Chapter 020: Cast Aside

Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing saw Wang Bo open his eyes and simultaneously let out a sigh of relief.

Xiao Bai asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

Xiao Qing pouted and said angrily, "Seeing how energetic he looks, I know he's fine."

Wang Bo nodded and asked, "How long have I been in meditation?"

Xiao Qing said, "It's been a full month. What happened to you? Why did you suddenly go into meditation? Do you have any idea how worried my sister and I were?"

Wang Bo smiled and said, "Sorry to have worried you, but I encountered something good, so I meditated a bit."

At the end of the confrontation, after Wang Bo devoured the Buddha's golden body, not only was he not converted, but he comprehended the Mahavairocana Heart Sutra, allowing his Solar Divine Art to successfully advance to a higher level.

He even glimpsed a bit of the legendary Buddha's Palm.

Although the process was perilous, the outcome was a good thing.

"A good thing? What good thing?" Xiao Bai asked curiously.

Wang Bo did not mention the Buddha's golden body; he simply said that someone had given him a secret manual, which he had comprehended.

"A secret manual? What secret manual? Who gave it to you?" Xiao Qing fired off a triple question without backing down.

Wang Bo said, "It was Chen Xuanzang."

"Chen Xuanzang? That's Tang Sanzang!" Xiao Qing had also watched Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons and immediately realized, "You don't mean that secret manual is the Children's Rhymes Three Hundred, do you?"

"That's right." Wang Bo nodded.

"Then that's the Mahavairocana Heart Sutra!"

"Exactly."

"You actually learned the Mahavairocana Heart Sutra!" Xiao Qing was even more astonished, looking Wang Bo up and down. "Why did you learn that? You're not thinking of leaving my sister and me to become a monk, are you?"

Wang Bo was speechless. "Unless I've gone mad, why would I become a monk?"

"That's true." Xiao Qing breathed a sigh of relief. "I knew you weren't cut out to be a monk."

Xiao Bai gave Xiao Qing a look that was both amused and exasperated. "Xiao Qing, don't talk nonsense."

Xiao Qing pouted and snorted.

Wang Bo didn't mind and turned to Xiao Bai, asking, "Has anyone come looking for me during the month I was in meditation?"

Xiao Bai shook her head. "No."

"That's good." Wang Bo nodded and told Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing that he did not intend to teach them the Mahavairocana Heart Sutra, because this sutra was too overbearing and unsuitable for demon cultivation.

If they forced themselves to practice, they could easily fall into demonic possession.

Of course, more importantly, even if they didn't fall into demonic possession, cultivating it to the end would lead to great enlightenment and conversion to Buddhism, becoming fanatical believers.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qing waved her hands and shook her head. "Such a sinister thing, whoever wants to cultivate it can go ahead, but I'm not doing it."

Xiao Bai was more tactful. "I'll do whatever you say."

That sounded very pleasing, and Wang Bo couldn't help but kiss Xiao Bai as a reward.

Xiao Qing glared at Wang Bo and proactively leaned her face in. Wang Bo also kissed her to appease the sulking Xiao Qing.

After this incident, Wang Bo's life returned to calm.

Every day, he either frolicked with Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing or practiced cultivation lazily.

Even so, his strength grew stronger day by day.

Although demons often appeared in the Tang Empire, thanks to the outstanding performance of the demon hunters, the Tang Empire generally maintained a scene of peace and prosperity.

For ordinary people, this was definitely a good era.

As for Miss Duan and Chen Xuanzang, after their last meeting, they had disappeared without a trace, and Wang Bo never heard any news of them again.

He didn't know if Chen Xuanzang had already embarked on the journey to obtain the scriptures.

But on second thought, since Sun Wukong had returned from his time travel, he had become a human, losing most of his power, and couldn't even defeat Zhu Ganglie.

No, he couldn't even defeat Miss Duan, who possessed the Wuding Flying Ring.

How could such a Sun Wukong protect Chen Xuanzang?

More importantly, the current Sun Wukong didn't want to leave the Five Elements Mountain.

Without the protection of such a King of Demons, whether Chen Xuanzang could successfully reach Mount Ling was still unknown.

The Buddhist sect probably wouldn't let Chen Xuanzang embark on the Journey to the West like this; relying solely on Sha Wujing and Zhu Ganglie couldn't withstand the horde of demons along the way.

Although the entire Journey to the West was a farce closely monitored by the Buddhist sect, the Buddhist sect had not actively intervened but had secretly provided cover. Under such circumstances, any negligence could be fatal.

If Chen Xuanzang really died, their Journey to the West would have to be postponed again.

So Wang Bo guessed that Chen Xuanzang had probably not yet set out on the journey.

Of course, this wasn't absolute.

What if the Buddhist sect found another demon to protect Chen Xuanzang? Sun Wukong was indeed the King of Demons, but he wasn't invincible.

Among demons, powerful figures emerged endlessly; Sun Wukong wasn't the only one.

After all, on the Journey to the West, Sun Wukong had suffered losses more than once.

Just the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord alone made Sun Wukong exclaim that his eyes were burning and unbearable, let alone other demons.

More importantly, Sun Wukong had a powerful substitute.

Six-Eared Macaque!

This guy was almost identical to Sun Wukong in strength, magical treasures, and cultivation. If Sun Wukong was crippled, it wasn't impossible for this guy to officially take over.

Therefore, Wang Bo really couldn't determine whether the Journey to the West had begun.

Anything was possible.

Of course, Wang Bo wasn't actually interested in whether the Journey to the West had started. This thought merely spun around in his mind a few times before being cast aside.

After all, whether the Journey to the West began or not had nothing to do with Wang Bo.

What Wang Bo needed to focus on in this world was not the Journey to the West, but the time travelers.

Unfortunately, Wang Bo had been in this world for almost half a year and had never heard anything about time travelers.

Clearly, the time traveler who came to this world seemed not to be causing trouble but had quietly integrated into this world.

Or perhaps the other party wasn't in the Tang Empire at all, but in a more distant place.

Thus, Wang Bo naturally couldn't find any trace of the time traveler.

But there was no rush; Wang Bo had the Diary of First Sight in his hand. Whenever he wanted, he could use it to discover the time traveler's whereabouts.

However, initially, Wang Bo was focused on improving the Solar Divine Art, making friends with demon hunters, and collecting techniques, so he wasn't in a hurry to find the time traveler.

Later, living a comfortable life in this world with the two demons Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing, he had even less intention of looking for the time traveler.

As of now, Wang Bo had completely cast aside the matter of the time traveler.