?77: Chapter 64 My Name is Zhong Tian 77: Chapter 64 My Name is Zhong Tian Li Chen looked at the sunlight outside, the sun was just right, and the scenery was also quite nice.

    The bus stopped, and Li Chen got off, returning once again to Jingyang County and then heading towards Panlong Village.

    His four grandfathers built Panlong Village all by themselves, and could be said to be the first residents of the village.

    As he walked on the road, it wasn’t long before several silhouettes appeared before him; they were villagers from other villages, dressed like farmers, but one among them stood out.

    That person was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and even more exaggerated was the amount of flesh on his body, which simply stunned Li Chen.

    He had never seen anyone fat to this extent!

    Both tall and fat, his presence gave off the sensation of making the ground shake and the mountains sway as he walked.

    The fatty wore a loose robe, somewhat similar to what Li Chen had seen at his grandfather’s place before, with a simple and shallow Flat Top on his head, beneath which was the protruding flesh around his neck.

    Li Chen looked the fatty up and down from behind, noticing the simplicity of the man’s defining trait—no matter from which angle or perspective, it was—flesh.

    This was a walking mountain of flesh!

    Li Chen was impressed; with a physique like that, the man could certainly crush him.

    Yet, the fatty bravely shouldered a huge bundle of firewood and a large feed sack, while the farmers beside him carried nothing in their hands.

    “Is this for losing weight?” Li Chen watched with a sense of absurdity.

    How could someone so fat still be able to move?

    Moreover, the fatty did not just move; through Li Chen’s gaze, it was clear that the man walked with a steady stride and breathed smoothly, not like typical fat people who breathe in a labored fashion.

    It seemed like he had training.

    Li Chen made a guess and walked up to him.

    “Old man, good morning,” Li Chen greeted.

    The two farmers turned their heads and also greeted with a smile, “Morning, Yazi.”

    The fatty also turned his head, allowing Li Chen to see his face, which strikingly resembled the eldest senior brother from the Shaolin Temple, with a round face full of honest simplicity.

    “My name is Zhong Tian,” the fatty replied with a giggling greeting.

    Li Chen looked at the fatty with surprise.

    Why did he feel, feel that there was something odd about him?

    “Haha, Yazi, you don’t know, but Zhong Tian is famously known as a good man around Jingyang County.

    Look, he helped us carry all these things,” the elderly farmers said with laughter.

    Zhong Tian, upon hearing this, laughed honestly a few times in response.

    “Zhong Tian?

    Why are you so fat?” Li Chen asked curiously, as it seemed impossible for someone so fat to be so agile.

    Li Chen’s judgment shouldn’t be wrong; despite the fatty’s appearance, he must be very healthy on the inside.

    “I don’t know either, it seems like I’ve been this fat since I was born,” Zhong Tian answered with his honest smile.

    “That’s just how Zhong Tian was born, but it doesn’t matter.

    Look at Zhong Tian, isn’t he still so strong?

    It’s no hindrance, no hindrance at all,” the two elderly farmers added.

    Alright, Li Chen had confirmed it; if you put it nicely, the fatty’s personality was honest; if not, one could say he was a bit foolish.

    He came off a little simple-minded, that was the first impression Zhong Tian gave to Li Chen.

    “Why are you looking at me?” Zhong Tian asked, puzzled.

    Such keen perception!

    Li Chen was merely quiet for an extra second, yet the other party sensed it immediately.

    Li Chen was internally shaken, but laughed and replied, “Nothing, it’s just that I’ve never seen anyone with your body type, and I’m quite amazed.”

    Li Chen had previously seen people from special professions, like sumo wrestlers, who were also very fat, but that involved acquired factors, whereas Zhong Tian was clearly different.

    Moreover, Li Chen had only paused for an extra second, but the other party had already felt it.

    That ability was quite frightening.

    “That is true, others would also be surprised when they see me,” Zhong Tian said modestly.

    After walking a little longer, the two farmers reached their village and Zhong Tian put down the items.

    “Zhong Yazi, you’re truly a good person,” the two old men expressed their gratitude with beaming faces.

    Li Chen and Zhong Tian continued walking, and Li Chen asked, “Zhong Tian, where do you live?”

    Zhong Tian thought carefully and then said in a deep, resounding voice, “I can’t tell you that.”

    “Why can’t you tell?” Li Chen asked, puzzled.

    “My master said not to casually tell others where I live.”

    Li Chen almost stumbled to the ground, exasperated by such a reason—it was just too, too speechless.

    “Then who is your master?” Li Chen continued to inquire.

    “I also can’t tell you that,” Zhong Tian replied, his honest face full of seriousness.

    “Is it because your master told you not to say?” Li Chen rolled his eyes.

    “Eh?

    How did you know?” Zhong Tian laughed foolishly, “You’re really smart.”

    Dammit, there was no need to even guess.

    “Are you from Jingyang County?” Li Chen kept questioning.

    Zhong Tian thought carefully, and only after confirming that his master hadn’t forbidden him from saying, did he respond, “I’m not from here, I only arrived recently.”

    Huh?

    Now it was Li Chen’s turn to be surprised.

    Not from Jingyang County?

