CHAPTER 318: CHAPTER 238 BAREFOOT IMMORTAL REMEMBERS_2

The Barefoot Immortal felt it was about time, so he withdrew his foot odor and recharged it back into the air-charged horse.

"Come on, let’s go cruising on the street together! We’ll find Laojun and show off my new car!"

Thus, the Barefoot Immortal invited Rosen to join him, and together they drove off to find Laojun.

At that time, Laojun was riding a donkey, busy with alchemy at home.

"Stable Cleaner, Barefoot Immortal, what wind brought you two here?" Laojun joyously welcomed the duo as they arrived, inadvertently forgetting he was in the process of alchemy, resulting in a burnt elixir.

For a Sixth Grade Alchemist, such a mistake is indeed fatal, indicating his cultivation is still lacking.

Laojun then rode out on the donkey, disregarding the burnt elixir and letting it continue to burn, out of sight, out of mind.

The Barefoot Immortal and Rosen also went inside, catching whiff of the burnt scent coming from the alchemy furnace, and remarked, "Smells great, Laojun. Are you cooking?"

Laojun smiled because he had just been pondering how to explain his alchemy failure. As a Sixth Grade Alchemist, admitting such mistakes would be embarrassing.

He then said, "Recently, I’ve been researching a type of snack called chocolate. It tastes like burnt elixir, but it’s actually chocolate."

"Chocolate, huh? I love chocolate! Give us a hundred pieces to satisfy our craving." The Barefoot Immortal bluntly demanded.

"Well, I just researched this new variety, haven’t mass-produced it yet. There’s only one piece," Laojun apologized.

Upon hearing this, Rosen and Barefoot Immortal squinted at each other.

Both felt very wary.

Since there’s only one piece, they had to consider who would get to eat it.

The Barefoot Immortal said, "We spent so much energy on the way here, it’s perfect for me to recharge my energy first."

Saying this, the Barefoot Immortal immediately leapt off the air-charged horse and sprinted towards the alchemy furnace at a miser-like speed, faster than the air-charged horse thanks to the greater contact area of his bare feet with the ground, as opposed to the floating horse.

Yet, just as the Barefoot Immortal jumped off the air-charged horse attempting to snatch the chocolate at top speed, Rosen moved faster, somehow surpassing even the speed of light, altering the surrounding space-time.

"What?!" The Barefoot Immortal was incredulous, witnessing this scene, never expecting Rosen could achieve such terrifying speed.

One should know that the speed of an object cannot exceed the speed of light, not even reaching it, since objects with mass are different from massless particles.

In fact, even more shocked was Laojun, who hadn’t anticipated the allure of chocolate to be so strong. If he had known, he’d have asked the donkey to drop more chocolate into the alchemy furnace.

The predictable result was the Barefoot Immortal being faster by a fraction, managing to snag the chocolate.

Because the Barefoot Immortal was slower than Rosen but closer to Laojun, he got two steps out before Laojun patted him on the shoulder from behind.

Laojun immediately reached behind the donkey and sneakily handed over several chocolates to the Barefoot Immortal.

The Barefoot Immortal naturally understood the gesture, grinningly accepted the bribe.

Next moment, as soon as the Barefoot Immortal ate the chocolate, Rosen had already reached the alchemy furnace, eating the chocolate used in alchemy.

The taste was naturally different.

Rosen’s expression instantly turned bitter, after all, the burnt taste was quite harsh.

He reluctantly said, "Sure enough, it’s pure chocolate. The bitterness is at one hundred percent; I’m a bit on the verge of collapse."

As for the Barefoot Immortal, his expression was even more colorful. He eyed the donkey Laojun was leading, growing suspicious about the chocolate’s origin.

Laojun could see through the Barefoot Immortal’s gaze what he meant to ask and candidly responded, "Yes, the chocolate you just ate was indeed my donkey’s dung!"

Instantly, both the Barefoot Immortal and Rosen collapsed to the ground with a thump.

When they got up again, they tacitly grabbed Laojun by the collar, furious.

Laojun quickly explained, "Calm down, listen to me first. My donkey’s main advantage is manufacturing alchemy materials."

Faced with life-or-death, Laojun had no choice but to admit that it wasn’t chocolate but an elixir.

"What kind of elixir, specifically?"

The two were very concerned, especially given the heightened focus on food safety issues.

Under their questioning, Laojun finally conceded, "It’s the alchemy material for Donkey Yellow Pill, specifically donkey dung."

Now understanding, the two finally let Laojun go, expressing, "We’ve never realized before, Laojun, you’re truly humorous. Since you gave us funny gifts, we reciprocate with human yellow!"

Upon hearing this, Laojun shuddered in shock, quickly shaking his head, "That’s impossible! Human Yellow is your essence; why let me eat it?"

Rosen, knowing Laojun was frightened, decided to stop teasing him and boast about his Red Rabbit Horse, "My Red Rabbit Horse not only produces horse yellow but has won first in the hundred-meter sprint at the dodge Olympics."

Then he disparaged, "Your donkey can at most produce donkey yellow. It has no other real skills."

Unexpectedly, Laojun felt provoked and didn’t concede, "My donkey also has stubbornness, which your Red Rabbit Horse lacks."

"Stubbornness, can it compare to the combat aura of my air-charged horse?" Barefoot Immortal contested.

Laojun knew he couldn’t argue with these two, as they wouldn’t listen to reason once they went wild, thus saying, "How about we go to the Jade Emperor to reason it out."

Rosen chuckled, "Wherever we go, your donkey is indeed inferior."

The Barefoot Immortal chimed in, "The Jade Emperor recently got a luxury car. My air-charged horse wants to race to see who’s higher-class."

With that, the three teamed up and headed for the Jade Emperor at the Lingxiao Palace.

"Look, who’s causing such a ruckus outside?" The Jade Emperor pointed at the noisy commotion outside, asking the Celestial Court’s gods.

"I reckon it’s Laojun with Stable Cleaner and Barefoot Immortal," Laojun answered.

The Jade Emperor found Laojun’s instant appearance in front of him odd, pondering if this guy could reach light speed, suddenly showing up in the hall?

Following closely were Rosen and the Barefoot Immortal.

The Barefoot Immortal couldn’t help but praise, "Looks like Laojun’s line eleven bus is truly impressive!"

"Hahaha, you guys really need better judgment. If I rode my donkey, you’d see what a more powerful line eleven bus is!" Laojun boasted.

Just as Laojun felt smug, the Jade Emperor asked, "Do the three of you have a matter?"

After all, if there’s no reason, they wouldn’t come to Lingxiao Palace.

Laojun was about to speak, but the Jade Emperor interrupted, "Lately, I’ve studied the celestial phenomena and noticed the Ziwei Star is dim, there might be something major happening."

Laojun spat out some blood, grumbling, "Speak if you must, why interrupt me?"

Rosen and Barefoot Immortal ignored the interrupted Laojun, their expressions turning serious, thinking of their mission as they looked at the Jade Emperor.

"Barefoot Immortal, do you recall the dimming of the Ziwei Star?"

"Yes, I remember. During our time in the mortal realm, we aimed to protect the new celestial heir, ending up in Hell and reincarnating as Immortals," Barefoot Immortal recalled.

After all, it’s been a long memory.

The Jade Emperor’s eyes brightened, realizing he could see their past incarnations,

"Oh, it seems you two also have a history. I’ve seen your mission; I can tell you the current celestial heir has reincarnated as Tang Sanzang, coincidentally under the Jade Emperor’s command as the Golden Cicada."