Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 819: The Food-Protecting Scorpion Demon

Chapter 819 -819: The Food-Protecting Scorpion Demon

Jiang Liu’s gaze was fixed intently on the wall where the profound character “Dao” was written, and his mind seemed to sink into it.

Then, the sound of experience point notifications rang continuously in his ears.

These notifications made Jiang Liu secretly astonished.

Judging by the time interval, the experience point notifications came about every 10 seconds, just like when he cultivated the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture.

From this perspective, contemplating the “Dao” character actually yields similar effects to cultivating the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture?

Every 10 seconds, he could earn 3700 experience points.

In terms of level and experience points, these points equal 50 times his own level. This speed was very fast!

“So this is the true essence of the Enlightenment Hall? A single character that contains the aura of the Dao, infinitely profound, allowing one to constantly comprehend it?”

By focusing on one character and continuously earning experience points, Jiang Liu vaguely understood the so-called purpose of the Enlightenment Hall.

By comprehending this character, could he actually earn experience points?

Then, if he were to cultivate the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture in the Enlightenment Hall, what would his experience point gain rate be like?

Curious, Jiang Liu sat cross-legged and prepared to cultivate seriously.

“Huh!?”

Regardless of what Jiang Liu was thinking, on the other side, Red Boy and the Scorpion Demon were also naturally marveling at everything in the Enlightenment Hall. When Jiang Liu focused on the “Dao” character in the center of the hall for comprehension, Red Boy and the Scorpion Demon noticed his different expression and their gazes also fell on the “Dao” character.

When Red Boy and the Scorpion Demon also saw the “Dao” character, their expressions changed slightly.

Immediately, they sat down one after another, their gazes fixed on the “Dao” character, seriously contemplating the principles within.

Jiang Liu also sat cross-legged, cultivating his Green Lotus Taoist Scripture.

Before, when he was at level 73, he could gain 480 experience points while cultivating.

Now that he was at level 74 and in the Enlightenment Hall, how many experience points could he gain from cultivating the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture?

Sitting cross-legged, Jiang Liu immersed himself in the cultivation of the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture.

Having cultivated the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture for so long, Jiang Liu initially felt that he had already mastered it thoroughly.

However, cultivating in the Enlightenment Hall made Jiang Liu realize that many aspects of the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture that he didn’t quite understand became clearer.

Understanding these made Jiang Liu appreciate the depth and breadth of the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture even more.

To use a metaphor, earlier Jiang Liu was like a primary school student learning basic arithmetic. He had mastered addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, feeling confident in his understanding of mathematics, able to handle various scenarios and list out calculations.

But now he realized that there were also geometry and algebraic equations like linear equations and quadratic equations.

Mathematics was far deeper and more profound than he had thought!

Notification: Earned 880 experience points.

Notification: Earned 2600 experience points.

Notification: Earned 3700 experience points.

Notification: Earned 4500 experience points.

Notification: Earned 5020 experience points.

Notification: Earned 5110 experience points.

Notification: Earned 5070 experience points.

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Sitting cross-legged in the Enlightenment Hall, Jiang Liu could feel his comprehension of the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture deepening more and more.

With deeper understanding, his experience points also increased. Eventually, he stabilized at gaining over 5000 experience points every 10 seconds.

After cultivating the Green Lotus Taoist Scripture for a while, Jiang Liu nodded in satisfaction.

If he cultivated for about 10 hours a day, he could earn around 20 million experience points just from cultivation, right?

Not too bad.

However, ever since he used the Heaven and Earth Inkstone to create a dungeon copy of the Great Thunder Monastery with Randeng Buddha’s help, he could earn around 100 million experience points daily by clearing dungeons.

Overall, dungeons were still the most efficient way for him to gain experience points.

Cultivation, on the other hand, was something to do in his spare time.

So, after cultivating for about an hour, Jiang Liu opened his eyes and stopped cultivating.

“Sect Hierarch! The Enlightenment Hall is truly a divine artifact! Cultivating here, my growth speed has increased significantly! Moreover, I seem to have clearer thoughts about the fusion of the Samadhi True Fire and the True Sun Fire!”

As Jiang Liu stopped cultivating and stood up, Red Boy’s face was filled with joy as he spoke to Jiang Liu.

“Oh? Really?” Hearing Red Boy’s words, Jiang Liu’s face also brightened with joy.

Enhancing cultivation speed was something he had tested himself, but did Red Boy really have clearer concepts about the fusion of Samadhi True Fire and True Sun Fire?

It seems that the +100% comprehension attribute is indeed useful, enabling people to deeply understand their cultivation techniques, spells, and divine skills, right?

