Scourge Messenger

Chapter 448 White Porridge
What are they talking about?

Bai Zhou was munching on a meat bun on the Anlan. She had been lured aboard by the buns; the skin was thin, the filling plentiful, and each bite burst with juicy meat—they were so delicious! She saw the steward hand a bag of spirit jade to the old man, who bowed and nodded obsequiously as he accepted it, his face full of fawning. The steward waved his hand impatiently, and the old man turned and left like a weasel.

But after the old man had finished half of the congee and steamed buns, he returned. He took out half of the spirit jade from his bag and handed it to the steward, pointing to the congee on the Anlan ship from afar. The steward shook his head, coldly slapped his hand away, and the spirit jade scattered all over the ground. The old man reluctantly picked it up, carefully wiped it clean, and left with a fawning smile.

A little while later, the old man returned carrying an oil paper bag. His wrinkled face beamed with a smile like a chrysanthemum. It's unclear what he said to the steward, but the steward granted him permission to board the Anlan. As soon as the old man arrived, Bai Zhou's mouth watered. Inside the oil paper bag was a whole roasted chicken—a whole chicken!

She snatched it and started eating. Apart from the old man seemingly grumbling the whole time, the roast chicken was absolutely perfect. After she finished the chicken, the Anlan was preparing to set sail. She casually wiped her hands with an oil paper, turned around, and saw the old man return to the shore, watching her leave.

She vaguely remembered that the old man told her to listen to the people here... Basically, whoever gave me food, I would listen to them; whoever he told me to beat up, I would beat up.

……

What are they talking about?

Bai Zhou was practically going crazy looking at the delicious food on the table; she wanted to be the first one to get food! The old man seemed to have told her to try not to cause trouble, so she hadn't gotten into any fights the past two days and therefore hadn't gotten any food... But I'm hungry!
So when "Giant Bear" Wang Jin, the leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings," blocked her way, Bai Zhou launched a flying kick and grabbed the fat man, giving him a thorough beating. The fat man cried and begged for mercy, and Bai Zhou eagerly took the largest portion of rice—it was all hers!
Even though she was already very full, even though she was about to throw up, she still stuffed all the food into her mouth, not wanting to waste a single bite. Then she saw someone holding a steamed bun but not eating it. In her memory, such people were always full and wanted to throw away their food.

She used to wait for the other person to drop it before picking it up and eating it, but ever since she discovered that she could run faster than most people, she became too lazy to wait. Besides, she wasn't stupid; clean food definitely tasted better than food covered in dirt, so she just snatched it and continued eating.

She got hit as a result. But Bai Zhou didn't care; it wasn't the first time she'd been hit for sneaking food.

She will be more careful next time.

……

What are they talking about?

In the break room, she gently bit into the white porridge, and the crispy, charred skin of the roasted suckling pig burst open between her teeth, fragrant and juicy, so delicious she almost wanted to swallow her tongue. She glanced ahead and saw a large group of people looking at a sand table, talking about something she couldn't understand. She just thought they were all fools, having so much good food and not bothering to fill their stomachs.

Having eaten until he couldn't eat anymore, Bai Zhou let out a burp and stood up. Seeing everyone backing away, seemingly picking on someone to fight, Bai Zhou decided to go against the tide and step forward. He understood the principle that eating well means working, otherwise there would be no food later, and that one meal's fullness was no substitute for consistent, full meals.

But besides her, another person stepped forward, and he looked somewhat familiar. He first chattered with the others, and then with her. Bai Zhou couldn't understand him, only hearing him say, "If you're scared"—she felt looked down upon. She was already full; what in this world was there to be afraid of?

At least until she got hungry, she wasn't afraid of anything.

We are not afraid of robbers!
We're not afraid of bandits!
"I'm not afraid of you!" Bai Zhou roared. Facing the Ice Fang Beast that was rushing towards her with an ice storm, she swung her greatsword with all her might, wanting to smash the big cat's nose flat with one blow!

But before she could even raise her greatsword, she felt her body grow colder inch by inch, her bones stiffening and immobilizing her. It wasn't fear, it was the cold! The storm had already swept over Bai Zhou's body, and in less than a breath, she was covered in frost, as if frozen solid, even her eyes and lips were frozen!
Bai Zhou's eyes widened in fury as she glared at the Ice Fang Beast that was about to slap her to death. Frost trembled from her body, and steam rose from her red skin. She actually managed to lift the greatsword with a burst of blood and energy! Even though she couldn't utter a single word, all the spectators could see the furious roar suppressed in this girl's throat. Even death could not make her bend!

