Winter night, dry mountain.
There is heavy snow falling outside the inn, and old tea soup is cooking inside the inn. The front hall is dark and the charcoal fire is red and pleasant. Aunt Li peeled the steamed buns and grilled them over the fire. The crispy roasted steamed buns were paired with the hot sauce she just bought. It was quite satisfying to eat.
Aunt Li's life was going well. A few years ago, the Battle of Naluojiu had almost no impact on her. This place is considered desolate even in the dry mountain area. Birds and people are inaccessible. Even mountain bandits stay here and rogue bandits rarely come here. Dayun went from calm to precarious, and then from precarious to calm. Aunt Li's life did not change much.
The town over the mountain is rich and knows how to run away from a war. They are extremely poor here, and no one is too lazy to move. Food can be bought, not to mention that Aunt Li has grown her own vegetable rations and raised a few chickens. Even if all the people in the mountains are gone, she can make do with some mountain goods.
Her children rarely come back, and there is no disturbance in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
If we talk about regrets, Aunt Li does have one -
It's a pity that Yin Ci ran away with the Fox Fairy, and the other hunters lacked some heat. The pheasants and rabbits they brought back were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and they didn't taste good to eat. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month had just passed, and she still wanted to feed herself some meat to satisfy her craving. The collected rabbits and pheasants were all made of hard bones, and Aunt Li lost her appetite just looking at them. Thinking of Yin Ci's craftsmanship, she only felt that the baked bun slices were a bit dry and tasteless.
Alas, that stinky boy Yin Ci is a relative. He went down the mountain with the fox fairy a few years ago, and he didn't even hear from him after that, and he didn't even know if he was eaten by the fox fairy.
Shouldn't she have let him go in the first place? Fox fairies are very evil creatures. As mentioned in the book, they can eat people without spitting out their bones.
The more Aunt Li thought about it, the more likely it became that she even ate the steamed bun slices. These things were dipped in red chili sauce and made a crunching sound when chewed. She always felt that they became bloody and prickly.
The next time she saw a fox, she would definitely get some veterinary medicine to kill it and exchange its fur for some gold! The last time... The last time she was fascinated by the vixen's appearance, it can't be counted.
Aunt Li was gearing up when a creaking sound came from the front hall.
Two figures entered the door side by side, and the fire flickered, illuminating their faces. Aunt Li took a breath of air and stood up from her chair: "Fox, fox fairy... vixen!"
Isn’t the person holding the medicine to cure the disease the vixen from a few years ago? We haven’t seen each other for many years. This guy has a rosy complexion and shiny hair. He must have eaten a few more people. There aren't many young people in Dry Mountain, so this guy can't get enough to eat, and he even brings his kind to a dinner party!
Its kind also looks like a mortal, and it is not a good thing at first glance. The two monsters also carried lanterns each, and they knew what evil they were doing.
Aunt Li straightened up and picked up the iron fire stick in one hand. After getting the stick, she began to think about it again. If these two foxes were disfigured by an iron rod, would their fur be easier to sell? Aunt Li was thinking about the good fur in her dream, so she stood up with an iron rod in hand.
Shi Jingzhi: "..."
Shi Jingzhi: "You still remember me."
Aunt Li stared at Shi Jingzhi's waist and kept turning her eyes back, trying to find the fox's tail: "That's not true."
The look in this lady's eyes was too right, but Master Shi didn't really want to go into it. He moved cautiously and hid the lantern in his hand in a safer place.
This is a good lantern they bought in Yidu, and Zi Zhu personally picked it out for him. Shi Jingzhi used his inner strength to protect him and carried him all the way through the snowstorm, only to be looked down upon by wild dogs on the roadside. At this moment, if Mrs. pokes him to pieces with a stick, he will have no place to cry.
Yin Ci had seen enough of the show, so he cleared his throat and said in the voice of "Orion Yin Ci": "Auntie, it's me."
