As spring turned to winter and the mountains and forests were covered in snow, the dragon egg had grown to the size of a large watermelon.
It is well cared for, its eggshell is getting thicker, and it is full of energy every day, always moving around looking for new and interesting things.
At this time, Pei Yunshu and Zhu You received the distress note from Baili Ge and Hua Yue.
Zhu You is a paradise built by Pei Yunshu, who calls it "Chun Xiao Valley". Baili only knows that the two of them are here, but doesn't know where exactly it is. In order to allow them to seek help in time when they encounter danger, Pei Yunshu has already told them the location.
So when the sound transmission note tiredly penetrated the barrier, Pei Yunshu was already ready to leave the valley with Zhu You before he knew the content of the sound transmission note.
The content of the note was scribbled, and it should be a message left behind in a very critical moment. There was only one sentence on it: "The boat from Hua Ge in Nanlin City, come quickly."
Nanlin City is a big city in the mortal world, and there are many cultivators who are reluctant to leave the mortal world. Pei Yunshu and Zhu You did not delay and decided to take the little dragon egg out of the valley that day.
It was the first time that the little dragon egg was taken to stand on the sword. It was held in Pei Yunshu's arms. The clear white clouds passed by. It was high up, and the houses below became fewer and fewer, until they were as small as ants.
The little dragon egg leaned out from Pei Yunshu's arms to enjoy the breeze, and almost fell down. Pei Yunshu tapped it, "Don't be naughty."
The little dragon egg coquettishly crawled into Pei Yunshu's arms. Pei Yunshu gently touched the eggshell and said to Zhu You, who was standing beside him with a bad look on his face, "It's so big now, I'm afraid it's about to break out of the shell, right?"
Zhu You took the dragon egg from his arms, but the dragon egg was unwilling and tried its best to hide from Zhu You's big palm in Pei Yunshu's arms, shaking Pei Yunshu so much that he swayed back and forth for a moment.
Zhu You's expression became even uglier. He roughly snatched the dragon egg, holding it firmly with one hand, and treated the dragon egg sharply and coldly, "You've tired him out."
The dragon egg stopped shaking and left Pei Yunshu obediently.
Pei Yunshu followed his movements and said with a smile: "It's just such a small thing, how can it be so easy to tire me out."
Zhu You had no choice but to tell the truth expressionlessly: "You have held it for an hour today."
"Okay," Pei Yunshu put his arms around Zhu You's neck, and simply laid on Zhu You's back, whispering, "You always taste the taste of me holding the little dragon egg, and I want to taste it today too. You hold it, and you also have to carry me on your back."
Holding one in front and carrying one on the back must be very tiring, but a smile appeared on Zhu You's face.
He supported Pei Yunshu and carried him firmly on his back as if he was holding him.
*
One day later, in front of the city gate of Nanlin.
Pei Yunshu and Zhu You dressed simply and hid low-key among the people.
The sky was dark, the wind was blowing, and birds were flying along the ground. A farmer was already worried and said, "Look at the sky, it's going to rain soon."
"I don't know if I can get home before it rains," someone worried, "My son Dalang is still working in Haikou. If it rains, I'm afraid he can only work half a day today."
Pei Yunshu looked up at the sky, and suddenly a raindrop fell on his face. Zhu You frowned, rolled the raindrop off his face with his fingertips, then flicked it up to the sky with his backhand, and the raindrop that was about to fall disappeared.
The sky was getting darker and darker, but no rain fell. Pei Yunshu and Zhu You hurried into the city and found an inn. Then there was a loud thunder outside, and heavy rain fell right behind them.
The innkeeper was handing out a bowl of ginger soup and a towel to each guest in the inn. Zhu You took the towel and refused the ginger soup. He handed one to Pei Yunshu, who smiled and thanked him before taking the towel to wipe the rain off his face.
Because the sound transmission note sent by Bailigo was really unusual, they did not want to alert the enemy and planned to pretend to be ordinary people. It would be better not to reveal their cultivation level before finding Bailigo.
After the boss served the ginger soup, he hesitated for a while, then brought two bowls and advised, "Sir, don't be careless. Drink a bowl to get rid of the cold."
