Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 146 - 146 147 Yang Jian The Howling Celestial Dog Has Been Captured

146: Chapter 147 Yang Jian: The Howling Celestial Dog Has Been Captured?

146: Chapter 147 Yang Jian: The Howling Celestial Dog Has Been Captured?

It was a mistake.

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Chapter 146 Taibai Jinxing: I’m Not Even as Good as a Dog

Li Jing and Yang Jian were once in the same camp during the Calamity of Measurement.

Though they hadn’t interacted much over the years, they still shared some camaraderie.

However, now, with only conversation with Wen Zhong taking place and completely ignoring himself, Li Jing, standing to the side, felt his old face burn with a pain.

Thinking of himself, once a Great Demon-slaying Marshal, now not even a deputy marshal but merely a commander, he almost wished he could disappear into the clouds.

Of course, what Li Jing was thinking, Wen Zhong didn’t know and didn’t care to know.

When he heard that Erlang Shen had already sent Howling Celestial Dog to infiltrate Mount Huaguo, a trace of joy couldn’t help but show in his eyes.

He then expressed his worries, “Now that Erlang Shen has arrived, I won’t hide it from the True Lord.

Before this, we had already sent people into Mount Huaguo!”

“However, I didn’t expect that the macaque would be so cunning, setting up multiple formation layers inside Mount Huaguo.

The men we sent couldn’t get anywhere near the macaque and have completely lost contact, their fate unknown.”

Having said this, Wen Zhong couldn’t help but let out a sigh.

In the past few days, they had tried requesting the Jade Emperor to contact the Four Great Marshals trapped in Mount Huaguo through the Investiture of the Gods, but alas, there was no response.

If it weren’t for the fact that their true spirits had not returned to the Investiture of the Gods, they might have thought the Four Great Marshals had been subjected to soul extraction and spirit refinement!

Now, knowing that the Four Great Marshals were still alive, they didn’t know what had happened and were exceedingly worried.

“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter.

My Howling Celestial Dog is a rare breed, exceptionally skilled at tracking and infiltration.

Even if Sun Wukong has set up a celestial Net and myriad great formations in Mount Huaguo, they won’t pose a difficulty for my Howling Celestial Dog!”

When Wen Zhong said this, he had hoped that Yang Jian would take caution, but after learning of the situation, Yang Jian remained composed, seemingly unconcerned.

Seeing this, Wen Zhong didn’t continue.

After all, the chief commander this time was Yang Jian.

If Yang Jian didn’t take it seriously, what was there for him, as the deputy marshal, to say?

Some lessons have to be learned the hard way, as the phrase goes, “He who doesn’t listen to the elder’s advice will learn it the hard way.”

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Inside the formations of Mount Huaguo, where entering is easy, but transmitting through or breaking them is exceedingly difficult.

Within one of the formations…

A small, dark-furred dog seemed a bit confused.

Its round eyes scanned the surroundings.

Its gaze was complex.

On its fluffy face, there seemed to be a twitch.

Following the command of Erlang Shen, it had stealthily entered Mount Huaguo, evading one formation after another and had finally come this far.

Intending to use the strand of monkey fur’s scent provided by Taibai Jinxing as a basis to infiltrate Mount Huaguo, it didn’t expect to get trapped in the great formation before fully entering Mount Huaguo.

Normally, even if trapped within a formation, it wouldn’t have been much of a problem for Howling Celestial Dog, as it just needed to follow the scent trail.

However, the problem was that upon entering the formation, it discovered the scent of Sun Wukong’s monkey fur everywhere.

Of course, this issue wasn’t too significant.

As the spiritual pet of Erlang Shen, it naturally had some special abilities.

But the dog had deliberately assumed the form of a puppy to lower Sun Wukong’s guard.

If it revealed its special abilities, wouldn’t that startle the monkey and draw Sun Wukong’s attention?

“Woof woof woof!”

The Howling Celestial Dog could only bark loudly, then it started to have a go at the nearby trees that carried Sun Wukong’s scent.

However, upon biting a branch, an overwhelming force struck as the branch broke, sending the dog flying and it let out a pained howl.

What happened?

Why did it hurt so much?

That bite almost made Howling Celestial Dog question if it had turned into an ordinary dog.

It was incomprehensible for a tree to possess such tremendous strength.

“I refuse to believe that I can’t find that demon monkey!”

The Howling Celestial Dog furiously righted itself, and barked several more times.

Fury surged within it.

Its round eyes rotated as if pondering something, then, after a moment of helplessness, it laid down on the ground and sniffed the strongest scent of Sun Wukong.

Shortly thereafter, it seemed to have found something, a smile appearing on its face, eerily human-like.

“Hehe, I’ve finally found where you are!”

The Howling Celestial Dog thought to itself while following the rich scent of Sun Wukong.

As it traced the scent, a path indeed appeared in front of it, seeming to lead directly deep into Mount Huaguo.

