Chapter 226: Palm 219: Buddha and Demon Face Off in Front of Spiritual Mount
The Demon Tribe’s massive army of eighty million pressed onto the borders, endless to the eye—neither beginning nor end could be seen, their banners stretching across the sky, blotting out the sun.
When Wukong saw Kong Xuan catch up, he asked, "Did you get the Ginseng Fruit Tree?"
Kong Xuan nodded and replied, "Zhen Yuanzi wouldn’t recognize what was good for him. His fate was already sealed, and I had only intended to borrow it. Who knew he would be so unreasonable? I had no choice but to conform to destiny and send him to the Deification Platform."
Ever since Guanyin and others took the Ginseng Fruit from Zhen Yuanzi, his fortune had been in decline. Now, with the battle between Buddha and demons drawing him in, his fate came to an absolute end. Kong Xuan had thought to spare him, but since the man failed to appreciate it, Kong Xuan had no choice but to go along with the changes dictated by the Heavenly Dao, and send him to the Deification Platform. It was lamentable that Zhen Yuanzi couldn’t see the situation clearly—remaining a frog in a well, he wasted tens of thousands of years of cultivation and so many Ginseng Fruits all in vain.
Wukong sighed and said, "Well, it’s all the same. If his tribulation was not to happen at your hands, it would have occurred at the hands of the demons in the Demon Abyss of the Northern Region."
The Ginseng Fruit was an exotic treasure, but all along, Zhen Yuanzi had been holed up in the Western Heavenly Buddha Land. With notable abilities, if someone with high mana came for it, the Buddhas would naturally refuse; those with weak powers would be neatly disposed of by his spell that controlled the universe from his sleeve. Thus, for tens of thousands of years, there had been no disasters, but now with the battle between Buddha and demons occurring, his time was up, and he was destined to face his trial on the Deification Platform.
Kong Xuan stated, "I will refine the Ginseng Fruit Tree into my Five Elements Spirit Root so that it may produce twice the fruits."
Wukong replied, "Hmm, it’s still three to five days’ journey to Spiritual Mount from here. You should go into seclusion and refine it."
Kong Xuan nodded, deployed his Escape Technique, and went away to seclude himself and refine the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
Kong Xuan had not been gone for long when Supreme Holy Mother came to meet them.
The Supreme Holy Mother greeted with a smile, "Wukong."