Fairy, don't try to mess with my filial piety

"You just took advantage of me and called out 'Qingying'. Correct yourself!"

How did you even learn this trick from Ning Xianzhi's mother? When you come down the mountain, I'll tell you how I'll make you call me "good brother"!

Chu Wuji laughed: "Senior Sister Yun, is that all right?"

The girl nodded: "It won't happen again."

Before going down the mountain, Chu Wuji reviewed everything in his mind to see if there was anything missing. Otherwise, if he went back to complete the tasks, he would inevitably be dragged into the "small black room" by Ning Xianzhi again.

The Yuanshen Gong method, teaching the Earth Chapter of the Yin Fu Jing, telling him about the foal... Very good, everything is done.

He did not linger any longer and flew back to Lihuo Capital in a hurry. Taking advantage of the remaining time during the day, he hurried to comfort the White Snake Mother.

After returning to the old house, as soon as he arrived in the yard, he heard the sad and wailing of Aunt Green Snake.

"Sister, this doesn't make sense. You can lose by two points in this rock-paper-scissors game. Let me into Wu Ji's soul cave, and I'll have a showdown with that vixen!"

"No, Wuji's soul is just a tiny baby in swaddling clothes. It hasn't even opened its eyes yet. Xiaoqing, your noisy temper will affect its peace."

Bai Sujin tried to stop her sister, but one could still hear a deep sense of loss in her tone.

No matter how steady and calm the White Snake Mother is, she still feels regretful that her son cannot sleep with her.

After Chu Wuji walked in, he immediately hugged the two of them and comforted them:

"Mom, I'm just taking turns accompanying you. Don't make it seem like I'm selling myself."

The beautiful white snake woman had a worried look on her face and sighed, "But Wuji, you are now selling yourself for art, using your beauty to serve that vixen in exchange for the essentials of the method to temper your body."

"......" Chu Wuji felt that he could change his name to "Chu Wunai"

*

While they were having fun, time passed by quickly and it was New Year's Eve. The day to return to the White Snake Temple to settle accounts was suddenly much closer.

Chapter 217: New Year's Eve Exception

During the Chinese New Year, the whole capital is bustling with activity. The streets are decorated with red lanterns and red scrolls, and pedestrians are wearing new cotton-padded jackets and smiling.

On this special holiday, people would take out their surplus food to make purchases. Even if they tightened their belts on weekdays, they would add some meat and non-vegetarian dishes to the New Year's Eve meal to comfort themselves for the hard work throughout the year and to find a little hope in life.

However, the Jing'an Prince's Mansion was relatively quiet, because someone had died in the previous year, and according to the rules, it was not appropriate to hang up lanterns and decorate the mansion with new ones.

It was not convenient for the dignitaries to visit, so they could only make a simple trip and come over to say a few words without any grand ceremony.

But it was only quiet on the surface. The palace was like a nursery, with a bunch of children playing and laughing there.

The addition of the white tiger Xiaotu is very important to Yaoer, because Xiaotu is a mobile heater. As long as she is next to her, the severe cold will be much weaker, and she won't feel cold even when playing snowball fights.

Princess Jing'an and Queen Wen were happy to see this. With Xiaotu around, Yao'er was not as clingy to Chu Wuzhi as before, and the two young women had more time to look for Chu Wuzhi.

Chu Wuji's daily schedule during this period was relatively regular.

There was no need to talk much at night, as they still took turns to work the clock on both sides, and this could not be adjusted at will. During the day, he had more reasons to practice martial arts and often fished and meditated by the pond in the palace.

Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, Chu Wuji took his small stool and fishing gear and went to the pond to "set up camp" as usual.

After sitting down, he waved to the chubby little fellow and called out:

"Come here, little Tu."

"What are you doing?" The little rabbit changed into festive red clothes and ran over with its short legs, holding a paper lantern in its hand.

"Change back into a little white tiger and lie down on the pond for a while. The water is frozen. Help me dig a hole."

The White Tiger girl knew that the two-legged beasts had bad intentions, but she did not refuse. She whipped the ice with her tiger tail, making a hole in the ice for Chu Wuzhi to swing the pole into.

"Is this okay?" said the little rabbit, holding his white tiger tail and carefully stroking away the water droplets on it.

"It's just a hole, and the fish won't come in. My hook can't catch any fish."

"Even if there's no ice, Twolegs can't catch any fish. Now at least we have an excuse!"

Xiaotu also learned to say hurtful words, which she learned from the Sky Fox Queen. Because Xiaotu found that the Sky Fox Queen was slandering Chu Wuzhi so much, but Chu Wuzhi didn't dare to refute her, so she also learned to use "You can't catch any fish" to fight back against her two-legged brother.

She no longer looked at Chu Wuji in a daze and meditation. She was just playing with lanterns with Yao'er when she was called over by Chu Wuji at the last minute.

"Twolegs, help me light the lantern. I'm going to go find Yao'er and the ponies. I'll look at people on the street and put a flame in it. The lantern will light up."

