Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 707: Breakthrough, Master Blacksmith

Notice: Successfully repaired Perfect Level Equipment, gained 100,500 Experience Points.

Notice: Successfully crafted Perfect Level Equipment, gained 156,700 Experience Points.

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Repairing and crafting Perfect Level equipment granted a decent sum of Experience Points. Yet, for Jiang Liu at this time, even if he repaired and crafted twenty or thirty pieces of Perfect Level equipment a day, he could only gain about two to three million Experience Points. Over a month, this didn't even reach 100 million, which seemed too little.

Notice: Blacksmith Profession Levels Up! Advanced to Master Blacksmith!

Just as Jiang Liu was mechanically repairing this equipment, suddenly, the system notification sounded, catching him slightly off guard.

He opened his Life Skills Panel to have a look.

Indeed, his Blacksmith profession had advanced as well.

Primary Level, Middle Level, High-Level, and now it had become Master Blacksmith.

"Leveled up!? After such a long time! I've finally leveled up!?" Seeing this, Jiang Liu felt a surge of joy.

Having leveled up to Master Blacksmith, did this mean he could now craft and repair Legendary Level equipment in the future?

Even though Jiang Liu currently had numerous Divine Level items at hand, his main equipment was still predominantly Legendary Level.

In the Three Realms and Six Paths, Epic Level Dharma Treasures were, after all, rare.

So? After reaching the level of a Master, could it mean he was now capable of repairing most of the Dharma Treasures in the world?

Of course, even though it was a happy occasion that his Life Profession skills had leveled up, what Jiang Liu was more concerned about was the conditions needed for the next upgrade.

After all, advancing to the point where he could repair and craft Epic Level equipment as a Grandmaster, and even repair and craft Divine Level equipment as a Divine Blacksmith, was the direction he needed to strive for, wasn't it?

However, upon seeing the conditions required for the subsequent upgrades, Jiang Liu's face, which was initially joyful, suddenly fell.

To level up from Master Blacksmith to Grandmaster Blacksmith, he needed to repair 30,000 pieces of Legendary Level equipment, and also needed to craft more than 3,000 pieces of Legendary Level equipment before he could advance.

Jiang Liu's expression turned sour at that thought.

Repair 30,000 pieces of Legendary Level equipment!? Who knew how long that would take.

Alright, even if he could deliberately damage the Legendary Level equipment and then alternate between repairing and damaging it in cycle.

However, each repair would decrease the maximum Durability of the equipment. To work through these 30,000 repairs, who knew how many pieces of Legendary Level equipment would be exhausted.

And besides repairing 30,000 pieces of Legendary Level equipment, he also had to craft 3,000 pieces of it?

Repairing allowed for some shortcuts, but what about crafting? There were no shortcuts for that, were there?

However, upon further thought, this might not be bad?

The power of the Ming Sect, apart from individual Demon Creatures like Scorpion Demon, Mysterious Bird, and Zhuang Xueya, was actually composed of several factions.

Such as the Black Wind Mountain Monster under the Black Bear Demon, the forces of Demon King Ox and his son, the Jing River Water Clan, the Three Pure Ones Temple led by the Three Immortal Animals of the Tiger, Deer, and Sheep, and Pansi Spider Cave...

The Ming Sect's power was not small and was growing stronger. If he could indeed craft 3,000 pieces of Legendary Level equipment, this could considerably arm the forces of the Ming Sect, couldn't it?

It could also be considered an early preparation for the upcoming bloody battle at Spirit Mountain.

"Master, there is a nice Taoist Temple up ahead!" Just as Jiang Liu was immersed in his Life Profession on the back of the White Dragon Horse, Sun Wukong suddenly called out to Jiang Liu.

Hearing Sun Wukong's words, Jiang Liu felt a slight stir in his heart and lifted his head to look forward.

Not far ahead, there was a small hill that didn't seem steep, and there was no sign of any towns around.

However, atop this small hill stood a very majestic Taoist Temple.

Seeing this, Jiang Liu felt a flicker of interest.

Whether it's a Taoist temple or a monastery, they're generally built in populated areas where it's convenient for others to come and offer incense and worship, right?

Yet, this Taoist temple was built in an uninhabited place?

From a geographical standpoint alone, this temple seems to be quite different from the ordinary ones.

