You, a monster, still want to travel to the West?

Under the cover of night, Sun Wukong slowly opened his bright golden eyes and looked around. He saw that the barren mountain in front of him was indeed the same as it had been for hundreds of years. The bamboo house that he had finally become familiar with in his memory also suddenly disappeared.

After being stunned for a long time, Sun Wukong grinned and smiled foolishly for a while, then closed his golden pupils and fell into a sweet dream, recalling the brief two-month reunion in the dream.

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The next morning, during morning class——

In the main hall of Sanxing Cave, Xiao Qingxin brought the white snake and accompanied Qingyun to the Jade Terrace with Patriarch Bodhi.

After the master sat down, Xiao Qingxin took out three incense sticks from her sleeve, lit them, and placed them on the incense table. She turned around and looked at the curious eyes in the hall looking at her, and said with a serious but soft face: "Morning class begins!"

Behind the girl, Patriarch Bodhi looked at Qingyun and Qingxin in front of him, then glanced at the white snake sleeping soundly on the girl's shoulder. After stroking his beard and smiling for a moment, he gently shook the whisk in his hand.

Upon seeing this, the disciples below the stage chanted in unison: “The resounding sound of the bells resonates, the ten directions are purged; the rivers and seas are silent, the mountains are veiled in smoke…”

……

The morning class did not last long. After an hour, when Patriarch Bodhi raised his hand again to signal, all the disciples finished chanting.

At this moment, Patriarch Bodhi opened his kind eyes again and asked softly, "Where is Qingyun?"

Beside him, Qingyun heard the voice and bowed, "Master, I'm here."

Patriarch Bodhi summoned a green lamp from the incense table, and then took out a white jade sword from his sleeve and handed it to him, saying softly: "Tong'er, come back soon."

Qingyun held the treasure in his arms in a daze, raised his hand to wipe the corners of his slightly moist eyes, bowed and said: "Thank you... Master for your help."

"You guys..."

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Chapter 197 Swan

early morning

When the man and the snake led Qingyun out of the Sanxing Cave, Xia Zhiming looked over at the several fellow apprentices in the hall behind him who were eagerly looking at him, and asked with a smile:

"Qingyun, do you have any plans on where to wait for the monkey? Do you want to go somewhere closer to the Five Elements Mountain or farther away?"

Qingyun thought for a moment, then nodded and shook his head, saying, "I plan to walk around first and see what the mortal world is like. It will be worth my trip."

Hearing his words, both the man and the snake turned around in surprise and asked doubtfully, "Aren't you planning to go with us?"

Qingyun raised her eyebrows slightly, patted the white jade sword at her waist, and said with her head held high: "Since Master has given me the sword, I, a man, should stand on my own. How can I let you pave the way for me?"

"But……"

Xiao Qingxin blinked, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Qingyun's cultivation level was just enough to reach the level of an immortal. He was born in Fangcun Mountain and rarely fought with others. She was really worried about him traveling alone.

Sitting on the girl's shoulder, Xia Zhiming thought for a moment, then shook his tail and said with a smile, "Since you have plans, then go ahead. We won't see you off."

Although Qingyun had little experience in going out, he was still an immortal after all, and he had two treasures given by his master on him. Nothing would happen to him anyway, so he could go out on his own.

Across from him, Qingyun heard this, bowed and smiled, saying, "Then I'll go first. See you later."

After saying that, Qingyun put his fingers together and chanted a spell. His figure blurred for a moment and turned into a wisp of cloud and smoke that floated in front of the man and the snake.

On the spot, Xiao Qingxin watched Qingyun perform the nameless escape technique. After a moment of stunned silence, she began to question her life: "Zhiming... am I really stupid?"

She had practiced in Xia Zhiming's dream for two thousand years, and relying on her advantage in cultivation, she thought she had left Qingyun far behind. Unexpectedly, her senior brother just now actually demonstrated what his innate magical power was.

Xia Zhiming spit out his snake tongue and said happily: "If you are envious, how about I practice another innate magical power and then I will teach you?"

Xiao Qingxin rolled her eyes at him when she heard that. She had tried to find Xia Zhiming to study the art of nightmare prayer in depth and learn his miraculous tricks of deception, but the result was that she couldn't even understand what he was saying, let alone learn it.

Thinking of this, the little girl angrily reached out and knocked on his head. After he shrank his neck and burrowed into her arms, she rode the auspicious cloud and flew towards the sky.

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At the same time, in Heaven.

Taibai Jinxing brought four immortal officials with him, carrying the imperial edict to Lihentian. After a few rounds, they arrived at the Dharma Protector's Palace and reported to the heavenly soldiers: "I am Taibai Jinxing. I am here by the divine edict of the Jade Emperor, commanding Lihentian Dharma Protector Qingxin to come and receive the edict."

The celestial soldier was stunned when he heard this, and quickly clasped his fists and said, "Please wait a moment, angel. I will go and inform you immediately!"

