others, a mere level 81 monster with only a white frame wasn't that formidable an opponent.

Weakness Talisman!

After about half a month of battles, the Evil Corpse's level had been raised from 60 to 63. It raised its hand and cast a Weakness Talisman on the stone monster, causing all its attributes to decline significantly.

"You despicable beings, I will kill you all!" the stone monster spoke human words, its voice incredibly heavy.

Feeling its weakened state, it evidently knew Jiang Liu and the others were behind this. Its shouts accompanied by its massive palm crashing down toward Jiang Liu's group.

Blinding Technique!

The Evil Corpse raised its hand again and pointed at the stone monster. Though this spell had no attack power, instantly, it felt as though something had covered its eyes, leaving it completely blind.

Meanwhile, the Good Corpse initiated its attack, launching various spells that continuously landed on the stone monster, gradually reducing its health bar.

Noting that the stone monster's health bar was depleting rather slowly, the Evil Corpse raised its hand again.

A blue light shot from its fingertips, landing on the stone creature, instantly turning a section of it blue.

Moreover, the blue hue kept spreading.

"Good, the poisoning effect of this Poisoning Technique may not deplete health quickly, but it causes sustained damage that accumulates significantly!" Watching as the poison engulfed the stone monster's body, the Evil Corpse nodded quietly.

Jiang Liu focused on casting beneficial skills on allies, while the Evil Corpse concentrated on cursing the enemy and implementing control and poisoning effects.

The Heavenly Master profession's Good Corpse was responsible for long-range firepower output.

Little White Dragon transformed into its white dragon form, managing close-range engagements, occasionally breathing Dragon Fire to enhance damage output.

In half a month's time, everyone's coordination had become exceptionally harmonious.

As for Tingdi? He stood there with an aloof demeanor, showing no intention of intervening.

With Jiang Liu and the others joining forces, it seemed unnecessary for him to intervene, nor was his help necessary.

"Unbelievable..." Though he had been watching Jiang Liu all along and knew he had produced the Good and Evil Corpse, witnessing their existence made it hard for Tingdi to believe.

Not having reached the Daluo Golden Immortal level yet had already produced both Good and Evil Corpse, a situation that overturned his common sense.

Moreover, the most startling thing was that Xuanzang not only had an unbelievably fast cultivation pace, but his two corpses cultivated even faster.

He recalled that the Evil Corpse had only just been formed recently, yet it had already achieved the Immortal Path. Such a growth rate was astonishing.

Rumble...

The level 81 stone monster, with the cultivation level of a Daluo Golden Immortal, managed to hold up against Jiang Liu and his team's coordinated attacks for only about twenty minutes before collapsing with a loud crash.

Naturally, the system's prompts for the desired experience points and money rang in Jiang Liu's mind.

"Master, it looks like it's getting late. Should we continue?" Little White Dragon's figure flashed over to Jiang Liu, asking as he arrived beside him.

"Hmm, let's rest for today," Jiang Liu nodded slightly after assessing the time upon hearing Little White Dragon's words.

Taking out the Exquisite Immortal Mansion, Jiang Liu and his companions all entered the estate, while Jiang Liu brought out the map of North Julu State and erased a mark indicating a demon or monster.

This mark represented the just-slain stone monster.

Examining the map, nearly half of the original marks on North Julu State had already been wiped clean, to which Jiang Liu nodded with some satisfaction.

However, as they progressed, the demons became increasingly adept at hiding, meaning finding them would take more time.

But according to Jiang Liu's calculations, in about another month, he might be able to clear out all the demons and monsters in North Julu State, would he not?

"Wukong, how is the situation over in Eastern Shengshen State?" After making some calculations, Jiang Liu sent a message to Sun Wukong.

"Master, I, Old Sun, have gathered a lot of old friends to exorcise demons together. The demon population in Eastern Shengshen State should have been reduced significantly!" Sun Wukong replied from over there.

Upon seeing Sun Wukong's message, Jiang Liu nodded in satisfaction.

Sun Wukong was born and bred in Eastern Shengshen State, with considerable face value, and he gathered many Demon Clan members to work together, which indeed sped up their progress substantially.

After exchanging a few compliments, Jiang Liu promptly sent a message over to Zhu Bajie, inquiring about their progress.

However, after waiting for about ten minutes, Zhu Bajie still hadn't responded, which made Jiang Liu frown slightly.

Perhaps he's busy at the moment? Let's wait; when he's free, he'll reply on his own.

