Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 265: Group Healing Skill

Heavenly Court, Doushuai Palace.

Supreme Elder Lord sat quietly, embodying the very image of an immortal with a majestic demeanor.

In front of the Supreme Elder Lord, the Bodhisattva in white robes sat opposite him.

Soon after, a boy came over with a tray holding two cups of clear tea, placing one in front of Supreme Elder Lord and the other in front of the Bodhisattva.

"Bodhisattva, please enjoy the tea!" After Supreme Elder Lord took a sip from the cup in front of him, he then spoke.

"Thank you, Supreme Elder Lord!" After the Supreme Elder Lord had taken a sip, the Bodhisattva then picked up the tea cup in front of her and murmured her thanks.

"Bodhisattva, you have been busy dealing with matters of the Journey to the West lately. What brings you to my Doushuai Palace today?"

After putting down his tea cup, Supreme Elder Lord calmly looked at the Bodhisattva in front of him and asked, cutting straight to the point without any preamble.

"Supreme Lord, I have come today to ask a favor!" After taking a sip of the clear tea, the Bodhisattva put down her cup and spoke with her head slightly bowed.

"In front of me, there is no need for you to act as a disciple!" However, Supreme Elder Lord slightly furrowed his brows in response to the Bodhisattva’s words.

The Bodhisattva’s face stiffened slightly, but in the blink of an eye, she regained her composure and, after a brief silence, said, "I have come to request a favor from you!"

"Speak freely," said Supreme Elder Lord, his expression remaining calm.

"The path of the Journey to the West, the eighty-one difficulties, are all predestined, but Xuanzang in this life, as a person of destiny, has experienced many oddities.

His cultivation has been advancing by leaps and bounds daily, and he has even gained a preliminary grasp of the Power of Laws, so it appears the eighty-one difficulties will be challenging to fulfill in their entirety!" The Bodhisattva spoke frankly in front of Supreme Elder Lord, with no intention of beating around the bush.

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Upon hearing this, Supreme Elder Lord slightly raised his eyebrows with a look of surprise, saying, "Xuanzang is but a sixteen-year-old youth, isn’t he? His cultivation is progressing at such a rate!?"

"Indeed, to my knowledge, he has been cultivating for just over a year, and his cultivation level has already reached the Controlling-Law Realm!" The Bodhisattva nodded slightly and answered.

"Controlling-Law Realm!?" The look of surprise on Supreme Elder Lord’s face deepened.

Although the Controlling-Law Realm seemed trivial to Supreme Elder Lord, the fact that one could reach such a stage in just a year’s time...

At this rate, given a few more years, wouldn’t he be able to shed his mortal body and achieve the Immortal Path!?

"Has someone taught him his cultivation?" After a moment of silence, Supreme Elder Lord asked the Bodhisattva.

"Of course not!" Shaking her head, the Bodhisattva answered, "To my knowledge, he only received the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound technique after the Incense Offering Ceremony before setting off for the Journey to the West, and he has been cultivating alone without guidance..."

"Just one technique without any guidance? And yet such rapid growth!?" Hearing this, Supreme Elder Lord looked somewhat restless as he exclaimed in surprise.

Supreme Elder Lord was somewhat moved. Such an unpolished gem, if given proper guidance, what would his rate of growth be then!?

In modern terms, it’s praiseworthy to get into prestigious universities like Tsinghua or Peking University with the help of a renowned teacher.

But what if someone bought some textbooks and managed to get into a top high school through self-study alone? With such talent, who wouldn’t be amazed?

"Supreme Lord, Xuanzang is a disciple of Buddhism, a disciple of the Tathagata..." Seeing the expression on Supreme Elder Lord’s face, the Bodhisattva could guess his thoughts and promptly reminded him.

Hearing the Bodhisattva’s reminder, any notion the Supreme Elder Lord had of cherishing such talent evaporated instantly, and he silently shook his head in resignation.

Buddhism is destined to prosper. It seems that matters ordained by the Heavenly Dao are indeed inevitable.

"Destiny is elusive and yet a palpable existence. Not just you and I, even a Primordial Sage would find it hard to explain clearly. Since Xuanzang is favored by destiny and born with the ability to touch the Power of Laws, this is a fortunate turn for Buddhism.

The eighty-one trials may be significant, but given the circumstances, I believe Buddhism must be overjoyed, right?" The Supreme Elder Lord picked up his tea cup again and began speaking.

The Bodhisattva didn’t object to his words.

It was true; though Jiang Liu was growing rapidly and even had the assistance of the Power of Laws, making the eighty-one difficulties difficult to complete in full, overall, since Jiang Liu was a Buddhist disciple, Buddhism felt more joy than concern over this matter.

"Therefore, it is precisely because of this that I have come to ask for a favor today. I hope you can lend a helping hand to add more trials," said the Bodhisattva, not refuting Supreme Elder Lord’s words.

"The Journey to the West is a great tribulation. The recent death of the Floral Mink has spread throughout the Heavenly Court. If I were to let one of my disciples take part in the tribulation, wouldn’t that be making a statement?" Supreme Elder Lord gazed at the Bodhisattva, questioning.

