"Bodhisattva, do you want a peach?"
Sun Kong handed over a peach.
It was dewy and fragrant!
There seemed to be spiritual energy lingering around it.
This peach was definitely not ordinary!
"Crunch!"
Before Wenshu could react, Sun Kong took out another peach and took a bite.
How skillful was that!
Of course, monkeys liked to eat peaches.
But this peach was a Flat Peach!
"A... Flat Peach, where did you get this monkey?"
Wenshu was shocked.
There were ten great innate spiritual roots between heaven and earth.
Each of the innate spiritual roots was nurtured by heaven and earth, formed from the essence of all things.
Flat Peaches were like that.
However, the ten great innate spiritual roots were precious for another, more important reason.
That was scarcity.
As the saying goes, rarity breeds value.
Throughout the three realms, there were only three thousand six hundred Flat Peach trees.
Although the number was not particularly small, all these Flat Peach trees were controlled by one person.
That person was the Holy Mother of Kunlun Yaochi, the Queen Mother of Heaven.
Of course, Flat Peaches also varied in quality and potency.
The lowest were three thousand years old, meaning one Flat Peach was equivalent to three thousand years of cultivation.
Next were six thousand years old, yielding six thousand years of cultivation.
The best were naturally the nine thousand year old Flat Peaches.
They were comparable to the ginseng fruit of the great immortal Zhen Yuanzi, providing nine thousand years of cultivation.
As for the Flat Peach Sun Kong was casually eating, it was naturally a nine thousand year old one.
This was one of the reasons Wenshu was stunned at first glance.
"You wretched monkey, eating nine thousand year old Flat Peaches like snacks."
"What a waste of heavenly treasures!"
Wenshu was heartbroken and could barely breathe.
What he cared about was not where Sun Kong got the Flat Peaches.
He cared about why he wasn't the one eating them!
"Crunch!"
The sound of chewing Flat Peaches was incessant.
Sun Kong, ignoring everyone, took a bite of a Flat Peach and then casually discarded the half-eaten fruit.
That's right, he actually threw it away.
What's more, he only took one bite!
They say rich people only eat the tips of strawberries.
Peaches are the same.
Only the reddest part at the top is the sweetest.
Clearly, Sun Kong treated the Flat Peach like an ordinary peach.
This was simply... simply damnable!
"Wretched monkey!"
"You... do you know what you are doing?"
"You're eating Flat Peaches!"
"How dare you... how dare you be so wasteful!"
Wenshu's heart bled.
Didn't Buddhist disciples practice abstinence from greed, anger, and ignorance?
For a peach, the renowned Bodhisattva Wenshu had broken his precepts!
Fortunately, Wenshu still remembered his identity as a Bodhisattva.
He didn't stoop to pick up the peach Sun Kong had left behind.
However, if it were a terrestrial demon, they would have long abandoned their dignity and rushed to snatch it.
After all, those were nine thousand year old Flat Peaches, each equivalent to a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by Lord Lao Tzu.
Even celestial beings from the three realms might not have the right to partake!
"Bodhisattva, would you like one?"
At this moment, Sun Kong seemed to have not heard Wenshu's roar at all.
He still held out a peach, his expression pure.
"Ah, this!"
Wenshu's anger instantly vanished.
As the saying goes, one doesn't strike a smiling face.
Sun Kong had intended to offer him a peach from the beginning.
How could he make things difficult for him?
However, a Bodhisattva also understood that having received a favor meant owing one.
With this peach in hand, how could he still ask Sun Kong to leave?
"A mere Flat Peach, this seat does not covet it."
"This spiritual mountain is born from the spiritual energy of the West, the center of all spiritual essence."
"This seat only needs to cultivate for a year or half a year to easily achieve nine thousand years of cultivation."
"Never mind."
"This level of attainment is something you wretched monkey cannot comprehend."
"With your talent, you are temporarily not destined for my Buddha. Leave quickly!"
Wenshu waved his hand dismissively.
A few perfunctory words were intended to send Sun Kong away.
If it were the arrogant Great Sage Equal to Heaven, he would likely have retorted immediately.
Even the Sun Wukong who had endured eighty-one tribulations and reached the spiritual mountain still didn't understand the importance of human interactions.
Fortunately, Sun Kong was not Sun Wukong.
In matters of social etiquette, he had it perfectly under control.
What was not coveting Flat Peaches?
It was just that not enough were offered.
Since one Flat Peach wasn't enough, then more would suffice.
"Swish swish swish!"
Several white lights flashed in succession.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Flat Peaches appeared on the somersault cloud beneath Sun Kong's feet.
A clear spiritual fragrance immediately wafted over.
This once again stunned Wenshu.
"Bodhisattva is busy with state affairs every day, and your time is so precious, why would you spend it all on cultivation?"
"These twenty Flat Peaches are equivalent to decades of your cultivation."
"This old Sun has no other intentions, I simply feel sorry for the Bodhisattva, so I specifically offer these Flat Peaches to relieve your worries."
Sun Kong said with a chuckle.
His words were very pleasing to Wenshu.
Although he couldn't figure out why the usually unruly Sun Monkey had suddenly become so sweet-mouthed.
But the twenty Flat Peaches laid out before him were too dazzling.
It was really not his fault for being tempted, who could blame Sun Kong for offering so much?
"Heh, heh heh!"
"For so many years, no Buddha in the heavens has understood this seat's true feelings."
"Instead, you, this monkey, have become this seat's confidant."
"Rare, truly rare!"
Wenshu said, swallowing and speaking insincerely.
The Bodhisattva, who had just righteously wanted to drive Sun Kong away, now considered Sun Kong a confidant.
Since they were confidants, they were his own people.
Since they were his own people, how could he drive Sun Kong away?
"It is my honor to become confidants with the Bodhisattva."
"If the Bodhisattva does not mind, please enjoy these Flat Peaches to your heart's content!"
Sun Kong made a welcoming gesture.
Wenshu took the opportunity to dismount and sat down with Sun Kong.
Afterwards, this monkey and this Bodhisattva sat side by side, talking and laughing, eating peaches together.
Meanwhile.
The green-haired lion in the sky was dumbfounded.
His master was ordered by the Tathagata to drive Sun Kong away.
But in the end, they became confidants who talked about everything.
And he, Wenshu's mount, could only stand awkwardly. What kind of situation was this!
"You wretched monkey, how dare you bewitch my master, I won't spare you!"
The green-haired lion was still somewhat lucid.
He knew that Wenshu would fail to complete the task assigned by the Tathagata, which would result in reprimand at best, and punishment at worst.
He had to wake Wenshu up in time!
"Bodhisattva."
"Your mount looks quite dashing."
"Could you lend him to me for a few days?"
"No other intentions."
"This old Sun has a sworn brother who always rides a water-repelling golden-eyed beast and shows off in front of me."
"I've wanted to get a mount to flaunt my power in front of him for a long time."
Sun Kong said with a mischievous smile, looking at the green-haired lion. His sinister grin made the green-haired lion's heart tremble.
"Oh?"
"You want to leave?"
Wenshu paid no attention to the content of his words.
As soon as he heard that Sun Kong wanted to leave, he became energetic.
Regardless of Sun Kong's reasons, as long as he was willing to leave the spiritual mountain, his mission would be considered complete.
As for the green-haired lion's predicament, he didn't care at all.
Besides, the green-haired lion was his mount, could Sun Kong possibly harm his mount?
"Borrow!"
"Anything can be borrowed!"
"Since the Great Sage likes this seat's mount, feel free to take it."
"You can return it to this seat when you've had enough fun!"