I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

Black Wind Mountain.

Black Wind Cave.

Donglai Buddha calculated for a moment and then suddenly said, "Disciple, I must go."

"Master, why did you leave in such a hurry?" Jin Chi quickly stood up from beside the desk and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

The Buddha from the East sighed softly, “Your fellow disciples can openly obstruct Xuanzang’s journey to the West, but I cannot.”

Once I came out of the shadows into the light, the Buddha would be the first to refuse to forgive me.

Therefore, you must never reveal your lineage, lest the conflict between the two Buddhist schools become public and lead to an unpleasant situation.

Jin Chi suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly: "Besides that, Master, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

The Buddha Donglai pondered and said, "If you can leave behind the brocade cassock, that will be a success. Do not be greedy for merit or rush ahead, or be greedy for completeness."

Furthermore, if this mountain cannot stop Sun Wukong and his companions, you should take the cassock and flee to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons.

"As long as you explain that you are the junior disciple of the Long-Armed Ape, the Queen of Ten Thousand Demons will definitely accept you."

Jin Chi was surprised, but he calmly replied, "Yes, Master!"

A short while later, as the Buddha's light departed from the east, a golden light suddenly shot in, transforming into the figure of a black bear spirit outside the cave.

"Grandmaster, Master, I'm back."

"boom……"

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone door in front of him opened, and Jin Chi, dressed in a yellow monk's robe, stood inside the cave, asking eagerly, "Did you manage to retrieve the brocade cassock?"

"of course."

With a flick of his hand, the Black Bear Spirit summoned a brocade cassock that shone with precious light, and said with a smile, "With the treasure given by our master, and with this being done by surprise, capturing Tang Sanzang might be a bit difficult, but snatching Sha Wujing will be no problem at all."

Jin Chi stared intently at the kasaya, a surge of emotion coursing through his heart: "It's good that you've taken it, it's good that you've taken it... With this kasaya, even if Guanyin Temple is lost, it's worth it."

The black bear spirit raised his hand and unfolded his cassock, personally draping it over Jin Chi's shoulders: "By the way, Master, where is our Grandmaster?"

Perhaps it was the effect of the jewel on the kasaya that calmed Jin Chi's mind and spirit, making him extremely clear-headed: "Your grandmaster has returned... Also, you must remember not to reveal anything about your grandmaster."

The black bear spirit asked in confusion, "Why?"

“This involves a dispute between the present-day Buddha lineage and the future Buddha lineage in Buddhism. It’s very complicated. You don’t need to understand it. Just do as instructed,” Jin Chi said gently.

at the same time.

Sun Wukong rode a cloud back into the westward journey group, meeting Sha Wujing's expectant gaze, and said, "We lost them..."

The light in Sha Wujing's eyes dimmed quickly, and he suddenly knelt down in front of Qin Yao: "Master, it's all my fault. I didn't take good care of the brocade cassock. Hit me, hit me as hard as you can."

Qin Yao shook his head, bent down, and helped him up from the ground:

"This can't be entirely your fault... Actually, before this happened, I had a premonition that something bad would happen, but I never expected it to be like this."

Therefore, accidents are inevitable, and no one can predict all possible future events, so you don't need to blame yourself.

With his encouragement, Sha Wujing finally felt much better and turned to ask, "Brother, did you see clearly which demon stole the cassock?"

Sun Wukong said, "Although I didn't see its true form clearly, the place where it disappeared was clearly the same place where the Black Bear Spirit shook me off last time."

Qin Yao continued, "Then it must be the Black Bear Spirit. After all, most demons are only interested in eating my flesh, but the Black Bear Spirit, because of the Golden Pool, is single-mindedly after the Brocade Robe."

"Master, do you have a way to find the other party in the fog-shrouded mountains?" Sun Wukong asked subconsciously.

Qin Yao shook his head and said, "I can't do it, but Tingdi and Liuer can."

Sun Wukong's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately said, "I'll go to the Rakshasa Kingdom right now and borrow the Crow Spirit General Tingdi for a while..."

After saying that, he somersaulted into the sky and disappeared from the crowd in an instant.

"Old Sha, do you see that? This is the benefit of having many friends. As long as you have enough friends, there are countless ways to solve problems." After silently withdrawing his gaze, Pigsy said to Sandy with a smile.

Sha Wujing nodded: "So, Second Brother, do you have no friends? I remember that every time we encounter trouble, it's First Brother who runs around asking for help, or rather, you're always at a loss when it comes to any trouble."

Pigsy: "..."

How did this guy even get promoted to the Curtain-Raising General?
Could it be that he was stabbed in the head by a flying sword while being tortured at Liusha River?
"Whoosh~"

After a while, the somersault cloud returned and landed back in the group with lightning speed.

Qin Yao, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing all looked in the direction of the sound, only to see not only a monkey and an elephant on the clouds, but also a small lark following behind...

