Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

After persuading Mu Yun, Xu Lingguang spent two days picking seven hundred plants of the Wuxiang Grass.

Actually, it would have taken longer than expected, as picking the Formless Grass is no easy task. But unexpectedly, after Mu Yun had eaten and drunk well with him at home these past two days, she suddenly had a change of heart and helped him pick all the remaining Formless Grass.

Mu Yun was not human after all, and the Wuxiang Grass was on its diet. It picked the Wuxiang Grass much faster than Xu Lingguang. In just half a day, it finished picking all the remaining three hundred Wuxiang Grass plants and proudly handed the storage artifact to Xu Lingguang.

Xu Lingguang checked the items, and after confirming that everything was correct, he put them away.

He had arranged with Manager Zhao to pick up the goods the day after tomorrow afternoon, so he could take a good rest these two days and think about making some more delicious food to get closer to Mu Yun. Although Mu Yun was mysterious and unwilling to reveal its race, Xu Lingguang wasn't stupid. Mu Yun, such a small demon, had managed to grow so plump and strong in the Ailao Mountains, it must have some special skills. Moreover, it should be very familiar with the Ailao Mountains. If he could build a good relationship with it, he could ask Mu Yun to help him find any rare medicinal herbs he needed in the future.

Muyun was completely unaware of Xu Lingguang's little scheme. It was very satisfied with the food at Xu Lingguang's house and had already begun to learn how to order food.

"Is the sauerkraut fish you mentioned yesterday ready to eat today?"

Yesterday, Xu Lingguang discovered a lake at the end of the stream, and the fish in the lake were all plump. He said he wanted to catch a few to make pickled fish. However, those fish were cunning and difficult to catch. Xu Lingguang wove a fish trap with vines and threw it into the water, then threw rice into it as bait. A day has passed, so it's time to go and see if there are any fish.

"Let's go to the lake first. If we catch any fish, we can cook them today."

Xu Lingguang was dressed in a pair of short clothes that were easy to work in, with a straw hat on his head to shield him from the sun. He carried a small wooden bucket in his left hand and a straight wooden stick with a water bottle hanging on it in his right hand. He walked slowly through the shadows of the trees.

Mu Yun nestled on his head like a gray fur ball, its semi-circular ears twitching, and its beady eyes scanning the surroundings with a hint of nervousness: "You have to be careful. Cheng Huang likes to come here; they're quite fierce."

Xu Lingguang had heard it mention Chenghuang a couple of days ago, and thought it was just using Chenghuang as a scare tactic like it did. But now that it was talking about it so seriously, he was stunned: "There really is Chenghuang in Ailao Mountain?"

Mu Yun snorted, "Of course there are!" Perhaps it had learned its lesson from Cheng Huang, because when it was mentioned, it curled up in fear. Finally, feeling that its head wasn't safe, it quickly climbed down and burrowed into Xu Lingguang's clothes to snuggle up before continuing, "There are several of them. They run very fast. Every time they see me, they chase me. Once, I was too slow and almost got eaten!"

This sounds like a description of some kind of wild beast. Xu Lingguang asked curiously, "What does Chenghuang look like?"

Mu Yun thought for a moment and said, "It's very big, and very ugly. Its teeth and claws are especially sharp!"

Xu Lingguang: "..."

With Mu Yun's build, it probably thinks everyone is big, right? And in the last couple of days, it's also noticed that it thinks everyone who looks different from it is ugly.

It seems that Mu Yun's words are not reliable, but with its reminder, Xu Lingguang should still be careful.

He arrived at the lake, pulled up the fish trap he had set the day before, and was immediately delighted to find two plump silverfish inside. He smiled and rubbed Mu Yun's soft belly: "We can have sauerkraut fish today. The remaining fish can be used to make fried fish slices, and fish balls would be good too..."

He poured the fish from the fish basket into a wooden bucket, threw the fish cage into the lake, and carried the two fresh, fat fish back home.

In the distance, three hairy heads huddled together in the grass, quietly watching him.

Mu Yun was actually right. This lake is located deeper than the Wuxiangcao Mountain Pass, and it's a place the little ones like to play. Today, the little ones originally came to catch fish to eat, but they ended up running into Xu Lingguang.

"What is pickled fish?" Yu Rong licked her paws.

"do not know."

I've never heard of fried fish slices or fish balls either.

Yunfeng had already stood up, its tail sweeping eagerly back and forth. Seeing Zhaoling still lying blankly in the grass, it nudged him with its paw: "Do you want to eat fish balls?"

Zhao Ling rolled on the ground, slowly turned over to look at her with her head of tufts of hair sticking up, and chirped.

Yun Feng said, "Zhao Ling also wants to go."

Yu Rong stomped its hind paws, unable to hide its excitement, and said, "Then let's go take a look."

Yun Feng agreed immediately, picked up Zhao Ling with his head, and rode the wind with Yu Rong towards Xu Lingguang's small wooden house.

The yellow cat was much faster, and when the three cubs arrived, Xu Lingguang hadn't returned yet. They circled around the courtyard, found a large tree nearby with a good view, and hid there, patiently waiting for Xu Lingguang to come home.

Xu Lingguang arrived home half an hour late.

He walked and stopped along the way, picking any wild vegetables or mushrooms he recognized and taking them back to add to the sauerkraut fish later.

When they got home, Mu Yun suddenly poked her head out from under her clothes warily, her black bean eyes darting around: "I think I can smell the scent of chaste fruit."

Xu Lingguang looked around but found nothing unusual. The entire courtyard was also protected by defensive formations, and no outsiders were found to have broken in.

He pinched Mu Yun's ear: "Didn't you say Cheng Huang was very big? If it appears nearby, we should be able to see it, right?"

Muyun twitched its ears and sniffed carefully again, only to find that the familiar yet terrifying scent in the air was gone. It scratched its head with its front paw and said uncertainly, "It seems to be gone again."

Xu Lingguang felt relieved. He had lived here for so long and had never seen a wild animal, let alone a roe deer. He went into the courtyard, took Muyun out of his clothes, and placed it in its little nest under the tree: "You play by yourself first, I'll go cook."

Mu Yun rolled around in his bamboo-woven nest, hugged the soft little pillow that Xu Lingguang had specially sewn for him, and fell asleep.

On a large tree outside the courtyard, Yu Rong craned her neck to look down, recognized Mu Yun, and said, "It's that coward."

Every time I see them, I get so scared that I run away in all directions.

Yunfeng didn't care about the coward. She stared intently at Muyun's little nest—a round bamboo nest with curved feet made of bamboo strips at the bottom, so it could sway back and forth when you lay down. A feather pendant was hanging above it, and as the nest swayed, the feather pendant swayed back and forth. Yunfeng's hands itched as she watched, and she scratched at the tree trunk.

She mumbled, "I want to sleep in that bed."

Yu Rong was still craning her neck to look, and after a while she said seriously, "It seems too small, I can't sleep in it."

Yun Feng lowered her ears in frustration.

Zhaoling, who was perched on a branch next to them, took a while to react before suddenly flapping her wings and saying, "Zhaoling can sleep!"