Journey to the West: We Agreed to Lay Low Until We Became Saints, So How Dare You Touch My Junior Brother?

[Journey to the West in the early chapters, the Primordial World later on]

You ask what it’s like to transmigrate into the world of Journey to the West and become Sun Wukong’s senior fellow disciple?

My name is Lin Jie, and my experience can be summed up in one word: exhausting.

I only wanted to lie flat and keep a low profile on Mount Fangcun. After all, my System said that as long as I did nothing and kept hiding until the end of the great Journey to the West tribulation, I could become a Sage outright! Where else could you find a deal like that?

So for a thousand years, I drank tea, fished, and petted monkeys every day, just waiting to lie flat my way into Sainthood.

But what happened? Not long after my junior fellow disciple Sun Wukong left the mountain, the Buddha pinned him beneath Five Finger Mountain!

At that moment, the System popped up and asked me:

[Choice One: Keep hiding, and become a Sage right away!]

[Choice Two: Save your junior fellow disciple, lose a thousand years of cultivation, and have the System unbound!]

I watched through the water mirror as the monkey was crushed until blood poured from every orifice, yet he was still shouting, “Senior Brother, save me!”

I flew into a rage and cursed at the air: “Bah! Whoever wants to be this lousy Sage can have the job! You dare lay a hand on my junior fellow disciple? Even the Jade Emperor himself would have to get down on his knees!”

The next second, I tore up the System and smashed Five Finger Mountain with a single slap.

In front of all the gods and Buddhas, I helped Wukong to his feet and told them:

“Listen up. We can make the Journey to the West, but I’m the one setting the rules!”

“First, that hoop? It’s gone.” I crushed it into powder right there.

“Second, any demon we meet on the road, whether it’s someone’s mount or attendant, can be killed by my junior fellow disciple with no consequences! Anyone who tries to settle the score later will see me level their mountain!”

“Third, my junior fellow disciple is going to fetch the scriptures, not be anyone’s dog. He can go when he wants and rest when he wants. None of you gets to force him!”

Then I slipped away, leaving no trace of my good deeds.