Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 486 : "Benboba" Offers a Plan

The sudden prompt on his friend list was something Jiang Liu naturally could not ignore. Silently muttering to himself, he opened his social media friends page and then saw a familiar avatar pulsing.

"Holy Monk, Bodhisattva has already left the Purple Bamboo Forest. Moreover, before she left, she also had the Pearl Holding Dragon Maiden investigate your matters. She said you were at Green Wave Pool, right?"

This message was naturally relayed by Yuanling, Jiang Liu's spy placed near Guanyin.

"Indeed, every single move of ours is being observed by Guanyin in secret!" Upon seeing the message from Yuanling, Jiang Liu murmured to himself while also becoming much more vigilant.

Since she knew about their presence at Green Wave Pool, everything they did there, if she wished, could be found out by Guanyin.

So, why did she voluntarily leave the Purple Bamboo Forest, and what was her purpose in doing so?

"It seems she has come to set up a calamity, hasn't she?" Jiang Liu quietly pondered.

Theoretically speaking, the events in Sai Country mentioned in the original work definitely counted as a calamity. However, because they set off early, the Buddha relic was not stolen from the Golden Light Temple, nor were they significantly troubled by the Dragon King Wansheng, so it hardly counted as a calamity anymore.

"Okay, understood!" Although his thoughts were racing, Jiang Liu quickly sent a message back to Yuanling.

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Several days flashed by.

Bottom of Green Wave Pool, Wansheng Dragon Palace.

That night, the Nine-Headed Serpent quietly sat in his room, holding a scroll of a book, watching it silently as usual.

However, he found his thoughts restless, completely unable to concentrate on the reading.

Although these past three days had been very peaceful, and the Nine-Headed Serpent knew that Tang Monk and his party had continued on their way, he still felt a huge knot in his heart that he couldn't untangle, making it impossible for him to read as usual.

It was only a few days, but the Nine-Headed Serpent felt as if each day dragged on like a year. He couldn't read, he couldn't eat, nor could he sleep soundly.

For instance, in the past few days, although the Nine-Headed Serpent slept in the same room as Princess Wansheng as usual, every night, the baby cried several times, requiring Princess Wansheng to nurse her, which only made the Nine-Headed Serpent feel more and more irritated.

If it had been his own child, its crying would be more bearable, but since it wasn't, the Nine-Headed Serpent felt endlessly annoyed.

Therefore, after just a few days, the Nine-Headed Serpent proposed to sleep in separate rooms from Princess Wansheng.

Yet, alone in his room during the long night, the Nine-Headed Serpent found the silence overbearing and his thoughts lonesome.

Of course, being alone left the Nine-Headed Serpent's mind racing with thoughts about Aolie and Princess Wansheng, along with the baby girl. Although he told himself not to think about it, he couldn't resist, and the more he thought, the more tangled his thoughts became.

Moreover, what was primarily filling him with anger was the thought of Little White Dragon, Aolie, yet both his father-in-law and his wife were forcefully preventing him from seeking revenge.

This fact stabbed at the Nine-Headed Serpent's heart like a thorn.

He asked himself if his decision to marry into the Wansheng Dragon Palace for love had been a mistake?

Just as the Nine-Headed Serpent was pondering these issues, caught between controlling his thoughts and the inability to stop thinking, a demon marshal with the head of a fish entered silently, replacing his tea without a word.

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"Benboba, haven't you gone to rest yet?" Seeing that it was so late and Benboba was still up, serving him tea, the Nine-Headed Serpent asked, somewhat curiously.

"Prince Consort, I've noticed you seem a bit distressed lately, so I've been somewhat worried about you!" Benboba replied upon hearing the Nine-Headed Serpent's words.

"You are thoughtful!"

With all that had recently occurred, the Nine-Headed Serpent had started to feel a certain estrangement towards both the Dragon King Wansheng and Princess Wansheng, but hearing Benboba's words made him feel a slight warmth in his heart.

At this moment, Benboba's concern seemed truly precious to the Nine-Headed Serpent.

"Benboba!" Picking up the tea in front of him and gently taking a sip, the Nine-Headed Serpent's gaze landed on Benboba. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Prince Consort asks you, about the matter of Princess Wansheng giving birth to a baby girl, what do you think?"

"Now, everyone in the Dragon Palace knows that this baby is not the Prince Consort's, so you've been in a bad mood recently, Prince Consort! If I were you, whoever made me feel bad, I would go beat them up!" Hearing the Nine-Headed Serpent's question, Benboba responded without thinking, as if it was the most natural thing to say.

