Cannon fodder and female supporting role, a match made in heaven

There have been unusual movements in the mortal city of Jian'an. Emperor Dazhao has recently been repairing and renovating the imperial mausoleum, and has been recruiting young and strong men from all over to serve as laborers.

The strange thing is that there seems to be something strange in the imperial mausoleum. Anyone who enters the mausoleum has never come out again. For a while, there is constant unrest among the people.

In order to stabilize the situation, Marquis Anyuan, who was in charge of the imperial mausoleum repair project, used the royal jade butterfly to request the Qingwei Sect to send people to the imperial city to investigate the situation and eliminate the demons.

The sect leader was in seclusion, and the sect affairs were being managed by Elder Yuanming. He announced in the main hall that several disciples who had come down the mountain to gain experience would go to the imperial city to assist Marquis Anyuan, and would set off today.

The sect disciples said goodbye to them outside the sect in groups of two or three.

Several disciples of Elder Yuan Ming were surrounding Chu Yu. "Junior brother, why did you choose Shen Zhaozhao?" He Shuhui asked the question that had been on his mind for the past few days, his eyes filled with jealousy.

Chu Yu's mouth flashed a hint of ridicule, and then he answered obediently and seriously: "I heard earlier that Senior Sister Zhao Zhao has a bad personality, and I want to see how bad she is."

Shen Zhaozhao, who was wandering around, happened to hear these words...

She remembered!

The journey to the imperial city was long, and Shen Zhaozhao and his companions had been traveling for several days. As it was getting dark, they decided to rest in Cangwu County, not far from Jian'an City.

Most of the inns in Cangwu County were closed, only Yuelai Inn was brightly lit, and Shen Zhaozhao and his friends walked in.

The innkeeper saw the monks dressed in their clothes and came forward hurriedly: "Dear guests, what can I do for you?"

Xie Yanshu took out a spiritual stone and said, "Please prepare four guest rooms."

In the mortal world, a spiritual stone is worth one thousand taels of gold. The shopkeeper took the spiritual stone and smiled happily: "Sir, please come this way. Please come this way."

The shopkeeper led the four people to the third floor and said to Shen Zhaozhao before leaving: "It's getting late and the dew is heavy. Miss, you'd better not go out in the middle of the night."

After listening to what the shopkeeper said, Shen Zhaozhao felt her scalp tingling. She had felt a little creepy when she first entered the inn, and now the feeling was even stronger. She always felt that someone was watching their every move in the dark.

Moreover, she smelled a hint of evil, and after thinking about it, she decided to speak her mind.

She moved step by step to behind Xie Yanshu, tugged at his sleeve, and lowered her voice: "Brother, I think something is wrong with this inn."

Xie Yanshu glanced back at her and remained silent.

Shen Zhaozhao: “…”

What a bad temper! Since she said she wanted to go down the mountain to gain experience, Xie Yanshu hasn't spoken to her the whole way.

Someone patted her shoulder. She knew who was behind her. She didn't turn around, but heard Chu Yu say softly, "If you are scared, you can live next to me."

Shen Zhaozhao turned around and looked directly into Chu Yu's dark eyes. She held a grudge, so she snorted and walked straight into the room next to Xie Yanshu.

Zhou Ziyin, who witnessed the whole process, said earnestly: "Junior Brother Chu Yu, I think you have just arrived at Qingwei Sect and may not understand it very well. Senior Sister Zhao Zhao has a bad temper. I advise you to avoid provoking her."

Chu Yu raised his lips and said, "Brother, you are joking. I think Sister Zhao Zhao has a good temper."

Seeing Chu Yu push the door and enter the room next to Shen Zhaozhao, Zhou Ziyin shook his head. These three people were weirder than each other. He felt sorry for himself for three seconds.

*

It was a quiet night, the moonlight was bright, and the parasol trees outside the window were immersed in the cold moonlight. The shadows of the trees fell on the screen, swaying in the wind, making rustling sounds.

With a gurgling sound, Shen Zhaozhao opened her eyes. Something came into her room!