"Why are you here?" Pigsy asked, raising an eyebrow as he stared intently at Little Lark.

"Can't I come?" Little Lark puffed out her chest and asked.

"Stop talking nonsense."

Sun Wukong said something to Zhu Bajie, who was about to speak, and then asked Qin Yao, "Master, are you going or not?"

Qin Yao nodded slightly: "Let's go. Having more people might increase our chances of winning."

Immediately afterwards, the somersault cloud carried the master and his disciples and the white horse, and went straight into the blue sky. In a short while, they arrived above a mountain range shrouded in black mist. Looking down, it was even difficult to distinguish the specific peaks.

"This is it, Tingdi. Listen carefully, where else can you hear a voice with my quality?" Sun Wukong reached out and stroked Tingdi's head, speaking in the voice of the Black Bear Spirit.

Tingdi nodded silently, and a golden circle suddenly appeared above his head, with divine light flowing in his ears like a vortex.

A moment later, it suddenly raised its trunk and pointed in a direction from the black mist; Sun Wukong then waved his arms and immediately rode his somersault cloud to rush away, changing direction according to the constant adjustment of the trunk.

With this precise guidance, the Somersault Cloud quickly arrived at Black Wind Mountain and stopped in front of Black Wind Cave. Tingdi raised its trunk, pointed to the cave, and let out a soft cry.

“Tingdi said there was an identical sound inside this cave,” Little Lark translated immediately.

Sun Wukong's spirits lifted, and with a tilt of his head, he swung his golden cudgel, passing it between his hands before aiming it directly at the stone door of the cave.

"Oh!"

He thought the stone door would shatter under the impact of the golden cudgel, but to his surprise, the cudgel bounced back directly after hitting the door.

"boom."

Sun Wukong leaped up, caught the iron cudgel, and exclaimed in astonishment, "What a hard stone door!"

“It’s an array,” Qin Yao said. “A powerful expert has set up a very strong protective array here. Unless an expert of the same level takes action, it will be very difficult to break the array.”

Sun Wukong's eyes darted around, and he immediately shouted, "Black Bear Spirit, come out here!"

Inside the cave.

The black bear spirit suddenly stood up, about to leave, but Jin Chi grabbed his wrist and asked, "Master, why are you stopping me?"

“If he tells you to leave, and you just leave, wouldn’t that be doing him his bidding?” Jin Chi retorted, then said, “Disciple, don’t rush. We’re not the ones who should be in a hurry.”

The black bear spirit let out a soft breath and sat down again: "Master is right. If they really have the ability, they should fight their way in themselves."

Outside the cave. Seeing that the Black Bear Spirit didn't even respond, Sun Wukong kept banging on the stone door with his golden cudgel, saying, "Black Bear Spirit, aren't you a bear? Why are you hiding like a turtle?"

The black bear spirit's breathing suddenly became heavier. He raised his hands and pressed them down, letting out a long breath of stale air: "I'll endure it!"

"Bajie, go and challenge your senior brother," Qin Yao suddenly ordered.

Pigsy blinked, then, with his large belly protruding, he arrived at the stone gate and shouted:

“Senior Brother, calling this fellow a coward is an insult to turtles; at least turtles dare to make a sound after they've shrank back, unlike this bear demon who doesn't even dare to breathe loudly.”

"You fart!"

Being insulted by Sun Wukong was one thing, as the Black Bear Spirit considered himself superior to Sun Wukong, but being humiliated like this by a fat pig was unbearable. He retorted, "Pig demon, do you even know what it means to use stillness to control movement? If you don't, don't spout nonsense, lest you reveal your stupid pig brain."

Pigsy snorted coldly and said, "It seems you really did steal our cassock, otherwise why would you say you would use stillness to control movement? Black Bear Spirit, I may have a pig brain, but you're even dumber than a pig brain."

The black bear spirit was instantly enraged. He quickly transformed his hands into bear paws and angrily said, "I'm going to tear that stinking mouth of his off right now."

Jin Chi hurriedly stopped him and advised, "Calm down, calm down, disciple. A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan."

The black bear spirit panted heavily and said, "I'll skin this bastard alive sooner or later."

Outside the cave.

Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie exchanged insults, enjoying their banter, but the cave entrance showed no sign of opening, and the two brothers gradually ran out of steam.

"Holy Monk, why don't we let Tingdi try kicking down the door? It can even crush golden cymbals, so perhaps it will be effective," Little Lark suddenly suggested when it was completely quiet outside the cave.

Qin Yao then looked at Tingdi and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you."

The little lark smiled and waved her hand: "No trouble at all, no trouble at all. Being able to help you is my way of repaying your life-saving grace."

After saying that, she immediately led Tingdi to the stone gate and said gently, "Tingdi, kick it hard and smash this stone gate to pieces."

