Chapter 34

"Big King called me to patrol the mountain~!"

Of course, Yang Zhen wouldn’t shout like that; it would be too undignified and wouldn’t match his identity as a穿越者 (穿越者 means someone who has traveled through time or space, often used in the context of a person from the modern world who finds themselves in a historical or fantasy setting).

Since coming to Luojia Mountain, Yang Zhen had cut hundreds of bamboo poles from the Purple Bamboo Grove and built a bamboo house by a pond to shelter from the wind and rain. The purple bamboo house was small and exquisite, with a unique charm. Living inside, it was cool in winter and summer, making it very comfortable.

As for why he chose to build the house by the pond, it was because Yang Zhen had discovered a goldfish in the pond, and it was a goldfish with cultivation. Although the goldfish was currently only at the True Immortal realm, the fact that it could cultivate to this level as an ordinary goldfish was enough to prove its extraordinary nature.

Is this the future Inspiration King?

Indeed, most of the demons in Journey to the West have some background.

One day, Yang Zhen was sitting by the pond, holding a fishing rod to catch fish. Although there was only one goldfish in the pond, Yang Zhen found great pleasure in this activity, always hoping to catch the goldfish one day and cook it. Although Yang Zhen and the goldfish were in similar situations, the Inspiration King had once threatened the surrounding villages to send him child sacrifices, so Yang Zhen had no good feelings towards the goldfish.

Just because it was a goldfish living in Luojia Mountain, it was taken away by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and even after eating so many child sacrifices, it was fine.

Although Yang Zhen couldn’t kill the goldfish in Luojia Mountain, he had made up his mind that if the goldfish ever dared to leave Luojia Mountain, he would find an opportunity to kill it.

However, it was unknown whether the goldfish’s fear of cats was a natural instinct or if the Inspiration King sensed that Yang Zhen’s cultivation was higher than his. Every time Yang Zhen came to the pond, the Inspiration King would hide far away, not daring to even approach Yang Zhen, let alone eat the bait on the hook.

Unconsciously, three months had passed since Yang Zhen came to Luojia Mountain. During these three months, Yang Zhen had never given up on the idea of leaving Luojia Mountain. However, after several failed escape attempts, each time he tried to leave, he was blocked by Guanyin Bodhisattva before he could even leave the mountain. After a few attempts, Yang Zhen gave up, as the difference in cultivation between them was too great, and he was no match for Guanyin Bodhisattva.

After the previous failed escape attempts, Yang Zhen guessed that Guanyin Bodhisattva had set up a perception-type array in Luojia Mountain. As soon as someone touched the array, Guanyin Bodhisattva could immediately sense who had touched it, which was why all of Yang Zhen’s escape attempts had failed.

Unable to sneak out and lacking the cultivation to force his way out, Yang Zhen felt somewhat disheartened. Do I really have to stay here for a hundred years?

However, while browsing the store, Yang Zhen accidentally discovered an item that might help him escape.

Although Yang Zhen had brought the store with him to the Journey to the West world, the items in the store were still the same as when he was playing the game, with no special items.

If he were still playing the game, Yang Zhen might have bought a few fashion items to wear, but now, those items that didn’t add attributes were completely useless. However, during one of his random browses through the store system, he suddenly discovered an item that had been overlooked, which might be the key to escaping Guanyin Bodhisattva’s clutches.

《Battle Pet Swap》: Intermediate skill, allows you to change pets during battle, cannot be upgraded. 1000 gold coins.

Because the game Yang Zhen played had an attribute counter system, for example, the divine beast he possessed was of the fire attribute, so he had chosen to learn fire attribute skills. However, in the game, when fighting an opponent with a counter attribute, both attack and defense would be significantly weakened, so most people chose to train two pets to prevent being countered during PK.

《Battle Pet Swap》 was originally a character skill, but since Yang Zhen was possessing a pet, he had never paid attention to the character skills. Unexpectedly, this random look led to a new discovery, truly proving that there is always a way out.

If Yang Zhen could learn character skills, his combat power would definitely increase by several levels.

After all, Yang Zhen had already transformed into a human body, so theoretically, it should be possible.

Checking his gold coins, he had 2800 left, enough to buy a skill and a pet egg. This was the result of his efforts over the past hundred years, with only a small amount left after using double experience pills.

Spending 1000 gold coins to buy the 《Battle Pet Swap》 skill.

Indeed, because Yang Zhen was now in a human body, he could learn this skill. This result made Yang Zhen extremely happy. Character skills were different from pet skills; pet skills were very monotonous. If he were playing the game, Yang Zhen might have learned seven or eight skills to buffer the cooldown time. But now, with no cooldown restrictions, the Three Pure Fires could be used infinitely, making other secondary skills useless.

However, character skills were different, with attack skills, status skills, recovery skills, and even sealing skills. If he could learn them, it would be amazing.

However, character skills were not cheap; low-level skills cost 800 gold coins, intermediate skills 1000 gold coins, and high-level skills 1500 gold coins. If he continued to accumulate merit as before, it would take Yang Zhen three to four years to buy a high-level skill. But for Yang Zhen, who had infinite life, this was just a minor issue. The only thing that troubled him was the double experience pills, which were extremely expensive and had to be used daily.

After learning the skill, Yang Zhen bought a pet egg. Only by hatching another pet would the 《Battle Pet Swap》 skill be useful.

《Exquisite Pet Egg》: Randomly obtain a pet of blue quality or higher, with a chance to get a divine beast. Price: 1000 gold coins.

After selling the exquisite pet egg, Yang Zhen’s savings were immediately reduced to 800.

"Divine beast! Divine beast! Divine beast!"

With a flash of light, the pet egg finally hatched. However, Yang Zhen did not have the same luck this time; the pet that hatched was not a divine beast but a purple pet. Even so, Yang Zhen was very satisfied. After all, the body of the Worldly Divine Cat was the most important, as it had the cultivation of a Great Immortal. Even if Yang Zhen suddenly transformed his body, that body would have no cultivation unless he planned to cultivate with it.

The new pet Yang Zhen hatched was a Dragon Eagle, with a body of golden feathers that was very eye-catching, looking much more impressive than the so-called Worldly Divine Cat. However, there was a significant difference in attributes. Quietly testing the 《Battle Pet Swap》 skill, it indeed worked, indicating that the escape plan could be implemented.

"Great!" Returning to his original form, Yang Zhen was extremely excited. Now, he only needed to wait for the right moment to immediately escape from Luojia Mountain and never return.