When Gouwa actually said something like that, the Teacher scalded his tongue with a puff, sucking in cold air as he glared furiously at Gouwa.
"You, you, you!! How outrageous! How can you insult the sages like this? Do you know how high an official the Prime Minister is? And you dare say you'll be one?"
"Do you know how much learning it takes to hold that office? You fool who cannot even recite the Three Character Classic, where did you find the nerve to say such a thing!"
Gouwa looked utterly disdainful. "What's so special about that? Even a Fool can be Emperor, so I can be Prime Minister."
As Gouwa argued sophistry with the Teacher, a gaunt woman passed by the village entrance. She looked utterly haggard.
She carried a basket under her arm, with a section of lotus root poking out beneath the cloth cover. When she saw the crowd at the village entrance, she immediately quickened her pace and hurried into the village.
She walked so quickly that she nearly collided head-on with the three Monkey Children approaching from the opposite direction.
The Monkey Children Yang Xiaohai had brought back looked much better now. Though they still retained some monkey-like mannerisms, they at least looked very much like people. For example, at that very moment, all three were bowing to the woman in greeting.
Seeing this, Zhao Wu lowered his voice and said to the others, "Have you heard? They say these newcomers used to have the same illness as Senior Brother Li. But they all recovered, so they were sent here."
Zhao Wu's words opened the floodgates, and the others beneath the tree immediately began discussing the people who had recently arrived in Oxheart Village.
Those people were strange. They did not like interacting with