Chapter 72: Xuanyuan Tomb
Monkey Bro Wukong walked over and said, “Congratulations, Little Brother, you have your first magic item, and it’s such a powerful one.”
Pigsy said, “Can I borrow your ox to ride?”
“Get lost!”
Bai Ze rolled his eyes. He still wanted to take advantage of my good mood to trick me out of my ox. No way.
“Moo~”
The Yellow Ox pawed the ground with one hoof, glaring at Pigsy with red eyes, and then charged directly at him.
The Yellow Ox clearly hated Pigsy very much.
Pigsy was chased all over the place by the Yellow Ox, causing chaos for a while.
“Time to eat!”
Over there, Sha Wujing banged on the pot lid, and only then did the two stop chasing each other and come over to eat together.
The Yellow Ox still said indignantly, “If you ever want to ride me again, I’ll kick you to death with one hoof.”
“If you don’t want me to ride, then I won’t. Why are you so fierce?”
Pigsy muttered softly.
Pigsy hurriedly ran to the side of the pot, asking Sha Wujing to give him more instant noodles.
Everyone happily ate their meal.
After the meal, everyone set up a camp and went to sleep.
Bai Ze, on the other hand, took out the pot of immortal seeds from his Universe Bag.
Time is frozen inside the Universe Bag, so the immortal seeds wouldn’t grow inside. Bai Ze had no choice but to take it out during breaks in their journey.
Under the moonlight, the immortal seeds slowly grew another leaf, changing from two leaves to three leaves.
As the new leaf grew, the immortal seeds began to release pollen again.
Bai Ze quickly sat cross-legged and absorbed the pollen. The gauze-like, fluorescent pollen was now covering Bai Ze’s entire body, as if the pollen was spreading from him.
About a quarter of an hour later, all the pollen had been absorbed.
Bai Ze felt his cultivation had improved again, but unfortunately, he didn’t break through this time.
This time, the pollen wasn’t as much as when it had taken root and sprouted before. After all, the last time it took root and sprouted, it also grew two leaves, so it’s energy was probably greater than this time.
However, Bai Ze was already satisfied. As long as Bai Ze absorbed the pollen from another leaf, it would be enough for him to advance to the Inner Core Eighth Level.
This speed was incredibly fast.
Bai Ze watered the immortal seeds a little, and then took advantage of the moonlight to practice the Corpse Emperor Vajra Fist.
Because during the day, when they were traveling, Bai Ze was either sitting on the Golden Ox Star enjoying the scenery, or lying on it sleeping soundly. So Bai Ze wasn’t lacking sleep, and every night he would practice his fist until late at night before going to sleep.
Over there, Wukong and the others had already fallen asleep. They were already used to Bai Ze messing around and not sleeping in the middle of the night.
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The morning light shone upon the earth. Bai Ze stretched and sat up from the ground. Although he had only slept for two hours, he felt exceptionally refreshed.
Over there, Sha Wujing was starting a fire and washing the pot, Pigsy was fetching water, and Wukong seemed to have returned from afar with some wild vegetables.
Bai Ze yawned and came to the side of the army pot, “What are we having for breakfast?”
Sha Wujing said, “That Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles you mentioned.”
This was naturally also invented by Bai Ze. Before they set off, he had made some rice noodles in advance. This stuff was too convenient to carry and wouldn’t spoil for several years.
When it was time to eat, they could just boil it in the pot.
Moreover, Bai Ze had also brought a lot of seasonings from the White Bone Cave Dwelling. At this moment, Sha Wujing was putting seasonings into the pot.
“The wild vegetables are here, the wild vegetables are here.”
Over there, Wukong had picked a lot of wild vegetables and began to wash them, tear them into pieces, and put them into the bottom of the pot.
Pigsy just stood on the side with his stomach rumbling, swallowing his saliva.
At this time, Tang Sanzang also walked over and said, “It’s all thanks to Little Benefactor.”
“Before, we were exposed to the wind and dew, and we were hungry one moment and full the next. Those days were truly unbearable to recall.”
Ever since Bai Ze joined the Journey to the West Pilgrimage, everyone had not gone hungry.
Self-made instant noodles, self-made rice noodles, and a few cans of self-made stir-fried dishes.
Bai Ze would put the dishes into small cans and then steam them with high-temperature steam, and they would become self-made canned food.
All of them were easy-to-carry items.
Bai Ze said, “Elder, you flatter me. You have already seen what I have made. In the future, whenever you reach a town, make some of these easy-to-carry foods, and you won’t have to worry about not having anything to eat in the wild mountains and remote areas.”