Chu Wuji took the lantern and then lit the fire on the lantern paper. The whole lantern then caught fire and the blazing flames were shining brightly.

"Here, light the lantern." He was very generous.

The tiger girl took the lantern and knew that the two-legged beasts were playing a trick on her, but she still liked the fire lantern very much and ran towards Yao'er excitedly.

"Yao'er, let me show you my lantern. Is it bright?"

The little ones were happy, but they scared the maids in the palace, who were afraid that the little ones would get too excited and set the palace on fire.

Queen Wen had to stay in the palace to celebrate New Year's Eve. She was jealous that Princess Jing'an could accompany Chu Wuzhi, so she brought the princess into the palace in a very mean way, so that they could share the loneliness and pain together.

The maids were afraid that the palace would be burned down once Princess Jing'an returned.

Chu Wuji was still meditating while fishing, training his soul, and trying hard to find that sense of control, but progress was still slow.

"Before, when I was studying those martial arts techniques, I could basically master them in a short time. I even understood the magical powers of Kongtong Mountain naturally. Now, I have encountered something so difficult to master."

He couldn't say that he felt frustrated or disappointed, nor did he feel too disappointed or hit hard, but he did feel a little depressed and helpless.

If he could control the Yuanshen, if the White Snake Mother and the Sky Fox Mother quarreled again, or had a dispute in the Yuanshen Cave, he would be able to at least stop them.

Now the sound can only be transmitted to two people, which is not very effective.

The Heavenly Fox Goddess appeared, her fox body nimbly leaped to Chu Wuji's head, then jumped into his arms, transforming into a beautiful fox girl with a face as beautiful as the moon.

On her charming face, she smiled like a spring peach, bright and charming, and said jokingly:

"It's rare to see a young master suffer in his cultivation~"

Chu Wuji could hardly deny it. He put down the fishing rod in his hand, held the Sky Fox Goddess in his arms, and let her lie more comfortably in his arms. Then he said:

"There's nothing I can do. I still can't understand why I can't control my own soul. Is that right?"

He knew very well that Ning Xianzhi's explanation must be correct.

According to his experience in martial arts, hair can be controlled. Sometimes when you wake up from a good sleep, your hair will be curled up and rubbing it with water will not help. At this time, just do some exercise to activate the qi and blood, and the qi and blood will "flush" the hair straight by themselves. If you are extremely angry, the qi and blood will surge up, and the hair will still be "flush" straight.

Hence the saying "hair standing on end with anger", which is actually just like the fur of a small animal standing on end.

The human body has many parts that seem uncontrollable, but in fact they can be controlled to some extent, depending on the individual's level of understanding.

"I can't even see the soul, so I can't actually confirm its existence. How can I control it?"

The Fox Goddess has recently been thinking about how to guide him in this regard, because this is indeed a difficult problem for warriors.

When ordinary cultivators reach a certain level, they can separate a wisp of spiritual consciousness to travel through the heavens and earth. This is a necessary ability for everyone. The prerequisite for this ability is that the soul becomes powerful and can be controlled.

Warriors don't have any ability in this area at all, and they travel the world with just a strong body.

"Heaven and man are one, and the mind and spirit are in harmony. Young Master, your outstanding advantage is your physical Qi and blood, and your Qi and blood can flow into the cave of the primordial spirit. Try to use your Qi and blood to find the 'little resident' in the cave."

"So, I need to further strengthen my perception and control of my own Qi and blood? I feel like I'm back in familiar territory."

"Right~ Take your time. There's no point in being impatient. The cultivators' control over their primordial spirits didn't come about overnight."

Chu Wuji nodded. He had heard Ning Xianzhi talk about it.

It is difficult to practice the realm of the soul specifically, but it does not require special training. It is a side benefit of meditation practice and you can get started without realizing it.

He didn't worry about this matter for the time being, because there was something more worthy of his worry at the moment.

Chu Wuji asked cautiously and hopefully, "Goddess Tianhu, tonight is New Year's Eve. We must stay up all night to celebrate the New Year... can you make an exception?"

The fox girl deliberately drooped her ears, a resentful and pitiful expression on her beautiful face. She lamented, "How can I make an exception? Tonight is my home night. Last night you went to the old house and stayed with the White Snake and the Green Snake for the whole night~"

Chu Wuji still couldn't stand this pathetic attack, so he gritted his teeth and begged:

"It's not customary to sigh on New Year's Eve. The exception I'm talking about isn't leaving Lady Fox alone in the house, but rather the three of us getting together. Tomorrow, it's my turn to go back to the old house, and Lady Fox can go with me. That way, we'll be even."

The Fox Goddess had teased and troubled him many times, but she did not bother Chu Wuji when it came to the New Year reunion. She only showed a moment of hesitation, and then agreed very straightforwardly.

"Alright, it's a deal then. Don't take advantage of me tonight, or they'll cheat and deny it tomorrow. Snake spirits are the most cunning~"

...No, Lady Fox, how dare you say that others are cunning.

