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This ginseng fruit tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, lush and green, the height of the tree is more than a thousand feet, and the circumference of the root of the tree is also seven or eight rounds.

Zhu Bajie has seen many rare and rare treasures in the sky before, and his eyesight has been practiced long ago, so when he sees this heaven and earth spirit root grass that returns pills, he doesn't even need to look carefully, he knows it is a rare treasure tree spirit root.

He walked quickly to the tree and looked up, and saw the baby-like pink and white fruit hanging among the green leaves shaped like banana leaves.When the breeze hits, the fruit full of aura swayed among the branches and leaves, just like a baby looking around with its hands and feet. It is very cute to look at.

"This...is it really a fruit on a tree? Good guy, if it weren't for the pedicles on it, I would be like these Taoist priests practicing some evil kung fu." Bajie walked around the ginseng fruit tree twice and found that there was a fruit on the tree. There are not many fruits, so he muttered in a low voice, "Would you like to pick one and taste it? My old pig has eaten fairy peach vermilion fruit and Xianzhi fire apricot, but I have never eaten such a strange fruit. Hey, Good thing, just smelling it, I feel refreshed, if I eat one of it, what kind of enjoyment would it be?"

Just when Zhu Bajie was about to pick the fruit secretly, there was faint chatter and laughter from outside the orchard.Bajie immediately raised his ears to listen carefully, and immediately recognized Wuji's voice.He immediately felt guilty, and subconsciously cast an invisibility spell on himself, and quietly hid in a corner of the garden.

But, after he hid, he couldn't help but regret it again.

The idiot thought to himself, what he didn't steal or snatch was just wandering around and bumping into this precious tree spirit seed, why did he have to cover it up?Now this collection is hard to explain.When he was so remorseful, he forgot that he had thought of stealing the fruit just now.

At this time, Wuji and Daotong Qingfeng Mingyue had arrived at the gate of the orchard.He heard Qingfeng say to Wuji in a familiar and friendly tone:

"The garden was opened earlier, and I only got these 1 fruits in [-] years, which are very precious. Hey, it's a pity that you don't want to stay in the temple to practice Taoism, so you have to go to become a monk, and you missed the day when the garden opened grand occasion.

"That day, Master let us brothers and sisters eat two ginseng fruits together. After eating, we all benefited a lot. Brother Liu said that his cultivation has improved, and Mingyue said that he became more comfortable when drawing talismans. I also feel that the moves are smoother when I practice the sword."

Wuji smiled and said: "Qingfeng, your swordsmanship was good at first, and now you have improved significantly. I don't know how far you have reached? Hey, let's go to the stream tomorrow morning to compare. Let's see who is between you and me. Great progress."

Qingfeng nodded, and agreed a specific time with Wuji, and then sighed:

"When it comes to swordsmanship, I only obey Junior Sister Yin. Before I saw her swordsmanship, I always thought of myself as a genius in swordsmanship, but after experiencing Junior Sister Yin's swordsmanship, I lost all pride gone."

After a few words, the three of them walked under the ginseng fruit tree.

From an angle that Zhu Bajie couldn't see, Mingyue, who was in charge of knocking off the ginseng fruit, made several complicated gestures, and then lightly flicked the jade plaque on his waist.After a touch of warm and bright color was drawn on the jade tablet, he smiled slightly and said to Wuji:

"Okay, now I can knock down a fruit for you."

Wuji pursed his lips shyly: "Do you really want to give me an extra piece of fruit? In the past few years, I have been taken care of by the Great Immortal. Fa... I was supposed to repay the Great Immortal, but now I am asking the Great Immortal to worry about me."

Mingyue walked around the ginseng fruit tree to choose which fruit to knock down, and explained in a gentle voice:

"Master said that your trip is full of dangers. The monsters you will encounter in the future are not just ordinary mountain spirits and wild monsters. They may all have adventures and backgrounds. Such monsters are not simple. Not only do they have natural supernatural powers, There must be a powerful magic weapon. With Master's temper, he can't just watch our children who go out of Wuzhuang Temple suffer secretly, so he decided to leave you a ginseng fruit alone."

