"Master, the pilgrims have arrived and are waiting outside the gate!"
Qingfeng arrived at the main hall and reported to Great Immortal Zhenyuan that they had already received instructions from Great Immortal Zhenyuan to wait outside Wuzhuang Temple for the arrival of the pilgrims and to treat them with courtesy.
"Have we reached my territory yet?"
Zhen Yuanzi, who was cultivating, opened his eyes, muttered something to himself, and then instructed, "Invite them in, and go and get a few more Ginseng Fruit."
"Sir, a few fruits may not be enough!"
Qingfeng hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a low voice, his expression quite strange, for the pilgrimage team was truly bizarre.
"Then let's shoot a few more!"
Zhen Yuanzi was taken aback, but didn't think much of it. In his opinion, it was very likely that someone had infiltrated the pilgrimage team, but it wasn't a big deal.
The Ginseng Fruit Tree are now protected and nourished by the Primordial Wilderness Grand Formation, resulting in not only greatly increased efficacy of the Ginseng Fruit they bear, but also a several-fold increase in quantity. They can produce several hundred fruits every ten thousand years, so a few more won't make a difference.
However, when Qingfeng Mingyue led Tang Sanzang and the others into the main hall, even Zhen Yuanzi, with his composure, couldn't help but have his eyes twitch repeatedly.
The first thing that catches the eye is Tang Sanzang, who is sixteen feet tall, with his whole body covered in flesh, like a small mountain.
Following closely behind were four monkeys of different shapes and sizes, but these monkeys all had one thing in common: they were carrying several exquisitely carved children on their backs.
The Six-Eared Macaque was the most outrageous, carrying nine children on its body, completely burying it.
That wasn't all; a group of beautiful women, all heavily pregnant, followed behind.
Is this Buddhist Order pilgrimage team?
This must be some kind of large family's tour group!
" Amitabha Buddha, this humble monk Tang Sanzang greets the Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi!"
When Tang Sanzang, who had entered first, bowed to Zhen Yuanzi, although he was also a powerful expert in the Primordial Unity Realm and had the same cultivation level as Zhen Yuanzi, this person was a powerful expert of the same generation as his master, the Saint Jieyin, and was also one of the Three Thousand Guests of Zixiao Palace. He was his elder and naturally had to be given enough respect.
Yuan Hong and the others behind him hurriedly greeted him, and even the babies hanging on his body jumped down and lined up neatly in three rows to greet Zhen Yuanzi.
Only after the children jumped down and lined up could Zhen Yuanzi see that there were twenty-one of them, and that they all possessed the bloodline of the Four Monkeys of Havoc, clearly being the offspring of those four monkeys.
That's right, these children were indeed the offspring of the Four Monkeys of Havoc during their journey to the West.
After Yang Chan, the Third Holy Mother, became pregnant, Yuan Hong's behavior provoked Purple Clouds and the other women. They secretly asked Tang Sanzang for a special medicine that had overturned Yuan Hong years ago, and soon after, all the women became pregnant.
Because of their powerful cultivation and physical constitution, many of them are carrying twins or triplets.
Because of the Primordial Wilderness Grand Formation Array set up by Wang Hao, the Primordial Continent has not only not shattered or shrunk, but has actually expanded considerably.
This journey to the West must have taken at least a thousand years, and a hundred years have passed since the journey started from Chang'an and arrived at Wuzhuang Temple. It is only natural that there are so many children here.
This is only because the children they conceived were so gifted that they needed a longer gestation period; otherwise, Son Goku four monkeys would probably have become great-grandfathers by now.
One batch of children would have been enough, but Wang Hao was a man who loved excitement. When the first batch of children were born, he bestowed a generous gift upon each of them and made it clear that as long as they could have children, each child would receive a grand gift and a cultivation technique he would personally deduce and pass on.
This made Yang Chan and the others excited, and they became pregnant again. The Six-Eared Macaque had the hardest time, since she had taken all Seven Fairies with her!
However, the only difference among the four monkeys is the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey Wuzhiqi, or more precisely, the difference in his wife Bai Jingjing.
Because she was forcibly brought here back then, although she has gradually accepted this terrible fate over the years, she will not give Wuzhiqi a kind look, let alone take the initiative to do those things.
So it was all initiated by Wuzhiqi on their side, and the one who suffered the most was naturally Tang Sanzang, the only single guy in the pilgrimage team.
Although the four monkeys would set up a soundproof barrier at night, Tang Sanzang was well aware of what they were up to, and even if he couldn't hear anything, his mind would still be extremely restless.
Simply put, he's the reincarnation of Jinchanzi, the Great Dharma Master Sanzang, and he's in love!
However, this is quite normal. Although modern Western Buddhism does not encourage Buddhist Order disciples to marry, it does not oppose it either, and has even developed a lineage of the Joyful Buddha.
As the Saint Jieyin of Guidance and the reincarnation of Jinchanzi, no one would object to Tang Sanzang getting married.
The problem now is that Tang Sanzang has not yet met a woman who truly moves his heart!
Simply put, it's just that the time isn't right yet!
Looking at this bizarre and grotesque pilgrimage team before him, Zhen Yuanzi finally understood why Dao Tong Qingfeng had said those things earlier.
This time, we're probably going to use up a lot of fruit!
Zhen Yuanzi was prepared for this massive financial loss, but he truly underestimated the Shameless of Son Goku three monkey companions.
"We've long heard from our master that the Great Immortal's Ginseng Fruit is a unique treasure of the Primordial World, best suited for strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vital energy of humankind. Today, we've come hoping the Great Immortal will bestow upon us a few more fruits."
Yuan Hong rubbed his palms together, indicating that he wanted some more Ginseng Fruit for his children to use in their foundation building.
" Qingfeng Mingyue, go and fetch fourteen more fruits."
