The third volume, chapter four (below): dung is equal to treasure

  The sound of waves echoed in my ears, I opened my eyes to see the blue sky and white clouds above me, I was lying inside a hard shell, bobbing up and down with the water. The peanut fruit was still standing on top of the shell, anxiously muttering to itself: "Why hasn't Grandpa come looking for us yet?"

  The ascension is over! It turned out that just as the beauty was approaching me, a cup of tea's time had just arrived! I let out a long sigh, put Bi Zhu in my arms, and felt a little regretful. Twice, I ascended to the Color Desire Heaven, but both times were fleeting, and I didn't have time to take a good stroll.

  "What a close call, luckily the time limit is up." Yue Hun said: "That woman is very terrifying, she is one of the guardians of the Xuan Gui Chi Jing Beast. If you get entangled with her, your bead will definitely be snatched away by her, and you might even die at her hands."

  I couldn't help but swallow my saliva as I thought of the beautiful woman's words, and asked: "So that monster is called the Xuan Gui Chi Jing Beast, and both the old man and the child are its guardians. Why is it that the excrement pulled out by the Xuan Gui Chi Jing Beast is a pearl? What use does this green pearl have?"

  Moon Soul said: "The Xuan Gui Chi Jing Beast only defecates once every thousand years, and you're lucky to have encountered it. Its feces are also called Zhu Wan, which is always collected in a timely manner by the guardian, making it extremely difficult to obtain. The Zhu Wan can wash the marrow and cut the hair, completely transforming one's physique. Different colored Zhu Wan will result in different physiques, for example, the red pearl can make one's body as hard as gold, making ordinary weapons unable to cause harm. This green pearl is mainly spiritual and agile, it is..." Moon Soul hesitated here, saying: "I'll tell you later."

  "I said discontentedly: 'Why do you always speak hesitantly, like a woman? Every time it's 'later', when exactly are we going to get there?"

  "When you enter the state of Alaya, I might tell you all the truth." Yue Hun said faintly, with a sudden flash of sadness in her eyes.

  What the heck! Is Lai Ye being sarcastic? Moon Soul obviously is teasing me. The dragon butterfly from my past life was just a transformation! Thinking of the dragon butterfly, I suddenly feel an unusual sensation in my chest, my heart skips a beat, now that I'm in receptive mode, I should be giving birth to another dragon butterfly claw.

  "What are you muttering to yourself?" Hua Sheng Guo shouted, looking at me with a puzzled face. I suddenly remembered that he couldn't hear Yue Hun's words. Looking at Hua Sheng Guo, I suddenly thought of something and asked in surprise: "I just left the tortoise shell, didn't you notice?"

  Peanut Fruit scratched his head: "You've been here all along."

  Yuè Hún explained: "No matter how long you stay in the Realm of Desire, to the Red Dust Heaven it's just a brief moment, so he won't even notice."

  I suddenly realized that at this time, the hard shell fell off piece by piece, and my hands and feet slowly regained their freedom.

  "Huh? Your turtle shell has fallen off?" Peanut Fruit exclaimed in surprise, I burst out laughing, my feet trampling the seawater, and with a leap, I picked up Peanut Fruit and held her above my head.

  The peanut was startled and seeing I had no malicious intent, hastily cried out: "Quickly put me down."

  "Haha, now you can't stand on me anymore!" I loosened my hand, and the peanut fruit agilely flipped over in mid-air, landing with its feet on my shoulders, shaking its head and saying: "Lin Fei, just suffer a bit, temporarily be my mount. Young Master will give you compensation."

  I chuckled and manipulated the Feathered Sky Cloud within my body, suddenly making my physique as heavy as a thousand-pound cauldron. I sank straight down into the sea, catching Huasheng Fruit off guard and dragging him along with me. After swallowing several mouthfuls of seawater, we finally floated back up to the surface, where he began coughing loudly.

