Journey to the West: Don’t mess with that monster

"Mr. Yuan! Mr. Yuan!" The old fisherman Zhang Shao was very skillful. He stepped forward and helped Yuan Shoucheng up.

He looked at Zhang Qingdi nervously.

What kind of person is this? How could Yuan Shoucheng vomit blood just by looking at his palm without saying anything?

"Don't worry, this old man won't die." Zhang Qingdi said. "But if you keep yelling like that, I can't guarantee that you won't vomit blood too."

Hearing this, Zhang Shao immediately shut up.

Zhang Qingdi put Yuan Shoucheng on a chair, and after a while he really woke up.

"Master Yuan..." Zhang Shao wanted to go forward and buy it.

As a result, Yuan Shoucheng pushed him away and stood up to salute Emperor Zhang Qing.

"I am a mortal with mortal eyes and cannot recognize a true immortal. I hope you can forgive me."

"Are you willing to accept defeat?" asked Zhang Qingdi.

"Of course." Yuan Shoucheng stood up and gave his fortune-telling stall to Zhang Qingdi.

There were many people gathered around at this time. Yuan Shoucheng bowed to Zhang Qingdi and turned away.

Zhang Qingdi then sat in Yuan Shoucheng's seat.

At this time, everyone was looking at him. They felt that Zhang Qingdi might be an immortal who was more powerful than Yuan Shoucheng.

"Master, how about I ask you for a fortune-teller?" someone asked bravely.

"I have two that don't count." Zhang Qingdi said. "This doesn't count, and that doesn't count either!"

The people who had been surrounding him, seeing that Zhang Qingdi really had no intention of fortune-telling, left after watching for a while.

Zhang Shao looked at Zhang Qingdi with a wry smile.

"If you want to fish, just fish properly, don't try to take shortcuts.

Don't show off blindly." Zhang Qingdi said.

Zhang Shao gave a bitter smile and turned away. Although Zhang Shao's fishing skills were not as good as before, at least he could support his family.

The Dragon King of Jinghe River, who was originally going to cause trouble for him, also gave up his intention.

Zhang Qingdi set up his stall and slept there every day. One day, two Taoists came, one big and one small.

The Taoist priest had an ethereal look, and a little Taoist priest followed behind him.

Zhang Qingdi raised his head and looked at Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng.

"I don't know what to call you, Immortal Master. My uncle didn't recognize you before. I hope you can forgive me."

"It doesn't matter. I just made a bet with him. He was willing to admit defeat and gave me the divination.

Then I won't tolerate it." Zhang Qingdi said with a smile. "Oh, my name is Zhang Qingdi."

"You are the Zhang Qingdi!" the young Taoist priest Li Chunfeng said in surprise.

"Guess." Zhang Qingdi said with a smile.

At this time, Yuan Tiangang looked at Zhang Qingdi, who suddenly asked, "What does your uncle want the golden carp for?"

Yuan Tiangang frowned when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"I think you'd better tell me the truth." Zhang Qingdi said seriously.

“Half a year ago, my uncle had a dream.

In his dream, a golden light taught him a magical power, which could transform a golden carp into a dragon. If it could be nourished by dragon blood, the dragon could become a real dragon.

We all advised my uncle that this method is against the harmony of nature.

But my uncle..." Yuan Tiangang sighed.

"After the Immortal Master closed the fortune-telling stall, my uncle no longer dared to practice this method. All the golden carps were also released back into the Jing River."

Zhang Qingdi nodded, he stood up and said, "Then I will return this divination to you, so that he won't have any more dreams in the future."

"I will tell my uncle." Yuan Tiangang said with a wry smile.

Zhang Qingdi disappeared after he finished speaking. Li Chunfeng said with some regret, "Alas, it's a pity that I didn't learn a magic from this Qingdi master."

Zhang Qingdi did not leave Chang'an after leaving. He went to the brothel to listen to music again.

Although his eyes were looking at the dancing female Bodhisattvas, Zhang Qingdi's thoughts were no longer here.

"Friend Zhang Xianyou, do you like this kind of dance?" Taibai Jinxing's voice.

Zhang Qingdi turned his head and took a look.

"Then Yuan Shoucheng is your means?" Zhang Qingdi asked straight to the point.

"Yes." Taibai Jinxing admitted directly. "Is Zhang Xianyou going to stop this?"

This old guy is very evil. He started by digging mines for Zhang Qingdi.

"What is this matter you are talking about?" Zhang Qingdi was not fooled. "Is it about the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures? Or is it about fishing?"

"Of course it's about seeking the scriptures."

"I can't wait. The monkey has been suppressed for five hundred years, and he keeps muttering that he wants to get out." Zhang Qingdi said with a smile.

There are some things you can do but never say.

"Why did fellow Zhang Xianyou try to stop it?"

"Your plan should be to use the life of the Dragon King of Jinghe River as an inducement. What should you do after killing him?" Zhang Qingdi asked instead of answering.

Taibai Jinxing didn't expect Zhang Qingdi to be able to guess this far. Now Taibai Jinxing didn't hide it anymore.

He told the whole plan, and Zhang Qingdi, who had read the original novel, naturally understood it. He just pretended not to know.

Taibai Jinxing told Zhang Qingdi the meaning of this matter very clearly: if you continue to stop us, we will really come to blows.

"So it's my fault." Zhang Qingdi said with a smile. "Then let me make amends. I will go to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and ask him to send someone to the West to obtain the scriptures."

"This..." Taibai Jinxing was stunned.

This is different from what they imagined...

He couldn't help but look up at the sky, and Guanyin's voice rang out, "Donor Zhang, do you dare to come here to talk?"

