"Eat slower! Leave some for me, damn it! Were you reborn from a starving ghost, you monkey?" Ouyang gnawed on the peach in his hand, watching Little Bie San desperately stuff wild fruit into its belly. He could not help giving the monkey a light kick in the backside as he scolded it with a laugh.
"Mmm, mmm, Big Boss, I haven't eaten in so long!" Little Bie San said through mouthfuls of fruit, bowing and shaking its head at Ouyang.
Watching Little Bie San choke and roll its eyes from eating too quickly, Ouyang could not help feeling amused. He raised his hand and gently patted its back.
After gorging itself, Little Bie San lay contentedly on the ground, its belly bulging. Had its ill-fitting purple robe not been a magic artifact, the monkey would probably have worn it to tatters long ago.
Then, as though suddenly remembering something, Little Bie San sprang up from the ground, knelt before Ouyang, and tugged at his clothes as it said urgently, "Big Boss, Boss, he..."
"I know!" Ouyang said softly, looking at the anxious ape before him.
"???" Little Bie San had a bellyful of words ready, but Ouyang's "I know" lodged them in its throat, leaving it unsure where to begin.
"You know? Then... let's hurry..." Little Bie San scratched its ears and cheeks in agitation. Since Big Boss knew, surely he had a solution.
But Ouyang shook his head and said softly to Little Bie San, "That is the path Changsheng himself wants to walk. I don't want to stop him!"
Whether he cultivated the Dao or became a devil, that was the path Changsheng himself had to choose. Ever since Ouyang reached Foundation Establishment and the System Panel finished upgrading, he had known Changsheng would make this choice