Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1642 The Long Summer is Coming
Taibai Jinxing flew westward for more than ten miles out of sight of Tang Seng and landed at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain.

The old man smiled and bowed, "Great Sage, it's been a long time since we last met."

Sun Wukong tilted his head and glanced at him. "Before, the Bodhisattva said that he wanted me to assist the monks from the Tang Dynasty in obtaining the scriptures. Could they be talking about you, old man?"

"Haha! Great Sage, you are still so naughty." Taibai Jinxing laughed, and Sun Wukong laughed too. Just think about it and you will know that it is impossible. Taibai Jinxing is in a high position and has a great life. Why would he want to obtain scriptures for no reason?

"Old Star Lord, you have come to visit me, Sun Wukong. I wonder if you have any advice for me?" As he was about to escape from his predicament, Sun Wukong was excited from the bottom of his heart.

In other words, he was pressed down the mountain, otherwise he would have jumped up long ago.

In order to arrange all the forces and several protagonists, Deng Chanyu's overall progress of the journey to the West was slightly delayed than expected.

For the monkey, he has been pressed under the mountain for almost six hundred years. Before, there was Lan Caihe who kept him company and chatted. After Lan Caihe became an immortal, he traveled around and attended banquets all day long, and came to the Five Elements Mountain less and less frequently. He endured the hardship and now he finally sees the light!

He didn't care who Tang Seng was, or whether he was tall, short, fat or thin. As long as he could get himself out, that was enough.

Taibai Jinxing pondered for a moment and said, "First of all, I haven't seen you for a long time, so I came to visit the Great Sage."

Sun Wukong nodded repeatedly: "Old Star Lord is thoughtful!"

"Secondly," Taibai Jinxing said sternly, "I hope the Great Sage will treat the task of obtaining the scriptures with great care. This will also be of great benefit to the Great Sage. Remember, don't give up halfway."

Sun Wukong had no intention of going back on his word after escaping, but he certainly didn't take the quest seriously. Bringing a mortal along? I can ride my somersault cloud and reach Lingshan in a cup of tea. I can get you any scripture you want. Why bother with the arduous journey on foot?

He couldn't understand why people had to endure hardship without any hardship.

Taibai Jinxing's words made him hear some unexpected meaning: "I am not good at guessing riddles. The old star master has extensive knowledge, so why not speak frankly?"

Taibai Jinxing smiled and said, "My cultivation is shallow. All I have seen in this life is the small world before me. How can I have any insights? However, I once heard Your Majesty say, 'The long summer is approaching.' I give this to the Great Sage today."

"Long summer is coming?"

"Exactly. Great Sage, don't you think the weather is getting hotter and hotter?"

After Taibai Jinxing said this, Sun Wukong immediately realized that this year was indeed hotter than last year, and last year was hotter than the year before.

The reason why he didn't feel deeply was also related to being under the mountain.

He quickly asked, "The long summer is coming, so what?"

Taibai Jinxing said: "Perhaps it will continue to be hot, and it will be hot for a very long time."

Sun Wukong asked, "Isn't your Jade Emperor going to do anything about it? Just let the world continue to get hotter? If she won't do anything about it, then let me, Sun Wukong, do it!"

Taibai Jinxing's expression was filled with a hint of helplessness. "Great Sage, have you ever considered what if Changxia originated from outside the prehistoric world? How can the Jade Emperor manage those regions? I still say the same thing. The quest for the scriptures is extremely important. It may even affect the fate of all people in the world. Great Sage, please do not slack off. Farewell."

After saying this, he did not give Sun Wukong a chance to argue and rode his cloud back to heaven to deliver his orders.

"Beyond the Great Desolation?" This matter was beyond Sun Wukong's comprehension. He couldn't help but wonder, what exactly was happening beyond the Great Desolation? What good would it do to simply heat up the Great Desolation? He looked up at the sky. Having just reached the mid-stage of the Mysterious Immortal, he couldn't see the chaos, but he was eager to fight, his fighting spirit high, with no intention of retreating. Huang Tianhua of the Underworld, Guanyin Bodhisattva of Buddhism, and Taibai Jinxing of the Heavenly Palace—these three were the most important guides for Tang Sanzang in his early years.

Fenghuang was in the Tongming Palace, dealing with seemingly endless official business. When she saw Taibai Jinxing enter the palace, she put down her red brush and asked, "My dear, has your trip been smooth?"

The old man said solemnly, "Your Majesty, everything is going smoothly. The Eastern Saint Monk is a little shaken, but overall he remains firm."

"Where are Liu Ding and Liu Jia?"

“Everyone performs their duties and there is no slacking off for a moment.”

"it is good."

The Four Guardians were responsible for monitoring and delivering messages.

The Six Ding and Six Jia gods are responsible for miscellaneous tasks, such as running errands and delivering messages. The one who carried Tang Monk out of the dense forest was one of the Six Ding and Six Jia gods.

In order to ensure the smooth completion of the journey to the West, the Heavenly Court sent sixteen gods to provide secret protection.

The Five Jiedis are responsible for guarding and preventing monsters that are not part of the plan from "intruding".

The eighteen guardian jialans are responsible for external monitoring. They and the five Jiedis are all Buddhists, and do not belong to the same system as the previous heavenly gods. They also have internal monitoring and errand running jobs.

With Tang Monk walking in front, two systems and thirty-nine gods follow Tang Monk in his journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures from multiple perspectives and in all directions!
This is like a leader with two deputies, along with finance, accounting, and clerks, going to visit poor households. The combined expenses of these people for travel, meals, and business trips far exceed the bag of rice or noodles given to the poor households. Is this a waste? This is the procedure.
The Heavenly Court and the Buddhist sect each sent people to protect Tang Monk, which is also the procedure.

Taibai Jinxing hesitated for a moment, then asked curiously, "Your Majesty, is the long summer truly unavoidable?"

Phoenix remained silent, and Taibai Jinxing felt that it was a bit rude, so he prepared to bow and say goodbye.

Phoenix sighed and said, "Chang Geng, have you ever seen a fallen leaf drifting downstream? Whether there's a whirlpool or a shallow beach ahead, the fallen leaf has no choice but to deal with it."

"I am sorry for the inconvenience. I will take my leave."

"Ah."

Phoenix put down his pen and looked up into the sky.

From a spatial perspective, the ancient world is like a floating island on the sea. It is about to enter a "region" that appears to be extremely hot but is actually much more complicated. According to her observations, the extreme heat alone will probably last for three to five hundred years.

What is hot is the appearance, what is chaotic is the will of heaven and the human heart.

This matter cannot be resolved by human power, including the people here, even the saints. Unless Hongjun gives up on merging himself with the Tao, or Pangu comes from ancient times to the present, nothing can be changed.

Before, whether it was the first calamity of the dragon and phoenix or the war between the wizard and the lich, those calamities were calamities for living beings, calamities for immortals, and calamities for all beings in the three realms. The long summer and the series of variables that followed were calamities for the great world.

Only by achieving the state of Hunyuan can Deng Chanyu have the right to choose among the future disasters. The choices are nothing more than fighting, defending, and running away. Otherwise, she is just a bigger ant.

(End of this chapter)