Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

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Jiang Liu looked at Zhu Bajie with a puzzled face, feeling utterly baffled by his words.

Jiang Liu was so restless about the incident in the Imperial Garden that he couldn't focus on cultivation or even enjoy gaming; he just sat there, zoning out alone.

At this moment, Zhu Bajie suddenly came over, wanting to chat with him?

Jiang Liu thought it might be a good idea to have a chat with him. At least it would help pass the time and prevent him from constantly thinking about the King of Women's Kingdom, right?

However, while Zhu Bajie had started off with normal questions, like whether Jiang Liu had met the King of Women's Kingdom or if she was pretty, or even if Jiang Liu had taken a fancy to her...

Jiang Liu thought these questions were quite normal.

But suddenly, Zhu Bajie suggested that Jiang Liu fancied her but couldn't pursue her? What was that all about?

"Bajie, what, what are you talking about?" Jiang Liu looked at Zhu Bajie with a confused expression and asked incredulously.

"Eh? Master, I didn't expect you to be even more concerned with face than Monkey Brother! You're still putting on an act at this point?!" However, seeing Jiang Liu's puzzled look, Zhu Bajie couldn't help but laugh, thinking Jiang Liu was just too embarrassed to admit he had failed to woo someone in front of him.

"Putting on what act?!" With a slight frown, Jiang Liu felt that the topic of conversation between him and Zhu Bajie was not quite on the same wavelength.

"Could it be? Master, you're not anguishing here over a matter of the heart, are you?" Seeing Jiang Liu's demeanor, which didn't seem faked, Zhu Bajie fell silent for a moment before asking.

"Well, I guess it can be considered a matter of the heart!" Upon hearing Zhu Bajie's question, Jiang Liu didn't hide anything; what was there to hide about matters of the heart anyway?

"Since it's a matter of the heart, then I, Old Pig, didn't say anything wrong! You fell for the stunningly beautiful King, but she didn't accept you, right?" Jiang Liu's response made Zhu Bajie feel that his assumption was naturally correct.

"That's where you're mistaken!"

Hearing Zhu Bajie's words, Jiang Liu suddenly realized, "It's true that I'm troubled by love, but it's not that I can't win over the King of Women's Kingdom. Quite the opposite—it's her sincere and passionate feelings for me. I feel guilty because I had to reject her!"

Zhu Bajie: "..."

With eyes widened, Zhu Bajie's face was filled with disbelief.

Staring blankly at Jiang Liu, after a long while, he took a deep breath, forcefully suppressed the myriad thoughts in his mind, and said, "Master, we're still good teacher and disciple if you don't pretend. If the King rejected you, just say it. Your disciple won't mock you. There's no need for you to insist so stubbornly!"

Knock, knock, knock...

While Jiang Liu and Zhu Bajie were talking, suddenly, there came a knocking at the door.
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"Master, I'll get the door!" Sha Wujing spoke up to Jiang Liu, and after receiving a nod of approval, he turned to open the door.

Then, a maiden from Women's Kingdom walked in, holding a tray.

This maiden went straight to Jiang Liu, presented the tray to him, and said, "Holy Monk, this is from Her Majesty for you!"

"For me!?"

Jiang Liu looked at the items on the tray, a book with no name, and also a beautifully made sachet.

He reached out, picked up the book, and flipped through it.

It was very similar to the book about him, and the first thing he saw was also an ink painting, depicting the likeness of the King of Women's Kingdom.

Then he skimmed through the content recorded in the rest of the book.

It documented the King's experiences over the past two years, detailing every single thing that happened, significant or not.

In modern terms, it was essentially a diary of the King of Women's Kingdom for the past two years.

"Holy Monk, Her Majesty also had a message for you. She has tried her best to learn about all you've done over the past two years. And all that Her Majesty has done and thought during these two years is also written here. Moreover, this sachet—Her Majesty hopes you will carry it with you—it contains a strand of Her Majesty's hair," the maiden said as Jiang Liu closed the diary of the King of Women's Kingdom.

"Sigh..."

Hearing the maiden's words and thinking about the King of Women's Kingdom's decision, Jiang Liu let out a long sigh.

In the Imperial Garden, he had said all he had to say, had made his rejection clear—but, after all, one can't prevent others from continuing to hold affection for oneself, can they?

After a moment of silence, Jiang Liu took the sachet and the diary, nodded and said, "Please tell Her Majesty that I will certainly carry this sachet with me and will not dare to lose it, and I will also diligently read this book!"

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"Mmm, I will pass on your message to His Majesty!" Having received Jiang Liu's response, the maiden nodded and then turned to leave.

"Wait..." However, as he watched the maiden turn around, Jiang Liu suddenly spoke up, calling after her.

After a slight hesitation, she asked, "How is His Majesty feeling now?"

"Alas..."

