Let's debut, fairy!

Chapter 67 Script?

Six pm.

The sky was still fairly bright.

Under the trees in the courtyard.

Meng Bai, Su Xintang, and Grandma Xiulian sat around a small square table.

The table was covered with dishes, specially prepared by Grandma Xiulian.

I must say, the old man's cooking skills are really good. I was in a hurry last time and didn't get to try it, but I'm finally lucky enough to have it today.

Seeing Meng Bai praising the food as he ate, Grandma Xiulian said somewhat shyly, "Back in the Republic of China era, my grandfather ran a restaurant in the mainland. He was quite good at both Shandong and Sichuan cuisine, and I learned from him."

“I’m learning too,” Su Xintang suddenly added.

"Then I'll learn how to make it and cook it for you in the future," Meng Bai said to Su Xintang with a smile.

“If I learn it, you don’t need to learn it anymore. I’ll cook for you, and you can put it in the pan more often when you have time…” Su Xintang said, then lowered her head and smiled.

After more than ten days, Meng Bai seemed to have made no progress in his cultivation.

No, it's not that there's been no progress at all. Su Xintang now seriously suspects that Meng Bai may have put all his cultivation into his face.

Although one becomes more handsome after gaining cultivation, I have never seen any celestial being like him in the Heavenly Realm.

Could it be that the special changes are caused by the combination of mortals offering incense, the spirit of the underworld strengthening its cultivation, and a tree that nourishes the body at all times?

Will he somehow transform and become young again like his master?
That would be troublesome!
Shaking off the thought, Su Xintang picked up a piece of her favorite "Shandong Fried Chicken" with her chopsticks and gave it to Meng Bai, then said, "Didn't you say you wanted Grandma to participate in the filming too?"

"Yes." Meng Bai stuffed a piece of chicken into his mouth, chewed a few times, swallowed it, and then looked at Grandma Xiulian and asked, "Is this convenient for you?"

"It's convenient, what's inconvenient about it? I'm just afraid I won't act well."

"Don't worry, you don't have many lines, just two." Meng Bai said, putting down his chopsticks.

Then, she introduced, "This time, we're filming a series. Xintang's character is an imaginative country girl. She imagines the things she experiences in her life as cultivating immortality."

Grandma clearly didn't understand, and her expression was very confused.

Seeing this, Meng Bai changed his approach and said, "Let's talk about the content of the first episode. Xintang comes back from the big city, and you ask her to pick some vegetables from the fields there. That's your first scene."

While picking vegetables, she encountered several toads blocking her way. The toads and Xintang stared at each other, and as they stared, the scene suddenly changed, and Xintang imagined the toads as toad spirits.

I hired stuntmen to play the toad demon; they should arrive in the next day or two. As for Xintang herself, she transformed into a cultivator dressed in ancient costume, and then she fought the toad demon.

However, the enemy demons outnumbered them and, despite her best efforts, Xintang was unable to defeat them. After returning, Xintang racked her brains trying to figure out how to defeat them, but she couldn't come up with a solution even after a long time.

So, she asks you what toads are afraid of? This is your second scene. At this point, you can tell Xintang that toads are afraid of snakes because snakes feed on toads and mice.

The scene then shifts, and Xintang slowly looks at the poster on the wall. On the poster is none other than Bai Suzhen, my country's most famous snake spirit!

After saying that, Meng Bai picked up his chopsticks again and smiled, "Do you understand what I'm saying?"

“I understand. I remember when I was a child, I could stare directly at the sun.” Grandma Xiulian understood and laughed as she read the beginning of “Childhood Fun”.

This is an essay written by Shen Fu, a writer from the Qing Dynasty. Meng Bai studied it in his textbooks when he was a child.

It's about some of the imaginative and fun things that happened in my childhood.

Meng Bai's encounter with the toad spirit is quite similar to the last paragraph of the text: "One day, I saw two insects fighting among the grass. I was watching them with great interest when suddenly a huge creature came, uprooting mountains and felling trees. It was a toad."

