There is a Tang king who descended to the throne, and Qincha Xuanzang asked Zen Buddhism.

Determined to find the dragon's lair, and deliberately practiced on the Eagle Peak.

How many countries have traveled to the border, and there are thousands of miles in front of Yunshan.

From now on, don't drive to the west, and teach the Buddha to hold the enlightenment of the great emptiness.

……

However, it was said that Tang Seng said goodbye to Chang'an, and walked west with two retinues, and when he walked to the Changting Pavilion ten miles west of Chang'an City, he met Li Zhi, the king of Jin who had been waiting for a long time.

Originally, Tang Seng thought that Li Zhi was also here to see him off, but he didn't expect the other party to propose to accompany Xitian?

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, as soon as I went to the west for 108,000 miles, I heard that there are many wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, mountain demons and tree monsters. His Royal Highness the King of Jin is a golden body, so why should he follow the poor monk to suffer? ”

Hearing that Li Zhi wanted to go to the West Heaven with him, Tang Seng's first reaction was a little confused, and then he dissuaded.

"Haha, the pheasant slave also said that it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, if you want to grow, you can't do it by staying in Chang'an City."

"This westward journey, the pheasant slave will not hinder the mage's business, and when the pheasant slave leaves one day, the pheasant slave will naturally leave."

"Since the mage also knows that the road ahead is dangerous, don't take these two entourage, they are just ordinary mortals, and there is no need to risk their lives."

Before Tang Seng could reply, Li Zhi dismissed the two entourages on his own initiative, and put the necessary items they carried on his black warhorse.

"Amitabha, since His Royal Highness the King of Jin insists on doing so, then let's go on the road together-"

Seeing Li Zhi's such "arrogant" behavior, Tang Seng was surprisingly angry, I don't know if he had such a good temper, or because he didn't want the two entourages to go to the West to suffer?

"Master, you and my father are brothers, so that the pheasant slave is also your junior, so don't call me 'His Royal Highness the King of Jin' one by one."

"The road to the west is very long, you can call me a 'pheasant slave' when you go out, if others ask, just say that it is a student who travels all over the world, and travels all the way west to appreciate the customs and customs of various places."

Li Zhi's request is not excessive, he always calls "His Royal Highness King Jin", it seems that the relationship is unfamiliar on the one hand, and the key is that sometimes it may bring unnecessary trouble.

"The poor monk still calls you 'Nine Princes', right? From here, when he was in danger and couldn't be solved, the ninth prince would leave by himself. ”

In Tang Seng's eyes, Li Zhi was still a child who had not grown up, and he didn't even understand why the Tang Emperor would let him go west, and he didn't even arrange a guard.

"Haha, then call me 'Jiulang', from now on I will have the same surname as you 'Tang', even if it is Jiulang of the Tang family, you are an uncle of mine."

Li Zhi's westward journey was originally a suggestion made by Sun Simiao with the intention of defusing the revenge of Buddhism.

No matter what, what happened in the "Huasheng Temple", Li Zhi offended the Buddhism after all, although he was not sure whether Guanyin Bodhisattva would find the back account, but he couldn't help but take any precautions.

Let Li Zhi follow Tang Seng to the west to learn scriptures, no matter how you look at it, the Tang royal family is bowing to the Western Buddhism, and the Tang Emperor even sent his own son over, how much grudge can not be resolved?

As soon as this proposal came out, it was first supported by Li Shimin.

He was not just afraid of Buddhism, but felt that a trip to the west might be of great benefit to Li Zhi.

In Chang'an City, the open and secret battles of several princes, Li Shimin naturally saw it in his eyes, in the final analysis, it could not be regarded as a battle between several sons, which one did not support them behind the forces?

Therefore, he didn't want Li Zhi to stay in such an environment, Li Shimin was waiting for the opportunity, and he believed that he could wipe out those bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods who had not surfaced.

Secondly, although Li Shimin may not fully understand Li Zhi's true strength, he always knows more than others.

In his opinion, only by going out can Li Zhi have more opportunities for promotion, which is why he finally agreed to Li Zhi's westward journey.

Of course, Li Zhi has no objection to Journey to the West, and it is an exciting thing to think about.

Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk, Little White Dragon, and so many monsters along the way, with their own "unpredictable prophets", can't they still profit from it?

