Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 229 A Gentle Breeze in the Mountains, and the Setting Sun

"Squeak!"

On the mountain peak, the little monkeys squeaked and chattered.

It squeaked, then cried out, then whimpered.

He danced wildly, his limbs trembling, and he even did several somersaults on the spot.

Chen Xu watched from the side, while Wei Yuan sat upright on the rock and couldn't help but chuckle.

After laughing, it felt it shouldn't have done that, so it put its hands slightly forward and put them in a demure pose.

But the undisguised joy in its eyes betrayed its current mood.

After drinking the wine, the little monkey even forgot how to speak. It drank from the bamboo tube again and again until it had drunk the entire tube of wine, and then finally staggered and shouted:
"Ah, this wine is clearly not as good as, not as good as the wine at home, so why do I feel so happy drinking it!"

Why am I so happy?
Naturally, this is because the wine is named "Joyful Sorrow".

【Joyful Sorrow Wine: A fine wine with a base of Flowing Clouds Intoxication, imbued with a subtle spiritual energy. While it may not be worthy of being called a "spiritual wine," it does possess a touch of wondrous spirituality.】

There is a slight chance that the drinker will feel a sense of liberation, confronting life's sorrows directly under the influence of alcohol, finding joy and forgetting worries; hence the name "Joyful Sorrow."

The most wonderful thing about the Joyful and Sorrowful Wine is that it can make the drinker feel carefree and happy, forgetting all worries.

Although the chances were "slim," interestingly, the little monkey's drinking of alcohol triggered the "joy and forgetting worries" effect.

Whether it was fate or the simple nature of the little monkey's life, it was because of its joy and sorrow that it was so "happy and sad".
But the little monkey was very stubborn. Even though it was so happy after drinking the wine, it still insisted that the Joyful Sorrow Wine was not as good as its own wine.

Wei Yuan immediately became angry. He couldn't help but straighten his back and said angrily:

"You've gone too far! You were the one who came to ask for things first, and my... my brother Chen kindly gave you some wine, but you still insist that his wine is not as good as yours."

"You demon, how can you be so ungrateful!"

The little monkey was stunned by the scolding. After a moment of hesitation, its eyes widened, but it refused to back down and said:
"I...I didn't! My family's wine is just more delicious, you don't believe me...you don't believe me? I'll go back and get the wine right now and show you!"

When the little monkey got anxious, it started speaking fluent human language.

Wei Yuan didn't believe it. He just said with a straight face, "I think you are very cunning. You must be lying to us. Once you leave, you won't come back."

The little monkey was so anxious that it scratched its ears and cheeks, shouting, "I'll definitely come! Wait for me! Whoever doesn't come is a bad guy!"

"Ouch!"

Before it could finish speaking, it let out a series of excited cries.

Its nimble body leaped swiftly, disappearing into the dense forest to the east in an instant.

A rustling sound came from the dense forest, and the excited cries of a little monkey seemed to linger in the setting sun. But as the leaves swayed, everything seemed so mysterious and vast.

Wei Yuan tiptoed over there and glanced at it, then couldn't help but turn to look at Chen Xu.

The little hedgehog looked slightly nervous and embarrassed, and Chen Xu immediately laughed: "What's wrong? You provoked it, and now A-Yuan feels bad?"

Wei Yuan said shyly, "It's just a little monkey that's just beginning to develop intelligence. If I get angry with it, it would seem petty of me."

But then it huffed and puffed, "But it said Brother Chen, your wine isn't good..."

If the little monkey only pointed out Wei Yuan's shortcomings, Wei Yuan certainly wouldn't be angry. But it criticized Chen Xu's work—

Even if it was just about Chen Xu's wine, and not Chen Xu himself, Wei Yuan would still not allow it.

Thinking of this, Wei Yuan immediately became confident again.

All its previous anxiety vanished, and it immediately said, "I'm not embarrassed at all. If it comes, I will definitely approve of its wine!"

If it doesn't come, then it must have run away because it felt guilty.

Wei Yuan quickly reconciled himself, but as he scanned the surrounding mountains and forests, a sense of vigilance suddenly arose within him:
"Brother Chen, are we really going to wait for that little monkey here?"
"If we just wait here, what if that little monkey brings some powerful demon to harm us?" Without realizing it, it changed its address to Chen Xu from Fellow Daoist Chen to Brother Chen.

It's hard to say which is closer, but in Wei Yuan's heart, Chen Xu was truly like an elder brother, someone extremely close to him.

After experiencing the Xiaopo Village incident, Wei Yuan unconsciously became more wary of everything in the world.

This is actually a normal reaction after being traumatized, and Chen Xu saw it and felt a little sorry for it.

However, Chen Xu did not intend to expose Wei Yuan's almost paranoid mentality at this moment. Firstly, the world is inherently dangerous, and learning to be vigilant is not a bad thing.

Secondly, there are some things that you have to figure out on your own, and some wounds need time to heal.

Offering forced comfort is not very helpful; it's better to do something more practical.

Chen Xu simply smiled and said, "A-Yuan, what do you think that is?"

He pointed to the dense forest to the east.

Suddenly, a small puppet about a foot tall, holding a long spear, leaped into the dense forest from the road.

It entered the forest silently, almost like a lurking ghost compared to the loud squeaking of the little monkeys.

Wei Yuan was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "This...this is Brother Chen's Dao weapon?"

Chen Xu nodded and said, "I ordered my Taoist soldiers to follow that little monkey. My Taoist soldiers have the ability to hide, and they can now move thirty miles away from me."

This method is truly miraculous and extraordinary, inspiring awe and even envy in demons.

Wei Yuan suddenly seemed to be deep in thought.

Chen Xu said calmly, "A Yuan, everything in this world is beautiful, whether it's the mountain breeze, the sunset at this moment, or the moonlit night that will come soon."

If one is always tense and cannot easily and freely appreciate the beauty of heaven and earth, then spiritual practice seems to lose much of its charm.

Therefore, rather than living in constant fear, we should learn to be sensitive to crises and to have the ability to cope with them.

He explained his attitude in a gentle and detailed manner. Although it was clear that he wanted to teach Wei Yuan something, his tone and manner were completely devoid of any lecturing intent.

Wei Yuan belatedly realized what was happening. Standing on the rock, it listened intently, feeling its chest fill with something once again.

This fullness is quite different from when Chen Xu previously told it things like "you are the gentle breeze and the bright moon".

Wei Yuan was speechless and could only stare blankly at Chen Xu.

Chen Xu extinguished the flames of the small red clay stove, picked up the earthenware urn above, took out a white porcelain bowl, and poured the emerald green soup from the urn into the bowl.

The emerald green broth, like a jade ribbon descending from the sky, tinkled and slid down.

In just a moment, the liquid in the bowl became clear.

Chen Xu handed the bowl of green needle grass soup to Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan hurriedly reached out his hands to catch it, and to his amazement, he found that the soup was not hot in his hands, but rather lukewarm.

It looked at Chen Xu again, and for some reason, it just couldn't bear to drink the soup.

Chen Xu encouraged it, saying, "Drink it quickly and get better soon."

Wei Yuan suppressed his surging emotions and quickly picked up the soup bowl and drank it down.

As the soup entered my throat, all my emotions finally burst forth.

Beside Chen Xu, the Book of Food and Delight was opened.

(End of this chapter)