Chu Wuji secretly complained in his heart. He felt that his two snake-like elders were not cunning at all, and his aunt did not even bother to use treacherous tricks.

In order to avoid unnecessary complications, he responded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, if someone tries to default on their debt, I will definitely help Lady Sky Fox to seek justice!"

Chapter 218 New Year's Eve Dinner

Chu Wuji fished all day and changed his meditation thinking to deepen his perception of Qi and blood.

The progress of practicing the "Heavenly Eye Technique" remained stagnant, but after returning to the field he was familiar with, Chu Wuji felt much less depressed.

But there was still the New Year's Eve dinner, so he didn't fish for too long. Before dusk, he started busying around in the kitchen, working non-stop.

The little white tiger acted out of character and stopped playing with Yao'er, because the greedy girl was always thinking about the big goose. She stayed outside the kitchen the whole time, afraid that Chu Wuji would forget about it.

"Brother Two-legged Beast, is the big goose ready to cook?" When the little rabbit asked for meat, he knew how to sweeten his mouth.

With Xiaotu taking the lead, Yaoer and the other maids brought small stools and sat outside the kitchen, as if they were supervising a meeting, which put great pressure on the other servants.

When it came to the New Year’s Eve dinner, the little ones didn’t necessarily understand what festive occasions were, they just felt like they were having a great time as a group.

Bai Sujin and Aunt Green Snake also came to have dinner together. In order to avoid direct contact with the Sky Fox Queen, they had rarely been to the Jing'an Palace. When they came here and saw it, they thought they had entered a child trafficking den, and that it was a den that specifically targeted little demon children.

"Aunt Bai, Sister Xiaoqing!" Wen Yaoer took the initiative to go over, holding their hands and sitting down.

Chu Wuzhi was still worried that he would have to be busy in the kitchen and would not be able to take care of everyone, so he would have to ignore the two elders for a while. Fortunately, Yao'er was so well-behaved and smart, so he had one less thing to worry about.

Miss Baihu also followed Wen Yaoer's example and sat at the adults' table.

Bai Sujin was quite surprised. She asked in a gentle voice:

"Xiaotu, you've only lived in the palace for a few days, have you learned how to entertain elders?"

The naive little rabbit nodded vigorously, but the words on the lips were different:

"I'm here to eat the meat. After I finish here, I'll go back to the children's table to eat. They can't eat that much, so I have to help. The greater the stomach, the greater the responsibility!"

Aunt Green Snake had no choice but to correct her: "With great power comes great responsibility."

Xiaotu felt the same way: "The bigger your stomach, the bigger your ability. How can you survive without eating enough?"

Aunt Green Snake couldn't even refute it. She looked so strong and fierce, but she was actually so smart!

The beautiful and quiet white snake lady smiled a smile that could not be suppressed, touched the greedy girl's head, and then chatted with Wen Yaoer.

Although Bai Sujin really didn't remember the little princess, there was no barrier in their conversation. This girl was like a little magpie, chattering and taking the initiative to talk for a long time.

"By the way, why isn't the princess at home, leaving Master Wuji to look after you?"

"The Queen Aunt took my mother away and made her keep vigil with her. She almost took me away too. I wouldn't be able to have New Year's Eve dinner with my brother."

Wen Yaoer was spared for the time being, but she had to go to the palace later to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year. She planned to bring Xiaotu with her to play together.

Before Xiaotu transformed into a human form, she had entered the palace. At that time, she was worried that the little white tiger would grow up and the people in the palace would not be able to control it, so she used this as an excuse to keep Chu Wuzhi in the palace.

Auntie Qing Snake was curious about something, so she asked, "Xiaotu, isn't your mother coming to have dinner with you?"

"My mother said that she would only come out once when she was going to take me back home."

"That's right. Madam White Tiger has always stayed in the mountains and has no concept of such festivals." Aunt Green Snake was a little emotional. She and her sister White Snake did not have these festival concepts in their early years and could not feel these emotional atmospheres.

I couldn't understand why the human race suddenly became so lively and festive on those specific days. Was it because someone had cast a spell on them?

As a result, he has unknowingly become accustomed to the life of the human race. Only when he saw Mrs. White Tiger's habits did he remember his past self.

Chu Wuzhi also sent a few dishes to the servants of the palace, and that was the end of his busy work. The servants were flattered and grateful. They saw him off all the way to the courtyard, and then they went back to continue eating with peace of mind.

The Fox Goddess rode on his neck the whole time, swinging her pair of jade-like white legs in front of Chu Wuji's eyes. Occasionally, she would ask Chu Wuji what socks he wanted to see and change them for him.

Since the servants couldn't see her, Lady Tianhu just kept watching her young master busying himself, which was considered as working together with him.

When they arrived at the dining room, Aunt Green Snake became angry when she saw the vixen bullying her younger generation.

"Fox spirit, get down here! I want to ride too!"