I'm Dreaming of a Journey to the West

Li Chen tightly grasped the Jiutian Stick in his hand and watched the tall and burly body of the old protector Min gradually fall down. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the prompt sound of the system rang in his ears.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the mission 'Killing Elder Guardian Min'. The mission rewards, ten Resurrection Pills, ten Level 4 Strengthening Stones, and two fragments of the Modo Soul Banner, have been distributed to the system backpack. In addition, Elder Guardian Min just fought and dropped the Moyuan Armor and part of the power of the Wood Ancestral Witch, which have also been distributed to the system backpack."

Hearing the system prompt, Li Chen opened the system backpack with excitement. Inside the system backpack was a set of exquisitely crafted emerald green armor. The armor was decorated with mountain patterns, and the soul of the ancient sacred tree was used in the production process to make the armor.

"Host, you can fuse the Jiutian Armor and the Moyuan Armor together. This way, the properties of the two sets of armor can be superimposed to make you even more powerful!"

Hearing that the system has this function, Li Chen was completely surprised. When creating the Dream Westward Journey IV online game, the equipment dropped by the later bosses was stronger than the equipment dropped by the earlier bosses.

Therefore, after players obtain stronger new equipment, the previous equipment will either be disassembled into strengthening stones to become nutrients for the new equipment, or sold for souls.

As for recycling and reusing old equipment, it appeared after the appearance of the Xiniu Hezhou Shiluo equipment. Players can put the divinely forged Shiluo and the divinely forged high-level equipment released after it on the divinely forged platform of the new equipment, making the old equipment the nourishment for the divinely forged new equipment, thereby greatly reducing the divinely forged materials required for the new equipment.

Unexpectedly, the system could not only turn two pieces of equipment into one, but also enhance the properties of the two pieces of equipment. Li Chen could fully imagine how powerful he would be in the future. When all the previous equipment was stacked together, his power was simply unimaginable.

"System, strengthen these two pieces of equipment!"

Li Chen said excitedly, and suddenly the Jiutian Armor he was wearing flew out and landed not far from the Moyuan Armor. Then the two sets of armor emitted a dazzling light and merged together.

"Congratulations to the host for successfully strengthening his equipment!"

Hearing the system's "Superposition Strengthening Successful" notification sound, the fused armor returned to Li Chen's body. Li Chen felt the powerful force coming from his body, and his excitement was beyond words.

"Where am I? What happened just now? My head hurts!"

Just as Li Chen was immersed in the excitement of his huge strength boost, a slightly old voice sounded inopportunely behind Li Chen. Li Chen turned around and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

The owner of that voice turned out to be the old guardian Min, who was supposed to be defeated by Li Chen! He was supposed to be seriously injured and on the verge of death, but his injuries had miraculously healed! Li Chen looked at the old guardian Min with a look of surprise, his wounds had already healed and he stood up again from the ground.

"How is this possible?! He was clearly seriously injured, how could he have miraculously recovered? Could it be that the power of the Wood Ancestral Witch is still within him, helping him? Giving him the strength to fight?"

Li Chen couldn't help but exclaim in his heart. He had never expected that the remaining power of the Wood Ancestral Witch would be so powerful. It could not only enhance his own strength, but also heal the bodies of seriously injured people.

But now was not the time to marvel. Li Chen was worried that Min Lao would continue to attack him, so he immediately raised the Jiutian Stick and prepared to fight. However, Min Lao looked at the scene around him with a confused look on his face. He turned around and saw Li Chen preparing to attack him. He was about to step forward to ask questions and clarify the situation.

"Donor, please..."

Before Guardian Min could finish his words, Li Chen raised his Jiutian Stick and struck him on the head. Guardian Min had no choice but to raise his stick to block Li Chen's attack.

"Donor, I don't know how I have offended you. Please stop and explain. This way, I can die with a clear conscience."

While struggling to resist the attack, the old guardian Min asked Li Chen for help. Li Chen looked into the eyes of the old guardian Min. Those eyes no longer had the ferocity and brutality that they had just shown when fighting with him. Instead, those eyes exuded an aura of fortitude, strength and integrity.

"System, what is the current situation of Guardian Min?"

Li Chen asked the system about the current situation of Guardian Min.

"Host, you have recovered the power of the Wood Ancestral Witch from Guardian Min's body. He has now returned to normal!"

After hearing the system's explanation, Li Chen put away the stick in his hand with peace of mind.

"Donor, I don't know how I have offended you. Please tell me clearly!"

Li Chen felt a little uncomfortable looking at the humble and polite Min Elder. So, he recounted to Min Elder the entire story of how he came to Jiuhua Mountain, and how he fought and defeated him. Of course, Li Chen wouldn't tell him about his own system.

After listening to Li Chen's story, the old protector Min's attitude towards Li Chen became more awe-inspiring and respectful.

"I can't believe that heroes have always emerged from young people since ancient times! I'm sorry, my friend Li Chen, I'm rude!" The old protector Min bowed respectfully to Li Chen.

"Old Saint Monk Min, no need to be so polite. Please quickly tell me what the current situation is in Jiuhua Mountain."

Li Chen wanted to know the current situation of Jiuhua Mountain from the guardian Min Lao so that he could better eliminate the Wood Ancestral Witch and rescue Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

"If only my son Daoming could be half as good as you! His recklessness almost ruined Jiuhua Mountain and the people nearby!" Old Guardian Min sighed with a hint of sadness.

The old guardian Min began to tell Li Chen that since the ancestor of wood, Ju Mang, came to Jiuhua Mountain, he began to lead a group of demons to fight against Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the monks of Shuangxi Temple launched an extremely tragic battle with the demons for the peace of Jiuhua Mountain.

However, to avoid further casualties, Daoming, the son of the guardian Min, went alone to defeat the Wood Ancestral Witch. Unexpectedly, Daoming not only failed, but was also bewitched by the Wood Ancestral Witch and poisoned the Shuangxi Temple, killing all the monks in the temple!

Daoming was also deceived by the Wood Ancestral Witch and devoured the souls of all the monks, becoming a demon. Although Daoming committed countless sins, he was still the son of the guardian Min.

The guardian Min Lao couldn't bear to kill his son, and eventually betrayed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with him, becoming a puppet controlled by the Ancestral Witch of Wood.

After listening to the blood-and-tears story of the old guardian Min, Li Chen's face turned extremely ugly. He immediately slapped the old guardian Min with a loud slap and said angrily, "Do you know how many people were killed because of your son's murder?"

The reason why Li Chen was so angry was that in the real world, when he was in junior high school, there was a group of people around him who often bullied him. Not only did their parents not discipline them well, but they also indulged them in doing whatever they wanted.

The funniest thing is that when Li Chen's parents came to their house, the parents of those people started saying things like "It takes two to tango. If Li Chen hadn't been causing trouble, their children wouldn't have hit him" and "This is just a game between children."

"This, me."

The Dharma Protector Min fell silent because he couldn't bear to kill his son, which caused so many people to pay the price with their lives, and even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was dragged down because of this!

After a long time, Li Chen finally walked up to the guardian Min, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come with me, let's end this together!