“The Enlightenment Hall is indeed a miraculous artifact!” The Scorpion Demon also stopped her cultivation and remarked with astonishment in her eyes.

While speaking, she glanced at Jiang Liu.

Such a miraculous artifact, where did he get it from?

Even the Yuxu Palace of the Interpretation Sect or the Green Tour Palace of the Sect of Intercepting might not have had such a place, right?

Meaning, even Saints might not necessarily possess such a divine artifact?

“Alright, leaving the Enlightenment Hall here will serve to enhance everyone’s cultivation level collectively. Red Boy, you handle the rest!”

Despite the significant benefits of the Enlightenment Hall, for Jiang Liu, who could earn massive experience points by clearing dungeons, it felt somewhat redundant.

Having done what was necessary, Jiang Liu prepared to leave, giving instructions to Red Boy.

“Understood, Sect Hierarch! Don’t worry!” Red Boy nodded earnestly.

“Sect Hierarch, are you leaving again? You see, it’s already dawn, and you probably didn’t get a good rest last night. Why not stay and let me take care of you?” freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

As Jiang Liu and Red Boy finished speaking, it was clear that Jiang Liu was planning to leave again. The Scorpion Demon looked a bit reluctant and spoke to Jiang Liu.

“Stay and take care of me?” Hearing the Scorpion Demon’s suggestion, Jiang Liu’s face darkened.

If he really stayed and let the Scorpion Demon take care of him, could he truly rest well?

This demoness would surely drain every bit of his energy, wouldn’t she?

“No, I still have many important matters to attend to!” Though very tempted, Jiang Liu’s rationality stayed strong, and he quickly shook his head.

Leaving these words behind, Jiang Liu did not hesitate to leave Flame Cloud Entertainment City, flying towards Peacock Valley.

After Jiang Liu left, Red Boy naturally took charge of organizing everyone’s cultivation time in the Enlightenment Hall.

For example, demons like the Black Bear Demon and Jinchi, the three immortal brothers Tiger, Deer, and Goat, the Dragon King of Jing River and Tuo Dragon Monster, and the Spider Demoness from Pansi Spider Cave…

While Red Boy was busy organizing the Ming Sect members’ cultivation in the Enlightenment Hall, the Scorpion Demon was not paying attention to it. Instead, her eyes twinkled with thoughts.

Perhaps the Sect Hierarch didn’t notice, but she could sense a woman’s smell on him.

For a woman to leave her scent on the Sect Hierarch, either she had been by his side recently, or she had very intimate contact with him, right?

“I have to see which demoness dares to steal food right out of my mouth!”

With these possibilities in mind, the Scorpion Demon felt very displeased.

Determined, she set out without hesitation, leaving Flame Cloud Entertainment City and stealthily following Jiang Liu.

With her Golden-level cultivation at level 83, the Scorpion Demon was indeed very strong.

Her Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation level allowed her to secretly follow Jiang Liu without him noticing. Thus, the two of them arrived at Peacock Valley, one after the other.

Although attacked by a large army of demons before, time had passed, and thanks to the efforts of many maidens, Peacock Valley had quickly regained its vibrant and picturesque tranquility.

After landing, Jiang Liu pondered in silence, striving to complete the task entrusted by the citizens of the Lion Camel Kingdom to relieve them from the threat of evil demons.

Once completed, he planned to visit the Netherworld Blood Sea to consult about the big shout and destiny questions.

“Master, you’re back?” As Jiang Liu landed, Sun Wukong and the others naturally came to greet him.

“Yes!” Jiang Liu nodded slightly, not in a rush to talk about his encounters with Tingdi or the resurrection of the Roc Demon.

Seeing Jiang Liu had no intention to explain his solitude, Sun Wukong and the rest did not press further.

“Holy Monk, you have returned!” The Peacock Princess had also learned of Jiang Liu’s return. She gazed at him with eyes like water and spoke.

Approaching with a bowl of spiritual porridge, she said, “You haven’t had breakfast yet, have you? I personally made this porridge for you, Holy Monk. Please have some to fill your stomach.”

Seeing the porridge the Peacock Princess handed to him, Jiang Liu hesitated.

Although he hadn’t planned to accept the Peacock Princess, her stepping up to save his life between life and death left Jiang Liu grateful to her.

She even cooked personally for him, making Jiang Liu very touched.

“Thank you, Princess!”

He wanted to refuse but didn’t want to hurt her. Jiang Liu pondered for a moment, thinking that once he left, her feelings for him would naturally fade.

So, he didn’t refuse her immediately but instead expressed his thanks and reached out to take the spiritual porridge from the Peacock Princess’s hands.