At that moment, words could not describe how wronged he felt.
"Well, Fellow Daoist Yuanshi..."
Zhunti looked up at the hostile Yuanshi and forced an awkward smile. "What brings you here?"
"If I had not come, I fear my disciple's precious possession would have been swindled away by certain shameless individuals."
The Primordial Heavenly Venerable delivered the sarcasm without hesitation.
He had come precisely because this possibility had suddenly occurred to him.
Guang Chengzi was in danger of becoming the biggest sucker of this round, and he certainly would not swallow that loss.
"No! Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, no! Naturally, we'll return the Heaven-Overturning Seal. Return what you borrow, and you can borrow again! We promise, within three years-no, thirty years-we'll return an even better one!"
Jieyin could only accept his rotten luck and grit his teeth as he took responsibility for Guang Chengzi's loss.
"My disciple, did you hear that? Thirty years from now, ask Saint Jieyin to return your Heaven-Overturning Seal." The Primordial Heavenly Venerable did not pursue the matter further. Getting Jieyin to accept responsibility for the compensation was all he wanted.
"Understood, Master." Guang Chengzi could only force a bitter smile.
"Hmph, let's go! Spread the word: nothing belonging to a disciple of my Chan Sect is to be lent out, no exceptions! Be especially wary of the Western Lands."
The Primordial Heavenly Venerable left with a dark expression. Whether intentionally or not, his words rang clearly in everyone's ears.
"Yes! I'll notify everyone immediately!"
Guang Chengzi answered loudly as well. This was the only way he could vent his sense of injustice now.
He had offended no one, provoked no one, yet his Heaven-Overturning Seal was gone.
This was a classic case of losing the wife and the troops to boot.
"Haha, Cult Leader, looks like