“Alright.”
Li Xinyue wasn’t stingy either. She immediately took out a Storage Bag from her bosom and brought out wine and meat. “After all, you bought this wine and meat. I just need to go cook them.”
She placed the wine on the table and took the meat to cook. She also cooked a pot of spirit rice. The cooked spirit beast meat, without any seasoning added, emitted an enchanting fragrance.
With the food on the table, Li Xinyue picked up a chopstickful of vegetables for Mu Jiuxiao and said, “By the way, Brother Jiu, this time we hunted a Heaven-Swallowing Python. Since we didn’t know anything, we let Brother Ye Fan handle it. Next time if we hunt a Demon Beast again, we’ll definitely save the best piece of meat for you and treat you then.”
“Really? Then I’ll eat ten jin in one go!” Mu Jiuxiao swallowed the food in his mouth and laughed.
“Eating ten jin, wouldn’t that burst your stomach!” Li Xinyue also laughed.
“Chirp chirp.”
A small head poked out from under Mu Jiuxiao’s robe hem. It was Little Gray-Gray. It really couldn’t stand this fragrance anymore. It grabbed the robe hem and climbed onto Mu Jiuxiao’s knee. Mu Jiuxiao secretly gave it a small piece of meat to eat.
“What’s that?”
Li Xinyue heard Little Gray-Gray’s voice. Soon, she discovered Mu Jiuxiao’s little move.
“It’s a spirit mouse I’m raising, named Little Gray-Gray.”
Mu Jiuxiao straightforwardly grabbed Little Gray-Gray out. Little Gray-Gray stood on Mu Jiuxiao’s finger, tilting its head to look at Li Shuo and Li Xinyue.
It had seen these two people long ago, so it wasn’t afraid of strangers at all. Seeing its master displaying it so generously, it directly jumped onto the table, then scurried to the bowl containing the spirit meat, grabbed a piece of meat, and started gnawing.
“Hey, what are you doing!”
Originally, Li Xinyue thought this mouse was quite cute, but seeing its action, she got angry in an instant, pointing at Little Gray-Gray and scolding.
“Little Gray-Gray, don’t misbehave.”
Mu Jiuxiao also shouted at Little Gray-Gray. Only then did Little Gray-Gray, holding a piece of meat in its mouth, return to the table edge, holding the meat chunk with its front paws, looking at them with innocent eyes.
Li Xinyue was originally angry, but it was so adorable like this. Li Xinyue then stopped being angry. Instead, she reached out and stroked its head. “Next time if you want to eat, tell sister, okay? Don’t be naughty like this again.”
“Where did you get this little mouse? What breed is it?” she asked Mu Jiuxiao again.
“This little mouse I caught outside. I don’t know what breed it is either. I took it to the market to sell before, and someone said it’s a mutated digger rat,” Mu Jiuxiao replied.
“Impossible. Digger rats aren’t this cute.”
Li Xinyue really liked this little mouse. She stared at it, watching it eat, then picked up a strip of meat, luring it to herself. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
“Brother Jiu, can you sell this little mouse to me? I want to raise one,” Li Xinyue said while feeding the little mouse.
“Alright, if you want it, I’ll give it to you.”
Mu Jiuxiao readily agreed. But Li Xinyue sighed, “I was just joking. I’ll have to go into the mountains to hunt in a while, so I won’t have time to take care of it. You take care of it. In the future, if I miss it, I’ll come find you.”
“Also fine.” Mu Jiuxiao nodded.
He knew Li Xinyue didn’t have a spirit beast bag and definitely wouldn’t keep pets. Moreover, both siblings were people pursuing the Dao. They had such a big harvest on their first trip into the mountains. Presumably, they wouldn’t easily give up going into the mountains in the future.
Just like his father Mu Yunfeng, for that elusive immortal fate, he went into the mountains time and time again, until he was finally injured by a Demon Beast, severing his Dao path, and had no choice but to give up.
“Brother Jiu, we’re going into the mountains tomorrow. Are you sure you don’t want to go with us and see the sights?”
