On the Ark.

Although Grani didn't quite understand Lin Ye's meaning, she still gave the incense to Lin Ye.

When Lin Ye took the incense, he wanted to complain even more. This incense was so heavy, it was practically like Grani's spear. Where could you find such a big incense stick? It was clearly a "rip-off" scam, and Grani still fell for it. But since he had already bought it, Lin Ye decided to make it work, so he carried the "stick" of incense and went back to find the tour guide.

The tour guide was initially very impatient, but his expression immediately changed when he saw the incense in Lin Ye's hand, and his tone became much more friendly.

Lin Ye asked her about things on the mountain again, and this time she was willing to answer.

"There's another temple on the mountain?" Lin Ye asked in surprise. "Why would there be two temples on one mountain?"

"I don't know about that," the tour guide said. "But there's nothing to worry about. The temple is dilapidated and small, with few people, and there's nothing to see. Besides, the road to the top of the mountain isn't well-maintained, so it's troublesome and dangerous to get up there."

"I see?" Lin Ye thought for a moment, then asked, "How long are you going to stay in this temple? Can my friend and I go up and take a look?"

"You really want to go up there?" The tour guide frowned slightly. "It's not impossible. We'll be staying here for one night, and you just need to be back before dark. But I really don't think there's anything worth going. I've already explained it to you, and there's one more important point."

"what?"

The tour guide said seriously, "The incense offerings there won't be the same 1% discount as here. You should think it over carefully."

Lin Ye: "..."

After returning the incense to Grani, Lin Ye told the others about the other temple on the mountain. Without exception, everyone except Grani expressed interest.

“This place is no fun,” Skadi said. “It’s too noisy. We’d like to go somewhere quieter.”

“This kind of tourist attraction is definitely not interesting,” Warfarin said impatiently. “And you can’t even study the history. I just looked at the inscription on that Demon-Suppressing Vajra Stele, and it’s been so embellished that it’s unusable. The monks here know nothing either. Let’s just leave now.”

Messiah smiled and said, "I think so too. The more capable a person is, the more they like to live in a place with a wide view."

Lin Ye couldn't help but glance at Messiah, thinking to himself that the way he said those words was incredibly convincing.

Only Grani was a little unhappy: "Then my incense was bought for nothing? If you had told me earlier, I would have gone upstairs to buy more."

Her protests were ignored by everyone. Helpless, the poor little colt could only use up her enormous incense stick, which took up almost a third of the incense burner, before following the others away from Fubo Temple via the path the woman had taken earlier. Since Fubo Temple was located halfway up Fubo Mountain, it would take another hour to climb to the top. And as the guide had said, the path here was far more treacherous than the one they had just taken; it looked like it had been worn down over many years.

For an ordinary person, walking like this would be extremely difficult.

None of them were ordinary people. Even Lin Ye, who had trained with Skadi for so long, was in a physical condition far beyond that of ordinary people. So they didn't find it difficult to walk. On the contrary, because they were no longer burdened by the tour group, they walked even faster than when they first started climbing the mountain.

Even so, after walking for half an hour, they still hadn't caught up with the woman who had gone up the mountain earlier. Judging from this, she wasn't an ordinary person.

Lin Ye suddenly felt a sense of anticipation.

In his past life, he was a huge fan of novels, reading countless fantasy and cultivation stories. In those books, the most prestigious and reclusive sects were often located high up in unassuming mountains. Perhaps the temple they were visiting now was also something extraordinary? What if he encountered some ancient inheritance in the temple… wow, just thinking about it was exciting!

At this moment, a female voice interrupted Lin Ye's reverie.

"You guys are quite dedicated as reporters, actually managing to follow me all the way here."

Lin Ye raised his head and saw the woman from before standing in front of them.

"Since that's the case," the woman slowly removed her sunglasses, revealing a strikingly handsome face, "then let's stick to the usual rules. I'll give you three chances to ask questions. Come on, don't waste my time."

