All the heavens begin with the mind-monkey.

Zhe Xingsun focused his attention on the main god, and after searching, he found the exchange for Rotten Peaches.

Rotten peaches are spiritual fruits nurtured in the mountains, and exchanging one rotten peach requires 100 reward points.

Zheng Zha looked at the Rotten Peach exchange and said with some doubt, "This Rotten Peach sounds somewhat familiar."

Chu Xuan said, "In the second chapter of the original Journey to the West, 'Comprehending the True Mystery of Bodhi, Severing Demons and Returning to One's Origin, Uniting with the Primordial Spirit,' there is a passage where Bodhi Patriarch asks Sun Wukong how long he has been in the cave. Sun Wukong replies, 'This disciple was originally ignorant and does not know how long it has been. I only remember that there was no fire under the stove, so I often went to the back mountain to gather firewood. I saw a mountain with beautiful peach trees, and I ate my fill of peaches there seven times.'"

"The Bodhi Patriarch said, 'That mountain is called Rotten Peach Mountain. Since you have eaten it seven times, it must have been seven years.' These rotten peaches are peach trees that grow on the back mountain of the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave. If they can be planted on the back mountain of the Bodhi Patriarch's Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, even if they are just ordinary peaches, they must be extraordinary after years of growth. Just like the various fruits and yams in Flower Fruit Mountain, they are not the ordinary ones that grow in the ground."

Zhe Xingsun asked, "Does my brother mean I should exchange for rotten peaches to increase my strength?"

Chu Xuan nodded and continued, "In the original story, after Sun Wukong cultivated under the tutelage of Patriarch Bodhi for seven years, Patriarch Bodhi finally asked Sun Wukong what he wanted to learn. He taught him the arts of technique, flow, stillness, and movement, but Sun Wukong didn't choose any of them. Finally, in the middle of the night, Patriarch Bodhi imparted to him the secret of immortality. Why did it take those extra seven years?"

"I have two guesses in my mind: First, the Bodhi Patriarch wanted to test Sun Wukong to see what his character was like and whether he could inherit the supernatural powers; second, although Sun Wukong was born in the Flower Fruit Mountain, what he ate and used was actually just some mundane things, so he wanted Sun Wukong to spend time eating rotten peaches and other spiritual objects to return to his original nature."

"Only in this way can we proceed to the next stage of cultivation. Otherwise, I see that many of Bodhi Patriarch's disciples have been cultivating for an unknown amount of time, yet none of them have been able to inherit the secret of immortality from Bodhi Patriarch. I think such a method is not something that ordinary people can cultivate."

Hearing Chu Xuan's words, Zhan Lan couldn't help but say, "Those peaches that Brother Monkey enjoyed in Flower Fruit Mountain, I don't think they were anything ordinary, right? Even if they weren't as good as rotten peaches, they wouldn't necessarily be harmful to Brother Monkey."

Chu Xuan said, "You can go to the main god's place to check the main god's exchanges. Some items are called 'Flower and Fruit Mountain Immortal Peaches and Plums,' and judging from the descriptions, they should all come from Flower and Fruit Mountain. However, the exchange price for those peaches and plums is far lower than that for rotten peaches."

"Rotten peaches require 100 reward points to redeem, while immortal peaches and plums can be redeemed for a whole basketful with just one reward point. Of course, this price is still much higher than the ordinary food that can be redeemed in the Main God Space."

"But if you carefully read the original Journey to the West and see what the Heavenly Court said when the Monkey King was born in the first chapter?"

Upon hearing this, Zhan Lan scratched his head, but couldn't recall the details in the original text. He could only immediately take out a copy of "Journey to the West" to examine it carefully.

Then she recited: "At the very top of that mountain, there was a celestial stone... One day it burst open, producing a stone egg, about the size of a round ball. Upon seeing the wind, it transformed into a stone monkey, with all five senses and four limbs. It then learned to crawl and walk, and bowed to the four directions."

"Two beams of golden light shot straight up to the Dipper Palace, startling the Supreme Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Venerable, the Supreme God of the Mysterious Vault, who was seated in the Golden Palace of the Clouds and gathered his celestial officials. Upon seeing the blazing golden light, he immediately ordered the Thousand-Mile Eye and the Wind-Following Ear to open the Southern Heavenly Gate to observe."

"The two generals were indeed ordered to go out and observe. They heard and saw clearly. After a short while, they reported back: 'Your Majesty, I have been ordered to observe and observe. The place with the golden light is the boundary of the small country of Aolai in the Eastern Divine Continent. There is a Flower and Fruit Mountain. On the mountain, there is a fairy stone that produces an egg. When it sees the wind, it turns into a stone monkey. There, it bows to the four directions, and its eyes emit golden light that shoots towards the Dipper Palace.'"

