With the 30 reverence points for the enhanced charm in hand, Sun Kong wasted no time and immediately applied it to the "Wuhou Seven Star Formation."
This created an enhanced version of the "Wuhou Seven Star Formation."
In just a breath's time.
The already formidable calculation technique became several times more powerful after the enhancement.
A trace of mysterious purple light shot out.
As if sensing the hiding place of Jin Chanzi, it did not hesitate, forming a meteor-like beam of light and streaking towards a southwest corner of the Great Han Empire's capital, Chang'an City.
Seeing this.
Sun Kong naturally did not delay and followed immediately.
Upon arriving at a most ordinary flat, he was startled to see the purple light shoot into it, causing an auspicious phenomenon like the harmonious singing of phoenixes!
Wuwuwu!
A phantom phoenix ascended into the sky.
It signified nothing else but that Jin Chanzi, whom Sun Kong was looking for, was here.
Huhu!
After the phoenix phantom disappeared, Jin Chanzi, unable to bear the disturbance, could only reveal himself. However, upon seeing that the visitor was not one of the Spirit Mountain Buddhas or anyone else.
But Sun Kong, he was overjoyed to tears!
"Kong Kong, it's really you!"
"Jin Chanzi, your attire... what is this getup? Didn't you go into hiding during this period? How have you become like this?"
"Also, stop calling me that. I am not your Kong Kong. We agreed long ago to be equals and address each other as brothers."
Seeing Jin Chanzi in tattered clothes, dressed like a beggar, with his once strong cultivation seemingly gone, regressed to the level of an ordinary mortal.
Sun Kong was astonished.
But regardless, he still had to find Jin Chanzi and bring him back. It wasn't just to report to Patriarch Burning Lamp and the others, but because the Journey to the West was unavoidable.
It was a matter of choosing the right timing.
Previously, Sun Kong had advised Jin Chanzi not to reincarnate, so that he would retain his original consciousness and not suffer the same tragic fate as Zhu Bajie.
Now, finding him and bringing him back was also for his own good. He didn't want to be shocked upon their first meeting.
The miserable state of Jin Chanzi.
His emaciated body.
His trembling tone.
His soul, so weak it could almost be blown out.
Let alone a Tang Monk.
Even a beggar by the roadside, no one would believe it.
After all, even the most destitute beggars in Chang'an City knew to find clothes from the dead to wear, lest they freeze to death. Yet Jin Chanzi didn't even have a strip of cloth to cover his vital parts.
He looked as if he had been tortured by someone!
"I say, Jin Chanzi, what on earth happened to you?"
"Last time I told you to run away, not to end up here as a wretched creature worse than a beggar."
"What exactly happened?"
"I recall that I was keeping the Spirit Mountain Buddhas and the Heavenly Court immortals occupied, so they couldn't have bothered you. Could it be other saints, or demons from the Immortal Realm?"
"Just tell me their names, and your big brother Sun will immediately find them and avenge you."
Sun Kong calling himself "Big Brother Sun" was not just to gain an advantage, ensuring that Jin Chanzi would obey him and not cause trouble once the Journey to the West began.
There was another layer to it.
Seeing Jin Chanzi in such a sorry state, he felt a surge of compassion and curiosity. His promise to avenge him was absolutely genuine, more so than the tip of a needle!
As it happened.
Seeing Jin Chanzi weeping like a lonely old man from the mortal world.
Sun Kong, while asking for the reason and comforting him a little.
He, as usual, squeezed out a drop of Pangu's essence blood, took out the Sun-Moon Qiankun Furnace, brewed a pot of holy water soup, and handed him a bowl.
He thought that as long as Jin Chanzi drank it, his cultivation would recover.
But neither of them expected.
The usually incredibly effective holy water soup failed for the first time.
And not just one bowl was useless; even after Jin Chanzi learned about the effects of the holy water soup and frantically drank a whole pot, it was still...
Useless!
"Big Brother Sun, your holy water soup isn't working. My cultivation hasn't recovered, and it's made my soul even weaker."
"Could it be that you were scared by Patriarch Tathagata, and you've captured me to force me into reincarnation?"
Thinking of this, Jin Chanzi's attitude towards Sun Kong changed drastically. He roared at Sun Kong for harming him and tried to retreat as much as possible, intending to avoid him.
But how could he possibly evade Sun Kong at this moment?
Before Jin Chanzi could truly escape, Sun Kong controlled him with a finger and conjured a set of brand new clothes, providing him with warmth while Sun Kong himself was utterly bewildered.
It was then that the system's most familiar voice rang out!
[Ding! The host's holy water soup failed for the first time, shocking Jin Chanzi and creating a rift in his relationship with the host. Therefore, this shock yields no reward, but a punishment instead.]
[Punishment: One percent of the host's current cultivation.]
[Note: Due to the Heavenly Dao's celestial numbers being mutable while the general trend is unchangeable, the host's shock to Jin Chanzi this time has no positive effect and instead brought about a negative one.]
[Hence, one percent of the host's current cultivation is punished, as a warning.]
This "reward" left Sun Kong speechless.
However, he did not blindly blame the system. Instead, he understood that although the system was powerful, it could not defy the Heavenly Dao. Previously, his shocks to others had altered minor trends, but this major trend had to be followed.
Therefore.
Sun Kong quickly recovered. While taking Jin Chanzi, he prepared to find another way for him to reincarnate, to fulfill the major trend dictated by the Heavenly Dao.
Of course, as his good elder brother, necessary protective measures were still in place.
For this, he intended to have their third brother, Zhou Wu Xian, be responsible for protection.
Meanwhile, Sun Kong hurried to communicate with the system about why the rewards for shocking others had been decreasing recently, and why there were even reverse rewards.
[Ding! Regarding the host's question, this system is currently at a level insufficient to obtain a more comprehensive answer.]
[It can only inform the host that the major trend of the Heavenly Dao absolutely cannot be altered. Furthermore, with the revival of the Demon Race, the rise of the New Six-Eared Macaque, and the six great saints receiving new commands from Patriarch Hongjun.]
[As a result, new celestial numbers appear every moment. The effectiveness of the host's recent shocks is not as strong as before, and future shocks will require even greater effort, otherwise, the situation of reduced rewards or even reverse rewards will become more frequent.]
The system's words were truly something.
Anyone else would have argued with it.
But Sun Kong, having some brains, could see that this was not the system's fault. There were simply two reasons.
First, the system itself seemed to need an upgrade to counter the constantly changing Heavenly Dao.
Second, within the three realms of the Primordial World, he was not the only one trying to control the karma of the Journey to the West. The Demon Race, the New Six-Eared Macaque, the six great saints, Patriarch Hongjun, and others were all working behind the scenes!
It seemed that a transmigrator could not afford to be complacent. Even Sun Kong, who relied on making trouble and shocking others, had to work even harder!