Even if he really wanted to go west, Li Zhi still made some arrangements in advance.

He rejected Qin Huaiyu's request to accompany him, you must know that the journey to the west is not so peaceful, and Li Zhi has no confidence in his heart to ensure his safety, let alone bring another Qin Huaiyu.

The "Jin Palace" was completely handed over to Sun Simiao and Qin Qiong to take care of, this Wen Yiwu can be regarded as the strongest combat power in the Tang Dynasty at present, Li Zhi hopes that they can train several other young people.

After all the arrangements were ready, Li Shimin took the opportunity of the impeachment of Li Zhi by many imperial histories at the Great Imperial Conference, and directly "exiled" Li Zhi to the Western Regions.

Anyway, at this time, there is no specific restriction in the Western Regions, it is said that it is three years, and when will he come back, it is not Li Zhi himself who has the final say?

In this way, Tang Seng and Li Zhi traveled west together.

They left Chang'an in early April, walked for two or three days, arrived at Famen Temple, and stayed overnight.

After traveling for more than ten days, he entered Gongzhou City, and Haosheng replenished his provisions.

Now that Li Zhi is following, he really can't completely go all the way to the past, and Li Zhi still brought a lot of hard currency such as gold nuggets and silver cakes in his luggage.

Of course, now they are still in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and they can use the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" to travel unimpeded, not to mention that Tang Seng still has the "customs clearance document" in his hand.

At the beginning, Tang Seng was reluctant to use the "customs clearance document", and he couldn't stand a Li Zhi next to him.

Using the "Tongguan Wenmu", the official post stations in various places in Datang are naturally free to eat, drink and live, and the real one-stop service.

After another seven days, I finally arrived at Hezhou Wei, which was already the border of the Tang Dynasty, and stayed at Fuyuan Temple at night.

"Jiulang, after walking with the poor monk for so many days, can you still get used to it? I just heard what the host here said, if you go further west, you will go out of my Datang realm, do you really want to go with you? ”

After getting along with Li Zhi for nearly a month, Tang Seng also knew him a little, although he was the prince of the Tang Dynasty and only thirteen years old, he showed extraordinary self-care ability.

At least in Tang Seng's eyes, Li Zhi is not at all like a prince who grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he treats people and treats people with good feelings, which is far from being comparable to him in his thirties.

"Haha, does Uncle Clan still want to drive me back? As you have also seen, my father's proclamation has spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, and I am now in exile, and my journey to the west can be regarded as acting on orders. ”

When he was in Hezhou Wei, Li Zhi saw Li Shimin's proclamation punishing him.

Of course, all of this is a predetermined plan for them, but they are just hiding people's eyes, and Li Zhi naturally will not really take it to heart.

Tang Seng didn't know the truth, and even offered that he could write a letter of plea for Li Zhi and let Li Zhi take him back to Chang'an.

To be honest, after getting along for so many days, Tang Seng is somewhat dependent on Li Zhi.

Not only did Li Zhi take care of everything for him, but more importantly, Tang Seng knew very well that Li Zhi was a cultivator, but he had seen it with his own eyes, this Hui'an walker who had hardened Guanyin Bodhisattva's side.

"Anyway, the poor monk still says the same thing, if you want to go back one day, just talk to the poor monk."

Looking at Li Zhi who was indifferent on the side, Tang Seng's heart inexplicably felt a trace of warmth.

The next day, the two continued westward.

Hearing that he was about to pass through a vast mountain in front of him, Li Zhi prepared a lot of dry food in advance, he was already a cultivator in the late Yuan Infant period, so naturally he didn't need to rely on these to feed his stomach, mainly for Tang Seng.

Sure enough, the two walked along the mountain road for two days, but they still couldn't see any signs of getting out of the mountain, and the sky darkened again.

"Uncle clan, this mountain range is too treacherous, and there is a pickled atmosphere in the meantime, or there are evil things, we dismount and behave well."

Li Zhiyun looked at the "Broken Golden Pupil", and saw that the mountain range in front of him was not only rugged and difficult to walk, but also overgrown with weeds, wishing that they were more than half a person high.

On the side of the mountain in the forest, there was a faint black fog coming out, and an evil smell could be smelled in the night wind.

"Okay, the poor monk listens to Jiulang, you have to be careful."

