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Chapter 103 They are fighting

The night wind swirled through the valley, making robes flutter in the breeze. The moment Yuan Shoucheng uttered his "strange thing," everyone's hearts leaped into their throats.

"Strange, what's strange? Tell me what you've figured out!"

The silver furnace attendant urged anxiously.

Chen Guangrui's gaze was also fixed on Yuan Shoucheng's face. Although he did not urge him, he wanted to know the secret that the pen pointed to more than anyone else.

Yuan Shoucheng took a deep breath, suppressing the surprise and uncertainty on his face, and pointed to the scattered copper coins on the ground, saying...

"This divination indicates that the last thing written with the ink from that pen tip was a letter! Its contents..."

He paused, a more incredulous expression appearing on his face.

"Its content actually tells of how Zhu Ganglie worked diligently and kindly in Gao Village, practically a lucky star for the villagers. It says that Old Man Gao was ungrateful and aggressive, and in the end, he regarded him as a demon, forcing him to leave with no way out..."

"What?!" The Silver Furnace Boy's eyes widened in disbelief. "It's all praise for that pig-headed man, nothing about his gluttony, lust, and ugly appearance, or how he even scared Old Man Gao to death?"

The Golden Furnace Boy's brows furrowed, and he tried his best to analyze the situation using his limited common sense.
"This is extremely abnormal. Today, Old Master Gao himself said that Zhu Ganglie was introduced to the manor by the accountant, Old Jia. Now that Zhu Ganglie has caused such a mess, the accountant is also implicated. If the accountant truly cared about the Gao family, he should have denounced the pig demon's ferocity in his letter. But instead... he's speaking up for Zhu Ganglie, which is clearly an attempt to cover up and exonerate him. The two are indeed in cahoots!"

Chen Guangrui's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "Mr. Yuan, can you calculate who this letter is addressed to and where it is to be sent?"

He keenly sensed that the key was where the letter had gone.

Yuan Shoucheng shook his head with a wry smile, stroking his scorched beard.

"Who is it for? That's hard to say. After this letter is finished, it will definitely pass through many people, and it's really hard to say who it will ultimately end up with. It's impossible to calculate. But..."

He abruptly changed the subject, pointing to a particular spot where the coins were arranged, his tone suddenly becoming serious.

"The destination is clear; it's in the Xiniu Hezhou region, near the Black Wind Mountains, where there's a place called Guanyin Temple..."

"Guanyin Temple?"

These four words exploded like thunder in the silent valley!

"The territory of Guanyin of the South China Sea?"

The Silver Furnace Boy was taken aback at first, then, like a firecracker that had been lit, he instantly bristled and shrieked.

"Good! No wonder it was so difficult for us to summon Tianpeng back to his place. It turns out that Guanyin of the South Sea was causing trouble behind the scenes! It must be her doing. Let's go, let's go! What are we waiting for? Let's go straight to Heaven and complain to the Ancestor about Guanyin! Let's see what she has to say then!"

He rolled up his sleeves, the bottle swaying in his arms, looking as if he was about to rush to the Tushita Palace.

"Don't be reckless!" the Golden Furnace Boy shouted sternly, striving to maintain a composure beyond his years. He looked at Chen Guangrui with a questioning gaze, his small face serious.

“Since the Ancestor has granted us the authority to act as we see fit, he has entrusted this matter entirely to us. If we have to report back on everything, wouldn’t that make us seem too incompetent? What does it matter if it’s just a Zen temple down there, even if it’s under the name of Guanyin? We can just go and ask directly. Who would dare to stop us? Why bother the Ancestor?”

He paused, then said seriously, "Mr. Chen, what do you think we should do? Should we go to the Guanyin Temple and get some answers?"

Chen Guangrui's heart was also filled with turmoil at this moment.

Guanyin Temple! This answer was completely unexpected. Gao Village, Pigsy, the accountant… these things…
Behind this lies a hidden connection to Guanyin of the South China Sea, one of the Five Elders of the Five Directions, a giant in Buddhism.
That accountant, Old Jia, was actually Guanyin's spy here?

He vaguely glimpsed a deeper purpose in Laozi's decision to send him down to the mortal realm.

It's not that simple after all... Chen Guangrui thought to himself.

How could Laozi not know the implications? Sending two ignorant children with him suggests that the difficulty lies in this Guanyin Temple.

Seeing the resolute look in Jinlu Tongzi's eyes, Chen Guangrui suppressed the chill rising in his heart. Since they were from the Tushita Palace, he quickly made a decision.
"You can go to the Guanyin Temple. You two can be in the open and just make things difficult for them while I stay in the shadows and observe how things work out."

However, upon hearing that they would not be looking for Zhu Bajie for the time being, Yinlu Tongzi immediately became anxious.

"Huh? Go to the Zen temple first? That's too easy on that idiot! He dared to play us for fools, making us work so hard for nothing. No way, if we're going to leave, we have to bring him back first! He can't escape!"

He grew angrier as he spoke, turning to glare at Yuan Shoucheng, "Hey, fortune teller! Where are that pig-headed man and the young wife he snatched? Tell me now!"

Yuan Shouchang chuckled, a mischievous glint in his small eyes. He pretended to count on his fingers and said slowly,
"Don't be hasty, Immortal Child. Let me do some calculations... Pigsy is easy to find. He just snatched his wife, how could he bear to go far? I reckon he's still 'cuddling' with Miss Gao in Gao Cuilan's boudoir in Gao Village! If you go back now, you'll catch him red-handed!"

"The boudoir?!" The Silver Furnace Boy was taken aback by Yuan Shoucheng's teasing tone and the word "tenderness," but he was too eager for revenge to think it through.

"Okay! I'm going right now!" Before he finished speaking, he actually grabbed the bottle, pushed off with his short legs, and "whoosh," he transformed into a streak of silver light, speeding off towards Gao Laozhuang.

"Silver Furnace! Come back! Beru..."

The Golden Furnace Boy stamped his foot in frustration and reached out to stop him, but grasped at empty air. His face flushed with anger, "This reckless brat!" He looked helplessly at Chen Guangrui, his eyes filled with apology and anxiety.

Chen Guangrui stared at the direction where the silver furnace had disappeared, his brows furrowed.

He was still trying to connect Guanyin Temple with Gao Village. He even wondered if the black bear spirit might also be related to Gao Village.
The Golden Furnace Boy stood aside, not daring to speak, giving Chen Guangrui time to think.

Yuan Shoucheng fiddled with the large coin in his hand.
I don’t know how long it took.

"call."

With a whooshing sound, a silver light returned, even faster than before, and suddenly landed in front of everyone, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Not long at all.

It's the Silver Furnace Boy! He's quick to leave and even quicker to return!
His face was flushed, his expression was extremely strange, and his mouth was open, as if he didn't know how to describe what he had just seen.

Yuan Shoucheng, watching him like this, couldn't help but chuckle, stroking his beard with a mocking "I knew it" expression.

The Silver Furnace Boy was so embarrassed and angry by the laughter that he glared at Yuan Shoucheng.

Seeing his younger brother's expression, the Golden Furnace Boy forgot to scold him for his recklessness and quickly asked him what was wrong.

"What happened? Have you found Zhu Bajie yet?"

The Silver Furnace Boy took a couple of breaths, seemingly organizing his thoughts, before finally managing to utter a sentence, his voice filled with disbelief and confusion.
"Found him...found him! He's definitely in that boudoir, but...I'm so angry! He...he's fighting with Gao Cuilan!"

(End of this chapter)