Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 604 (Bonus Chapter) Laozi Helps Yu Cross His Inner Demon

Fang Yu was enjoying himself with women on both sides when suddenly the image of Tang Seng's bitter and resentful face flashed before his eyes.

He abruptly pushed away the two women in his arms and slammed his wine glass on the table with a loud "bang".

"Disappointment!"

Before the two women could react, Fang Yu had already vanished from the spot in a flash.

The carved wooden windows rattled loudly in the strong wind, and the red candle flames swayed violently.

"Wow!" exclaimed the woman in green, "Is he really a deity?"

Before he finished speaking, Fang Yu reappeared in the center of the room with a "bang," holding a bald monk in his right hand.

Tang Sanzang's eyes were tightly closed, and the collar of his cassock was torn open, revealing his large belly.

"This..." The woman in red covered her mouth and chuckled, "Is the Immortal going to give the sisters an extra meal?"

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

The three slaps came so fast that they were delivered in one crisp sound.

Fang Yu's eyes blazed crimson, and the tomoe of his Rinne Sharingan spun wildly: "Eating people? Are you tired of living?!"

The two women were beaten and rolled on the ground, their faces quickly swelling up with purplish-red handprints.

The woman in green knelt and kowtowed repeatedly: "Immortal, please see the truth! This lowly demon has cultivated for three hundred years and has never even killed a chicken!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The woman in red quickly kowtowed as well, "We grew up drinking dew!"

Fang Yu tilted his head and stared at their wet skirts, then suddenly grinned: "No wonder, they're so moist."

Outside the window, Sun Wukong, who had transformed into a mosquito, almost fell off the window frame.

The moth that Pigsy transformed into frantically flapped its wings: "Brother Monkey! This is just too much!"

"Shut up, you idiot!"

Sun Wukong gently blew into Tang Sanzang's nostrils, saying, "I'd like to see what you're planning to do."

"Ah!"

Tang Sanzang suddenly opened his eyes and was met with a room full of disheveled demons.

He jumped up with a loud "whoosh," his head hitting the softness of the woman next to him.

Tang Sanzang hurriedly wrapped his robe tighter, his face as red as a boiled shrimp. "This humble monk has been impolite!"

Fang Yu hooked his arm around his shoulder and pressed him down onto the embroidered couch: "What's the panic? These are all bodhisattvas who are helping you."

"So that's how it is!" Tang Sanzang suddenly sat up straight, put his palms together in a gesture of respect to the demons, and said, "I'm sorry to have bothered you bodhisattvas."

"See that?" Sun Wukong, disguised as a mosquito, said smugly. "That bald monk is the best."

Before it could finish speaking, Tang Sanzang picked up a grape and put it in his mouth.

As Tang Sanzang chewed on grapes, he said, "Supporting business is helping them. Even if those suffering people are just sitting here, if they can earn money and live a better life, that is a blessing."

"Isn't this also a form of spiritual practice?"

A splash came from outside the window; Pigsy had fallen into the lotus pot.
Fang Yu laughed loudly: "Perfect!"

The pig and monkey were frozen on the windowsill.

Despair filled Pigsy's moth-like compound eyes: "It's all over, it's all over, this bald monk is beyond saving."

"Go!" Sun Wukong snapped him out of his reverie with a flap of his wing. "To the Tushita Palace! Now! Immediately! Right now!"

Under the moonlight, two gusts of demonic wind staggered towards the Thirty-Third Heaven.

Inside the Yichun Courtyard, Tang Seng was tapping his feet to the rhythm of the pipa when he suddenly noticed a glint of gold in Fang Yu's eyes.

"Fang Yu?"

"Huh?" Fang Yu looked up in a daze, crushing the wine glass in his hand.

He stared at his hands covered in wine and muttered to himself, "What am I doing?"

Beyond the thirty-three heavens, the rosy clouds shone like a ribbon.

Sun Wukong grabbed Zhu Bajie by the ear and somersaulted up the white jade steps in front of the Tushita Palace.

"Ouch! Be gentle!" Pigsy clapped his swollen ear and jumped up and down. "You monkey, why are you getting so worked up? Why are you dragging me into this!"

Before he could finish speaking, the palace gate creaked open a crack.

The alchemy boy poked his head out, but upon seeing the swaying golden cudgel, he screamed and shrank back: "That monkey is here to steal the pills again! Hide! Hide!" "Hide my ass!" Sun Wukong kicked open the palace gate and slammed the golden cudgel on the ground. "I, Old Sun, haven't done this kind of petty theft for a long time!" He grabbed the boy by the back of the collar as he tried to slip away. "Where's the old man?"

The boy's legs trembled: "My...my master has gone to the Peach Banquet."

"Bullshit!" Sun Wukong sneered. "The Queen Mother didn't hold a banquet at all this year!" He sniffed towards the alchemy room. "The fire is still burning brightly. The old man is definitely in there kneading pills!"

