The Life Fruit of Five Manor Temple was Immortal Zhenyuan's most treasured possession. Just thinking of what Great Sage Sun and his companions had suffered when they passed through Five Manor Temple was enough to show how important it was.
And now he was supposed to break branches off the Life Fruit Tree? Wasn't that like cutting a piece out of Immortal Zhenyuan's heart?
Immortal Zhenyuan had put Tang Monk and the others through all that even after divining that Great Sage Sun was Patriarch Bodhi's disciple. Shen Bing certainly didn't think he carried more weight than Patriarch Bodhi.
With his current standing, never mind climbing the Life Fruit Tree to break off branches—he would have trouble even getting into Five Manor Temple.
Besides the Life Fruit Tree branches, the Immortal Lotus Root from the Jade Pool was another major problem.
Under normal circumstances, if he asked the Queen Mother for a few sections of Immortal Lotus Root and paid a modest price, there probably wouldn't be any trouble. The problem was that he and the Queen Mother were now sworn enemies. Would that old hag willingly give him any Immortal Lotus Root?
Shen Bing considered himself perfectly sane. He was better off not entertaining such naive ideas.
Even if he appealed to the Queen Mother for the greater good of the Three Realms, that stubborn old hag might not agree. Would he have to threaten her with the Nine Heavens Divine Talisman again? That seemed a little like bullying.
Shen Bing knew his Nine Heavens Divine Talisman was an extremely effective deterrent, but he had always tried to avoid getting his way through threats. Ultimately, Immortals had their pride. If he kept doing this and enraged some God enough to fight him to the death, what would he do?