I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

Lean less.

inside the room.

Mingyue wrapped each ginseng fruit in a silk handkerchief and placed them one by one into four porcelain bowls lined up in a row. As soon as the fruit entered the water, it dissolved, and a strong medicinal fragrance and a surging life force instantly spread out, filling the entire room, causing the master and his disciples who were watching to widen their eyes.

Such an astonishing life force, such an exaggerated acquired spiritual essence—not to mention Sun Wukong and his companions, even Qin Yao had rarely seen anything like it!

At that moment, Qingfeng, who also sensed this spiritual energy, couldn't help but step out of his bedroom. His eyes shone with golden light, his gaze traversing half the courtyard, penetrating the walls of the side rooms, and looking at the room where the master and his disciples were. He stared intently at the spiritual liquid flowing with brilliant light in the porcelain bowls, and the veins at the corners of his eyes throbbed.

This benefit could have belonged to him. If he could have eaten two ginseng fruits, he could have ascended to heaven in the blink of an eye and received a decree from the Heavenly Court as an immortal, which would have made his life and destiny completely different!

But all these wonderful plans were ruined by that monk.

One wasn't enough; he had to have four. Such insatiable greed—what kind of holy monk is he?
"Holy monk, you may drink now."

A moment later, as the spiritual light swirling in the porcelain bowl gradually receded until it disappeared completely, Mingyue suddenly turned to Qin Yao and said.

"Thank you."

Qin Yao clasped his hands together and said sincerely.

Mingyue waved her hands repeatedly: "You're too kind... You're my master's friend, so you're my elder. This is how one should treat an elder."

"Master, can we eat now?"

Just as Qin Yao was about to praise the other party, Zhu Bajie suddenly asked.

Everyone instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and saw him staring intently at the porcelain bowl, drool dripping from his mouth.

"Eat up." Qin Yao smiled and shook his head, picking up a porcelain bowl from the center of the table first.

Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing quickly picked up a porcelain bowl and, after watching their master tilt his head back and drink it all, immediately followed suit, holding their bowls and drinking heartily as well.

In an instant, wisps of divine light emanated from the four individuals, penetrating their clothing and transforming them into four orbs of light, or perhaps four golden pills.

The spiritual energy was so powerful that everyone was trying their best to absorb it, but they still couldn't absorb it all at once, which is why this golden light was emitted.

During the process of absorption and devouring, the human and the three demons were all undergoing transformation, and their magical power was increasing wildly!
Qin Yao knew that the medicinal power of the ginseng fruit far surpassed that of the top-grade peaches in the Peach Garden, but he never expected that its power would be so strong.

Initially, he only intended to use ginseng fruit to temper his body and to "explain" his process of becoming powerful.

But at this moment, the terrifying medicinal power was not only enhancing his magical power, but also strengthening his cultivation.

As if sensing his ever-increasing cultivation, the Jade Disc of Creation, suspended in the air, suddenly emitted countless laws of spacetime, merging into the realm of the God Kingdom...

However, this accident was not all good. With a strong soul and a weak body, the body would be overloaded when the soul was fully activated. Under this load, countless tiny cracks appeared on Xuanzang's body hidden under his robes.

Qin Yao was not fully immersed in the feeling of being strengthened. After discovering that his physical body was cracked, he immediately began to repair it with the power of faith.

However, as the strengthening of the soul continues, the physical body's burden will not disappear. Thus, the current situation is that the physical body is constantly alternating between cracking and healing, with tearing pain recurring repeatedly.

Qin Yao was not afraid of pain; in fact, the more pain his body felt, the clearer his mind became, and the faster he understood the laws of space and time.

"boom!"

After a long time, when the powerful laws of space and time burst out of the divine kingdom and spread to the physical body, it caused a sudden disturbance in the heavens and earth.

Above Wuzhuang Temple, the wind rose and the clouds surged, lightning flashed and thunder roared, but this was not a tribulation of lightning, but simply the instinctive reaction of the laws of heaven and earth under the impact of the laws of time and space.

As time passed, the light emanating from Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing gradually faded, indicating that they had completely absorbed this fortune.

But Qin Yao was not finished yet. However, at this moment, the divine light on his body was no longer the effect of the ginseng fruit, but the light of the law was tempering his body.

God’s country.

With the help of this ginseng fruit and the laws derived from the Creation Jade Disc, Qin Yao's cultivation level was rapidly pushed to the Great Perfection of Taiyi Golden Immortal, just one step away from breaking through to the next realm.

This progress is terrifying, considering that he had only just advanced to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm in the previous world, and the time in between was too short, so he hadn't accumulated any experience at all.

