I have to get lucky right away.

Chapter 569 The Western Expeditionary Force, Set Off!

Nothing happened that night, and dawn broke again. Feng Xue, who had been freed from all possession for a long time, slept very comfortably. When he got up in the morning, he put his wife back on his ring finger and casually rubbed Delis into a golden cudgel and put it in his ear before leaving the hotel, waiting for Chen Xuan with an air of nonchalance.

Perhaps his desire to change his unfortunate fate was too strong, or perhaps he felt that if he continued to be so unlucky, he might as well die, because Chen Xuan finally appeared in front of Feng Xue an hour before the agreed time, carrying a travel bag, wearing a baseball cap, and looking like he was going on a trip.

"Have you explained everything?" Feng Xue asked calmly, looking at Chen Xuan's appearance and the completely scattered destiny chart on his head.

"Yeah, I grew up on the charity of many families. I'll just tell the neighbors. Anyway, whoever I get too close to is doomed," Chen Xuan said nonchalantly, uttering a line tinged with bitterness. Feng Xue nodded indifferently.

"What's in the bag? We've been on a long journey."

"Some dry rations, and all my belongings. It's a long journey, so if you can bring your own, don't buy anything." Chen Xuan unabashedly revealed his poverty. Feng Xue rolled her eyes and said:

"Look at your potential!"

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed a stone. In a flash of light, Chen Xuan's vision was filled with the dazzling golden light.

"Take it..."

"Oh my god!" Chen Xuan instinctively reached out with one hand to catch it, but almost strained his back. He quickly assumed a horse stance to regain his balance.

"Real gold? What kind of martial art is this?"

Chen Xuan bit it in disbelief, but found no flaws in it, and his vision blurred for a moment.

Feng Xue shrugged indifferently and said:

"Turning stone into gold is just a matter of skill. Surely I, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, can't be without even this much ability? Anyway, don't worry about the travel expenses. What I turn into gold is indeed gold; it won't turn into monkey hair. Just use it with confidence. Of course, since you've brought the items, carry them with you. Consider it a way to temper your character!"

"Alright..." Chen Xuan's expression was somewhat subtle. He handed the gold to Feng Xue, but seeing that Feng Xue really didn't want it, he could only put the several-kilogram item into his bag, which suddenly felt even heavier.

However, perhaps because animals can also acquire destiny, there is almost no basic infrastructure in the wilderness of this world. After leaving the city, the asphalt road turned into a dirt road not far away. However, the road surface is sturdy, probably because there are often experts around.

Feng Xue tentatively stomped her foot, but didn't even leave a footprint. This reminded him of the house that had withstood the aftershocks of a battle between two experts. For a moment, he began to doubt whether this world was a place with an innate material science physique (Note ①).

The official road outside the city was wide, made of rammed earth, and lined with willows just sprouting in early spring. If one ignored the strange horoscopes on the plants, everything seemed peaceful and serene.

Chen Xuan took a deep breath, feeling his breathing become much smoother, as if leaving the city that had brought him so much bad luck had lessened somewhat. He looked at Feng Xue striding confidently beside him, his heart filled with anticipation for the future, and... a faint worry about walking to the "Western Paradise".

"Big brother! Are we... just going to walk there like this?" After walking about 500 meters, Chen Xuan, carrying a backpack weighing about 20 kilograms... no, nearly 30 kilograms including gold bars, finally couldn't help but ask.

Although he had practiced some common martial arts, his unlucky fate meant he hadn't encountered any moves that matched his skills. Right now, in Feng Xue's eyes, he was just a special forces soldier with some martial arts skills. A little superhuman, but not by much.

Carrying dozens of kilograms of stuff for a few kilometers or even ten kilometers is nothing, but to walk all the way to India... can't possibly take more than ten years, can it? Feng Xue walked ahead, suppressing a smile, and said without turning her head, "Little Tang, the key to the journey to the West to obtain the scriptures lies in sincerity and being down-to-earth! The first step must be taken by walking! This is called 'being down-to-earth and measuring the mortal world,' feeling the pulse of the earth, experiencing the hardships of humankind, so that you can temper your heart for obtaining the scriptures! Do you understand? This is a sense of ritual! It is a necessary step in the evolution of your destiny!"

Chen Xuan nodded as if he understood, although the book didn't seem to say that. But considering that he had tried to change his fate for more than ten years without success, he still chose to believe Feng Xue.

The two traveled along the official road. At first, they could see some carriages and pedestrians, but the further they went, the more desolate it became. What used to be cultivated fields were now just hills and wilderness.

The walk lasted for most of the day. Although Chen Xuan was a little tired, he looked very energetic, as if he had really felt the opportunity to change his destiny from that heavy-duty cross-country race.

As it grew darker, he pulled a packet of compressed biscuits from his bag and said:

"Big brother, want something to eat?"

Seeing this, Feng Xue nodded, then shook her head and said:

"Compressed biscuits are emergency rations. Although we don't need them, we shouldn't eat them now. I'll go get you something to eat. Stay here and don't move."

After saying that, before Chen Xuan could speak, Feng Xue disappeared in a flash.

"No... Big brother, even I know you're taking advantage of me!" Chen Xuan grinned and simply squatted down to wait. Although it was only a few minutes, he suddenly had the feeling that "this big brother might have lured him to the wilderness and then abandoned him to watch the fun."

However, before this thought could even take hold, a figure darted back with a "whoosh," carrying two lunchboxes in its hand—

"Here you go. It's not easy to carry four dishes and a soup when you're traveling, so this rice bowl will have to do!"

"No compromise! No compromise!" Chen Xuan took a lunchbox and shook his head vigorously. This rice bowl was braised beef! He was used to eating at many different homes, and he was already lucky to have any meat at all. How could he have the right to complain about this?
But just as he picked up his chopsticks, he suddenly paused and said:

"Brother, I'm Tang Sanzang now, is it appropriate for me to eat meat?"

"What's inappropriate about that? We're not going to retrieve Buddhist scriptures, we're going to retrieve martial arts manuals! Do you understand martial arts manuals? No martial artist is a vegetarian! How can you build muscle and increase strength if you're vegetarian? How can you practice martial arts if you don't have strength?"

Listening to Feng Xue's tirade, Chen Xuan felt much more relaxed and quickly finished the rice bowl in his lunchbox.

Seeing his eating habits, Feng Xue sighed and cast an extra food-consuming spell on him. Otherwise, given his lack of access to oily foods, he would probably suffer from diarrhea.

After dinner, Chen Xuan, his face glowing, watched Feng Xue turn trash like lunchboxes and plastic bags into gold bars. His eyelids twitched, but he didn't dwell on it; he simply asked:

"Brother, where are we spending the night tonight?"

"Listen carefully, can you hear the sound of water? Let's walk a few more steps and set up camp by the river!"

(End of this chapter)