Pigsy suddenly sniffed hard: "Huh? Is this furnace refining Nine-Turned Intestines?"

The boy stamped his foot in frustration: "Great Sage, no! I'll go get my master right now!" He muttered as he ran, "Letting a monkey eat the pill? It's such a waste that it doesn't even chew it."

After half a cup of tea, a purple aura suddenly appeared in the east.

Laozi, riding a cloud, hurriedly landed, his whisk nearly hitting Sun Wukong in the face: "You impudent monkey! Instead of going to the Western Paradise to fetch the scriptures, you've come here to wreak havoc on my alchemy room?!"

Sun Wukong, grinning, grabbed his sleeve: "Old man, isn't this just adding another tribulation to the eighty-one tribulations?"

"None of my business!"

Laojun turned to leave, and Zhu Bajie, eager to get closer, was about to speak when Laojun's beard bristled with anger. "Take this pig with you and get out!"

Pigsy sheepishly withdrew his hand: "Hehe."

Sun Wukong followed up, "You old man, you really didn't get involved in the journey to the West?"

Laozi waved his hand to shoo away Sun Wukong, saying, "I'm not getting involved! Go away! Don't bother me!"

Sun Wukong chased after him again, "Old man, that kid is quite interesting, why don't you take a look?"

"I don't want to look!"

"No way!" Sun Wukong raised his voice, "If you don't take care of this, I'm not leaving! Unless you guard the alchemy furnace all day long, otherwise..."

"You impudent monkey, how can I help? That kid is burdened with so many tribulations that it's no different from a demon reincarnated in his past life. The will of Heaven, the karma of the universe, all want his life. What can I do?"

Sun Wukong scratched his head, looking disdainful: "Hey! Old man, you're no good at this too! After all that talk, you're just incompetent! Is it that you can't help, or that you're unable to help?"

Laozi, the Supreme Lord, glared and puffed out his beard: "You impudent monkey! What do you know? Let alone an unstable state of mind, even severing the three corpses with my bare hands would be a piece of cake for me! Do you really think I'm just a boiler operator?"

Sun Wukong tugged at Laozi's sleeve and said in a coquettish tone, "Old man, I know you're powerful. Who in heaven has such great supernatural abilities as you? So why are you willing to help but not helping?"

Laozi frowned and shook his head: "That's against the rules! Since that boy has already become Zhen Yuanzi's disciple, if I were to interfere rashly, wouldn't that cause chaos?"

Sun Wukong's eyes darted around, and he leaned closer with a grin: "Hey! Just consider it doing me a favor, okay?"

Laozi sighed helplessly, "Fine, fine, you monkey, I'll make the trip."

Sun Wukong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Laozi had agreed.

But Laozi suddenly changed his tone, "Monkey, you'd better think this through. You'll be in for a world of trouble if this kid gets into trouble in the future!"

Sun Wukong chuckled wickedly, "If the sky falls, won't you, old man, hold it up?"

Lao Tzu waved his hand, "I'm too lazy to get involved in these things. The highest good is like water, which benefits all things without striving. Difficult things in the world must be done by starting with the easy, and great things in the world must be done by starting with the small."

Sun Wukong quickly interrupted, "Old man, you're talking in a language I don't understand again! Hurry up! If that kid keeps going like this, he'll become a demon! Then every female demon in the world will have his offspring, and what's the point of going to the Western Paradise to retrieve the scriptures?"

"Alright, let's set off."

Just as Lao Jun was about to leave, he suddenly turned around and glanced at Zhu Bajie.

"Where did this pig come from? Is it your pet?"

Pigsy's face darkened. "Laojun, you must be joking."

"Oh dear! Look at my memory, Marshal Tianpeng, Marshal Tianpeng, hehe."

Pigsy blinked, "What a rascal! At his age, he still wants to tease me."

A pig, a monkey, and Laozi rode the clouds and flew towards the human world.

Sun Wukong suddenly looked at Laozi and asked, "Old man, what are you planning to do?"

Lao Tzu pondered for a moment, “To be honest, I have never seen the causal lines on his body before. As the saying goes, misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise. He who does not see himself is enlightened; he who does not assert himself is distinguished; he who does not boast of his achievements is meritorious; he who does not pride himself on his abilities is able to endure.”

Sun Wukong scratched his head, "Say something I, Old Sun, can understand!"

Laozi sighed helplessly, "At worst, we'll just give him a cultivation method! If any problems arise later, it'll all be your fault, you monkey. Do you understand?"

Sun Wukong laughed and replied, "I'm here!"

"Hmph, I hope you keep your word, you monkey."

After saying this, Laozi muttered softly, "I just hope this fire doesn't burn me."

(End of this chapter)