Seeing this new pathway emerge, the Howling Celestial Dog couldn’t help but rejoice, wagging its tail as it rushed along the new path towards the inner parts of Mount Huaguo.

If Taibai Jinxing saw this, he would probably pay silent tribute to the Howling Celestial Dog.

When he first entered Mount Huaguo, he was already tormented to the point of doubting his own existence.

The array now is countless times more complex than back then; even Wen Zhong only broke through two layers.

And now this Howling Celestial Dog wants to break through the array and enter the depths?

This is nothing but a fool’s dream.

Of course, the array at Mount Huaguo wasn’t exactly too powerful.

After all, Sun Wukong didn’t truly intend to stop the Deities of the Celestial Court, so he just cobbled together some basic arrays.

But in front of him, an Array Master who had achieved great mastery, even such arrays became powerful and immensely complicated, especially with so many arrays intertwined.

This was because Sun Wukong didn’t realize his own proficiency in the Way of Array Formations had become so formidable; otherwise, he wouldn’t have set up so many densely packed arrays.

Half an hour later, the Howling Celestial Dog found that although he clearly aimed for the depths, he inexplicably found himself back where he started.

“What’s going on?

Back again?”

The Howling Celestial Dog’s fuzzy face twitched for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and started sniffing the ground again.

Having entered the array, what else could he do?

Just keep looking!

At this moment, inside the cave dwelling, Sun Wukong watched the dog within his array, where nothing could escape his eyesight.

Despite the dog’s deep concealment, he could tell that this black canine was feigning ignorance, pretending to be clueless.

After all, he had pretended before and was quite familiar with this act.

It was clearly sent by the Celestial Court Faction.

However, he couldn’t be too overcautious either.

He had to allow for some slip-ups to avoid bigger troubles from being too stubborn.

After considering, Sun Wukong deliberately weakened parts of the array, at least to give the Howling Celestial Dog a semblance of breaking through.

Meanwhile, the monkey fur trapped in the array began to change.

It transformed into Sun Wukong’s avatar, giving the Howling Celestial Dog a target to chase.

…

Now, more than an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.

Outside Mount Huaguo, within the celestial troops’ encampment, Wen Zhong, Yang Jian, Taibai Jinxing, and others, were still standing in the clouds watching Mount Huaguo.

Li Jing stood a good distance away, clearly unable to join in on the current topic of conversation.

He only chimed in with the other Deities of the Celestial Court when Wen Zhong and Yang Jian laughed and talked.

Of course, Wen Zhong and Yang Jian, both holding no particular fondness for Buddhism, continued to ignore him.

However, as the conversation went on, Yang Jian’s brows would occasionally furrow.

Telepathically connected with the Howling Celestial Dog, he could sense the dog’s situation, even from outside.

Though the Howling Celestial Dog pursued the scent forward, each time it would inexplicably return to its starting point.

This made Yang Jian increasingly anxious.

Could his Howling Celestial Dog truly not find Sun Wukong or discern the situation within Mount Huaguo?

At this moment, within the array of Mount Huaguo.

The Howling Celestial Dog’s sly big eyes were filled with exhaustion, its nose almost spasming from all the sniffing.

Every time it felt Sun Wukong’s presence nearby, it would unexplainably find itself back where it started, a cycle that almost made it doubt whether it was actually a dog.

Unable to even find a monkey.

However, despite the long search causing some anxiety and even heavier breathing, it managed to maintain its clarity and avoided any rash actions that might reveal its presence.

Volunteering to infiltrate Mount Huaguo, if it could smoothly enter and deduce the reality of the mountain, it could save its master, Erlang Shen, some trouble.

There was even a chance for inside-outside collusion, easily capturing Sun Wukong.

But the current arrays, seemingly not very powerful, were inexplicably insurmountable.

Keep in mind, having followed Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, it had learned much from Master Yuding—an ample amount from the Expounding Teachings Sect in Daoist Techniques and the Way of Array Formations.

Its knowledge of arrays was hardly any weaker than some Array Masters, but to its complete surprise, it found it absolutely impossible to break through these seemingly simple arrays.

Nonetheless, at that moment, it hadn’t given up and continued to seek a method to break the array.

At this time, within the celestial army.

Seeing Erlang Shen talking with Wen Zhong, though occasionally frowning, made Taibai Jinxing suspect something.

Taking advantage when the other Deities of the Celestial Court hadn’t noticed, he sent a telepathic message to Erlang Shen, “True Lord, can the Howling Celestial Dog infiltrate Mount Huaguo?

If it’s not possible, maybe it’s time for it to come back.”

Hearing Taibai Jinxing’s message, Yang Jian glanced at him and imperceptibly shook his head before telepathically responding, “No need, these arrays may be powerful, but they’re not too much for the Howling Celestial Dog.

Star Lord, rest assured.”

Seeing the unwavering confidence in his speech, Taibai Jinxing couldn’t help but sigh.

That Erlang Shen is too obstinate.

He knew that just changing to a different dog would let it pass through the array?