Inside the teahouse, a group of pale-faced people stared at the bearded man, asking in horror, "Fellow Daoist, that monk just now... could he really be Yun La?"
The bearded man wiped his sweat, shook his head, and said, "Damn it, how would Laozi know? But I've heard that the Yun La has a ferocious face, even more terrifying than the Demon Race. The monk I just saw had a handsome face, so it's unlikely to be the same person."
"Then why is he interested in Yang Zhen?" an old man next to him asked curiously.
The bearded man chuckled and said, "Senior, are there still people in the entire North Isle who aren't interested in Yang Zhen?"
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded and said, "In that case, it makes sense. Yang Zhen has become a representative figure of the younger generation in North Isle. I just wonder when he will be able to meet Yun La."
"Haha, if they really meet, it'll definitely be quite a show."
Amidst the murmurs and chatter, the bearded man suddenly slammed his hand on the table, bursting into laughter, and exclaimed, "Regardless of the circumstances, if Yang Zhen and Yun La were to meet, given Yang Zhen's personality, he certainly wouldn't allow Yun La to act too arrogantly in my North Isle... Waiter, bring tea, bring the best tea!"
A waiter hurriedly came up, smiling broadly, and asked, "Sir, this is our finest tea, picked from a ten-thousand-year-old tea tree next to the Three Flowers Sacred Hall on Beiqi Mountain. It's a unique selection found nowhere else in the entire North Isle."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the teahouse was taken aback, then burst into laughter, looking at the teahouse waiter spouting nonsense with amusement.
The bearded man grinned, laughed, and patted the teahouse waiter on the shoulder, saying, "You're spouting nonsense, waiter! First of all, everyone knows the Three Flowers Sacred Hall has been taken over by the Holy Maiden Hua. Even if it truly still exists in Beiqi Mountain, with your teahouse's resources, how could you possibly be safely picking tea there? You heartless merchants...wait, Yang Yang Yang..."
At the end, the bearded man let out a strange cry, his face changing drastically, and he instinctively covered his mouth tightly.
The strange cry startled everyone, and they all stared at the bearded man with bewildered expressions.
The teahouse waiter chuckled and asked the bearded man, "What was this gentleman trying to say?"
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the bearded man's expression changed, and he quickly changed the subject, letting out a dry laugh, and said, "Not bad, this teapot is quite nice."
Yang Zhen chuckled as he placed the tea on the table, filled it to the brim, patted the bearded man on the shoulder, and said, "Please enjoy, sir!"
The bearded man dared not drink the tea. Even if it was picked from the tea tree next to the Three Flowers Sacred Hall, or even from the Jade Pool of the Nine Heavens, he wouldn't dare drink it in front of Yang Zhen.
To the bearded man's utter surprise, Yang Zhen, whom the entire North Isle had been searching for, actually appeared here and became a waiter in the teahouse.
"This..." The bearded man watched Yang Zhen's departing figure, hurriedly wiping away sweat, and muttered to himself, "This really is Yang Zhen. His actions are unpredictable and erratic, simply baffling."
If people knew that Yang Zhen, whom they couldn't find anywhere in North Isle, had actually ended up working as a waiter in an ordinary teahouse, they would be utterly astonished.
The bearded man dared not reveal Yang Zhen's whereabouts. After quickly drinking a cup of tea, he left the teahouse.
In a corner of the teahouse, the Shameless Cat lazily perched on the window, smirking at Yang Zhen and saying, "Kid, I told you to comprehend life, but instead of doing so, you're here?"
Yang Zhen flung the towel off his shoulder and glared at the Shameless Cat, saying, "Damn it, you still have the nerve to say that? Life is the most wondrous thing in the world. If this Sage of Saunter could easily comprehend it, wouldn't that mean I'd achieve immortality?"
The Shameless Cat chuckled and said, "If you don't properly understand life, how will you help that Flirtatious Chicken achieve rebirth in the future?"
Yang Zhen looked at the Shameless Cat with a puzzled expression and said, " Shameless Cat, I'm getting more and more curious now. What exactly is life? Look at all these living beings, busy with their own lives, pursuing mostly things that are illusory and unattainable. The idea of immortality is utter nonsense. Becoming the supreme being in the world? Even if you become the supreme being in the world, aren't you still bound by the shackles of heaven and earth?"
The Shameless Cat stretched lazily and said, "Don't ask me about that. If I understood this principle, I wouldn't have ended up in this state."
Yang Zhen took a deep breath, looked at the people coming and going on the street outside the restaurant, and said irritably, "It's just Nirvana, does it have to be so complicated?"
