Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Jiang Liu's body was bound by Daoji's chant beads, rendering him immobile. To onlookers, it seemed Jiang Liu had naturally lost the fight.

However, just as Daoji's Arhat Fist was about to land on Jiang Liu, suddenly, a dragon's roar resounded, its momentum awe-inspiring.

The penetrating roar of the dragon gripped the soul, and nearly visible sound waves emanated from Jiang Liu's body, spreading rapidly in all directions.

Under the impact of these sound waves, Daoji's fist could no longer advance in front of Jiang Liu's face, and even the powerful wave attack forced Daoji's body to be directly pushed back.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

As the sound waves attacked, the ground of the Martial Arts Ground within a dozen meters around Jiang Liu cracked open, showcasing the immense force of the sound waves.

The first level of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound's Divine Skills, it wasn't just capable of repelling the target but also served as an area of effect attack, which appeared truly imposing.

Not only was everything around the ground affected by the impact, naturally, Daoji's face turned pale from being pushed back.

In Jiang Liu's eyes, he could see that Daoji's health bar had decreased a bit more, leaving only a sliver of health.

At that moment, the chant beads that bound Jiang Liu scattered, automatically returning to Daoji's hand, indicating that the binding effect of the beads was time-limited.

Jiang Liu stomped his foot and charged at Daoji like a tiger descending a mountain, striking down with the Demon Subduing Staff, depleting Daoji's health bar completely, and causing Daoji to faint.

Notification: Gained Experience Points 460, money 50.

Notification: Acquired equipment Bronze Bracelet, please check your inventory space for details.

As Daoji was knocked out, the game system's notifications duly arrived, and Jiang Liu nodded inwardly in satisfaction.

He remembered clearly that when he had defeated Esquire Zhang at his home, he had gained just over 300 experience points. Now it had increased to over 400, which suggested that as the strength of his opponents increased, so did the experience points gained.

Moreover, after reaching level 10, he had unlocked inventory space, and now when defeating monsters for loot, equipment, and money would automatically appear in his inventory space without the need to search corpses.

"Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound? That was the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound just now, wasn't it?"

While Jiang Liu's thoughts were on the experience points gained, the monks of the Great Buddha Temple, upon witnessing Daoji fainting and then turning to Jiang Liu, went from a dead silence to a sudden outburst of shock and commotion.

The Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound was indeed a renowned Divine Skill of the Great Buddha Temple, so powerful that only Saint Monk Longhai had learned it under heaven; others, lacking the necessary affinity with Buddha, could only sigh in longing.

It wasn't surprising that Daoji and Jiang Liu would learn the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound.

But they had only been at the Great Buddha Temple for a few days. Had they really mastered the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound already?

"Indeed, it's the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound..." Saint Monk Longhai, who was also nearby, recognized it as well, staring at Jiang Liu with a mixture of astonishment and joy, disbelief written all over his face.

During the past few days, as Jiang Liu practiced the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound, he himself had been close by, and indeed, Jiang Liu had shown no signs of success, often even falling asleep. How could he have possibly mastered it like this?

So even when Jiang Liu claimed he had learned it, Longhai had been skeptical.

But unexpectedly, without any warning, Jiang Liu had employed the Divine Skills of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound.

As the only person who had learned the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound, Saint Monk Longhai could see more clearly. Judging from the use of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound by Jiang Liu just now, it didn't seem at all like that of a beginner who had studied only a few days. The execution seemed very skillful, and Longhai had also noted the strength of the attack.

For him to unleash such power at the beginning of the Meridian Unblocking Realm, it would normally require at least a year and a half of arduous cultivation.

Longhai checked on Daoji's condition and found that he had only fainted and wasn't seriously hurt, after which he had someone take Daoji back to rest. Meanwhile, he looked at Jiang Liu in amazement and asked, "Xuanzang, when did you learn the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound?"

"I learned it in the past few days," Jiang Liu responded to Saint Monk Longhai's inquiry.

"The past few days? He has been learning the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound for only about six or seven days, could his talent truly be so remarkable? Or is it because of the blessings from the twelve scent scars?" Jiang Liu's response left Saint Monk Longhai even more astonished.

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After the match, all the monks of the Great Buddha Temple, both young and old, were awed by the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound displayed by Jiang Liu.

To learn the first level of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound in just a few days, such talent left everyone dumbfounded, a genius unparalleled.

Even some of the older monks confided that when Saint Monk Longhai first came to Great Buddha Temple, it took him a whole month to learn the first level of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound.

Two Chinese Hours later.

Saint Monk Longhai sat in the great hall, with several high monks of the Great Buddha Temple sitting below him, obviously discussing something important.

"Amitabha, Abbot Brother, are you suggesting that Xuanzang should enter the Demon-Suppressing Hall to cultivate?" asked a monk with seven scent scars on his head, his face filled with shock, as he questioned Saint Monk Longhai.

Similarly, the other high monks beside him showed varying degrees of surprise on their faces.

"Indeed, Xuanzang's talents are so extraordinary, and actual combat is the best form of cultivation. Moreover, these past days, he has been sparring with the temple's disciples every afternoon, often knocking them unconscious. He clearly understands this. So, why not let him enter the Demon-Suppressing Hall early to temper himself?" Saint Monk Longhai nodded slightly.

"However, Abbot Brother, normally, disciples of the Great Buddha Temple must reach the Body Tempering Realm in their cultivation level before entering the Demon-Suppressing Hall to temper themselves. As I see it, Xuanzang's cultivation level has just barely reached the Meridian Unblocking Scripture, right? Why not wait a bit longer?

If something were to happen to him, how would we explain it to the Buddha in Western Heaven?" said the other high monks, who were relatively less agreeable.

After all, the identity of someone with twelve scent scars put heavy pressure on the high monks. No one could bear the responsibility if anything went wrong.

"Alright, let's leave this matter to his own will. If he goes, with the protection of the Vidyaraja Crown, he should not face too much risk..." Seeing that his younger brothers were hesitant to take responsibility, Saint Monk Longhai no longer insisted and conceded.

The other high monks exchanged glances and then nodded in succession.

Indeed, this matter should be left up to Xuanzang's own desire.

"Ah, if only I hadn't shown off..." On the other side, staying in his Zen Room, Jiang Liu sighed to himself at this moment.

In these past days, he had been training with Longhai in the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound every morning, and in the afternoon, Jiang Liu would spar with the monks of the temple to gain experience. Thanks to his identity as the one with the twelve scent scars, the disciples were quite willing to spar with him, and life was rather pleasant.

However, after he publicly used the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound, although he had successfully shown off, it had become difficult to find other disciples willing to spar with him as many started making excuses to refuse.

Despite his low cultivation level, the reputation of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound was too great.

"What should I do? Many disciples of the Great Buddha Temple are now afraid to engage with me. Where should I go to 'fight monsters and level up'?" Thinking back to the times he had been politely refused when asking other disciples to spar, Jiang Liu felt a sense of urgency.

Will I have to rely solely on the cultivation state of the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound to gain experience points from now on?

Yet, just at that moment, there was a knock at the door of the Zen Room, followed by Longhai's voice outside.

"Xuanzang, may I come in?"

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