Tingdi nodded slightly, then raised his right front leg and kicked the center of the stone gate hard.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, the entire mountain shook violently.

The situation inside the cave was even more perilous, with everyone and everything, including Jin Chi and the Black Bear Spirit, falling to the ground.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Although Tingdi's magical power is not as great as that of the Buddha from the East, the power of his elephant-shaped feet far surpasses that of the Golden Cudgel; each stomp can cause the earth to shake.

After being kicked more than a dozen times, Jin Chi felt like his ears were about to explode, and his body was in great pain.

"Disciple, we can't stay here any longer, let's leave quickly."

“We can’t leave, Master,” the black bear spirit said. “The entire mountain is connected by Grandmaster’s forbidden magic, and the only entrance and exit is this stone door. There’s no way to go underground.”

Jin Chi: "..."

"Master, hold onto my leg and bear with it." The black bear demon channeled all his demonic energy, forcibly rooting himself to the earth, and said loudly.

Jin Chi had no choice but to cross one of the other's legs in a rather shameful position to avoid falling over.

After a long while, Tingdi finally got tired of kicking, but the stone door still showed no signs of cracking.

Faced with this, all the demons were at a loss and turned to look at Qin Yao.

Qin Yao pondered for a moment, then said loudly, "Never mind, perhaps this is fate. Let's go."

"Master!"

Sha Wujing suddenly exclaimed, "This is a brocade cassock bestowed by the Bodhisattva! How can we give it up so easily? If Tingdi cannot open this door, we can go and ask Guanyin Bodhisattva for help. The Bodhisattva will surely be able to open it."

Qin Yao secretly winked at Sun Wukong and deliberately said loudly, "Precisely because this cassock was a gift from the Bodhisattva, we cannot ask the Bodhisattva for help. Think about it, if we lose something she gave us, how can we save face if we ask her to help us find it?"

Sha Wujing was about to speak when Sun Wukong, having received a signal from Qin Yao, immediately covered his mouth and chimed in, "I agree with Master. Let's go, let's go. The journey to the West is the most important thing. The cassock is just an external thing; how can we delay for too long because of it?"

With Sha Wujing's mouth covered, the group, led by Qin Yao, slowly descended the mountain and disappeared in front of the Black Wind Cave.

"A conspiracy! It must be a conspiracy!"

Inside the cave, as the noise outside gradually subsided, Jin Chi immediately released the black bear spirit and said with a serious expression.

"What conspiracy?" the black bear spirit asked curiously.

Jin Chi explained, "It's obvious that they're using a feigned retreat to lure us out."

It's highly likely that right now, they're hiding somewhere, secretly observing the situation at the Black Wind Cave's stone gate.

The black bear spirit nodded: "Then we'll wait for ten days or half a month to see how things develop."

Jin Chi smiled and said, "Ten days or half a month is too short; it will take at least three to five months. They do indeed have a great mission to undertake in the west, and if they stay for an extended period, neither the Heavenly nor the Buddhist realms will agree..."

The Black Bear Spirit laughed heartily: "Master is wise. In my opinion, you are countless times smarter than Tang Sanzang. The identity of the pilgrim should rightfully belong to you."

Jin Chi: "..."

He wanted to too.

It's just that the Donglai Buddha doesn't support it!

skyline.

The Palace of the Manifested Sage.

Erlang Shen, having changed into casual clothes, strode out of the bathroom and looked up to see Xiaotianquan transformed into human form, sitting in the stone pavilion in the courtyard, once again flipping through his record of merits...

How many more merits are needed?

Hearing his question, Xiaotianquan hurriedly raised his head and said, "I still need more than three hundred more merits to reach 100,000. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be around next year."

"So long?" Erlang Shen frowned slightly, then asked, "Are there any quests recently that offer merit points?"

On the day he entered Heaven to take up his post, he made a promise with the Jade Emperor that as long as he could accumulate 100,000 merits, the Jade Emperor would release his mother from under Peach Mountain.

That's why he has been planning to do good deeds at almost any cost over the years, to the point of near madness...

The Celestial Hound paused slightly, then shook his head and said, "There are none on the surface, but we have thoroughly explored every place where we can gain merit."

Erlang Shen, however, understood his implied meaning and asked, "If it's not out in the open, what about behind the scenes?"

The Celestial Hound said earnestly, "Tang Xuanzang and his companions have been staying in one place for more than twenty days. If we can urge them to set off immediately, it will be a great achievement!"

Erlangshen: "..."

This behavior was indeed somewhat overstepping its bounds, especially since his relationship with Sun Wukong wasn't very good. If they were to meet because of this, they would inevitably become bitter enemies.

But then he thought of his mother still suffering in Peach Mountain, and finally made up his mind, silently saying, "Let's go, let's go find Tang Xuanzang!" (End of this chapter)