For some reason, Lin Yuan, who was watching the spectacle from below the platform, had an inexplicable premonition that something was wrong.
Then, the gaze of the Slovenly Daoist suddenly turned toward him, carrying the faintest hint of a smile.
"F**k, the 'young friend' this stinking Daoist mentioned isn't me, is it?"
The feeling in Lin Yuan's heart grew increasingly intense.
He heard the Slovenly Daoist call out loudly, "My young friend is far away in the horizon, yet close at hand."
"Oh? May I ask who that is?"
"Go, monkey. Bring my young friend out."
At the Slovenly Daoist's command, the monkey, which had been scratching its head beside him, suddenly leaped down from the roof.
"Chitter, chitter."
It headed straight toward Lin Yuan.
Seeing the wild monkey coming toward him with a delighted expression, Lin Yuan could practically confirm that the "young friend" the Slovenly Daoist had mentioned was him.
The Daoists below the platform all stared at the wild monkey and made way for it.
They were equally curious to know who this young friend was whom the slovenly old Daoist had praised so highly.
Very soon, the path leading toward him gradually became clear, like a line of dominoes falling one after another.
"Huh? That monkey seems to be coming this way," Yang Yikun said.
"No way."
"Could that young friend be somewhere near us?"
"It's getting closer and closer."
"Should we move aside?"
"Let's watch for now. It won't be too late to move aside when the time comes."
Finally, under everyone's intense gaze, the monkey stopped half a meter in front of Lin Yuan.
"Chitter, chitter."
The monkey tilted its head up and looked at Lin Yuan with a broad grin.
The corner of Lin Yuan's mouth twitched.
This damned monkey and that stinking