The black baboon scratched its face, and a golden monkey hair from its palm flew up, floating in the air and forming a line of large characters:
"If you wish to explore the Phoenix Kingdom, visit the Northern Ghost Kingdom of Erfu's corpse. If you go to Que Mountain, you can enter the Ghost Kingdom for a visit."
Phoenix?
Xu Milu was overjoyed and immediately realized that Sun Wukong was referring to the phoenix with whom she shared a blood relationship.
She knew where Que Mountain was, but what about Erfu's corpse? And what about the Ghost Kingdom?
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Xu Milu went to ask Mo Xuan, but Mo Xuan knew nothing about it. She even searched through all the books left to her by Sun Wukong, but still couldn't find any information about the "Corpse of Erfu".
The Clean Altar Messenger shook his head upon hearing the name of the place:
"The world is so vast, even the monkey probably wouldn't know where such an obscure place name is. Perhaps he's just teasing you!"
Xu Milu shook her head:
"Perhaps I haven't read the books my master gave me carefully enough. In the end, it's still because my studies are not thorough enough. My master must have his reasons for saying that—"
"'The Corpse of Erfu'? I feel like I've heard that somewhere before!"
Sitting at the shop entrance, Yin Wenjiao scratched her scalp with a silver needle, then smiled with narrowed eyes—despite her delicate appearance, every gesture exuded the kind and gentle aura of a "grandmother."
"Liu'er likes to read, but he was afraid I would find it boring, so he chose some Buddhist stories to read to me. Not long ago, he told me this old story. It is said that a long, long time ago, there was an ancient god named 'Yayu' who had a human face and a snake body. He was favored by the Heavenly Emperor, but he was killed by 'Erfu,' who also had a human face and a snake body. The Heavenly Emperor was furious, and Erfu became a living creature that was neither human nor ghost, neither god nor demon. It is said that his physical body is still on the shore of the North Sea!"
"The shores of the North Sea? That's close to Que Mountain. No wonder my master asked me to go to Que Mountain. 'North of Erfu' means that the ghost kingdom I'm looking for is north of Erfu's corpse."
Xu Milu did not doubt Yin Wenjiao's words. The Tripitaka Master was the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, the second disciple of Buddha. Others might not know ancient place names like "North of Erfu's Corpse", but the Tripitaka Master would definitely not be wrong.
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