The medicinal properties of ginseng fruit replaced this accumulation, saving countless hours of hard work!
"call……"

A moment later, as the light of the laws emanating from his body gradually receded, Qin Yao let out a long breath and calmly put down the porcelain bowl in his hand.

"Master, why do I feel like you've benefited more than the three of us?" Pigsy's eyes gleamed as he scrutinized Qin Yao.

Even though he had tried his best to open his divine eye, he still couldn't see through his master's current level of cultivation!

Qin Yao said with a smile, "One kind of rice can nourish a hundred kinds of people, and the same is true for ginseng fruit."

Pigsy blinked and asked bluntly, "So, Master, what realm are you at now?"

Qin Yao said, "I don't know either, but I can sense that I am incredibly strong right now."

Pigsy: "..."

Inside the Taoist temple, in the courtyard.

Upon hearing these words, Qingfeng's mind suddenly went blank, followed by a burning sensation throughout his body, trembling legs, and a dark spot quickly appearing at the corner of his eye.

However, he had not completely lost his mind. He knew very well that if he rushed in to make accusations now, he would not get any satisfaction or revenge, but would only be humiliated.

Therefore, after taking several deep breaths, he suppressed his boundless resentment, turned around, and went back to his room to wait for his chance...

That night.

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

Everyone went to bed.

Suddenly, a deafening sound of gongs and drums resounded throughout the Taoist temple, waking everyone up as expected. They quickly put on their coats and went outside to investigate...

Walking into the backyard, I looked up and saw Qingfeng, dressed in a Taoist robe, with a round face, standing in the orchard in front of the fruit trees. His expression was cold and gloomy, like a vengeful ghost, which was somewhat frightening to look at.

Having known Qingfeng for many years, this was the first time Mingyue had seen him like this, and she couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Senior brother, what are you doing?"

Qingfeng raised his hand and put away the gong and mallet, then pointed to the ginseng fruit tree behind him: "Junior brother, didn't you see it?"

Mingyue followed his finger and looked at the fruit tree, then suddenly widened her eyes: "Where's the ginseng fruit?"

As he spoke, he even rubbed his eyes hard, but the fruit tree, which should have been laden with fruit, still had not a single fruit in sight.

"Yes, where's the ginseng fruit?"

Qingfeng turned to look at Qin Yao and the others, and said coldly.

Sun Wukong frowned: "What do you mean? You suspect we did it?" Qingfeng said: "Otherwise what? The ginseng fruit tree has stood here for many years and has never been stolen."

But this situation arose the very day you arrived. If I don't suspect you, who else can I suspect?

"Don't talk nonsense," Pigsy said. "We've already eaten the ginseng fruit, so what reason do we have to steal it?"

“Because you have eaten the ginseng fruit and know that it is indeed a treasure, one of you became greedy and tried to get all the fruit. Isn’t that a reason?” Qingfeng said.

Qin Yao shook his head and said, "If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext. If you're going to say that, then can't I also say, without any evidence, that you harbored a grudge and wanted to retaliate against us, so you set up this trap to frame us?"

Qingfeng: "..."

After a moment of silence, he suddenly flicked his sleeves and said in a low voice, "Nonsense! You can search on my body or in my room, and if you can find even a single fruit, I will immediately kneel down and confess my sins."

Qin Yao said, "Isn't this principle the same? If you can use this to prove your innocence, then please go to our room and look for it."

Qingfeng once again witnessed the monk's silver tongue and knew that he couldn't win by reasoning with him. He steeled his resolve and said sternly:

"That's sophistry, that's just twisting the facts. In short, these ginseng fruits disappeared because of your arrival, and you have a mission to find them. If you can't find them, you'll never be able to clear your name."

Sun Wukong flew into a rage: "What kind of bullshit mission is this? You're spewing filth!"

If we're really talking about a mission, isn't guarding the orchard your duty? If you didn't guard the orchard properly, even if you didn't steal from it, isn't that dereliction of duty?
In other words, you're either harboring malicious intentions or incompetent, and now you're shamelessly trying to pin this on us—you have absolutely no shame!

Qingfeng said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'm telling you right now, you're not allowed to leave until you find the ginseng fruit."

"You're not allowed to leave? Hey, your grandpa Sun is leaving now, what can you do to me?"

Sun Wukong sneered and retorted, then turned to Qin Yao and said, "Master, let's get going. Even if we live in a cave, it's better than staying here and facing this disgusting guy all day!"

Qin Yao waved his hand: "Wukong, don't be impulsive. Can't you see that he's deliberately trying to provoke you into leaving?"

