The Daoist of Three Leaves chanted incantations, uttering ancient curses of various demon races.
After a series of spells, a brilliant green light shot from his body, soaring into the sky and transforming into the shape of a small, green Kunpeng bird.
This was none other than the Heavenly Sight and Earthly Hearing technique, one of the ancient demon arts!
It was likely formed from a residual imprint of the Ancestor Kunpeng's power.
It allowed members of the same race to communicate with each other.
Remarkably, it could connect with Ancestor Kunpeng, who was far away in the Northern Nether Sea.
Truly incredible.
Regardless of what others thought,
Sun Kong, at least, was filled with envy upon witnessing such a powerful demon art, wishing he could learn it someday!
Subsequently.
As expected.
Initially, Ancestor Kunpeng, upon hearing that Sun Kong had captured his eldest disciple, the Daoist of Three Leaves, and threatened him into cooperation, was displeased and nearly attacked directly.
However, as the Daoist of Three Leaves informed him that Sun Kong was not a threat but offered ten bowls of holy water soup and two subordinates to assist him in his endeavors.
Ancestor Kunpeng, who had been enraged a moment before, was instantly stunned!
"Is this Monkey Sun truly so benevolent?"
"Three Leaves, oh Three Leaves, do not be fooled by him. How were the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain so easily deceived by him? How was Tathagata Buddha tricked into his demise?"
"Tell him, if he is truly sincere, to bring forth half the holy water soup in advance. That holy water soup is said to possess infinite wonders, and this ancestor could use this opportunity to test its efficacy."
"If it works, then cooperation is not out of the question."
"But if it doesn't, then there's no need to discuss cooperation. Although the New Flower Fruit Mountain has become famous in the past five hundred years, this ancestor is not afraid of it. If he dares to lay a hand on my eldest disciple."
"This ancestor will not hesitate to pay a visit and seek a challenge!"
As he spoke, Ancestor Kunpeng, tens of billions of miles away, unleashed a terrifying Quasi-Saint aura through the Daoist of Three Leaves.
Marshal Ma and Marshal Liu were directly impacted. Though unharmed, they were repelled repeatedly.
Their cultivation at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm was as insignificant as dust before a powerful expert like Ancestor Kunpeng, who was at the mid-grade Quasi-Saint level.
This displayed the formidable might of Ancestor Kunpeng!
Meanwhile, at the New Flower Fruit Mountain, although Sun Kong wished to seize this opportunity to spar with Ancestor Kunpeng, his learned divine abilities and magic arts lacked this ancient demon art of ignoring distance.
He could only sigh softly.
This Kunpeng was indeed no less than Zhenyuanzi, perhaps even stronger, and far more brutal and overbearing.
This Kunpeng clearly chose to yield to strength and resist coercion. His reckless nature was no less than my own. Five hundred years ago, I would have undoubtedly wielded my Golden Cudgel and wreaked havoc upon his Northern Nether Sea.
But five hundred years later...
I must consider the bigger picture!
"This grudge will be put aside for now. In the future, when I am free from major troubles, I will certainly cause some grief for you, Kunpeng bird."
"Even if the Primordial Golden Cudgel cannot kill you, I still have the Journey to the West Gatling, and that White Dragon God-Demon Egg."
With this thought, for the first time, Sun Kong did not resort to blind recklessness due to Ancestor Kunpeng's might, nor did he act foolishly as he had towards the cowardly Buddhas of Spirit Mountain.
Instead, he adopted a compromise.
Negotiation.
The act of negotiation.
The talk of peace.
For the smooth passage of the calamity of the Journey to the West.
For the sake of deterring those who overestimate themselves during the third tribulation of the Journey to the West, making them afraid to interfere too much.
Also, to complete the Journey to the West, and in the future, to become Buddhas alongside Jin Chanzi, Wu Zhiqi, Zhou Wuxian, and others, and to join forces with Tathagata to usher in a new era of Buddhism –
The era of the Pure Land of Saha.
To achieve eternal merit that no longer relies on the whims of the Two Sages of the Western Teachings, nor endures the unsightly faces of the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain.
Sun Kong was willing to discuss anything.
He was indeed a master of courting disaster.
He was also the patriarch of world-shattering chaos, that was true.
However, when necessary, he could bend and stretch, acting as a spring!
Moreover.
If a certain agreement could truly be reached with Ancestor Kunpeng this time, his strength would undoubtedly be a great asset.
In the future, whether facing the calamities of the Journey to the West or thwarting the schemes and stratagems of figures like Zhenyuanzi and Chan Master Wu Chao.
The benefits would be immeasurable!
Thinking this.
Sun Kong, without a word, resolutely plucked a strand of monkey hair, blew on it, and transformed it into a monkey hair clone, carrying a full five bowls of holy water soup.
He moved with extreme speed to the space between the Daoist of Three Leaves, Marshal Ma, and Marshal Liu.
In the "presence" of Ancestor Kunpeng, he had the Daoist of Three Leaves taste one bowl.
In just a single breath.
The Daoist of Three Leaves, who had already been at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, was stimulated by this and his aura surged, his cultivation rapidly ascending.
While Sun Kong and his companions, already aware of this outcome, showed little surprise and merely smiled slightly.
The Daoist of Three Leaves and Ancestor Kunpeng behind him were both astonished and greedy!
"Three Leaves, tell your master, what is the taste of this holy water soup?"
"Can it truly enhance cultivation?"
"Although this ancestor has severed two corpses, my cultivation has not progressed one bit over several kalpas. If it can truly be enhanced by this holy water soup now, it would be truly wonderful."
Ancestor Kunpeng's voice was filled with uncontrollable joy.
Unfortunately, he was still billions of miles away and could not come over, so he could only wait for the Daoist of Three Leaves to bring it back later.
At this moment, he also felt great respect and admiration for Sun Kong.
The so-called cooperation.
Was naturally reached quickly!
"Awesome, awesome, totally awesome, master, this holy water soup is indeed extraordinary. It's a shame my comprehension is insufficient, and I can only absorb less than ten percent of its medicinal power."
"But even this less than ten percent of medicinal power gives me the hope of breaking through to the lower stage of Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal."
"Ah, ah, so good, so good, Oh yeah, another bowl would be even better."
As he spoke, the Daoist of Three Leaves, finding one bowl insufficient, wished for another, but was reprimanded and stopped by Ancestor Kunpeng.
Ancestor Kunpeng had long heard that even the Six Saints had drunk this holy water soup and praised it highly, so he would not waste a second bowl on the Daoist of Three Leaves.
At the same time.
To avoid any subsequent errors, this stingy Ancestor Kunpeng, casting aside his pride and ego, decisively emerged from his true form.
Transforming into a brilliant green light stretching for ten thousand miles.
His speed, though inferior to Sun Kong's Primordial Chaos somersault cloud, was, within the three realms of the Great Primordial World, second only to the Six Saints and Peacock Great Bright King.
He was truly the fastest speed expert.
Without exception!
Indeed.
In less than an hour.
Ancestor Kunpeng arrived at their location. Upon landing, he took the remaining four bowls of holy water soup, which the Daoist of Three Leaves reluctantly parted with, and his attitude towards Sun Kong finally softened slightly.
Turning around.
He cupped his hands slightly towards the direction of the New Flower Fruit Mountain.
"You speak of it!"
"This matter is simple enough. I, old sun, merely wish for your eldest disciple, Three Leaves, to make a trip for me, to provoke Chi Jingzi, Lu Dongbin, Jin Zha, Mu Zha, demon experts."
"And that Red Sun Child!"