The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 56 Traffic Accidents

Upon hearing Cui Ying's sarcastic remarks, Dugu Tuo's face darkened.

"Even you've learned to mock people now. You really can't learn anything good from following Jiang Feng!"

Dugu Tuo grunted and once again summoned a yellow talisman towards the sky.

"Honoring the Dragon and Tiger Mysterious Altar Generals, and the Heavenly Sage Zhao Zhenjun, Hear my summons, swiftly respond! When your merits are complete and your deeds fulfilled, ascend to the Heavenly Throne! So be it!"

The yellow talisman burst forth with a beam of yellow light, piercing through the dark clouds and soaring straight into the sky, appearing directly before the True Lord of the Mysterious Altar, Zhao Gongming.

Zhao Gongming looked down at the world and stared at Dugu Tuo, who was asking him to borrow lightning. His depressed mood was written all over his face.

How incredibly bored must I be to use lightning to strike the Third Holy Mother for fun?

And what's so fun about this?

Do you believe that the moment I strike down with a bolt of lightning, Yang Jian's blade could be shoving into my face?

Zhao Gongming sighed helplessly, deciding to turn a blind eye and issue a decree with a wave of his right hand.

The next instant, Dugu Tuo received the imperial decree.

Upon opening it, a deep sense of bewilderment appeared in his eyes. He unconsciously looked up at Cui Ying: "You were right! True Lord Xuantan isn't home; he went out to visit friends today!"

Cui Ying: "..."

A friend visiting you can still reply to your letters? That sounds so absurd!

Seeing Cui Ying's suspicious gaze, Dugu Tuo became furious: "I truly am a disciple of the True Lord of the Mysterious Altar, a legitimate disciple who has been ordained and granted the rank!"

Cui Ying strongly suspected he had been deceived, and with a sympathetic look, she gestured for him to continue the spell: "Then continue casting the spell."

Dugu Tuo: "..."

If I could cast spells, would I need to explain this to you?!

"Snake King! Poison Wolf! Leopard God! Come out here!"

Dugu Tuo cried out in desperation, but received no response. In desperation, he had no choice but to summon the cat demon.

In an inconspicuous corner of the city, Yang Jian stood on a rooftop, monitoring the situation from afar.

At his feet lay the corpses of three monsters, piled on top of each other and strung together by a three-pointed, double-edged sword.

This time, with no one by his side, Yang Jian was finally able to fight the three demons to a standstill without needing to disguise himself, and he ended their lives with a single strike.

He turned his gaze northward from his sister, where Jiang Feng stood atop a black dragon's head, gripping its horns, and rode it toward Dugu Tuo.

A familiar aura emanated from Jiang Feng, causing him to involuntarily frown.

"Jin Chanzi..."

At this moment, a ferocious expression appeared on Dugu Tuo's face as he commanded the cat demon to attack Cui Ying relentlessly, but he was still unable to subdue her.

Sensing the approaching danger, Dugu Tuo dared not delay any longer. He gritted his teeth fiercely and spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the cat demon crimson.

He used a secret technique, sacrificing his lifespan, to enhance the cat demon's magical power.

The blood-red cat demon roared and broke through Cui Ying's defenses, crashing headfirst into the yellow talisman hanging on the city gate.

The magical barrier blocking the city gate suddenly collapsed, and Dugu Tuo's figure turned into a streak of blood light as he desperately ran towards the outside of the city.

Just as he ran out of the city gate and turned south to escape, a black lightning bolt suddenly shot out from his side and struck him instantly!

An overwhelming force struck, sending his body flying.

When he fell back to the ground from the sky, his body was mangled and bloody, and blood kept gushing from his mouth.

The black lightning stopped, revealing itself to be Ao Ying's true form as a black dragon. A person was standing on the dragon's head, none other than Jiang Feng, who looked completely innocent.

"How did we end up bumping into each other on such a wide road?"

Jiang Feng jumped down from the dragon's head and came to Dugu Tuo's side. He said with some emotion, "You have no idea. In order to save you, Empress Dugu summoned almost everyone who could be associated with me, just to plead for you."

"I've listened to them talk about interpersonal relationships for ages, my ears are practically calloused. It's a pity they don't know that besides interpersonal relationships, there's something even more terrifying in the imperial court—traffic accidents!"

"You don't even know the basic rule of yielding to oncoming traffic when turning? You'd better learn traffic rules properly in your next life."

Dugu Tuo kept vomiting blood, staring at Jiang Feng with resentful eyes, making hoarse noises, and it took him a long time to be able to speak coherently.

"I refuse to accept this! Why are you always going against me? There are countless powerful families in the court, none of them are as clean as me... Why are you only targeting me? I refuse to accept this!"

Jiang Feng said, "You're right. None of the powerful families in the court are decent people. You're the first one to run into me. I haven't dealt with them yet simply because I haven't had the time to do so."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Tuo laughed out loud from the bottom of his heart: "That puts my mind at ease... Either you get played to death by them, or they come down to keep me company... I won't be lonely down there..."

After saying this, Dugu Tuo tilted his head to the side and closed his eyes forever.

[Your compassion taught Dugu Tuo the principle of yielding to those going straight, and your boundless love moved Heaven, rewarding you with mastery of the "Kun Fish Transformation into Peng Technique"]

Jiang Feng accepted the reward, skillfully poured kerosene on Dugu Tuo's corpse, and cremated it on the spot.

High above, several imposing figures gathered together, watching this scene unfold on earth, and fell into a collective silence.

After a long while, a voice filled with deep doubt asked, "How did things turn out this way? Guanyin Bodhisattva, what was your original plan?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva sighed: "My original plan was to have Jiang Feng cure the Empress's illness, win the trust of the royal family, have the Emperor appoint him as the Imperial Brother of the Great Sui Dynasty, and then send him to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures."

Unfortunately, Jiang Feng ruined the entire plan. After being threatened by Jiang Feng, the emperor wished he could get rid of him as soon as possible, let alone appoint him as his younger brother.

The Empress, whose brother was killed by him, probably hates him to the core now. Even if the Emperor wants to bestow a title upon Jiang Feng, she will obstruct it.

"Don't be discouraged, you two. There's still Yang Guang. The Emperor and Empress are nearing the end of their lives. We can have Yang Guang be appointed as their Imperial Brother. But that would mean we'd have to wait another two years."

"There's still one thing I don't understand. Who arranged for the Old Man Under the Moon to be Jiang Feng's match? And why was the Red Thread of the Third Holy Mother tied to him? If Yang Jian finds out about this, I wonder what changes will occur."

Guanyin Bodhisattva's voice carried a hint of helplessness: "It was this humble monk who asked the Old Man of the Moon for help, but this humble monk did not ask the Old Man of the Moon to tie him and the Third Holy Mother together with their red thread. This humble monk does not know who is plotting behind the scenes."

"Why not just have the God of Marriage untie the red thread connecting the two of them?"

"This humble monk has searched the entire heavens and earth but cannot find any trace of the Old Man of the Moon. Please help this humble monk search as well."

"Given the current situation, what are the next steps? Can the Water and Land Dharma Assembly still be held as scheduled?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "I am not worried about this matter. Although Jiang Feng acts unpredictably, he will not remain indifferent when it concerns the common people."