For the next eight days, Chen Changan kept running between the canteen and the low peak.
In the morning, I go to the canteen to kill ingredients for steady growth. This is very important. I have to kill all the fish that should be killed every day, without missing a single one.
After coming back at noon, he stayed in the alchemy room, refining beauty pills and other elixirs.
In the afternoon, he took out a few steel plates and polished them with homemade sandpaper. These are very important things for development when going out. Although they have little lethality, they can give a chance to save lives.
Chen Changan prepared a little bit of everything he could think of, as long as it was something that could save his life.
Occasionally, Xiao Zhixi would come over and watch Chen Changan polishing the steel plate on his hands, and asked with a smile: "Brother, what are you doing with this?"
Chen Changan smiled and said, "Guess!"
Then Xiao Zhixi ran away angrily.
During this period, Master Lingxu and Senior Brother Wang Changshou also came several times.
Seeing Chen Changan working so hard, he didn't disturb him. He took a walk around and then went back to Gaofeng.
Until the ninth day of the ninth month, it was little Zhixi’s birthday.
Early in the morning, Chen Changan made a bowl of longevity noodles for Zhixi and went out to the canteen. He did not return to Aifeng until about one o'clock in the afternoon. Little Zhixi was still a little unhappy, holding her breath and asked leisurely:
"Brother, today is my birthday. Why did you take so long to come back? I'm so bored all alone!"
Chen Changan held up a paper box made of wood pulp and said with a smile: "Senior Brother has prepared something good for you."
Little Zhixi jumped up and down, clapped his hands and cheered: "Brother, what did you prepare? I want to see it!"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, Master and senior brothers haven't come yet!" Chen Changan didn't let him look.
After a while, Master and Senior Brother came riding on a cloud.
Surprisingly, the Jade-faced Taoist Baihu from Jade-faced Peak and Yu Ruhua from White Jade Peak also came on clouds one after another. This really confused Chen Changan, and Xiao Zhixi was also puzzled.
However, after the two girls arrived, they talked and laughed, and even gave Xiao Zhixi a gift.
This made the little girl feel flattered. This was the first time she received a gift from someone other than her own mountain.
Naturally, I was extremely happy.
Although Taoist Lingxu was somewhat dissatisfied with Xiao Zhixi before, he reflected on it for many days after returning and felt that he might have treated Xiao Zhixi unfairly, so he took out a sword and handed it to the little girl:
"Come, Zhixi, you are already thirteen years old. Master didn't discipline you before, and now he can't do that either. I hope you can practice well in the future and earn some face for our Yutuo Peak!"
It was a very delicate sword, inlaid with blue gems. The sword body was slender, one foot and two inches long. Even without a blade, a sharp edge burst out of the scabbard.
Chen Changan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Looking at the sword, I thought it was definitely a treasure-grade weapon.
Weapons are classified into different levels. In the mortal world, weapons that are relatively famous can also be ranked as common items in the cultivation world.
However, treasure weapons are hard to come by in the mortal world. They are weapons used by practitioners. As long as they have the word "treasure" in them, they will have some spirituality. If they are nurtured by the holder for a long time, there is a chance that a weapon spirit will be born, and the weapon can be further strengthened.
Of course, for the time being, this sword still has some gaps compared to the dog-head axe in Chen Changan's hand.
The dog-head axe in his hand was nurtured with the spiritual energy of the Gou Jing. It was invisible and not sharp. Although it was ordinary, its edge was restrained. Unless outsiders really used it, it would be difficult to detect its power.
Moreover, he had been keeping the axe for twelve years and had a combat power of more than 30,000, but he had never actually killed anyone. Even he himself did not know how powerful he was when he attacked.
But no matter what, the sword that the master gave to little junior sister is very good, which is enough to show the master's intentions.
This is the first time ever that I care...
"Master, what is the name of this sword?"
Xiao Zhixi obviously liked this sword very much. He kept playing with it in his hand and even pulled it out a little. Suddenly, the sharp energy rushed out of the sheath, scaring the black goat in the distance so much that it ran away and disappeared in a flash.
"It hasn't been named yet, so you decide for yourself!"
Taoist Master Lingxu was very calm. He didn't give little Zhixi a name before, and now he didn't give a name when he gave the sword to her. People who didn't know him would think he had a phobia of naming.
"Thank you, Master." Little Zhixi looked at the scabbard and smiled, "The sword is inlaid with gems, and it's my sword, Wang Zhixi, so I'll call you Lan Xi!"
"Well enough!"
Hearing this, Taoist Lingxu nodded and stroked his beard, expressing his satisfaction with the naming of Xiao Zhixi. Then he looked at Chen Changan with an inexplicable emotion.
"Why are you looking at me?" Chen Changan thought, maybe Master has something against me for giving the little apprentice sister the surname Wang.
But he didn't care and pretended not to see it. At that time, he hadn't awakened the system yet, and his senior brother was too strong, with the aura that only protagonists could gather. He must be on guard against his senior brother.
That's not wrong.
Feel at peace.
"Come on, everyone, eat the cake and taste my cooking."
Chen Changan laughed loudly, took out the cake that he had spent the whole morning baking, and placed it on the green grass in front of Aifeng’s door.
