Xingtie: My silly online friend is actually a raccoon!

"What's that old man muttering about, all mysterious and cryptic?"

Sun Wukong is not a monkey who knows social niceties.

He speaks to everyone in the same straightforward manner, whether you are the ancestor of earthly immortals or the Jade Emperor in heaven, he has the same attitude.

"He probably meant to say—the Star Gods have all narrowed their path."

Spark's wine-red eyes darted around, and she unusually took a serious stance in the discussion.

"Brilliant," Lu Ze agreed.

He and Spark were clearly thinking the same thing.

The two exchanged a glance, and the corners of their mouths curved into a tacit smile in unison.

Zhen Yuanzi didn't care about the young people's comments about him.

He was still in the afterglow of his epiphany, and the mysterious feeling in his mind was fleeting. He needed to find a quiet place immediately to digest what he had just learned.

He waved his hand, signaling Mingyue and Qingfeng, who had been standing by his side, to come forward.

"You two go and get some ginseng fruits to serve our distinguished guest."

Mingyue and Qingfeng were stunned for a moment, then subconsciously exchanged a glance.

The ginseng fruit takes three thousand years to flower, three thousand years to bear fruit, and three thousand years to mature. It takes a full nine thousand years to gather thirty fruits.

The last time their master was willing to bring it out to entertain guests was when the Primordial Celestial Venerable visited.

This time, they took out four to serve the guests, which made Qingfeng and Mingyue feel a little unbelievable.

However, although Mingyue Qingfeng's cultivation level was not high, he still had this much insight.

The master clearly benefited greatly from the gifts given by these people.

Thinking of this, the two immediately nodded in agreement and turned to walk towards the orchard in the backyard.

Lu Ze and his group looked at each other, somewhat surprised that things had gone so smoothly.

Before coming to Wuzhuang Temple, Huohua even wrote three different scripts.

Although none of them were ultimately used, because Zhen Yuanzi never left in the first place.

Zhen Yuanzi raised his eyelids again, his gaze fixed on Lu Ze and the others once more.

After a moment of silence, he finally decided to speak up and offer his advice, which could be considered as settling the matter.

"Although your substitution technique is exquisite and can directly point to the origin of the Heavenly Dao, it is still not enough for many powerful beings who can perceive changes in the origin. Therefore, what you have done may have been under the watchful eye of Tathagata from the very beginning."

Zhen Yuanzi's words were not unfounded.

As someone who stands at the pinnacle of this world, he sees things more and further than the average person.

Lu Ze defines Journey to the West as "Buddhism's desire to gain more merit."

If Zhen Yuanzi heard this, he would only scoff at it.

When has Buddhism ever lacked merit?

Since the Buddha founded Buddhism, more than a thousand years have passed, and Buddhist faith has spread throughout the world, from Penglai in the east to the Tang Dynasty in the west, with Buddhist believers everywhere.

However, there is one exception: India, the birthplace of Buddhism.

While Buddhism flourishes elsewhere, it is declining in its own birthplace, where even survival is a problem.

To put it bluntly, the root is about to break.

That is why the gods and Buddhas of the Western Paradise so urgently needed a pilgrim to go to India to obtain the true scriptures.

The pilgrimage was merely a pretext; what they truly desired was to transplant their own Buddhist foundation from the declining India to the Tang Dynasty, which was experiencing a period of revival, through the authentic scriptures.

It is highly unusual that the Buddhas of the Western Paradise, including Tathagata, turned a blind eye to such an important matter and allowed Lu Ze and his group to act recklessly, especially with outsiders interfering.

"The fact that he did not stop you proves that what you did was also beneficial to him."

Zhen Yuanzi stopped there, and after speaking, he ignored Lu Ze and the others who were looking at each other in bewilderment, and got up and left the back hall.