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Chapter 115 The Dragon-Suppressing Immortal
The mountain road was winding, and the two small figures, Jinlu and Yinlu, were stuck halfway in the road, their faces red.

"East!" The Golden Furnace Boy pointed in the direction of the rising sun, his little face stern, his tone resolute.

"Nonsense! It's clearly heading west!" The Silver Furnace Boy, clutching his jade bottle, stubbornly insisted, his emotions filled with indignation. "The direction where the sun sets should be Yalong Mountain!"

"East!"

"West!"

Their voices rose higher and higher, neither willing to give in. Unable to reach an agreement, they abandoned reasoning and began to resolve the issue in the most direct way:
You push me, I shove you. Jinlu grabbed Yinlu's collar, while Yinlu tried to pinch Jinlu's arm. The two shiny Taoist robes twisted together, rolling around in the dust.

Yuan Shoucheng stood not far away, watching the two boys go back and forth, then glanced at Chen Guangrui who was standing by with his hands folded, and leaned closer to whisper,
"Scholar Chen, are you really going to accompany these two little devils to find their godmother? It's a long and arduous journey..."

Chen Guangrui's gaze fell on Yuan Shoucheng's shrewd face, and the corner of his mouth seemed to twitch slightly.
"Master Yuan, judging from your tone...did you already see something?"

"Me?" Yuan Shoucheng tensed up, shaking his head like a rattle drum. "No, absolutely not! With my meager skills, what could I possibly see? What godmother, what Yalong Mountain, I know nothing about them, and I dare not make any wild guesses."

He waved his hand, as if to say, "Don't you dare ask me," as if afraid of getting involved in anything.

Chen Guangrui didn't press further. His gaze returned to the two small figures still locked in a fierce struggle. He gently shook his head, his voice neither loud nor soft, yet clearly reaching the ears of the two wrestlers.

"You two, after all this time of cursing, it's still just the same few phrases: 'You bastard, I'll beat you to death.' Haven't you learned any new insults from the mortal world in all this time?"

The Golden Incense Burner and the Silver Incense Burner, who were grabbing each other's robes, stopped simultaneously and turned to look at Chen Guangrui. The Silver Incense Burner's eyes lit up; forgetting their fight, he immediately asked, "What new insults are used in the mortal realm?"

Chen Guangrui's expression remained calm, as if he were stating something very ordinary.

"Common insults in the mortal world include calling someone 'born of a pig' or 'raised by a dog.'"

"Born of a pig?" Silver Furnace Boy reacted the fastest, turning around and yelling at Gold Furnace Boy, "Gold Furnace, you were born of a pig!"

The Golden Furnace Boy wasn't about to back down either. His face darkened, and he immediately retorted, "You're a son of a bitch!"

"You were born of a pig!"

"You son of a bitch!"

The conflict, which had just subsided, immediately resumed with new rhetoric.

The two abandoned their close-quarters combat, stood a few steps apart with their hands on their hips, and spat at each other with newly learned slang, having a great time hurling insults.

Yuan Shoucheng watched from the side, his expression complex. He took half a step closer to Chen Guangrui, his voice extremely low.

“Scholar Chen, you have some nerve. If that person in the Tushita Palace heard this… tsk, this old Taoist admires you.”

His words were full of information, and his eyes darted around.

Chen Guangrui glanced at him, her tone as calm as if she were discussing the weather, "Master Yuan, didn't you just say you knew nothing and dared not speculate? Then I can only try it myself. Some things, even without evidence, are worth trying."

Yuan Shoucheng's face stiffened, and his smile almost collapsed.

Chen Guangrui didn't give him a chance to explain, and casually threw down the next sentence, "If you keep pretending to be confused with me, believe me, Guanyin Bodhisattva will take away your dragon prince in a few days. Then you can only look but not think, and you'll be anxious for the rest of your life."

Upon hearing the mention of the Dragon Prince, Yuan Shoucheng's eyes revealed genuine panic and heartache, and his back subconsciously bent slightly. "You flatter me, you flatter me, haha!"

He quickly turned to the two boys who were still arguing heatedly about "pigs giving birth" and "dogs raising," his voice suddenly becoming more enthusiastic and loud, trying to change the subject and defuse the situation.
"Hey! You two celestial children! Stop arguing! All you want to do is find Yalong Mountain. Want to know where it is? Ask this old Taoist priest; my fortune-telling is incredibly accurate." ...

The group rode on clouds, and Yuan Shoucheng was pulled along. At first, he was a little uncomfortable, but gradually, he became less nervous.

At this moment, Chen Guangrui asked, "You say your godmother is this Dragon-Suppressing Immortal, but who exactly is she?"

Silver Incense Burner Boy spoke first, “My godmother is the most beautiful person in the world, much more beautiful than any fairy.”

Whenever he had the chance, he would naturally tell Chen Guangrui about his godmother.

“My godmother is the most beautiful woman in heaven and earth! Back then, she captivated all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens! It’s just a pity that she’s gotten old now, which gives those fairies a chance.”

Seeing that the Silver Furnace Boy's answers were so eloquent, Chen Guangrui asked directly, "Did your godmother tell you all of this?"

The Silver Incense Burner Boy naturally understood what he meant, and so he prepared to produce even more compelling evidence, "It's not just what my godmother said, even the old..."

The Golden Furnace Boy's expression changed, and he tugged at him, "Even when she was old, she was still a great beauty!"

Chen Guangrui nodded; this time, he truly believed it.

Yuan Shoucheng, standing to the side, nodded vigorously, clearly having already believed it.

Seeing the two of them, the Silver Furnace Boy was still smug, "Now you believe me, right? Let me tell you, I've never seen a woman more beautiful than my godmother."

Chen Guangrui thought to himself, "You've been refining elixirs in the Tushita Palace for so many years. All you've seen are Laozi and the Green Ox, and the Taoists who carry water and tend the fire. What outsiders have you ever seen?"
“Look, I recognize this place,” Silver Furnace Boy said, having already found the familiar path. “I came here hundreds of years ago.”

"Look over there at that cave, is that the Dragon-Suppressing Cave?"

He was pointing people out as if he were presenting a treasure, while Jinlu Tongzi and Chen Guangrui were pulling Yuan Shoucheng along.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the Dragon-Suppressing Cave, the two boys immediately knelt down, saying, "Godmother, we have come to pay our respects to you."

Although the entrance to the Yalong Cave was empty, there were faint clouds and mist swirling around it, and a hazy glow of rosy clouds.

Chen Guangrui looked closely and vaguely saw a few scattered figures moving around in the Yalong Cave, presumably people inside trying to find out who was outside.

At that moment, a very pleasant voice came from inside the cave, "Is that Jin'er and Yin'er?"

The voice was extremely clear, yet it possessed a captivating, seductive quality.

Upon hearing this, Chen Guangrui was even somewhat dazed; she truly deserved to be called the most beautiful woman.

Even before seeing the person, there was already a sense of recognition that the owner behind this voice was definitely not an ordinary person.

He was only slightly dazed before regaining his senses and quietly used his water control power to clear his mind.

Looking at Yuan Shoucheng beside him, his face was flushed, as if he was still immersed in the sound he had just heard.

Just then, a delicate hand pried open the door to the Dragon-Suppressing Cave, and the person slowly walked out.
"Is it really my child?"

(End of this chapter)