Before Lin Ye could speak, Warfarin frowned and said unhappily, "Who are you? Where did you come from, kid? Can you move aside? You're blocking our way."

The other person's smile gradually froze.

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Chapter 525 The Legendary Nian Beast (3K)

Lin Ye felt that when Warfarin said those words, her confident smile gradually turned into stiffness and embarrassment.

"W-What? What do you mean I'm blocking your way?" The other person's eyes widened. "Weren't you here to see me?"

"Who are you?" Warfarin's tone remained unfriendly. "Why should we come looking for you?"

"But..." The other person was about to say something more when they caught sight of Lin Ye out of the corner of their eye, as if they had suddenly remembered something. "Wait, you're from another country? Not reporters from Yan?"

Lin Ye shook his head: "No, we are pharmaceutical representatives from Ursus."

"A pharmaceutical representative?" The other person finally realized what they had misunderstood and quickly rubbed their face. "Okay, I misunderstood you. I thought you were reporters... But do you really not recognize me?"

There seemed to be a hint of expectation in the other person's voice.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Hey, I can give you a hint." The other person put their sunglasses in their mouth, freeing their hands to wave their fist in the air. "Hehehe!"

Then he kicked his leg again.

"Ada!"

Finally, I finished work and took off my sunglasses.

"How about it?" the other party asked again, "Now you should remember me, right? I have quite a market in Ursus, you know. If you've seen a movie or even just watched TV, you should remember me, right?"

Having gone this far, Lin Ye could already guess her profession, though he wasn't entirely sure, but he was pretty close. However, a problem arose: he really didn't know any movie actors, not even from Ursus, let alone Yan. But judging from her demeanor, she seemed to be a somewhat well-known actress, so it was best not to offend her.

Just as Lin Ye was pondering how to answer, the people around him spoke up in unison.

Warfarin said, "I never watch movies."

The Messiah asked, "What is a movie?"

Skadi was admiring the mountain scenery and had no attention to this place at all.

Only after a moment of thought did Grani suddenly clap his hands and exclaim, "I understand!"

The woman, exhausted from the relentless attacks, suddenly felt a glimmer of hope in her eyes after hearing Grani's words. As if grasping at a last straw, she said to Grani, "You know!? You know who I am!?"

"I know, I know," Grani nodded repeatedly. "I've seen the movie a few times too. You're the kind of actor from Yan, uh, the kind who gets beaten up!"

The actor who got beaten up?

Lin Ye almost burst out laughing, and the hope in the woman's eyes vanished in an instant.

"What do you mean by 'actor who gets beaten up'?" the woman sighed and said, "It's a martial arts actor, okay? Not one of those extras, but a relatively famous one... Never mind, you wouldn't know anyway."

After saying that, the woman thought about it again.

"Wait, it's quite interesting that you don't know who I am." The woman straightened her back and said with a hint of excitement, "I haven't been able to interact with people like a normal person in a long time because I have so many fans. If you don't recognize me... come to think of it, you really don't recognize me, right? You're not lying to me, are you?"

Women are generally more cautious.

"Why are you so dramatic?" Warfarin said. "You're too overly familiar. Move aside, we're not interested in getting to know you."

"Don't say that," Lin Ye finally stepped in to smooth things over. "Meeting in this desolate wilderness is fate."

This was Lin Ye's honest opinion. He thought women were quite interesting, at least in terms of their mindset. The fact that she could recover from her disappointment so quickly showed that she wasn't a difficult person to get along with. So why not try to make friends with her? However, Lin Ye's words were met with Warfarin's merciless sarcasm: "I think you're compatible with the vast majority of women in this world."

Lin Ye: "..."

“Yes, Lin Ye.” Messiah smiled with narrowed eyes, then reached out and patted Lin Ye on the shoulder. “That’s exactly what I think too.”

Grani was somewhat surprised: "Is Dr. Lin really that popular with women?"

Even Skadi glanced in his direction.

