Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 741 - 740 Trapped by the System

Chen Nuo could see the Mountain God’s hesitation. He used his mental perception to check and then understood the concerns in his heart. With a gentle smile, he spoke.

"Mountain God, actually, this dessert is mainly for its aesthetics; it cannot replace a meal, so it won’t attract as many people as a restaurant would. You can rest assured about this."

The Mountain God did not expect Chen Nuo to see through his thoughts, and he felt somewhat embarrassed, hurrying to say, "No, no, it’s not that I’m afraid of meeting people."

"I was just telling you about the status of our dessert shop’s opening," Chen Nuo said without exposing him, smiling.

"Moreover, I should mention that this dessert shop doesn’t cater to everyone. Generally, female Immortals who like sweets are more numerous."

The Mountain God lived alone on this side of the mountainside, only visited by mortals who came up the mountain and by Jin Zha, who came to see him. He barely saw other Immortals throughout the year, let alone female ones.

Just hearing the words "female Immortals" made the Mountain God’s face show a trace of shyness.

Chen Nuo was very pleased with the Mountain God’s reaction and then continued, "Maybe some fairies who come to eat desserts will spare the time to visit you. With time, who knows, you might even meet someone you like and start a relationship."

Hearing Chen Nuo say this, the Mountain God’s face turned completely red, and he stuttered, "I, I’m not actually looking for an Immortal Couple, I..."

"It’s okay, I know," Chen Nuo answered with a smile. "Mountain God, may I open a shop here then?"

"Originally, I had no right to obstruct you, Chen, from opening your shop," the Mountain God said, trying to regain his composure. "Since you, Chen, have taken a fancy to my mountain, it’s a blessing for the mountain. Is there anything else I can help you with? Just ask, and I will definitely assist you."

Chen Nuo was now just smoothing things over in advance, but since he had already decided to set up shop here, he had considered the location at the moment of decision.

He looked toward the top of the mountain, where there should be a flat area, and this peak was relatively high, so it was unlikely that many mortals would come up.

With a good view from here, a large floor-to-ceiling window would be amazing — sitting by the window, one could enjoy the outside scenery, which would surely enhance a good mood and improve a bad one.

Every aspect of this place met Chen Nuo’s expectations; he almost wished he could instantly relocate the dessert studio here.

However, even then, it would take some time. Moving the studio here was actually the simplest part; other issues would need more attention and consideration.

When Chen Nuo returned from the Taihang Mountains, he tapped into the system.

"If I open a dessert shop on Mount Taihang, can you make the surroundings just like Chaos Residence?"

Chen Nuo was asking if it could be made to shield all Dharma like the invincible Chaos Residence.

The system quickly replied to Chen Nuo, "No."

"Why not? Can Merit Points be exchanged for it?" Chen Nuo asked.

"The Heavenly Secret Shield only exists within the confines of Chaos Residence and cannot be extended elsewhere," the system answered.

Chen Nuo frowned. If it was not possible to shield the Heavenly Secrets like at Chaos Residence, then opening a dessert shop there would indeed be unsafe. Could it be that the dessert shop was doomed to remain unopened?

If that were the case, it seemed that the plan to open a dessert shop in the Taihang Mountains would have to be abandoned.

Although the Chaos Residence area was indeed nice, it was not suitable for a dessert shop. This place was a backyard; it might look fresh at first, but it never changed all year round.

Let alone a year, even after two months, it could become tiresome. Could it be that the dessert shop was destined to only offer takeout?

Damn it, it’s kind of disappointing.

With one "no," Chen Nuo felt less enthusiastic, and he had no interest in watching Sun Wukong work on the Silver-inlaid Sprouts.

He sighed deeply, wondering if from now on he could only move within Chaos Residence?

His ambition was rather grand; if he could only operate within Chaos Residence, it would never be enough. But to be safe, he decided it was better not to develop territory at random.

Chen Nuo had already been ready to give up on the idea of opening a shop elsewhere when the system suddenly beeped with a notification.

"Ding, Host, in fact, our headquarters also has a security barrier comparable to that of Chaos Residence."

Chen Nuo’s eyes lit up, "Really? Why didn’t you say so earlier?"

"Host, you didn’t..."

"How do I do it?" Chen Nuo interrupted the system’s blather and asked directly.

"As long as you collect ten Magic Artifacts, you can synthesize an invincible security barrier." The system said, "This safety barrier is basically able to achieve the same effect as the barrier in Chaos Residence."

Chen Nuo zeroed in on the nuance, "Basically? What do you mean by that? Does it mean it’s still different, and if there’s someone extremely powerful in this world, they could still break the barrier?"

"No." The system answered.

"Then what do you mean by ’basically’? If it can’t be broken by anyone in this world, then why is it ’basically’ the same instead of exactly the same?"

Chen Nuo felt that he had to clarify this because if it wasn’t clear and something went wrong later, it would be too late.

"For the sake of precision." The system explained, "After all, the safety barrier isn’t from the same place, so we can only tell you it’s essentially the same."

"So it’s the same?" Chen Nuo asked.

"You could understand it that way." The system replied.

Fine then, he had thought there was a real difference, but it turned out to be just for the sake of precision, so there was nothing to worry about.

"What are these ten Magic Artifacts?" Chen Nuo asked, "If they need to be Magic Artifacts, I have a lot of them here. I think I should be able to choose a few good ones to fuse into the barrier."

"The Magic Artifacts in your collection can’t be used directly for the fusion." The system said, "The artifacts for fusion can only be those that appeared in the original story; otherwise, they cannot be fused."

Chen Nuo fell silent for a moment, then understood what the system meant.

"So these artifacts can only be the ones used by the demons or others in the original story?"

"That’s right."

If that was the case, then it wasn’t too difficult, "I seem to have one Magic Artifact, the Fire-Avoiding Cloak; I remember it appeared in the original story, can it be used?"

"It can be used." The system answered.

If that was the case, then it would indeed be much easier.

Chen Nuo had been afraid the system would require him to follow the current storyline, walking one step behind and grabbing a Magic Artifact. But this way, it was indeed much simpler. He didn’t need to follow their plot, and it would save a lot of time.

Now he had one Magic Artifact in hand, and to gather the rest, he needed nine more. Nine seemed like a lot, but in reality, if he set out to collect them, it wasn’t that many.

No sooner said than done, Chen Nuo left instructions for Sun Wukong, telling him that he would be gone for a while and hoped that when he returned, Sun Wukong would have finished working on the Silver-inlaid Sprouts.