"Hmm, not bad…" It had to be said, although knowing that Benboba's intelligence wasn't the highest, his words did make the Nine-Headed Serpent nod in agreement internally.

His words had struck a chord with the Nine-Headed Serpent—perhaps it was the first time someone had agreed with him about taking revenge?

"However…" Although he agreed with Benboba's words internally, the Nine-Headed Serpent paused slightly, then suddenly changed the topic, saying, "But what if the Prince Consort can't beat that person? What then?"

"If you can't beat him, then find a way! Look for more powerful treasures, find the enemy's weaknesses, enhance your own power, or directly seek help. There are always ways…" In response to the Nine-Headed Serpent's inquiry, Benboba replied promptly.

"Oh?"

Startled briefly, the Nine-Headed Serpent looked at Benboba, somewhat surprised. His response indeed made a lot of sense.

Who said that if you can't beat them, you just sit back? Can't you think of a strategy? Finding the opponent's weaknesses, or seeking help—there were many methods!

"Actually, Prince Consort, remember how I spent some time with Sanzang and his group before? I've found out quite a bit about them! I think I know a weakness of Sanzang!" Seeing the Nine-Headed Serpent thinking deeply and seemingly tempted, Benboba followed up by saying.

"Oh?" Hearing Benboba's words, the Nine-Headed Serpent's eyes brightened, and he said, "Sanzang's weakness? What is his weakness? Tell me about it…"

Benboba's words had indeed piqued the Nine-Headed Serpent's interest, especially since Benboba was the first to discover the news of Sanzang arriving in Jisai Country.

At first, he even had a meal with Sanzang and his companions, so it wasn't surprising that he knew some unfamiliar news.

"Sanzang, although a monk, is said to have a woman he loves, a feeling from before his Incense Offering Ceremony, who is a princess of Great Tang, titled Princess Gaoyang, who once suffered poison. Later, Princess Gaoyang followed Bodhisattva to cultivate…" Benboba explained.

"Oh? There's such a thing? Sanzang, as the Holy Monk of Great Tang, also has romantic feelings?" Hearing this, the Nine-Headed Serpent's eyes brightened slightly.

"Yes, so, Prince Consort, if you just find an opportunity using Princess Gaoyang as the key to 'Lure the Tiger Away from the Mountain,' I believe you can draw Sanzang out alone!" Benboba nodded, suggesting the strategy.

"Draw him out, but what use is that?" Although intrigued by Sanzang's romantic involvement, the Nine-Headed Serpent shook his head. He was after Xiaobai, known as White Dragon Horse, and not Sanzang.

"Prince Consort, aren't you thinking? That Xiaobai, transformed into White Dragon Horse, is Sanzang's mount. Wherever Sanzang needs to go, shouldn't it accompany him?" Seeing the Nine-Headed Serpent shake his head, Benboba continued.

"Indeed, it makes sense! It seems I should really plan this carefully!" Nodding his head, the Nine-Headed Serpent had a rough plan forming in his mind.

"Prince Consort, I'm leaving!" Seeing that the Nine-Headed Serpent had formulated a plan, Benboba, no longer feeling the need to say more, announced.

"Hmm, go on then!" With his brow filled with contemplative expressions, the Nine-Headed Serpent's mind was immersed in his plan. He waved his hand dismissively.

After a moment, the Nine-Headed Serpent's plan became more and more refined, and suddenly, he came back to his senses and noticed that Benboba had already left.

However, the Nine-Headed Serpent felt something was off.

"Today's Benboba seems a bit unusual, but what's not quite right?" the Nine-Headed Serpent muttered to himself.

Suddenly, with a look of astonishment: "Right, isn't Benboba always a bit dim-witted? Why is he suddenly so clever today, even suggesting such a strategy?"

After thinking it over, the Nine-Headed Serpent shook his head and chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Perhaps this is a case of 'the spectator sees the game better'? Has my mind been too cluttered lately, so much so that I couldn't think of these simple things?"

After self-mockingly shaking his head, the Nine-Headed Serpent no longer dwelled on Benboba's matters and continued pondering his own plan in his mind.

…

Elsewhere, in a corner of the Dragon Palace, a crab was on patrol when it suddenly spotted a figure lying nearby. The crab carefully approached.

"Lord Benboba, how are you sleeping here?" Seeing the prone figure, the crab exclaimed in surprise, waking up the fish-headed human figure.

"Me? I don't know either, how is it dark already? Must I have been asleep for a long time?" Scratching his bald fish head, Benboba looked puzzled as he said.

Without pondering too much, he got up and headed back to his room to sleep.