Lin Ye had no choice but to quickly change the subject and ask the woman's name.

"My name?" The woman thought for a moment and said, "Forget about my real name, there's nothing to say. You can call me... Hmm, let me think... Oh, right, call me Iron-Eating Beast!"

The woman snapped her fingers after speaking, clearly quite pleased with the nickname.

"Iron-eating beast?" As a transmigrator, how could Lin Ye not know the meaning of this nickname? "Giant panda?"

The iron-eating beast was somewhat surprised: "Oh, you actually knew that?"

Lin Ye was about to say how could he not know, but then he remembered that he wasn't from Yan, so he could only change his words: "I've heard of it, and I'm quite interested in Yan's culture."

"What?" Warfarin looked at him, puzzled. "Why are you interested in Yan culture now? Didn't you know nothing about Yan?"

Lin Ye sometimes really wanted to beat up Warfarin, who only knew how to sabotage things.

Fortunately, the Iron-Eating Beast didn't pay any attention to him, because Grani spoke again.

"What kind of cat is a panda?" Grani asked innocently.

“Pandas aren’t cats, they’re bears.” As he spoke, Shi Tie Shou took off his headscarf, revealing a pair of round ears that popped out from his silvery-white hair. “How can a cat have ears like that?”

"Oh, oh, oh, oh!" Grani exclaimed excitedly. "What adorable ears! Can I touch them?"

"Hmm... If a fan tries to touch my ear, I'll definitely think he's being a pervert and punch him away." The Iron-Eating Beast tilted its head and said, "But you, if you want, you can try it, but don't use too much force."

“I definitely won’t use force!” Grani ran up excitedly. “I’ve only ever seen ears like these on Ursus people’s heads. I’ve always wanted to touch them, but Ursus people are too fierce.”

"Oh, I see. Don't worry, I'm not that fierce." The Iron-Eating Beast said, patting her chest, the movement of which made it seem like she was lying.

So, what exactly happened?

Lin Ye felt somewhat speechless.

What kind of behavior is it to touch someone's ear after knowing them for less than two minutes? If it were him, and he met a girl he had just met and said to her, "I think your XX is very cute, can I touch it?", wouldn't he definitely be considered a pervert?

The reason Lin Ye thought this way was because he felt genuinely envious when he saw Grani rubbing the ears of the iron-eating beast and looking so satisfied. He also wanted to rub those fluffy ears, and as a former Chinese, his love for giant pandas was self-evident.

Of course, in order not to be seen as a pervert, Lin Ye forced himself to suppress the impulse.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries and introductions, the Iron-Eating Beast joined their group and continued their ascent up the mountain.

"I heard there was a temple on this mountain, so I wanted to come up and take a look," said the Iron-Eating Beast. "I didn't expect to hear your voices halfway up. I thought you were reporters."

Lin Ye shook his head and said, "We are also tourists. We didn't find the temple downstairs very interesting, so we wanted to come up and take a look."

"That's really not very interesting," said the Iron-Eating Beast. "It's just a place to scam gullible foreigners. How could a normal temple sell incense at such high prices? By the way, you didn't buy that kind of incense, did you?"

Lin Ye glanced at Grani and noticed that Grani's eyes were full of grievance.

"No," Lin Ye said. "Not a single one."

The iron-eating beast nodded: "That's not bad."

"Ahem, let's not talk about this." Lin Ye didn't want Grani to be too upset, so he asked, "Didn't you say you were a martial arts actor? A fairly famous one at that? Shouldn't you be filming movies all over the world? Your schedule should be packed. How could you possibly have time to come here by yourself?"

Lin Ye applies the same standards as Uncle Jackie Chan to martial arts actors.

"Acting? I don't act anymore," the Iron-Eating Beast said with a laugh. "Nobody asks me to act anymore."

There was a hint of melancholy in his laughter.

Lin Ye was about to ask what was going on when the Iron-Eating Beast shook its head again and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about such unpleasant things. So why did you come here?"