While listening carefully to the noise, she secretly took out the talisman paper from under her pillow. Fortunately, she was prepared.

Holding the talisman tightly, she secretly made hand gestures and chanted a spell, intending to hit the thing as long as it came close.

After waiting for a long time, sweat broke out on her forehead. She carefully identified the location of the thing, which seemed to be on the table.

Not knowing what that thing was doing, it made all these clanging sounds. Shen Zhaozhao calmed himself down, threw out the talisman paper, and sparks exploded in the darkness.

"Squeak--" That thing was hit by her Fire Cloud Curse!

Shen Zhaozhao threw back the quilt, jumped out of bed, took out a fire talisman and lit the candle in the room. She wanted to see what was playing tricks.

When she got closer, she saw a snow-white mouse with long hair on its back holding a chestnut and staring at her blankly.

"Ahhhhh~" Shen Zhaozhao screamed in fear. What kind of monster was this? He even stole the nuts she bought!

She quickly ran back to the bed, took out more talismans and hit the strange rat, but it glanced at her indifferently and continued to chew the chestnuts in its hand.

The strange rat is not afraid of the Fire Cloud Curse! Shen Zhaozhao was speechless.

Glancing around the room, she saw the candlesticks and had an idea.

She walked over stealthily, keeping her eyes on the strange rat, and found that it was concentrating on eating and didn't take her seriously at all.

Shen Zhaozhao shook the candlestick in his hand. It was heavy enough! It worked!

After encouraging herself, she made up her mind and rushed over, and then she saw the look of disbelief on the strange rat's face before he fainted.

"Zhao Zhao, what happened?" Xie Yanshu's somewhat anxious voice came from outside the door.

Shen Zhaozhao looked at the strange rat on the table with its eyes closed and not moving. Fearing that it was pretending to be dead, she pinched her fingers and conjured up several ropes, then tied its limbs apart and to the table.

After finishing everything, she fixed her hair to make herself look less disheveled, and then went to open the door.

As soon as she opened the door, she found that in addition to Xie Yanshu, Zhou Ziyan was also outside.

It was a bit awkward. Maybe she made too much noise and woke them all up.

Shen Zhaozhao stepped aside to let them in, trying to sound calm as he walked in, "It's nothing serious, I just caught a strange rat, it's all white—"

Shen Zhaozhao was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

The mouse that had white fur just now turned red!

Xie Yanshu walked over and looked at the mouse tied to the table, a little surprised: "Fire Beast?"

"What is the Fire Beast?" Shen Zhaozhao and Zhou Ziyu asked at the same time.

"It is a demon beast, born in fire. Because it looks like a rat, it is also called a fire rat. But I have never seen one, so I am just guessing."

The Fire Beast had not appeared in the human world for hundreds of years, and he was a little suspicious because this strange rat looked similar to the one described in the book he had read before.

But...if this strange rat is really a fire beast, then things may not be that simple, Xie Yanshu's eyes were heavy.

After listening to what Xie Yanshu said, Shen Zhaozhao suddenly realized: "No wonder it is not afraid of my fire spell!" It is an animal that grew out of fire, how could it be afraid of fire!

Xie Yanshu pondered for a moment, raised his hand and waved, and the Fire Beast slowly woke up. When it saw the three people surrounding it, it still didn't understand the situation.

Looking at the woman in front of it who was looking at it with a sharp gaze and great interest, it remembered!

It just smelled the scent of chestnuts and ran in to steal a bite, but this woman knocked it unconscious when it wasn't paying attention.

Think of its father, a mighty general of the demon clan, who once led several demon armies and killed countless immortal monsters.

Considering that its mother is pretty and cute, and is also the favorite pet of the demon princess, she can be said to be domineering in the demon palace.

And it was actually knocked unconscious by a female cultivator in the foundation-building stage. Moreover, it was tied to the table with its legs spread out, which was really embarrassing for the Fire Beast.

"Wow, wow, wow." The more Firemon thought about it, the sadder he became, and he started crying loudly.