Sun Wukong said, "I can see that. It's just that I'm considering your past relationship with Zhen Yuanzi. Otherwise, I wouldn't be wasting my breath talking to him. I would have already struck him with my staff. But if I stay here, I'm really worried that I might lose control because of him at some point."

Qin Yao said, "Then go to Yaochi and find Zhen Yuanzi. Ask him if he can return early. The Ginseng Fruit Tree is the spiritual root of the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, so perhaps it has some connection with him..."

Upon hearing this, Qingfeng's expression changed slightly, but he remained calm and even deliberately said:
“Sun Wukong, you may leave, but Wuzhuang Temple has no obligation to protect your master. If your master disappears without a trace after you leave, just like the ginseng fruit, we hope you won’t come looking for trouble.”

Sun Wukong: "..."

He suddenly remembered the Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor.

If Yellow Eyebrows is still secretly watching them, the time he was away was indeed the best time to hunt.

Qin Yao said with a smile, "Don't listen to his threats. You and Bajie left back then and nothing happened, let alone now that you're the one who left."

That said, often you should interpret what some people say in reverse: the more they don't want you to do something, the more you should do it; the more they want you to do something, the less you should do it.

Only in this way can we gain the upper hand in a volatile and unpredictable situation.

Qingfeng: "..."

Has this monk become a spirit?
A shrewd person!

Sun Wukong secretly exhaled, raised his hand to summon his somersault cloud, soared upwards, and looked down at Qingfeng, saying:

“Little thief, you may not know, but there is a magical artifact in the Heavenly Realm called the Wheel of Time. When activated, it can see the past and the future. Even if Zhen Yuanzi has no connection with the fruit tree, I can still take him to see the Wheel of Time, and then the truth will be revealed.”

Qingfeng felt a jolt in his heart, but forced himself to remain calm and said, "I didn't steal the ginseng fruit, so I have a clear conscience."

"What a fine 'clear conscience'! You just wait." Sun Wukong pointed at him, then suddenly rode away on a cloud.

"Then let's wait for them to come back, and wait for the truth."

A moment later, Qingfeng silently withdrew his gaze and turned to walk towards his room.

Qin Yao looked up and stared at his back until he completely disappeared from sight, then suddenly called out, "Bajie, Wujing."

"Master," the two demons replied in unison.

"You two take turns watching over him, don't let him escape," Qin Yao said softly.

Beside her, a hint of confusion appeared in Mingyue's eyes.

Why does he feel that Tang Sanzang is the one who truly has a clear conscience?

Could it be that this was a trap set by my senior brother?

The question is, why is my senior brother so depressed?

"Oh!"

After storming back to his room, Qingfeng slammed the door shut, his chest heaving with anger.

half an hour.

After finally calming down his turbulent emotions and gradually regaining his senses, Sun Wukong's words before leaving began to echo in his mind.

Is there really a Wheel of Time in the heavens that can see the past and the future?

If such a thing really existed, wouldn't the whole process of it transforming into Sun Wukong and blowing its magic breath onto the ginseng fruit be able to be found out?

If that's the case, what's the point of pretending?
Thinking of this, a chill ran through him. He turned and went straight to the ancestral hall, intending to bring out the Seven Star Sword and use it to summon the local earth god to inquire about the situation.

If the situation turns against him, he will quickly flee with the Seven Star Sword, the Purple Gold Gourd, and other magical treasures, change his appearance, and hide his identity, hoping to survive this calamity.

However, when he arrived at the ancestral hall and activated its secret realm, he was shocked to find that the five great magical treasures placed on the altar—the Seven Star Sword, the Jade Bottle, the Purple-Gold Gourd, the Banana Leaf Fan, and the Golden Rope—had all disappeared…

a long time.

Qingfeng suddenly realized what was happening and collapsed to the ground with a thud. Only one thought was in his mind: It's over, it's all over!

He knew very well that outsiders could not enter the Ancestral Temple, but for the ginseng fruit spirit that entered the earth, the temple's restrictions were like coming home.

The reason is simple: this restriction is connected to the power of the earth. Unless the entire Longevity Mountain is shattered, there is no way to break the magic array.

But the power of the earth is the power of the earth element, which just happens to be the ginseng fruit spirit's strength.
"No, this is a huge mess. I have to leave, I absolutely have to leave."

While pondering, Qingfeng suddenly shivered, quickly got up, turned around and walked out of the Ancestral Temple.

But just as he was about to rise up on the wind, a voice suddenly rang out from the eaves:
"Master Qingfeng, why are you in such a hurry? Where are you headed?" (End of Chapter)