Chapter 368: Retort

This also depends on the abilities the Awakened originally possess; Chen Nuo cannot use all of them either, and Bai Hua Xian Zi's Divine Communication is even more so — it only helps her own divine post. Since Chen Nuo himself has no use for it, he naturally won't be greedy and chose to refuse.

The system's voice had just fallen when the three fairies who had already Awakened Divine Abilities arrived at Chen Nuo's location.

"Sanniang, I searched all around for you just now; I didn't expect you to actually be here."

Xuan Feng was somewhat displeased. "Why didn't you wait for me?"

"If I have to wait for everyone, then I might as well do nothing but wait."

Nüwa gave Xuan Feng a sidelong glance.

"Nüwa Sanniang, what do you mean by these words? You Awakening your Divine Communication first is a good thing, but there's no need to use it to mock others. After all, no matter early or late, everyone's Divine Communication has Awakened. Even if it's a bit earlier, so what? Coming out to show off like this — the one showing off probably isn't anything good either."

Bai Hua now somewhat disliked Nüwa's tone of speech just now and began to retort.

Actually Nüwa hadn't thought that much; these words were originally meant for Xuan Feng. Who knew Bai Hua Xian Zi would overthink so much? This time she didn't intend to endure it. Although being a god requires magnanimity, enduring everything big and small will only make others think you're incompetent.

"Bai Hua Xian Zi's words are going a bit too far. I merely spoke casually; I didn't even think in that direction, yet you could think of it. There's a saying among the common folk: 'The heart is black, so everything seen is black.'"

"You—"

"How about it, how about it? Who let you speak nonsense first? Shut up."

Xuan Feng protected her own Host.

"Say a few words less. Forgot what we came here for?"

Yaochi lives up to being Yaochi. As the Queen Mother of the West, she naturally wouldn't quibble over such trifles. That's why someone who can reach this position is indeed worthy of being Yaochi. If it were anyone else, forget these hundreds of years — they couldn't even hold their seat for a few days.

Bai Hua Xian Zi glared at Xuan Feng, then followed Yaochi in bowing to Chen Nuo in thanks. "Many thanks, Shopkeeper Chen. If not for you, who knows how long it would've taken to Awaken Divine Communication. Shopkeeper Chen's Divine Communication is truly vast — just one dish let us Awaken Divine Communication."

Chen Nuo said modestly, "It's still that your cultivation is high and Dharma strong. This Buddha Jumps Over the Wall merely helps you Awaken Divine Communication, but if not for your own cultivation, eating however many dishes would be in vain."

Both sides knew these words; it was just polite exchange.

Xuan Feng had sharp eyes and suddenly saw the cup beside Nüwa. "Sanniang, what is this?"

Xuan Feng asking privately would've been fine, but asking publicly like this made Nüwa feel like her coming to find Chen Nuo so early was to mooch food. Now answering was bad, not answering was also bad.

While she hesitated, Bai Hua Xian Zi spoke up again. "Yo, how come? Nüwa Sanniang won't say? Could it be that after Awakening you came straight to Shopkeeper Chen just to mooch a meal?"

Originally Nüwa didn't mean that; she truly didn't want to wait for people. This is Chen Nuo's place; Chen Nuo's cultivation is this high — there's no guarantee everyone's movements aren't in Chen Nuo's grasp.

Moreover, when she herself awoke, these few looked like they had just entered the Awakening Phase, and even more didn't know when they'd finish, so she came to find Chen Nuo first.

Seeing Nüwa not speaking all along, this further confirmed the accuracy of Bai Hua Xian Zi's words just now. Even Yaochi spoke up. "Nüwa, your approach doesn't seem too honorable, does it?"

"I didn't think that way."

Nüwa said, "I already said just now — I just didn't want to wait for people. You little gods who've only been immortals for a few million years dare to question me? Who gave you the gall?"

"I'm not questioning you."

Yaochi spoke. "If Nüwa Sanniang didn't have that meaning, we wouldn't say more."

