stonecrandall Chapter 5 The People from Shenxiang
Chapter 5 The People from Shenxiang
Holding the string of copper coins she had collected with a happy smile, Chen Xiaohu had already decided what she would eat later. Just thinking about the fragrant meat buns made her stomach rumble.
"Sniff sniff!!"
Just as Chen Xiaohu was thinking about the big meat bun, she actually smelled the aroma of a meat bun! No, it was a meat bun!
In an instant, Chen Xiaohu's eyes sharpened, completely different from her previous dazed and drooling appearance.
Chen Xiaohu's gaze quickly locked onto a package on the ground not far away, and the aroma of meat buns was wafting from there!
Package = Big Meat Bun
If it falls on the ground, it means nobody wants it, which means he can pick it up.
Chen Xiaohu, who usually doesn't like to use his brain, works faster than anyone else when it comes to food. The equation was established in his mind instantly. Chen Xiaohu was about to pick up the big meat bun when he heard a sharp whooshing sound.
Chen Xiaohu immediately took a half step back when a dark shadow attacked, embedding itself between him and the package. The shadow was actually a straight tree branch, but the branch, which should have been fragile, was now deeply embedded in the ground.
Following the tree branch that Fang Xiu was coming from, Chen Xiaohu saw a boy who looked about her age standing on the roof above. It was Fang Xiu who had come all the way here.
"You must be Chen Xiaohu, right?" Fang Xiu asked knowingly, then leaped down from the roof, landing lightly without making a sound.
Fang Xiu's purpose in coming to find Chen Xiaohu was simple: to build a good relationship with Chen Xiaohu. Although Chen Xiaohu was a glutton, he was a true friend, and being a friend was always better than being an opponent.
The effect of using meat buns to pave the way was simply unparalleled. Chen Xiaohu's personality was exactly as Fang Xiu understood it; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she had the heart of a child.
"Delicious! Fang Xiu, you're such a kind person!"
Fang Xiu did not linger in Canghu Village for long. He would usually return to the mountains and forests at night to transform into his true form and cultivate, absorbing spiritual energy and moonlight.
After comparison, Fang Xiu found that the spiritual energy on the mountain was much richer than that in Canghu Village. Moreover, for some reason, he absorbed more moonlight in the mountain forest than in Canghu Village. As a result, Fang Xiu got used to returning to the mountain, since it was only a few steps away anyway.
Such days did not last long. One day, in Canghu Village, Fang Xiu heard someone shouting.
"No, look again carefully! You must look closely and try your best! You can't just look with your eyes; you have to look with your heart!"
"Shrewd? Are you saying I'm cunning?!"
"No, no! I didn't mean that! Look, look!"
"This is just a blank sheet of paper, flipped over and over again. What exactly are you trying to show me?"
"I... never mind, it's okay."
The young man in the red robe looked dejected as he took a piece of white paper from the scholar's hand and walked away without looking back.
As he walked, he kept muttering, "I drew lots for 12 villages, and I got nothing from the first 11. My year-end bonus is going to be gone again!"
The red-robed youth with a mournful face was naturally the divine messenger who came to recruit students. However, he was an unlucky fellow who had failed to meet his enrollment quota for a hundred years in a row.
And the other party was exactly the target Fang Xiu had been waiting for; the opportunity to enter the Divine Academy had finally arrived.
Looking at the divine messenger before him, Fang Xiu estimated their respective strengths. The result was that Fang Xiu felt he could easily crush his opponent, after all, this was someone even Chen Xiaohu could hardly defeat, and Fang Xiu had basically never lost a battle against Chen Xiaohu.
After a hundred years of fruitless harvests, the young divine being thought this would be another tragic end, and was about to leave Crouching Tiger Village, this place of sorrow, when...
Damn, a surprise fell from the sky!
"Brother Ma! Our luck has finally turned around!!"
Two! Two clever kids! Not only will he get his year-end bonus, but he'll also receive an extra reward. The Red Robe God is absolutely ecstatic!
Having successfully obtained their admission notices from Shenxiang High School, Fang Xiu and Chen Xiaohu promptly stamped their fingerprints on the letters. That's right, Fang Xiu was also illiterate. It was already remarkable that he could understand human speech, let alone read. He was dreaming.
Seeing that the admission notices to the Divine Academy in Fang Xiu and Chen Xiaohu's hands were already verified, the young divine messenger's eyes filled with tears. It hadn't been easy! A hundred years! A full hundred years! He had finally recruited people!!
Overjoyed and weeping, the red-robed messenger left a single sentence before disappearing.
"My two little friends, follow the spirit guide and you will reach the divine academy. Until we meet again! Hahahaha!!"
"Who is that strange person? And what's this paper for?"
Chen Xiaohu was still out of it. Fang Xiu had brought him a piece of paper covered in scribbles and asked him to put his handprint on it. Xiaohu hadn't thought much about it and had just put his handprint on it. So he still didn't understand what was going on.
Xiao Hu's unquestioning trust made Fang Xiu chuckle. He immediately explained to him that, in short, they could start cultivating immortality, and most importantly, they could eat many delicious foods that they couldn't eat before!
When food was mentioned, Chen Xiaohu immediately perked up, especially when she heard Fang Xiu rattle off a list of dishes, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
It's decided! Chen Xiaohu is definitely going to cultivate into an immortal!
For a moment, flames seemed to dance in Chen Xiaohu's eyes, a burning determination in his heart!
It was at this moment that two small figures emerged from the admission notice.
"Greetings, Master. I am your guide spirit—Xiao Qian/Xiao Kun. From now on, I will be your guide, responsible for leading you to the Gathering Spirit Academy!"
With the guidance of the spirit guide, Chen Xiaohu immediately went back to say goodbye to her grandfather, Taiheng Zhenjun. Fang Xiu, on the other hand, bought a lot of water and food in the village. Although for him and Xiaohu, two big eaters, eating all this food wouldn't last long, they still had to have some on hand.
Guided by the road spirit, Fang Xiu and Xiao Hu, having finished getting ready, chose to enter the You entrance, since Fang Xiu didn't want to experience what it felt like to rush into the latrine.
After passing through the You entrance, the world spun around them, and in the blink of an eye, Fang Xiu and his companions found themselves in an unfamiliar place. Looking up, they saw a towering mountain in the distance that seemed to connect with the sky—Mount Buzhou!
Even though they were still quite a distance from Buzhou Mountain, it still occupied their entire field of vision.
"Wow, what a tall and huge mountain! Much taller than Wolong Mountain!" Xiao Hu couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
"Of course! Master, that's Mount Buzhou! If you want to reach the Concentration Academy, you must first climb to the top."
"No wonder we set off early," Xiao Hu exclaimed in understanding.
Just then, the entrance to the You Gate behind Fang Xiu and his companions rippled, and the first to emerge were a pair of Black and White Impermanence. Behind them was a sedan chair, carried by Ox-Head and Horse-Face.
Seeing this scene, Fang Xiu's eyes flashed with understanding. The person who appeared was even more extraordinary: the future number one expert of Shenxiang, the crown prince of the Yama family, one of the iron triangle of the protagonist group, and the eternal Jade Void Level One—Yan Xiaoqi!