Journey to the West

  The old iron beside me looked at me, then looked at the several people in front of him and suggested: "Let's find a little more road inside, you're not looking for your lost friend, are you? Our current location is only half way there."

  I understand Lao Tie's thoughts, he wants to take this opportunity to worship that very efficacious Buddha statue. Apart from this, his words are reasonable. If we've already come halfway and haven't reached our destination yet, it would be a waste to return empty-handed? Since it concerns Peng Ye, I must search inside again, let's see how the three of them react.

  As long as there is one person present, there will be no awkward silence, and that person is San Fuzi.

  After a brief silence, he shouted loudly: "Hey, what are you all standing here for? Hurry up and move forward, this fog is drifting around, it's really fun! Do you have the feeling of being an immortal riding on clouds and mist? Hey, who knows if there are really immortals in these mountains, let me meet one or two today!" He said with a shake of his head and a smirk on his face.

  But was slapped on the back of the head by Liang Ge, "Madman, can't you tone it down a bit? Still flying high and mighty, but with your kind of ordinary person, be more low-key, especially since gods are so easily bumped into by you, can they still be called gods?"

  The three lunatics scratched their ears and nodded seriously: "That's also true."

  "Stop joking, let's hurry up." He then looked at Old Iron and said: "Iron brother, you should slow down a bit, it's not good to disperse in such a big fog. Xu Jiu, walk alongside me and let Iron lead the way." The last sentence was directed at me.

  My reaction to his arbitrary arrangement was a raised eyebrow and silence. Old Iron responded cautiously, turned around and led the hunting dog forward first. After walking two steps in succession, seeing that I hadn't moved, he stopped and turned his head sideways, "Not following up?"

  I walked quietly over and walked shoulder to shoulder with him, vaguely understanding that while I was suspicious and on guard, he was the same. So putting me by his side, with his two brothers behind him, it would be hard for me to make any moves. Hearing from behind the three crazy guys' nervous voices: "Hey, Old Liang, you said we won't meet any immortals in this mountain forest, but can we meet some mounts of immortals or something?"

  "Do you think this is Journey to the West? Humph, there may not be divine pets, but there will be seductive fox spirits."

  "What's a fox spirit? Where is it? Alright, I've never seen one before. Are they all beautiful like flowers?"

  Upon hearing this, I won't comment on the three lunatics for now, but the sarcastic tone in Liang Ge's words - if I still haven't caught on, then I'm a complete idiot. My cold laughter echoed loudly, causing those around me to turn their heads one after another. I hooked my mouth at him and ruthlessly stomped on his shoe with one foot. Seeing his eyes twitching and eyebrows furrowing, yet he didn't make a sound - only the clenched fist in his hand revealed that he was enduring pain.

  These boots of mine are the kind for running with nails, and when I stepped on one foot, it was heart-piercing. With a slight pout, he casually threw out an "sorry" without any sincerity and continued walking ahead. When I tried to do the same trick again from behind, he became alert, took a small step forward, and jumped over me. However, he didn't know that my previous move was just a feint, and in reality, I stretched out my hand to push him.

  This time is good, he fell to his knees in the forest with a crash, and before he could react, the three madmen behind him shouted: "Ah, Little Lu Zi, are you also learning from Wu's soft-shelled turtle? No, no, this is a five-body prostration, could it be that you want to worship...the mountain god? Ah, I say Little Lu Zi, those are superstitions, didn't I just test it earlier? Where is the mountain god spitting out green mist, it's still this white mist."

  I was directly amused by the crazy guy's weird tone and burst out laughing.