Starting with the divine power of the Great Vajra, he traversed the heavens.

Chapter 564 How terrifying!
"Master Ding'an, wait for me!"

At the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, a young monk of sixteen or seventeen years old was running and shouting as he carried a huge bundle on his back.

This monk was of medium height, with broad shoulders and a large back. He had a round face, a big mouth, a bulbous nose, and protruding ears. His eyes were bright and sparkling. He was quite ugly, but after looking at him for a while, he became surprisingly cute.

Ding'an stopped and turned around, saying, "You're way too slow."

Xu Zhu muttered, "Master Ding'an, the package is all on me!"

"So what?" Ding'an put his hands on his hips, mimicking the little beggar's manner, and said unreasonably, "Young people should take on more responsibilities; it's good for them."

Xu Zhu touched his bald head and asked innocently, "Really?"

Ding An nodded and said, "It's true, I used to be like this."

Xu Zhu laughed and said, "No wonder Master Ding'an is so amazing!"

Ding An took out two steamed buns from the bag behind Xu Zhu, handed one to him, and started chewing on it, muttering, "Haha, after suffering a lot of losses, there are bound to be benefits."

Xu Zhu also stuffed the food into his mouth in a few bites, choking so badly that his eyes rolled back. After desperately swallowing it, he finally asked, "What's the benefit?"

Ding An calmly took out a water bag from his bundle, ate the cornbread with the water, and laughed, "This is the benefit."

The little monk stared intently at the water bag, swallowed hard, and said, "Ah, there's water?"

Ding'an nodded and chuckled.

Xu Zhu swallowed again and said, "I'm about to choke to death!"

Ding'an handed him the water pouch, and Xuzhu took it and gulped down several mouthfuls before letting out a satisfied sigh.

"Little Xuzhu, do you know what I've learned from being bullied by that little beggar for so many years?"

"What did Master Ding'an learn from the eldest sister?"

Ding An smiled and said, "If you stumble, just wait where you are, and there will be a way to overcome it."

"Why?" Xu Zhu asked, bewildered. "Shouldn't we run away quickly?"

Ding An asked, "Are you a clever little monk?"

"I'm not smart," Xu Zhu said dejectedly.

"I'm not smart either!" Ding'an said matter-of-factly. "I'm much dumber than the little beggar and the cripple! So no matter how hard we run, we can't outrun smart people. Why don't we slow down and let them pave the way for us?"

Xu Zhu asked, confused, "You can do that?"

Ding An laughed and turned to leave: "The cripple said this is called 'haste makes waste,' Little Xu Zhu, you should learn from him!"

Xu Zhu was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

The two walked for a while in the sunset, and Xu Zhu asked, "Master Ding'an, we don't know how to play chess, so why does Abbot Xuanci want us to go to Leigu Mountain to participate in this 'Zhenlong Chess Tournament'?"

Ding An shook his head and said, "I'm not a mind reader, how would I know?"

Xu Zhu was a little stunned, and stammered, "Ah, will there be any danger?"

"when!"

"Ouch!" Xu Zhu cried out in pain, clutching his head with both hands.

Ding An said, "Why think so much? I'm not dead!"

The little monk scratched his head and chuckled, saying, "That's true. With Master Ding'an here, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Ding An frowned and said, "If you can't beat someone in the future, then run away as soon as possible."

The little monk's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed happily, "That's right! How come I didn't think of that?"

Ding An laughed and said, "Don't always be so stubborn."

Xu Zhu understood immediately and nodded repeatedly.

As the sun set, the fog thinned, and the moonlight, like water, faintly illuminated the road ahead. The two continued along the official road, gradually disappearing into the mountain valley.

Ding'an's voice drifted over slowly: "Sigh, I wonder where Brother Donkey and the others are. I miss them so much."

Xu Zhu laughed and said, "Master Ding'an, are you trying to slack off?"

"Shut up!"
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In the early morning fog in Wuyuan City, Jiangxi Province, few people are seen.

As you walk along the street, you see wine flags standing askew and hear vendors hawking their wares everywhere.

A carriage slowly drove down the street. The driver, dressed in white, smiled warmly. He was handsome and his starry eyes swept across the scene.

Under a tree by the roadside, under a blue cloth shed, there was a pile of dough like snowballs on a paulownia wood cutting board, and a copper pot was bubbling away – it was a soup noodle stall.

The man in the white robe sniffed the air and sighed, "Lamb bone soup, delicious!" He turned and asked with a smile, "Would you like some soup noodles?"

"Soup noodles?"

Two sweet, charming voices came from inside the car.

Then, a corner of the carriage curtain was lifted, revealing two pretty faces, each with a charming smile, their fair skin resembling two small white flowers, peering out.

The morning mist immediately rushed in like smoke, and upon contact with the warm air inside the car, it quickly melted away.

Azi couldn't help but shiver, and kept breathing on her hands to warm them.

Looking out, all I could see was a vast expanse of white, as if the heavens and earth were hidden behind a thick fog. The sun should have been rising by now, but it remained obscured by the mist, nowhere to be seen.

But it doesn't matter.

Azi knew that no matter how thick or dense the fog was, there would come a moment when the sun's blazing rays would tear the illusory white curtain in front of her to shreds.

“Fog is just fog,” the little girl muttered to herself. “Look further ahead, it’s still just sky.” “What are you muttering about?” Hongxiu glanced at her sideways.

"Ah, no!" Azi quickly put on a fawning smile. "Sister Hongxiu must be hungry too, right?"

