Bai Yongyan said, eyebrows dancing, "If Brother Wei is afraid of pain and doesn't want to act, I can do it for you. I guarantee you'll die comfortably and happily."

"Speaking so strangely, I think it's better if you die first!"

The Dancing Spider Elder's face twisted, and he slapped the bamboo tube at his waist.

The lid of the bamboo tube flew off instantly.

One by one, wolf spiders covered in needle-like fluff crawled out of the tube.

They grew rapidly upon exposure to the air, expanding rapidly, and within a breath's time, they had transformed into the size of wolves.

Amidst the terrified screams of the guests, they used all eight legs, running swiftly towards Bai Yongyan.

"Why is Brother Wei so agitated? I only made a small suggestion,"

Bai Yongyan shook his head and slapped the ground with his palm. "Be careful of getting too excited, causing your blood to rush to your head, and you'll leave us before half an hour is up."

As his palm struck the wooden floor, dense, tiny branches instantly grew from the floor, spreading and expanding forward with Bai Yongyan as the center.

In the blink of an eye, they had turned into cheval de frise, trapping the gaps in the wolf spiders' legs, suspending them in mid-air so they could not land, and could only shake their eight thin legs desperately.

"Enough! This is my banquet! Are you two trying to rebel?!"

The Prince of Shu shouted loudly.

The Dancing Spider Elder and Bai Yongyan stopped their actions at the same time, glared at each other, snorted coldly, and withdrew their hands.

The wooden cheval de frise contracted and withered.

The landed wolf spiders slowly retreated, gradually shrinking, and crawled back into the bamboo tube at the Dancing Spider Elder's waist.

"Hmph."

The Prince of Shu snorted, his fat trembling, and turned to look at the ape-man in the cage, asking in a deep voice, "What you said just now, was that the remaining lifespan of everyone?"

"Yes, and no."

The ape-man said in a low voice, "I can only see an insignificant part of the heavenly secrets, and that part does not necessarily represent the entire truth.

Moreover, the heavenly secrets are variable, and things are done by people.

If you can find a glimmer of hope, you may be able to defy the heavens."

"Pancreas ginseng chicken?"

Bai Yongyan was stunned when he heard this, and muttered to himself, "I understand ginseng chicken, ginseng and chicken, the most delicious,

But what's with this pancreas? It doesn't go with chicken soup at all."

Fortunately, the Prince of Shu didn't hear Bai Yongyan's soft muttering, otherwise his blood pressure might have risen again.

"Hmm..."

The Prince of Shu frowned and pondered for a while, "I just asked you if I could live to be a hundred years old,

Why did you report the lifespan of other people, but skip me and Commander Yu and others?"

The ape-man did not answer, and closed his eyes to rest, as if he had not heard the Prince of Shu's question.

"Perhaps..."

The eminent monk of Yongling Temple said, "Your Highness has the dragon energy of a noble lineage protecting you, as stable as the country itself, too noble to be violated.

And Commander Yu is an important official of the Western Depot, holding a high position and great power, deeply trusted by His Majesty. In addition, his cultivation is profound, making him equally difficult to predict."

"Noble lineage? Heh."

The Prince of Shu patted his round belly and laughed with complicated emotions.

Yu Qingqiu raised his eyelids and glanced at the auspicious creature indifferently.

"What about me?"

Bai Yongyan raised a hand, like a curious child, and asked, "I am not a member of the royal family, nor an important official of the dynasty. Why can't you see my remaining lifespan either?"

"This..."

The eminent monk of Yonglin Temple was embarrassed. He didn't actually understand the specific prediction mechanism of the auspicious creature. What he said just now was purely to offer an explanation.

He didn't expect Bai Yongyan to be so tactless and insist on asking.

The eminent monk's mind raced, trying to make up a reason to get away with it.

But Bai Yongyan had already slapped his palm, as if he understood something, "Master, I understand. The meaning of the auspicious creature is that if I start to work hard from now on, study the books of sages,

I can pass the imperial examinations, become an official in the court, and become an important official of the dynasty,

Even marry a princess and become a son-in-law, becoming a member of the royal family?

I understand, I'm going to confront the Four Books and Five Classics now."

???

The eminent monk's expression froze slightly, completely unaware of how Bai Yongyan had made this association.

"As the saying goes, once upon a time, there was a mountain, and on the mountain was a temple, and in the temple was an old monk who was very pretty. He doesn't compete for spring, he only announces the arrival of spring, and when the mountain flowers are in full bloom, he smiles in the bushes."

Bai Yongyan showed an enlightened expression on his face, put his palms together, and said piously to the monks of Yonglin Temple, "Master, when I pass the imperial examination, I will definitely donate money and materials to build a temple next to Yonglin Temple.

I've already thought of the name, it will be called Yi Hong Temple, taking the meaning of pleasant spring scenery, how about it?"

???

This name sounds wrong, how does it not feel like a serious temple?

The eminent monk was stuck in place, so he had to recite Namo Amitabha.

The ape-man looked towards the east, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if looking into the distance, "Someone else died..."

"Who died?"

Bai Yongyan asked in a low voice, "Brother ape-man, you are an ape-man, not a charlatan. Can you please speak clearly instead of vaguely?"

The ape-man turned his head and looked at Bai Yongyan, his eyes unfocused, and muttered to himself, "You... are very strange, I can't see where you came from."

"You can't see it, that's right. I just went to the toilet, and there were no lights inside. It was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers."

Bai Yongyan nodded and said, "Next time, I should suggest that the chef put some fluorescent green in the Prince's Mansion's food,

That way everyone won't have to go to the toilet with a lantern - courting death."

The ape-man ignored the cold joke Bai Yongyan said, his eyes empty, and murmured, "It's about to wake up..."

"Who's about to wake up?"

Bai Yongyan asked, "Heavens, my old friend!

For the sake of the Jade Emperor, can you please stop talking so cryptically?

Oh, I mean, if you continue to use this tone,

Be careful I kick you hard with my boots! I swear, I really will do that!"