Chapter 358

First stir-fry the tea leaves and sugar, then after the tea melts, add water, wait a moment, once the water boils, add milk—just as he imagined, the tea and milk aromas overflow, the texture is silky and sweet without being cloying, exactly the essential drink modern girls can't put down.

Chen Nuo put away the milk tea; the basic Wudao milk tea was done. Later adding pearls, taro balls, sago, pudding, etc., the peach juice shortage would be happily resolved.

After the milk tea was finished, Chen Nuo looked toward the little house; the golden light there had already faded. In this short while, it seemed the Three Demons and Tianpeng had finished their contemplation.

Chen Nuo just looked, didn't move—not because he wasn't curious, but because he didn't need to act; those few who finished contemplating would surely come first to thank him.

Sure enough, running sounds came from the little house.

Tianpeng was the first to comprehend; at first he just felt the golden light—dazzling but not glaring, even warm—then he felt something flowing toward his limbs, this feeling growing stronger.

Suddenly, Tianpeng's brow tightened, feeling something break through his skin's barrier and drill out from inside his body.

That thing drilled out through his skin pores, then covered his body, spread across the surface, gradually forming something like armor.

Tianpeng opened his eyes, gazing at the flowing golden armor before him—his awakened divine ability turned out to be this.

Wild joy surged; Tianpeng slammed the table laughing, "I never expected, never expected—I actually awakened this divine ability! No wonder Chen the shopkeeper—I must thank him properly."

Tianpeng slapped the table with great force; he was simply too happy, needing to do something to express his joy, completely unaware of his strength.

This slap generated wind beneath the palm, about to hit the stone table—easy to imagine what would happen when this spirit-power-filled palm struck the stone table.

Tianpeng was still lost in the ecstasy of divine awakening; he absolutely wouldn't know how many precious treasures and spiritual artifacts this slap would need to appease Chen Nuo.

Just then, a hand grabbed Tianpeng's arm, stopping this impending tragedy.

Tianpeng turned around—the one who grabbed him was none other than the Golden-Winged Dapeng.

His state still hadn't emerged from the ecstasy, nor had he noticed the Golden-Winged Dapeng's abnormal speed; he only snapped angrily, "What are you doing? Why stop me for no reason?"

"If I didn't stop you, you wouldn't know what good deed you were about to do."

The Golden-Winged Dapeng released his hand: "If you slap this table down, it'll shatter into scraps. If the shopkeeper finds out, not only will your spiritual artifacts be forfeit, but he'll dock your meal privileges for no reason."

Tianpeng then reacted, hastily pulling his hand to his chest to soothe himself, "Oh dear, truly a close call—thank goodness you reminded me."

The Golden-Winged Dapeng didn't argue with him; his heart wasn't so small as to hold a grudge over this.

After Tianpeng celebrated, he recalled the Golden-Winged Dapeng's speed just now and questioned doubtfully, "You also awakened your divine ability?"

"Yes."

The Golden-Winged Dapeng nodded in acknowledgment: "I hadn't even had time to be happy when I saw you about to slap the table—breaking the table is trivial, but if the shopkeeper sees it and takes his anger out on me, that wouldn't do."

"What taking out anger?"

At this moment, the Peng Demon King also came to his senses.

Earlier he had only felt a dazzling golden light drill into his body—like the golden broth of the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall he'd just eaten—even after penetrating his flesh, it remained warm.

Immediately he felt his whole body lighten considerably; it felt as if he weren't standing on ordinary earth but on immortal clouds, even his limbs moved differently than usual—sure enough, he had indeed awakened his divine ability.

"All trivial matters now."

Tianpeng didn't want to say more; after all, it wasn't a glorious matter—he often acted without thinking, not just once or twice. Now the most urgent thing was to hurry and thank Chen the shopkeeper; without his Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, this divine ability might not awaken even after ten thousand years of cultivation.

Several rose and exited the house together to find Chen Nuo and thank him.

Chen Nuo sat under the tree, holding a cup of the Wudao milk tea he had just rushed to make.

The system prompted: "Ding!

Tianpeng awakened divine ability Meat Shield, Golden-Winged Dapeng awakened divine ability Shadow Palm, Peng Demon King awakened divine ability Instant Flash, Xiong Dao Ren awakened..."

"Shopkeeper!

Your great kindness and virtue—I, Xiong Dao Ren, will surely repay you through hard work.

"

The system continued introducing when a circular formation suddenly appeared before Chen Nuo, blue light flashing—Xiong Dao Ren appeared at the formation's center, kneeling before Chen Nuo with both knees to the ground in thanks, having actually awakened the Eighteen Formations.

"Host, synchronize abilities?"

The system did not pause due to external influence; its emotionless voice, unhurried and calm, finished introducing, awaiting Chen Nuo's choice.

"Besides Tianpeng's ability, the others synchronize"

Chen Nuo replied.

Upon finishing his words, golden light enveloped his whole body and instantly dissipated—just a moment's effort, and he had fully grasped all these individuals' divine abilities.

"Good, I thought I was already fast enough—never expected you brat to get ahead of me."

The Peng Demon King gazed at the rising Xiong Dao Ren and roared, "Silent and unannounced—you actually came here first to brush the shopkeeper's presence!"

Xiong Dao Ren smoothed the wrinkles on his clothes, "Who made you so slow?"

"Me slow?"

The Peng Demon King choked with rage, "Do you know what my third divine ability is? You're showing off before the master!"

"I don't know, but anyway you're not faster than me."

Xiong Dao Ren shrugged, his face bearing an unstoppable smile.

"Hey!

You black bear—I see you want to fight!"

"Come on, I'm still afraid you won't!"

The Peng Demon King raised his fist to charge over; Xiong Dao Ren wouldn't yield, thrusting his chest forward to meet him.

Chen Nuo pressed his forehead, "Alright, settle down a bit—aren't there still two more behind?"

The Peng Demon King watched the panting Tianpeng and Golden-Winged Dapeng run over; the frustration from being compared unfavorably to Xiong Dao Ren vanished completely, his heart began to secretly rejoice—good, good, these two aren't faster than me.

"You two are indeed quite fast."

Tianpeng held his stomach, panting, "Just turned my head—people were gone."

"This isn't just having awakened divine ability and rushing over to thank the shopkeeper, is it?"

The Peng Demon King laughed, "Tianpeng brother, you too—eat a little less, I see you're panting with difficulty."

"You're sincerely here to find fault, aren't you?"

Tianpeng stared at him, "If you've got the ability, let's fight. Speed alone is useless—you need to be tough like me."

These few had just awakened their divine abilities, and for a moment, overjoyed, they began showing off to each other.

Chen Nuo knew this too, but after listening for a while, their noise only intensified; he felt like ten or so flies were buzzing around his ears, unbearable, so he frowned and said, "Keep shouting, and I'll deduct your meal privileges."

As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent instantly. The Three Demons and Tianpeng then realized why they were here, and in unison knelt and bowed, "Thank you, boss, for your great kindness—we shall never forget it."

Chen Nuo initially found these words pleasant to hear, but later grew annoyed, mainly because he'd heard too much; so he waved his hand casually and said, "Alright, alright, everyone attend to your duties—I still have matters to attend to later."

"Then I won't disturb Master Chen any further."

Tianpeng stood up, bowed again to Chen Nuo in thanks, and left this place.