207: Visiting Ksitigarbha Again

Guanyin pondered for a moment, then shook her head helplessly, "Sorry, I can't tell you about this!"

"Not even a little bit?"

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes slightly.

"No!"

Guanyin shook her head and said, "If you know, it will become a huge threat to us. So, for the benefit of Buddhism, it's better if you don't know!"

Her words were uttered without hesitation, absolutely decisive.

"Understood!"

Tang Ku snapped his fingers, then said, "So, what are your plans next?"

"Heh heh, that's the second question, but our bet was that we each ask the other one question, so I'm not obligated to answer you!"

Guanyin narrowed her eyes and said, "Your Chang'an City is safe, but I must remind you, your enemies are not just us, and the territory of Great Tang… is vast!"

"You don't need to worry about that… Hmm, we've fought, we've argued, do you have anything else?"

Tang Ku retorted with the same expression.

"Yes, I want to go into the city to have a look, may I?"

Guanyin smiled faintly.

"No!"

Tang Ku shook his head, "You said we are enemies now, so why should I let an enemy enter our core territory to scout? After all, you are not an easy character to deal with."

"You're being too formal. After all, we spent so much time together under the Buddha. We must have some friendship, right!" Guanyin said, "You've come all the way to my doorstep, won't you invite an old friend in for a sit?"

Tang Ku tilted his head and said, "Friends are greeted with good wine, but for wolves, we have shotguns… Hmm, since you've been to that world, you should have heard this revolutionary song!"

"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore!"

Guanyin said, "I'll just offer you one piece of advice: take care of yourself, because your future opponents will be stronger than anyone you can imagine! Even a Saint might become your enemy!"

"You don't need to worry about that!" Tang Ku chuckled, "Ever since I decided to protect this world, I've known. But, what if the whole world is my enemy? As long as I, Tang Sanzang, bury them all, won't everything be fine?"

The previous sly smiles of the two, like two foxes with ulterior motives, gave way to Tang Ku's seemingly flippant words, which plunged Guanyin into deep thought.

He suddenly sighed and said, "I knew you were rebellious before, but I didn't realize you were rebellious to this extent. So be it. Since you have such a grand vow, I will no longer try to persuade you. I don't know when we will meet again, and once we do, it may be an endless struggle. Our relationship, today… is over!"

Tang Ku laughed, "To sever ties, one must drink a farewell drink… Hmm, coincidentally, I have some Western Region grape wine from the imperial palace here… Come, come… Let us drink this cup together. After this, all past affections will be wiped clean. From now on, I will do my utmost to protect the entire Great Tang empire, and let the people of this world become its true masters!"

As he spoke, Tang Ku waved his sleeve, and a wine pot and two golden goblets suddenly appeared in his hands. He filled the cups with wine, then tossed one, and the goblet landed steadily in Guanyin's hand opposite him.

"Heh heh, if I hadn't stayed in that world, I would never have accepted this drink from you… So be it, after today's farewell, it will be a fight to the death… Cheers!"

With that, Guanyin had already drained the wine in her cup, then rubbed her hands together, and the goblet instantly turned into a shower of golden dust, scattering with the wind.

"That was real gold, what a waste!"

Tang Ku also drank the wine in his cup and said cheerfully, "Hmm, before you leave, I should also remind you, I'm not the only one in this world with the whole world as my enemy; you are too…"

Guanyin was startled. Before he could retort, Tang Ku's figure had already vanished before him.

"Such speed, this is simply a replica of the Somersault Cloud…" Guanyin pondered for a moment, then couldn't help but say helplessly, "You're right, it's not just you who has the whole world as your enemy. Which of our factions doesn't have the whole world as its enemy?"

With that, his figure also disappeared from the spot.

Tang Ku was very fast, but he didn't go directly to Chang'an City. Instead, he hovered in the air about ten li from Chang'an.

Looking up at the sky, Tang Ku couldn't help but say helplessly, "Clever people are truly difficult to deal with. If I hadn't been taught the Kunpeng Mystic Skill by Subhuti, I'm afraid I really wouldn't have been able to withstand his attack… The Law of Space and Time, truly a high-level Law. Having only just begun to comprehend it, it already possesses such power… Hmm, there's still a secret to the scripture-fetching mission, and this secret is closely related to my current actions, which is why he was unwilling to tell me… Heh heh, if you won't tell me, won't I go ask myself?"

With the whole world as his enemy, especially within Buddhism, they had already completely fallen out.

But there was one person in Buddhism who would never be Tang Ku's enemy, and that person must know the truth of the Journey to the West.

Glancing at Chang'an City, Tang Ku then formed a hand seal, and his figure instantly blurred, plummeting towards the ground below.

Within a few minutes, he opened his eyes again and had already arrived at the entrance of the Netherworld.

Immortals, generally, possess the ability to communicate between the Yin and Yang realms, so by using the correct hand seals, one can quickly reach Hell.

The world of Hell still maintained its orderly appearance. Tang Ku wasn't particularly concerned about this, as he had already experienced it once before, and it was no longer a novelty to him. However, his heart held a few more traces of reverence for Tesla, who had created all this peaceful scenery.

In the Eighteen Levels of Hell, Tang Ku remained unmoving and calm, passing through all the punishments with great serenity. Finally, he opened the gate of Purgatory, which sent him into Purgatory itself.

That's right, the person he was looking for was Ksitigarbha, who was still trapped in Purgatory.

A person with such a grand vow would certainly not become Tang Ku's enemy; in fact, he might even become his ally.

However, this time, the scene in Purgatory was completely different from last time.

Last time he came, it was an icy world, cold enough to completely freeze a Soul. This time, however, it had become a Purgatory filled with lava.

All the ground had turned into molten lava, the temperature so high it could almost ignite a Soul. Fire rain intermittently fell in certain areas in the air, then moved to another place to continue.

As far as the eye could see, everything was a fiery red, and even the sky was filled with flames.

"As expected of Purgatory, it is truly terrifying…"

Not far away, the only object that hadn't been completely turned into lava was a huge mountain, as if it were a hard shell protecting the massive body within.

"Sanzang… you've come again…"

The benevolent voice entered his ears again, and Tang Ku was slightly startled, thinking to himself, "Has Ksitigarbha's Soul become so weak?"