Rebirth as a Willow Tree, building the strongest tribe in all of eternity
Chapter 1001 - Chapter 1001 Chapter 628 Diligent Sun Wukong_2

Chapter 1001: Chapter 628: Diligent Sun Wukong_2 Chapter 1001: Chapter 628: Diligent Sun Wukong_2 At that moment, the horses were each leisurely leaning to one side, chewing on the fresh and tender grass roots, already accustomed to this scene, and some intelligent Celestial Horses even took the initiative to help.

Jiang Hui did not hide his presence or form, so as soon as he arrived, the monkey noticed and patted the dry dirt off its rear, hurrying over with a little trot.

“Master, what brings you here today? Did you come specifically to inspect my work these past days?”

The monkey scratched the fur on its face while holding a freshly picked Immortal Peach, smiling playfully as it offered it to Jiang Hui.

“If I’m not mistaken, this peach is the first one born from the Ten Thousand Peach Trees since they bloomed.

Although the Ten Thousand Peach Trees are not as flawless as the World Tree or the Tree of All Paths, they’re still quite precious and rare.

They mature every thirty thousand years, and once mature, they can produce ten thousand peaches. Eating them can greatly strengthen the body and enhance vitality. However, before that, they produce a single first fruit. Just this one, bitter and tough, yet possessing effects not found in other fruits, capable of strengthening the skin and muscles to a point where not even hurricanes can damage them. Am I right?”

The Stone Monkey nodded repeatedly in agreement.

In reality, it had no idea about this; it was just instinct telling it that this first fruit was extraordinary, especially since such a large tree produced only one.

“Though it’s extraordinary, this effect is minimal to me, but for you, it’s quite significant. You keep it for yourself to eat; you don’t need to give it to me. To me, this thing is no different from those ordinary fruits.”

Jiang Hui smiled gently.

“Master… then I respectfully obey…”

The Stone Monkey, already drooling with desire, upon hearing Jiang Hui’s words, didn’t hesitate. It grinned and was about to stuff the Spirit Peach into its mouth,

but just then.

An invisible force suddenly surged forward, restraining the hand of the Stone Monkey that was holding the peach.

The Immortal Peach was just a centimeter away from its mouth, but it could no longer proceed any further no matter how hard it tried.

“Master?”

The Stone Monkey, confused, looked up at Jiang Hui, thinking Jiang Hui had changed his mind and hurriedly instinctively offered the peach back to him.

“I said I won’t eat it. This Immortal Peach is extraordinary, but it’s been weathered for a long time and tastes sour and bitter. It’s not too late to eat it after I’ve washed it for you.”

Jiang Hui could barely contain his amusement and shook his head. Then, with a thought, he magically summoned a handful of clear water, enveloping the Immortal Peach from the Stone Monkey’s hand.

The water flowed gently, instantly transforming into thousands of sparkling and transparent little hands, delicately brushing over the Immortal Peach, carefully removing the mud, fuzz, and impurities.

Very soon.

The handful of spirit water had become murky.

With a blow of the wind.

It turned into steam and vanished.

It wasn’t that Jiang Hui was a cleanliness freak.

At his level, cleanliness no longer mattered; his body was immune to all diseases, impervious to water and fire, and a single breath could extinguish star fires and shake the Star River; a drop of his blood could collapse mountains.

The clear water he summoned was not just ordinary water, but was formed from magical power, possessing the marvelous ability to cleanse impurities and restore authenticity.

Although the Immortal Peach was already potent, especially since it grew under the concealment of the World Tree.

However, the saying goes ‘no one is perfect,’ and the same applied to spirit plants; they also contained some impurities–not that it affected the taste, but it did reduce the effectiveness when eaten.

By washing away the impurities with the spirit water, only then could the Immortal Peach truly be considered a genuine Immortal Peach.

This action.

First, was to reward the Stone Monkey for its hard work over the past period, and second, to later allow the Stone Monkey to blood-incubate the egg with more peace of mind.

People even get small gifts for donating blood, right? He was, after all, the Master of Liu Village; he couldn’t be too shabby.

Suddenly.

Jiang Hui felt as though he might have a knack for being a ruthless capitalist.

…

…

Without needing any explicit reminder, after being washed by the spirit water, the Stone Monkey already felt the subtle changes in the Immortal Peach in its hand.

As for exactly what improvements there were, it couldn’t specify… but it just felt different from before.

“Then I can eat it now, Master!”

