Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 496: Jiang Liu Overworks His Liver

Sun Wukong's words had made Jiang Liu silently roll his eyes. Although his fearless nature was commendable, excessive boldness could turn into arrogance.

Sun Wukong was at level 81, akin to a Golden BOSS and had reached the status of a Daluo Golden Immortal, just as Ksitigarbha had reached the level of a Daluo Golden Immortal.

However, their Cultivation Levels differed vastly.

Having leveled up through battling monsters, Jiang Liu had reached level 59 and gained a substantial understanding of Cultivation Levels and their implications.

Battling monsters yielded Experience Points, and accumulating enough Experience Points would lead to leveling up and becoming stronger. According to the system of the Journey to the West Mythical World, Experience Points were essentially equivalent to Cultivation Level.

Sun Wukong was correct earlier when he said that he pursued a path of cultivation through killing; the more he killed, the stronger he became.

Upon reflection, Jiang Liu found that this was indeed very applicable to his current situation.

Thus, if Experience Points equate to Cultivation Level, then it becomes clear that the higher the level, the more Experience Points are required to level up.

Therefore, from another perspective, the gap in Cultivation Level between each grade increases as one's level gets higher.

From the initial stage of Qi Cultivation, to subsequent stages like Meridian Unblocking, Body Refining, Controlling-Law, Divinity Transformation, Returning Void...

Jiang Liu, based on his journey and the Experience Points required for leveling up, had roughly calculated that at each stage, the difference between peak and initial Cultivation Levels was about ten times.

For instance, having accrued a total of 3 million Experience Points from level 1 to 31.

Therefore, by the time he reaches level 41, he should have approximately 30 million Experience Points...

Of course, there might be some discrepancies, but they weren't substantial.

The situation where Mo Liqing suddenly broke through to Taiyi True Immortal, yet was still overwhelmingly outmatched by Sun Wukong throughout, offered a clear glimpse into this.

An almost tenfold difference in Cultivation Level doesn't even factor in the disparity in Dharma Treasures and Supernatural Powers, where the latter definitely dominates.

...

Today, even though Sun Wukong had reached level 81 and barely stepped into the threshold of the Great Luo Realm, he was clamoring to confront Ksitigarbha to retrieve Aolie's soul from him?

In Jiang Liu's view, bravery was admirable, but this was a case of the fearless being ignorant.

"Oh, my Monkey Brother! You have no idea how formidable Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is!"

Before Jiang Liu could speak, Zhu Bajie, who was startled by Sun Wukong's attitude, quickly interjected, "Although Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva only possesses the fruit position of a Bodhisattva, his Cultivation Level is exceptionally high. In the entire Buddhist Sect, he might only be slightly inferior to a few select individuals like Tathagata! We should think this through thoroughly before acting!"

Zhu Bajie was truly scared by Sun Wukong's stance, having once been Marshal Tianpeng, he naturally understood Ksitigarbha's formidable powers.

Of course, he also understood Sun Wukong's impulsive nature, hence he quickly tried to deter him.

"Is he really that formidable?" Hearing Zhu Bajie's words, Sun Wukong was also secretly surprised.

He had always thought that Bodhisattva Guanyin's abilities would be the most formidable among the Buddhist Bodhisattvas. Now it seems that wasn't the case at all—Ksitigarbha was the most powerful?

"Wukong, this time, Bajie isn't wrong. We cannot be too rash in this matter!" Internally shaking his head and reflecting on Sun Wukong's strength but limited experience, Jiang Liu then opened his mouth to soothe Sun Wukong.

"Master, then, what should we do next?" Trusting Jiang Liu's words unconditionally, Sun Wukong held the Jingu Bang firmly, eagerly looking at Jiang Liu for answers.

If Master had no solution, though fully aware that he wasn't Ksitigarbha's match, Sun Wukong would still feel compelled to act.

Should he not act just because it seemed impossible? That wasn't Sun Wukong's character!

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Sun Wukong's nature was straightforward—whether he could win was one thing, but whether to fight or not was another!

"Master has a Supernatural Power!"

Facing his disciples from the Journey to the West, with whom he shared a battle line, Jiang Liu spoke openly, "This Supernatural Power of mine can resurrect the dead. If I employ it, perhaps Xiaobai can be brought back to life!"

"Master, since you possess such a Supernatural Power, please deploy it quickly!" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, the three disciples exchanged looks of surprise, and then Sun Wukong hurriedly urged.

"To bring back the dead? Even the Jade Emperor and Buddha don't have such a Supernatural Power, do they?" Zhu Bajie, hearing this, was even more astonished.

Now, ordinary people aside, but Xiaobai was already ordained in the Immortal Register. He had died and even the Tathagata and Jade Emperor lacked the power to resurrect him, yet Master said he could?