The Shameless Cat glanced at Yang Zhen, then fell silent. After a long while, it asked curiously, "Kid, you've already Dao Entry. These things require you to understand them for yourself. Since everyone is pursuing ethereal things, there's nothing wrong with that behavior; it's just that everyone has different aspirations."
Yang Zhen was taken aback, then Sage of Saunter and said, "Speaking of which, I think the life of a mortal isn't so bad. Look at these waiters in the restaurant; their lifelong pursuits are very simple. Give them a little crystal, and they're quite content, unlike cultivators who have such complicated lives."
The Shameless Cat was startled by this and looked at Yang Zhen with suspicion, saying, "Damn, kid, your current thinking is dangerous."
"Why?" Yang Zhen asked with a curious look.
The Shameless Cat clicked its tongue in amazement, looking at Yang Zhen and saying, "If you continue to observe mortals, you might accidentally become Mortal Transformation yourself. Although Mortal Transformation a supreme realm that countless cultivators pursue, if you Mortal Transformation at this point, let alone the Five Clans being able to easily kill you hundreds of times over, even if all the conditions were laid out in front of you, you wouldn't be able to help Flirtatious Chicken achieve Nirvana."
Hearing the Shameless Cat's words, Yang Zhen's eyes widened in shock, and he muttered to himself, "Damn, is it really that strange? Is it really possible for someone to suddenly Mortal Transformation?"
A Niu Bi Mortal Transformation suddenly becomes a mortal?
This whole thing sounds absurd no matter how you look at it.
"The world is subject to countless changes; who knows what's going on? If there were a basis for judging things like Mortal Transformation, countless people could easily Mortal Transformation, Mortal Transformation wouldn't be so mysterious and supreme."
Yang Zhen took a deep breath and looked at the many tea drinkers in the teahouse.
"Waiter, bring the tea! Damn it, why is the tea taking so long to arrive today?"
Hearing the guest's angry shout, Yang Zhen quickly draped a towel over his shoulder and said cheerfully, "Coming, coming, please wait a moment, sir. We'll serve you the best tea. This tea is extraordinary; it's said to have grown from a place where a large pear tree once stood in the garden of the Queen Mother of the West. It's incredibly fragrant."
What is the true meaning of life? For more than half a month, Yang Zhen had no clue. That Shameless Cat, that scoundrel, threw a copy of the Supreme Visualization Chapter in front of him and then ignored it completely.
The deeper one's understanding of life, the more benefits Flirtatious Chicken will receive when Yang Zhen helps him undergo Flirtatious Chicken. This is what the Shameless Cat said, the most likely way for Flirtatious Chicken to directly undergo Nirvana and become the Great Saint Golden Crow.
Since it concerned the rebirth of Flirtatious Chicken, Yang Zhen naturally dared not neglect it. However, the meaning of life was something that even the most Niu Bi experts on the Blue Planet couldn't explain clearly. How could Yang Zhen, a guy who only knew how to act recklessly, possibly comprehend it?
This thing, like mathematics, is not something that can be understood simply by having high comprehension. More than ten days of study really gave Yang Zhen a headache.
When Yang Zhen placed the teapot on the guest's table, he suddenly remembered what the young monk had said earlier, and for a moment he was struck dumb, standing there stunned.
All the pagodas in the world, in their ultimate form, are but a cup of earth, not in vain for our fleeting lives.
The people in the teahouse didn't understand the meaning of those words, but Yang Zhen suddenly realized that this was life—the life of that young monk from earlier.
Seeking the true meaning in the pagoda, so as not to regret it after turning into a handful of dust in a hundred years. Thinking of this, Yang Zhen couldn't help but feel a little emotional. These monks from the Western Region really have something in their understanding of Buddhist verses. In this respect, probably all the cultivators in the entire teahouse combined can't compare to that monk just now.
Everyone's eyes fell on Yang Zhen. Seeing Yang Zhen standing there dumbfounded, as if she had been stunned, they were all taken aback and then started to laugh at her.
Especially the man at the table in front of Yang Zhen, who slammed his fist on the table and glared at Yang Zhen, yelling, "You son of a bitch, hurry up and pour some tea! Do you believe Laozi 'll smash your head in with one slap?"
Yang Zhen suddenly snapped out of his reverie, looked at the Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator before him with a half-smile, and said with a chuckle, "Sir, could you please be a little more polite?"
"Boo bastard!"
With a loud crash, the sound of shattering teaware filled the air as the entire table was overturned by the hot-tempered Spirit Transformation Realm expert.