The Stone Monkey fiddled with the fresh and juicy peach in its hand, licked its lips, and instinctively swallowed its saliva.

After the recent “washing”, the peachiness of the Immortal Peach had become even richer and more tempting, making it almost unbearable not to take a few bites first to satisfy its craving.

“That’s your Immortal Peach, eat it whenever you want to–also, next time you speak, remember to put ‘master’ at the beginning.”

Jiang Hui gave a wry smile. He didn’t know whom the Stone Monkey had learned such inverted sentences from, but it sure sounded terrifying.

The Stone Monkey sniffed and, looking at his master’s face, which resembled a jade sculpture, was so moved that he almost cried at that moment.

The master is really kind.

To give him such delicious peaches to eat. Even if they couldn’t enhance his abilities, just tasting them was good enough.

Right then.

Without hesitating, without saying another word, he put the Immortal Peach into his mouth and in no time, he even swallowed the pit.

“Tasty?” Jiang Hui couldn’t help but smile.

Normally, the pits of ordinary peaches couldn’t be eaten, as their walls are hard and their kernels bitter and poisonous. However, the pit of this Immortal Peach was edible, and it even tasted quite good.

Even though he hadn’t tasted it himself, Jiang Hui could tell.

“Delicious, crispy, sweet, and the juice is especially plump. It’s just that even though the peach doesn’t look that big, once you eat it, it feels so filling that I can’t eat another… Oh no!”

The Stone Monkey stated bluntly, while he rubbed his somewhat round belly and shook his head.

Before, he could eat hundreds or even thousands, but this time, just one fruit made him completely full, leaving him a bit displeased as he couldn’t indulge as he would have liked.

“As long as it’s delicious. You’ve had your fill; now, I have an honorable task for you,” said Jiang Hui with a smile, rubbing the Stone Monkey’s head.

His fur felt sleek and glossy, just like those horses.

It seemed that while looking after the horses, this little fellow also took good care of himself.

Even his originally fierce features seemed much more pleasing to the eye now.

He didn’t bother to ask whether the monkey was willing to accept the task, because, after all, he had hatched the Stone Monkey from a Dragon Egg, just like Gu Chen.

Initial Faith Value and loyalty were both full.

So there was absolutely no need to make an extra effort.

As expected, as soon as Jiang Hui finished speaking, the Stone Monkey eagerly nodded like a pecking chicken.

“Hahaha, truly a stalwart citizen of mine. In seven days, help me hatch this Dragon Egg,” Jiang Hui said, casually pulling out the Epic Level Dragon Egg from his personal bag.

The Dragon Egg hovered in the air, emitting a faint glow, like a living volcano radiating intimidating, terrifying heat.

“One drop a day. Anytime is fine, but keep dripping blood on the Dragon Egg for a continuous seven days.”

“Hatching eggs? Dripping blood?”

The Stone Monkey, full of fighting spirit and ready to accept his glorious task, was instantly taken aback.

Was this the honorable task his master had mentioned? It seemed off.

“Yes, don’t forget it has to be blood from the fingertip…”

Jiang Hui remembered, emphasizing the point.

Dripping other kinds of blood, no matter how much, would be useless.

The Stone Monkey scratched his head in confusion. Although he didn’t understand, he instinctively nodded and carefully took the Dragon Egg.

Not understanding was a question of his own enlightenment. As long as it was a task given by the master, it was all honorable.

He immediately bit his finger, and a drop of fresh blood fell onto the Dragon Egg.

With an expression that said, “You are teachable,” Jiang Hui repeated his instructions to the Stone Monkey and didn’t linger any longer; he transformed into a gust of Clear Wind and left.

Soon.

Seven days passed in a flash.

Jiang Hui, timing his arrival to the Imperial Horse Superintendency.

He hadn’t yet approached.

The Epic Level Dragon Egg entrusted to the Stone Monkey directly transformed into a streak of light and shot into the bag inside his sea of consciousness.

Jiang Hui focused his concentration and looked over.

At the same time, a loud notification sound rang out.

“Congratulations, the hatching of the Epic Level Dragon Egg was successful.”

“Epic Level Dragon Egg Reward: Pure Blood Beast Meat (several), Shepherd Grass Seeds (several), River Fish from Jiang Gate (several), Primary Spirit Gathering Array (one), Ordinary Immortal Gate Construction Order (one), Dam Key (Two-thirds authority) (Rare)!”