Journey to the West: The Strongest Worker System

Regardless of what Zhu Ba thought, they had already arrived at the Thorn Ridge. The next day, a different person changed his transformation, but it was Monkey who led the way, and the others followed him, still traveling non-stop for another day and night.

This time, it was also very strange. Just as night fell, the master and his disciples encountered an open space again, but what was different and better than the last time was that there was an ancient temple on this open space.

It was strange that this ancient temple appeared suddenly, and there were many pine, cypress, peach and plum trees planted outside the door, among which the pine and cypress were green and the peach and plum were beautiful.

Monkey and Zhu Ba looked at each other, but they saw some clues from this ancient temple. Even though the four tree monsters here were not bad monsters, they were monsters after all, and the faint monster aura they exuded still attracted attention.

"Master, this place is strange, let's not go in. Let Bajie build a wooden house outside to deal with it for the night!"

"Hmm? Wukong, there seems to be no one here, and there are no monsters or birds. Why should we be afraid of him? Although this temple is not big, it looks much more comfortable than a wooden house."

Tang Sanzang looked at the ancient temple in front of him with some confusion. No matter how you look at it, it seems very ordinary. Perhaps it was built by mortals in the past, not only to worship the mountain gods and the land, but also as a place to live when crossing mountains and ridges.

As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of cold wind blew, and the door of the ancient temple quietly opened. An old man walked out, wearing a horn scarf, plain clothes, holding a cane, and wearing straw shoes. Following him was a green-faced, fanged, red-bearded, naked ghost messenger, with a plate of noodles on his head.

Seeing several people in front of him, he knelt down and said, "Great Sage, Marshal Tianpeng, Saint Monk, etc., I am the land of Thorn Ridge. I know that you are passing by here and I have no way to receive you, so I specially prepared a steamed bun for you. It is still about 800 miles from here, and there are no houses. It is better to eat something to fill your stomach."

Looking at the people in front of him, Zhu Ba's mouth corners slightly raised, but it was a little strange. This person in front of him was really interesting. It was not a small crime to pretend to be an immortal without permission!

When Sha Seng saw someone delivering food, he didn't think much about it and prepared to take the steamed bun. Although they were not short of food, it was good to have more choices.

But Zhu Ba stood in front of him, looked at the old man in front of him and said quietly: "Who are you? Do you know that pretending to be an immortal will cause trouble!"

The old man's face changed slightly when he heard this, but he quickly recovered and pretended to be humble, saying: "I don't know what Marshal Tianpeng means, the old man is a little confused?"

"Since you don't intend to admit it, don't blame me for being rude!"

Zhu Ba stretched out his hand and bound the other party with a restraint, then slowly stepped forward and said lightly: "You think you are doing well, but in fact there are flaws "First, although this Thorn Ridge is not a high mountain, there are mountain gods here, not land gods." "Second, your ancient temple is too big. Mountain god and land god temples are not so big. Don't you think it's abrupt to suddenly see an ancient temple in this deep mountain forest?" "Third, the ghost behind you, you think the land god is the city god, and you have a ghost to drive, these are your flaws!" The old man's face changed drastically when he heard the words, and his body could not move, but he had no choice but to tell his origin. "My fellow immortals, I am not a bad guy, but one of the eighteen gentlemen of Thorn Ridge. We have several brothers and old buddies who have stayed on Thorn Ridge for many years, waiting for no one to come. Suddenly, we heard that a holy monk came and wanted to invite him to discuss Taoism and poetry. "Tang Sanzang was slightly stunned. It was the first time he encountered such a goblin. He was a little curious for a while, so he simply signaled Zhu Ba to let him go. Zhu Ba took back the restraints and allowed the other party to move freely. Seeing this, the old man bowed to Tang Sanzang to express his gratitude.

"Old man, since you want to play some pretentious things, I won't stop you, but if you want to take the master away alone, it won't work. How about this, if you don't mind, call your friends over and chat tonight!"

Seeing that the other party did not leave immediately, Zhu Ba simply made a suggestion, which made the other party's eyes light up. After all, the opportunity is rare. If you miss it, you don't know if there will be another opportunity in the future.

Because they knew the situation, everyone had no worries and followed the other party into the ancient temple. In the ancient temple, there were three old men, the first one was frosty and graceful, the second one was green-haired, and the third one was humble and dark-skinned. Each of them had a different appearance and clothes, and they all came forward to pay their respects to the monkey Zhu Ba, Tang Sanzang and others.