After saying that, the heavenly soldier hurried back to the palace, but found out that the man and the snake had just left not long ago. He could only inform the fairies in the palace and ask them to wake up the little fox who was meditating to discuss countermeasures, and then he retreated.

When the little fox heard the noise and came over, he saw that all the fairies were in the mansion. He also heard them say that there was an imperial decree. He immediately panicked and asked: "Sister Qingxin is often out, and I don't know where they go. Can I go to pick them up?"

The fairies shook their heads repeatedly. Someone asked tentatively, "Heaven is not like the mortal world. How can you pass on a message?"

The little fox timidly raised his hand and said, "I can ask the Taoist master next door."

The fairies were immediately ashamed and waved their hands quickly.

The little fox asked helplessly: "What should I do?"

After she finished speaking, a fairy took out a silver hair from her bosom and said tentatively, "When Bi Ma Wen rebelled against the Heavenly Palace, the Spiritual Official left this thing behind. He said that burning it would make him feel something. Why not give it a try?"

The women were ashamed and angry: "You only remember now?"

The fairy scratched her cheek a little embarrassedly: "I...I forgot."

In the hall, the little fox and the fairies heard this and hurriedly took the silver thread and threw it into the alchemy furnace in the hall. The silver thread was burned by the flame and instantly turned into a white light and dissipated without causing any fireworks or leaving any ash.

Seeing this miraculous situation, all the fairies looked delighted, and the little fox also breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, under the gaze of the fairies in the palace, a deep purple crack suddenly appeared in the palace, and Xiao Qingxin appeared in front of everyone with the white snake, wondering, "What happened?"

She was almost at the South Heaven Gate when she suddenly heard Xia Zhiming say that there was an emergency at home, so she quickly asked him to use his magical powers to rush back.

Across from them, the little fox shrank back and said, "Sister Qingxin, outside... outside there's an imperial decree from the Jade Emperor..."

Xia Zhiming poked his head out and said happily, "The Jade Emperor Swan?"

Fairies: "Puff~"

Xiao Qingxin was stunned for a moment, then helplessly raised her hand to touch her head and comforted her: "Be good, that's the Great Celestial Lord, don't be afraid."

The little fox reacted, blushing and waving his hands repeatedly, saying, "I...I didn't mean it."

Seeing her like this, Xiao Qingxin nodded, not intending to provoke her any further. After a moment's thought, he ordered, "Zhiming and I will go out to receive the order. You prepare tea and snacks."

Hearing her say this, the little fox nodded quickly and led the fairies to get busy.

On the side, the white snake, who had also heard this, looked at Qingxin, who looked like a little adult. After thinking for a moment, he held a jade leaf in his mouth and handed it to her lips, asking with a smile: "Do you want it?"

Xiao Qingxin blinked her eyes, opened her lips slightly and held the jade leaf, and her figure flashed and turned back into the cold and elegant fairy like a solitary orchid in the valley.

As soon as she stood firm, Qingxin looked at the white snake rubbing against her neck, reached out and touched his head lovingly, letting him slowly slip into her arms along her green jade fingers.

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Outside the Lingguan Mansion, Taibai Jinxing stood in front of the door, looking at the heavenly soldiers in front of him who were pretending to be serious and not looking away, stroking his beard and shaking his head helplessly - he had never seen anyone wait so long for the imperial edict from heaven, so they should at least take care of him.

While thinking, Taibai Jinxing was about to ask him to report again, but he saw a fairy wearing a Taoist robe, floating like a fairy from this world, walking out of the mansion with her sleeves rolled up - it was Qingxin.

Seeing that the person delivering the decree was actually Taibai Jinxing, Qingxin was stunned for a moment, then quickly stepped forward, bowed and said, "Sir, thank you for waiting. Lihentian Dharma Protector Qingxin is here to receive the decree."

Taibai Jinxing stroked his beard and chuckled. He took the imperial edict from the immortal official behind him and handed it to her. He asked with a smile, "Where have you been waiting for so long?"

Qing Xin said obediently: "Zhi Ming and I are going to the mortal world."

Taibai Jinxing glanced at the frowning immortal official beside him and asked with a smile, "What are you going to do in the mortal world?"

Qingxin rolled his eyes and replied, "Go find Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Across from him, Taibai Jinxing nodded when he heard this, glanced at the immortal official beside him who kept silent and lowered his head, and then reminded him: "Remember to burn incense and read the decree."

Qing Xin quickly agreed, bowed, and asked, "Sir, please come in and have a cup of tea before leaving?"

Taibai Jinxing shook the whisk in his hand and said helplessly, "I need to go back and report. I can't stay any longer."

Qingxin nodded and bowed again, watching the old man leave.

After Taibai Jinxing left, Qingxin returned to the hall with the imperial edict and sat on the throne. He asked the little fox to light incense and read the imperial edict.

