How could this work? Squirrel pounced on Fangzheng and grabbed Fangzheng’s trousers as he wailed. “Master, you can’t do this… Look at how I’ve lived for the past year. I’ve lost weight!”

Monkey nodded and pinched Squirrel’s fats. “That’s right. Even Second Senior Brother is now all bone.”

Lone Wolf said, “That’s right. Master, look at how thin Second Junior Brother is. He’s shrinking.”

Salted Fish said, “Sigh, how can you bear to have a squirrel so thin, Master?”

Red Boy stroked his chin and said in thought, “Master, Second Senior Brother is so thin. If outsiders see him, they will definitely say that we are abusing animals. I think…”

Fangzheng chuckled and said, “I think you make sense. Therefore, I’ll eat Crystal Rice with Jingkuan. As for all of you, go down the mountain to look for some wild vegetables. It’s decided.”

With that said, Fangzheng left with a chuckle.

When Squirrel saw this, he hurriedly chased after him and shouted, “Master, you are truly brilliant and mighty!”

He heard people collapsing to the ground behind him.

Fangzheng turned his head and saw Lone Wolf, Monkey, Red Boy, and Salted Fish lying on the ground, looking listless.

Lone Wolf exclaimed, “Master, we have also lost weight. We can’t even stand up due to hunger… Give us some food.”

Red Boy added, “Master, I’m hungry…”

Fangzheng suddenly felt that he was guilty. How were they his disciples? They were clearly acting superstars who failed to shine because of their status as monks!

Just as Fangzheng was about to say something, Squirrel suddenly said warily, “Master, someone is here!”

The moment that was said, they no longer acted dead. All of them got up and asked curiously, “Why are there still people coming up the mountain in such a remote place?”

Fangzheng made a shushing gesture before he took on Zen Master One Finger’s form. He patted Red Boy and said, “If you want to eat, go out and entertain the devotee. With money, I’ll buy more Crystal Rice seeds so that everyone can have their fill.”

Upon hearing that, Red Boy, who was originally a little lazy and wanted to seize the opportunity to eat mushrooms, immediately perked up.

Monkey jumped onto Lone Wolf’s back and grabbed Salted Fish with one hand. The three animals stared intently at Red Boy with their six eyes.

Monkey said, “Fourth Junior Brother, look at this spiked mace in Senior Brother’s hand. Be honest, are you going or not?”

When Red Boy saw this, he rolled his eyes. “Do I need you to tell me that? Of course I’ll go! However, with you looking like this, I really have to consider whether I should feed you with the money I earn.”

When the few of them heard that, they immediately dispelled their combined form and rushed forward to massage Red Boy’s legs and shoulders. Red Boy looked like he was enjoying himself, but a large tongue came licking him…

Slurp…

“Eldest Senior Brother… What are you doing?” Red Boy felt saliva all across his face as he shouted.

Lone Wolf said, “Well, there’s no place to massage your shoulders, so I could only use the intimate way our wolf clan treats others on you.”

“Can we not be so disgusting in the future?” Red Boy said with a sobbing tone.

Fangzheng shook his head helplessly as he slapped Red Boy. “Let’s go. Let’s go take a look. I also hear people approaching…”

Upon hearing that, Red Boy immediately transformed into an acolyte that followed behind Fangzheng.

When Monkey, Lone Wolf, and Squirrel saw this, they exchanged looks and hurriedly ran over. They leaned against the wall and secretly looked outside.

Turning back time to an hour earlier.

“Zhang Yan, I think it was a wrong decision for me to go through the mountains with you donkeys. Is the path even meant for humans? There’s no path at all. You are taking me as a trailblazer…” a muscular man with dyed yellow hair sighed.

The other girl was wearing a camouflage uniform and was wearing a round hat that made her look like an explorer. Her tanned skin accentuated her beautiful and healthy face, and her big eyes seemed to be filled with curiosity.

Zhang Yan rolled her eyes at him and said, “Huang Ran, I’ve told you a long time ago. It would be tough taking this path, but you chose to come.”

Another man was not tall, but he had a muscular build. He smiled and said, “Before we came, didn’t you say that this is child’s play? You’ve gym every day, and you’ve been exercising so much. You eat chicken breast every day without any oil. Be it physical strength or what’s said, have you done any better than us? You’re already collapsing from just three days of walking?”

Huang Ran rolled his eyes at him and said, “Brother Nan, what are you saying… If I had known that you guys were going to do this, I wouldn’t have come.”

Brother Nan chuckled and said, “What else could we do? Do you think it’s a paradise everywhere? We’re trailblazers. Who knows what we’ll encounter the next moment. Anyway, just be a good trailblazer… You don’t have to think about anything else. However, it’s useless even if you want to think about it now. It will take you three days and three nights to backtrack. Can you do it alone?”

Huang Ran looked bitter…

Just as he was about to complain, Zhang Yan exclaimed, “Look, that mountain in front is so special. There seems to be signs of artificial excavation on it!”

Upon hearing this, the two of them quickly stopped and looked in the direction Zhang Yan was pointing at. Brother Nan took out his binoculars and carefully observed it. He exclaimed, “There are indeed artificial marks! Nice, if no one lives on that, if it isn’t a prank by modern people, the toy of the rich, then it must be an ancient relic! If that’s really the case, we might be able to find antiques and get rich!”

“Even if it’s done by ancients, the person who can build such stone steps here must be rich. There must be something good on the mountain!” Although Huang Ran didn’t know much about archeology, he still interrupted, pretending he knew something. At the same time, he glanced sideways at Zhang Yan, as if trying to attract her attention.

However, Zhang Yan shook her head. “It’s useless no matter what you say. Let’s head over to take a look.”

Then, Zhang Yan took the lead and ran forward. Huang Ran and Brother Nan quickly followed.

Not long after, the three of them arrived at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the white stone steps at the foot of the mountain, the three of them were a little confused…

“From the looks of the stone steps, it doesn’t look like an antique. Could it be that a modern person built it here?” Huang Ran asked.

Brother Nan also said, “One look and you can tell that it was polished by a machine. It looks like our antique dreams have gone up in smoke. It looks like there should be a rich person living on this mountain. This can’t be a small project.”

Zhang Yan said, “Yes… Definitely. Look at the surroundings. There’s no road to enter the mountain at all. These rocks can’t be transported in by a large machine. The only way is by air. Not only are the people on the mountain rich, but they probably have quite a lot of power. They used helicopters to build the staircase in China. Tsk tsk… they are still occupying a mountain by themselves. I feel that we have come into contact with the dark side of society… How about that? Do you want to go up and take a look? Let’s expose him?”