Meng Bai hadn't considered this possibility when talking to others before. The fact that Grandma Xiulian brought it up gave Meng Bai a delightful surprise, like receiving a childhood gift.

No wonder people say that education is lagging behind.

The beauty of poetry and prose that I couldn't appreciate in my childhood suddenly struck my heart at this moment.

Meng Bai clapped his hands happily and said, "Yes, yes, yes, that's it! It's 'Childhood Fun'! You've captured the essence right away. Grandma, what did you do before?"

"Grandma was a university teacher when she was young," Su Xintang introduced.

"Let's not talk about this." Grandma Xiulian waved her hand, seemingly genuinely not wanting to discuss it further.

The old man even changed the subject: "And then, after seeing Bai Suzhen, did Xintang transform into Bai Suzhen to subdue the toad demon?"

"No, I've already talked to Zhao Yazhi. After we finish filming here, I'll take Xintang to the mainland to find her and reshoot a scene where Bai Suzhen gives the sword."

“That’s good. Artists are just like works of art; they need fame to enhance their reputation so that their value can be increased.” Grandma Xiulian nodded, agreeing with the statement.

After saying that, she added with emotion, "She is so lucky to be able to work with you."

Grandma Xiulian's words were perfectly reasonable; how many people in this world could earn the favor of a true immortal?
If you can get this collaboration, you should be secretly thrilled.

However, it seems that his two nominal granddaughters and grandsons-in-law are a bit unaware of their own special abilities. Do they not realize that they are special?
Or is this the kind of path they cultivate?
Grandma Xiulian didn't dare to ask any more questions, she just kept putting food on Suxintang and Mengbai's plates, urging them to eat more.

After a satisfying meal, Su Xintang took out a delicate little incense burner, placed it on the dining table, inserted a stick of Bihe Shenxiang (a type of incense), and began to offer incense to Grandma Xiulian.

This incense has a calming and soothing effect, which is beneficial in slowing down Grandma's illness.

Of course, Su Xintang didn't know exactly how effective these things were, since her grandmother seemed to have recovered and didn't need them anymore.

But that's just her personality; she'll repay those who are good to her tenfold.

Even so, Meng Bai was still a little embarrassed. Luckily, he only had one stick in his hair; if he had had three, the scene would have been a bit...

A dozen minutes later, Meng Bai and Su Xintang finished washing the dishes.

He greeted the grandmother who was still enjoying the incense offerings, and then went out for a walk.

As soon as she stepped outside, Su Xintang asked curiously, "Who is Bai Suzhen?"

"A demon immortal who transformed from a white snake, skilled in traditional Chinese medicine, and a disciple of the ancient goddess Lishan Laomu. Doesn't that sound familiar?" Meng Bai said with a smile.

"Then wouldn't that mean he's from the same clan as A-Chen?" Su Xintang did feel a sense of kinship; Yu Xuanchen was indeed a white snake.

"Yes, she also has a younger sister named Xiaoqing."

"Xiaoqing?" Su Xintang suddenly remembered the light blue robe she wore when she first met Meng Bai, and asked suspiciously, "Are you deliberately lying to me? What a coincidence!"

"What would I lie to you about? Let's go." Meng Bai said, pulling Su Xintang's hand and walking back.

Su Xintang first looked at the two holding hands, and then said with a hint of coquettishness, "Where are we going? Didn't we say we were going for a walk?"

“Let’s go back and read ‘The Legend of the White Snake.’ Think about it: you’re going to the Baogao Meijing to train and prepare to become a god. The Baogao Meijing is an extremely realistic mortal realm.”

"If we both end up inside, why don't you pretend to be Bai Suzhen and come to me to repay my debt of gratitude? We can put on a show called 'The Legend of the White Snake.' This story has been told here for hundreds of years; I don't believe your mortals wouldn't love to hear it."

　There will be another chapter later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)