Chapter 350

Seeing that the two were about to throw a tantrum, the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun's smile was full of helplessness.

"Enough, enough, you two get up first."

Tang An flopped onto the ground; after all, watching my Monkey Brother back in the day wasn't for nothing, right?

"Not getting up, not getting up unless you give him to us."

Even Sun Wukong was amused by Tang An's posture of rolling on the ground.

The Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun laughed out loud, "Enough, enough."

"Since the Great Sage Equal to Heaven is offering this favor, I shall just go with the flow."

He agreed? He just agreed?

Tang An didn't get up from the ground; she cupped her head and looked at the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, lost in thought.

He appeared to have passively gone with the flow to grant a favor, but no matter how Tang An looked at it, his "going with the flow" was too smooth.

"Since I have already agreed, why do you still refuse to get up?" The Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun asked Tang An with a smile.

Tang An climbed up from the ground, "I suddenly don't want him anymore."

"Hmm?" Her words caught everyone off guard on the spot.

"Unless..."

"Unless?" The Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun waited for Tang An to finish.

"Unless you throw in a few more treasures, otherwise I don't want your lion."

Yang Jian observed Tang An's performance, his eyes flickering. He knew that Tang An must have seen through something.

Sun Wukong and Nezha were already unfazed; for anyone else, asking the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun for Jiuling Yuansheng was no different from being insane and courting death.

And Tang An, not only did she want the lion, she also took the opportunity to ask for a few accompanying magic treasures, yet it seemed so reasonable.

Although they didn't understand why Tang An suddenly changed her mind and raised the stakes, she must have her reasons for doing so.

"Since you don't want him, then I won't give him to you." The Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun didn't follow Tang An's lead, as if he were observing her reaction.

Tang An was neither anxious nor annoyed; she patted her bottom and walked away with such flair.

"Let's go."

She left as soon as she said so, without the slightest hesitation.

The master and her three disciples walked away, and Sun Wukong asked in confusion: "Master, we came specifically for Jiuling Yuansheng, why did you suddenly not want him?"

"Oh, Wukong, you're still young, your social experience isn't rich enough."

Sun Wukong's expression was full of self-doubt, as if to say: "Who? Who is young? Whose social experience isn't rich enough? Me?"

"We are at a critical stage of bargaining; at times like this, you must not hesitate when you say you're leaving."

"As long as he isn't losing out, he will definitely call you back."

Sun Wukong looked like he had learned something new, "But Master, we came to ask for his mount, and you added a few more treasures on the spot, is he really not losing out?"

Tang An waved her hand, "You're still young, you'll understand later."

Yang Jian held his forehead and smiled, always feeling that Tang An calling Sun Wukong too young had a kind of incongruous consistency.

"Is Master trying to say that for this tribulation, the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun's purpose was actually to give us the lion?"

"That's right~" Tang An gave Yang Jian a thumbs up, "As expected of the Judicial God, you understand me."

Sun Wukong tugged at Tang An's sleeve, "Master, are we still walking? We're about to walk out of here."

"Walk, we must be resolute in walking, don't look back." Tang An turned Sun Wukong's face back, not letting him look back.

The Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun looked at the master and her four disciples, the smile on his face growing even richer.

In fact, he could hear the whispers of the master and her four disciples.

And he also knew that Tang An was deliberately saying those things for him to hear.

"Almost there, almost there. Believe it or not, I'll count to three, and he will definitely call us back." Tang An said, while gesturing a three behind her back.

Yang Jian saw this scene, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

So she was acting for the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun to see, and even wanted the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun to play along with her.

"Three."

"Two."

"One..."

"Enough, enough, I'll give him to you." The Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun finally spoke.

At that moment, Sun Wukong and Nezha's expressions were ones of astonishment and disbelief; their hair was almost standing on end.

This actually worked?

"Let me process this." Sun Wukong scratched his cheek and circled around Tang An, "Master, you framed Jiuling Yuansheng, produced that evidence, and asked the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun for the lion?"

"That's right."

"Then you suddenly didn't want him, and very reluctantly said that if he really wanted to give him, he had to add a few magic treasures."

"That's right."

"And then we turned and left, and you said the old man would definitely call you back. And then you counted down three numbers, and he really called you back?"

"That's right, that's right."

"No, why?" Sun Wukong turned around and pondered this carefully, always feeling like he missed a step somewhere.

But he had been following along the whole time.

"If you can't figure it out, just go back and think about it, there's no rush." Tang An turned around, and when she looked at the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, she had a simple and harmless smile.

"The Tianzun is worthy of being a Tianzun, truly magnanimous."

"Since the Tianzun has agreed, then Tang An will not decline."

Tang An walked toward the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun to pick out the magic treasures.

After a while, Sun Wukong suddenly looked up; he seemed to have figured it out.

"Brother Yang Jian." Sun Wukong grabbed Yang Jian's arm and exchanged a look with him, without saying much.

Yang Jian nodded; he could see that Sun Wukong had also thought of this layer.

Nezha, on the other hand, had no intention of using his brain at all; anyway, the work of using one's brain was enough for the three of them. He only needed to ensure Tang An's safety, that was enough.

In front of the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, Tang An's eyes shone as she looked at the magic treasures, while Sun Wukong and the others waited for her to finish choosing.

"You actually see it clearly?"

"Oh, my eyes aren't blind, how could I not see it clearly."

"You know what the root cause is."

Tang An temporarily put aside the treasure-picking part; she knew that the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun wanted to talk to her openly.

"I'm not stupid; ever since I re-entered my master's sect, I haven't stopped stuffing people into the Jie Sect."

"During the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect suffered heavy losses, and the Western Sect took advantage of the situation to flourish."

"The Heavenly Dao has its cycles; now, isn't it the time for the Journey to the West Calamity, when Buddhism should flourish, yet I am the one driving the rise of the Jie Sect."

"If not for this, how could the Heavenly Dao truly block my master from re-opening the world?"

"My master's personality, if others don't know, don't I know? To make him stay honestly in the void, the Heavenly Dao must have made corresponding compensation to him."

"Many things, after many years, it's not that they won't be repaid, it's just that my time, Tang An's time, hadn't arrived."

"Now that I have come again, I naturally returned with the destiny given to me by the Heavenly Dao."

"Although I haven't fully seen through the extent of this destiny, the rise of the Jie Sect is no longer something that can be stopped by human effort."

"Isn't the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun's trip here also taking advantage of the Journey to the West Calamity to act in accordance with the Heavenly Dao?"

"I see it clearly, and you know that I see it clearly; we are all just going through the motions."

"You haven't treated Jiuling Yuansheng poorly; even if he joins the Jie Sect, he will remember your kindness in the future."

"This move of yours not only helped Jiuling Yuansheng pass his tribulation but also earned you a favor from the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and furthermore, established a foundation for friendly relations with the Jie Sect."

"To put it broadly, even my master owes you a favor."

"On the surface, you are the one losing out, but Tianzun, you really haven't lost anything at all."