Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 258 World of Famous Works 47

Ignoring the clamor of his inner demons, Sun Wukong sat down cross-legged and began to chant softly: "The true and wondrous secret of the perfect union of exoteric and esoteric teachings, there is no other way to cultivate one's nature and life. It all comes down to essence, energy, and spirit, which must be carefully guarded and kept hidden, never letting them leak away..."

Lin Xiaoqian listened carefully and exclaimed in surprise, "It's a Grand Celestial Immortal Technique!"

Is Monkey King practicing cultivation?

"The moon hides the jade rabbit, the sun hides the crow, and the tortoise and snake are intertwined..."

As Sun Wukong continued chanting incantations, the Six-Eared Macaque in the cage seemed to sense something and became somewhat uneasy.

Suddenly, he cried out in terror, "No! Stop! Don't read anymore!"

The six-eared macaque covered its ears and huddled in a corner of the cage, its face somewhat manic. "Didn't you say you didn't want to go on the pilgrimage? Wouldn't it be perfect if I went in your place!"

Sun Wukong ignored him and continued chanting the Great Celestial Immortal Mantra, his voice growing louder and louder, carrying the righteous energy of heaven and earth, causing the cage where the Six-Eared Macaque was located to tremble.

"Gather the five elements and use them in reverse order; once the work is complete, one can become a Buddha or an immortal!"

As soon as Sun Wukong finished reciting his last sentence, the Six-Eared Macaque in the cage suddenly transformed into a wisp of immortal energy and floated towards Sun Wukong, then completely merged with him.

Sun Wukong's eyes remained closed, and his aura continued to surge and change.

Xuanpin chuckled, "Oh, little monkey is about to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm."

Bodhi quickly set up an array around Sun Wukong to prevent the energy from his breakthrough from causing chaos in the inner chamber.

As time went by, the aura emanating from Sun Wukong grew stronger and stronger. The spiritual energy in the formation was stirred up by an invisible hand, forming a vortex that surged wildly into his body. His body floated slightly, and his clothes fluttered in the wind.

A gigantic image slowly emerged behind him, clad in golden chainmail, wearing a phoenix-winged purple-gold crown, and draped in lotus-silk cloud-walking boots. He held the Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff), and golden light flowed around him, making him look like a war god, majestic and awe-inspiring.

"Haha, it's done!" Xuanpin laughed excitedly, her eyes full of praise and amazement. "This little monkey really didn't disappoint me. Not only did he eliminate his inner demons, but he also used this to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. If Tathagata knew, he would probably be furious."

It should be noted that the Buddha position promised by Tathagata could only elevate the little monkey to the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Sun Wukong slowly opened his eyes, the golden light in them as sharp as lightning, but when his gaze fell on Bodhi Patriarch and Xuanpin, his eyes immediately became as pure as a child's.

Now that he understood the relationship between Bodhi and Xuanpin, he stood up, approached them, and exclaimed joyfully, "Master, I've broken through! I've broken through!"

Bodhi stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction.

Xuanpin chuckled and said, "Not bad, not bad, even the previous injuries have almost healed."

Lin Xiaoqian congratulated Sun Wukong: "Congratulations, Brother Monkey, on breaking through your cultivation level!"

Sun Wukong scratched his hairy hands: "Hehe, thank you very much."

The group chatted for a few minutes.

Sun Wukong suddenly stood up, clasped his hands in a salute, and said, "Master, there is no time to lose. I will return to Tang Sanzang's side to continue the journey to the West. I will reach the Western Paradise as soon as possible, end this tribulation, and then return to serve you."

He knew that the journey to the West to obtain the scriptures was his tribulation, a tribulation he would still have to face even after breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Bodhi nodded, “Your journey is somewhat different from the past. Now you have reached the realm of the Great Golden Immortal, and you can see through many causes and effects. You can make good use of this ability to resolve the tribulations on your journey to the West.”

"Disciple knows."

Seeing that Sun Wukong was about to leave, Lin Xiaoqian quickly stopped him, "Brother Monkey, please wait a moment."

She turned to Bodhi and Xuanpin and said, "Master, I know that according to Buddhist rules, Brother Monkey can't use magic to help Tang Sanzang travel faster, but riding a horse is too slow. Could we find another means of transportation? For example..."

"Is it okay to drive?"

As she spoke, she suddenly pulled out an off-road vehicle and declared confidently, "The people of the Tang Dynasty are different now than before. They travel by train when they go far away, and those who are well-off have even bought cars. We are all people of the Tang Dynasty, so we can't discriminate and make Tang Sanzang's travel so primitive. How about Brother Monkey drives this car to take Tang Sanzang to the Western Paradise to retrieve the scriptures? If the Buddhist sect asks, we can say that it's a new mount that the Tang Emperor kindly gifted to us."

Xuanpin saw the SUV and quickly went over to it. "This car is really good-looking. It's much better looking than those cars that keep smoking on the street."

Lin Xiaoqian patted the car next to her. "That's right. This car wasn't made in the Tang Dynasty. I brought it from my world. But given the Tang Dynasty's current level of development, it's not impossible for them to make this kind of car in the future. However, they're currently focused on infrastructure construction and can't spare the energy to research cars."

Sun Wukong was very interested in the car, so Lin Xiaoqian quickly taught him how to drive it.

Sun Wukong was very clever and quickly learned the essentials of driving.

After thanking Lin Xiaoqian for the car, Sun Wukong left with the car and the several cans of gasoline that Lin Xiaoqian had given him.

Watching his departing figure, Lin Xiaoqian couldn't help but sigh to his masters beside him, "The development of the Tang Dynasty is still too slow. Not long ago, they just brought Tibet under their control, and that was only up to Gansu. Monkey King and the others are almost at Turpan in Xinjiang now!"

I wonder when the train will be able to run. If the train went all the way to Mount Ling, Tang Sanzang could just hop on and go on his pilgrimage, without needing to trouble Monkey King. No, I need to contact Brother Zhuang and the others, and have them urge the Tang Emperor to quickly reclaim Xinjiang. It's not good for our own land to remain outside forever.”

Bodhi looked at Lin Xiaoqian, who was rushing off to contact someone, and was somewhat confused. He turned to Xuanpin beside him and asked, "What is this child talking about?"

Xuanpin said gloatingly, "Haha, there are things you don't know. You deserve to be out of touch, staying cooped up here all day."

It turned out that while Zhuang Damao and his men were carrying out a lot of infrastructure construction in the Tang Dynasty, they still managed to establish a firearms battalion. Liao Zhuang was in charge of the weapons manufacturing in the military factory, while Zhuang Damao was in charge of training the soldiers.

Zhuang Damao's initial goal was to subjugate as many of the surrounding small countries as possible and bring them under the control of the Tang Dynasty.

He originally intended to target Xiao Rizi first, but when he looked at the map of the Tang Dynasty, he suddenly discovered that a large number of territories to the west did not belong to the Tang Dynasty, but were miscellaneous belonging to different countries.

How can that work!

So Zhuang Damao invited the Tang King to watch a military exercise. After watching it, the Tang King had great confidence in his country's army and, with a wave of his hand, launched a western expedition!

Soon after, the Kingdom of Ü-Tsang, which bordered the Tang Dynasty, came under the control of the Tang Dynasty.