The First Venerable of the Prosperous Age

The two quickly lay down, focusing their attention on the front of the house, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"Sizzle... sizzle..." The sound of dry leaves breaking began to ring out rhythmically.

Suddenly, the green forest behind the house began to sway, and then a woman in a green dress flew down from between the trees, her body swirling with fallen leaves, and floated gracefully to the front of the house without any warning.

After she landed, it was revealed that she was carrying two black objects in her hands and had a gray object in her mouth.

I couldn't see her face clearly, let alone know what she was holding in her mouth.

She looked around, sniffed the air, and her gaze lingered on Lu Xiaosan and Wen Ying.

"Oh no! The smell has gone before the person even showed up!" Lu Xiaosan thought to himself, realizing something was wrong.

The two suppressed their racing hearts and remained frozen in that position for a while before the woman in the green dress slowly looked away.

She seemed to have made sure no one was around before putting down what was in her hands and mouth, and then staring blankly at the ground.

"This location... could it be that she placed those rat and rabbit carcasses we saw before?" Wen Ying asked, her eyebrows drooping slightly, clearly disappointed.

Despite their thoughts, they dared not act rashly.

Then the woman in the green dress stared at the corpse on the ground with a sullen expression.

She seemed to sigh softly, then placed her hands in front of her abdomen, facing the door with extreme respect, before slowly speaking.

As for what they were saying, the two of them couldn't hear a word of it.

Lu Xiaosan was anxious, so he walked a little towards the house. Wen Ying wanted to stop him, but she didn't dare to make a noise, so she could only carefully follow him.

As they drew closer, the woman's voice became clearer, her soft, intermittent voice barely audible, "Please... if... I'll switch with you..."

The woman spoke for a long time, but there was still no response from inside the house…

The woman in the green dress paused, then said, "I'm sorry..."

Lu Xiaosan and Wen Ying looked at each other, bewildered. "What exactly happened?"

"Ah...woo...ah!" The woman in the green dress suddenly bared her teeth and claws and roared at the door, her voice just like the baby crying that had been heard earlier.

She flashed in a green blur and rammed into the door like lightning.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the ground in front of the door exploded open, sending rocks flying and a large patch of purple vines bursting out from underground.

The vines were not only as dense as hair, but each one was as thick as a tree. What was even more frightening was that they kept growing from the ground, seemingly without end.

All that could be seen were vines wriggling haphazardly, pebbles rolling down them, and dust billowing up all around.

In the blink of an eye, the purple vines had completely covered the area in front of the house, providing excellent protection.

Lu Xiaosan and Wen Ying were both dumbfounded. "What is this thing? Why was there no sound when they came?"

The woman in the green dress saw the vines blocking her way and roared angrily at them.

In an instant, a green shadow flashed and rushed towards the vines.

As soon as she approached, two thick vines wrapped around pebbles and fiercely bound her.

The woman moved nimbly, her dress fluttering, revealing her graceful figure, as she brushed past the roots of the vines.

While in the air, two more vines flew by, and the woman kicked them away.

"Boom!" A huge wave struck, causing the mountain to tremble slightly and cracks to appear. Yellow leaves were also shaken up, and the bushes swayed incessantly.

The woman in the green dress had slender, jade-like legs that held up a vine root several times thicker than herself.

In an instant, leaves flew everywhere, Lu Xiaosan lost his sight, slipped, and was knocked to the ground.

"Ouch!" Wen Ying cried out again as their heads collided.

Lu Xiaosan's bald head was quite hard, and he shook his head and quickly regained his senses.

But then they saw Wen Ying sitting on the ground, clutching her head and howling in pain.

She was surrounded by curled-up yellow leaves, and she looked so thin that it seemed she might be swept away at any moment.

Lu Xiaosan quickly went up and supported her shoulders, "You run away first, don't follow me, that thing is not a good person."

Seeing Wen Ying's blank expression, Lu Xiaosan shook her again, and she slowly woke up from her daze.

She suddenly looked terrified and pointed behind Lu Xiaosan, "Look!"

Turning around, I saw that the woman in the green dress was already entangled in vines.

Moreover, the giant vines on her body were wrapping around her more and more, until slowly only her head was visible, while the rest of her body was submerged in the endless purple.

Just when everyone thought the woman was about to lose, she suddenly emitted a green light, and with a soft hiss, she disappeared, the original green light turning into specks of green fluorescence.