Tang Seng has also traveled for many years, and there are not a few scenes of staying in the mountains and forests at night, but he really did not find that this mountain forest is different from the past.

"Haha, I'm afraid Uncle still doesn't believe me, right? I have a skill called 'Breaking the Golden Pupil', which can recognize danger, distinguish truth from falsehood, hope for luck, and break yin and yang. ”

"It's a pity that my current cultivation is still too shallow, and I can only exert a small part of its power, but it is enough to discern the danger here."

"Uncle Clan, you have to remember that what you see with your eyes may not be real, powerful demons are good at transfiguration, even if they stand in front of you, you can't recognize their bodies."

Since he was about to leave Datang, Li Zhi knew that the real catastrophe was about to begin.

Tang Seng's character, to put it mildly, is called humble and elegant, gentle and generous, kind and sincere.

To put it mildly, it is pedantic, indistinguishable from right and wrong, and stubborn.

It is this kind of character that adds a lot of trouble out of thin air on the westward journey.

Now that Li Zhi is here, although he may not be able to completely change Tang Seng's character, some things still have to be prepared for a rainy day.

"Amitabha, even if Jiurou encounters demons and monsters, if it is not a great traitor, you really have the means to subdue them, so let's let them live as much as possible......"

Sure enough, he's really a bad guy.

"Uncle Clan, do you mean that when I encountered a monster, I surrendered it and then released it, and continued to let it harm others?"

"There is a good saying, I don't kill Beren, but Beren dies because of me, and when the time comes, the monster I let go will kill others, can it be said that the clan uncle also indirectly committed the 'killing ring'?"

"This ......"

Tang Seng was speechless for a moment, and for a while, he didn't know how to answer Li Zhi's question.

The two continued to walk forward, but Li Zhi deliberately led the horse and walked behind Tang Seng.

And Tang Seng, who was walking in front, was still full of questions from Li Zhi.

The compassion in front of him, and the cruelty after the mercy, made Tang Seng not know how to choose.

……

"Poof—"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and Tang Seng and the white horse fell into a pit, raising clouds of dust.

"Caught, caught-"

I saw the wind rolling, flying sand and rocks, and fifty or sixty demons came out from all directions, all of them.

"Haha, little ones, salvage these two and follow me back to the cave-"

There was a shout not far away, these fifty or sixty demons didn't care that only Tang Seng fell into the pit, and hurriedly salvaged Tang Seng and the white horse with a hook lasso.

During the whole process, Li Zhi watched quietly from the sidelines.

He knew that this should be to the "Double Fork Ridge", there were three monsters here, listening to Fang Cai's voice, it shouldn't be a very clever cultivation.

This is the catastrophe that Tang Seng should have in his journey to the west, Li Zhi's own strength is low now, he doesn't dare to change anything easily, once this difficulty is missing, I don't know what variables will be in the future.

Doesn't it mean that you have to go through the "ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulty"?

Li Zhi did not resist, and obediently followed these fifty or sixty demons, and was pushed and shoved to a cave.

How far away was Li Zhi, he smelled a strong fishy smell.

That's too choking, isn't it? I couldn't bear it and vomited all the food I ate two days ago.

Tang Seng is even more unbearable, how could he ever see this kind of posture?

has been talking about demons and monsters, but it's just a casual verbal talk, but now that I've really encountered it, and it's still a demon of dozens of sizes, Tang Seng has a little tendon in his legs and stomach.

"Uncle Clan, don't worry, just recite 'Amitabha' silently."

Seeing this, Li Zhi on the side hurriedly secretly transmitted the message.

Tang Seng calmed down a little, and seemed to think that there was still Li Zhi with him, straightened the "Pilu hat" on his head, and followed him into the monster's cave.

At this time, Li Zhi finally saw the monster here, good guy, this looks really vicious.

The sawtooth is outside the mouth, and the chisel teeth are next to the cheeks.

Splendid around the body, the text spots wrap the backbone.

The steel whiskers are scarce, and the hook claws are as sharp as frost.

The Yellow Lord of the East China Sea is afraid, and the white-fronted king of Nanshan.

This is the "General Yin", right?

Under Li Zhi's "Broken Delusion Golden Pupil", he found that this demon was the cultivation of Jindan in the early stage, with a tiger head in his body, and the king character on his forehead was really conspicuous.

