Zhen Yuanzi hurriedly began acting out the original script.
Although the unexpected incidents involving the Yellow Wind Monster and the White Bone Demon had left him with one foot in Red Cloud's Avengers Alliance.
Since the Journey to the West had still reached his doorstep, he had to follow procedure and cooperate with Spirit Mountain.
He had to keep maintaining his outwardly neutral stance.
The show still had to go on.
"Yes, Master. You mean the Scripture-Seeker journeying to the Western Heaven for scriptures? We'll remember. We certainly won't neglect them."
Qingfeng and Mingyue hurriedly committed Zhen Yuanzi's instructions to memory.
"One more thing, Qingfeng, Mingyue. They may only eat two of my ginseng fruits. There are twenty-eight left now. Although Tang Sanzang is an old acquaintance, he has several disciples with him. Keep it from them and give the fruits only to Tang Sanzang. Under no circumstances let the others find out."
Before leaving, Zhen Yuanzi naturally made another show of admonishing the two.
Inwardly, he could not help grumbling again about Spirit Mountain's sordid setup.
It was not as though he, Zhen Yuanzi, could not afford to give them ginseng fruits. Yet they insisted on staging a "two peaches to kill three warriors" scheme here.
Still, there was nothing he could do. He had to cooperate.
"Yes, Master."
Qingfeng and Mingyue naturally kept his instructions firmly in mind. Only then did Zhen Yuanzi leave at ease, taking all his other disciples up to Heaven.
He left only two children behind to watch the temple.
It could be said that he had decided from the outset to let the Ginseng Fruit Tree suffer this calamity.
Otherwise, he would never have made such a brainless arrangement.
Qingfeng and Mingyue naturally knew nothing of this. After Zhen Yuanzi left, the two