CH 39

Taking a few glances at the silver ingots in Bai Lingmiao's hands, Li Huowang reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver coin to place on top.

Before Li Huowang could speak, Bai Lingmiao quickly interjected, "The gold bracelet has already been melted down. I saw it with my own eyes. It can't be redeemed anymore."

Seeing Li Huowang's mouth hanging open in shock, Bai Lingmiao laughed triumphantly, feeling like she had won. She stuffed the silver into Li Huowang's arms and said, "Don't worry, the bracelet was just something my mother gave me to wear. It wasn't a family heirloom or anything."

Since Bai Lingmiao had already said her piece, Li Huowang didn't bother to argue any further. He carefully counted the silver and put it away. "Once everything is settled, I'll buy you a bigger one."

"Okay! I'll be waiting!" Bai Lingmiao smiled and nodded.

Just then, the door suddenly opened and Gouwa walked in. He was momentarily surprised to see the two men and women squatting in the corner, then quickly turned to leave. "Sorry, wrong room. I'll go now."

Bai Lingmiao blushed and hurriedly pushed him out the door.

Gouwa walked in, smiling. "Li Shixiong, even though Bai Shimei is all white, looks aren't important when it comes to finding a wife. It's the personality that counts. Don't be picky."

Li Huowang didn't feel like talking to him. "Stop talking and go wash up and sleep. We finally have a bed to sleep in."

In a daze, Li Huowang realized he was in the middle of an old forest. There was a faint light up ahead, so he used his sword to cut through the branches and headed towards it.

As he got closer, he saw that it was his mother and Yang Na, along with Bai Lingmiao and her group, roasting sweet potatoes around a campfire.

Relieved, he was about to walk over when suddenly everything changed. Li Huowang saw Danyang Zi, a giant figure with three heads and feathers all over his body, standing like a mountain.

"Hahaha, well done, kid. You brought the medicinal herbs," Danyang Zi laughed maniacally, then lifted a stone pillar that was even taller than him and smashed it down on the campfire.

"Wait!!" Li Huowang sat up in a cold sweat. He took a few deep breaths and realized it was all just a dream.

"Li Shixiong, are you awake? I bought some flatbread for you. Eat it while it's hot." Gouwa, who had been watching the whole time, pulled his head back in from the window."What time is it now?" Li Huowang sat at the table, holding his throbbing head, and found that the buns in his mouth were similar to wontons.

"The Chen hour just passed. It's okay to sleep in a little later. We don't have to rush today."

He picked up the ceramic spoon and stuffed the wontons into his mouth. After a few bites, he finished them. "Who said we don't have anything to do today? Let's go buy the things we need for the journey."

The dream he just had flashed through his mind again, and Li Huowang spoke again, "I'll take someone else to buy those things. You go ask Lv Zhuangyuan when we can leave. The sooner, the better. If he can't leave, we'll leave early."

With the money left over from buying the donkey cart and the extra money Bai Lingmiao gave him, Li Huowang could buy some necessary items.

At the very least, they needed blankets and mats. They didn't want to sleep by the campfire at night, with their backs hot and their chests cold.

They could also buy a pot so they could eat something hot on the road instead of just eating dry rations every day.

With so many scattered things, one donkey cart was not enough. When he met Lv Zhuangyuan at the city gate, they already had another donkey cart.

"Hey, Xiaodaoye, you're really capable. You've accumulated more and more stuff on this journey. I guess if you keep going for another half or a full year, you'll be rich." Lv Zhuangyuan continued to flatter Li Huowang.

"Master Lv, is it far from Jianye to the Western Capital?" Li Huowang asked, looking at the wide dirt road in front of him.

The road was wide and there were many people on it. There were not only Li Huowang and Lv Zhuangyuan's two parties, but also many people carrying their bags who seemed to be going to the Western Capital.

"It's not far. It will take another ten days or so to get there." Lv Zhuangyuan's face lit up with joy for some reason.

Li Huowang nodded and continued to ask, "Besides their powerful fertility methods, what else do you know about the temple you mentioned?"

"Well, it's just a temple. What's so different about it? Aren't all the temples the same, with a group of old monks leading a group of young monks in eating vegetarian food and chanting?" Lv Zhuangyuan shrugged.

Li Huowang sighed lightly. It seemed that he had to personally inquire about this matter. Lv Zhuangyuan, a commoner, had no concept of this kind of thing.

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"Xiaodaoye, there's a monk up ahead. You see the one peeing under the tree? You might as well ask him. He might be a monk from that temple."

"Oh?" Li Huowang looked up and saw a bald monk standing by the roadside.As he walked over, he saw the back of a ragged monk robe shaking and turning around.

However, when Li Huowang saw the front of this guy, he immediately frowned.

He was called a monk, but he looked more like a bald beggar. His appearance was as ugly as it could be, and his whole body was covered in torn and pudding-stained monk robes.

"Amitabha, do you need something from me?" The dirty old man grinned, revealing his yellow teeth with no front teeth.

"Are you... a monk?"

"Yes, I am a monk!" The old monk lifted the Buddhist beads strung with fruit pits around his neck and spoke with some pride.

"May I ask, which temple are you a high monk of?" Li Huowang's voice already carried a hint of hesitation.

"I don't have a temple. I'm going north to find one. I heard there are many temples over there, and they can even provide food. I plan to go there and become a monk."

Hearing what the other party said, Li Huowang immediately had a suspicion in his heart. He nodded at him indifferently and turned back to his own team.

But when Li Huowang ignored the fake monk, the other party stuck to him like a piece of adhesive plaster.

"Are you also going to find a temple? Let's go together. But you're not a Taoist, are you? Taoists shouldn't believe in Buddha, right?"

"Is this guy pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger?" Li Huowang began to be on guard. He patted the donkey's butt and walked away with the others, ignoring him.

But he didn't care and someone else did. The naive fool in his heart didn't feel anything wrong.

"You didn't bring... bring... food. You'll starve to death!"

"How could I starve to death? Look, there are wild fruits, mushrooms, and vegetables in the woods."

"I also... I also... ate wild fruits...! I also... I also..."

"Fool, don't talk to him!"

"Oh..."

When no one paid attention, Li Huowang, who was secretly holding the Dao bell, breathed a sigh of relief after the old beggar who pretended to be a monk left.

Whether he was really stupid or fake stupid, in this eerie place, one cannot be too careful.

After walking along this dirt road for an hour, the sun was hanging in the middle of the sky, and many people had already started squatting down to eat dry food. Li Huowang also followed suit with the others.

Although he began to feel a little anxious, it was safer to have more people.

The newly bought white steamed buns were handed to everyone, and they ate lunch with a few jars of pickles.Li Huowang took a sip from Bai Lingmiao's gourd and looked back, only to find one person missing. "Huh? Where's the idiot?"

"He went to pee in the woods just now. Why hasn't he come back yet? He didn't accidentally poop halfway through peeing, did he? Hey!! Idiot!! Are you in there?!"

When Gouwa shouted loudly towards the woods on the side of the road, the idiot's simple and honest big head popped out from inside the woods, and he seemed to be chewing something in his mouth.

"What are you eating?" Li Huowang asked in confusion.

"Wild...wild...wild rice from the woods. It's...it's...it's free!" The idiot said and then retreated back into the woods.