"Tsk..."
Seeing Annie stop and finally agree to hear him out, Yuan Shoucheng breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly gestured toward the cushion across the small table in front of him and said with a smile:
"This is a long story..."
"Why don't you sit down, little friend, and let this old Daoist explain it slowly?"
He truly hadn't come here tonight with any ulterior motive. He'd only come to offer help out of goodwill. So he hoped the little girl before him would sit down and listen patiently while he finished what he had to say.
"..."
(ì_í)
After staring at him for a while longer, Annie realized she didn't have anything else to do right now, and it wasn't bedtime yet. So she didn't say anything more and simply sat back down.
But though she sat, she didn't touch his tea.
Her eyesight was pretty good, after all. She'd noticed the faint tea stains inside the cup and around its rim. He clearly hadn't washed it properly, and who knew how many people had drunk from it before? So there was no way the great immortal Annie was going to drink that stuff.
Besides, she really didn't like tea. If it were some sweet drink or fruit juice, that would be another matter.
"Heh..."
Yuan Shoucheng clearly had no idea what Annie was thinking. He merely smiled faintly, a trace of helplessness flashing in his eyes before his expression quickly settled. He lifted his teacup, took a sip, and then spoke slowly:
"The first matter concerns you and that little monkey, 'Dibbers'..."
"If you wish to break through Lesser Thunderclap Temple and defeat Huangmei, you might go to the Futu Realm and seek an opportunity within the Futu Pagoda."
At this, Yuan Shoucheng paused, then cheerfully poured