Qingfeng''s fiery temper flared instantly, and with a heated mind he cried out, "It must have been those monks who stole it! Despite claiming not to eat or like it, they sneakily eat it behind our backs, truly detestable. Come on, let''s go settle the score with them."

    As Qingfeng spoke, he marched outside.

    Mingyue said, "Qingfeng, you have no evidence. How can you be so sure it was them who stole it?"

    Qingfeng snorted, "In the thousand miles around this Mount Wanshou, who doesn''t know of our Wuzhuang Temple''s fame? Who would dare to stir up trouble?

    Now, besides you and me, only they are left on the mountain. If the ginseng fruit has gone missing, who else could have done it?

    Is there even a need to think about it?

    Moreover, have you ever heard of a monk who eats meat?

    If they dare to eat meat, what could stop them from stealing?"

    Mingyue, considering his words, agreed, "Right, let''s go talk to them together!" Enjoy new chapters from empire

    The two quickly arrived at Tang Sanzang''s residence and stood outside shouting. "Tang Sanzang, we thought you were a venerable monk, but you led others to steal our fruits; you''re really despicable!"

    Mingyue followed up by yelling, "You claim they taste bad and refuse them, yet you sneakily steal our fruits. You two-faced scoundrel, come out and apologize immediately!"

    Just as Tang Sanzang was about to take a nap, he heard the two slandering him, but instead of getting angry, he merely sat there, smiling and listening.

    Mingyue and Qingfeng scolded for a good half-hour until they were hoarse and finally stopped.

    Mingyue said, "Qingfeng, this monk knows how to hold his breath. Knowing he''s in the wrong, he lets us curse without talking back. I''m feeling a bit better already, how about you?"

    Qingfeng scoffed, "That''s because he knows we''re not accusing him unjustly. This is clearly guilt written all over him."

    Just then, the window was pushed open, and a shining bald head poked out. The man naively asked, "Which Tang Sanzang are you scolding, and what exactly did he do?"

    Bang!

    Both dropped what they were holding and stood dumbfounded!

    The bald head replied without hesitation, "They are my disciples, I trust them. You are not my disciple, why should I believe you?"

    Qingfeng and Mingyue nearly passed out from rage upon hearing this—protective yes, but they had never seen anyone be so blunt!

    But Sun Wukong, Zhu Ganglie, Sha Wujing, and the others felt a warmth in their hearts, thinking, "Our thieving bald master is actually quite decent..."

    Mingyue said, "Sun Wukong, you claim it wasn''t you. Then how come one of our ginseng fruits is missing? There are only you and us on Mount Longevity, if it wasn''t you who took it, are you suggesting we took it ourselves?"

    The bald head leaned towards Mingyue and said, "It might have been pecked by chickens..."

    "You think it''s some wild berry to be pecked by chickens? Why don''t you say it was eaten by bugs?" Mingyue, unable to tolerate any further, yelled straight in the bald head''s face.

    The bald head, splattered with saliva, replied, "That could be possible..."

    Mingyue immediately clutched his chest and squatted to one side, feeling like talking any more with this bald man could kill him with frustration!

    The bald head asked Sun Wukong, "Wukong, did you take it?"

    Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Master, if it''s not ours, we wouldn''t take it." Then he paused and added, "We only take what we are supposed to take. Didn''t Master divide one ginseng fruit among us? If someone isn''t giving us our share, then we have to help ourselves."

    Upon hearing this, Qingfeng and Mingyue were somewhat embarrassed and then infuriated!

    Qingfeng pointed at Sun Wukong and said, "So you admit that you took our ginseng fruit without our permission?"

    Sun Wukong smiled and said, "It''s not that we took yours, we took the one our master gave us. Besides, how can you prove that the one we ate wasn''t the one our master allocated to us? And how can you prove that the one you ate wasn''t the one that was missing?"

    Qingfeng and Mingyue, furious upon hearing this, exclaimed, "You monkey, stop twisting words and forcing logic! Do we even need to discuss this? We picked two for Elder Tang to eat, since he didn''t eat them, we took them back to eat ourselves. The fruit wouldn''t last once off the tree, of course, we had to make the best use of it! As for you? Undeserving of the fruit, naturally, we wouldn''t give it to you."

    The two stood their ground, adamantly arguing that Sun Wukong and the others did not have the moral character to deserve the fruit.

    Sun Wukong, frustrated yet amused, said, "We don''t deserve it? And you two, appropriating someone else''s fruit for yourselves, you deserve to eat it?"

    Qingfeng and Mingyue were rooted to the spot, their little faces flushed as they glared at Sun Wukong.

    Sun Wukong said, "Honestly, we''re all in the same boat here, no one should be laughing at anyone else. If you ask me, we''re not unreasonable people. Our master gave us one, so we took one, eating what we deserved. If we were as bad as you think, would there still be half a fruit left on that tree? If there is, I''ll take your surname!"