From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

How could they dare let Pigsy take those two bottles of holy water back?

Let's not even talk about whether this can improve one's strength.

Just the act of "not drinking" is enough to offend the master. Even if they get revenge in the future, the master will still have a problem with them, and they might be made to suffer in the future!

You should know that the boy who was in charge of the furnace back then was clearly no match for the monkey, which led to the furnace being overturned, but he was still blamed by the master and banished to the mortal world.

How could they possibly risk the consequences of gambling and not drinking?

The two of them stopped being polite and yielding.

The older brother held the six-foot bottle, and the younger brother held the three-foot bottle. They forced themselves to swallow the fishy smell of the water in the bottles.

Snapped!

After the two had drunk all the "holy water" in the bottle, their bellies were swollen, and they slumped to the ground, their faces pale. At that moment, Pigsy could no longer contain himself. He transformed into his original form and burst into laughter, saying, "My son! Was your urine delicious?"

The Hu brothers, Hu Yuan and Hu Jue, revealed their true colors, laughing so hard they were doubled over, saying, "A Taoist drinking urine! How shameless!"

"you!"

"you!"

The two men were stunned by what they saw, and then their eyes blazed with anger. They were about to cast a spell, but the urine in their stomachs made their magic flow slower.

Bajie laughed loudly, stepped on the heads of Golden Horn and Silver Horn, and ran out of the Sanqing Main Hall with Hu Yuan and Hu Jue. However, he was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he circled the entire Sanqing Temple, alarming all the Taoists and causing them to panic. Then he turned into a gust of wind and headed east.

Golden Horn and Silver Horn vomited urine, their faces turning pale and then blue. They looked eastward and shouted, "Pigsy! You've gone too far! We'll never forgive you!"

Leaving aside the anger of the two boys who drank urine, Jiang Liu and Ba Jing had already returned to the newly built Baolin Temple and went to the back garden.

As dragons, the Eight Pure Ones are most sensitive to water sources, and without needing Jiang Liu to use his divine eye to determine it, he found the well.

There is also a banana plant next to the well.

What a delicious banana!

It really is—

A kind of spiritual seedling, naturally empty in nature. Each branch sprouts a piece of paper, each leaf curls into a fragrant cluster.

A thousand fine green threads, a single red dot of crimson heart. Nourishing the strength of the young, cultivating and shaping nature.

Jiang Liu remembered that in "Journey to the West", the king of Wuji Kingdom was thrown into a well in the royal garden by the lion monster.

However, in this realm, this well is located within the imperial-built Baolin Temple...

That's normal, though.

After all, this is the primordial world he created. Immortals and Buddhas are not so detached and reborn; they all have human hearts, and their schemes and plots are only for the sake of fame and profit.

The lion-like monster disguised as a Taoist priest was actually the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva in Buddhism, so naturally the emperor had to be buried in a Buddhist temple.

If in the palace—

Cultivators from other factions might be plotting in the shadows.

then.

Jiang Liu pushed aside the stone cover on the well and said to Ba Jing, "Junior brother, go down and carry the prince's body up. That will count as a favor."

Ba Jing was willing to serve him like a dog or a horse, but he had some doubts: "Senior brother, the emperor was able to return to life back then because his physical body was still intact and was protected by the Dragon King at the bottom of the well with the Youth-Preserving Pearl."

It must have been Manjushri Bodhisattva who instructed the Dragon King of the Well...

Now, this prince has no one to protect him; he'll probably be taken away and eaten by the well dragon king the moment he falls into the water.

Unlike the Dragon Kings of rivers, lakes, and seas, the Well Dragon King lives inside a well and usually doesn't dare to go out. He raises fish in his palace and eats them alone, with a simple diet.

Upon seeing foreign blood food, they will not hesitate to eat it unless specifically instructed to do so.

"It's alright."

Jiang Liu didn't mind. "As long as there are bones, that's fine. I have a way to bring the dead back to life. Unlike the puppets that immortals and Buddhas make by piecing together dead things, I can make them grow bones, muscles, and internal organs, and gather their souls and spirits to transform into primordial spirits."

Upon hearing that his senior brother possessed such supernatural powers, Ba Jing had no doubts and immediately jumped into the well. He transformed into a dragon upon entering the water and continued to dive down until he reached the bottom of the well. There he saw a crystal palace, so he swam through the water, passed through the Qi membrane, entered the palace, and transformed back into human form.

There were no yakshas, ​​no shrimp soldiers, and no crab generals in sight. Instead, he smelled a bloody stench. Ba Jing became wary, gripped the sword at his waist, and headed into the palace. There he saw a giant tortoise carrying a blank stele devouring a real dragon, surrounded by the corpses of shrimp soldiers and crab generals... none of them were intact. Some were headless, others missing limbs. The palace was stained with blood, indicating that the corpses had been dead for many days. However, the aura within the Crystal Palace was unique, so the corpses had not decomposed.

"It's you!"

Ba Jing glared and demanded, "Mirage Dragon! Why aren't you holding off Taiyue at your uncle's place? What brings you to this well to wreak havoc? What grudge do you hold against the Well Dragon King that you want to eat him?!"

The giant beast with a dragon's head and a tortoise's body, carrying a blank stele, was one of the nine sons of the Jing River Dragon King.

Mirage dragon.

But among the common people, it has an even more famous name:

Bixi!

"It's been a long time, cousin. How have you been?"

The mirage dragon flung the half-dragon from its mouth, its scarlet eyes fixed on Ba Jing, a hint of mockery in its voice, "I heard you betrayed Mount Ling?"

