Ah Huang and Yi Yi

Xiao Ran stared wide-eyed for a long while, making sure that the things inside were all pebbles.

The pebbles were quite pretty. Each one had a glassy sheen. Xiao Ran picked one up and examined it from every angle. The look in his eyes said it all: no mistake... it was a rock.

He raised his head in confusion and looked at the girl before him.

The girl looked a little embarrassed under Xiao Ran's puzzled gaze. In a muffled voice, she said:

"The great monk said I should give you something, and then you'd have lots of pocket money. I couldn't find anything else, though. The mountain's all rocks and more rocks, so could I just give you some rocks?"

"Rocks? Pocket money? The great monk?"

Xiao Ran quickly pieced the clues together, and his eyes lit up. "Could it be him!" He couldn't help thinking of the great monk who had come to guide him last time and taught him that mysterious footwork.

"If it was him..."

Xiao Ran immediately understood the monk's intentions. He nodded like a pecking chick. "That's right, that's right! The great monk was absolutely right."

Xiao Ran was quick-witted, and he immediately caught the key point in the girl's words.

The great monk had found him a living bodhisattva.

Xiao Ran had no idea who the girl was, but her Big Black Dog dared to bite Xie Jie—and had bitten him until he howled.

With this bodhisattva around, Xie Jie would have to think twice before trying to mess with him again.

At the thought of that, Xiao Ran nearly cried out, "Long live the great monk!"

"It seems the great monk hasn't explained how this money will be earned," Xiao Ran said.

The girl shook her head.

Seeing that, Xiao Ran took