Chapter 290: I Should Be Under the Car, Not Inside the Car

In the end, Ren Yidao did not insist on going his own way to the very end; out of consideration for Jiang Mingzhi's bitter pleading, he reluctantly embarked on the "wrong path" with him.

But even so, Ren Yidao still protested firmly:

"I did not go the wrong way! The idea that I have no sense of direction is impossible no matter how you think about it."

Regarding Ren Yidao's repeated emphasis, Jiang Mingzhi's reaction remained unchanged.

"Yes, yes, yes, the Daoist is right."

If you say it is so, then it is so; I certainly won't say a single word.

Regarding the saying, "Accompanying a ruler is like accompanying a tiger," Jiang Mingzhi had never had a profound understanding of it before.

He could only see his father, Jiang Wanxiong, once in a long while, and coupled with the unfathomable nature of a charlatan, there was simply no talk of volatile emotions.

At most, it was just that Jiang Wanxiong constantly exuded the aura of a superior, which made people fearful.

But when the journey began, Jiang Mingzhi made up for all the experiences he had lacked, and perhaps even had a surplus...

But the one who helped Jiang Mingzhi make up for that part of the experience was not Ren Yidao.

This surprised Jiang Mingzhi greatly; he had originally thought Ren Yidao would be difficult to get along with, but after getting familiar, he was actually very easygoing.

He was truly kind.

He threw all the arrangements for the trip to Jiang Mingzhi, while he himself acted as a piece of luggage that emptied his brain.

He neither picked and chose, nor did he put forward any strange requests.

Huh?

If he hadn't been threatened several times, it would have been hard for Jiang Mingzhi to imagine that the gentle and refined youth before his eyes, who was covered in Dao Rhyme, would have a different face behind his back.

Is the way I opened this wrong?

And what truly made Jiang Mingzhi sit on pins and needles was that yellow cat named Big Yellow!

No, it should be said, that shrunken tiger Demon Beast!

Not long after the journey began, Ren Yidao, having had his fill of petting the cat, casually threw Big Yellow to Jiang Mingzhi to take care of.

"Big Yellow is entrusted to you."

Jiang Mingzhi:?

"You don't need to be too nervous, as long as you don't let it starve to death, that's fine."

Although Ren Yidao only put forward this one request, Jiang Mingzhi naturally did not dare to be careless.

He says it like that now, but if something really happens in the future... hehe, who can guarantee anything?

Then, Jiang Mingzhi began his miserable life as a pooper-scooper.

At the beginning, Jiang Mingzhi didn't pay much attention to it.

It wasn't as if Jiang Mingzhi hadn't raised Demon Beasts before; the Jiang Family's Witch Sacrifice Art also contained Secret Techniques for raising Demon Beasts, and even had some unique effects.

But these methods, which were tried and tested on other Demon Beasts, were completely ineffective on Big Yellow.

Not to mention anything else, just the single matter of getting this tiger Demon Beast to eat its fill already gave Jiang Mingzhi a massive headache.

A Feed Demon Pill that could keep a Demon Beast from hunger or thirst for ten days, it would not eat.

Cooked dried meat or meat jerky, it would not eat either, not even sparing it a glance.

It only ate living things.

Moreover, it ate too much.

Not only did it have to eat living things, but the quantity it consumed was also extremely vast.

On the first day alone, it ate ten cows and eight sheep in one breath!

Jiang Mingzhi was not short on money; these expenses were just a small problem.

But the problem was, in these desolate mountains and wild ridges, he simply couldn't buy them!

His beast bag could store some living things, but even if he stuffed that small space full, it could only support Big Yellow's food for three days at most.

Then... does he have to travel while leading a group of cows and sheep?

Never mind whether this matched the style of the two of them, just the matter of feeding the cows and sheep was an even bigger problem.

And, this style really didn't match!

The appearances of the two of them were both extraordinary, and their looks and temperaments were very impressive.