  I flailed my limbs, pretending to be stupid: "Oh no, I'm really exhausted, and I can't even carry you." In my heart, I secretly laughed, thinking of letting Dad become a mount? You're still too tender.

  "Pfft!" The fruit spat out the seawater in his mouth, his feet treading water as he shook his head repeatedly: "What exhaustion? It's clearly your magic that's too lousy! Alright, from now on you'll follow me, I'll take care of you, kiddo!"

  I almost burst out laughing, on the surface I was all smiles and gratitude: "Thank you thank you, Hua Shengguo you're really a hero with a heart of gold, from now on if anyone bullies me, you'll have to stand up for me."

  Peanut Fruit patted his chest: "Don't worry, I'm a man of my word. Whoever dares to harm you, I'll be the first to not forgive him! Don't believe me? I'm making an oath right now!"

  I was just joking at first, but Hua Sheng's seriousness moved me. I smiled slightly and suddenly said, "Someone is coming."

  "Who's there? I don't see anyone!" Following my gaze, Huasheng Fruit rounded his eyes, covered his forehead with his hand and stared for a long time. His eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted: "It's Grandpa and the others!"

  A few hundred meters ahead, white waves surged forward, and a small boat came speeding over. The bow of the boat was rounded at both ends, narrow in the middle, shaped like a peanut shell. At the bow stood an old bald man and a tall girl with a ponytail, while at the stern sat a thin young man who was craning his neck to look around.

  "Your eyesight is still good!" The peanut fruit was excited and waved his hand towards the small boat: "Grandpa, grandpa! I'm over here!"

  The small boat drew near, and the peanut fruit "swished" onto the boat, cheering and jumping. The bald old man's face was stern, but his eyes showed a hint of joy: "You naughty little boy, you had to sneak off to catch sea beasts, making everyone worry about you!"

  A girl with a ponytail caught the peanut fruit, pulled down his pants and spanked him several times: "You smelly and rotten peanut fruit, you're really not like a human being! Why didn't the sea monster eat you, that rascal? That would have been a relief!"

  I was stunned, the girl had a big waist and round hips, her figure was majestic, her face was still quite delicate, but when she spoke, saliva flew everywhere, and she swore more than I did!

  "If you don't listen to me again, I'll beat the crap out of you!" The girl said viciously, then hugged him tightly and examined him carefully: "You didn't lose an arm or a leg, did you?"

  The bald old man saw me and slightly frowned: "Hua Sheng Guo, who is this?"

  "Lin Fei, get on the boat!" Huasheng Guo pulled me away from his sister's arms and dragged me onto the boat. "This ugly guy with a full beard is Lin Fei, my new little brother. Lin Fei, this is my grandfather Huasheng Pi, and this is my sister Huasheng Ke. My sister looks pretty, right? You're not allowed to have any ideas about her! By the way, the one sitting at the back of the boat is Big Tiger Brother, he's similar to you, both stupid and weak."

  "Peanut, don't talk nonsense!" Peanut shell cautiously sized me up and bowed his hand: "Younger brother, hello. My grandson is still young and ignorant, please forgive him if he has offended you."

  I suppressed my laughter, the whole family is really interesting. A woman like Peanut Shell, I wouldn't dare to mess with her! And then there's Big Tiger Brother, his skin is fair and delicate, his figure is slender and weak, when he saw me, he smiled shyly and revealed the shallow dimples on his cheeks. My god, he can also be called Big Tiger? Little Lamb would be more suitable.

  I cupped my hands and returned the courtesy: "I am Lin Fei, a humble and nameless individual from the mortal world, without any sect or school. I have been traveling alone at sea for some time now, and it was only last night, during the storm, that I had the pleasure of meeting Master Hua by chance. It is an honor to meet all of you. Master Hua, your face is radiant with a healthy glow, and your demeanor is majestic, one can tell that you are a man of great stature."

  The peanut shell cracked open: "Those who flatter at first sight are mostly not good people."

