CHAPTER 319: CHAPTER 239: FINDING THE COMPANION MENG DIE

"What, I didn’t expect the Chosen One to be reincarnated as the Golden Cicada?"

They knew in advance when they were in the Underworld that this year’s Chosen One was the same as the last, Xuantian.

That would be Rosen and Meng Die’s mentor.

Thinking about Meng Die’s whereabouts made Rosen anxious.

"Barefoot, do you remember we have another companion called Meng Die?" Rosen asked the Barefoot Immortal beside him.

"Of course I remember, we were together protecting the Chosen One, but got scattered during reincarnation." Barefoot Immortal replied.

Rosen said, "Meng Die has a butterfly birthmark on her inner thigh. If she were reincarnated, the birthmark should remain. But I’ve checked the Seven Immortal Maidens and Chang’e, there’s no birthmark on their inner thighs, so I reckon Meng Die has reincarnated among the people."

Barefoot Immortal’s nose sprayed blood, asking, "Wow, I’m curious how you observed so meticulously."

Rosen explained, "Of course with a magnifying glass; do you think I’d use a microscope? A butterfly birthmark doesn’t warrant a microscope."

"No, I’m asking what angle you used to see Meng Die’s hidden birthmark?"

"Certainly from a narrative perspective. What perspective do you think it was?"

Only then did Barefoot Immortal realize, only a narrator can be all-knowing, making Rosen’s statement true.

"So, are we going to search for Meng Die among the people quickly?"

"No, we need to prepare some bait and then go directly to find the Chosen One, while fishing for Meng Die along the way. As everyone knows, Meng Die is very greedy."

Rosen’s suggestion again stunned Barefoot Immortal, saying, "Are you sure you won’t catch the Chosen One instead? As far as I know, both master and apprentice are quite greedy, being of one lineage."

"Hearing you say that, I understand why Xuantian reincarnated as Tang Sanzang, because Tang Sanzang loves alms and his greedy nature is laid bare."

Rosen suddenly thought of a legend; Tang Sanzang has four traits: greed, anger, obsession, patience.

Greed represents Pigsy’s incarnation, anger is Sun Wukong’s incarnation, patience is Sha Wujing’s incarnation, and obsession represents the true personality of Tang Sanzang, obsessed with Buddhism.

Actually, the original four disciples journeying to the west were just one person, Tang Sanzang, with four split personalities. Throughout the journey, he corrected flaws of greed, anger, obsession, and patience, becoming balanced.

So, after analyzing, Rosen concluded that finding just one of these personalities leads to Tang Sanzang, the Chosen One.

He shared this idea with Barefoot Immortal.

Rosen was about to borrow a spaceship and UFO from the Little Jade Emperor when Barefoot Immortal stopped him.

Barefoot Immortal said, "The Jade Emperor’s car is pricey, but it’s not as cool as my Douqi Horse Transformation. Let’s use it for traveling, it’s super stylish."

Rosen shook his head and said, "We need money during our journey. We can sell the spaceship and exchange for some cash. After all, the Jade Emperor has so many cars, he won’t miss one."

The Jade Emperor saw through Rosen’s thoughts with his cold gaze, laughing, "Fine, I’ll give you a UFO as your travel expense to the west."

"Alright, alright." Barefoot Immortal didn’t understand the Jade Emperor’s meaning, clapping in approval.

That day, Rosen and Barefoot Immortal took a UFO to the Celestial Court’s Lingshan Vegetable Market under Lingshan and sold the UFO.

Suddenly, the Lingshan Police Station received a report from the public that someone was selling a UFO!

Wow, such explosive news caught the police station’s attention, immediately sending people to arrest them.

The UFO was eventually confiscated.

Rosen looked at the little pennant he held and the five hundred yuan fee, saying, "The pennant is said to be very valuable, worth millions of silver taels. We can sell it directly to gather funds."

After inquiring at the market, he found that recently very few obtained this pennant, causing related items to undergo deflation, and the price was driven up sky-high.

Exceeding expectations, it was sold for ten million silver taels. Rosen and Barefoot Immortal then bought a ton of bait at the market and began searching for Tang Sanzang’s traces on Barefoot Immortal’s Douqi Horse Transformation.

Tang Sanzang’s westward route was actually from the Great Tang to Sindhu, which is Ancient India.

Since Rosen and company started from the market under Lingshan, theoretically it was starting from Sindhu in reverse direction.

That meant this was a physical pursuit problem from opposite directions.

Given Tang Sanzang’s initial speed is 5 meters per second, Rosen and Barefoot Immortal’s initial speed is 10 meters per second, the distance is 108,000 li, so how many days will it take for them to meet?

This is a critical question because those tomb raiders who reincarnated are also swiftly searching for the Chosen One, Tang Sanzang.

If the tomb raiders find Tang Sanzang first, he will be killed.

This would turn it from a pursuit problem into a pursuit-and-kill problem.

Given that the tomb raiders didn’t reincarnate in the Celestial Court but among the people, they’re chasing Tang Sanzang from behind.

Assuming the tomb raiders are 58,000 li behind Tang Sanzang with an initial speed of 12 meters per second, how many days until the tomb raiders catch up with Tang Sanzang?