Steal the Boundless Fruit? Ghost Doctor froze, then laughed. He nearly burst into loud laughter and could not help shaking his head with a sigh. "You people truly stop at nothing to achieve your ends. You have even resorted to fabricating nonsense to fool ghosts. Do you really take my disciple and me for fools who know nothing of the world beyond our windows?"
Niu Youdao smiled. "Why do you say that?"
A flash of anger swiftly surfaced on Ghost Doctor's face again. "As far as I know, the Boundless Fruit Tree had already blossomed before it was destroyed. Boundless Fruit takes thirty years to flower, thirty years to bear fruit, and another thirty years for the fruit to ripen. In other words, the Boundless Fruit must have been stolen at least thirty years ago. How old was my disciple Wu Xin thirty years ago? He was just a tiny child in the mortal world, yet you claim he took part in stealing the Boundless Fruit? Do you take the Three Saints for fools, or do you think this old man is easy to intimidate?"
Niu Youdao studied him and nodded faintly. "Good. It is good that you can adapt like this. Otherwise, I truly would have feared you could not handle the matter properly. Black Li, who told you that the Boundless Fruit Tree must take thirty years to blossom?"
Ghost Doctor answered forcefully, "Everyone in the world knows it!"
Niu Youdao said, "Do not be so heated. Let me tell you some things that are not known to everyone in the world. Yes, under normal circumstances, the Boundless Fruit matures just as you described. But do you know why the Boundless Fruit Tree's flowering period lasts thirty years? Why does it take another thirty years to bear fruit?