Everyone was a cultivator, so they didn't have to be so particular. It was just the right time, with white clouds floating in the sky, the mountain breeze was gentle and warm, the air was clear, and the weather was pleasant. Everyone followed Chen Changan to the grass, sat cross-legged, and watched what he was doing.
Chen Changan smiled, opened the paper box, and a 15-inch birthday cake appeared in front of everyone.
It can be clearly seen that on the cake are beauty pills of different colors, arranged in the shape of a word "thirteen". There are also thirteen small candles inserted on the cake. For safety and hygiene considerations, the entire cake making process is completed by Chen Changan alone.
The only difference from the modern version of birthday cake is that there is no such thing as cream in this world, and Chen Changan doesn't like cream, so the whole cake is made of solid cream. Of course, some melon juice, sugar water and goat milk are added to it, which can beautify girls.
Look at the cake.
Then, everyone was stunned...
Everyone looked surprised.
It looks good, but... what is this
Especially the white fox, his eyes flashed, smelling the fragrance of the spiritual melon, looking at Chen Changan in shock, thinking that the person he had been waiting for five hundred years had a thinking that was indeed different from that of ordinary people, elusive, and full of mystery.
Little Zhixi is still a child with a rather quick mind. Smelling the fragrance of the cake, he covered his face with his hands and blushed with some surprise.
What did you make, brother? It looks delicious.
"Haha!" Chen Changan smiled and said:
"This is a cake, made of flour and eggs. It's a birthday! There should be a sense of ceremony, so I took thirteen candles. Come on, Zhixi, make a wish and blow out the candles. In the near future, your wish will come true!"
As he spoke, he lit the candle with a fire charm.
"Really?"
Xiao Zhixi asked curiously, as if there were stars twinkling in her eyes.
"If you believe, your wish will come true." Chen Changan said with a smile.
"Haha~~~" Taoist Lingxu smiled faintly, thinking to himself, aren't you kidding me? Can my wish for immortality be fulfilled
To appease the child!
Yu Ruhua and Baihu looked at each other and smiled gently, while Wang Changshou kept smiling from beginning to end, without saying a word or expressing any opinion, and was very steady.
Chen Changan pretended not to notice the reactions of the others. Making a wish is a yearning for beautiful things. No matter if it works or not, just make it first. Who knows, maybe it will come true someday? Not necessarily.
"I want to wish for a..."
"Wait a minute, you can't say your wish out loud, otherwise it won't work. I'll teach you. Put your hands together, then close your eyes, make a wish, then open your eyes and blow out the candles. It's that simple!"
As Chen Changan spoke, he took out another wooden box, twisted the spring on the box, turned it a few times, and when he loosened his hand, a ding-dong-dong sound rang out like a clear spring.
Then, everyone was confused again...
Wang Zhixi, who was about to make a wish, looked at the wooden box in Chen Changan's hand and asked, "Brother, what is this?"
She is really happy today. This birthday is so special. Her senior brother is such a talent. He has so many fun things. It’s amazing!
"This is a birthday song. It roughly means: Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you~ Happy birthday to you!"
As he spoke, Chen Changan began to sing.
The other four couldn't sing, and they all looked at him in confusion, but he didn't seem embarrassed at all. He sang his own song, unmoved and steady as a rock.
While listening to him singing, little Zhixi closed her eyes and did as he was told, then… opened her eyes, puffed up her little face, and blew out thirteen candles in one breath.
"Good!" Chen Changan clapped his hands.
The wish was fulfilled, the candles were blown out, and it was time to eat the cake. Chen Changan took out a dog-head axe from behind and prepared to cut the cake.
Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Xiao Zhixi, who said, "Brother, you use this knife to kill pigs every day, how can you cut cakes?"
"It's just killing some food, I haven't killed anyone, it's no big deal!"
Chen Changan raised the axe and cut the cake into six even pieces. Now this axe was only used to kill pigs, ducks, chickens, etc., not people. If it saw blood in the future, it could not be used to cut cakes.
He could only cut a cake with his dog-head axe once in his life, and now, he gave this first time to his junior sister.
"Mr. Birthday, you come and share the cake! This is just afternoon tea. I will continue to make delicious food for you in the evening!"
For more than ten years, Chen Changan has been busy with his development, and basically, whether it was Xiao Zhixi's birthday or his own, he just made do with it.
This year, he is about to go out to develop. Although he is very stable, he doesn’t know if he will suddenly capsize. So he has to do all the regrets that have not been made up and the things that have not been done.
The outside world and the tranquility of the sect seem like two different worlds. He is aware of this, so he wants to have no regrets and let his junior sister experience the culture of another world and broaden her horizons.
Next, Xiao Zhixi started to divide the cake. This girl was also smart. She gave more beauty pills on the cake to Uncle Baihu and Uncle Yuruhua, while Master and Senior Brother...each of them only had one pill on the cake...
"Disciple, this is too much!"
Taoist Lingxu held the cake in his hand with an extremely resentful look in his eyes.
Xiao Zhixi said:
"Master, you are a man, why do you take beauty pills? Just a token of your appreciation is enough. You see, all the brothers have no objection. A man's beauty is innate, just like Second Brother. If he takes off his skin, he will be even more beautiful than Uncle White Fox... Woo woo~~~"
Chen Changan quickly covered the girl's mouth.
He gave the white fox a helpless smile.
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