The Soaring Youth and the Noodle-Slurping Girl

Gurgle, gurgle.

Red oil boiled in the small copper pot, steaming hot, filling the entire cave with fragrance.

A woman with her long hair simply tied back sat by the pot, holding a large bowl and slurping down fine noodles. Just then, a silver lightning bolt flew in from outside, and the woman immediately looked up with wide eyes.

Startled.

When Chu Liang entered, this was the scene he saw.

It was a not-so-large grotto, quite dry despite being hidden within a waterfall. The stone walls were embedded with many glowing hazy jade stones, and with numerous vents, it was bright and airy.

There wasn't much other furniture in the cave, only a table on one side. On the table were a copper stove, a hot pot, and small wine cups, looking quite comfortable. Beside the table was a white stone bed, covered with a soft cushion.

The exquisitely beautiful woman had one foot on the ground and the other curled up on the bed. Her left arm was wrapped around her knee, hugging it to her chest, as she held the bowl. With her right hand, she used chopsticks to pick up a large mouthful of noodles and slurp them. When Chu Liang entered, her actions paused for a moment due to surprise, leaving the noodles suspended there.

Like the waterfall outside.

Her hair was simply tied back, with a few strands floating near her ears. Her profile was perfect, like a watercolor painting. Her eyes and brows were clear and just right, and her skin seemed to have a soft glow. Perhaps because she was eating something too spicy, her cheeks were flushed with red.

Judging by the long leg she was swinging, she must be quite tall. But her build was well-proportioned, and she wore plain white, comfortable everyday clothes, showing no trace of excess flesh. Her figure was graceful and undulating, like continuous mountains and rivers.

An otherworldly beautiful woman, even though her sitting posture was casual, she had noodles in her mouth, and her gaze was a bit blank... she was still stunning.

After seeing everything clearly, Chu Liang's body was still in the air, leaping with the Baize cub.

The airborne young man and the noodle-slurping girl had their first eye contact in life.

Then.

Bang.

The Baize cub landed. It seemed very excited, carrying Chu Liang to the woman's side and jumping around her happily.

The woman finally came back to her senses and quickly slurped a large mouthful: "Slurp—"

After finishing that mouthful of noodles, she wiped her mouth and then turned back around.

In this time, Chu Liang had already patted the Baize cub's neck to make it stop, then flipped off and landed, standing straight.

They exchanged glances, both a little awkward.

Only the Baize cub, as if completely lacking in emotional intelligence, didn't sense the awkwardness between the two humans and continued to happily circle around.

"Sorry..." Chu Liang was the first to speak. "This Baize suddenly made me get on it. Who knew why it suddenly brought me here and disturbed you, miss."

It was indeed a disturbance. Surely no young lady would want to be seen slurping noodles so vigorously...

"It's okay..." The woman was also caught off guard. Seeing how polite Chu Liang was, she couldn't very well be impolite.

However, when she turned her eyes to the Baize cub, there was visible embarrassment and annoyance in her gaze.

The bouncing Baize cub froze when she glared at it. Its expression also became a bit stiff, and its eyes darted around, seemingly thinking about what it had done wrong.

Chu Liang looked at the woman and suddenly asked, "Senior Sister, are you Jiang..."

Throughout Mount Shu, when mentioning exquisite beauty, the first name that came to mind was naturally that one, Jiang Yuebai, known as Immortal Jiang.

And Chu Liang had seen Jiang Yuebai from a distance once on Reaching Heaven Peak. Her figure and appearance were exactly the same as the woman before him.

It was just that the Jiang Yuebai of that time had a cold and ethereal temperament, like an immortal, which made it difficult to connect her with the girl slurping noodles in front of him. He had to look at her a few more times before he remembered.

"No!" The woman immediately raised her eyebrows and denied loudly.

Chu Liang blinked. But I haven't even said who it is yet...

"Shouldn't be?" "Why?" "This doesn't make sense!"

In the bushes, Shang Ziliang and his Hidden Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix were huddled together, their faces full of question marks.

Although many days had passed, they still remembered the painful abuse the Baize Cub had inflicted upon them that day.

They had only taken a few steps on Pagoda Peak when a Silver Lightning that rushed out from the side knocked them over, then stomped on them, stomped hard, and kept stomping...

It wasn't until all three of them were crying out for their parents on the ground that the Baize Cub used one horn each to toss all three of them into the sky, throwing them off Pagoda Peak.

But they had no complaints.

After all, it was the legendary Mountain Guardian Beast, a descendant of the Shu Mountain guardian god! And it would grow up to be the existence that guarded the Shu Mountain Sect in the future.

But...

You can hit us, but it's too much if you only hit us, isn't it?

We finally managed to lure Chu Liang here, and the result is... look at that worthless appearance of yours?!

Do you still look like a short-tempered Mountain Guardian Beast?

When they saw the Baize Cub pounce on Chu Liang, the three of them were filled with boiling anticipation.

Who knew that immediately after, they would see it start rubbing and licking Chu Liang? Every time it licked Chu Liang, Shang Ziliang felt as if his face was being stomped on again.

And that wasn't all...

It actually voluntarily let Chu Liang ride it?

This was a divine beast!

The meaning of a divine beast allowing someone to ride it was completely different from that of an ordinary mount. To put it broadly, it could even be understood as bearing the destiny of Shu Mountain.

Of course, a mere Baize Cub wouldn't reach such a level.

But it was still very difficult to accept.

"Sigh..." Shang Ziliang let out a long sigh. "What on earth is it?"

Lackey A pondered for a long time, then slowly said, "Boss, do you think it's possible... because he's handsome?"

After thinking about it, that was the only possibility he could come up with.

Slap.

Shang Ziliang raised his hand and gave him a Big slap. "Are you saying I'm not as handsome as him?"

"Of course not, it's just..." Lackey A covered his face and explained, "It's just possible that the Baize doesn't like your type..."

Shang Ziliang turned his head irritably and looked at Lackey B. "What do you think?"

Lackey B rubbed his head and said, "I'm hungry."

"Get lost." Shang Ziliang raised a foot and kicked Lackey B over.

While the three of them were racking their brains, they suddenly felt the sky above them darken as a massive black cloud enveloped the area.

"Hmm?" Shang Ziliang looked up and saw a patch of jet-black cloud with ferocious scales, descending directly towards them.

It seemed a giant demon beast was about to land.

"Pagoda Peak has the lingering aura of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, so no demon beasts have ever dared to set foot here. What's going on?" Shang Ziliang wondered.

"Boss, maybe we shouldn't think about this for now?" Lackey A said, looking up at the approaching black cloud.

"What should we do then?" Shang Ziliang asked.

"Let's hide first. What if we get hit?" Lackey A said.

"Hmph, ask it if it dares?" Shang Ziliang sneered, "Looking at the entire Shu Mountain Sect, whose mount would dare to land on my Shang Ziliang's head..."

Boom!

Trees collapsed, and the ground shook.

This seemed to be a giant lizard, seven or eight zhang long and over two zhang tall, but it had a pair of rugged fleshy horns on its forehead and a pair of narrow wings on its back. Its scales were thick and dark, with strange patterns.

It landed with a thud, then, with a speed completely inconsistent with its bulky body, it shot forward like it was flying close to the ground, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

All that was left was a messy pit where it had landed, and figures were vaguely buried in the pit.

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