  The peanut shell glared at the peanut skin: "Is it a bad person to tell a few true words? Grandpa thought he was a good person at first glance." Smiling and nodding at me.

  I'm delighted, this old man is quite interesting.

  After the peanut fruit told me and him about the incident in detail, the peanut skin immediately said with gratitude: "It turned out that Master Lin saved my grandson's life, I really don't know how to repay you."

  The peanut fruit said discontentedly: "Without his tortoiseshell, I'm fine too. My swimming skills are great, I just rested on him for a while. Grandpa, don't give others the opportunity to show off, and ruin our own reputation."

  "Shut the f**k up!" Peanut shell knocked on Peanut fruit's head, turned to me and said: "Hmph, it seems you're not a bad person after all, didn't do anything to my little brother. Of course, if you dare hurt him, I'll beat you until you're picking your teeth off the ground."

  I'm at a loss whether to laugh or cry, damn it, these two siblings are both hopeless cases.

  "Shut up too!" Peanut skin scolded peanut shell, and smiled at me: "I'm not good at teaching, let Lin Gongzi laugh. Where is Lin Gongzi going? If it's convenient, why don't we take you along?"

  "Hey, he's my new little brother, of course he has to come with us. He's all alone and his magical powers are weak, not to mention he just got dumped by a woman, it's really pitiful."

  "My god, when was I dumped by a woman? But it's quite lively with this family, and their destination is the same as mine, which is Dacheng City. Let them lead the way. So I said: 'I want to go to Dacheng City for fun, may I ask if you can take me along?'"

  The peanut shell grumbled: "This red-haired one looks like a vagrant at first glance, obviously wanting to follow us to cheat and eat."

  My old face turned red, I really don't have any money now, and being with them also makes me want to have some support. As the successor of several hundred secret books, I couldn't bear to beg for a living again. Thinking of this, my heart moved unknowingly, and I didn't know when I started feeling ashamed of being a beggar.

  The waves splashed, and the small boat sped far away. Along the way, the peanut skin asked about my origins in detail, and the peanut fruit also asked me questions from side to side. I simply bragged to the end, making myself a wandering little demon, and deliberately concealed my magical skills.

  The peanut shell sneered: "So you're a weak little monster with low magical powers."

  I smiled slightly and ignored her. The peanut shell, however, spoke up for me: "What's shameful about having weak magical powers? I think Master Lin has clear eyes and a refined demeanor, he'll definitely make something of himself in the future."

  I hastily passed the prize, turned my head to look at that big tiger, he was sitting at the stern of the boat, silently with his head down, his feet constantly treading a large wooden wheel, as the large wooden wheel rotated, the two rows of small wooden wheels embedded on both sides of the boat also rotated rapidly, stirring up waves of water.

  I walked over curiously and looked at it carefully for a while, then exclaimed in surprise: "Big Brother Tiger, does this peanut boat move by turning wooden wheels?"

  The big tiger nodded and said with a hint of embarrassment: "This is something I came up with, don't mind it, Brother Lin."

  "Big Tiger Brother is really clever!" I exclaimed, seeing for the first time such a novel boat that could be controlled without oars or magic.

  The peanut shell flicked its ponytail and shouted disdainfully: "How clever! He can't learn any spells, so he's only good at making some weird stuff. Last time, he made a broken kite and said it could carry people flying in the sky, what was the result? It almost killed me!"

  The big tiger's face turned red, and he whispered in defense: "I said we have to wait for a strong wind before flying, you were the one who was eager to try, you're so heavy, how can the skin kite carry you?"

  "How dare you talk back?" Peanut shell was furious, pinching Big Tiger's ear: "I'm fat? You're as weak as a woman!"

  "Stop arguing!" Hua Shengpi glared at them: "When the time comes, in Dacheng City, when you meet the brothers of Bingqi Jiaoyi Pai, don't make a scene like this, or you'll be laughed at."

  "Don't worry, I'm here, and I won't let Grandpa lose face."

