A quick journey through the stars

Donghua: “…”

Xingchen: "From now on you have to listen to me, understand?"

Donghua: "Why?"

Xingchen: "Because you need food, drink and shelter, all of which require money. And you don't have any money. Just like the meal we just had and the money for the inn now, they are all mine, so you have to listen to me."

Donghua was not unhappy when he heard this. On the contrary, he felt happy in his heart. However, he nodded without showing it on his face.

Xingchen was delighted to see Donghua agree. Of course, he was. Donghua was the greatest in the world, and anyone who listened to him was like a younger brother. It would be a real honor to have someone like him.

Donghua felt even better when he saw Xingchen happy.

next day

After breakfast, Xingchen suggested, "We'll be staying in the mortal world for two months. It's not good to stay in an inn all the time. Why don't we rent a house for the time being?"

Donghua: “Yeah.”

After making inquiries, the two spent three hundred taels to rent a small courtyard.

Xingchen looked at the cleaned courtyard and asked: "Do you live in the master bedroom or the second bedroom?"

Donghua: "You choose, I'm fine with either."

Xingchen: "You didn't choose this, so I'll live in the master bedroom. Also, to save money, I need to cook for myself, so I'll leave the cooking to you."

Donghua: "I only know how to cook fish."

Xingchen: "Can you learn other things too? Look at the fish you grilled during that month of our journey. It was quite good. From being inedible at first to being edible later on, that's a big improvement."

Then he looked at his and Donghua's clothes and said, "Although our clothes are woven by the Weaver Girl using the finest cloud silk, they have the ability to automatically clean and remove dust.

But when I think about not changing it for a month, I still feel a little disgusted. And the jewelry on my head, too. Let's go buy some clothes or something."

Donghua looked at Xingchen with a doting look in his eyes that he himself hadn't noticed: "Okay, let's go."

half an hour later

The dignified Emperor Donghua, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, was carrying bags in his hands, while Xingchen was holding a candied haws. “Are you okay? Do you need my help?”

Donghua: "No, do you want to buy anything else?"

Xingchen: "No, how about we go to the restaurant to eat today and not cook." Donghua nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, I went to a restaurant for dinner and bought some cooking ingredients before returning home.

The next day

Xingchen was still dating Zhou Gong when they heard a knock on the door. Donghua said outside: "It's time for dinner."

Xingchen: "Okay, I understand." Xingchen changed into the new clothes she bought yesterday. After washing up, she walked to the dining table in the yard and looked at the two plates of fish on the table: "Is this what we're going to eat in the morning?"

Donghua: "Well, try it. Is it delicious? By the way, why don't you tie your hair?"

Xingchen: "The hair accessories we wear have the ability to automatically tie our hair, but the premise is that after tying it, you put it on and don't take it off. If your hair gets messy, it will automatically tie it up. Don't you know that?"

Donghua: "So, you don't know how to tie your hair?"

Xingchen nodded, then picked up a piece of fish, put it in his mouth and chewed it twice.

Donghua was a little bit expectant: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Xingchen: "It's just weird, you try it."

Donghua tried it and said, "Don't eat it anymore. Let's go to the restaurant later."

Then he walked into the house and came out with a comb. He put his hand on the top of Xingchen's hair, and Xingchen was about to turn her head. Donghua stopped him, "Don't move, I'll help you tie your hair."

After a few minutes

Xingchen touched her high ponytail and said, "Thank you. I'll trouble you with my hair for the remaining two months."

Donghua: "Well, Chen'er. Let's go eat."

Xingchen heard Donghua address her: "Just call me Xingchen."

Donghua felt a little aggrieved: "You hate me."

Xingchen was confused: "Weren't we talking about the name, why did we jump to the topic of whether it's annoying or not?"

Donghua was depressed: "You don't want me to call you Chen'er, doesn't that mean you hate me?"

Xingchen: "I don't hate you, I just feel that this name is a bit familiar."

Donghua was a little downcast: "I thought we were already friends after a month of getting along, but I didn't expect it to be the case."

Xingchen: "No, hey, forget it, call me whatever you want."

Hearing this, Donghua's mood instantly turned cheerful: "Let's go to the restaurant for dinner first." Xingchen nodded.

Half a month passed in a flash

One day, when Donghua was walking towards the courtyard with vegetables in his hand, he met an uninvited guest.

Zheyan looked at his friend holding the vegetables and asked curiously, "Donghua, what are you doing?"

Donghua: "You're very free."

Zheyan: "Donghua, you'll be left with no friends if you keep doing this."

Donghua: “Heh.”

Zheyan looked at Donghua curiously: "Why was your cultivation sealed?"

Donghua thought he had been out for quite a while, so he turned around and left without paying any attention to Zheyan.

Zheyan: "Hey, Donghua, wait for me." Then he quickly caught up with Donghua.

When he reached the gate of the courtyard, he glanced at Zhe Yan and said, "Remember to hide."

Zheyan: "Are you finally getting your wish?" Although his tone was questioning, it was very certain.

Then Zheyan saw Donghua, who had a cold face towards him, become gentle as water from the moment he opened the door to the courtyard.

Donghua put the purchased food in the kitchen and looked at Xingchen, who was leaning on his head and looked listless. He walked over to Xingchen and asked, "Chen'er, what's wrong with you?"

Xingchen glanced at Donghua and said, "It's nothing, I'm just bored. When I'm at home, I practice, review memorials, practice military exercises, and fight with my father to avoid reviewing memorials, or I try to act like a spoiled child to please him.

Either I go to see the sisters and chat with them, or watch the sisters do all kinds of tricks to get my attention.

Or maybe he'd just play tricks on his cousin, Nezha, and the others. Or if he was really bored, he'd just wander around the demon world and spar with the demons.

Otherwise, I would go to the Marriage Hall to find Yue Lao and ask him to comment on the marriages of mortals. In the past two weeks, I have done nothing but eat and go shopping.

Donghua: "Then, can we move somewhere else?"

Xingchen: "No, changing places means eating and shopping."

Donghua: "I heard a few days ago that all the immortal cultivators from various sects and families went to the Yiling Mass Burial Mounds. How about we go and take a look?"

Xingchen's eyes lit up, then dimmed again: "We'll be able to walk for another month, right?"