#1937 - Working together to save the ginseng fruit tree (Part 1)
#1937 - Working together to save the ginseng fruit tree (Part 1)
If Qing Feng and Ming Yue hadn't been so greedy and foolish, things wouldn't have escalated to this point.
Zhen Yuanzi couldn't understand why they had disobeyed his explicit orders not to eat the ginseng fruit.
Yet, they had been bold enough to strike at the heart of the matter, damaging the ginseng fruit tree.
"Qing Feng, Ming Yue, you two come here."
Faced with Zhen Yuanzi's summons, Qing Feng and Ming Yue nervously approached him.
Before they could offer any excuses, Zhen Yuanzi had already bound them and hung them from a tree.
"From this day forward, you two will reflect here for one hundred thousand years. If you cannot correct your inherent flaws, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Qing Feng and Ming Yue were utterly terrified.
They desperately wanted to say something, but the murderous look in Zhen Yuanzi's eyes silenced them.
Zhen Yuanzi turned to Jin Chanzi and asked, "Are you satisfied with my handling of this?"
Jin Chanzi replied, "It seems you are a reasonable person after all."
Zhen Yuanzi said, "I am reasonable, and you must also be reasonable. You have three days to revive my ginseng fruit tree, and then this matter will be settled."
Now it was Jin Chanzi and his companions who were in a difficult position.
If Zhen Yuanzi had been unreasonable, they might have been able to argue.
But now that Qing Feng and Ming Yue had already been punished, and he was only asking for the ginseng fruit tree to be revived, without any additional conditions.
This was already extremely generous.
Jin Chanzi said, "Reviving your ginseng fruit tree in three days is a bit challenging."
Zhen Yuanzi said, "That is not my concern. You were the ones who knocked down the ginseng fruit tree."
With that, Zhen Yuanzi cast a barrier, and at the same time, released Jin Chanzi and the others from their restraints.
Seeing the barrier cast by Zhen Yuanzi, Jin Chanzi and the others immediately knew that they could not break through it to escape.
Left with no choice, they exchanged glances, the trouble had been caused together, and now they naturally had to resolve it together!
Under Zhen Yuanzi's watchful gaze, Jin Chanzi and the others took out their communication jade tokens and sent messages.
Western Sect.
The Receiving Sage and the Purifying Sage were drinking tea and chatting when they suddenly put down their cups.
The Receiving Sage said, "Those troublesome fellows actually knocked down Zhen Yuanzi's ginseng fruit tree. This is a bit of a problem."
The Purifying Sage said, "The ginseng fruit tree is Zhen Yuanzi's most prized possession. They've caused a great deal of trouble."
The Receiving Sage said, "Zhen Yuanzi's play was just to make things difficult for Jin Chanzi and the others, how could such a change occur?"
As Sages, they could see the unusual nature of the matter at a glance.
To put it simply, this was completely different from what was written in the script.
The Purifying Sage asked, "Senior Brother, what should we do now?"
The Receiving Sage pondered for a moment and said, "Compensating Zhen Yuanzi for the ginseng fruit tree is a must, but we can't let our Western Sect bear the brunt of it."
"Go to the Heavenly Court!"
Jade Void Palace.
Real Person Yuding received a message from the Monkey.
Since the Journey to the West plan began, this was one of the few times the Monkey had proactively sent a message to Real Person Yuding.
"This guy finally remembers he has a Second Master!"
In a slightly better mood, Real Person Yuding probed the communication jade token with his divine sense and was stunned.
"Damn, isn't this purely visiting the Hall of Three Treasures for no reason! No wonder he suddenly remembered me!"
"So, he remembered his Second Master when he got into trouble, wanting me to settle things for him..."
Real Person Yuding complained in place for a while, then sighed.
He really couldn't ignore this matter. The Monkey represented Chan Sect in the Journey to the West plan.
If Chan Sect didn't ask or care about their troubles, the benefits they could obtain after the Journey to the West plan ended would be too few.
"I'm very interested in eating ginseng fruit, but where would I have the experience to treat a ginseng fruit tree!"
Adhering to the idea of seeking out his master whenever he was unsure, Real Person Yuding found the Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning and explained the matter.
In the end, the Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning said, "I was right, this time the other Sages will also be unable to sit idly by, I will go to the Heavenly Court..."
Primordial Heavenly Court.
Haotian received a message from General Rolling Curtain, his face showed no surprise.
Long before General Rolling Curtain sent the message, Qin Yiyi had already told him the whole story.
Facing Zhen Yuanzi's scheme, Haotian didn't have many thoughts.
Zhen Yuanzi was a great power friendly to the Heavenly Court, and Haotian was willing to help him solve the ginseng fruit tree matter.
Even if he knew the inside story, he would choose to turn a blind eye.
The space fluctuated, and the Supreme Elderly Lord appeared, holding a pill in his hand: "Haotian, bury this pill under the ginseng fruit tree, and it will be revived."
The pill was placed on the chopping board in front of Haotian, and the Supreme Elderly Lord's figure disappeared...
This made Haotian have to sigh: "The Elderly Lord has always had a pragmatic style!"
Interpreting this style from another angle, it was the type who was ruthless and didn't talk much.
Instead of shirking like other Sages, he took it upon himself.
The pattern between the Sages was immediately apparent.
At this moment, Li Jing walked in from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, the Receiving Sage, the Purifying Sage, and the Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning have arrived!"
Haotian said, "Let them in."
The Sages met and talked about the matter.
The attitude of the Receiving Sage and the Purifying Sage was that everyone should share the burden of this matter together.
Although the Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning didn't say it too explicitly, his words basically meant the same thing.
Anyone who wasn't stupid could hear the subtext.
Haotian took out the pill given by the Supreme Elderly Lord and said, "Since everyone said they want to split it equally, let's settle the money for this pill."
The three Sages frowned, not understanding what it meant.
Seeing this, Haotian said, "This pill was made by the Supreme Elderly Lord to revive the ginseng fruit tree."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions on the faces of the three Sages became a little strange.
So the Supreme Elderly Lord was willing to bear the matter alone, wasn't their arrival redundant?
Thinking of how they had talked for a long time about sharing the losses, and in the end Haotian took out this pill.
It was clearly setting a trap for them.
Analyzing the matter from Haotian's point of view, it was just one sentence, don't let the good guys be the fools.
These Sages were afraid of suffering a little loss, so let's split it equally as they said.
If they hadn't come to the door, with the Supreme Elderly Lord taking action, naturally they wouldn't have to take any benefits out of their own pockets.
But now it was different, the words had already been said to this point, it would be a bit of a slap in the face if they went back on their word.
Sages also wanted face.
The Primordial world paid even more attention to this. Back when the Primordial world first opened, how many great powers fought to the death over a little face issue.
The Receiving Sage said, "Haotian, why didn't you take out this pill earlier?"
Haotian directly said, "Wouldn't it be only the Elderly Lord who would bear it if I took it out earlier? Stop talking nonsense, you said to split it equally, hurry up and get the money."
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