"What is the mission?" Guanyin asked.

Fascinated by a game of value that even Buddha and the Jade Emperor avoided.

Li Changzhou directly teleported the mission content to her — he had grown increasingly fond of "teleportation," as speaking was too slow.

"Eighty-one difficulties..." Guanyin murmured to herself.

"Bodhisattva, please teach me," Li Changzhou said with a smile, "with you here, isn't this mission easily accomplished?"

"Simple? With the Heavenly Gods, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Five Directions revealers, the Six Ding and Six Jia, and the eighteen arhats all watching, my advice might harm you instead," Guanyin chided with a laugh and then said as if speaking to herself, "In the 21st year of the Zhen Guan era, at the end of summer..."

After waiting a while, Li Changzhou tentatively asked, "Without the Bodhisattva Fruit, is your memory failing? Can't you remember what time it is now?"

"You can go to Luojia Mountain, I'll tell you how to get 'me' from this time to help you."

"My apologies, I was wrong," Li Changzhou said, realizing Guanyin was teasing him.

Without divine skills, Guanyin's memory indeed wasn't as good, especially given her extensive and ancient memories, not to mention trying to recall a specific late summer from a particular year.

"Tang Seng must have just passed the Kingdom of Chechi, and is about to go to the Tongtian River... you go to the Tongtian River!"

"Any problem with that?" Li Changzhou asked.

"The Tongtian River, good!" Guanyin seemed very pleased with this choice.

She regained her unhurried demeanor as a Bodhisattva and explained:

"That monkey isn't skilled in water warfare, and regarding the other three — Wuneng was once the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy, presiding over eighty thousand heavenly soldiers of the Heavenly River; Wujing originates from the Flowing Sand River; the White Horse was originally a descendant of the West Sea Dragon. These three are familiar with water, but that's useless. They only add burden, like carrying loads and leading horses. And that carp in the river is mine... what's that word?"

"Deployment?"

"Right, it's my deployment again, so let's consider this one of the difficulties and substitute it!"

Li Changzhou still had many questions, but he knew he couldn't miss this opportunity, and immediately asked Guanyin how to get to the Tongtian River. He didn't even stop to admire the primordial landscape but mounted the clouds and left.

Although it was August, near the Tongtian River, it was already the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and it would not be unusual for it to soon start snowing.

The setting sun bathed the sky in red, and mountain-like crimson clouds pressed against the horizon, coloring the entire world. Countless peaks over ten thousand meters tall seemed to blaze fiercely, as if the world's light was emitted from these mountains.

A gentle breeze blew as Li Changzhou multi-tasked; he cultivated using his abundant energy, kept Voice Transmissions going with Li Qianxia, Yang Qinglan, and Turquoise Pool, and continued to gather information from Guanyin.

"What realms are Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng in? What skills do they possess?" This was crucial.

"Zhu Wuneng and Sha Wujing are no match for you, even in water, they won't last long," Guanyin declared.

"That weak?"

In Li Changzhou's impression, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng in "Journey to the West" were not strong, but relative to Sun Wukong, they were still celestial generals, at least Earth Immortals; how could they not together overcome him?

"Zhu Wuneng was once the Marshal, but after reincarnating only tens of years ago and being extremely lazy, he became an Immortal and immediately developed lustful thoughts, leaving the Sky Scraping Cave to marry in Gao Village. It was only after reaching Western Heaven and consuming Buddha's consecrated fruits that he attained immortality."

Immortals did not have longevity, only Earth Immortals could.

"What about Sha Seng?"

Guanyin nodded, "Only that monkey is troublesome; he has consumed countless elixir pills, Jade Dew, Flat Peaches, and though he has few divine skills and short cultivation time, his mana is no weaker than mine, but you don't need to fear him in water."

Li Changzhou had always wondered why Sun Wukong was so afraid of water.

Seeming to guess his thoughts, Guanyin smiled and explained:

"'Great Heavenly Immortal Technique' is excellent; it helps a cultivator quickly match their realm with their mana. That monkey, in pursuit of eternal life, traveled more distances in a dozen years than the Journey to the West itself, suffering countless hardships and seductions by worldly desires.

"He practiced the 'Great Heavenly Immortal Technique.' It's like undergoing dozens of value games and suddenly receiving the rewards. His realm advanced rapidly; though it was a build-up and release approach, it is still a shortcut method. 'Great Heavenly Immortal Technique' has no other drawbacks but leaves one with a weakness; it could be an aversion to scent, or an inability to withstand rain or the sound of thunder, and for that monkey, it's water."

Li Changzhou smiled, enjoying these ancient tales.

As for why the Heavenly Court didn't use water to attack Huaguo Mountain, the reason was simple: at that time, it was the Heavenly Court who was troubling the monkey, and they were on his turf.

Moreover, who knew at the time that the monkey living in Shuilian Cave couldn't fight in water?

"Actually, even if the monkey wasn't afraid of water, it wouldn't matter. Bodhisattva, if you give me the spell for the 'Tightening Charm,' could I still not handle him?"

"Shall I give you the 'Three Hidden Scripture' that Tang Seng seeks, too?"

"That would be perfect! With the true scripture, I'll have many more methods at my disposal."

"You are as if digging yourself deeper into the Underworld! I have some confidence that the 'I' won't act if you replace the carp, but you still want to chant the Tightening Charm and recite the true scripture?"

"I was just joking."

"Enough with your jokes! I came from the Song Dynasty to the present day; if you die here, wouldn't I have wasted hundreds of years!" the Bodhisattva scolded.

Li Changzhou felt as though he had gained an elder sister or mother.

The primordial world was vast; he had traveled from the Moon to Jupiter, and with the "Kua Fu Chasing Sun Step," one step covered a mountain, one stride spanned a great city.

Even so, it was dark, the moon was high in the sky, dawn turned to noontime, and only then did he travel from Penglai Fairy Island to the Western Continent.

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