How could she be afraid of death? She had been stealing and swindling with the old man since she was a child. When she was a little older, she was almost kidnapped by someone. She fought three people by herself. From then on, the old man took her to fight everywhere. Sometimes they fought other children, and sometimes they fought lions and tigers. She lived a good life for a while because the old man would make sure she was fed after each fight. So even if she was beaten half to death on the sand, as long as she thought about being able to eat her fill later, Bai Zhou felt full of energy and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

What annoyed Bai Zhou was that there were always people chattering in a language she couldn't understand. She hated it when other people chattered because they would spit out saliva, and she didn't want her food to get covered in other people's saliva.

Why say so much when you're fighting? You'll still end up fighting anyway.

"You don't need to work hard anymore on the road ahead."

The boy in the tiger-skin hat stood in front of her, raising his sword to meet the Ice Fang Beast's strike, as if using a toothpick to fight a ferocious beast. But the moment the Ice Fang Beast struck, it burst like a punctured balloon, dispersing into two streams of black and white energy that flowed into the boy's body. "Since you're willing to accompany me on the path to immortality, I will never abandon you along the way." Tiger Vanguard turned to Bai Zhou: "I will protect you."

Bai Zhou shivered and collapsed to the ground. Tiger Vanguard quickly picked her up and fed her the blood-replenishing pills he had obtained earlier: "Are you alright?"

"well……"

"Isn't it too cold?" Tiger Vanguard looked around. "I'll cut down some trees to start a fire, but I don't know how long we're allowed to rest in this square..."

"I'm so...hungry," Bai Zhou said weakly.

Tiger Vanguard paused, looked at the Ice Fang Beast on the ground, and said with some helplessness, "You've really given me a difficult problem."

In the break room, everyone was stunned.

Mi Mian slapped her thigh: "Am I dreaming?"

"You country bumpkin, why are you hitting your own thigh?" Shen Qiuqiu angrily pushed Mi Mian to the ground, stomped her foot while looking at the sand table, and said, "I should have gone with you."

When Tiger Vanguard and White Porridge volunteered to challenge the Ascension Path, she had actually considered whether to go with them. She now fully understood the Anlan's steward's warning: "Participate alone, or leave immediately." On the Ascension Path, the solo route is the safest; it's easy to reach the first crossroads and retreat.

But no one has the guts to challenge the path to immortality alone. After all, children are just a bunch of little animals who are afraid of being alone.

Although it's a bit more dangerous for three people, at least there will be others to take the fall if danger arises. Therefore, when Tiger Vanguard and White Porridge volunteered, the smart kids' eyes lit up. White Porridge was the crazy old woman who could defeat the 'Four Heavenly Kings' Wang Jin, and Tiger Vanguard had just attacked White Porridge in the stomach on the Anlan. Both of them were very powerful teammates, and teaming up with them was the safest choice.

Tiger Vanguard made a strange request: to speak with a great figure whom they dared not even breathe loudly in. In the end, it turned out that they had to walk thirty steps to escape the path to immortality! Now everyone was too scared to go, except for the crazy Bai Zhou who refused to change her mind. She seemed not to understand the difference between ten steps and thirty steps.

But as everyone watched Tiger Vanguard and White Porridge fight their way through several battles, they became more and more excited and secretly hoped that they would make it out. However, in the end, they encountered the Ice Fang Beast, which looked so terrifying.

Just as the Ice Fang Beast was about to take the shot, a series of screams erupted in the rest room. Everyone thought they were going to die, and Mi Mian even covered her eyes, not daring to look closely. No one expected this outcome—Tiger Vanguard killed the Ice Fang Beast with just one move!

"Where is the Demon King? Where has he gone?"

"What just happened?"

"Wow, that tiger has such powerful moves! He's about to forge his own path to immortality!"

"He said before that he would come back to help us leave the Path of Ascension! Next time, I want to leave with him!"

"I also want!"

"Hey? Wasn't it supposed to be thirty paces? Why haven't they come out yet?"

When the Immortal Path dice landed on a "five", Tiger Vanguard and White Porridge passed through the crossroads. Instead of retreating, they continued their conquest of the Immortal Path!
The rest area was filled with exclamations of surprise. The children didn't understand why they weren't leaving, but the adults all remembered Tiger Vanguard's bold words at the beginning—

Clear the Ascension Path and obtain Foundation Establishment Pills!
(End of this chapter)