Having followed their Master for a considerable time and fully aware of his many miraculous methods, Zhu Bajie's heart was still indescribably shaken by this news.

"I would like to use it too, but currently, my Cultivation level is just a little short. To deploy this Supernatural Power, I need to elevate my own Cultivation to the peak of the Returning Void Realm!" Facing the urgent urging of Sun Wukong, Jiang Liu explained.

"So that's it, no wonder Master you urgently summoned me back, demanding I train inside the Map of Mountains and Rivers as soon as I arrived!" Upon hearing Jiang Liu's explanation, Sun Wukong finally realized and spoke.

During the conversation, Sun Wukong didn't waste words and directly opened the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

Jiang Liu had little more to say; having nearly said all that needed to be said, he nodded his head and lept into the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

Without Little White Dragon Aolie to team up with, Jiang Liu would have to tackle the dungeon by himself from now on.

Jiang Liu looked around—the dungeon was unmistakably a scene from the Heavenly Court.

The Golden Haze Crown shone brilliantly, and soon, Jiang Liu summoned the Fire Dragon Soldiers, directing them to attack the Heavenly Court outright.

Outside the Map of Mountains and Rivers, Sun Wukong and the others were waiting.

About half an hour later, a flash of light burst from the Map of Mountains and Rivers, and their Master leaped out from the world within.

"Monkey Brother, carry on!" After clearing the dungeon once, Jiang Liu didn't waste words and continued, speaking to Sun Wukong before jumping back in.

Once more!

Continue!

One more time!

...

Usually, when Jiang Liu teamed up with Little White Dragon, although they both worked hard at clearing dungeons, they would generally take breaks as well.

So, usually, clearing about ten dungeons a day was quite enough, spending some time on cultivating the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture, practicing life professions, and cooking in the Exquisite Immortal Mansion—thus fully scheduling their day.

But this time, Jiang Liu was busy grinding for 30 million experience points to level up, so he was cultivating non-stop.

Though he lacked the powerful assistance of Little White Dragon Aolie, and could only solo the quests in the Map of Mountains and Rivers, which took longer, he ended up running even more dungeons.

Averaging about half an hour per dungeon, Jiang Liu could clear about twenty dungeons in a single day.

Each run through a dungeon, by killing both large and small bosses and regular monsters, would net him over 300,000 experience points.

Thus, in this intense grinding state, he could gain six to seven million experience points a day.

For three days in a row, Jiang Liu was endlessly clearing dungeons day and night until he felt mentally exhausted.

He remembered that, before he had crossed into the Journey to the West World, he had died suddenly due to cerebral fuzziness from staying up all night gaming.

Now, after three days and nights of continuous dungeon runs, eating, drinking, and even relieving himself was squeezed in between these tasks.

Although his cultivation level had reached the Returning Void Realm, the continuous three days of tense, high-intensity combat left Jiang Liu somewhat dazed.

"Once more!"

Once again, coming out from the world within the Map of Mountains and Rivers and seeing that only about 10 million experience points were left for him to level up, Jiang Liu felt hope, like seeing the first light of dawn, and spoke again.

"Master, maybe you should rest a bit!" However, seeing their Master's pale face and listless appearance, Zhu Bajie couldn't help but speak out with concern.

"Yeah, Master, you look kind of scary right now!" Sun Wukong nodded in agreement.

While speaking, they directly put away the Map of Mountains and Rivers, clearly not planning to let Jiang Liu continue.

"Master, you should really rest. Both Big Brother and Second Brother are right!" Sha Wujing also spoke up, quickly nodding.

"Wujing, hurry and bring it out. I can feel it, in just two more days, I could make it!"

Just then, with only 10 million experience points remaining to reach level 60, Jiang Liu urgently said to Sun Wukong.

However, Sun Wukong held tightly onto the Map of Mountains and Rivers, shaking his head quickly, saying, "No, Master, you better rest for half a day first!"

"You..." Seeing Sun Wukong shaking his head, Jiang Liu felt a bit frustrated.

However, at that moment, suddenly feeling something, Jiang Liu looked to the side.

Sun Wukong and the others may not have noticed, but Jiang Liu clearly saw a bright red health bar in a nearby thicket of thorns.

"Who's there!?"

After killing for three days and nights, Jiang Liu's killing aura was more intense than ever. Spotting someone hiding in the thicket, he bellowed, simultaneously raising his Colored Glaze Staff.

"Ah! Don't, don't attack, Holy Monk, please don't attack!" However, before Jiang Liu could strike, suddenly, a cry of alarm rang out.

Suddenly, a little boy around four or five years old rolled out from the thicket.

Looking at the little boy, who appeared to be about four or five,

his entire body had a wooden texture, like a puppet.

(PS: Long live immortal cultivation, I've realized I haven't slept at all this year; surely, I've become immortal?)