I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

The elders of the Goddess Sect still wished to persuade her to stay, but the green-clad woman had already vanished.

The elder with the large head knelt on the ground, lamenting as if mourning: "It's over, the Goddess Sect is completely over now!"

Without the Fairy Cave, they had also lost the long-term source of Divine Lady Tree seeds.

The Immortal Tree that protected the sect was also taken away by the green-clad woman, greatly compromising the future safety of the Goddess Sect.

Now, the Goddess Sect had no protection from Divinity Transformation experts, and without the Fairy Cave to nurture talent long-term. Even the Divine Lady Tree was gone, could it still be considered the Goddess Sect?

Previously, when people from the New Heaven Sect invaded, there was the Immortal Tree to help resist.

Now that the Immortal Tree was gone, if more cultivators targeted the Goddess Sect, who could protect them?

"Master Kong Wu, the fact that the Goddess Sect was able to repel the New Heaven Sect this time was all thanks to your help. Since it's rare for you to come to the Southern State, why not visit the island for a while?"

Others might not recognize Monk Kongwu, but Elder Mei definitely did.

However, as soon as Elder Mei finished speaking, a female elder beside them coldly interjected:

"The New Heaven Sect is just a ragtag group that we could have solved sooner or later. We didn't need this monk's help at all. Instead, it was the monk's meddling that caused us to lose the Immortal Tree."

The female elder glared menacingly at Monk Kongwu: "Monk Kongwu, how will you compensate us?"

The words of the female elder awakened Monk Kongwu, and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes, if not for this monk's activation of the shrine, it wouldn't have startled the Immortal Tree, nor the goddess within it. Now that the Immortal Tree has disappeared, it is indeed my fault."

He looked quite dejected, thinking he had done a good deed but unintentionally brought about adverse effects.

The female elder's expression softened slightly, saying: "You truly are a reasonable person, worthy of being a high monk from the Little Leiyin Temple. Since you admit your mistake, let us discuss how you could compensate us."

Monk Kongwu said with a bitter expression: "This monk is destitute, and moreover, the Immortal Tree is priceless. How could this monk afford to compensate for it?"

The female elder's expression changed again: "So, you admit your mistake yet refuse to accept punishment?"

Several female elders approached, some eyes already fixed on Monk Kongwu's kasaya and shrine!

Even if these people had never met Monk Kongwu, they had at least heard of his shrine and kasaya. Who wouldn't covet such treasures, one must ask?

"Fourth Elder, you are mistaken!"

Tian Lin, who had received help from Kong Wu several times and admired his character, couldn't stay silent as a friend.

He said: "The Immortal Tree willingly followed that green-clad fairy; it wasn't Monk Kong Wu who drove it away. Shouldn't you find that green-clad fairy if you want the Immortal Tree back? But in truth, the Immortal Tree belonged to the green-clad fairy; she took back her own belonging, so how is that wrong?"

Monk Kongwu's eyes lit up, and much of his heart's burden was lifted.

The elder's face turned angry upon hearing this and said: "Tian Lin, you as a disciple of the Wenda Sect, you're interfering in the affairs of the Goddess Sect?"

Tian Lin frowned and said: "How can this matter be considered the private affair of the Goddess Sect? Moreover, Monk Kong Wu is my friend, I cannot stand by and do nothing about his matters."

The elder sneered at his words, speaking to the elders and disciples behind her: "Look, without the Immortal Tree, even a Golden Core cultivator dares to oppose us now."

Tian Lin dared not be accused of opposing the Goddess Sect, even if their strength was not what it once was and far from its immortal gate grandeur.

"This disciple dares not oppose the Goddess Sect, I merely adhere to what is right."

The elder ignored Tian Lin, her eyes fixed intensely on Monk Kongwu:

"Monk, you claimed you didn't know how to compensate our sect for the Immortal Tree, which shows you are reasonable, willing to accept punishment.

Let me give you sound advice. Don't you have a kasaya and shrine? Offer them to us as recompense, then we'll be even."

This time, without needing Tian Lin to speak, Aunt Dan, who was behind the monk, suddenly mocked:

"So, it turns out your plan was to lay hands on my master's immortal artifacts. In the past, when your Goddess Sect had Divinity Transformation experts and the Immortal Tree on your side, you could take with force and call it done.

Now that you have nothing, where do you find the nerve to extort from my master?"

Several elders didn't recognize Aunt Dan, unsure of her origins and audacity to challenge sect elders.

Fortunately, someone recognized Aunt Dan.

A middle-aged female cultivator stepped forward, frowning at Aunt Dan: "Dan Erniang, your family has served our sect for generations. Even your Foundation Establishment realm was attained with a Foundation Establishment Pill bestowed by our sect—why do you now speak for outsiders?"

Aunt Dan retorted angrily: "You remember my family's service to your sect for generations? Yet when hard times come, you discard us like worn shoes? My entire family is gone now, leaving me without any kin. Everyone in this world is an outsider to me, so why shouldn't I speak for myself?"

"Courting death!"

The elder didn't dare make a move against Monk Kongwu or the Wenda Sect's Tian Lin, but couldn't restrain herself from acting against this background-less Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Sadly, Aunt Dan previously had no backing. But now, having Master Kong Wu's support, when the elder reached for her, she found only Monk Kong Wu's kasaya before her.

Seeing Monk Kongwu backing her, Aunt Xin and others were fearlessly rebuking their 'former masters': "When the New Heaven Sect was causing chaos, you fled with the food, leaving us nothing. Now that we've driven them off, you still want to scam our immortal artifacts—attacking us repeatedly, do you still consider yourselves righteous people?"

"Indeed, without us, they would have long been trapped by the New Heaven Sect."

A group of people chattered noisily, while the Goddess Sect's people, realizing they couldn't handle these Foundation Establishment cultivators with force, resorted to cursing and reprimanding.

Tian Lin observed this and finally said to the Goddess Sect elder: "The elders should know that this kasaya and shrine do not belong to Monk Kong Wu but were temporarily lent to him by the Little Leiyin Temple to prevent his injury.

Therefore, Master Kong Wu cannot donate the shrine and kasaya to you—even if he did, people from the Little Leiyin Temple might come knocking one day. Could you withstand that?"

The elders were momentarily speechless, the Little Leiyin Temple existed only in legends. At least, it was a sect they had never seen, only heard about in books.

Even at the end of the Daqi Dynasty's world, they couldn't destroy the Little Leiyin Temple, which attests to its strength and foundations.

If they bullied a disciple from the Little Leiyin Temple today, who could withstand their retaliation in the future?

But if they couldn't obtain the kasaya or shrine, the Goddess Sect didn't need to wait for the Little Leiyin Temple's visit. Before that, without the protection of the Immortal Tree, they would be carved up by those with ill intentions.

Thus, choosing between dying sooner or later seemed like a losing choice either way.