Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 466: Heart Knot

Jiang Liu returned to his room, claiming he needed to attend to something other than cultivation. In reality, he was just making an excuse to avoid eating Zhu Bajie's burnt porridge.

He didn't even need to taste it; Jiang Liu knew the porridge must be terribly unpleasant.

However, sitting at the desk in his room, Jiang Liu took out the diary of the King of Women's Kingdom. After flipping through it casually, his thoughts inevitably drifted to Little White Dragon.

Truly, considering Little White Dragon was the third Crown Prince of the Western Sea Dragon Palace, it was a tremendous disgrace that his wife had become romantically involved with a Nine-Headed Serpent. Indeed, Little White Dragon was the victim.

From his act of setting fire to the Pearl of the Palace to his punishment beneath Eagle Sorrow Stream, one could see the immense impact this affair had on Little White Dragon.

It even became a psychological burden for him.

Simply put, if the matter was as straightforward as Princess Wansheng and the Nine-Headed Serpent wronging Little White Dragon, Jiang Liu might take matters into his own hands and kill them both without further ado.

One reason would be to avenge Little White Dragon; another, wasn't it just a way to level up and earn Experience Points?

Yet, according to Benboba, Princess Wansheng had been involved with the Nine-Headed Serpent even before her marriage to Little White Dragon. From Princess Wansheng's perspective, it seemed they weren't at fault?

Moreover, as one can tell from the original story, the Nine-Headed Serpent, despite lacking status and social standing, had substantial Cultivation Level and genuinely loved Princess Wansheng.

If viewed from the lens of internet novels from a previous life, the Nine-Headed Serpent was practically the perfect male protagonist of a Cinderella tale.

Lacking status and social standing, yet possessing ability, capturing a princess's heart, and successfully stealing her from another Crown Prince—he was the epitome of a Cinderella story's male lead!

And Little White Dragon? He completely seemed like a villain!

"This case is quite tricky!" While it would be straightforward to avenge Little White Dragon by killing Princess Wansheng and the Nine-Headed Serpent, such indiscriminate, selfish killing was something Jiang Liu couldn't bring himself to do.

Therefore, even though he wanted to help Little White Dragon, he was momentarily at a loss for how to do so.

Hint: Task triggered "Little White Dragon's Burden." Task requirements: successfully help Little White Dragon overcome his psychological burden. Reward 22 million Experience Points, Reward Legendary Level Treasure Chest*1.

As Jiang Liu pondered how to help Little White Dragon let go of his burden, the system notification suddenly appeared.

Jiang Liu had actively triggered a Legendary Level task.

"Hmm, 22 million Experience Points, huh? It's not much, but it's decent. For a Legendary Level task, this level of reward is acceptable!" he mused as he nodded to himself, considering the task he had triggered on his own.

Most importantly, as an active task, there are no penalties for failure; even if he can't complete it, he wouldn't lose anything.

Yet, how to help Little White Dragon open up about this burden?

The most straightforward method would naturally be to kill Princess Wansheng and the Nine-Headed Serpent, but would that really help Little White Dragon move on?

Upon further reflection, maybe not!

If they were indeed killed, perhaps Little White Dragon might never have the chance to resolve his burden?

Although Jiang Liu dubbed himself Holmes Xuanzang, he knew himself well—though his understanding of the bigger picture might be slightly better than Sun Wukong's, it was all based on information known to him from a past life; he was hardly what one would call clever.

In terms of intelligence, he was only slightly above average.

Sitting in his room, Jiang Liu quietly contemplated how to help Little White Dragon overcome his psychological burden, and before he knew it, he started to feel hungry.

Looking outside, it was already quite late.

As Jiang Liu left his room, he noticed that the night had deepened, with everyone having retired to their own rooms for rest. Thus, he headed to the kitchen by himself and decided to cook up some noodles.

"Master, are you making a midnight snack?" While the water was halfway boiled, a familiar voice rang out. It was Aolie, clad in Dharma Treasure, who had also come to the kitchen.

"Right, how about joining me?" Seeing Aolie, Jiang Liu asked.

"That would be wonderful!" Hearing Jiang Liu's offer to prepare a share for him as well, Little White Dragon eagerly nodded, filled with sheer delight.

Hearing Little White Dragon's response, Jiang Liu added more water to the pot, quickly prepared the ingredients—baby bok choy, green onions, garlic, shredded meat, and eggs...

As Jiang Liu made noodles, Little White Dragon had prepared all these ingredients.

As the water was boiling about seventy to eighty percent, Jiang Liu cracked two eggs into it and then sequentially added the shredded meat and noodles to cook.

Checking the doneness, the noodles were cooked to about seventy to eighty percent before he sprinkled in the baby bok choy and chopped garlic.

