Chapter 98: Chapter 97: The Truth!
Translator: 549690339
“All… Thank you, my two senior brothers!”
Xuanqing hesitated slightly before eventually accepting the greeting gift. After all, he couldn’t turn down their goodwill.
“Don’t mention it! Let’s go, Junior Brother!”
Child Jin Ling laughed heartily, tiptoed to tap Xuanqing’s shoulder, looking quite the adult in the process.
They entered Douluo Palace.
A strong fragrance of medicine rushed towards them.
Even though he was in his spirit form, he still felt its invigorating effect, as if he had taken some tonic medicine. It was extremely comforting.
Following the two children,
they arrived at a room after a short walk.
“Junior Brother Xuanqing, go in, the Old Lord is waiting for you inside!”
“Alright, thank you two senior brothers for leading the way!”
Xuanqing said politely, bowing his head.
Taking a deep breath,
Xuanqing stepped into the room.
The room was not big, with a few ever-burning lamps placed around. In the center was a large Yin Yang Fish meditation painting.
A low tea table was placed in the middle of the room, with cushions on either side.
“Xuanqing!”
A faint voice sounded.
Huh?
Xuanqing was surprised to find a daoist standing beneath the Yin Yang Fish meditation painting, and the voice had come from this daoist.
Unnecessary to say, this person was the well-renowned Taishang Laojun, the top-notch being in this world.
Thud-
“Disciple Xuanqing, I pay my respects to the Ancestor Master!”
Xuanqing knelt down, his hands opened wide with palms turned inwards, allowing his forehead to slightly touch the back of his hands for a moment.
Formal Kowtow,
this was the most solemn among the nine bows.
As a disciple of the Taoist sect, even the most respectful greeting was not excessive when facing Taishang Laojun.
“Well done!”
Taishang Laojun smiled and nodded.
“Get up, I’ve waited for you for a long time!”
As his words fell.
Xuanqing, who was originally bowing down, felt an irresistible force lifting him up.
“Thank you, Ancestor Master!”
Bowing down again, Xuanqing carefully started to ask, “You just said you’ve been waiting for a long time, does that mean…”
“That’s right, just as you suspect,”
Taishang Laojun gently nodded, pointing to the ground with his hand, “Since you appeared on Five Elements Mountain, 1 have had a feeling.”
“The ‘Ingesting Qi Decision’ that you practised was given to you by Zhu Ganglie at my behest.”
As expected.
Everything is just like what he has guessed!
“No wonder 1 was able to exchange household gold and silver for precious cultivation techniques like the ‘Ingesting Qi Decision’ and the ‘Five Elements Formation’!” Xuanqing said.
“Hehe!”
Taishang Laojun laughed and shook his head, saying somewhat grumpily, “I didn’t take your gold and silver. That foolish… planned to use them to curry favor with the Rabbit Spirit from Yunzhu Cave in Filling Mountain!”
“Oh?” Xuanqing was taken aback, asking in confusion, “The Rabbit Spirit? She’s of the Demon Race, what does she want with mundane gold and silver?”
“Demon Race?”
“Hmph! She might be a demon in this life, but she will not necessarily be one in her next life.”
An expression of strong disapproval appeared on Taishang Laojun’s face.
“That idiot has already made arrangements in Hell for her to have her next life as a human. Then she can accumulate merits with these worldly gold and silver, become a Merit Immortal, and experience the thrill of having two souls in perfect harmony-”
Upon hearing this.
Xuanqing came to a realization.
After learning that this game world is based on Journey to the West, he had meticulously studied the original work, the revised versions, and various television adaptations.
After Tianpeng was sent down to be reincarnated, he soon married Mao Erjie in Yunzhu Cave at Filling Mountain. Not long after the wedding, Mao Erjie died of an illness.
But question is, how could Mao Erjie, a Rabbit Spirit, die from an illness?
Combine this with the next plot point where Zhu Bajie forcefully married Gao Cuilan in Gao’s Manor… It’s not hard to deduce that Gao Cuilan is the reincarnation of the Rabbit Spirit.
With this in mind,
everything makes sense.
One can’t help but sigh; those who have clout in the courts can easily arrange even something like the race of one’s reincarnation.
Just as he was lost in thought, he heard Taishang Laojun speak again:
“Although you’re blessed with great luck, your foundations and physical body are somewhat lacking!”
“That’s the reason 1 called you to heaven, to properly refine your physical body and godlike soul!”
As soon as the words fell…
“May I ask….”
Before he even got the chance to ask, the world spun around him and he lost consciousness.
During the haze…
He seemed to hear some whispers.
“Junior Xuanqing is really fortunate, Sir actually values him so much!”
“Yes, yes. The last one in the furnace was that reckless monkey. He refined the Eyes of the Fire Golden Gaze. What kind of divine power do you think our junior brother will refine?”
“Good brother, mentioning that monkey really irritates me. We kindly added a handful of fire to help him out, but he shouted angrily in the furnace. He doesn’t appreciate our good intentions!”
“Hmph, if only we were able to descend into the mortal world. We’d surely go to the Five Finger Mountain and pee on his head.”
“Giggle- giggle-”
After an unknown amount of time…
Xuanqing slowly woke up, suddenly sitting upright.
“Where am I…?”
In his memory, it seemed Ancestor Master had said his foundations and physical body were lacklustre, then…
Upon examining his surroundings…
He realized that he seemed to be in the middle of a furnace at this moment, surrounded by countless colorful spots.
What’s more important…
There was a big, black hole in the sky right in front of him.
Inside the hole, a giant eyeball was staring straight at him.
“Hiss-”
Xuanqing was startled.
He had just awoken and was still somewhat bewildered. Suddenly seeing an eyeball staring at him, who wouldn’t get scared?
The next moment…
The eyeball began to speak.
Err, wrong…
Strictly speaking, it was a voice that came from behind the black hole where the eyeball was located.
“Hee hee, Junior Xuanqing, you’re awake?”
It was the voice of Yin Ling Tongzi.
“Senior Brother Yin Ling, am I currently inside the Eight Trigram Furnace?” Xuanqing asked the black hole.
“Yes, the fire is about to be started, it’s a little painful, Junior, don’t cry!”
Upon hearing this…
Xuanqing’s heart jumped.
He couldn’t help but think of Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, being refined in the Eight Trigram Furnace to acquire his Eyes of the Fire Golden Gaze. Even though the result was amazing, the process seemed extremely painful.
Before he could think any further…
Boom-
Bursts of golden flames blew out from the furnace walls on all sides, engulfing his entire body.
It wasn’t as painful as he had imagined.
Uh… it felt almost like the sensation of a skin test needle before an IV drip, definitely within a tolerable range.
Following that…
The dark sky of the furnace started to drizzle.
Rumble-
The flames inside the furnace not only did not go out when being drenched by the rain, they expanded several times over.
An indescribable peculiar energy appeared and slowly started reforming Xuanqing’s physical body.
Amidst the roaring flames…
“Comfortable-”
Xuanqing’s eyes were slightly narrowed, and a trace of contentment appeared on his face.
The excruciating pain he had imagined didn’t come, and after the drizzle, even the previous needle-like pain disappeared.
At this moment…
He could clearly feel…
His physical body was undergoing some kind of incredible change at an extraordinary speed..
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