One looked young, but his eyes held a vicissitude inconsistent with his appearance and a thick immortal charm, and his body was faintly draped in golden rosy clouds.

One was heroic and spirited, possessing the standard face of an Eastern Wasteland youth, with his braided long hair draped behind him, naturally carrying an air of nobility.

As a result, these two people had to be followed by a group of cows and sheep whose eating, drinking, and excreting could not be controlled?

Huh?

Isn't this a bit too disjointed?

This is not the journey in my imagination!

"This..."

After worrying by himself for a long time, Jiang Mingzhi still didn't dare to act on his own, but instead bit the bullet and explained the difficulty before him to Ren Yidao.

"Oh, so you were worrying about this kind of thing."

"Actually, it's very easy to solve. Come, give Big Yellow to me."

As a result, after Ren Yidao finished listening, he just smiled, and then took the arrogant yellow cat from his hands.

What was he planning to do? Could it be?

Jiang Mingzhi seemed to have guessed something, but he did not speak easily.

Ren Yidao did not threaten the yellow cat as Jiang Mingzhi expected, but instead picked it up and whispered in its ear for a while.

Then he put it down and said with a smile:

"My words have been spoken; you know in your heart what you should do."

Jiang Mingzhi:?

What?

What did you say!?

What do I know? What do I know?

Wait...

But before Jiang Mingzhi could open his mouth to ask, that yellow cat made a move first.

"Meow?"

It first meowed twice in confusion, then circled around Ren Yidao several times, sniffing constantly with its nose.

Jiang Mingzhi: Ow! So that wasn't said to me!

"Meow meow meow?"

The yellow cat didn't reach the conclusion it wanted for a long time, but no matter how it asked, Ren Yidao no longer responded, just smiling and watching it quietly.

Finally, after the man and the cat had stood in a standoff for a long time, the yellow cat finally stopped hesitating, pushed off hard with its feet, and shot into the dense jungle like a sharp sword.

It vanished without a trace in an instant.

And after the yellow cat left, Ren Yidao shook his head slightly and stepped forward.

"Dao, Daoist! Are we not waiting for Big Yellow to come back?"

Jiang Mingzhi didn't quite understand; had Ren Yidao really just released Big Yellow back into the mountains and forests?

This was truly a pity!

Although Jiang Mingzhi didn't know Big Yellow's true strength, he had faintly felt a strong sense of oppression from Big Yellow's petite body.

And this even exceeded what Ren Yidao usually gave him!

Of course, this didn't mean Big Yellow's strength exceeded Ren Yidao's; it only meant that Big Yellow's innate strength far exceeded Jiang Mingzhi's.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Big Yellow had been forcibly suppressed and was still in the stage of being tamed and having its spirit broken.

But now, Ren Yidao had just casually let it go?

Are you trying to release it to accumulate Merit?

"Big Yellow?"

Ren Yidao walked in front, waving his hand without looking back, saying casually:

"No need to wait for it, let's go first. When it's time to return, it will naturally return."

Ren Yidao was incomparably confident in his own judgment.

He hadn't threatened the Ink-Earth Yellow Sand Tiger in its ear just now, but had only said a few words:

"Little kitty, the grudge between you and me isn't that great. Suppressing you until today can be considered settled."

"So you are free now, you can go wherever you want."

"But before you go, I will only remind you of one thing."

"By yourself alone, you will never be able to step onto the path of Void Refining; you need a guide."

In the ear of the Yellow Sand Tiger, he whispered faintly:

"And I... am your Destined Person."

As for how much of this was true and how much was false, only Ren Yidao himself truly knew.

Anyway, the Yellow Sand Tiger was still far from the bottleneck of breaking through to Void Refining, and there was no way to verify on the spot whether he actually had the ability to help it.

In any case, first fool it... cough!

First leave a good connection; what if it comes in handy one day~

And as for what choice the Yellow Sand Tiger would make, Ren Yidao wasn't worried at all.

"It will definitely come back."