To have a disciple face a tribulation wasn’t the main point; rather, his stance at this critical juncture was crucial.

With these words, it was clear that Supreme Elder Lord was ready to make significant sacrifices.

The Bodhisattva Guanyin fell silent for a moment, and then gritted her teeth, "Amitabha, it’s been said that monkey knocked over the Eight Trigrams Furnace long ago. Although it’s been such a long time since, and the Supreme Elder Lord has already repaired it, the furnace is slightly flawed due to the limitations of the materials. My willow branch can cut it in half..."

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In the Heavenly Court, the Bodhisattva Guanyin found the Supreme Elder Lord, and what sort of transaction they were engaged in for the moment shall not be told.

At this time, within the Treasure Elephant Country, Jiang Liu, wielding his Divine Tree Staff, was in a dark forest over three hundred miles away from the Royal Palace. Demon after demon continuously emerged, and thousands of soldiers from the Treasure Elephant Country, brandishing their weapons, charged towards these demons to slay them.

Lately, when Jiang Liu had nothing else to do, he would meditate and cultivate, and during his leisure time, he would have the King of Treasure Elephant Country search for the whereabouts of demon creatures.

Once found, Jiang Liu was quite willing to take the initiative to subdue demons and eliminate evil.

The King of Treasure Elephant Country also realized that Jiang Liu seemed very enthusiastic about subduing demons and eliminating evil. Therefore, he dispatched many people to search for the demons’ whereabouts.

After all, the more demon fiends Master Xuanzang subdued, the more it benefited his own Treasure Elephant Country, didn’t it?

This time, after locating a group of demon creatures entrenched here, the King of Treasure Elephant Country allocated two thousand soldiers for Jiang Liu to command, and lead them to subdue the demons, hence the current scene ensued.

The battles between the thousands of soldiers and the demons were naturally very intense, and of course, both sides suffered casualties.

Jiang Liu sat atop the White Dragon Horse, commanding these soldiers, and indeed appeared quite formidable.

Of course, if Jiang Liu were not wearing the Pearl Buddha Robe but a general’s armor instead, it would have been even more appropriate.

The Swift Fire Beads were continuously being flung from Jiang Liu’s hands; these were only small demons of the demon level, and there were very few demon soldiers capable of bipedal movement. To Jiang Liu, these were naturally insignificant.

After a brief fight, and seeing many soldiers had fallen, Jiang Liu raised his Divine Tree Staff.

Following his movement, a silvery-white holy object, as if descending from the sky, thundered down, crashing directly onto the ground.

With this holy object planted in the ground, an invisible wave spread out from it, and all soldiers swept by this wave began to slowly heal their wounds.

This was a skill book obtained by Jiang Liu after he had singlehandedly defeated the Wolf-Chasing Boy, which happened to be a skill of the Compassionate Bodhisattva.

Hand of Healing (Middle Level): Summons an indestructible holy object from the sky. Within a radius of one hundred meters, all friendly targets heal 1% of their maximum health points every second, lasting for 10 seconds, with a cooldown period of 1200 seconds.

This was another healing ability of the Compassionate Bodhisattva, apart from the Guanyin Mantra. Unlike the single-target healing effect of the Guanyin Mantra, the Hand of Healing provided a group healing effect.

At the primary level, it could only last for 5 seconds. Thankfully, he had enough skill points, so Jiang Liu upgraded the skill to the middle level, extending its duration to 10 seconds.

Though a 10-second duration would only recover 10% of the health points, which was far less than the Guanyin Mantra, as a means of group healing, this skill was very effective in a melee.

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Moreover, as the skill level would increase in the future, the duration would be longer, and the effects would be better.

After a fierce battle, with Jiang Liu taking action and the aid of the group healing Hand of Healing, hundreds of demon creatures were slain, giving Jiang Liu nearly 100,000 experience points, which made him nod in satisfaction.

After the battle ended and the skills had cooled down, Jiang Liu used the Hand of Healing several more times, allowing the soldiers’ wounds to nearly fully recover, before he stopped to rest.

Just then, a streak of light flashed across the sky, and Sun Wukong’s figure appeared, descending from midair.

"Wukong, why have you come?" Jiang Liu was slightly startled to see Sun Wukong and asked in surprise.

These were only little demons, a rabble, not even a single demon marshal among them; what was the need for him to come specifically?

"Master, go back. Junior Brother Sha has returned!" Sun Wukong said as he landed.

"Wujing!? He’s back!?" Jiang Liu’s eyebrows rose slightly, finding it a bit strange.

It had only been a little over three months since he left, hadn’t it? How could he be back so soon?

With a thought, Jiang Liu instructed the soldiers to return on their own, while he rushed back to the Royal Palace of Treasure Elephant Country with Sun Wukong. In no time, the distance of three hundred miles was traversed under the hooves of the White Dragon Horse.

When he saw Wujing again, Jiang Liu was taken aback.

Usually, Wujing was somewhat silent and reticent, but that was just because he chose not to speak.

But now, seeing Wujing again, Jiang Liu noted he seemed even more silent, especially with the lifeless aura emanating from him, giving the impression of an old man on the brink of decay.