148: Demons Appear

“This… my Gao family has lived in Ü-Tsang for generations. Although our customs are closer to the Great Tang, we are not Tang people.

If we could get registered, that would be best, but if not, wouldn’t we still be forced to wander the Jianghu?” Lord Gao said with a worried expression, holding his teacup helplessly.

“Haha, you don’t need to worry about that.

Although I, Tang Sanzang, am just a monk, I still have some say in front of the Tang King!” Tang Ku said with a faint smile, “But the most pressing matter now is to deal with what’s in front of us… After all… someone died, didn’t they?”

Only then did Lord Gao remember, and he said even more bitterly, “Although General Jiang wasn’t a good person, he shouldn’t have died by our hands… Alas, this matter… how should we handle this, I beg the Holy Monk to teach me!”

With that, the old man Gao stood up and bowed deeply to Tang Ku.

Tang Ku, smiling, helped him up and said, “Lord Gao, there’s no need for this.

No matter what, my disciple and your family have a destined connection, and this matter, this Poor Monk will see through to the end!”

Lord Gao nodded, “With your promise, I can rest assured…”

Tang Ku said, “I’ve already understood the general situation… Hmm, please wait a moment.

Those officers are scared witless right now and won’t be back for a while.

Moreover, this place should not be close to the prefectural city, and it won’t be easy for that high official to send troops here.

So, the first thing to solve is the issue with my second disciple’s consciousness…”

“Thank you, Holy Monk…” Lord Gao immediately ordered someone to arrange accommodations for Tang Ku, while he followed him into the courtyard.

There, he saw the strange, square-faced beast rubbing its head against the wild boar to scratch an itch.

The bristles on the giant wild boar were as hard as steel brushes, making them perfectly suitable for scratching.

Tang Ku approached the wild boar, but it remained expressionless, staring blankly in one direction, like a statue.

Tang Ku followed its gaze and saw a small stilt house, looking very elegant, directly in its line of sight.

“Oh, this is where he used to keep Gao Cuilan… Haha, this simpleton, though his mind is unclear, he hasn’t forgotten his wife.

He’s quite a devoted soul… Hmm, once this matter is over, I’ll let him return to secular life…”

Having made up his mind, Tang Ku had already arrived in front of Pigsy, scrutinizing him from top to bottom, finally focusing on the spot where Sun Wukong had landed a blow with his staff.

In fact, it was evident that Sun Wukong had held back when he struck, otherwise, if that blow had truly landed with full force, this Pig Head would have probably had his head split open long ago.

However, Tang Ku thought for a moment and then understood something.

Legend has it that the Eight Nine Arcane Art and Seventy-Two Transformations can grant the Cultivator seventy-two lives, so the Six Six Arcane Art and Thirty-Six Transformations should also grant thirty-six lives.

During the pilgrimage, although Pigsy often slacked off, his strength was unquestionable, so he should have understood all these magical Divine Abilities.

So the question arises, did Pigsy also anticipate Sun Wukong’s actions of being controlled and rebelling, and therefore cooperated with his Senior Brother, who had not yet completely lost his mind, by lying on the ground and feigning death?

“Thinking about it carefully, it’s very possible, and there’s also Sha Wujing… Is he in the same situation?”

Tang Ku frowned slightly, then gently placed his right hand on the wild boar’s head.

His Buddha Power was abundant, slowly glowing with golden light, which he transferred to Pigsy.

For a moment, the entire courtyard was filled with golden light, as bright as day, and behind Tang Ku’s figure, the Dharma image of Guangdu Xin Buddha gradually appeared.

“Wu Neng… If you don’t wake up now, when will you?!”

The roar of a lion entered the wild boar’s ears, and for a moment, its eyes seemed to clear a bit, but then it immediately returned to its dull state, motionless!

“Hmm? No effect?”

Tang Ku withdrew his hand and pondered for a moment, “Is it damage to the soul, or something else? Why is there no effect at all?

That’s bad; now there’s no Great Immortal Zhenyuan to help me refine Medicinal Pills to heal the soul… Hmm, no, if it were soul damage, he should be like Ao Lie, becoming an idiot, but clearly, this body still has some intelligence… It must be another reason… But what exactly caused this result?”

Not knowing the cause was like a blind man feeling an elephant; there was no way to start.

“Hmm, then I’ll try with the Spiritual Awareness Eye… If that doesn’t work, then I’ll think of another method!”

Tang Ku thought for a moment, then activated his Spiritual Awareness Eye.

It must be said that the quality of these Moves from the System was unquestionable, but whether they were appropriate for the ailment, Tang Ku couldn’t say.

With a glance, the energy distribution throughout the wild boar’s body appeared in his vision.

A faint, silvery-white energy mass gathered in the wild boar’s chest, spreading outwards from the chest to its limbs, bones, and muscles, and the same energy was distributed in the head.

In fact, these energies were distributed in a spiderweb-like, radiating form, even extending to the body surface and connecting with all the pores on its body.

Everything was normal, except for one spot on the back of its neck!

A silver-white energy mass, neither too big nor too small, was gathered in that spot, like a tangled ball of yarn, piled up there.

From this, a silvery-white line extended directly to the pituitary gland at the back of its brain, where it also formed a messy knot.

And beyond this knot was its entire brain, which was now a vast expanse of white, almost completely enveloped by the silvery-white energy.

“It seems this should be the crux of the problem… It’s his own defense mechanism.

In order to counter Sun Wukong’s killing Move and protect his brain from damage, the energy in his body spontaneously gathered and covered his brain.

However, because it was protected too well and covered too tightly, it isolated his consciousness and intelligence, which is equivalent to Sealing his consciousness.”

Tang Ku nodded, “No wonder pure Buddha Power didn’t work.

After the Buddha Power entered his body, it strengthened the power within him even further, thus Sealing his intelligence even more severely!”

The only way was to use his own energy to break down these two intertwined energy masses and then comb them out.

In this way, with the energy flowing throughout his body, he should naturally be cured.

To think is to do; that was Tang Ku’s style.

Since the root of the problem had been identified, it was time to begin treatment.

However, before he could act, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew through the courtyard, and waves of chilling Qi slowly converged in one direction.

A naked child, entirely green, with fangs in his mouth and eyes like light bulbs, floated there, looking at the wild boar with a fierce expression.

Tang Ku clearly saw this thing, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Gao Cai on the side say tremblingly, “Holy Monk, Holy Monk, it was this demon, this demon who killed the man!”