I just suddenly had a whim to ask, that's all.

So, after waiting for a while without receiving a reply, Jiang Liu also sent a message over to Sha Wujing to inquire.

Sha Wujing responded with a message that came back, after all, West Niuhe State is Buddhist territory. Although Buddhism isn't very focused on eliminating these demons and ghosts, the local demons and ghosts naturally require more attention to be dealt with.

Therefore, with the Buddhist Sect's forces taking action, along with Sha Wujing, the demons and ghosts causing trouble in the West Niuhe State were being cleaned up effectively, and the progress was quite good.

"Hmm, that's quite good! It looks like everyone's making good progress!"

After receiving the response from Sha Wujing, Jiang Liu also praised them and was in quite a good mood.

"Master, there's something I'd like to discuss, but I'm not sure if I should mention it..." Yet, Sha Wujing sent another message to Jiang Liu, seeming somewhat hesitant.

"Oh?"

Sha Wujing, being someone who rarely speaks much, actually had something to say? It seemed like it must be something relatively important?

Thinking for a moment, Jiang Liu directly initiated a video call.

Soon, Sha Wujing answered the call. Through the video, Jiang Liu could see that it was already dusk, and Sha Wujing was sitting alone in the wilderness, setting up a large pot, seemingly preparing his dinner.

"Wujing, you've worked hard!" Watching Sha Wujing cook his dinner alone in the wilderness, Jiang Liu spoke up.

Yes, the apprentices were busy eliminating those demons and ghosts; in a way, they were all working hard for him to regain his strength, weren't they?

Originally, Sha Wujing could have stayed with him, enjoying all the good food and drink every day, but now he was alone, cooking his dinner in the wild.

Unlike Sun Wukong, who was practically at home in Eastern Shengshen State, didn't he mention he even roped in some demons to help, always having company around?

As for Zhu Bajie? Jiang Liu was also aware that he was someone famous for shirking, so there was no need to worry about him.

"Master, you're too kind. Throughout the journey, I've received a lot of care from you; being able to contribute even a little makes me very happy!" Although Sha Wujing had succumbed to demonic possession, he remained very courteous towards Jiang Liu.

"Alright, Wujing, what did you want to say to your master?"

The two of them, master and apprentice, indeed didn't need to be too courteous with each other, so Jiang Liu stopped this line of conversation and asked Sha Wujing.

"It's like this, Master; a few days ago, I overheard some individuals from the Demon Clan say they were planning to flee to South Zhanbu State!" Sha Wujing hesitated for a moment before replying.

"Demon Clan from West Niuhe State planning to flee to South Zhanbu State?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu's brows furrowed slightly.

Naturally, Jiang Liu understood what this implied: it indicated that South Zhanbu State was a lot safer than West Niuhe State, right?

"Moreover..." Sha Wujing's expression seemed to be holding back words he wanted to say.

"What else? Just speak freely!" Jiang Liu urged.

"Master, I'm just worried that saying this might seem like I'm trying to create discord between you and Second Senior Brother, you know," Sha Wujing said, showing a hesitant expression.

"Hmm, the fact that you can say that shows your honesty; go ahead and say it!" Jiang Liu nodded.

"In South Zhanbu State, aside from occasional visits by the Heavenly Court's Divine Generals for clean-ups, Second Senior Brother doesn't seem to be taking any action, hmm!"

"Moreover, these past few months, he's been very close with a woman. While you were in the Illusionary Demon Cave, he was practically staying over at the woman's place every single day..." Sha Wujing explained, recounting Zhu Bajie's situation from when Jiang Liu was in the Illusionary Demon Cave.

"Is that so..." Listening to Sha Wujing, Jiang Liu's expression remained calm, nodding.

On the surface, Jiang Liu showed no signs of joy or anger. After exchanging a few more simple words, he ended the video call.

Would Zhu Bajie really disregard the tasks Jiang Liu assigned because of a woman?

Jiang Liu found that hard to believe. After all, Zhu Bajie had always seemed quite obedient in front of him, never daring to contradict his words.

But considering Zhu Bajie's temperament, without anyone supervising, would he be able to resist temptations?

This also seemed unlikely!?

If Zhu Bajie could truly control himself, he wouldn't have made the mistake of flirting with Chang'e while drunk, would he?

He wouldn't be Zhu Bajie otherwise.

"To be certain, I'd better go take a look myself..." After pondering for a while, Jiang Liu decided to check it out personally.

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