"Could it be? Is the calamity of Maitreya about to emerge?" Jiang Liu mused softly as he looked at this obviously unusual Taoist temple.

Since the day Maitreya Buddha and the Great Jade Emperor had agreed to use Maitreya to face the calamity, nearly a month had passed without any sign—naturally, Jiang Liu wondered if the catastrophe had begun?

However, after thinking it through, Jiang Liu shook his head.

That doesn't seem right. If Maitreya had entered the fray, shouldn't this place be a monastery? Why is it a Taoist temple?

"Wait a minute, that's not right either. Wasn't the previous life of Maitreya the Long-Ear Dingguang Immortal, a bona fide disciple of the Sect of Intercepting, belonging to the Taoist Sect?" Soon after, Jiang Liu shook his head again, dismissing his own thought.

Well, regardless of whether it is or isn't related, the temple is right before us—it wouldn't hurt to take a look.

Besides, an opponent at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Level? That presents a challenging adversary indeed.

Of course, a challenge also means the prospect of greater rewards!

As Jiang Liu and his companions approached, Jiang Liu glanced at the temple. There was a large plaque above the entrance with three bold characters: Yellow Flower Temple.

Yellow Flower Temple!?

Considering the name, Jiang Liu pondered in his heart for a moment—well, he had absolutely no recollection of it!

Although he had traversed into the world of Journey to the West, his interference had caused it to diverge more and more from the original story.

Add to that, having spent four or five years in this world, many details from the original Journey to the West had been gradually forgotten.

Jiang Liu thought for a moment about this Yellow Flower Temple, but no impression came to his mind.

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Perhaps the Yellow Flower Temple existed in the original text, but he had forgotten it, or maybe it never appeared in the original story at all.

"Disciples, let's go in and pay a visit..."

After musing over it, with the mindset that what will come will come, Jiang Liu spoke to Sun Wukong and the others.

"All right, Master!" Hearing Jiang Liu's words, Sun Wukong and the others nodded and replied.

During the conversation, the group made their way towards the Yellow Flower Temple.

Arriving at the gate, they could see that the large doors of the Yellow Flower Temple were tightly closed.

Indeed, in such a remote location, there hadn't been any expectation of visitors or believers, hence, even the main gate was shut.

Knock, knock, knock!

Reaching the entrance of the Yellow Flower Temple, Jiang Liu dismounted his horse, and Sha Wujing stepped forward to knock on the doors.

Before long, with a creaking sound, the heavy doors were opened from the inside.

A Taoist boy in his teens poked his head out to have a look at Jiang Liu and his party.

"Who are you?" The boy took a glance at Sun Wukong and others; despite the demon-like appearance of Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing causing him to withdraw slightly, he didn't seem overly frightened and inquired.

"It is as follows: I am a monk from the Great Tang in Eastern Land, on my way to Western Heaven to worship Buddha and obtain scriptures. Passing through this blessed place, I thought to rest my feet…" Jiang Liu spoke up, revealing his identity.

"A monk from the Great Tang in Eastern Land? Please wait here while I report to my master!" With a thud, he closed the door.

Without taking offense, Jiang Liu and his companions waited patiently at the gateway.

It wasn't long before, in about two minutes or so, the gates were opened once more, this time completely.

Then the little Taoist boy, inviting Jiang Liu and his party inside, said, "Great Master, please come in!"

Under the Taoist boy's guidance, Jiang Liu and his companions entered the Yellow Flower Temple, ascending the steps.

Walking behind the young Taoist boy, Jiang Liu's gaze fell upon him as he silently invoked the character panel.

Having a look, well, despite appearing quite young, the boy's cultivation level was not bad at all—at 51st Level, he had stepped into the Returning Void Realm.

In the Great Tang, he would be considered a local big shot, wouldn't he?

Yet here, he was just a little Taoist boy?

It seemed that the master of the Yellow Flower Temple was indeed extraordinary.

Mentally murmuring, Jiang Liu and the others arrived at the main hall of the Yellow Flower Temple.

Although the Taoist boy had impressive abilities, the temple seemed sparse in personnel, somewhat similar to the earlier Jinshan Temple, with just a few monks around.

However, seated at the main seat of the hall was a Taoist, roughly in his fifties, who had a robust and rugged demeanor.

As he saw Xuanzang and his group enter, the Taoist got up energetically to greet them.

Character panel!