"After an ambitious person has seen the scenery from a higher place, it is impossible for them to be willing to return to the low valley."

He could see the ambition in its eyes.

Thinking of the Yellow Sand Tiger's hesitation after it left, the corners of Ren Yidao's mouth curled up, and then he asked Jiang Mingzhi:

"By the way, listening to what you said yesterday, we are almost at the Hu Kingdom, right?"

Ren Yidao changed the subject. Although Jiang Mingzhi still had doubts in his heart, since the other party didn't care, he didn't continue to dwell on it, nodding as he took up the topic:

"Ah, yes, it should be another fifty miles from here to reach the territory of the Hu Kingdom, and then it will be very close to Hu City."

Ren Yidao nodded and smiled:

"Then let's finish it in one go. You've worked hard these days, Prince. Tonight, I will host a banquet at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion in the Hu Kingdom to reward you, Prince."

Jiang Mingzhi was startled and hurriedly waved his hands.

"No need, Daoist, why be so polite? I've only done some small things, how can it be considered hard work? If we're talking about hard work, it has to be you, Daoist!"

But facing Jiang Mingzhi's modesty and retreat, Ren Yidao accepted it directly and then asked back:

"Oh? So I've been working that hard! But specifically where was it hard? I'm a bit curious, why don't you tell me?"

Jiang Mingzhi: "Uh..."

I, I was just flattering you, why did you actually admit it!

Ren Yidao: "Don't worry, speak boldly, I don't mind."

"That..."

Stared at by the youth's half-smiling gaze, Jiang Mingzhi's eyes darted around, and he felt like he was about to break into a sweat on his forehead.

Sweating buckets, brother.

It had always been others flattering this eldest Prince; when had he, Jiang Mingzhi, ever flattered anyone?

I'm really not good at this!

"Um, ah, that..."

Just as Jiang Mingzhi was continuously recalling the words others had used to flatter him in the past, Ren Yidao shook his head with a light laugh and let the poor Prince off the hook.

"There is no time to lose, let us set off."

Having said that, Ren Yidao was the first to move; with his hands behind his back, he leaped and drifted away.

Having escaped a disaster, Jiang Mingzhi let out a sigh of relief, but just as he was about to take a long breath, he saw Ren Yidao's dashing retreating figure... Hm?

Jiang Mingzhi's expression changed, and he hurried to catch up, shouting:

"Wait! Daoist, wait a moment! It is not that way!"

"Ha! I want to go this way."

"Wait a moment—"

And after the two had gone far away, a pair of oily green, giant eyes lit up in the jungle from before.

Those ghastly green eyes were filled with cold murderous intent, staring fixedly at their figures, and then they vanished without a sound...

After the two successfully passed through the checkpoint and entered Hu City before the city gates were locked at dusk, Ren Yidao walked along the street, feeling a bit dazed for a moment.

"This Hu City is... um, much more uninhibited than Jiang City!"

Yes, by comparison, it was more than just a little uninhibited; the women's attire was quite revealing.

These legs are so great, this waist is so fair, this chest is so long, this face is so...

For a moment, Ren Yidao thought he had arrived at a beach in his past life during the summer; no matter where he looked, everything that met his eyes was a sea of white.

Not only that, but men made up less than twenty percent of the people on the road, and the rest were all women.

Wow—

This is a good place!

Seeing Ren Yidao's face full of seriousness, Jiang Mingzhi also started to laugh; he had finally seen the other party's surprised expression.

"Daoist, do you know what the Hu Kingdom is most famous for?"

Reluctantly moving his gaze away from a rather wealthy and generous female Bodhisattva, Ren Yidao blinked and said:

"Uh, what is it?"

Jiang Mingzhi spread his hands, pointing at the women on the street who were generously displaying their own beautiful assets:

"It is the Hu women. The women of the Hu Kingdom are most skilled in the arts of the bedchamber, and they have quite a reputation even in the Eastern Wasteland; many people are willing to take a Hu woman as a concubine."