If other spirit beasts knew about this, they would definitely laugh at it to death, and it would not be able to stay in the Demon Palace any longer.

"What happened?" A familiar voice sounded, with a hint of nasal tone, as Chu Yu arrived late.

He yawned slowly, looking sleepy, as if he had just been awakened by their noise.

Seeing the situation in the room, he paused and said, "What is this?"

“Squeak—” Master, don’t you recognize Shushu? ! ! The Fire Beast choked.

"My senior brother said that this might be a fire beast, a creature from the demon clan. It sneaked into my room and was knocked unconscious by me." Shen Zhaozhao was a little excited.

Chu Yu lowered his eyes and glanced at the Fire Beast on the table, and said calmly: "It's not."

To prove that what he said was true, he pulled out a spiritual beast encyclopedia from his bosom, opened a page, and said, "The Fire Beast looks like this."

Shen Zhaozhao and others looked at it and saw that although the fire beast depicted in the book did look a bit like the strange rat in front of them, there were still big differences between them.

The ears, paws, and tail are all different shapes.

Chu Yu turned to another page. The spiritual beast in this picture was exactly the same as the strange rat. Under the picture it was clearly written - Fire-bristled Rat.

The Fire Mane Rat is somewhat similar to the Fire Light Beast in some of its behaviors. They are also not afraid of fire, and their fur can be red or white. However, the Fire Mane Rat is only a low-level spiritual beast and is not to be feared.

Xie Yanshu carefully identified it. The Fire-bristled Rat was rare and he had only seen it a few times. Now that he thought about it, it was consistent with what he remembered. This strange rat was indeed a Fire-bristled Rat.

Seeing Shen Zhaozhao's great interest in the fire-maned rat, he remembered that some cultivators nowadays also liked to keep low-level spirit beasts as pets.

After a moment's silence, Xie Yanshu used a magic formula to untie the ropes tied to the Firelight Beast, and said to Shen Zhaozhao, "Then you can keep this Firemane Rat!"

Shen Zhaozhao was very interested in this rat and quickly agreed, "Okay, okay!"

She rubbed her hands together and pretended to hug the Fire Beast, but before she got close to it, the Fire Beast was free and immediately jumped into Chu Yu's arms.

Shen Zhaozhao: “…”

Chu Yu: "..."

Chu Yu grabbed the fire beast by the scruff of its neck and tried to hand it to Shen Zhaozhao, regardless of its struggling.

When the Fire Beast saw that she was about to catch it, it grabbed Chu Yu's clothes with both hands and refused to let go. With a hissing sound, the air suddenly became quiet.

Fire Beast: “…Squeak, squeak, squeak!” Master, Shushu didn’t mean to tear your clothes.

Shen Zhaozhao saw that the fire-maned rat had an attitude that said, "If you dare to have me, I will die for you to see..."

She didn't want to force the rat, so she waved her hand and said to Chu Yu, "Forget it, forget it. I think this rat is more suitable for you, so I'll give it to you!"

Thinking of what Chu Yu had said about her before, she pouted and said, "I don't really like this ugly mouse. I think it's a perfect match for you, Junior Brother!"

You look down on me, and I look down on you, you dead rat! She also has her own dignity, okay?

Chu Yu, who was also scolded, said: "..."

The Fire Beast met the cold gaze of its master. It trembled a little and said in a voice transmission: "Master, it was this woman. She said that I was ugly, and she wanted to say that our master who was so handsome and bright was ugly. It was all this woman's fault!"

It has nothing to do with the mouse!

Chu Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, and replied with a half-smile: "If that's the case, then I have no choice but to accept this ugly rat!"

The Fire Beast’s fat face swelled up like a pufferfish: It’s fine that that woman said I was ugly, but why do you, my master, also say I’m ugly? Am I not your favorite and most beloved mouse?

After seeing Chu Yu and the others off, Shen Zhaozhao staggered to the bedside and fell down. She was so sleepy after traveling for days and being frightened!

After a while, the person on the bed fell asleep with the quilt rolled up.