Aunt Li's wrinkles gathered, her eyes widened, and her voice suddenly became several times shriller: "Okay, you're the beast who ate my boy, and you even learned how to speak! Hey, eat me with a stick!"
The stick poked so bravely that Yin Ci was taken aback and dodged it with a beautiful spin.
Aunt Li: "What are you hiding from? What are you hiding from? It's a fox, how can a brat have such skills!"
Yin Ci: "..." He is now mortal, and the end of the iron rod is red hot. How can he not hide? Seeing him, his face turned red and he was filled with anger. He took the first step forward, grabbed the iron rod in one fell swoop, and stuffed a small golden bead into Aunt Li's palm. A set of movements flows smoothly and in one go.
Aunt Li felt as if her acupuncture points had been tapped, and she immediately became stiff for a long time. When she came to her senses, she put the golden beads in her arms and her tone became more gentle: "Should you two be the best or stay in a hotel?"
It was as if she didn't recognize the iron rod on the ground.
Shi Jingzhi was so amazed that he almost cheered on the spot. Yin Ci cried and laughed, and called Aunt Li again: "Auntie, it's really me."
Aunt Li collected the gold, which made her sick. The man's eyes stabbed Yin Ci from head to toe, and then from feet to head, with letters written all over his face. Yin Ci didn't hesitate. He directly picked up the pheasant and started making soup. He even dug out the sauce hidden by Aunt Li. The whole process was extremely skillful.
With a bowl of golden chicken soup on the table, Aunt Li's last doubts disappeared: "Little bastard, why do you look like this? Your eyes are no longer what they were before!"
There are so many things involved that it’s hard to explain in one sentence. Before Yin Ci had time to open his mouth, he was blocked by Shi Jing's words: "He worships me as his teacher, and I am leading him to practice. People, I have done the Dharma for him. This is called rebirth."
The headmaster's eyebrows were curved and his face was full of sincerity. My wife always liked this trick, and she immediately exclaimed that it was amazing.
Yin Ci lowered his voice: "... Are you addicted to being a vixen?"
Shi Jingzhi said he was wronged: "What did I say that was not true?"
Yin Ci thought about it carefully and found nothing to say.
Aunt Li suddenly understood - yes, fox fairies are fox fairies, and they all have their own cultivation methods. It's good that Yin Wazi is still alive. She drank the soup quickly with spoonfuls, and her anger was long gone: "Very good, very good, very good. I'll prepare two good guest rooms for you two. Little bastard, you still have Take a bath?"
"One room." Shi Jingzhi said carelessly, "The bathtub should be the largest."
Aunt Li's spoon stopped, and suspicion appeared in her eyes again.
Shi Jingzhi: "That's what we demon immortals do. To accept a disciple is to choose a Taoist partner. We are already close, and it is only natural that I and my Taoist partner will live in the same room."
Aunt Li chuckled and choked on the chicken soup.
The person coughed for a long time and subconsciously wanted to stop it. In the end, I thought that this fox fairy had a lot of tricks and practices, and Yin Ci's energy and spirit had improved a lot, but it was not easy for her to say this. The wife was stunned for a while, drank the chicken soup bit by bit, and then sighed heavily.
"I don't understand the little doll now. Just treat him well. I, as an outsider, have nothing to say."
This fox must have taken a liking to Yin Ci's skills. If that were the case, why would he go out of his way to abduct an ordinary hunter when it was freezing and snowy
Aunt Li's children had never come back, and Yin Ci, who had just returned... was also kidnapped by monsters. Aunt Li felt sad for a while. She suddenly put down the bowl and started rummaging through the cabinet where the money was kept.
Amid the confused looks between the two, she pulled out a book that was obviously old. Aunt Li held it carefully and moved to Yin Ci with a sigh: "We are also destined to be together. This is the secret book of cultivating immortality that my son spent a lot of money to get. Please take it."
Yin Ci saw the words on the book cover clearly, and his eyelids immediately jumped.