"Why not?" Zhang Qingdi said. He immediately contacted Lu Ya and Gong Gong, and the Black Bear Demon also asked Jin'ao Island to be ready to teleport at any time.

Zhang Qingdi can now beat the Arhat at will, but he is still very cautious when facing Guanyin.

After a while, they arrived at a mountain ten miles outside Chang'an.

Zhang Qingdi recognized that this was the cave of the fox demon Wan'er, but it was in a mess now, and it seemed that everyone was dead.

"Donor Zhang, this is our first formal meeting." Guanyin said with a smile.

"The previous few meetings were not very pleasant." said Zhang Qingdi.

"Mr. Zhang, how do you plan to get the Emperor of Tang to agree to your mission of obtaining Buddhist scriptures from the West?" Guanyin asked.

"I'll go tell him directly." Zhang Qingdi said seriously.

Taibai Jinxing almost couldn't hold back his laughter...

Guanyin holds a mutton-fat jade bottle in one hand and a Dharma image in the other.

She flicked the jade bottle lightly, and a drop of nectar splashed out of the bottle. The nectar fell on the ground, and soon Wan'er's soul came out of the ground.

"The soul of this fox demon is hidden in this mountain, and it has been contaminated with a hint of dragon energy." Taibai Jinxing said in surprise.

"Go ahead. I will send you into the reincarnation cycle." Guanyin said as she sent Wan'er away. "Although she has been tainted with dragon energy, she can only be the queen of a small country at best."

Guanyin certainly wouldn't do this for no reason.

She always thought that Wan'er was a means for Zhang Qingdi to deal with Jiang Liu'er, so she deliberately did this in front of Zhang Qingdi, more like showing off her means.

But Emperor Zhang Qing never thought of using this female fox demon...

The surprises he had for Elder Tang were all on the way to the West to obtain the scriptures.

"The journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures is a matter of great importance. I cannot entrust this matter to Mr. Zhang." Guanyin said seriously.

"Well then." Zhang Qingdi shrugged. "But let me be frank, the Li family is the descendant of my great uncle.

You don’t care whether my master uncle recognizes them or not, but since he recognizes my master uncle, I cannot let you bully him.”

Hearing this, Guanyin frowned...

However, Zhang Qingdi had no intention of giving in.

Seeing that the two had no intention of backing down, Taibai Jinxing finally acted as a peacemaker, "You two! You two! Why don't we both take a step back?"

"How to retreat?" asked Zhang Qingdi.

Just kidding, what Lord Qingdi hates most is to regress.

Of course, Guanyin has no intention of backing down.

"I think it would be better if we don't let the Dragon King of the Jing River scare Emperor Tang. We can just take Emperor Tang to the underworld and ask him to agree to go to the West to obtain the scriptures." Taibai Jinxing said with a smile.

Guanyin suddenly looked at Taibai Jinxing, who was also looking at her without fear.

Zhang Qingdi didn't expect that he would actually get an unexpected reward when he was just trying to get something.

"Taibai! What does this mean?"

"This is what your Majesty meant." Taibai Jinxing said with a smile.

Emperor Zhang Qing understood that this was just an imperial tactic.

From the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China to the glorious Tang Dynasty, Buddhism spread very quickly.

It was so fast that even the Jade Emperor felt frightened.

The Jade Emperor wanted to suppress Taoism through Buddhism, but he didn't want to build a mountain for himself.

There is no Troublemaker Zhang in the original novel...

Master Qingdi: Fuck, believe it or not, I will let you see how elegant and easy-going I am...

There is no elegant and easy-going Green Emperor in the original novel. Although the Jade Emperor has other ideas, he has no way to deal with them.

But now it’s different…

Li Erfeng was sleeping soundly in the palace. He felt his body lighten and when he opened his eyes again, he saw three people.

It turned out to be Guanyin!
He didn't recognize the remaining two.

"Am I dreaming?" Li Erfeng murmured to himself.

"This is not a dream." Taibai Jinxing said with a smile. "This is Guanyin Bodhisattva from Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea, and this is Zhang Qingdi, the descendant of the Three Pure Ones."

"Master Zhang!" Li Erfeng exclaimed.

It can be seen that Lord Qingdi is quite well-known in the Southern Continent.

"Hello, Erfeng!" Zhang Qingdi greeted with a smile.

"Er Feng?" Li Shimin understood after a moment's thought, "Immortal Zhang has also read my Ode to the Mighty Phoenix?"

He felt very happy that Zhang Qingdi called him that.

"Don't be so polite. We are family. My great uncle is the ancestor of Taoism." Zhang Qingdi said with a smile.

Li Shimin was even more surprised when he heard this, as he knew his own affairs well.

Their Li family started to rise in the Western Wei Dynasty and became one of the Eight Pillars of the State. But they were not as good as the real aristocratic families that had been passed down for thousands of years.

In order to improve his bloodline, he recognized the Taoist ancestor.

Now that Emperor Zhang Qing said so, Li Shimin was naturally happy. In addition, Emperor Zhang Qing was very famous in the Southern Continent, and he was eager to have a relationship with Emperor Zhang Qing.

"I am a person close to the Jade Emperor." Taibai Jinxing introduced modestly.

"Why did you three come to see me?"

"I'll take you to see the underworld. Don't be afraid, I'm just going to let you take a look." Zhang Qingdi said with a smile.

"With the three of you here, I'm naturally not afraid." Li Erfeng said tactfully.

He thought of his many battles, and he was afraid that everyone in the underworld would be defeated by him. But if he followed these three, he wouldn't have to be afraid.

Besides, he also felt Zhang Qingdi's kindness.

So Li Shimin followed them into the underworld. (End of this chapter)