Fahai travels through Tang Sanzang

Persimmons should be picked soft when pinched. This principle is very applicable even in the world of gods and demons, otherwise you may break your teeth.

And there is another point. Because Zhang Guolao is not a human being, there may not be much pressure on the Liangshan old demon and Bai Ze to attack each other.

After all, among the leading candidates for the Eight Immortals, only Zhang Guolao is not human.

Among the remaining few, except for He Xiangu who worshiped under the sect of Jin Guangxian, they are all in the Tang Dynasty. Their status as candidates for the Eight Immortals is secondary, and their status as people of the Tang Dynasty is what should really be feared.

Although Li Chengqian, a Tieguai Li, had many conflicts with his father Li Shimin, he had now become a disciple of Li Chunfeng, a human sect, and became a Taoist priest. However, Li Shimin never said that he did not recognize his son.

Otherwise, he would not have brought the other party to the Holy Buddha Tripitaka to enlighten him.

But unexpectedly, Li Shimin was angered by this kid and shaved off his hair with his own hands, almost becoming a monk.

That is to say, Sanzang Saint Buddha said that he had no connection with Buddhism and did not agree to transfer him to Buddhism. However, it also opened up Li Chengqian's new thinking. If he did not want to become a monk, he would become a Taoist priest.

This time, Li Chengqian was recognized by Taishang Laojun and successfully became a disciple of the Human Cult.

Based on his dual status as the prince of the Tang Dynasty and a disciple of the Human Religion, his status as a candidate for the Eight Immortals seems to be just to gain popularity.

It’s not just Li Chengqian, there seems to be no ordinary person among the other candidates for the Eight Immortals.

Lan Caihe, who seems to be a beggar, is also the reincarnation of the Barefoot Immortal. Even Fei Changfang and He Xiangu, who have no past life background, the former is Xue Rengui's disciple and the latter is Jin Guangxian's disciple, even if there is no candidate for the Eight Immortals. Identity may not have any impact on them, and maybe there will be less trouble.

This point is most important when reflected in Zhang Guolao.

If he hadn't accumulated a lot of merit by doing good deeds in the human race, he might not have had the chance to be selected as one of the Eight Immortals, and he would not have incurred the plans of the Bat Ancestor.

The current situation is that Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong are walking towards Huainan at the front, followed by the Bat Ancestor, Liangshan Old Demon and Bai Ze at the back, and Fahai at the back.

In order to confirm whether he was the last link, Fahai specially summoned the six-eared macaque and asked him to use his magical powers to investigate.

Although there are indeed only a few people in the Three Realms who can follow Fahai silently, they still exist.

However, it is generally possible to hide from Fa Hai's spiritual detection, and of course he will be wary of the six-eared macaque's magical powers. The monitoring results of the six-eared macaque also show this. If the master had not taken the initiative to release the shield on him, he would have This time we could only detect the whereabouts of Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong.

Under his magical power, the Bat Patriarch, Liangshan Old Demon and Bai Ze, who had been exposed to the eyes of Master Sanzang Saint Buddha, did not show their whereabouts.

The six-eared macaque probably knew what the master meant. The master was using this method to remind himself that his magical power was no longer an invincible means of exploration in the three realms.

Although his master had told him before that he shouldn't rely too much on supernatural powers, the six-eared macaque never paid much attention to it because he didn't have a very intuitive feeling.

It's different now. The fact is right in front of us. For the six-eared macaque, there is actually still a lot of room for development of his magical powers. Previously, it was just because of this natural magical power that it was enough for him to use, and he even had to deliberately limit it. Use your own magical power to prevent you from inadvertently hearing something you shouldn't hear, and provoking the powerful powers of the three realms, which will lead to disaster.

Therefore, the six-eared macaques in the past focused more on cultivation and martial arts.

But today's six-eared macaques have actually entered a bottleneck period in terms of their spiritual practice. It is actually difficult to break through the current state simply by relying on daily practice.

Not only the six-eared macaque, Yang Jian actually also has such troubles, otherwise the six-eared macaque would not agree to Yang Jian joining the True King Temple to be the supervisor of the three realms, and Yang Jian would not easily relent and become the god of justice.

The reason why Yang Jian invited the six-eared macaque was actually because the strength of the six-eared macaque was similar to his own. The two of them would learn from each other, which would also help his own practice.

