Zhenyuanzi, Who Didn't Know How to Manage a Household! (cont.)

Bai Chen arrives, Nuwa will most likely arrive as well.

"Hmph!"

"I'm afraid it's not just Nuwa; it's possible that all Six Saints of the Heavenly Dao have arrived in the future, but they haven't shown themselves yet."

Bai Chen sneered. He was 90% certain that the Three Pure Ones Zhunti Jieyin also arrived.

"Zhenyuanzi, quickly get me some Ginseng Fruit so I can give it to Nuwa."

"Who knows, maybe Nuwa will be happy with what she's eating and won't interfere anymore."

Bai Chen asked Zhenyuanzi for Ginseng Fruit, knowing that the guy definitely had some in stock.

After all, Zhenyuanzi wasn't a glutton, so why would he eat so many Ginseng Fruit?

Zhenyuanzi nodded, waved his Daoist robe, and thirty Ginseng Fruit appeared in front of Bai Chen.

!!!

Bai Chen's pupils contracted. Only thirty?

They don't even have enough to eat for themselves, how can they give to Nuwa?

"Zhenyuanzi, let me tell you, Nuwa has a huge appetite."

"Don't even mention thirty Ginseng Fruit, even three thousand Ginseng Fruit wouldn't be enough for Nuwa to eat a few bites."

Bai Chen warned Zhenyuanzi, hoping he would be sensible.

Don't be so stingy, or you'll narrow your own path!

If Nuwa weren't here, she would definitely have given Bai Chen Bai Chen a good smack on the head if she knew he was talking nonsense.

Bad Cat, you've spread rumors and slandered me, ruining my reputation Nuwa! You've committed a heinous crime!

Zhenyuanzi felt that this was already quite a lot, considering that thirty Ginseng Fruit were already the yield of one cycle of the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

Moreover, Nuwa looks dignified and noble, not like a glutton at all!

"Fellow Daoist Bai Chen, how many Ginseng Fruit do you think would be appropriate?"

Although Zhenyuanzi knew that Bai Chen was impersonating Nuwa, he still tolerated it.

"Let's start with 30,000!"

Bai Chen stretched out her little paw and made a three, indicating that she would only ask for a little more today, as eating too much would be too much.

After we finish eating, we can come back to Zhenyuanzi for more.

Thirty thousand?

Zhenyuanzi trembled upon hearing this. This thieving cat has stopped stealing and started robbing people instead?

"Fellow Daoist Bai Chen, the Ginseng Fruit Tree only produces thirty fruits every ten thousand years. Adding my daily expenses and the cost of giving them to old friends, it would take at least one hundred yuan to save up."

"Besides, I don't have that many Ginseng Fruit stored up!"

Zhenyuanzi thought Bai Chen was really asking for an exorbitant amount—no, he was asking for Evil Cat amount.

He just asked for 30,000 Ginseng Fruit; where am I supposed to get them for him?!

How much can you come up with?

Seeing that Zhenyuanzi seemed unable to produce it, Bai Chen changed his question.

At the same time, Bai Chen felt that Zhenyuanzi was not thrifty enough.

With all the cultivation Zhenyuanzi has accumulated over so many eons, if the other party had been even a little more diligent and frugal, they could have saved up not just 30,000 Ginseng Fruit Ginseng Fruit, but 300 million.

After all, Zhenyuanzi is Innate Deity. Even if he transformed into human form late, his cultivation time would still be in the hundreds of millions, right?

Zhenyuanzi: I am frugal and thrifty, and I save money for myself.

This isn't meant to save you money, you thieving cat.

It's not for you, you thieving cat, to try and extort money from me.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Chen, you've eaten quite a few Ginseng Fruit before, and Hong Yun ate quite a lot while healing his injuries. I can only offer a maximum of three thousand Ginseng Fruit now."

After Zhenyuanzi explained, he finally agreed to provide three thousand Ginseng Fruit, equivalent to a production run of nearly one million years.

"Three thousand it is!"

Bai Chen put away the three thousand Ginseng Fruit; after all, even a small fly is still meat.

After accepting the Ginseng Fruit, Bai Chen changed the subject and said:

"Zhenyuanzi, if you give me even a branch from your Ginseng Fruit Tree, I can guarantee that Nuwa won't harm Hong Yun!"

Bai Chen felt that with the Three Lights Divine Water and the Innate Breathing Soil, if he could get a branch of the Ginseng Fruit Tree, he could easily cultivate a Ginseng Fruit Tree himself.