Journey to the West has just begun, is the level of the monster so high?

Li Zhi was very puzzled, in his impression, the Jindan period was already a demon king, and "General Yin" was just a minion at best.

If it's all cultivated like this, then what should you do when you encounter those real demon kings in the future?

Li Zhi was puzzled, and it seemed that everything had changed.

Could it be because of his own arrival?

"Hahaha, okay, okay, how many days has this king not eaten human flesh, but I didn't expect to catch two of them at once today, it's really a big fortune!"

The demon laughed wildly, and the big mouth of the blood basin made Tang Seng, who had been a little calm, full of fear again.

"This ...... Is this to eat people? ”

"'General Yin', I heard that my old friend got a piece of blood food, I'm waiting to congratulate you-"

"'General Yin', you can't swallow it alone, the old bear didn't treat you badly last time-"

At this time, two voices came from outside the cave, and then two tall monsters came in one after the other, one dark and the other strong.

"Haha, it turned out that 'Xiong Shanjun' and 'Special Priest' have arrived, of course I have to share the blood food with my old friends, come on, come on, I caught two today, let's pick one and eat him first."

It seems that the three youkai have always been friends, and even their daily blood food is shared.

"Jiulang, you can find a way quickly......"

Seeing that two more monsters came, Tang Seng couldn't calm down no matter how much he recited "Amitabha", and said to Li Zhi in a low voice.

Li Zhi didn't even need to open the "Breaking the Golden Pupil", he could see that one was a black bear essence and the other was a bison essence.

Yokai are not good at this, even if they take on a human form, many yokai always retain some of their original characteristics.

And the later "Xiong Shanjun" and "Special Priest" are almost the same as "General Yin" in terms of realm, and they are also in the early stage of Jindan, but their breath is not very stable, and it seems that they have just been forcibly raised?

"'General Yin', do you still need to choose these two people? Even if we eat all, we may not be able to fill our stomachs, Lao Niu thinks that if you eat one, I will share one with Lao Xiong. ”

Xu hadn't eaten human flesh for a long time, and as the "special sergeant" spoke, his long tongue stretched out and came to Tang Seng's face, and his saliva was dripping down.

"No...... Two, it's getting late today, it's not appropriate to eat more, let's eat that kid first, and it's not too late to eat that monk tomorrow. ”

"General Yin" hurriedly spoke out to stop him, and even wanted to let his demons take Tang Seng elsewhere.

This move made Li Zhi puzzled.

In later generations, the description of Tang Seng's experience is not very detailed, but it is only said that Tang Seng's two retinues were eaten by these three demons the first night.

When it was dawn, the three demons disappeared inexplicably.

Then, the Tai Bai Xing in the sky belatedly came and rescued the tied Tang Seng.

If the monsters want to eat Tang monk's meat, I'm afraid this is the easiest time, but unfortunately, the three monsters chose to eat only two followers very "sensibly".

Is it really cleaning up the scripture-learning team?

Those two entourages are not the designated candidates of Buddhism, just like the current Li Zhi, so the origin of these three monsters is worth playing.

Once this idea was formed, it lingered in Li Zhi's mind and could not be erased for a long time.

At this time, the three demons also came to Li Zhi at the same time.

"Xiong Shanjun" and "Special Division" grabbed one of Li Zhi's arms on the left and one on the right, and "General Yin" even copied Li Zhi's left foot and neck.

Is this going to tear Li Zhi alive?

"Kuro-"

Tang Seng didn't know where the strength came from, and he broke free from the hands of the two demons at once, but unfortunately, he was quickly held back again.

"Uncle Clan, these three monsters want to eat me now, what do you think I should do?"

Li Zhi looked indifferent, not at all nervous or scared, and even looked at Tang Seng with a smile and asked.

"This ...... I ......"

"Uncle Clan, should I kill these three man-eating monsters, or should I be willingly eaten by them?"

Tang Seng was speechless, but Li Zhi didn't intend to stop there.

"Hmph, you kid is dying, and you dare to speak out here?"

"Haha, it's good if you're not afraid, if you're not afraid, it's more chewy to eat—"

Seeing that these three demons are wrestling, they are going to tear Li Zhi into several pieces.

Suddenly, I heard Tang Seng shouting.

"Hit ...... Kill them—"