Chapter 1466 The Primordial Spirit Leaves the Body to Guide the Wandering Soul

Whoosh!

The well water surged, and a jade dragon emerged, wounded but still carrying a skeleton covered in flesh and sinew as it reached the shore.

"What happened?"

Jiang Liu inquired.

"Senior Brother, you don't know, the Dragon King in this well was killed and swallowed by the eighth son of the Jing River Dragon King, Shenlong, who then occupied his Crystal Palace."

I didn't want to make things difficult for him; all I wanted was the prince's body. But he still wanted to eat me, so I beat him to death.

However, when the prince's body was found, it was no longer recognizable as human.

After saying this, the White Dragon took out the Mirage Dragon's Dragon Pearl as proof.

"The Jinghe Dragon King also has the mind of a merchant in the mortal world. It's a pity not to put all your eggs in one basket. If you don't take sides, or take sides with multiple parties, you become a fence-sitter and no one will be optimistic about you."

Jiang Liu took the Dragon Pearl, looked at it, and sighed inwardly.

If we only consider "Journey to the West," although the ways in which Buddhas, immortals, and saints enlighten people are somewhat abstract due to the "limitations of the times," they are ultimately one family. Moreover, those immortals and Buddhas wish that everyone could become immortals and saints, have more Daoist partners and fellow Daoists, and hold "academic seminars" to seek common progress.

At least in Jiang Liu's eyes, the immortals and Buddhas in Journey to the West can be compared to scientists, doctors, philosophers, etc. in modern society, who only want to focus on academic research and benefit the world through practice.

In this primordial world constructed from the ring of the multiverse, the Heavenly Dao is flawed. The establishment of the Three Realms and Six Paths seems to have perfected the flaws of the Heavenly Dao, but in essence, it is for the purpose of collecting the spiritual essence of all living beings more efficiently and squeezing the souls of all spirits. For this reason, there is constant open and covert struggle between immortals, Buddhas, gods and saints.

The dragon race ended up in such a state for no other reason than their lack of foresight.

This is no longer the early primordial era when the dragon, phoenix, and qilin races vied for supremacy. Although the law of the jungle still exists, it is no longer as naked as the law of the jungle. It has been veiled by an "artistic" layer, and the "technology" has also improved a lot. When eating "people," it is no longer as naked as skinning and tendon-pulling, and not even a trace of bone will be left.

At a time like this, still clinging to the idea of ​​investing from multiple sources—

Do you really think the dragon race was one of the three overlords in the early primordial era?

Only the strong have the right to invest in multiple areas.

Weakness

That's called speculation and profiteering!

Who would be interested?

The reason why the immortals and Buddhas of the Three Realms still keep the dragon race is simply because they have seen through their true nature, and because this race is indeed suitable for the role of controlling clouds and rain, so it's just to save costs.

After finishing speaking about the Jinghe Dragon King, Jiang Liu handed the Mirage Dragon's Dragon Pearl to Ba Jing and said, "Keep this. After the Jinghe Dragon King died, his nine sons must have all abandoned their posts. If you encounter other dragon sons in the future and they try to make things difficult for you, don't think of your cousin relationship."

"I know."

How could Ba Jing truly regard the son of the Jing River Dragon King as a cousin?

There are countless sons of true dragons throughout the four seas, yet he is not familiar with the son of the Jing River Dragon King, so what kind of relationship could there be? That kind of foolish dragon thinks he is honest, but he knowingly commits a crime.

Although the Heavenly Court is not benevolent, it must still abide by the rules it has set for itself on the surface, otherwise wouldn't it invite ridicule from the Buddhas of Mount Ling?

But he himself abandoned his post without permission, so who can he blame?

Indeed.

He also neglected his post and even betrayed Lingshan.

But at that time, he was already prepared to die to help his senior brother!

How could he possibly look down on such a cowardly person who clings to life and fears death!

If we encounter such evil dragons again in the future, it would be fine if they didn't cause us any trouble, but otherwise we must kill them with our own hands to prevent them from causing harm to the region!

thereafter.

Jiang Liu squatted down, examining the prince's flesh-and-skin tangled in bones, and sighed, "He was a loyal and virtuous man, and should not have died like this."

After saying that, he recited a mantra: "Om Lan Jing Fa Jie, Qian Yuan Heng Li Zhen".

In an instant.

A spark of spirit returns, flowing with the current of energy, causing flesh to grow from bones. Tendons and viscera stir, blood surges and shifts within the six bowels. In an instant, black hair grows, and in a flash, white teeth appear. But—

It is devoid of emotion, sex, and spirit, yet it has voice, speech, and babbling sounds.

Like a bewildered newborn child.

It was like a dazed, lost soul.

"Senior brother, you are truly skilled!"

Ba Jing was dumbfounded, unable to believe that the prince had actually come back to life, and kept praising Jiang Liu's abilities.

"It's still missing its soul."

If this were on Earth, even if the soul were scattered, the river could still reunite it. But in this primordial world, Houtu, one of the twelve ancestral witches, transformed into reincarnation and established the Six Paths of Reincarnation as an "information collection device" to absorb the wisdom of all beings in the primordial world. The prince's soul had already entered the underworld.

Indeed.

Without spirituality, a soul is merely a mass of information. Jiang Liu has cultivated insight and forged the eye of truth, so recreating a soul is not difficult.

After all, one's true essence lies in one's spirit.

However, the soul is a vessel for information and obsessions. Leaving it in the world will only add more trouble. It is better to bring it back.

therefore.