"Now that you have consumed the food and water, the golden light will soon fade away." The Jade Emperor, showing his benevolence, said: "The things below are born of the essence of heaven and earth; they are nothing to worry about."

Zhan Lan paused here, and Chu Xuan said, "In the original story, when Sun Wukong was born on Flower Fruit Mountain, his eyes emitted golden light that shot into the Dipper Palace, even alarming the Jade Emperor. After the Thousand-Mile Eye and the Wind-Following Ear went to investigate, they said that the commotion at the stone monkey's birth was enormous, but now it was consuming worldly things, and its innate immortal energy was gradually being extinguished."

"Then they asked the Jade Emperor what to do, because the two of them felt it was a pity that the stone monkey born of heaven and earth had become an ordinary creature. But the Jade Emperor said that the creature below was not worth worrying about, meaning that they did not need to care about it, even if it was born of the essence of heaven and earth."

"After that, the stone monkey walked and jumped in the mountains, ate grass and trees, drank from the streams, picked wildflowers, and searched for tree fruits. It kept company with wolves and insects, tigers and leopards, deer and monkeys, and gradually became like an ordinary monkey."

"When the stone monkey was born, it was in Flower Fruit Mountain. If the fruits and peaches in Flower Fruit Mountain are like rotten peaches, requiring 100 reward points to exchange for, then even if one drinks the water there and eats the fruit there, it will not return to being ordinary."

Hearing this, Zheng Zha nodded and said, "I didn't expect there to be such an explanation in just a few sentences in the original work. But does Monkey King need to eat rotten peaches for seven years to reach the point where he can cultivate the abilities of Bodhi Patriarch? Even if we add up all our reward points, we still wouldn't be able to exchange for that many rotten peaches, would we?"

Chu Xuan chimed in, "Perhaps it won't take that long. After all, besides the rotten peaches, the main god has even more powerful immortal peaches, and can even exchange for golden pills. If we use those more expensive immortal peaches and pills, we should be able to save a lot of time."

Seeing that everyone had reached this point in their conversation, Zhe Xingsun asked, "Since it's my brother's wish, then I'll exchange these rotten peaches for them. I have forty or fifty reward points now, which is enough for a good meal."

As he spoke, Zhe Xingsun looked at the rotten peaches on the God Exchange interface, his mouth watering, and he couldn't wait.

He then communicated with the main god, and suddenly a bamboo basket appeared in his hand, filled with plump and large peaches that emitted a fragrant aroma. Just smelling them made one feel refreshed.

Zhe Xingsun, carrying this basket of rotten peaches, took only one, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and ate it until only the peach pit remained.

Not satisfied, he reached out and ate four or five more peaches before slowly stopping. He then turned to look at everyone, scratched his head, and said, "Brothers, please come and have some peaches too."

However, no one moved when he said that.

Zheng Zha coughed and said, "Brother Monkey, if you treat us to peaches from Flower Fruit Mountain, we'll accept them without hesitation. But these rotten peaches cost 100 reward points each, which we can't afford. You should keep them for yourself and eat them slowly to increase your internal energy."

For Zheng Zha and his group, they didn't have the face to think they could eat the rare and precious herbs that Xing Sunhua redeemed with 100 reward points without any burden.

If those rotten peaches only cost one or two reward points each, they could shamelessly eat them; however, 100 reward points are only enough for an ordinary reincarnator to complete a mission with the main god, which is only enough to exchange for 10 peaches.

Seeing that Zheng Zha refused, Zhe Xingsun was about to speak again when Zheng Zha changed the subject, saying, "By the way, Brother Monkey, after eating so many rotten peaches, have you felt any changes?"

Zhe Xingsun scratched his head and said, "It seems that my strength has increased a lot. Before, the internal energy in my body was only as thick as a thread, but now it feels as thick as a thumb. Well then, let me demonstrate for my brother."

As he spoke, Zhe Xingsun raised his hand and exchanged a long staff from the main god. This staff was forged from refined iron and was extremely tough.

He held it in his hand, channeling his inner energy to create gusts of wind. After a moment, Zhe Xingsun stopped, only to find that the long staff in his hand had become limp and flat like noodles. He casually threw it on the ground.

Zheng Zha was astonished by what he saw: if he were to try to bend this iron rod himself, it would take a lot of internal energy to move it, but in Monkey King's hands, it was as soft and limp as noodles. If it were to be hit on him, Zheng Zha felt that his body would be smashed to pieces by the rod.