The spotted mandarin duck was so frightened that she knelt down on the ground with a thud.
However, some of the lesser aquatic demons, lacking spirituality, did not notice the Mandarin Duck Granny and did not recognize the true form of the Great King of Inspiration. Upon seeing Li Changzhou sitting on the throne and issuing orders, they raised their harpoons and stabbed him.
"Where did this wild brat come from, daring to sit in the King of Inspiration's carriage—"
A blue light flashed in the demons' sight, and the little demon's strange cry immediately disappeared.
The old woman trembled as she peeked out and saw only a pile of charred remains, like withered grass after a wildfire, which still barely retained the shape of the little demon in life.
The haters collapsed instantly, and the old woman quickly looked away.
"Spare me, Your Majesty!"
"We have no connection with that beast, Inspiration! Eight or nine years ago, he came from upstream, occupied this cave, and made us his slaves. We were truly powerless to do as we pleased!"
Led by the old woman, everyone knelt on the ground, wailing as if their parents had died.
The carp on the ground, which was being restrained by the bamboo basket with magical power, stared at the old woman with its eyes wide open, wishing it could eat her!
Sitting on the throne, Li Changzhou muttered to himself as if he hadn't heard, "It would be a waste to roast him now. Once I capture Tang Sanzang, I'll make soup with fish and hot pot with human flesh."
He looked at the mandarin fish: "I'm not going to roast them anymore. Keep them healthy and well-maintained. If you lose a single scale, they'll lose their vitality and their appearance will be ruined. I'll take your lives."
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" the old woman replied hastily.
Tang Sanzang?
Just as the Great King of Inspiration was about to break through the barrier and fight Li Changzhou for three hundred rounds, he suddenly stopped moving upon hearing what he said.
Once this kid captures Tang Sanzang, he can use a 'substitute spell' to stew an ordinary carp in soup to deceive the other person. Then he can sneak into the soup and let the kid cook Tang Sanzang's flesh in the pot. Isn't that like a fly landing on a toad's head—food and clothing come to him by itself?
I'll settle scores with him after I've eaten Tang Sanzang's flesh and gained immortality!
Having made up his mind, the Great King of Inspiration allowed the Mandarin Duck Woman to lift him up and imprison him.
In order not to reveal any flaws, he also retained the bamboo energy within his body.
“Your Majesty,” the old woman returned, hunching over as she reported, “I have already raised that little Linggan in the pond, fed him with fish food, and ordered the water spirit to watch over him so that he can’t escape. I’ve fattened him up so that Your Majesty can have hot pot with him.”
"Hmm," Li Changzhou replied indifferently.
Before Tang Sanzang's flesh was put into the pot, the carp was considered to have secured its place.
The next thing to consider is how to capture Tang Sanzang.
The old woman tried to peek upwards, but still couldn't see Li Changzhou's face—
Li Changzhou grabbed the spotted mandarin duck with his large hand and pulled it towards him, then placed his palm lightly on the top of her head.
The other lesser demons trembled with fear, scurrying around like shrimp lining up to be cooked.
The old woman convulsed, her eyes rolled back, and hundreds of years of memories churned up like a stew. Li Changzhou picked and chose what was useful and what interested him to look at.
This mandarin fish has quite a bit of experience; it once roamed the East China Sea, met the old Dragon King, and has some knowledge.
After discarding the mandarin duck, Li Changzhou fell into deep thought.
"You can also learn from this method of inspiration," Guanyin reminded her. "Freeze the Tongtian River, wait for Tang Sanzang to arrive, then break the ice and let him fall into the water. After that, just give Sun Wukong a little hope, preventing him from immediately seeking help. Two days will pass."
It's not that simple; value investing isn't charity.
Guanyin pondered for a moment: "Giving Sun Wukong hope but preventing him from seeking help is rather troublesome; we must be careful and handle this situation well."
"No, that's not it," Li Changzhou interrupted her, "it's that I simply can't freeze the Tongtian River."
[...]
"Eight hundred li, huh?" Li Changzhou said innocently. "You want me to freeze a piece of land, or freeze it for a short time, I can manage that, but to freeze it for four or five days, with ice thick enough for a horse to run on, isn't that making things difficult for me?"
[...Qinglan froze five cities, and those five cities haven't thawed to this day.]
Isn't my girlfriend amazing?!
Guanyin sighed: "Then let them travel by boat, and you capsize it."
Despite the vastness of the Tongtian River, ordinary people still ferry passengers across it, mostly those engaged in business.
Goods from the Kingdom of Bhikkhu can fetch a hundred times the price when transported to the Kingdom of Xiliang Women on the other side of the river; goods from the Kingdom of Xiliang Women can fetch a hundred times the price when transported to the Kingdom of Bhikkhu. With such high profits, no matter how dangerous the Tongtian River is, people will still do business there.
The journey to the West was fraught with danger, so Tang Sanzang gave up?
The desire for wealth among ordinary people is no less than that of Tang Sanzang for the scriptures and his loyalty to the Tang emperor.
"Simply taking a boat won't showcase my abilities; I have a plan to kill two birds with one stone," Li Changzhou said with a smile.
Guanyin could tell from his expression that he already had a plan when she mentioned "freezing the Tongtian River," and his later remarks like "Isn't my girlfriend amazing?" were just jokes.
The exchange of ideas was as fast as lightning. When Li Changzhou came to his senses, the old woman was still convulsing on the ground.
Li Changzhou didn't kill her. Although the soul search wasn't very meticulous, it wasn't enough to kill a monster.
"If you're not dead, get up."
The old woman straightened up and immediately knelt down, her body still trembling.
"Come with me, the rest of you clean up the cave. When I come back later, if I still smell fish or demons..." Before he could finish speaking, Li Changzhou had already gone to the water.
Although he didn't use teleportation, his speed was still extremely fast. The old woman hurriedly transformed into her true form—a spotted mandarin fish more than two meters long—and followed him.
After traveling two or three hundred miles, they finally arrived at the Tongtian River.
Looking upstream, the river stretches endlessly, as if it comes from the sky; looking downstream, dozens of mountains stand like isolated islands in the wide river.
The sky and earth were a vast expanse of white, and the sound of the water was like thunder.
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