  Looking at this noisy peanut family, I almost burst out laughing. A group of silver fish swam rapidly past the side of the boat, instantly stimulating my appetite. After evolving for seven days, my stomach was almost starving to death. Peanut Fruit also shouted: "Young master's stomach is hungry, let's catch a few sea beasts and have a hearty meal!"

  The peanut shell let out a cold hum and grabbed the peanut fruit's heavenly braid: "Still want to run wild? Behave yourself!"

  The peanut shell burst into laughter, its left arm slowly transforming into a sharp fish spear, which plunged into the sea water, and several strands of blood emerged, with a large flat fish being pierced by the spear.

  "Grandfather, my spear technique isn't bad, is it?" Hua Sheng proudly swung her fish fork. I couldn't help but smile to myself, she was so slow in changing the direction of her fish fork and her movements were not agile enough, her skills were still quite shallow.

  Peanut skin nodded slightly: "It's barely possible, but let Grandpa demonstrate it for you." His gaze swept across the surroundings and locked onto a black dot on the distant sea surface - a small otter chasing after a school of fish. Peanut skin gave a low shout, his left arm suddenly transforming into a long spear, its body rapidly lengthening as it broke through the waves, directly stabbing at the otter.

  A shrill cry rang out, and the long spear suddenly retracted, with a bleeding otter impaled on its tip, pierced through the throat. The peanut shell and fruit cheered in unison, and I nodded secretly, thinking that the Peanut Shell's armor-piercing technique was not bad, but it was too stiff and lacked flexibility. Old Lady had said that armor-piercing techniques must have both hardness and softness. Peanut Shell was still a bit inferior to me, probably because after the loss of the secret manual of the Armor-Piercing School, the disciples couldn't learn it completely.

  The peanut fruit was excitedly peeled off the sea otter skin, dug out the internal organs, and set up an iron pot on the boat to start cooking the sea otter meat. I asked inexplicably: "In order to resist the heavenly calamity, shouldn't we abstain from eating meat?"

  Peanut skin chuckled and said, "Little brother, with our level of magical power, even if we don't eat meat, we can't resist the heavenly tribulation. We might as well live a little more freely, and just eat whatever we want."

  Peanut shell sneered: "With your bear-like appearance, you think you can resist the heavenly calamity by just eating vegetarian food? I think you can't even handle a small calamity!"

  I moved stealthily, secretly employing the Xuanji mysterious way, and silently created a ring of air with my feet, which wrapped around the peanut shell. With a "plop", the peanut shell was entangled by the air ring and fell to the ground. This secret technique was so subtle that even the peanut skin didn't notice it. The peanut shell sat up with a thud, looking confused: "Dahou, you little scamp, steady the boat, what's with all the rocking?"

  I secretly smiled and said, "The wind is strong at sea, sister, don't show off your slender waist."

  The peanut shell stared at me, my chest heaved up and down, and I couldn't refute a word. Before long, the iron pot emitted hot steam, the aroma was overwhelming, and the raccoon dog meat was already cooked.

  "Come on, little brother, don't be polite." Hua Shengpi tore open a plump and tender raccoon leg and handed it to me. Everyone on the boat grabbed big chunks of raccoon meat and devoured them with gusto. Watching them eat with abandon, listening to the pot of meat stew bubbling away, I suddenly felt a warmth in my heart. These people were different from Gan Ning and her companions - those beautiful women had profound magical powers, were high above everyone else, and harbored dreams of finding the Realm of Freedom. But Hua Shengpi and his family were more like me, living ordinary lives, unremarkable, without grand expectations for their days, but also never losing hope.

  On the sea, there are more and more islands, from time to time seeing groups of seagulls flying up from the island, making a loud noise. A bowl of meat soup was handed to me in a peanut shell: "After passing through the Long Snake Strait, it will take at most half a day to reach Dacheng City."

  I'm invigorated, and I downed the meat soup in one gulp. Three beautiful women, here I come!