Fang Chen walked over to Ye Qingci, took her hand, and said with a smile, "Qingci, let's go to the Peach Garden with Senior Qingyao and the others!"
"All right!"
Hand in hand with Fang Chen, Ye Qingci left the Jade Pool Heavenly Palace with Li Qingyao and Chaos Holy Lord Yue Canglan, and they headed for the Peach Garden.
Myna bird did not return to Little Crane's body. He stood on Fang Chen's shoulder.
After the time it took an incense stick to burn, they reached the entrance to the Peach Garden. Li Qingyao froze when she saw Old Willow Tree. Its branches and leaves looked far more luxuriant than before, and its vitality had grown stronger too.
In the past, Old Willow Tree had looked sickly, like someone in the twilight of life.
Now it had undergone a tremendous change.
Li Qingyao did not yet know that Saint Gu Yu and the others had healed it.
She turned to Moon Saint. "Ming Yue, what happened to Senior Willow?"
Although Old Willow Tree had not yet achieved Transformation, it possessed a measure of intelligence, so everyone in Yaochi Holy Land treated it as a senior.
Moon Saint answered at once. "Before the Peach Banquet began, a problem arose in the Thousand-Year Peach Garden, so we brought Fellow Daoist Fang Chen and the others into the Peach Garden. When Senior Gu Yu and the others from Longevity Valley saw Senior Willow, they said it was ill—there were many worms inside it. They helped Senior Willow and pulled all the worms out. Freed from them, Senior Willow came back to life!"
"I see!"
Li Qingyao nodded, then turned and bowed slightly to Fang Chen again. "Fellow Daoist Fang Chen, thank you all!"
Fang Chen smiled. "What are you thanking me for?