CHAPTER 534: CHAPTER 474, THE WEDDING GIFT

Sun Wukong leapt and landed on the bridge, grinning and said, "Little Fairy, Old Sun has come here to find Emperor Gouchen, but it seems Emperor Gouchen has moved. Do you know where he’s moved to?"

Little Fairy? Shi Ji furrowed her brows, eyed Sun Wukong, and said, "I’m older than you!"

Sun Wukong raised his head and puffed out his chest, saying proudly, "But Old Sun’s abilities are greater than yours. We cultivators measure seniority by Cultivation."

Shi Ji calmly looked at Sun Wukong, thinking to herself that a billion years ago during the Divine Enthronement, I was already a Daluo Golden Immortal. Where do you get the confidence to be so presumptuous in front of me? Oh well~ just a junior after all.

Shi Ji calmly said, "Do you know why you can’t find Gouchen Emperor Palace?"

"Why? Could it be that Emperor Gouchen hasn’t moved?"

"Gouchen Emperor Palace has always been right here. If you can’t see it, doesn’t that mean Emperor Gouchen doesn’t wish to see you?"

"Always been here? Impossible, Old Sun has searched everywhere. No Illusion Technique Array can escape Old Sun’s eyes."

Shi Ji took a few steps forward and her figure suddenly vanished from sight.

Sun Wukong’s eyes lit up, he hurriedly rushed over but passed right through where Shi Ji disappeared, then ran back, waving his hand around, but not a trace of the palace was to be found.

Sun Wukong scratched his head in distress on the stone bridge, wondering why Emperor Gouchen didn’t want to meet him.

A thought suddenly struck him, could it be because my Tao Te Ching is not yet completely copied, and that’s why the Emperor is reluctant to meet me? Yes, that must be it.

Sun Wukong sheepishly called out loudly, "Emperor, I’ll go back to copy the Scripture now, Old Sun always keeps his word, I’ll definitely finish copying."

After the loud shout, he turned and soared up into the sky.

...

In the Bird’s Nest, Bai Jin was still pondering how to make the Big Chaos in Heaven invisible.

Shi Ji walked in from outside and said directly, "Master, Sun Wukong is outside looking for you. Why won’t you see him? Didn’t you say Sun Wukong is important?"

Bai Jin came back to his senses and chuckled lightly, "Distance makes the heart grow fonder. What is easily obtained is never valued. Let him cool his heels for now.

Did Junior Sister come over for something?"

Shi Ji sat opposite Bai Jin and said, "Master, the West Sea Dragon Palace is about to hold a wedding, Third Prince Ao Lie of the West Sea is marrying Wansheng Princess of Emerald Waves Lake, should we go and give them a congratulatory gift?"

"West Sea Dragon Palace," Bai Jin pondered for a moment and then said, "Let Shen Gongbao handle it."

Shi Ji frowned and said, "Can Shen Gongbao truly represent us from Jie Sect?"

"No need to represent Jie Sect, just let him send a congratulatory gift on behalf of Gouchen Palace is enough."

"Representing Gouchen Palace, is his status not too low for that?"

"Junior Sister, if I say he’s sufficient, then he is sufficient."

Shi Ji was speechless, having a capricious master makes being a Secretary so difficult! She asked, "What congratulatory gift should we send?"

Bai Jin carelessly said, "Just send something casual, like catching a couple of birds to send over, symbolizing flying wing to wing.

Snap a piece of vine to send, symbolizing lasting marital bliss.

Let Ao Bing and Ziyao go together and offer greetings, representing the auspicious dragon and phoenix."

Shi Ji made a strange face and said, "Master, that might not be appropriate!

Although the symbolism is good, it seems to lack sincerity."

Bai Jin casually said, "Just handle it that way, this wedding won’t happen."

"Master, what do you mean by that?"

"I have seen that Third Prince Ao Lie before, and judging by his facial features, he is destined to be solitary for life, with no marriage in his fate. Therefore, this marriage is certainly doomed."