"Hmph!" Hongxiu snorted arrogantly, then turned to Shaoyang with a smile, "Crippled man, I'm hungry!"

Ah Zi secretly pursed her lips behind her back, mimicking her teasy manner.

Ren Shaoyang waved his hand and laughed heartily, "Get out of the car and let's eat!"

Hongxiu and Azi cheered and jumped out of the carriage, following the white-robed man to sit at the table. After ordering their food, they looked on eagerly.

In the large pot, the broth was bubbling and rolling with golden oil, with lamb bones bobbing inside. On the counter, there were thinly sliced ​​lamb pieces and a few clusters of snow-white scallions in the bowl.

The shop owner's technique was extremely skillful; he pinched off dough pieces with his left hand and tore off noodles with his right, which rolled into the soup with a "slap slap slap" sound like rain.

"This soup looks delicious!" Azi stared intently at the soup pot, swallowed hard, and said, "I could eat two big bowls of it!"

Hongxiu scoffed, "That's all?"

Azi looked at her and pouted, "How much can Sister Hongxiu eat?"

Hongxiu snorted and raised a white index finger.

"Ah, just one bowl?" Azi said disappointedly, "What a lady."

Ren Shaoyang laughed and said, "You're wrong. The little beggar didn't mean a bowl, he meant a whole pot!"

"What the heck?!" Azi's eyes widened. "Can he eat that much?" In her heart, she cursed, "You fat pig!"

"What's so special about this?"

Ren Shaoyang chuckled and looked at Hongxiu, "Are you preoccupied? Why are you eating so little?"

Hongxiu shrugged and said, "I recently read Zhuangzi and realized that 'eating the wind and drinking the dew' means I don't need to eat so much."

"You think you can get full just by drinking the northwest wind?"

“The northwest wind doesn’t taste good!” Hongxiu said seriously, “There’s too much sand.” She paused, “The southeast wind doesn’t taste good either, it has a strong fishy smell.”

Ren Shaoyang chuckled and said, "Where does the wind taste best?"

"It's from Northeast China," Hongxiu said. "It's cool and sweet, like a popsicle!"

After listening to their words, Azi stared blankly at the table. After a long while, she suddenly sighed and whispered, "Can we still drink the wind?!"

Hongxiu's eyes darted around as she looked at Azi, then suddenly laughed and said, "Little sister Azi, you've probably never been to the Northern Border, have you?"

"No."

“Then you’ll miss out on a lot of fun,” Hongxiu said. “Things like rime ice, big carp, roe deer, and giant ginseng are so much fun.”

"Really, really?"

No matter how bad-tempered Azi was, she was still a little girl, and she was immediately captivated by the "fun" factor.

“Of course!” Hongxiu smiled. “The most interesting thing is licking the ironware outdoors.”

Azi was taken aback: "Why are you licking metal?"

“You don’t understand!” Hongxiu smiled slightly, revealing her true intentions. “After ironware has been frozen for a day in the extreme cold, it will have a sweet taste like flower stamens and honey. Licking it with your tongue is an absolute delicacy!” She closed her eyes and smiled, seemingly still savoring the taste. “I, who ‘eat the wind and drink the dew’ of the Northeast, already find it so wonderful. If you were to lick it directly, wouldn’t that be like going straight to heaven? It would be incredibly beautiful!”

"Wow!" Azi exclaimed, looking at Shaoyang, "Young Master, is it true?"

Ren Shaoyang didn't answer. Instead, he took the soup noodles the shop owner offered, thanked him, and casually said, "Let's eat first!"

"Awooo!" "Awooo!"

Hongxiu and Azi were both drawn to the soup dumplings and began to devour them.

Ren Shaoyang placed the mutton slices from his bowl into Hongxiu's bowl and asked, "When I was fighting with Xiaoyaozi, were you fighting with Murong Bo and the others?"

"Yes."

Hongxiu beamed with delight, picked up a piece of mutton to show off, and then stuffed it into her mouth with a "whoosh," saying as she chewed, "Qiao Feng is so fierce, he chased after Murong Bo and Murong Fu, those two bastards, all by himself."

“Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui were about to launch a siege, and I couldn’t stand by and watch, so I stepped in to help them.”

Ren Shaoyang took a sip of soup, sighed softly, and said, "Heh, this battle has destroyed Yanziwu."

"That's right!" Hongxiu slurped down a bowl, then asked for another, exclaiming, "It's just a pity we couldn't keep them here."

Ren Shaoyang chuckled and said, "It must have been Xiaoyaozi who made the move in secret, not your fault."

"Mmm!" Hongxiu started slurping her food again.

Ren Shaoyang turned his head and saw Azi looking at him with pouty eyes. He shook his head and smiled, added a piece of meat to her mouth, and then said, "The people we're going to face next are no ordinary people."

"Is she very strong?" Hongxiu glanced at Azi, who was grinning foolishly, and suddenly snatched the piece of mutton from the bowl with her chopsticks.

Azi froze, staring at the bowl. Her eyes instantly reddened, her lips trembled, and large tears welled up in her eyes, but she dared not cry out. She just stared intently at the meat on the tip of the red-sleeved chopsticks.

Hongxiu, without looking to the side, slowly and methodically stuffed the meat into her mouth.

Ren Shaoyang sighed and said, "A Bodhisattva incarnation, how terrifying."

Hongxiu paused slightly as she ate her chopsticks and said, "Let's find Gun Gun and the others first."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)