After cooking for about one or two minutes more, he turned off the heat and finally sprinkled chopped green onions on top.

In an instant, a pot full of fragrant noodles with green vegetables, shredded meat, and eggs was ready, the aroma was tempting and mouthwatering.

He directly took out two bowls, each got a large serving, and master and disciple sat opposite each other at the table.

"Hmm, this is really delicious!" Xiaobai exclaimed loudly after sniffing the noodles, he started eating voraciously, looking very satisfied.

"What? Didn't eat enough for dinner?" Although it was somewhat rhetorical, Jiang Liu himself picked up some noodles with his chopsticks, blew on them, and asked in a nonchalant manner.

"Master, you don't know, the porridge that Second Brother cooked was burnt, and he still boasted that it was the best porridge in the world!" Hearing Jiang Liu's question and thinking about tonight's meal cooked by Zhu Bajie, Xiaobai felt like he was about to cry.

Pausing briefly, he continued, "Moreover, we couldn't stop Second Brother. He also made a big plate of vegetables in the kitchen, but he didn't even add salt!"

"And yet, Second Brother still thought the meal he cooked was quite good, full of confidence and convinced he has a real talent for it!"

"Cough, cough, Bajie? He absolutely has no talent for this!" Listening to Xiaobai, Jiang Liu coughed dryly and asserted, "Someone who eats anything and everything, a person who isn't picky, how can his cooking be good?"

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"A non-picky eater, good at cooking? Impossible!" Jiang Liu's words made Xiaobai pause his frantic eating to chew over this statement.

After pondering a moment, his eyes brightening, he gave Jiang Liu a thumbs up and praised, "Master, profound! Your summary is just too accurate!"

"Right, what about Benboba? How is he?" Following Xiaobai's praise, Jiang Liu gave a faint smile, then nonchalantly continued to ask.

"He? After being forced by Second Brother to drink two bowls of porridge, he ran away as if he was fleeing for his life!" Xiaobai replied when Jiang Liu inquired about Benboba's situation.

"He left? I thought perhaps you might take action against him!" This reply made Jiang Liu look at Xiaobai with a hint of surprise.

"That Fish Demon is just a minor subordinate, although I am angry, I wouldn't lay a hand on him!" Xiaobai shook his head and answered.

"So? What about the Nine-Headed Serpent and Princess Wansheng?" After looking at Xiaobai, Jiang Liu continued to ask, "What do you plan to do about them?"

Chomping down on his noodles quickly, Xiaobai eventually picked up the clay pot and drank all the soup from it before setting the pot down.

With a somewhat confused expression, upon hearing this, he shook his head and said, "Actually, master, I don't know!"

On Xiaobai's handsome face appeared a look of confusion and distress, "Actually, I truly wished I could kill them both, even on this Journey to the West, my heart constantly thought, if we pass by Green Wave Pool, I would make sure they suffer a horrible end!"

"Only…" His words trailing off, Xiaobai's expression returned to confusion, "Although the words of that Fish Demon are infuriating, there's some reason to them. Princess Wansheng and that Nine-Headed Serpent have long been in love. The wedding was just an arrangement between Dragon King Wansheng and my father!"

"To kill them? I feel it may not be right, but to do nothing? I also feel dissatisfied; master..."

With a look of confusion and pain in his eyes, Xiaobai's gaze fell on Jiang Liu as he spoke, "Master, you're the wisest, what do you think I should do? What is the right thing to do?"

"So, you came to the kitchen in the middle of the night for this reason!" Hearing Xiaobai's words, Jiang Liu looked at him, realization dawning across his face.

"Yes, I thought about it all night, not knowing what to do or how to do the right thing, so I came to seek advice from you, hoping you could clear my confusion!" Xiaobai nodded, looking hopefully at Jiang Liu.

"The right thing?"

Jiang Liu didn't rush to answer what exactly Xiaobai should do, instead, he was momentarily silent before setting down his chopsticks, "Actually, for this matter, you just need to follow your own heart. There is no action that is definitively right!"

"If you can't settle your hatred and truly want to kill them to find relief, then directly killing them is also acceptable! After all, they have their reasons, and you have yours. Although from their perspective it isn't wrong, from your perspective, killing them in revenge also isn't wrong!"

"Of course, if you have compassion in your heart and don't want to kill them, then letting them go isn't wrong either. After all, heaven values the virtue of life. While I don't ask you to return evil with kindness, if you can achieve it yourself, it is indeed rare!"

"Is that so?" Listening to Jiang Liu, Xiaobai lowered his head, deeply considering the two perspectives Jiang Liu had mentioned.

Finally, lifting his head to look at Jiang Liu, his eyes still filled with confusion, "So, master, what exactly do you mean? Should I take action against them or not?"

"Damn it, just do whatever you want! Just make sure your conscience is clear! Do you understand now?"