Seeing Wuji's hesitation, Qingfeng at the side persuaded:

"Master said that when you were still Jin Chanzi, you had some friendship with him. Even for the sake of old friends, I want to invite you this time. Besides, if you are a guest, you can't just offer him a gift." If we had ginseng fruit, it would look like we are being stingy, so we have to knock down two. But now you are our own family, Master and other old people are not polite to you, but one is saved. Doing the math, He earned it. I saw the smile on Master's face before going out, probably because he could pick one less fruit."

Wuji chuckled and joked, "You are the only one who arranges his master like this. When Daxian comes back, I will ask him face to face if he is really smiling because he has earned a fruit."

Qingfeng shrank her shoulders pretending to be afraid, and then started fighting with Wuji again.

Seeing Qingfeng and Wuji playing and bickering, the more stable Mingyue had to work with the gold hammer in one hand and the alchemy plate in the other.He knocked off a ginseng fruit neatly, then stuffed the alchemy plate containing the fruit into Wuji's hand, and urged:

"Eat quickly, those who came with you are not easy to get along with. If they find out that you have this treasure, they might pester you to ask for a share."

Wuji shook his head and said: "Uncle Dasheng didn't care how many flat peach elixir he ate back then, and he didn't care about this ginseng fruit, let alone steal my things. Maybe he was thinking of getting me some more so that I can eat them happily.

"My eldest disciple is high-minded, not a scoundrel. The third disciple is a little cautious, but he is used to being cautious and pays attention to face, so naturally he can't do such things as begging for food. Only the second disciple...he is You have a thick skin and a cunning heart, but you know my relationship with him, how can you allow him to play around?"

After hearing Wuji's analysis, Qingfeng Mingyue also felt that this was the case, so she stopped urging Wuji to secretly eat the fruit.

The three of them talked and laughed and walked out. As soon as they left the garden, a little boy came to report the matter.So Qingfeng Mingyue abandoned Wuji and left first. Before leaving, she did not forget to tell:

"You are familiar with the roads in Guanli, so we won't accompany you. Also, you must eat this fruit quickly, and you won't let it sit for a long time."

Wuji agreed with a smile, telling Qingfeng Mingyue to do things quickly.

When only Wuji was left, Wuji looked around with his alchemy plate in his hand, planning to find a quiet and elegant place to taste the ginseng fruit slowly.After all, Wannian only got [-] pieces, and it was the great Immortal Zhenyuan's affection for him as a junior, so you have to be more solemn when tasting it.

Wuji stopped and walked around the vegetable garden, and came to a garden full of exotic flowers.He sat down in the Zhulan pavilion surrounded by flowing water, put the alchemy plate holding ginseng fruit on the white jade table, and prepared to taste the fruit while enjoying the scenery.But he didn't know that when he and Qingfeng Mingyue left the garden of ginseng fruit trees, Zhu Bajie who was hiding in the corner followed quietly.

Because he was far away, he couldn't hear the conversation of the three of them clearly, but he saw clearly that Wuji had obtained a ginseng fruit—and he seemed ready to eat it all by himself.Apart from lust, this idiot valued appetite most in his life.As long as he thinks that this is a rare spiritual fruit, it must taste good, he can't help but swallow his saliva, he is really greedy.

"Master, hehe, master, you are here." Seeing that Wuji wanted to eat ginseng fruit, Zhu Bajie quickly pretended to meet him by chance. He turned out from behind the rockery, rubbed his hands and said with a flattering smile, "Master is eating ginseng fruit? It looks really good. Yes, share it with two old pigs to try something new."

Wuji paused, didn't say yes or no, but asked, "Do you know this is ginseng fruit?"

Zhu Bajie shook his head, but he was not very clear.

Wuji didn't care whether the former Marshal of the Canopy really had never heard of this treasure, but slowly introduced the rarity of the ginseng fruit, which made the idiot look yearning and even drool.

"Sure enough, it's a baby. I wonder how it tastes?"

Wuji smiled lightly, and said softly, "I don't know too much as a teacher, don't worry about Bajie, as a teacher, I will help you try it."

While talking, Wuji quickly ate the ginseng fruit on the table in front of Zhu Bajie, leaving nothing behind.

Zhu Bajie: ...

