Seeing the tension steadily thicken, Lu Ren rubbed his brow. "If you want to fight, wait until we're done talking. Even if you beat each other's brains out, I won't give a damn."
These people were all the sort who feared the world was not chaotic enough, each one outrageously bold. Lu Ren could only forcibly keep them bound by the laws of human society as they now stood.
This was also his bottom line. If they truly dared to cross it, Lu Ren would make sure they understood why flowers were so red.
He played both the good cop and the bad cop himself. In particular, the restless Journey to the West Sun Wukong had seen the contract between the modern-day Sun Wukong and Lu Ren, and understood that Lu Ren was not joking.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Jian said, "I think this thing is a hot potato. Never mind whether it's real or fake—she claims she won't contend for anything, so how did she manage to survive the first calamity of the Dharma-ending Age and sleep until now? The one who says she won't contend is, in truth, the one with the strongest obsession."
After summing it up, Yang Jian said, "The Queen Mother of the West is clearly trying to use you as a weapon. I think we should just throw it away."
Having endured the brutal trials of Journey to the West, that Sun Wukong had long since matured mentally. Rolling his eyes, he said, "This whole matter was just the Jade Emperor and Tathagata putting on a play together. They made you travel west, and you still had to be grateful for it."
Lu Ren was not surprised by this. After pondering it for a moment, he said, "What if we toss this