The hot pot meal was unusually quiet. Everyone seemed to be fascinated by this special and delicious delicacy. Although there were seven people at the table, it was as quiet as if it were just one person's dinner time.
Boss Hua was puzzled. Why was the atmosphere among them so strange? It made her feel creepy.
However, based on her years of experience, these people were not ordinary.
She had heard their strange conversations before, and today Xiaoshan was carrying a bag of gold. So she decided to treat these distinguished guests well. Maybe a miracle would happen.
"Xiaoxue, this hot pot is really delicious. Can you give me the recipe for this base you mentioned?" Hua had eaten something similar before, but that was just a single soup. It was not like the spicy - mild combination hot pot Xiaoxue made. The spicy soup on one side was so delicious and appetizing at any time.
"Sure," Yang Xue picked up a piece of beef with her chopsticks. She was calculating in her mind that her plan to leave this place should be advanced. "I'll write it down for you tonight. If you make more such combination hot pots in the future, your business will surely boom. If it doesn't work out, sister, you can stop running the restaurant and rename it the Hot Pot City. The business will definitely be more prosperous than it is now."
"Sounds feasible. I'll be more relaxed and can just be the boss in peace. These side dishes are easy to clean every day, but it's more troublesome to fry the base. I need to hire a good cook to handle it." Lately, Boss Hua seemed to have changed her personality. She no longer did business casually like before. She wanted to expand her business and make a name for herself in the Daughter - Country.
The God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, didn't eat much. His mouth was numb and spicy, and he felt really uncomfortable.
Moreover, he had met this leopard spirit before. Although he knew the leopard's feelings for Yang Xue, he didn't want to interfere.
He didn't want to stay in such a noisy and crowded place any longer. So he told Yang Xue that he was going back to Heaven to inquire about the situation in the Western Regions.
Yuebai kept a straight face throughout the meal. After eating just a few mouthfuls, she took Xiaoshan back to their room to rest.
The black leopard just watched her back without any reaction and then shifted his gaze to Yang Xue.
If it weren't for Yang Xue not having enough of the hot pot, she would also have wanted to leave.
Anyway, it was most important to enjoy the meal. She hadn't eaten hot pot for a very long time.
Now that her cultivation had increased significantly, the most direct benefit was that she could use magic when cooking. She didn't need to wash the vegetables by herself at all, and her knife skills were superb. Sliced beef and sliced fish just needed to be scalded in the pot, and the taste was better than that of a celestial being.
The God of Wealth had left, and with Boss Hua still there, there were many things that were hard to ask. Qingqing also put down her chopsticks and went back to comfort her sister.
The black leopard's gaze was too intense, and Boss Hua also felt it was inappropriate for her to stay. So she turned around and left.
On the dining table, only the black leopard and Yang Xue were left. They were sitting around the steaming hot pot, enjoying their meal.
"Have you seen Sun Wukong recently?"
Yang Xue looked up. "What's the matter?"
The black leopard didn't beat around the bush. "Nothing. I just heard some rumors."
"Related to the Great Sage?" Thinking carefully, it was normal that Sun Wukong should be going through a tribulation related to the members of Heaven recently.
The black leopard stared at her sitting in the hazy mist, eating the hot pot without any grace. Those beautiful eyes of hers didn't even want to look at him.
"Recently, the demon world has been in turmoil. Some people want to persuade Sun Wukong to give up his journey to the west, abandon Tang Seng, and come back to be the demon king."
"What?" Yang Xue looked up in surprise, and the chopsticks in her hand accidentally dropped on the table.
Seeing her nervous look, the black leopard smiled slightly. "You really like him that much. Are you even planning to marry him?"
"I haven't thought that far. You came here clearly to find Yuebai. I just became friends with her, but you don't go to catch up with her. Instead, you stay here and tell me all this. How can I face her in the future?"
How could Sun Wukong become the demon king? He had completed his task and successfully escorted Tang Seng to the Western Regions to obtain the scriptures.
"My business with Yuebai has already come to an end." He seemed reluctant to talk about Yuebai and just drank a cup of wine to move on.
"I don't know why you are being tracked by the Western Regions, but if Sun Wukong really becomes the demon king, and if you still want to follow him, do you know what kind of situation you will be in?" The black leopard advised her earnestly. "What's so good about that monkey? If you practice hard, they will forget about this matter sooner or later."
"If he really becomes the demon king, it's also good. Then I can be the demon queen legitimately. I can gain a foothold in the Three Realms. It would suit my purpose if the scriptures can't be spread to the Central Plains." Yang Xue drank a cup of wine and didn't plan to continue chatting with him. She got up and was about to go back to her room.
"Xue'er," the black leopard got up and grabbed her wrist. "Come back to the Great Green Mountain with me. With my friendship with the Tathagata, he won't do anything to you."
"Please don't," Yang Xue broke free from his hand. "Just act as if you haven't seen me. That will be a great help to me. When I achieve the right result in the future, I will surely thank you in person."
"Xue'er, if you continue to associate with Sun Wukong, one day you will surely be exposed. Once the Western Regions know that you are together, they will only try every means to suppress you. By then, you won't even have a chance to turn back." The black leopard was anxious. He really wanted to help her.
"Bang!"
Sun Wukong broke through the window and kicked over a potted plant by the window.
"Great Sage." Seeing Sun Wukong again, Yang Xue was in a completely different mood. She immediately ran over and threw herself into his arms.
"..." The black leopard froze in place, opening his mouth but unable to say a word.
Although Sun Wukong was a bit stunned, seeing the black leopard's expression, he immediately held Yang Xue in his arms and said softly, "I'll tell you about things related to me personally. Don't believe the idle rumors of others."
"..." The black leopard's pale face was now as black as coal. Watching him holding the beauty, he felt like seeing a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung.
"Okay, I believe you." Her Great Sage, Sun Wukong, was a man of utmost sincerity and faith. He would never lie.
"I really want to go back and be the demon king." Now that his relationship with Yang Xue had become closer, he no longer put on airs and called himself the Great Sage.
"Huh?" Yang Xue looked up. This was different from what she had thought.
"That Lord Lao Jun actually let his green ox come down to cause trouble. This is clearly a deliberate刁难! What the eighty - one tribulations! It's clearly just making fools of us!" He got angry just thinking about it. He had run so many places for nothing.
Yang Xue remembered the plot in the TV drama. That old green ox was really powerful. Even his golden cudgel could be sucked away by the magic weapon in the ox's hand. The Great Sage must have been extremely annoyed.
"Then aren't you guys not far from this Daughter - Country?" Yang Xue asked carefully. "Is the Great Sage planning to give up the journey to obtain the scriptures?"
"If it weren't for this gold band, I would have given up this scripture - obtaining long ago." As he said this, Sun Wukong looked at the black leopard. "You have a good relationship with the Tathagata. Could it be that the old man sent you here to spy on the situation?"
The black leopard shook his head slightly and suddenly smiled. "Sun Wukong, if someone can remove this gold band for you, what will you do?"
Yang Xue's eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly opened the book that originally had no words. Finally, she knew what question to ask.
Since she entered the Mahayana stage, she had found that the golden - shining words on the book had become clearer. They would even arrange themselves automatically. If she used her mind to drive them, she could even ask questions. It was simply a super - basic encyclopedia.
I wonder if there is a spell to remove the tightening spell on the book...