Wuji got up and brushed off his sleeves, and said slowly:

"Well, I was a little anxious to eat, and I swallowed it before I tasted it carefully. However, it shouldn't be difficult to eat. Well, after eating the fruit, I should go back to my room to rest. Bajie, don't you If you want to be greedy for the beautiful scenery in this garden, go to rest earlier, by the way, don’t forget to recite sutras before going to bed.”

After giving the order, Wuji hurriedly walked away, leaving Zhu Bajie standing in the gazebo alone.

After a while, Zhu Bajie, who realized that he had been tricked, stomped his feet angrily.He always knew that this master didn't like him, and he was accepted as a disciple because of Guanyin's face. Although he didn't criticize him severely, he never favored him.Therefore, he was actually somewhat prepared to be refused to share the fruit now.But when things really happened, he couldn't help but feel aggrieved.

He complained in his heart that it was not his fault that he was ugly. Back then, he actually found himself a good skin of Yushu Linfeng. Inside the belly of an old sow.

Thinking of the previous reasons, Zhu Bajie will naturally not forget Pei Xiang who is currently practicing in Wuzhuang Temple.He blinked a few times, feeling that he was unhappy, and he couldn't let others live a relaxed and happy life.

"When a master doesn't know how to love his disciples, then my old pig will find someone to teach him as a master. Even with the support of Sun Houzi, there will always be someone in this world who can teach him a lesson, hmph!"

Having made up his mind, Zhu Bajie jumped out of the gazebo and ran towards another direction...

"Mrs. Yin, Mrs. Yin, are you there?"

Pei Xiang was mending Wuji's clothes in the house, when he suddenly heard Zhu Bajie shouting at the door, he couldn't help but wonder, and wondered, shouldn't this ramming guy shrink back and hide far away?Why did you take the initiative to come to the door?

"I'm here, what's the matter with you?" Pei Xiang put down the needle and thread in his hand, pushed the door out and stood on the stone steps to look at Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie originally came to sue, and he was full of resentment at this time.It's not that I hold grudges, but I feel unhappy and wronged, so I plan to play tricks.

But when he saw the slim and graceful woman standing on the stone steps, all the fantasies and reveries in his heart came out one after another, and his expression suddenly became a little reserved as his thoughts fluttered.

Clearing his throat, Bajie made a solemn bow and said, "Take the liberty to visit and disturb Mrs. Yin's leisure. I hope you will forgive me. Please forgive me."

Pei Xiang was too lazy to greet Zhu Bajie politely, and asked directly: "I'm busy with something, so let's make a long story short."

"What is Mrs. Yin up to?" Zhu Bajie smiled stupidly, pouted his mouth and said in a soft voice, "Why are you bored in the house alone in such a fine weather? Just now, my old pig came from the garden, where there are flowers, plants and small bridges. Flowing water, even if it’s not as good as a fairyland on earth, it’s actually not far behind. Madam should go and relax.”

Hearing this, Pei Xiang turned around and walked into the house, not at all in the mood to gossip with Zhu Bajie.

Seeing that Pei Xiang was so indifferent and impatient, Zhu Bajie felt a little impatient, so he said quickly:

"Mrs. Yin, wait a minute. It's not that Bajie was rude and rude, and brought up the matter of relaxing in the garden for no reason. This, hey, there is a reason for this. Madam Yin, I met my master in the garden, and I thought that the mother and son have been separated for a long time. , when we meet again at this time, we should get together a lot. Although my master is a monk, he will not forget the kindness of his biological parents. He may have been negligent, but it is not that he does not care about you in his heart."

These specious words made Pei Xiang stop in her tracks. She frowned slightly, her eyes wavered lightly, and she asked in a rambling voice:

"When was my son negligent? He is filial, sincere and compassionate, and cares about me even more. Where do you start with these words?"

Bajie's eyes dodged, and there was some hesitation on his face. He patted his mouth first, and then said "Oops", before he said with a smile:

"Well, that may be my misunderstanding. Hehe, I saw Master preparing to enjoy the ginseng fruit alone in the garden, so I persuaded Master that the fruit is very rare and you can't eat it easily. Madam bestowed a piece of ginseng fruit to Master in order to save face, so Master should also remember Madam's upbringing and give some of the fruit to his mother to eat.

"Even if it's a bite, it's good. After all, this is a spiritual thing that prolongs life, and it must be beneficial after taking it. I didn't expect Master to swallow that ginseng fruit in one gulp, even a piece of fruit. There is no smell left. So, so the old pig is a little worried about Mrs. Yin."