Even if they cannot advance to a higher level of cultivation, both parties have gained a lot from the exchange of some magical powers. For example, their special skill - Eighty-nine Mysterious Techniques (Seventy-two Transformations), also Or forbidden techniques such as the method of disintegrating demons.

"Is Taoist Master too cautious?"

Ever since he left Chang'an, Xu Jingzong felt that Zhang Guolao seemed to be a different person. He was extremely cautious along the way, as if he was afraid of being plotted against.

Of course, Xu Jingzong didn't think it was wrong to be cautious, otherwise he wouldn't have invited Zhang Guolao to go with him, wouldn't he be afraid of running into unnecessary trouble?

But Zhang Guolao's current precautions still make Xu Jingzong a little flattered. After all, he is just a mortal. Even if he has some enemies, they are still mortals and should not be Zhang Guolao's opponent.

Although the number of fairies in the Tang Dynasty is increasing day by day, those who can walk in the Tang Dynasty should not do any harm to others. Xu Jingzong invited Zhang Guolao to accompany him, not so much to guard against those wandering mountain bandits and evil spirits. He said that he felt it was too lonely to go to Huainan alone and wanted to find a companion to go with him.

But he never expected that Zhang Guolao would be so vigilant. Every time he stopped at a place, he would conduct a comprehensive investigation. He would only take official roads and shortcuts along the way. Zhang Guo never even glanced at him.

Although he knew that Zhang Guolao was thinking about their safety, Xu Jingzong still seemed to think that such overreaching behavior was making a fuss out of a molehill. So this time, he bluntly said to Zhang Guolao: "I am just an ordinary person now." Teacher, even if he offended some people before, he would not go to such trouble for the Taoist priest."

Zhang Guolao didn't wait for Xu Jingzong to finish speaking, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "Brother Yanzu has misunderstood."

But when he said this, Zhang Guolao paused for a moment. After all, he did these things more for his own safety.

Of course, now that Xu Jingzong is walking with him, if he is in danger, the other party will not be able to escape.

But this matter... Zhang Guolao is really not easy to talk about. We have come so far, so we can't just tell the other party. In fact, the danger on my side is greater, right?

But it's not the same thing to always hide it and not tell it. After thinking for a moment, Zhang Guolao decided to make it clear to Xu Jingzong. After some narration, Xu Jingzong finally understood that he had hired a bodyguard to go out. He had clearly hired a hell king to urge him to die.

But then, Xu Jingzong no longer worried about this matter. Instead, he began to comfort Zhang Guolao, "Don't worry, Taoist Priest. From what the Taoist Priest said, the Bat Patriarch is also a person. He has survived since ancient times. The Demon King must also be able to clearly see the current situation in our Datang."

"As far as the Tang Dynasty is concerned today, the demons who dare to attack the territory of the Tang Dynasty are basically those who are ignorant. Beings like the Bat Ancestor, unless he does not want to live, in my opinion, he will never I will not take action against the Taoist priest within the territory of Datang."

If Zhang Guolao had not joined the Tang Dynasty Academy, Xu Jingzong would not dare to say such a thing. After all, whether he had the official status of the Tang Dynasty or not, it was also a very important thing for the demon clan like Zhang Guolao.

Generally speaking, a fight broke out between two demon clans who did not have the status of the Tang Dynasty. As long as the people of the Tang Dynasty were not endangered, the Tang government would not take the initiative to take action against them. At most, they would give them a warning. , let him leave the territory of Datang.

But as long as there is one and only one party that has the identity of Datang, then the relevant yamen on the Datang side will really not sit idly by and ignore it.

And with the existence of Zhang Guolao and Pat Ancestor Bat, once the two of them conflict in the Tang Dynasty, it will basically attract Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, and later one of Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance. If Old Ancestor Bat If the ancestor was still a man-eating demon, he would probably attract Zen Master Wujing, or even let Tripitaka Buddha himself take action.

I have to say that there is indeed nothing wrong with what Xu Jingzong guessed.

Because Sanzang Holy Buddha was really following them, wanting to see what these demons were up to.

The cultivation level of Zhang Guolao and the Bat Ancestor are between the same, but if there is a real life-and-death fight, there is a high probability that the Bat Ancestor will survive. After all, the Bat Ancestor's living environment is much worse than Zhang Guolao. .