The two men's conversation did not avoid others; some nearby women revealed charming smiles upon hearing it, and a few even stuck out their tongues to lick their lips.

The two men's appearances were outstanding, which had long since attracted people's attention, but they had not dared to approach due to the aura on the two men.

Jiang Mingzhi did not pay any mind to their seduction, smiling calmly:

"To tell you the truth, even in my own manor, there is a woman from a branch family of the Hu Family serving as a maid, and I am thinking of taking her as a concubine in a few days."

"If you are interested, Daoist, Mingzhi can provide an introduction."

But once the words were out, Jiang Mingzhi felt his words were somewhat ambiguous, so he hurriedly added:

"Cough! Of course, I do not mean the Hu woman in my manor; I mean introducing you to people of the Hu Family to see if you can find a woman you fancy, Daoist."

Ren Yidao raised an eyebrow, looked Jiang Mingzhi up and down, and said strangely:

"I didn't expect it, Mingzhi, you have this kind of side business."

I couldn't tell, you with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, you are actually a madam.

Jiang Mingzhi understood the meaning in Ren Yidao's words, shook his head with a laugh, and waved his hand:

"No, no, no, Daoist, you have misunderstood; this is not Mingzhi engaging in any shady business."

"In reality, Hu women like to rely on the strong most of all; for a talent like you, Daoist, even if I did not mention it, they would take the initiative to approach you."

"Furthermore, Daoist, please do not think that the Hu women are forced; they are all willing, and they even often get into fights because several Hu women are competing for the same man!"

Ren Yidao blinked and hissed:

"The customs of this Eastern Wasteland are indeed more vigorous than those of the Beiming Divine Continent!"

"Hahaha, that is indeed the case, though even in the Eastern Wasteland, the Hu Kingdom is a particularly prominent kingdom."

As the two chatted, their footsteps did not stop, and they soon arrived at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion located in the center of the city; this massive organization that spreads across the Four Great Divine Continents is very easy to recognize.

And not long after the two entered a private room and sat down, before the food had even been served, they waited for an uninvited guest.

Knock, knock.

"Who is it?" Jiang Mingzhi raised an eyebrow, seemingly having guessed the identity of the person coming, and after seeing Ren Yidao nod, he waved his hand to open the room door.

"Lord Jiang, you are truly being a stranger; why didn't you tell me when you arrived in Jiang City?"

Hu Wanwan, whom he had met during the Two Domains Conflict, walked in with a smile, looking at Jiang Mingzhi with a feigned grievance:

"Could it be that you have grown tired of Wanwan?"

Pfft!

Seeing Hu Wanwan looking like a resentful woman who had been waiting bitterly in her boudoir for ten years, Jiang Mingzhi spat out his drink and stood up angrily:

"Hu Wanwan!!! Stop being so disgusting here!"

"Daoist, he is not like this, he is just joking with me... Hm?"

Jiang Mingzhi had intended to explain to Ren Yidao, but when he turned his head, he discovered that the Daoist Ren who had just been sitting in his seat had already silently flashed outside the door.

Hm?

Where are you going?

Under Jiang Mingzhi's puzzled gaze, Ren Yidao smiled and nodded at him, transmitting his voice:

{"I will not disturb your reunion for now!"}

【"Come on! You must live on strongly!"】

Then, he considerately closed the carriage door.

Click.

Jiang Mingzhi:???

"Wait a moment! Come back!!!"

And at this moment, he felt a pair of powerful arms firmly rest upon his shoulders...

"Master Jiang~"

???

It is a new month!

There are double Monthly Tickets at the end of this month, so you can save them up for later.

But at the beginning of the month, I still need to ask for a base Monthly Ticket to get by.

Last month's Monthly Tickets didn't pass one thousand, which is a bit regrettable, and there is a large part of the reason that lies with me.

Twenty days have passed, I have adjusted myself quite well now, and I will strive for it this month.

Love you all!

Please also believe in me!

I will not give up!