After waiting for about half an hour, Tang Jue's figure appeared before them.
"Your Excellency, everything is here."
Approaching Xiao Jietian, Tang Jue respectfully handed over more than ten storage rings.
Xiao Jietian took them and examined them. There were many good things inside, not only poisonous herbs but also many normal medicinal herbs and various ores.
Xiao Jietian threw the cultivation methods and Dou Techniques from the auction house and the Absolute Poison Sect back to Tang Jue, keeping everything else directly in his system space.
"You will take over the auction house and help me collect medicinal herbs. I will find time to come and retrieve them."
"Understood."
"You should go back first. Handle the rest of the matters yourself."
Xiao Jietian waved his hand, and he and Hai Bodong disappeared from the spot. Tang Jue also returned to his usual slightly dignified demeanor.
...
After sending Elder Hai back to his palace, Xiao Jietian appeared in his own manor.
Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin sat in the lakeside pavilion, their faces filled with worry.
Xiao Jietian appeared directly in the pavilion, in front of the two of them.
Seeing Xiao Jietian's sudden appearance, Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin's worried expressions instantly turned joyful.
They immediately threw themselves into Xiao Jietian's arms, and Xiao Jietian reached out to embrace them.
"Young Master, you're finally back," Qing Lin said with tears in her eyes, full of joy.
"Are you hurt?" Little Fairy Doctor also had a beaming smile.
"No, no one can hurt me."
Xiao Jietian said confidently, stroking their smooth hair.
The three then quietly embraced, forming a beautiful picture with the surrounding scenery.
...
Three months passed in a flash.
Xiao Jietian, in the training room, slowly calmed the Dou Qi fluctuations on his body.
He raised his hand, and green, red, and gold lightning appeared in his palm.
"After three months, I've finally cultivated and refined the Heavenly Metal Lightning."
At this moment, Xiao Jietian's aura fluctuations had risen from a five-star Dou Ling (Battle Spirit) to a three-star Dou Wang (Battle King) realm.
Xiao Jietian then summoned his Dou Qi Wings. Looking at the three-colored wings, Xiao Jietian raised an eyebrow.
"So flashy?"
Xiao Jietian thought of his Thunder Peng Wings and wondered if combining them would have a miraculous effect.
Without further ado, Xiao Jietian first summoned the Thunder Peng Wings, then activated his Dou Qi Wings.
The two sets of wings continuously intertwined and merged.
It took a full day for the two wings to finally merge.
With a thought, a pair of ten-meter-long wings appeared behind Xiao Jietian. The wings were shaped like roc wings, glowing with a dazzling golden color. They were covered with lightning-like three-colored patterns, constantly emitting strong lightning power, and the feathers looked incredibly hard.
Wow, a golden legend.
The offensive Dou Technique that the Thunder Peng Wings previously possessed also changed. It now became the ability to shoot feathers, which carried lightning and could detonate energy to form small-scale explosions.
"Hmm? A bomber?"
Xiao Jietian looked at the skill description, and three words suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Then I'll call you Golden Winged · Heavenly Lightning Descent."
Outside the palace, Xiao Jietian flapped his wings. The wings let out a muffled thunder, as if lightning was striking the space.
As the wings vibrated, Xiao Jietian shot out like a golden arrow.
Xiao Jietian flew a few circles in the air: "With this speed, even a peak Dou Huang (Battle Emperor) might not be able to catch me."
Xiao Jietian was very satisfied with his new wings.
"Young Master, why did your wings turn golden? They're so beautiful, can I touch them?"
After Xiao Jietian stopped, Qing Lin appeared beside him and asked curiously.
"You can." Xiao Jietian slightly retracted his wings and placed them in front of Qing Lin.
"So hard, and a bit hot. Will it bleed if I touch it?"
Qing Lin exclaimed curiously, then happily said:
"Young Master, I've broken through to a five-star Dou Shi."
Xiao Jietian sensed Qing Lin's aura, and indeed she was already a five-star Dou Shi: "Qing Lin, that's amazing. Your promotion speed truly surprises and envies me. Maybe you'll surpass me later."
"I'm your personal maid, how can I surpass Young Master? Also, Young Master, next time you fight bad guys, can Qing Lin come along? I can summon White Fang."
Qing Lin's tone carried a hint of grievance.
"Alright, alright, from now on, you'll protect Young Master."
Xiao Jietian laughed heartily.
...
A week passed by.
"Young Master, change it. This 'Lin Daiyu Uprooting Weeping Willows' doesn't sound good. Let's continue with the previous 'Journey to the East'."
In the lakeside pavilion, Qing Lin leaned in Xiao Jietian's arms, shaking her head delicately.
"That Tathagata isn't a good person at all. He made Tang Seng and his three disciples go to the Eastern Great Tang to spread Buddhism, saying that if they succeeded, they would attain enlightenment and ascend. Not to mention they had to go through eighty-one trials, the monsters along the way all had powerful backgrounds, mostly related to the Heavenly Court."
"Then what should we do? Are they not going?"
Qing Lin asked nervously, looking at Xiao Jietian's profile.
"Of course not. If they didn't go, Tathagata would punish them. In the end, the four could only brace themselves and head east."
...
"When the four master and disciples reached the sixty-fourth trial, Sha Wujing couldn't bear the darkness and jumped into the Flowing Sand River to hide."
...
"At the sixtieth trial, Zhu Bajie also couldn't take it anymore and plunged into Gao Village, no longer escorting Tang Seng."
"At the seventy-third trial, the White Dragon Horse also plunged into the East Sea to become his Dragon Prince again."
"At the seventy-fourth trial, Sun Wukong also planned to hide, but he killed too many monsters with powerful backgrounds. The powerful figures behind them united and suppressed him under the Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years."
"Finally, only Tang Seng was left to spread Buddhism in the Eastern Great Tang by himself."
Xiao Jietian slowly recounted.
"What was the final ending then?"
"The final ending was that Tang Seng attained enlightenment, reincarnated, and became Tathagata's second disciple, Jin Chanzi."
"What about the others?"
"Sha Wujing suffered flying swords piercing his chest every seven days, Zhu Bajie reincarnated as a pig, and Sun Wukong had his true name erased, turning into a stubborn stone."
"Ah!! How could this happen?"
Qing Lin's tears fell 'pat-pat'.
"This is the cruelty of this world, so you must cultivate diligently. With strength, you will have a good life."
"Qing Lin will definitely cultivate diligently."
Xiao Jietian looked at the serious Qing Lin in his arms and secretly mused that the Qing Lin in front of him was already 17 years old, and his "wife nurturing plan" had achieved initial success.
(PS: In the original work, Qing Lin was only 13-14 years old. Here, I used a 'parallel time skill' to change her to 17 years old, otherwise, it would take too long.)
After all, a wife personally cultivated is the most heartwarming.
"Hehe."
As he thought, Xiao Jietian couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Young Master, what are you laughing at? Your laugh is strange."
Qing Lin tilted her head, looking at Xiao Jietian in confusion.
"Cough cough, nothing, just remembered something happy."
Xiao Jietian coughed lightly and said seriously.
Suddenly, Little Fairy Doctor's palace emitted a wave of energy fluctuations. A layer of purple smoke continuously surged from the palace, covering the top of the palace, then pouring down and disappearing in an instant.
"Not good."