Zhen Yuanzi glanced at Yang Chan and the other women, who were heavily pregnant, and expressed his understanding. He immediately ordered his disciple to fetch fourteen more fruits, which would correspond to the fourteen fetuses in the womb.
Although he was very reluctant to part with the fruit, what could he do since they had already brought up his master?
Faced with Wang Hao, that cunning and ruthless tycoon, would he dare utter a single word of dissent?
If you really anger that person, believe me, they'll uproot all the Ginseng Fruit Tree!
So it's better to lose money than suffer a greater misfortune!
However, Zhen Yuanzi once again underestimated the bottom line of Yuan Hong and the Four Monkeys, and this time it was the Six-Eared Macaque's turn to rub his hands together and speak.
"Great Immortal, our Master previously stated that we must each have one hundred children before the journey to the West is completed, so you see..."
As he spoke, the Six-Eared Macaque gave Zhen Yuanzi a knowing look, which made Zhen Yuanzi's face turn black.
"Can you even have that many children?"
With a dark expression, Zhen Yuanzi truly wished he could slap these Shameless monkeys into a pulp.
"Don't worry, Master. We have mastered the technology of multiple pregnancies in one pregnancy. The third pregnancy should be more than ten."
Son Goku spoke up then, his monkey face full of confidence, but his words made Purple Clouds beside him blush with shyness.
"..."
Zhen Yuanzi looked up at the Cang Tian speechlessly. How could there be such Shameless monkey in the world!
You didn't learn much of your bastard master's skills, but you mastered Shameless to an extreme degree.
Laozi must have owed your lineage something in my past life.
Left with no other choice, Zhen Yuanzi had to pack up all the ginseng fruit from his own Ginseng Fruit Tree and give it to those four Shameless monkeys, even giving up a lot of his previous stock.
After delivering the fruit, Zhen Yuanzi immediately sent these Shameless scoundrels away, fearing that if they stayed any longer, they would try to extort more of his precious fruit.
"Great Immortal, could you perhaps give this humble monk some of your fruit?"
At this moment, Tang Sanzang finally couldn't help but speak up, and his words not only stunned Zhen Yuanzi, but also made Son Goku and the four monkeys and the women behind them turn their heads in surprise.
What does this monk want so many Ginseng Fruit for?
" Great Dharma Master Sanzang, if I'm not mistaken, you have neither a Daoist partner nor children. If you simply wish to increase your Ginseng Fruit, I have many other spiritual fruits, and even a few Flat Peach of immortality from the Heavenly Court."
Zhen Yuanzi glanced sideways at Tang Sanzang, somewhat puzzled as to what this guy was up to. His Ginseng Fruit wasn't something to be wasted.
" Amitabha Buddha, this humble monk is indeed currently without a spiritual partner, but I sense that marriage is imminent. I am asking the Great Immortal for some fruit now, for my future needs."
Tang Sanzang chanted a Buddhist prayer and spoke solemnly, without the slightest hint of awkwardness.
The atmosphere froze instantly, and everyone around was stunned by Tang Sanzang's words.
" Jinchanzi, are you sure the Saint Jieyin knows about your display of skill?"
After a long silence, Zhen Yuanzi said Youyou, expressing his regret for the misfortune of the Saint Jieyin that had produced such a rebellious disciple.
Not long after those words were spoken, another voice resonated in everyone's minds.
"My beloved disciple, obey my command! Only by giving birth to eighty-one Buddhas on the journey to the West can the journey be completed. I hope you will redouble your efforts to bring blessings to all living beings!"
This was because the Saint Jieyin, who was sealed in the Void Dao Field, had issued a decree agreeing to Tang Sanzang's idea and even expressing great encouragement.
Actually, the Saint Jieyin had no other choice but to do this. During the Investiture of the Gods Immeasurable Tribulation, he led his disciples from the Western Teachings to provide support, but unexpectedly, they all perished on the battlefield of the Investiture of the Gods.
At that time, Western Teachings were reduced to a handful of members, relying entirely on Maitreya to maintain their standing.
This wouldn't have been a big deal; he could have recovered slowly. But who would have thought that Wang Hao would later lead a large group of secretly trained Buddhist Order disciples to seize his territory?
Over the course of hundreds of thousands of years, their lineage of Buddhist Order discourse has been continuously compressed, and they are on the verge of losing their tradition.
This wasn't Wang Hao deliberately suppressing Maitreya and his group; rather, he had cultivated far too many Human Clan cultivators who practiced Buddhist Order techniques back then—over a hundred million in total, all of them at the Great Firmament Realm.
Over the past tens of thousands of years, the barbaric people have continued to supply Western Buddhism with resources. Currently, the number of cultivators belonging to the barbaric Human Clan in the Western Buddhist Sect has reached trillions, which is no less than that of the Heavenly Court.
Moreover, those barbaric Human Clan cultivators who entered Western Buddhism continued to absorb beings from the Primordial World Western Regions into their ranks, making their power ever greater.
Even if they do nothing, they still put immense pressure on the Maitreya lineage, making it difficult for them to breathe.
It was precisely for this reason that the Saint Jieyin agreed with Tang Sanzang's absurd idea and gave it strong support.
After all, to revive their lineage, they need a lot of people, and they need to be talented descendants.
Tang Sanzang is currently a powerful expert in the Primordial Unity Realm, and he has cultivated both the literary and martial arts paths of Buddhist Order. His original bloodline is extremely strong, so his offspring will certainly not be lacking in talent.
Furthermore, by using Ginseng Fruit fruit to strengthen the body's foundation and enhance its vitality, achieving the ultimate Hunyuan in the future will be no problem at all.
While this approach still wouldn't allow them to overwhelm the people Wang Hao brought, it would at least prevent their own lineage from being severed.