CHAPTER 782: CHAPTER 779: LEAP

"How are you? Are you okay?"

Ruan Hongzhuang helped the drunken Shen Siyuan into the car, while Taozi followed behind with a bag.

"He drank too much. Those people were too much," Taozi complained.

When the annual party started, almost everyone wanted to have a drink with Shen Siyuan. There were nearly two hundred people in the hall, so how could he handle all that?

So in the end, Shen Siyuan had to pretend to be drunk, making Ruan Hongzhuang and the others think he truly had too much.

So as soon as they got in the car, Shen Siyuan, who had to lean on Ruan Hongzhuang’s shoulder while walking, instantly sobered up.

"So you were just pretending, making us worry for nothing," Taozi said.

"Had to pretend, otherwise, if I kept drinking, I was afraid I’d scare everyone," Shen Siyuan said.

"This way is better; we can also leave earlier," Ruan Hongzhuang said.

She drank quite a bit tonight too, her cheeks were flushed.

Taozi didn’t touch a drop, only had juice no matter who came. She had good reasons: first, saying she’s not good at drinking, and second, saying she had to take care of Ruan Hongzhuang. This trick always worked well.

"Let’s go home," Shen Siyuan said.

He couldn’t drive, and Ruan Hongzhuang had drunk, so Taozi had to drive them.

Since the party began in the afternoon, they got home before eight; Tang Tang hadn’t gone to bed yet and was riding a scooter while watching TV.

Dou Dou and Xiao Yue were also there; Duoduo had gone to Xiajing with her parents.

Seeing them return, Tang Tang pushed off with her short legs and slid over to Shen Siyuan.

Then she scrunched her little nose and ran off.

"Hey, why are you running?" Shen Siyuan wanted to hug her.

"You smell like alcohol, of course, she’d run," Taozi said with a laugh.

Sure enough, Tang Tang ran a little farther and pointed at Shen Siyuan, saying, "Stinky, stinky..."

"I think it’s you who’s stinky."

Shen Siyuan pretended to catch her, making her giggle and run to Mao Sanmei.

"I’m going to take a shower. Want to join me?" Ruan Hongzhuang tugged at Shen Siyuan’s collar.

Perhaps because she’d had some drinks, she was a bit wild.

But Shen Siyuan refused, "You go first; I’m going to do some exercises."

He hadn’t drunk this much in a long time, and after drinking so much today, he felt his body undergo some minor changes, which he’d not expected before.

Taozi was about to speak when Ruan Hongzhuang dragged her away, "Then you come shower with me, help scrub my back."

Shen Siyuan let them be and went straight to the balcony, taking off his shirt to perform the movements of the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms.

Starting from the first stage of the first layer, all the way through the third phase of the third layer, the third layer that had been stuck suddenly became smooth, effortlessly. Then the fourth, fifth, and sixth layers, he breezed through them until he got stuck again at the first stage of the fourth phase, unable to progress.

At this moment, Shen Siyuan’s skin turned red, his entire body emitted heat as if he were boiling.

The heat gathered around his body, the wind couldn’t disperse it, appearing extraordinarily mystical.

"Is Potato Brother cooked?" Dou Dou whispered to Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue ignored her, continuing to watch intently, leaving Dou Dou feeling awkward, prompting her to inquire from Tang Tang, who was on her scooter, instead.

"han~"

Tang Tang grinned broadly.

"Little fool."

Seeing as she couldn’t communicate, Dou Dou quietly said, feeling more amused when Tang Tang showed no reaction.

"What are you doing?"

Ruan Hongzhuang, done with her shower, saw the three little ones lined up blocking the balcony door, so she approached while drying her wet hair.

Then she saw Shen Siyuan appearing as if he was cooked.

After her shower, she seemed a lot more alert and directly returned to the living room, asking Mao Sanmei to prepare some food and drinks.

Because she noticed Shen Siyuan’s body had consumed a lot, not just energy but also water.

Sure enough, after Shen Siyuan finished exercising, he was both hungry and thirsty, his body feeling completely drained, even his limbs felt weak.

Fortunately, Ruan Hongzhuang promptly brought everything up to him.

Shen Siyuan didn’t hold back, unscrewing the juice bottle cap and downing a 750ml bottle in one go, followed by chocolate, energy bars, milk, and so on, constantly stuffing things into his mouth.

His mouth was like a shredder, and his stomach like a bottomless pit.

The three little ones were stunned, their mouths agape, and even Tang Tang’s appetite was piqued, as she quietly reached out with her little paw, sneakily grabbing snacks to munch on.

But it still wasn’t enough; hence, the magic show’s food came in handy today.

A chicken in a few bites, a duck in seconds, seafood, Huo Le Crab, shells and all, everything was swallowed whole.

Seeing this, Ruan Hongzhuang felt a bit concerned.

"Can your body handle eating like this? Are you going to be okay?"

"Not eating is the real problem. Don’t worry, I feel better than ever right now."

With the progress in the Great Arhat Eighteen Forms, his physical body had strengthened to an unbelievable level, evolving towards something non-human, a leap in life.

In this process, naturally, massive energy intake was required.

Sadly, in this world devoid of spiritual energy, the only source was food.

However, Shen Siyuan had a backup plan, which was merit. If food couldn’t suffice, his body would surely collapse, at which point he’d convert merit into energy to supplement himself. Merit is the universal solution, fixing whatever doesn’t work.

"Is Potato Brother a big monster?"

Shen Siyuan’s eating had Dou Dou a bit scared.

This time asking Xiao Yue, Xiao Yue nearly nodded.

When Shen Siyuan took out a roast piglet, the three little ones stepped back in unison.

"He must be a big monster, wanting to swallow a whole pig down," Dou Dou said with both fright and excitement.

Tang Tang sniffed, and ultimately, the longing for food overpowered fear, and she stealthily stepped forward, opened her mouth, and took a bite of the pig.

Shen Siyuan burst into laughter, tearing off a piece and handing it to her.

The little one forgot her fear, happily munching on the big piece of roast piglet.

"What’s going on here?" said Taozi, coming out of the shower with a baffled look at the scene.

"He’s replenishing after burning lots of energy," Ruan Hongzhuang explained from the side.

"So, he’s become even stronger?" said Taozi in surprise.

Ruan Hongzhuang blushed at the words, feeling weak in the knees.

A roast piglet didn’t take Shen Siyuan long to finish, leaving Taozi wide-eyed—didn’t he chew?

Of course, Shen Siyuan didn’t need to; as his body evolved to a higher level, his gastric acid naturally became extremely potent, dissolving all the food swallowed into his stomach.

Dou Dou watched on and panicked when Shen Siyuan took out a pot of bullfrogs.

She urgently tugged at Xiao Yue, "Sister, quickly tell Potato Brother to stop eating, he’s going to eat the prince, a whole pot of them."

"What prince?"

"The Frog Prince, those...those are all princes transformed, and Potato Brother’s going to eat them all, he really is a big monster..."

Xiao Yue: ...