The other party had more actual combat experience than Zhang Guolao. In addition, the other party's ruthless personality could almost suppress Zhang Guolao in all aspects.

If this were not the case, Zhang Guolao would not have gone out to offer advice and specially invited Sanzang Holy Buddha to protect him. Then he felt that Li Chunfeng and the others were not very safe.

Zhang Guolao has always been at the forefront of the Three Realms when it comes to cherishing life.

It is precisely because of this that even though Zhang Guolao banned his proposal to the Holy Buddha Tripitaka, the caution in his nature still made him wary of the Bat Ancestor at all times.

In fact, it was this state that attracted the Bat Ancestor to take the bait. If Zhang Guo Lao was serious and ran out with a big sting, completely undefended from the outside world, it would actually arouse the Bat Ancestor's vigilance.

After all, his ability to cherish life is not inferior to that of Zhang Guolao.

If he wasn't completely sure, the Bat Ancestor would rather not take action.

Xu Jingzong could see the problem, and the Bat Ancestor certainly understood it very well. If he could not kill Zhang Guolao with one blow and could successfully escape from the Tang Dynasty, it would not be that easy to leave again.

It has to be said that Zhang Guolao's prevention work was indeed very good, so that the Bat Ancestor never had the chance to take action, but he had enough patience to wait for Zhang Guolao to reveal his flaws.

And this process is like a game between the hunter and the prey.

As the saying goes, if you defend for a long time, you will lose. The Bat Ancestor did not believe that Zhang Guolao never slacked off, and the moment when the opponent slackened was the best time for him to take action.

At the same time, the Bat Ancestor was also observing Zhang Guolao's Taoist talismans used to prevent sneak attacks. In order to find out the function of these Taoist talismans, he even alerted some wild beasts to test them.

"These two old guys are really tolerant." The Liangshan old demon's temperament is actually not stable, otherwise he would not have acted impulsively and killed Ohnoze Water God and the group of black armored cavalry to silence them.

At this moment, looking at Pat Ancestor Bat and Zhang Guolao chatting, it was inevitable that they would feel a little irritated.

Bai Ze, who was on the side, certainly knew what the old demon from Liangshan was thinking, so he said to him: "It seems that this bat ancestor will not take action before Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong arrive at their destination."

The Liangshan old demon still believed in Bai Ze's judgment, but he still asked curiously: "When do you think the Bat Ancestor will take action?"

"If it were me, I would never choose to attack Zhang Guolao in the Tang Dynasty. But the Bat Ancestor obviously has a lot of urgency. If he can't kill Zhang Guolao as soon as possible, he can seize the Eight Immortals from the opponent. Luck, after Yuan Tiangang handles the matter in Beiju Luzhou, after returning to the Tang Dynasty, he may never have a chance to take action against Zhang Guolao, and he may even have to think about how to avoid Yuan Tiangang's pursuit. "

After a little analysis, Bai Ze said to the Liangshan old demon: "The most desperate way is to take action the moment Zhang Guolao and Xu Jingzong find the Za family inheritance. Because at this time, even if the mind is on guard, the mind will inevitably Will be attracted by the treasure. This is the only chance for the Bat Ancestor to take action. No matter whether it fails or not, the Bat Ancestor can escape from the Tang Dynasty and enter the East China Sea."

This is an inference based on the Bat Ancestor wanting to escape.

If the opponent just wants to assassinate and has no intention of considering his own escape route, then he can also ambush on the only way to the border of Chang'an. The moment the opponent enters Chang'an, the bat ancestor bursts into killing people, and there are also High probability of success.

But for the current situation of the Bat Ancestor, this possibility is naturally not considered.

"Moreover," Bai Ze paused for a moment and said to the Liangshan old demon, "these are only things seen on the surface."

"Is there something deeper?"

"Yes." Bai Ze nodded, "I think all of this was done intentionally by Zhang Guolao, just to lure the Bat Ancestor to take action and completely solve this hidden danger."

"You also know this?" The Liangshan old demon knew Bai Ze's evil power, but he could even tell when the bat ancestor would take action against Zhang Guolao. This was a bit too much.

However, after listening to Bai Ze's explanation, the Liangshan old demon was not looking forward to the outcome of this matter. He calmed down his restless heart for a while. (End of chapter)