Black and White Impermanence Come to Lock Souls!

Hearing this, Sun Wukong froze for a moment, then said:

"Brother Jiang, you mean I should just ignore them and let them do whatever they want.

"As long as Old Sun stays out of it, there's nothing they can do?"

Jiang Zhen smiled and nodded.

"That's right. That's exactly what I mean, Monkey. As for the East Sea Dragon Palace, although you took the Sea-Calming Divine Needle,

"to put it bluntly, that thing is merely a stabilizing weight. It can hardly be called some precious treasure.

"Besides, it was left behind by Great Yu back then. Though Grand Supreme Elder Lao refined it,

"he only refined it casually and gave it to Great Yu.

"So you have no need to worry at all.

"As for the armor you're wearing, honestly, it's nothing precious to the Old Dragon King.

"You could even say it's just an ordinary set of gear.

"If he wanted to, he could produce thousands upon thousands of such things.

"And now, I estimate that the Old Dragon King has already received Qiu Niu's instructions and will no longer interfere in your affairs.

"So, in what comes next,

"if I'm not mistaken, the East Sea Dragon Palace will at most go to Heaven and report to the Jade Emperor that you took the Sea-Calming Divine Needle.

"They might not even say that you seized it by force.

"As for the Underworld, as long as you don't go down there, there's nothing they can do.

"That way, those above will have no means—or rather, no sufficient reason—to deal with this matter."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong pondered for a while, then nodded.

"Sorry for the trouble, Brother Jiang!"

Jiang Zhen merely smiled and shook his head.

"Hehe, there's no need for that. We're in the same group to begin with,