"You mean," Pei Xiang showed a thoughtful look, "my son is unwilling to share the good things with me, even after you reminded him, he ate the whole fruit without hesitation."

Zhu Bajie hesitated and said:

"That's not necessarily the case. I later recalled that Master showed a defensive expression to me at that time, so I wondered if he had misheard and thought it was an old pig. I wanted to share his food." Ginseng fruit, why did you do that? Hey, I always know that Master doesn’t want to see me, so it’s normal not to leave me a bite or two when eating the fruit. Besides, it’s supposed to be filial piety for the master, so I don’t do anything wrong complaining.

"It's just... In the final analysis, he still didn't leave some fruit for Mrs. Yin, which made Laozhu very uncomfortable. Hey, maybe I thought too much, Master just got a top-grade spirit all of a sudden." Guo, I'm so happy, I did things with my true heart before I had time to think about it."

Pei Xiang sighed leisurely after hearing these unsophisticated words of sowing dissension, his heart softened a little, he should recite the magic spell a few more times, and let the golden hoop shrink back hard, so that this The bad water in the pig's brain was cleared and squeezed.

She was silent for a while and sighed melancholy, causing Zhu Bajie to misunderstand, thinking that Pei Xiang believed his words.

As a result, a pair of small eyes rolled around, revealing some hint of complacency.

Zhu Bajie didn't continue to sue, instead he changed his tone and listened to the guy babbling and asking:

"Well, Mrs. Yin, my old pig has also heard that it is not easy for you to raise your son alone all these years. But the master, he is dedicated to becoming a monk. Not only can he not serve and take care of his mother, but he will even pass it on to his descendants in the future. No. Hey, my old pig doesn’t think Master did anything wrong, after all, Master has a predestined relationship with Buddhism, but I feel hard for Mrs. Yin.”

Pei Xiang raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked tentatively: "What can you say, besides making me sad, what else can it change? Now Wuji is burdened with the heavy responsibility of learning Buddhist scriptures and has to travel around, but I have always been cultivating in the mountains. Therefore, mother and son Separation is inevitable. Things have come to this, and time is fate, how can this situation be changed?"

So far, if Zhu Bajie only wanted to create trouble for Wuji at the beginning, then now facing Pei Xiang's questions and hints, he couldn't help but have more wishful thinking.So he suggested honestly and earnestly:

"Actually, children will always grow up and leave their parents. The ones who can really be companions must be husband and wife. Let me tell you, with Mrs. Yin's conditions, she can find another husband who is honest and caring for the family. Those who know the heat from the cold will have a beautiful day."

"But where can I find an honest and caring husband?" Pei Xiang sighed again.

Zhu Bajie rubbed his hands, he really wanted to recommend himself, but he knew that his family's conditions would definitely not catch the other party's eyes, so if he said it now, he would only be humiliating himself.

Furthermore, he has never been able to completely forget Pei Xiang's sword that year, and the continuous pain that seemed to have eroded into his soul afterwards, so when the words came to his lips, they became:

"I think my elder brother is not bad, handsome and caring."

Pei Xiang shook his head and said: "No, I don't worry about a man who is too handsome. I have suffered a lot. In fact, it doesn't matter if he is ugly. The main thing is that he doesn't care about his family. After he gets married, he can't always think about wandering around. Besides, don't you Senior brother is Wuji's apprentice, so he's not as senior as he is."

Hearing that Pei Xiang didn't care about beauty and ugliness, and was even very worried about the handsome boy, Zhu Bajie couldn't help but guess whether it was the handsome boy among the handsome boys—Erlang Zhenjun who failed the Yin lady, which made her feel sick?

"Seniority doesn't really matter. Although the three of us recognized the master and protected him to go to the west to learn scriptures, after arriving at Lingshan, we have to prove the golden body and the fruit, so we are not restricted by this seniority. Practitioners like us can live a long life." Elderly, seniority is not as strict as in the human world. But this appearance and character... really need to be carefully considered. Yin lady, I thought about it, my senior brother is really not suitable for you. He used to be the third prince of the Dragon King of the West Sea , quite a bit of a romantic reputation, and likes to wander around and play, not an honest man."