... These days, which "immortal" with a brain would directly use "Secrets of Immortal Cultivation" as the title of a book? What's more, the character for the book also says "borrow". The man's son knows what books he bought, and he is sure that his wife is literate, so he is fooling around with all his energy.
However, although Aunt Li is fierce and greedy for money, she is a kind and righteous person. In this world, people come and go, and in terms of age, she is only Yin Ci's junior. In terms of friendship, she may be the person closest to his family. Whether out of loneliness or simplicity, her care for "Orion Yin Ci" has never been less than half a minute.
Yin Ci took the old book with both hands and deliberately made his expression serious: "Thank you, aunt."
The little bastard who had not been raised well finally became more humane, and Aunt Li was very relieved. She happily boiled water to prepare the house and did not interfere in their affairs. As for the book, Yin Ci kept it while teaching temporarily and continued to work on the stove. At that time, someone loved to save small objects and always had all kinds of baggage with him. He would throw away nothing.
late at night.
Aunt Li had been chewing steamed buns and cabbage for more than half a month, but now she caught Yin Ci and forced him to make a table of delicious dishes. After eating, the man was in a daze, then moved, and went to sleep in the inner room by himself. Shi Jingzhi pulled Yin Ci into the tub, and the two of them were comfortably submerged in the hot water.
I don't know if I made a mistake, but under the mist, Yin Ci felt that Jingzhi was two points redder than before.
"Is the water scalding?" Yin Ci asked with concern, "You must bear it, I can use my internal strength to cool down a little."
Shi Jing's hands were playing with the water, and his eyes were a little wandering: "Have you read that book?"
Yin Ci: "I fell in love with you immediately. After that, my hands were full of blood and oil, and I couldn't touch them. What, is there something wrong with the book?"
Is it possible that this is really a magic book
"Yeah, it's not a problem. I talked about the method of dual cultivation. It's fragrant... well, it's quite practical. I think it's feasible. Are you willing to give it a try with me?"
... Oh, no wonder Aunt Li’s son is so full of lies that he dared to buy a vulgar book. Yin Ci thought expressionlessly and pinched Shi Jingzhi's ears. The latter was already turning red from the heat, and now it became a crab in the pot.
"Just in time, I saw it." Yin Cicheng leaned over and whispered softly. "My disciple doesn't want to read. Since you have accepted me as your disciple, you must set an example and teach me carefully."
His fingertips slowly slid down, and the water droplets slid across the skin, parting and closing.
"Come to think of it, I am the apprentice of the Fox Immortal. How can you not listen to what the master said? No matter what you teach, I will accept it as ordered—"
Steam drifted and the fire flickered. The orange-red firelight brushes the fair skin, and there are little water spots, which is very ambiguous.
How could Yuzi endure such torture? He immediately put into practice what was described in the book and caught Yin Ci and kissed her deeply. A few sparks splashed out with his movements, making a hissing sound in the water.
The two have been together for several years, and Yin Ci has long been affected by Yu Zi's power. He was originally very lazy, but from time to time he would turn around and tease her, laughing at the other person's loss of control and gasping for breath. Who would have thought that "Secret Book of Immortal Cultivation" was written by someone, and the writing is a bit wild. At first he hugged Shi Jingzhi carelessly, but after half an hour, Devil Yin had to hold the edge of the bucket with both hands to keep a little clarity in his mind.
The other party's hot breath hit his back, and his brain felt like molten honey. Instead of falling, the water temperature actually rose a lot. The sound of water can't be heard, and it makes people's hearts feel warm and itchy.
Seeing another night of love and affection.
The north wind is howling outside the window, the snow is falling, and the mountain roads are completely clear. A deer stepped on the snow crust and walked behind the inn. Only one window of the inn was still open, which was particularly eye-catching in this dark and snowy night.
Looking through the gap in the window, two lanterns were right next to the window, burning brightly.