If all else fails, we can ask Gou Mang, the Ancestral Witch who is skilled at planting trees, to come and help plant them.

Ancestral Witch Gou Mang: I am the Ancestral Witch who governs the Law of Wood, not the Ancestral Witch who is good at planting trees!

Bai Chen: They're about the same!

"Good!"

Although Zhenyuanzi was unwilling, he gritted his teeth and agreed for Hong Yun's sake.

Zhenyuanzi knew that Bai Chen and Hong Yun were secretly plotting something.

The Six Saints of the Heavenly Dao possess considerable cultivation, each surpassing Hong Yun's. With one less Nuwa intervening, Hong Yun will be significantly safer.

Zhenyuanzi agreed to Bai Chen's conditions, but also made a new request:

"But Bai Chen, you have to tell me what you and Hong Yun are plotting?"

Although Zhenyuanzi already had some guesses in his mind, he hoped that his guesses were wrong.

Because if things were as he imagined, Hong Yun would surely face a near-death experience.

"Hey-hey!"

"Zhenyuanzi, you should have already guessed it."

Bai Chen chuckled, confirming Zhenyuanzi's guess.

"Bai Chen, with your schemes, how can Hong Yun possibly survive?"

"And how could I, Zhenyuanzi, be a coward who would abandon my friend and fear death?"

Zhenyuanzi knew that once Hong Yun left Longevity Mountain, he would inevitably be surrounded and killed by the Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests.

To say that Hong Yun's chances of survival were nine out of ten are already quite high.

This is practically a certain death sentence!

"Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun will survive, you don't need to worry!"

Bai Chen knew very well that although Hong Yun had self-destructed, someone would have preserved a glimmer of hope for Hong Yun.

How do you know?

Zhenyuanzi was somewhat skeptical of Bai Chen's words. Faced with the encirclement and attack of Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests, Zhenyuanzi estimated that no one below the level of a Saint or Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal would be able to survive.

Even though Hong Yun's cultivation level is quite high, there's basically no hope for him.

"Because I have comprehended the Time Laws."

Bai Chen was too lazy to explain so much to Zhenyuanzi, so he simply used his own Time Laws as an excuse.

After Bai Chen said that, Zhenyuanzi had already filled in the blanks in his mind.

Bai Chen must have seen the future through the Time Laws; Hong Yun did not perish.

Upon realizing this, Zhenyuanzi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhenyuanzi suddenly remembered something very important and quickly asked Bai Chen:

"Fellow Daoist Bai Chen, will Hong Yun and I attain Hong Yun in the future?"

Although Zhenyuanzi was very confident in his background and abilities, Zhenyuanzi still wanted to know about his future.

"Hey-hey!"

Bai Chen chuckled, stretched out his little paw, and said:

"That's a different price. If you give me something good, I'll tell you!"

Having found a traitor, Bai Chen naturally wouldn't hesitate to take advantage of the situation.

Although it is immoral to bully those who have wronged you, if you don't bully them when they come to you, you'll become a new, greater enemy.

"Uh~"

Zhenyuanzi was immediately embarrassed and then fell silent, thus refusing to be a victim of injustice.

Zhenyuanzi took Bai Chen to retrieve branches from the Innate Spiritual Root Ginseng Fruit Tree, but he immediately regretted Bai Chen's next actions.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Chen, please stop!"

As Zhenyuanzi watched Bai Chen embrace the trunk of the Innate Spiritual Root Ginseng Fruit Tree, he thought of a celestial being born in Nuwa's family, whose power is said to be able to uproot mountains and rivers and cover the world.

Bai Chen was very unhappy that Zhenyuanzi had interrupted his spellcasting, and questioned him:

"Zhenyuanzi, you can't play games and you're not trustworthy, can you? Don't forget you promised me a branch from the Ginseng Fruit Tree!"

Bai Chen felt that Zhenyuanzi was a terrible person, so dishonest and unworthy of being Innate Deity.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Chen, are you sure you're holding a branch? You're clearly holding the main trunk!"

Zhenyuanzi felt that it wasn't his problem, but clearly Bai Chen's; Bai Chen was the one causing trouble.

"Both branches and trunks are trunks, they're practically the same!"

Bai Chen shared his understanding with Zhenyuanzi, hoping the latter would understand him as the Great God Bai Chen.

Zhenyuanzi: Bai Chen, you're kidding me! You should know that I'm the one who's going to suffer!

"Fellow Daoist Bai Chen, how about this: I'll give you an extra branch."