Seeing Nüwa enraged, Bai Hua Xian Zi grew even more rampant. "What? Spoke correctly so you use Dàoxíng to suppress people? Is Nüwa Sanniang like this really good?"

Chen Nuo, who had been silent all along, spoke to mediate. "Nüwa just said she also wasn't here for that one bite of food. Besides, this Milk Tea was also my suggestion for her to taste."

Since the shopkeeper here has spoken, the rest couldn't say anything further, so they fell silent.

Xuan Feng rolled a huge white eye at Bai Hua Xian Zi. "See? Our Sanniang didn't do that; it's you lot over-speculating."

Bai Hua Xian Zi wanted to retort but didn't know what words to find, only glaring back at Xuan Feng.

She found a topic to skip past this segment. "Shopkeeper Chen, what's that in your hand? A new product?"

Chen Nuo nodded. "Right, just researched it. These two days just succeeded, not yet released for sale."

"Truly a new product, ah."

Bai Hua Xian Zi was somewhat curious. "What new product is this? Can't you let us taste too? More people, more evaluations."

Although Chen Nuo had absolute confidence in Milk Tea, Bai Hua Xian Zi saying this made him feel there was some reason too, so he prepared to take from space. But his hand rummaged in space — only one cup left. He thought a moment, then took out a few cups from space.

Placing the cups in the few fairies' hands, Chen Nuo poured that one large cup of Milk Tea separately to the few fairies. "This is Wudao Milk Tea, just researched."

Bai Hua Xian Zi was somewhat displeased. She pointed at the empty cup beside Nüwa. "How come Nüwa gets such a large cup, yet we can only drink this small cup? Could it be Shopkeeper Chen looks down on us?"

"What do you mean by this? Shopkeeper Chen already gave you some to drink, yet you still pick at him — truly a White-Eyed Wolf."

Xuan Feng had long been displeased with Bai Hua Xian Zi's nitpicking. Just now she couldn't get a word in; now she was annoyed inside. Didn't expect Bai Hua Xian Zi to make trouble out of nothing herself.

"Tasting — the most important is in the tasting."

Chen Nuo only said one sentence.

Bai Hua Xian Zi also knew her picking trouble like this was somewhat wrong, but seeing Nüwa get preferential treatment at Chen Nuo's made her indignant. Now Chen Nuo said this; if she nitpicked further she'd just make Chen Nuo annoyed for no reason, so she shut her mouth, stopped speaking, and started drinking Milk Tea.

Nüwa looked at the Milk Tea in her hand, somewhat overwhelmed by favor — truly didn't expect Shopkeeper Chen would actually speak for her, and twice at that. What does he mean? Could what Wukong said not be empty words? Does Shopkeeper Chen's side really lack a companion? If he brings up the matter of a proprietress later, should she agree or not?

Nüwa took a sip of Milk Tea. Although already somewhat full, this Milk Tea was still as delicious as the first time she drank it.

Indeed, just as Bai Hua Xian Zi said, this Shopkeeper Chen truly gives her preferential treatment. She already drank such a large cup before, and now there's still more to drink. This time she confirmed her heart's intention: if Shopkeeper Chen brings up the matter of a proprietress to her, she might even agree to him.

Where would Chen Nuo know that just casually speaking a few facts would give Nüwa such conjectures? He thought it was Nüwa expressing gratitude to him.

The rest of the crowd were seriously drinking the Milk Tea in their hands... This Milk Tea is the most basic Milk Tea. Besides milk and tea in name, there's only tea. This self-brewed Milk Tea adds no essence — only the ingredients' own flavor. Milk fragrance plus tea fragrance mixed in a small cup; one sip, mouthfeel silky and mellow, making one unable to stop.

Only this small cup is really a bit too small. Just drank two sips and it was gone. The crowd looked at the empty cups in their hands with some regret. If only there could be a bit more — this isn't even enough to wedge between teeth; it only hooked the gluttonous worms in the belly.