Li Xinyue knew Mu Jiuxiao’s ambitions weren’t in this, but she still asked one more time.
“No.” Mu Jiuxiao shook his head. He had his own immortal fate. As long as he lived long enough, he would have everything. Why take risks?
“Also fine.”
Li Xinyue nodded, looked at him, her expression complicated, as if she had countless things she wanted to say to him, but in the end, it only turned into a faint sigh.
Returning from the Li family, Mu Jiuxiao dismissed the troubled emotions in his mind and continued cultivating.
With the Meridian Opening Pills, his days became increasingly busy. He simply didn’t have time to think about this and that. Going out hunting was not as good as drawing talismans at home.
With Ye Fan as a fixed customer, he could earn one Spirit Stone every day. Although cultivation resources were still insufficient, the Meridian Opening Pills were definitely enough.
Cultivating seven hours every day, progressing rapidly day by day!
In the blink of an eye, winter was coming. Before it snowed, Mu Jiuxiao burned the straw left after harvesting the Gold Spirit Rice in the spirit field to fertilize it, then carried part of the straw to repair the thatched roof.
What the scene on Falling Cloud Mountain was like, Mu Jiuxiao didn’t know. But at the foot of Falling Cloud Mountain, the four seasons remained distinct.
Although this was the cultivation world, it seemed everything wasn’t much different from the mortal world. If ordinary mortals mistakenly entered this place, they would never believe this was the cultivation world.
On this day, after Mu Jiuxiao finished cultivating, he suddenly felt a stirring in his heart. He opened the door to look, and outside was already silver-clad and enchanting. New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
Auspicious snow promises a good harvest year. He hoped next year would have a good harvest.
Although drawing Water Cloud Talismans could earn him quite a few Spirit Stones now, farming was still his foundation.
It snowed. The tenants at the foot of Falling Cloud Mountain didn’t stay idle. Instead, they were busier than usual. Anyone with any ideas went into the mountains in groups.
Snowy days, Demon Beasts weren’t active. It was the best hunting time.
Even if they couldn’t catch Demon Beasts, if they could catch some wild beasts, for them, it would be a good meal.
Some tenants weren’t good at farming. Their annual harvests were barely enough to pay taxes. The remaining spirit rice would be gone after two meals. They could only eat food from the mortal world. Being able to catch some wild beasts was also good.
Even though they didn’t live at all like cultivators, they were still willing to stay in the cultivation world. Perhaps for that elusive immortal path, perhaps just wanting to get closer to it.
“Little Jiu!”
Snow fell thick and fast. Ye Fan, Li Shuo, and Li Xinyue came through the wind and snow.
Now the three of them had formed a group, specializing in hunting Demon Beasts in the mountains. Word was their harvests were quite good. Mu Jiuxiao also benefited from them, eating Demon Beast meat several times.
“How was the harvest this time?”
Seeing them arrive, Mu Jiuxiao quickly invited them inside, closing the door. He busily poured tea for them while asking.
“With my Brother Ye Fan leading, how could it be bad!”
Li Xinyue said, taking out a Storage Bag from her bosom, waving her hand, and a piece of spirit beast meat appeared in the room. “This time we specially saved ten jin for you. Enough for you to eat, right?”
“Enough, enough, thank you.”
Mu Jiuxiao clasped his hands and thanked her. Ye Fan beside also asked, “How are the talismans this time?”
“Knowing you need Water Cloud Talismans, I worked non-stop. You haven’t been back for half a month, and I’ve already drawn a hundred!”
Mu Jiuxiao said, walking to the bedside, bringing the Water Cloud Talismans to them.
“Not bad. Getting faster and faster.”
Li Xinyue reached out to take them, counted them, then took out a handful of Spirit Stones and handed them to him. “This is ten Spirit Stones. These are two hundred talisman papers, two bottles of talisman ink. Count them.”
“How could I not trust you?” Mu Jiuxiao said, taking the Spirit Stones and putting them in his bosom, then taking the talisman papers and ink to the side to store.