Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 357: Extremely High Awakening Rate

First, I stir-fried the tea leaves with sugar, and after the tea had melted, I added water and waited. Soon enough, when the water came to a boil and bubbled up, I poured in the milk. Indeed, just as I imagined, the aromatic fragrance of tea and milk wafted through the air, the texture was silky smooth and the taste sweet but not cloying. It was exactly the must-have beverage that modern young girls couldn’t get enough of.

Chen Nuo put away the milk tea. The basic version of the Enlightenment Milk Tea was done. After adding toppings like pearls, taro balls, sago, pudding, and others, the high demand for Flat Peach juice would be joyfully resolved.

Once the milk tea was prepared, Chen Nuo turned his gaze back to the cottage, where the golden light had already faded away. In the span of this short time, it seemed that the Three Demons and Tian Peng had completed their comprehension.

Chen Nuo just watched and didn’t move. It wasn’t that he wasn’t curious, but rather that he didn’t need to take action himself. Those who had finished their comprehension would definitely come to thank him first.

Indeed, the sound of someone running was already coming from the direction of the cottage.

Tian Peng was the first to attain understanding. He initially just felt the glow of golden light, bright but not blinding, even warm. Then he felt something flowing towards his limbs, a sensation that grew stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, Tian Peng frowned deeply, feeling as if something had broken through the barrier of his skin and was burrowing out from inside his body.

The thing emerged from the pores of his skin and spread over his body, covering it, and gradually formed into something akin to armor.

Tian Peng opened his eyes and looked at the golden armor flowing in front of him. The Divine Skills he had awakened turned out to be this.

A wave of elation swept over him, and Tian Peng burst into laughter, slapping the table, "Who would have thought, who would have thought? I’ve actually awakened these Divine Skills. Worthy of Shopkeeper Chen, I must properly thank him!"

Tian Peng’s slap was incredibly forceful. He was simply too happy and wanted to express his joy, without paying any attention to the strength he was using.

With this slap, the wind stirred up against the stone table, and it wasn’t hard to imagine what would become of it after being hit with such a spiritually powerful slap.

Still caught in the ecstasy of awakening his Divine Skills, Tian Peng was utterly unaware of the number of treasures and Spiritual Artifacts that it would take to appease Chen Nuo’s anger if he were to follow through with that slap.

At that moment, a hand grabbed Tian Peng’s arm, preventing the looming tragedy.

Tian Peng turned around to see that it was the Great Roc who had caught him.

Still not having emerged from his ecstatic state, nor did he notice the Great Roc’s abnormally fast speed, he asked indignantly, "What are you doing? Why on earth are you stopping me?"

"If I hadn’t stopped you, you wouldn’t even realize the trouble you were about to cause," the Great Roc released his grip, "Had that slap come down, this table would have been shattered to smithereens. If the Shopkeeper found out, forget about the Spiritual Artifacts, you’d lose several meal opportunities just like that."

Only then did Tian Peng realize the gravity of the situation. He quickly drew back his hand to his chest to comfort himself, "Ah, that was a close call. It’s a good thing you reminded me."

The Great Roc didn’t make a fuss about it; he wasn’t so petty.

After his relief, Tian Peng recalled the speed of the Great Roc just now and asked with some doubt, "Have you also awakened your Divine Skills?"

"Yes." The Great Roc nodded in acknowledgement, "I hadn’t even had time to be happy when I saw you about to slam the table. It’s a small matter if the table breaks, but if the Shopkeeper sees and takes his anger out on me, that would be troublesome."

"What do you mean, ’takes his anger out’?"

The Roc Demon King had also come to his senses by now.

Just a moment ago, he had felt a dazzling golden light penetrate his body, like the golden soup of the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall he had just eaten, warm even as it passed through his insides.

Then he felt much lighter all over, as if his feet were not stepping on mundane earth but on Immortal Clouds. Even the movement of his limbs was not like usual. Sure enough, he had indeed awakened Divine Skills.

