Ruyi Golden Cudgel, the Dragon Slayer Eventually Becomes the Evil Dragon

Li Fan strolled out of Lingxiao Palace and headed for the Immortal Peach Garden with Wangshu, Nüyi, and the others to see the living Sun Wukong.

If there were monkeys, they would watch monkeys. If there were no monkeys, they would watch peaches.

The Seven Fairy Maidens had already gone ahead to take a look, only to be frozen in place one by one. A monkey was indeed a monkey—he did not know how to appreciate the fine scenery of "time stopping," for his eyes held nothing but peaches...

Goddess Baihua looked at the rigidly standing fairy maidens beside her, then at the broken peach branches.

"That monkey is truly mischievous. The fairy maidens were ordered to pick peaches, yet he froze them like this. He has even wrecked the perfectly good Immortal Peach Garden beyond recognition."

Empress Ziguang was wreathed in a faint purple haze, her gaze cool. "Born of heaven and earth, with no rules or restraints—conduct like this will sooner or later bring about a great calamity."

Goddess Taiyuan merely brushed her sleeve. She did not undo the Seven Fairy Maidens' Immobilization Technique, instead looking to Li Fan and awaiting the Heavenly Emperor's command.

Li Fan gave a slight nod and casually raised a hand. A wisp of pale golden Imperial Might, gentle yet impossible to resist, washed over the Seven Fairy Maidens. The immobilizing spell instantly vanished without a trace.

The Long Princess was the first to move again. She bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The other six women also came to their senses and curtsied in unison to offer their thanks. Their faces still bore a trace of embarrassment from having been frozen for so long. They did not dare look at the peach grove again and hurriedly took their leave.

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