    “Then what are you doing here?”

    “This...” Zhong Tian pondered for a moment before saying, “I can’t tell you that.”

    Li Chen was speechless and asked, “Then what can you talk about?”

    “Apart from what Master told me I can’t reveal, I can talk about anything else.” Zhong Tian still looked simple and honest as he walked alongside Li Chen, his shadow large enough to completely cover Li Chen.

    Li Chen turned his head away, no longer wanting to talk to Zhong Tian; talking with him was simply infuriating.

    “Why aren’t you talking anymore?” Zhong Tian asked, puzzled.

    “There’s too much you ‘can’t say,’ I don’t know what to ask anymore.” Li Chen said, irritated.

    “Oh.” Zhong Tian scratched his head, “That’s true.”

    Li Chen was completely at a loss for words—was it even possible to have a proper conversation anymore?

    The two walked in silence, making their way forward and soon arrived at Panlong Village.

    Before long, they were back at the foot of the mountain, and upon seeing the familiar village, Li Chen couldn’t help but relax.

    For some reason, returning to this place made him feel at ease.

    After all, this was his home.

    Heading towards Panlong Village, Li Chen suddenly noticed something amiss: “Why are you also going this way?”

    This was the path leading to Panlong Village; why would he be heading this way?

    “I,” Zhong Tian thought for a while, “I can’t tell you that either.”

    Li Chen was so exasperated he felt like spitting blood, I’m done.

    Seeing Zhong Tian staying quiet, Li Chen couldn’t be bothered to talk to him anymore and took a step forward to proceed, slightly activating his True Qi.

    In an instant, he left Zhong Tian without a trace.

    “Why didn’t you wait for me?” Zhong Tian was full of confusion.

    Stopping in his tracks, Li Chen saw Third Grandpa fussing over the herbs in his Medicinal Garden.

    “Third Grandpa!” Li Chen called out loudly.

    When Third Grandpa turned his head and saw him, his face lit up with joy: “It’s really you, you rascal, coming back.”

    “Come here, let Third Grandpa have a good look at you.” Third Grandpa approached, and the smile on his face couldn’t be concealed.

    “Li Cheen, you’re back?” Fourth Grandfather walked out from the room, and upon seeing Li Chen, he too smiled slightly, “I was wondering why today’s divination was so auspicious, turns out you have returned.”

    “Fourth Grandfather, hello.” Li Chen greeted with a beaming smile.

    “By the way, Cheen, that divination I did for you last time, have you experienced it?” Fourth Grandfather inquired.

    “Thanks to the great fortune of Third and Fourth Grandfather, I managed to dodge that difficulty,” Li Chen replied.

    “Hmm, as long as you’re fine.” Fourth Grandfather laughed heartily, “After you left, I divined for you again, and it showed the momentum of a hidden dragon in the deep.”

    Li Chen turned his head toward Third Grandpa, “Third Grandpa, those pills you gave me last time worked really well.”

    “Of course.” Third Grandpa’s beard trembled, his face a mix of pride and sorrow, “Those were items I had treasured for decades, how could their efficacy not be excellent?”

    “Then, Third Grandpa,” Li Chen leaned in closer, “do you still have such an item?

    I found it pretty useful.”

    “What?” Third Grandpa was taken aback, “You rascal, do you know how much effort I put into refining that pill?

    Do you think pills like that can be refined as easily as ordinary pills?”

    Third Grandpa was nearly spitting in Li Chen’s face, who felt utterly dejected inside: If you don’t have any more, just say so, why get so agitated?

    Fourth Grandfather chuckled merrily, then suddenly remembered something, “Oh right, Cheen, we recently took on a disciple, and he has very good root bone.”

    “Disciple?” Li Chen was taken aback, these old scamps had taken on a disciple while he was away?

    “It was a decision made together by a few of us,” Second Grandfather’s figure appeared, smiling, “He’s a rare talent, one in a hundred years.

    It was only because of that we considered taking an apprentice.”

    “One in a hundred years?” Li Chen’s eyes widened, it seemed he didn’t even receive such a remark himself?

    “Who is it?” Li Chen asked curiously, now intrigued by the four grandfathers’ apprentice.

    To earn such high praise from Second Grandfather, the new disciple must truly be a prodigy.

    “There, he’s coming over.” Second Grandfather smiled and stretched out his hand, pointing behind Li Chen.

    Li Chen looked back only to see a meat mountain heading their way—wasn’t that Zhong Tian?

    “Second Grandfather, where is your apprentice?” Li Chen turned back, puzzled.

    “It’s him.” Second Grandfather also looked a bit confused—what was going on with Li Chen, had he lost his mind?

    “What?!” Li Chen gasped, looking again at the meat mountain approaching with a simple, silly smile, the very Zhong Tian.

    What, what, what?

    Li Chen still hadn’t recovered from the shock, Zhong Tian was actually the disciple of these masters?

    This was too big of a change; he couldn’t accept it.

    “Zhong Tian, this is Li Chen, your senior brother from now on.” Second Grandfather said with a smile.

    “Yes.”

    Zhong Tian turned and then said to Li Chen with his usual goofy smile, “Senior Brother, my name is Zhong Tian.”

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