Chapter 165: Sun Wukong returns, and brings treasures

At the dining table.

Tang An, Yang Jian, Nezha, and Zhao Gongming sat together. Jiuyue had been busy practicing and hadn't come out of seclusion, while Xiaotian Quan had gone to Lingtai Mountain to find Sun Wukong.

Yang Jian glanced at Nezha, who acted as if he hadn't heard, his eyes fixed on Zhao Gongming opposite him.

Zhao Gongming's heart and eyes were all on the hot pot in front of him, while Tang An was busy mixing dipping sauces for them.

"Alright, one portion each, eat up."

"Alright." Zhao Gongming didn't stand on ceremony at all; he had been craving this for a long time.

"God of Wealth, try this one too."

"And this one." Tang An recommended one hot pot ingredient after another, not noticing at all that the flames behind Nezha were much more vigorous than the fire of the hot pot.

Why was Tang An being so attentive?

It was just to make sure they were full and satisfied. Only then could the God of Wealth be unable to refuse her request after eating her food.

Zhao Gongming was also just busy gorging himself and didn't notice Nezha's staring eyes.

The key was that he felt Nezha had that look for everyone, and had always had an inexplicable hostility toward him, so he was used to it.

"How is it, God of Wealth, is it delicious?"

"Are you satisfied?"

Zhao Gongming wiped his mouth with a handkerchief; his expression was more than satisfied—it was extremely satisfied.

"Calling me God of Wealth is too formal; if you don't mind, call me Brother Gongming, Big Brother Gongming, Brother Zhao, Big Brother—any of those will do."

"Alright!" Tang An clapped her hands; that suited her even better. "Brother Zhao, look, do you need a disciple?"

"Ah?" Was it that sudden? How did it get to disciples?

"It's like this, doesn't the doctrine of your Jie Sect teach without discrimination? It just so happens that our Jiuyue is a nine-tailed fox, and she's gifted; you saw her last time."

"What do you think about taking her as a disciple?"

Yang Jian immediately understood Tang An's meaning; she was finding a backer for Jiuyue.

"Jiuyue's talent is indeed good, and she is diligent; Uncle-Master can consider it."

Zhao Gongming looked at Tang An and Yang Jian, pondered for a moment, and said, "Alright, where is Jiuyue?"

Actually, Zhao Gongming clearly didn't want to take a disciple. After all, taking a disciple meant entangling karma with each other.

But for some reason, he agreed anyway.

"Jiuyue, come out quickly." Tang An shouted toward Jiuyue's room. "I've found you a big thigh to hug, come out and bow to your master."

Jiuyue came out in response, looked at Zhao Gongming, and didn't understand why Tang An had suddenly found her a master.

However, a figure like Zhao Gongming was a legendary existence to her.

Since she could really take him as a master, she naturally wouldn't be coy.

"Master is above, please accept this disciple's bow." Jiuyue's apprenticeship ceremony was truly sincere.

Zhao Gongming accepted Jiuyue's bow and the tea she offered, and the master-disciple relationship was set.

As the God of Wealth and the senior disciple of the Jie Sect's outer sect, he naturally couldn't be stingy. He immediately gave Jiuyue some magic treasures, cultivation techniques, and guidance on her cultivation.

During this time, Tang An and the others didn't disturb them, but quietly waited for Wukong to return.

If he returned today, their group would have to continue on the journey west tomorrow.

"Master." Yang Jian sat on the ridge of the roof, looking at the starry sky and drinking wine. "Aren't you afraid that Lingshan just agreed to you casually and won't share that half of the merit with you later?"

"Or perhaps, they might do something to the merit, reducing the merit you receive?"

Tang An lay on the tiles, pillowing her arms and admiring the moonlight. "Not afraid."

"Oh?" Yang Jian immediately understood why, and couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Master, are you trying to say that you're actually hoping they do something, or deliberately withhold that half of the merit, right?"

Tang An lay there without getting up, raising her hand to give him a thumbs up. "As expected of the True Lord Erlang, you're smart."

"As long as they dare to do something, don't we have a legitimate reason to act again?"

"Don't worry, Master has recorded all of this; no matter what, Lingshan can't run away."

"Also." Tang An patted her butt and stood up, pointing at Lingshan. "The past is the past, now is now, and the future is the future."

"After the Eighty-One Tribulations are over, no matter if Lingshan gives the scriptures or not, I should have the ability to wrestle with them."

"By then, if they dare to do anything, if I don't beat them until they call for their fathers and mothers, and don't let Lingshan have a complete blood transfusion, my name isn't Tang An!"

She just had that kind of confidence.

Or rather, she was already impatient to finish the Eighty-One Tribulations and let the system boss unlock all the rewards on her body in one go.

By then, she would definitely feel incredibly satisfied!

Nezha listened silently from the side; he didn't mind this, but just asked, "Why do we always love being on the roof?"

"Tch, do you have to ask such a mood-destroying question when we're so high-spirited?"

Nezha looked up at Tang An; didn't she do this often?

"So why do we have to be on the roof?"

"Why?" Tang An sat down and spread out her skirt. "Maybe the scenery on the roof at night is better, don't you think?"

Nezha clearly couldn't understand, just lay down silently, trying to find the better scenery Tang An spoke of.

"Wow! A shooting star!" Tang An suddenly shouted in surprise and began to clasp her hands to make a wish.

However, before she could finish her wish, Sun Wukong arrived with Xiaotian Quan.

So... was that shooting star just the exhaust of the Somersault Cloud?

"Hmm..." How should she put it, actually sometimes making wishes wasn't that interesting, hmm.

"Master, Master." Sun Wukong, as if performing magic, pulled out many peaches for Tang An, as well as treasures given by his senior brothers.

"Old Sun told the senior brothers all about you. I even told them which treasures you like best, especially the golden, shiny ones."

"The senior brothers gave these things, and Old Sun brought them all to you."

"Master, take a look quickly, do you like them?"

Tang An looked at the pile of peaches, stones, and gold in front of her. Good heavens, the senior brothers were truly generous; the treasures they gave almost crushed the roof tiles.

"As expected of my Wukong, thinking of Master wherever you go, I'm so moved."

"But... why did you take so many stones?"

Sun Wukong smiled "hehe" and immediately used his hand to scrape off half of the surface of the stones.

"The senior brothers said that women like these stones best, and Master will definitely like them."

Tang An's eyes and mouth widened as the original appearance of the stones was revealed.

"My goodness... raw diamonds?"

"And pink diamonds? And red ones? Water-blue ones?"

"These, this... wow..."

It had to be said, although these things were just a pile of ordinary stones to gods, they were no different.

But to Tang An, to a modern person like Tang An, these things were too good! Too awesome! Too valuable!

"Wukong, Master didn't dote on you in vain!"

"Remember to go back and visit more often in the future, don't be polite with your senior brothers; if they give, we take, okay?"

Seeing Tang An happy, Sun Wukong was also happy. "If I had known Master liked them so much, Old Sun would have asked for more."

"No matter, no matter, next time, next time Old Sun will definitely bring you more."

Nezha watched those stones silently from the side, then looked at Xiaotian Quan.

Xiaotian Quan's body shook in fear. No, wait, was there something wrong with him again? ===== CHAPTER 166 =====