If Bai Ze had to go hungry, he wouldn’t do it. He had to eat his fill.
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And so, everyone finished their breakfast, packed their luggage, and prepared to continue on their journey.
At this time, Ying Lao’s voice came into Bai Ze’s mind, “Change your route. There’s a predestined affinity you need to form.
This clan has ties to the Human Emperor.”
The Human Emperor?
Bai Ze pretended to get on the Old Yellow Ox and took out the map his mother had given him, pointing in one direction, “Let’s go this way!”
Pigsy came closer and said, “That’s not right. I also looked at the map yesterday. We should take the left road. You’re telling us to take the right one?”
Bai Ze said, “The left road is a detour. When I left the White Bone Cave Dwelling, my mother said that when we got here, we should take the right road.”
“Is that so?” Pigsy was a little skeptical.
“Giddy up!”
Bai Ze didn’t give everyone time to think. He directly patted the Old Yellow Ox’s belly, and they started walking towards the right road.
“Pigsy, hurry up and follow.” Tang Sanzang had already followed on the White Dragon Horse and began to urge his disciples.
The disciples followed one after another.
The group traveled for several hours, feeling parched.
Bai Ze asked in his heart, “Teacher, am I on the right path? Why haven’t we arrived yet?”
Ying Lao said, “It’s almost there. Turn left ahead and you’ll see it.”
Bai Ze led the group to turn left at the intersection, and after walking several hundred meters through the waist-high weeds, they finally saw a building.
Xuanyuan Tomb!
It was actually a tomb. Others would definitely find it unlucky, but Bai Ze was a corpse demon, so he actually felt a sense of familiarity.
Sun Wukong came closer and said, “I say, Little Brother, how are you leading the way? How did you bring us to a tomb?”
Pigsy looked at the huge tombstone in surprise and said, “The Xuanyuan Emperor is actually buried here. That’s quite strange.”
While the Old Pig was curiously checking out the Xuanyuan Tomb, a charming woman suddenly appeared. She was incredibly beautiful, with skin as smooth as jade, and her dark hair was naturally draped over her shoulders, making her skin look even more radiant.
She had an alluring chest, a graceful figure, and long, straight, fair legs.
She was naturally charming and bewitching with every smile. She was truly a born seductress.
“Wow, this sister is so beautiful.” Seeing such a stunning beauty, Pigsy’s worldly desires were stirred again, and a lewd smile appeared on his face.
The woman gave a cold smile, and with a flick of the pink silk scarf in her hand, Pigsy was sent flying.
Although the woman had an alluring face, her attitude was extremely harsh at this moment, “You audacious brute, how dare you disturb the Human Emperor’s eternal rest? You deserve to die.”
At this time, many graceful figures appeared one after another around them. Each of them was a stunning beauty. Although they were not as beautiful as the leader, they were definitely the kind that could outshine all others.
In a short while, a group of stunning beauties had surrounded the Journey to the West Pilgrimage.
Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing both gripped their weapons tightly. These were all demons, and there was probably going to be a fierce battle.
Because they were surprised to smell the Human Emperor’s aura on these demons.
Although the Human Emperor’s lineage had long been severed, the fact that these demons had the Human Emperor’s aura meant that they were not easy to deal with.
Tang Sanzang quickly stepped forward and said, “Misunderstanding, it’s a misunderstanding.
This poor monk is from the Great Tang Dynasty of the Eastern Land, on his way to the Western Heaven to worship Buddha and seek scriptures. We accidentally got lost while passing through this place, and disturbed you ladies. Please forgive us.”
The leading woman frowned, “You say it’s a misunderstanding, and that’s it? This is the dignified Human Emperor’s Mausoleum. Do you think you can just get away with it after offending it?”
“That’s right!”
The surrounding young women all pointed their weapons at Tang Sanzang and his group.
“Jiuli, you must not be rude.”
At this time, an old voice suddenly came from afar. Everyone looked and saw an old man in white with a cane.
The old man came before the group and smiled at Tang Sanzang, “Elder, are you the Great Tang Holy Monk Xuanzang?”
Tang Sanzang clasped his hands together, “This poor monk is indeed.”
The old man introduced himself, “My surname is Su, and I am the head of the Tu Shan clan. They all call me the Tu Shan Old Ancestor.”
Bai Ze blinked as he listened. Wasn’t the Tu Shan clan a fox demon clan?
How did they get involved with the Human Emperor?
Could it be that Ji Xuanyuan slept with a fox sister?
Bai Ze remembered that before Su Daji went to bewitch King Zhou, she lived in the Xuanyuan Tomb. What exactly was the relationship between the Tu Shan clan and the Human Emperor?