Pei Xiang seemed to have realized at this time that he actually talked about the issue of getting married with his son's apprentice. It was really out of place, and he turned cold and scolded in a cool voice:

"You rascal, why did you come here to talk about marriage? You are really reckless! Go away, let me hear such nonsense again, and be careful of the long sword in my hand."

Seeing Pei Xiang suddenly turn his back on him and threaten him with a long sword again, Zhu Bajie shuddered in his heart, but continued to say:

"Well, old pig, I've always been a straightforward person. I often offend people because of what I say. It's not surprising that Mrs. Yin annoyed me because of this. Hey, I have a good heart. I want to share my worries for the teacher and help Mrs. Yin. I'm busy, so I'm a little anxious, please don't blame Lady Yin, don't get angry."

Pei Xiang still kept a cold face and said nothing, she raised her finger to point the way Zhu Bajie came, silently beckoning him to leave.

Zhu Bajie didn't dare to make a fuss, seeing that Pei Xiang was sincerely driving him away, he turned around and walked away.However, as soon as Zhu Bajie reached the corner, a soliloquy that seemed to be addressed to him came from next to his ear:

"Since I can't eat the ginseng fruit left by my son, I want to taste the ginseng fruit knocked off by the man I love. If anyone can hold a ginseng fruit in front of me before midnight tonight, then If it proves that his heart is true, then I will seriously consider this person."

These words... are almost in disguise to persuade Zhu Bajie to steal ginseng fruit, and also to add fuel to the flames.Because this idiot was already greedy for the rare fruit, and had already thought of stealing it before.Now that he heard Pei Xiang's promise, the little hesitation in his heart disappeared instantly.He thought, it's just a matter of stealing a few fruits, which can not only satisfy his greed, but also win the favor of beauties, so why not do it?

"Moreover..." Zhu Bajie was thinking, "If my old pig is really sold in front of Mrs. Yin, even if she doesn't want to marry me after eating my ginseng fruit, then I can ask Master to judge. At that time, if they couldn't make another ginseng fruit and compensate me, they had to remove the golden hoop on my head. At least, I had to make my master swear that I would never recite that terrible curse from now on. .”

Thinking that there were no guards near the ginseng orchard, Zhu Bajie immediately showed his eyes and looked excited.Seduced by the three baits of eating spirit fruit to satisfy his hunger, winning the favor of the beauties, and threatening Wuji to remove the golden hoop, he tiptoed towards the ginseng orchard.

When approaching the ginseng fruit tree, the idiot still did not forget to make calculations, thinking that in case the visiting Immortal Zhenyuan got angry and wanted to fight, Sun Houzi and the others would stand in front of him.Coincidentally, this fruit-stealing matter involved the internal thieves in their Wuzhuang temple. In the end, this conflict will always be big and small and nothing.

Zhu Bajie decides to take a risk no matter what he thinks is a good deal.

He jumped under the tree, watching that big fat and dark hand was about to grab a white and tender ginseng fruit, but he didn't expect a violent force from nowhere to come and hit him directly. The vital point of Zhu Bajie forced him to dodge in embarrassment.Not long after, the former Marshal of the Canopy uttered a scream like killing a pig...

Outside the quiet ginseng orchard, Pei Xiang took a black jade array disk to check the situation inside the array.She watched intently until a familiar aura surrounded her and took away the surveillance array from her hand.

"It's getting late. Wuji finally came back. Our family hasn't sat down to eat together for a long time. Let's go."

Pei Xiang fell back, leaned comfortably on Yang Jian's body, and said with a smile:

"After I set up this formation, except for those who deliberately went in to test the effect, no one broke into it without knowing it. Now, finally, there is one who volunteers to contribute, so why don't you take a closer look? Who knows next time? When will such a good thing happen?"

Hearing this, Yang Jian stopped urging Pei Xiang to go back to have dinner with her son, but accompanied her to continue to monitor the operation of the protective formation, and did not forget to help her record some scattered thoughts.

On the other side, Wuji, who was going to eat with his mother and uncle Zhenjun, happily smelled the aroma of the food, sat on a chair by the dining table and waited for Zhenjun, who was looking for his mother, to bring him back.After being separated for so long, he has accumulated a stomach full of adventure stories to tell his loved ones who miss him...