Soon, they introduced themselves. The old man was called Yue Jinjie, the other frosty-looking man was called Gu Zhigong, the green-haired man was called Ling Kongzi, and XuThe heart is called Fuyunsou. They are pine, cypress, juniper, and bamboo pole. In addition, there are maple, apricot, osmanthus, winter plum and other spirits.

So a very strange discussion began. The four old men had their own views, and Tang Sanzang told them. Several spirits talked about Confucianism and Taoism, while Tang Sanzang talked about his strengths in Buddhist scriptures.

The two sides discussed with each other to distinguish the truth of their own Taoism, and everyone also gained something. For Tang Sanzang, perhaps the other party’s words are not Buddhist scriptures, but Buddha is Tao. Different views and different stories can help him understand more deeply.

As for those tree spirits, they used to study the Tao painstakingly. Now that Tang Sanzang explained it to them, many places suddenly became clear, and they were enlightened in an instant, which made their minds open up. They felt that they had realized the Tao in one day and the Tao was boundless.

Seeing this scene, the monkey Zhu Ba also joined in. The two of them, the monkey is a disciple of Bodhi Patriarch after all. Bodhi Patriarch has a special status, but he is a great god who practices both Buddhism and Taoism. The monkey learned not only those sets of magical powers from him, but also Taoism.

Zhu Ba inherited the Taoism of Taishang Laojun, plus many secret books such as Buddhist scriptures bestowed by the system. His experience and the great way he mastered can be said to be the most perfect. Even if he reveals a little, it is enough for these tree spirits to benefit a lot.

This is exactly the case. At the beginning, everyone can still talk to each other, but later it became a talk show of Zhu Ba alone. He was seen talking there alone, and others listened carefully. No one dared to speak rashly, for fear of interrupting his narration and destroying the atmosphere on the scene.

After the night of Taoism, the tree spirits were somewhat reluctant to let Zhu Ba continue. But then they thought about his identity and let it go. They could only say goodbye to Tang Sanzang and others.

Tang Sanzang and his disciples naturally did not intend to continue, so they bid farewell to them and continued on their way. The distance to the Thorn Ridge was still about 800 miles, and it would take another seven or eight days.

The people in the ancient temple looked at their backs as they left, and the Eighteenth Lord said with some regret: "I didn't expect that we were so short-sighted. Marshal Tianpeng actually had such knowledge. His discussion of the Tao gave me a lot of inspiration, but it's a pity that I was just a little bit away from understanding it."

"Alas, me too, I really hope to have a chance to listen to his discussion again."

The other people also expressed the same feeling, lamenting that the opportunity was rare, and felt that they looked down on him at first, and talked with Tang Sanzang for so long, and in the end, there was less time left for Zhu Ba.

"Then I'll give you a chance, are you willing?"

Suddenly, a voice came from the door of the temple, which made several people slightly stunned. Looking in the direction of their gaze, the person who came was Zhu Ba.

"Marshal Tianpeng, what are you doing? Why did you turn around and come back?"

The Eighteenth Lord asked with some doubts, and what was the opportunity that the other party just mentioned?

Zhu Ba raised his lips slightly, and said calmly: "I came back to give you a chance to hear my talk again. Are you willing?"

"Of course I am willing, but I don't know what the Immortal needs us to do?"

No merit, no reward. They also know that opportunities will not fall from the sky, and they must pay something.

Zhu Ba directly told them his plan. Hearing that the other party had a small world, Shiba Gong and several other tree spirits were stunned. Although they had overestimated the other party's fear, it seems that they still underestimated the other party.

They discussed it for a while, and couldn't resist the temptation of Zhu Ba's preaching, so they agreed. But there is a premise that Zhu Ba needs to preach to them for one day every thirty days.

For a trivial matter, Zhu Ba naturally agreed, and he believed that as long as they entered the small world, even if he didn't preach, they would definitely be willing to stay in that world!

It is not easy for these monsters to cultivate. The spiritual energy in the small world is abundant, which is more than a hundred times stronger than this Thorn Ridge. There are also several great monsters and even goddesses in it, who can give them some guidance. These are all inestimable gains.

I still want to leave the small world. I am afraid that only a fool would make such a decision!