A Lavish Gift

"Oh, I see. A-Xu has a good eye for friends."

Divine Venerable Cheng Wei smiled and praised him. "So those rumors about Little Tree Village in the city were spread by these women too?"

Wen Xu nodded. "They must have been waiting a long time for true freedom."

"Something about this seems to have struck a chord with you, A-Xu." Divine Venerable Cheng Wei caught it at once. "Do you sympathize with them?"

Wen Xu couldn't say. In truth, he was sparing with his sympathy. But the women of Little Tree Village had been given no choice from birth, just as he once had. Through studying hard, he had learned how vast the world was. They had only left Little Tree Village and discovered the breadth and difference of the outside world after enduring bloody control.

"It's less sympathy than..." A pang of seeing his own kind suffer. "Master, how exactly should that tree be killed?"

Oh, his young disciple so rarely made a request. How could Divine Venerable Cheng Wei refuse? "Easy. Its transformation failed, so its days are numbered anyway. The Heavenly Dao naturally can't be bothered with it. But that's fine. We can sneak into the Tenfold Mountains right now, chop it down, bring it back, and burn it for firewood. You can decide how small to split it. What do you say?"

Wen Xu: ...Master, be serious!!!

Chapter 127: A Lavish Gift

In the face of his young disciple's vehement objections, Divine Venerable Cheng Wei could only abandon that tempting plan with regret.

"I only wanted to ask about the method. If I face an enemy like that again someday, perhaps I'll have a chance to break through." Not go chop down a tree for firewood right now. Master, please act your age. The sect clearly