Chapter 109

"My left hand strikes for wealth with a gold brick, my right hand strikes for good luck with a ruyi."

"Take that! Take that! Take that, that, and that!"

Beating the Nian Beast during the New Year, the main theme is to burst out wealth with reason and virtue, and burst out ruyi good luck.

The Nian Beast sat there, covered in bumps, crying "woo-woo." The key was that everything dropping around it was gold coins, gold nuggets, and gold ingots.

This made people inevitably want to hit it a couple more times; there was simply no psychological burden, because the heart was full of shiny gold money!

The key is!

The God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, who had originally come to save it, was now drinking with Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and Nezha, laughing heartily.

The main theme is the image of a master who, as long as he isn't beaten to death, simply doesn't see it.

Tang An was tired from hitting, lying on the gold coins, and even poked the Nian Beast's fleshy butt.

"Hey, Sister won't hit you for nothing, and you won't go through this tribulation for nothing. In a while, Sister will give you a Ginseng Fruit to nourish yourself."

It is no exaggeration to say that the Nian Beast, which had been snot-nosed a second ago, looked exactly like a pug the next second, even turning its head to lick Tang An, and then sticking its butt up.

It was signaling to Tang An: feel free to hit, keep hitting!

If a beating could be traded for a Ginseng Fruit, she should have said so earlier!

Tang An was amused by the Nian Beast, laughing loudly, and stuck her butt out as she collected all her gold into the Universe Bag.

Although, even if all this gold were gathered together, it couldn't buy a single Ginseng Fruit.

But since it helped her complete a tribulation and was willing to be beaten without complaint, she couldn't be too stingy, could she?

Most importantly, for Tang An, the joy of bursting gold coins couldn't be traded for a Ginseng Fruit.

Although the values weren't equal, the joy was overflowing, so it was already worth it.

"God of Wealth, don't say I'm not loyal."

Tang An had the maid helping her set up the pot. "It's the New Year, please taste a New Year specialty. Cover me with your wealth in the coming year."

This was Zhao Gongming's first time eating this kind of food, but when the hot pot ingredients entered his mouth, his eyes lit up instantly.

"Destined One, what kind of food is this? In the future, if I want to eat it, can I come down to find you for a meal?"

Nezha had been half-lying on the steps drinking, but upon hearing this, he suddenly sat up.

When Tang An heard the God of Wealth wanted to come find her, how could she refuse?

"Of course you can! Absolutely you can, guaranteed you can!"

"God of Wealth, when you come, absolutely do not bring gifts, absolutely do not, okay?"

She thought she had hinted clearly enough.

Nezha's brows furrowed even deeper; he stood up from the steps and sat in the spot between the two.

Zhao Gongming looked at Nezha, then looked at Tang An.

"I wonder what the Third Prince is..."

Nezha directly picked up a piece of beef fresh out of the pot and shoved it into Zhao Gongming's mouth without a word.

Zhao Gongming: "Roar! Roar roar roar roar roar~"

One was hopping around from the heat, the other had a mischievous smile at the corner of his mouth; he was clearly satisfied.

"Tsk tsk tsk, our Nezha is just too enthusiastic."

Zhao Gongming: "Enthusiastic? It is quite hot."

Nezha: "Mm, it's the 'hot' of enthusiastic."

This tribulation was brought about in a way that left one both crying and laughing; Tang An had beaten the Nian Beast, obtained so much gold, and established a good relationship with the God of Wealth.

It could be called a tribulation that achieved two things at once, and even the beaten Nian Beast expressed no objections.

However, after the great excitement came complete silence.

The master and three disciples sat in a row on the roof; they didn't know when it started, but they had developed this hobby of sitting on the roof.

"Master, why do you look a bit melancholy?" Sun Wukong asked.

"Melancholy?" Tang An didn't feel that way; perhaps it was just the natural mood to have after the excitement of the New Year.

Tang An took a sip of fruit wine. "When I was little, I heard various versions of the Nian Beast story. They basically all ended with every household setting off firecrackers, pasting door gods, wearing new clothes, and scaring the Nian Beast away."

"When I was little, I really fantasized about whether the Nian Beast was real. And then, I fantasized about the scene of using firecrackers to drive the Nian Beast away."

"Later, when I grew up, I discovered that there really are Nian Beasts in this world, and what's more, after we all grew up, we all became Nian Beasts."

"The Spring Festival returns, setting off fireworks, burning firecrackers, wearing new clothes, pasting spring couplets. After a few days of excitement, we each go our separate ways, leaving our hometowns."

Yang Jian looked at Tang An's slightly moist eyes and smiled, comforting her: "But you really did beat the Nian Beast just now."

"That's right." Tang An wiped away her tears without a trace. "I, Tang An, just beat a real Nian Beast!"

Nezha didn't know how to comfort Tang An, so he just peeled a lollipop and shoved it into Tang An's mouth.

Tang An looked at her three disciples and laughed through her tears.

That's right, she had beaten the Nian Beast, met the God of Wealth, and had her three childhood idol disciples guarding her; her life had already fulfilled her childhood fantasies and was living like a dream.

Tang An lay on the roof, her hands pillowing the back of her neck.

Wukong, Nezha, and Yang Jian said nothing, and all lay down as well.

They were looking at the stars, the bright moon, the future, or perhaps just looking at the present.

The next day.

After resting in Chen Family Village for these few days and finishing the noisy New Year, Tang An and her group were about to continue on their journey.

On the road, Tang An leaned against Jiuyue's tail, carefully recalling in her mind where they were now. What monster was ahead?

Suddenly, Tang An sat up in surprise again.

"Oh no!"

But this time, Yang Jian and the others were already used to it.

"Master, don't tell me you're thinking about the affairs in Brother Bull's household again? Old Sun knows nothing about that."

Tang An scratched her temple. Did she look like such a gossipy person?

"Yang Jian."

Yang Jian saw Tang An's serious expression and the reminder in her eyes, so he immediately understood Tang An's meaning and activated an array to prevent others from eavesdropping.

Afterwards, Tang An had Jiuyue stop, and the four of them rested on the spot.

"What's wrong?" Nezha was puzzled; why did Tang An suddenly feel so formal?

"Friends! Disciples!"

"The next stop, the exciting moment is about to arrive!"

One second she was serious, the next she was purely excited and thrilled!

"Where are we?" Yang Jian saw that Tang An had never been this excited or thrilled when encountering tribulations in the past, and she had even specifically asked him to activate an array.

"Could it be..."

Tang An nodded excitedly. "High energy ahead, the opportunity to steal the pagoda is finally here!"

Nezha's eyes erupted with sharp light, accompanied by surging flames. "Really?"

"Naturally it's true. When has your master ever lied to you?"

"Come, come, come, for this tribulation, we must plan carefully."

After all, for this tribulation, it wasn't about beating some bull; it was about beating his pagoda-bearing father, Li Jing!