Upon hearing Jiang Liu inquire about His Majesty's condition, the maiden let out a deep sigh, and with a slightly resentful glance at Jiang Liu, she shook her head and said, "His Majesty is not doing well. After returning to the sleeping chamber, she has been crying for a long time. This is the first time I have seen His Majesty cry so sadly!"

After her words fell, the maiden turned and left.

Yet, Jiang Liu's heart felt heavy; this affection was too burdensome for him.

At this moment, Zhu Bajie, who was by his side, had already widened his eyes, looking at Jiang Liu in shock, completely taken aback!

Just now, the words their master had said had moved Bajie, but it was he who had rejected the Queen of the Women's Kingdom. Zhu Bajie felt that his master was just showing off.

But now, how could this be showing off? This was truly legendary!

"Master, Master, wow..."

As Jiang Liu watched the maiden depart, he felt the weight and guilt of the Queen's deep affection for him. Suddenly, Zhu Bajie started wailing loudly and knelt down, hugging Jiang Liu's thigh tightly.

"Bajie, what is this... what's going on?" Jiang Liu asked, puzzled, looking down at Zhu Bajie who was clinging to his leg.

"Master, I, Old Pig, have always known that your flirting skills are unmatched in the Three Realms. Today, I've come to understand it even more deeply. Master, please, I have been with you for a year or two now; you can't just ignore the hunger of one who follows you. Teach your disciple at least a move or two!" Zhu Bajie pleaded as he held onto Jiang Liu's thigh, crying as if the world was ending.

"Bajie, get up, this... this behavior..." Jiang Liu was somewhat at a loss for words at Zhu Bajie's display.

"No, Master, unless you teach your disciple, I won't get up, I'll just kneel here to death!" Zhu Bajie exclaimed loudly, still clinging to Jiang Liu's thigh.

"Alright, alright, we'll talk about this matter later, okay, get up! Your master really is not in the mood to discuss these things right now!" Jiang Liu said, somewhat helplessly, trying to comfort Zhu Bajie.

"Wuu wuu wuu..." However, Zhu Bajie continued to hold onto Jiang Liu's thigh, showing no intention of getting up.

"Bajie, this is too much! I have already promised we'll discuss it later; won't you get up!?" Jiang Liu's expression darkened as he saw Bajie persisting.

"Wuu wuu wuu, it's not that, Master, I don't want to get up, it's just that... my stomach hurts..." Zhu Bajie, still holding onto Jiang Liu's thigh and kneeling on the ground, said with a pained expression.

At that moment, Sun Wukong came over to Zhu Bajie's side and, after placing his monkey paw on Zhu Bajie's wrist to feel his pulse, he turned to Jiang Liu and said, "Master, this fool, he's overexerted himself, and it seems he's affected his childbearing energy!"

Jiang Liu: "..."

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Let us set aside what was happening in the Imperial Palace for now. The female officer responsible for arranging accommodations for Jiang Liu and his group in the Eastern Hall had already led several dozen female soldiers to the Immortal Gathering Hermitage by this time.

Immortal Gathering Hermitage, though it was called a hermitage, was home to only one person. There was an Ancient Spring within the hermitage, known as the Abortion Spring.

A middle-aged Taoist, about forty years old, wearing a golden crown and a Taoist robe and holding a horsetail whisk at an angle, sat cross-legged next to the Ancient Spring, immersed in meditation as if he had entered another state of being.

This Taoist was none other than the owner of the Abortion Spring, the Ruyi True Immortal.

"That Taoist..." Seeing the Taoist meditating by the side of the Abortion Spring, the female officer started to speak.

"Mistress!" However, before the female officer could finish speaking, one of the female soldiers urgently tugged at her and whispered, "This Ruyi True Immortal is extraordinary in his ways and has a rather peculiar temper. He hates being disturbed while meditating. So, it's best we don't speak, lest he gets angry and refuses to sell us water, which would be troublesome!"

Hearing the words of the female soldier, the female officer thought for a moment and decided to suppress the urgency in her heart, patiently waiting instead.

Indeed, the female officer was aware of the formidable nature of the Ruyi True Immortal; otherwise, she would have driven him away long ago. How could she allow him to monopolize the Abortion Spring?

However, the wait lasted all day, and it was not until the moon was high in the sky that the Ruyi True Immortal finally opened his eyes.

"Are you here to buy the water from the Abortion Spring? The price for each person is a hundred taels of silver!" the Ruyi True Immortal said, glancing at the female officer and the surrounding female soldiers.

"A hundred taels of silver! Are you robbing us!? Ordinary people come, it's only ten taels of silver, so why do we have to pay a hundred taels!?" Hearing the steep price demanded by the Ruyi True Immortal, the female officer, already informed about the usual cost, exclaimed with a shocked expression.

"If you don't have the money, then leave!"

Yet, the Ruyi True Immortal, who owned the monopoly on this business, did not give the female officer any room to negotiate, waving his hand dismissively and directly issuing an eviction.

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