"It’s all minor stuff now."

Tian Peng didn’t want to delve deeper, as it was not a particularly glorious matter. Making impulsive actions without thinking things through wasn’t new for him. Currently, the most important thing was to hurry and thank Shopkeeper Chen; without his Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, these Divine Skills might have remained out of reach even after another ten thousand years of cultivation.

The group stood up and went out to find Chen Nuo to express their gratitude.

Chen Nuo was sitting under a tree, holding a cup of Enlightenment Milk Tea he had just prepared.

The system notification said, "Ding! Tian Peng has awakened the Divine Skill Meat Shield, Great Roc has awakened the Divine Skill Shadow Palm, Roc Demon King has awakened the Divine Skill Blink, Xiong Daoren has awakened..."

"Shopkeeper! I, Xiong Daoren, will definitely repay your great kindness by working hard," he said.

While the system was still introducing, a circular Formation suddenly appeared in front of Chen Nuo. With a flash of blue light, Xiong Daoren appeared in the center of the Formation, knelt on both knees, and gave a deep bow in thanks, having awakened the Eighteen Formation.

"Would the host like to synchronize abilities?"

The system didn’t stop because of the external interruptions, and its emotionless voice concluded slowly, waiting for Chen Nuo’s choice.

"Sync all the abilities except for Tian Peng’s," Chen Nuo replied.

As soon as his words were complete, a golden light enveloped his whole body and then instantly vanished, mastering all of their Divine Skills in the blink of an eye.

"Well now, I thought I was fast enough, but I didn’t expect to be beaten to the punch by you, kid!"

The Roc Demon King watched Xiong Daoren rising to his feet and roared, "You came here quietly to curry favor with the shopkeeper first!"

Xiong Daoren smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes, "It’s your own fault for being so slow."

"Me, slow?!" Roc Demon King was fuming, "Do you know what my third Divine Skill is? You’re teaching your grandmother to suck eggs!"

"I don’t know, but whatever it is, you’re not as fast as I am," Xiong Daoren shrugged, his face barely containing a smile.

"Hey! You black bear, looks like you’re itchng for a fight."

"Come on then, I’m not afraid of you!"

The Roc Demon King raised his fists ready to charge over, and Xiong Daoren, not to be outdone, puffed out his chest ready to meet the challenge.

Chen Nuo pinched the bridge of his nose, "Enough, calm down for a bit. Aren’t there two more of you?"

Roc Demon King looked at Tian Peng and Great Roc, who were panting as they ran over, the sense of defeat he just felt from being bested by Xiong Daoren completely vanished, and he begun to feel a secret delight that at least those two weren’t as quick as he was.

"You two are quite fast!" said Tian Peng, supporting his belly and breathing heavily, "I just turned my head for a moment, and you were gone."

"That’s because I just awakened a Divine Skill and rushed over to thank the shopkeeper," laughed Roc Demon King, "Tian Peng, you should really eat less; it seems like even breathing is hard for you."

"Are you intentionally looking for a beating?" scowled Tian Peng, "Let’s have a bout then. What’s the point of just being fast? You need to be sturdy like me!"

Having just awakened their Divine Skills, they couldn’t help but show off to each other in their delight.

Chen Nuo was aware of this, but after listening to them for a while, as they grew even more boisterous, it felt to him as if there were a dozen flies buzzing around his ears, the noise unbearable. He frowned, "Keep it down, or I’ll withhold your meals!"

No sooner had he spoken than the area fell silent. The Three Demons and Tian Peng realized why they had come and kneeled together to bow, "We are eternally grateful for Shopkeeper Chen’s great kindness."

At first, Chen Nuo was pleased to hear these words, but they soon began to irritate him, mainly because he heard them too frequently. He waved his hand dismissively, "Alright, alright, go back to your jobs. I’ve got important matters to attend to later."

"Then I won’t disturb Master Chen any further," Tian Peng stood up, bowed earnestly to Chen Nuo once more, and left.