Shi Ji said with surprise, "Elder Brother, you know how to read faces?"

"Haha~ I have some understanding, some understanding. I learned a bit from the Eldest Uncle in the past."

Shi Ji pondered and said, "Since Elder Brother has seen it, then it must be correct. In that case... I will do as Elder Brother suggested."

Thinking of sending those items as congratulatory gifts, Shi Ji immediately decided to appoint Shen Gongbao as the congratulator. Truly, Elder Brother is incomparably wise.

As for insufficient status? Who says so? Shen Gongbao is clearly as close to us as family, and of course, he can represent our Gouchen Palace.

Shi Ji stood up and walked outside. As he passed through the garden, he casually broke off a vine and left.

...

The next day, Sun Wukong came to the pond again with a stack of scriptures and a basket of fruit, standing on the bridge and looking around, he shouted loudly, "Emperor, Old Sun has returned, and I have finished copying the scriptures you punished me to copy."

Suddenly, heaven and earth spun around, everything turned ethereal and vanished, and Sun Wukong was astonished to find that everything in heaven and earth had changed, even the pond had disappeared.

A palace complex lay in front of him with a main hall of a very strange shape, with curved walls all around and White Cloud leisurely drifting above the walls.

A portal appeared on the wall, and Shi Ji, clad in a black Bone Spirit Robe, walked out, looked at Sun Wukong and nodded slightly, saying, "Emperor Gouchen is letting you in!"

Sun Wukong gave a bow and chuckled, "Thank you! Thank you very much!"

He reached into the fruit basket and handed a Flat Peach to Shi Ji, grinning, "This is for you!"

Shi Ji reached out, and the Flat Peach flew up and landed in his palm. His mouth twitched slightly; it was an unripe Flat Peach that was less than three thousand years old.

Sun Wukong hopped and skipped into the Bird’s Nest, looking around.

A voice suddenly appeared next to Sun Wukong’s ear: "Come to the Artifact Refining Hall to see me!"

"Uh~" Sun Wukong scratched his ear and looked around confused in the garden, the Artifact Refining Hall? Where is that? A sense of guidance seemed to come out of nowhere.

Sun Wukong immediately followed the guidance and ran ahead, soon arriving in front of a grand hall. The signboard above the hall read Artifact Refining Hall.

Sun Wukong pushed open the door and peeked inside, just in time to see Emperor Gouchen sitting in front of an Artifact Refining Furnace, the aura in the hall was so intense that even Sun Wukong felt a tad overheated.

Sun Wukong grinned and ran in, calling out cheerily, "Emperor, Old Sun has brought you some tasty treats."

He proudly lifted the basket in his hand, and peaches within it were emitting an enticing fragrance.

Bai Jin said with a smile, "Are these Flat Peaches yours?"

Sun Wukong puffed out his chest and said proudly, "Emperor, Old Sun has changed now. I am the Great Sage Equalling Heaven now, the whole Immortal Peach Orchard is within my jurisdiction. If you want to eat Flat Peaches in the future, just let me know, and Old Sun will bring them to you."

"Did you finish copying the scripture?"

"Of course!" Sun Wukong lifted up a thick stack of scriptures in his hands, shouting, "I truly had a hard time finishing these."

Bai Jin reached out, and one of the scriptures that Sun Wukong was holding immediately flew out and into her hand.

Bai Jin flipped open to take a glance and said helplessly, "You need to practice your writing, it looks just like it’s been scratched out by a monkey."

Sun Wukong said with an awkward laugh, "My handwriting is like my Master’s."

"Master Puti’s handwriting is certainly not like this."

Sun Wukong’s face changed dramatically as he exclaimed, "How do you know my Master is Ancestor Master?"

A surge of shock ran through his heart. Before he had left, his Master had repeatedly instructed him never to reveal his lineage to anyone. How could the Emperor possibly know? Would the Ancestor Master think that I disclosed my lineage?

Bai Jin said with a chuckle, "I knew Master Puti long before you were even conceived!"