Then, green fluorescent light quickly gathered under the vines, and as the green light shone brightest, its shape gradually became clearer.

A blue fox suddenly appeared, nimbly running towards the house on all fours.

"Another monster! Judging by its cultivation level and years of experience, even Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, would have to call it grandpa and grandma," Lu Xiaosan exclaimed in surprise.

He immediately turned to Wen Ying and said urgently, "It's too dangerous here now. Quick, go down and hide for a while."

Wen Ying pouted, "Then...then you can come with me."

Lu Xiaosan's eyes widened in disbelief, and his mouth gaped open in even greater anxiety: "I..."

He was only halfway through his sentence when he seemed to sense something extraordinary and froze on the spot.

Wen Ying waved her hand in front of him, "Huh?"

Suddenly, all around became quiet; yes, only the rustling of leaves in the breeze could be heard.

Wen Ying hurriedly looked behind him and saw that the huge wisteria had stopped wriggling and growing, and the fox was stuck in the gaps between the vines and could not move.

No, it should be said that it didn't want to move in the first place, and it dared not move.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Wen Ying stared wide-eyed in disbelief, "This...this is..."

"Shh..."

Wen Ying stopped talking and saw Lu Xiaosan tilting his head back, closing his eyes and sniffing the air, his face full of intoxication and enjoyment. "Ah...it's it, it's finally here."

Looking up at the sky, one could see a glimmer of gold against the hazy blue sky.

The golden dot shone brighter and brighter, just like the sun rolling down from the sky with raging flames.

If it is the sun, what kind of sun smells so bad? It is clearly just a tiny dot in the sky, but the people below feel as if they are in a public latrine that has never been cleaned in thousands of years. At this moment, even suffocating to death is a luxury.

Wen Ying quickly pinched her nose, but saw Lu Xiaosan in front of her supporting his knees, slowly standing up with an arrogant look on his face.

The golden light in the sky grew brighter and brighter as the setting sun cast a longer and longer shadow over Lu Xiaosan.

Lu Xiaosan was more like the sun god, standing still, about to be embraced by this intense golden embrace.

A smile involuntarily crept onto his lips, his face filled with arrogance, and his yellow robes swayed in the wind under the golden light.

At this moment, his body was tilted to one side, but his arm was outstretched straight.

With a sudden clench of his fist, "snap!" all the radiant light above his head gathered in his palm.

In an instant, a strong stench began to permeate the entire hilltop.

Lu Xiaosan slowly raised his head, holding the gold Buddhist beads, revealing a confident and excited smile.

The smile seemed to radiate a golden glow, as if a living Buddha had truly descended to earth.

Wen Ying pinched her nose hard, her face looking terrible, but her eyes were wide open.

She had known Lu Xiaosan for so long, yet she had no idea he possessed such a thing.

Lu Xiaosan lightly lifted her foot, as if a living Buddha shining with golden light was walking towards her.

His face radiated a Buddha-like light as he smiled and said, "Little Golden Retriever, go over there and rest for a while. I'll get you a rattan cane to roast a fox for you to eat soon."

Seeing him approach, Wen Ying instinctively released her nose out of politeness. Just as she was about to speak, she felt the stench so strong that she almost fainted.

Her face suddenly turned bright red, as if she were about to die.

Seeing this, Lu Xiaosan was slightly taken aback. "Were you also shocked by me?"

He smiled smugly and turned to face the two monsters.

His smile gradually turned into a sinister grin, his eyes squinted, his mouth stretched almost to his ears, and his entire face was filled with endless killing intent.

The giant purple vine, which had been motionless, saw the bald man suddenly approaching step by step. It then abandoned the green fox it was entangled with, and the giant vines that had spread out all bypassed Lu Xiaosan and began to shrink rapidly.

At this moment, the giant vine slid along the ground, and in an instant, yellow leaves and dust flew everywhere.

The wisteria suddenly sank down in front of the door, followed by billowing smoke.

Large swaths of thick vines were seen frantically scrambling towards the cracks in the ground. Loud rumbling sounds echoed from underground, fading into the distance. In the blink of an eye, the giant purple vines had vanished...

The whole process was completed in one go, without any delays, as if it had never existed in this world.

Lu Xiaosan's lips curled into a sneer, "You're quite good at running."

The thick smoke gradually dissipated, leaving only the blue fox trembling in fear.

"Awooo!" she wailed at the sky, her cries filled with despair.