Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything

Regarding the choice to change his profession, Jiang Liu felt some hesitation. The two available professions, Compassionate Bodhisattva and Immovable Ming King, had different attributes: the former was more support-oriented, and the latter more combat-focused.

Back when he was still at Jinshan Temple, considering his future profession change, Jiang Liu wanted to become an Immovable Ming King. After all, this was the real world, and possessing great strength was necessary.

He surely couldn't always rely on others, hiding in the back and casting a few healing and buff skills, right?

But what if he eventually had no teammates?

Now, however, Jiang Liu's thoughts had shifted. Considering his current situation, it seemed that changing into a Compassionate Bodhisattva might be quite good?

His biggest concern before was the lack of his attack power, which is why he wanted to become an Immovable Ming King. But now, Jiang Liu realized that in the world of Journey to the West, he could learn the original spells and divine skills using Skill Points. Moreover, he had the special equipment, the Skill Bookcase, which allowed learning three skills from other professions.

Given that he wouldn't lack ways to fight in the future, he thought that overall, the Compassionate Bodhisattva seemed more suitable.

After all, what would his final battle be like? It would be fighting against the myriad heavenly deities and buddhas, perhaps even facing hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands at once.

Therefore, in a large-scale battle, control skills, buffs, and healing abilities could significantly extend the endurance of the war effort. All his preparations had to be for the final battle at Spirit Mountain.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

While pondering over the matter of changing professions, he traveled onwards, and in the blink of an eye, several days had passed.

During these days, the journey went very smoothly, and he didn't encounter any powerful demon creatures. At most there were a few highwaymen or wild beasts like tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves, which Jiang Liu could easily eliminate with a single cast of the Taoist Swift Fire Bead spell.

Thus, these days, Jiang Liu's acquisition of Experience Points was mainly through cultivating the Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound method.

Since reaching level 20, Jiang Liu secretly calculated that in the past days, he had accumulated over a hundred thousand Experience Points; however, he still had not advanced to level 21.

He wasn't sure if it was because the Experience Points were insufficient or if the experience got stuck due to an incomplete profession change task.

The goal of the profession change task was to single-handedly slay a level 30 or above Demon General. Having not encountered any demons these days, naturally, this final task for the profession change was left incomplete.

On this day, after having dinner with Sun Wukong, Jiang Liu didn't seem inclined to continue their Journey to the West. As dusk approached, they stopped to rest again.

However, in the middle of the night, the sudden howling of wolves erupted, echoing from all around, growing closer and louder from every direction.

Hearing this sound, Jiang Liu naturally awoke from his meditative cultivation, clutching his Green Lotus Staff as he stood up.

The White Dragon Horse, sensing the pack of wolves and wanting to prove its worth by dealing with them, was about to take action. But suddenly, Sun Wukong grabbed its leg.

"Big brother?" With Sun Wukong still lying down nonchalantly, appearing indifferent, the White Dragon Horse was taken aback.

"Don't worry, they're just little demons. The master can handle it. If you help out, it would actually displease him," Sun Wukong said, lying on his back with his legs crossed, seeming utterly unconcerned.

"Ah? If we take care of some little demons, master would be displeased?" Hearing Sun Wukong's words, the White Dragon Horse was surprised.

At the same time, he remembered the day when he first met his master. In an attempt to impress and create a good impression, he had volunteered to deal with a few Little Demons transformed by resentment. His master's face had turned somewhat dark, and he looked displeased. Back then, he had found it odd, but now, he seemed to understand what was going on.

"Big brother, our master, he seems to have some odd quirks, doesn't he? Apart from this, are there any others? Can you tell me about them..." It's no wonder the master had always refused to accept him. The original impression had been very bad indeed, White Dragon Horse said with a strange tone, while quietly speaking to Sun Wukong.

There was no other choice. From the first meeting, White Dragon Horse could tell that Jiang Liu was somewhat distant towards him, which was why he had always refused to accept him. He had to resort to a more indirect approach, starting by building a good relationship with Sun Wukong.

Now that he had established a good rapport with Sun Wukong, it was naturally time to learn more about the master's temperament from him...

...

Putting aside Sun Wukong and White Dragon Horse, who were whispering about something on the side, Jiang Liu had already stood up by now, holding the Green Lotus Staff, staring at the pairs of wolf eyes in the night. He was surrounded by dozens of wolves, yet his expression remained unchanged.

To Jiang Liu, these wolves were simply delivering Experience Points.

Wielding the Green Lotus Staff, Jiang Liu did not retreat but advanced towards the wolf pack. Swinging the staff, he landed a precise hit on one of the wolves, which let out a piteous cry as its Health Bar instantly emptied, and it passed out.

Prompt: Gained 15 Experience Points, gained 3 money.

Almost at the same time, the system notification arrived as expected. The Experience Points weren't much, as it was just a normal pack of wolves, and thus nothing to concern oneself with.

As for dodging? With the 400-point Defense of the Golden Cicada Buddha Robe, the 800-plus of the Vidyaraja Crown, and the 460 of the Flashing Brilliance Shoes, just these three pieces of Equipment alone added over 1600 Defense. Even if he stood still, these wolves wouldn't even dream of breaking through Jiang Liu's Defense.

Because it was an active attack and not a passive counterattack, the wolves' Health Bars emptied without them dying; they were merely knocked unconscious, and Jiang Liu had no intention of killing them.

A mere few dozen wolves, with only two leading wolves capable of speaking human language, there was absolutely no suspense. In a short while, Jiang Liu had knocked them all unconscious.

"These wolf packs seem to be just patrolling Little Demons or even ordinary wild beasts. I intentionally spared their lives, believing that stronger demons will come knocking. I wonder if there will be any Demon General-level Demon Creatures?"

After having a trial run by knocking out all these Wolf Demons, Jiang Liu selectively killed a few to anger the others, secretly anticipating the next wave of attacks.

Farming for Experience Points and levels is much easier if you wait for the monsters to come to you rather than having to go out looking for them, right?

If there were Demon General Level creatures, that would be ideal, as he had yet to complete his class advancement quest.

By late night, the severely injured and unconscious wolves gradually regained consciousness. Looking around, they saw that Jiang Liu and his party had moved far away. Dragging their injured bodies, the wolves orderly got to their feet and then quickly disappeared into the night.

The next morning, dozens of miles away, a large wolf with pale fur, as big as a calf, suddenly stood up. "Hmph, a bald monk daring to trespass my Wolf Dwelling Mountain for three hundred miles? For causing so much damage to my descendants, I, the Vanguard Leader, shall see to it personally."

As soon as he spoke, the pale-furred wolf howled, a breeze coiling around its body as it vanished quickly.

And with its howl, several upright walking Wolf Demons, echoing the call, also let out long howls before dropping to all fours and following suit...