"Because of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's request, in order to protect the Southern Continent's pilgrims on their journey to the Western Paradise, I have specially appointed you, the virtuous minister, to temporarily command the Four Valued Officials, the Six Dings and Six Jias, the Five Directions Jietīs, and the eighteen guardians of the Dharma. You will now go to the mortal world and provide secret protection."

"Qingxin, I understand the imperial edict. It was the Bodhisattva who tricked me!"

"Zhiming, be good!"

Chapter 198 The Road is Difficult, and the Monster is Even More Fierce

In the girl's arms, Xia Zhiming heard Qingxin's gentle voice of comfort in his ears. He spat out his snake tongue, thought about it, and didn't take this so-called guardian leader seriously.

As we all know, Tang Sanzang has nearly thirty immortal gods to protect him, but he is still captured by monsters every day. So I ask you, what is the meaning of their existence?

Seeing that he had no intention of causing trouble, Qing Xin thought for a moment, turned to look at the little fox waiting beside him, and warned: "I need to go down to the mortal world again. If there is anything urgent..."

At this point, Qing Xin plucked a strand of black hair from her forehead, handed it to the little fox in front of her, and said softly, "You can burn it or tear it apart."

The little fox carefully took the hair and asked curiously, "Sister Qingxin, what kind of magical power is this?"

Qing Xin slowly shook her head and said, "It's just the basic application of Mengtoujutsu. It can sense good or bad luck in advance. It's not really a magical power. You've just started your cultivation, so don't delve into these minor techniques for now."

Hearing Qingxin's comment, the little fox blinked, then nodded obediently.

She had always known that Xia Zhiming was extremely capable, but she had never imagined that Qing Xin was actually a hidden master of magic.

Seeing her well-behaved and obedient appearance, Qing Xin put away the imperial edict in his hand, reached out and touched her head, then stood up and took the white snake out of the Lingguan Mansion.

At the door, the heavenly guards all saluted with their fists clasped.

Qingxin nodded in response and was about to go to the South Heaven Gate, but he saw Jinjiao sending Guanyin Bodhisattva out from the Tushita Palace next door with a vigilant look on his face.

Seeing this, Qing Xin was stunned for a moment, but because of the imperial decree, he could not delay, so he could only bow to the Bodhisattva who was also looking at him, and then left.

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South Gate of Heaven——

The Heavenly King Zhangzhang, the guards, and the immortal officials looked at the imperial edict in Qingxin's hand and asked in surprise, "Today... is the immortal on an official errand?"

Qing Xin nodded and replied, "The Great Celestial Venerable has issued an order that I must dispatch the guardian gods to protect the pilgrims."

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly King Zhangzhang was delighted and said with a smile, "Since that's the case, my friend, please leave quickly and don't miss this important matter."

In his impression, Qing Xin and Xia Zhiming had lived as immortals for only eight hundred years, and they had come down to the mortal world an outrageous number of times.

During the peak period, this man and snake even set a legend of traveling back and forth more than ten times a day, which dumbfounded the experienced King of Growth.

After hearing what the Heavenly King said, Qing Xin naturally did not plan to stay for long. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw Guanyin Bodhisattva coming from outside the South Heaven Gate on a cloud with a treasure bottle in her hand.

Seeing this, the Nantianmen generals were stunned and quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Bodhisattva!"

Qing Xin tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Buddha, where are you going?"

Across from him, Guanyin Bodhisattva stopped on a cloud and replied with a smile: "Amitabha, I am going to Tushita Palace to seek the help of Daozu."

"But..." Qing Xin asked curiously, "Bodhisattva, didn't you just come out of Tushita Palace?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva chuckled and said, "I came to the Tushita Palace yesterday and saw you leaving the Lingguan Mansion. I didn't want to come again today. You just reached the South Heaven Gate."

Xia Zhiming leaned over the girl's arms and asked, "Buddha, one day in heaven is one year on earth. Did you do this intentionally, or deliberately?"

"Amitabha, I simply forgot about this matter."

"Buddha, how dare you bully an old man like this?"

"The Dao Ancestor cares about all living things, so he won't be harsh on me."

"..."

Xia Zhiming was speechless, not daring to respond. Suddenly, he recalled the imperial edict in Qingxin's hand. After a moment of hesitation, he asked tentatively, "Wait, what about the Great Celestial Venerable... Bodhisattva, you wouldn't do the same thing, would you?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva winked playfully.

Xia Zhiming asked tentatively, "Buddha, can you take back what I said about bullying the elderly?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva: “No.”

"Puchi~" Qingxin couldn't help laughing.

The guards of Tianmen around them also tried to suppress their laughter when they heard this, and their faces turned red. Now let's not talk about etiquette. Today, they have already welcomed the Bodhisattva six times. It is rare that someone is willing to stand up and say a fair word.

Seeing that no one understood, Guanyin Bodhisattva chuckled and shook her head, pinching her right hand with her orchid finger...