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud sneeze was heard behind him. Pei Yunshu turned around and saw a young, handsome and noble man rubbing his nose in an ungraceful manner. His clothes were soaked, his hair was dripping with water, and he looked as miserable as a drowned chicken.
The attendants around him were trying to persuade him to drink a sip of ginger soup, but he refused loudly, glancing at the ginger soup with disgust in his eyes, "Even if I go out and drink a few buckets of God's tears, I would rather not drink a sip of this stuff!"
The attendant had a bitter face and kept persuading him.
The conversation between the master and the servant was really amusing. Pei Yunshu found it very interesting, but the person he was looking at seemed to have noticed his gaze. He looked up impatiently and happened to meet Pei Yunshu's eyes.
The man was stunned, then his eyes lit up and he pointed at Pei Yunshu and shouted, "Didn't this guy drink either? He looks skinny and weak, even worse than me. If he doesn't drink, why should I drink?"
The thin and weak Pei Yunshu was so angry at the show that he pointed at himself and asked Zhu You, "Is he talking about me?"
Zhu You nodded honestly, but felt that it was not enough, so he added fuel to the fire, "Yes, he is talking about you."
The man also heard this, and walked over to Pei Yunshu, looking at the untouched ginger soup on the table, and put on an elder's attitude, teaching him meaningfully: "Look at your body, you got caught in the rain and yet you refused to drink the ginger soup. If you catch a cold, won't you be the one who suffers?"
"Why don't you drink it quickly?" The man said solemnly, "If you don't have my body, don't try to be dissolute like me."
Pei Yunshu looked at him for a long while, then suddenly raised the corners of his lips and said with a smile: "Okay."
Without waiting for the man to wonder, Pei Yunshu took the ginger soup and put it to his lips and drank it all in one gulp. Then he looked at the young master with a smile, "I've finished drinking it, it's time for you to drink a bowl too."
The man was dumbfounded, and was about to ask how he could drink it, but his body involuntarily walked back to his seat, picked up the ginger soup and swallowed it in a few gulps.
The spicy taste rushed from my heart to my brain, and that was not all. I finally finished the bowl of ginger soup, but the ginger soup that was almost gone in the bowl slowly filled up again and became a full bowl again.
Pei Yunshu removed the spell after watching the man drink two bowls of ginger soup. But as soon as the spell was removed, the rich young man's eyes turned white, and he said "It's so unpalatable" before he knocked his head and fainted.
"..." Pei Yunshu turned away guiltily and whispered to Zhu You, "I think I've played it before."
"Nothing," Zhu You turned his face away, "Don't look at him."
The servant of the rich young master nearby seemed to be used to it. After calling "young master" a few times, he calmly carried the man upstairs with the shop owner.
Pei Yunshu and Zhu You also followed the waiter back to the room, released the dragon egg wrapped in the package, let the dragon egg bounce on the bed, and the two walked to the bed and looked at the storm outside.
The dragon egg refused to stay in the storage bag, so Pei Yunshu packed it up into a package. They watched the rain, and the dragon egg lying on the bed couldn't stand the loneliness, so it jumped off the bed and rolled all the way to Pei Yunshu's feet.
Pei Yunshu came back to his senses, picked it up, and looked into the distance again in the rain. "Zhu You, there is only one tributary in the south that can accommodate a boat. It happened to rain heavily today, so it won't be easily discovered what we do."
Zhu You stretched his muscles and said, "I'll go, you stay here and take care of it."
Pei Yunshu looked at the little dragon egg that was nestled in his arms, helpless. "Then you should be more careful. If there is anything wrong, don't be impulsive. Come back and discuss it with me as soon as possible."
Zhu You nodded, looked at Pei Yunshu gently, leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, then disappeared in the rain in the blink of an eye.
The dragon egg moved towards the window, as if it wanted to know where Zhu You had gone.
"Be good," Pei Yunshu held him and took a step forward. At this position, the rain could be blown onto them by the wind. "Are you reluctant to leave Father Long?"
The dragon egg moved towards the window again.
"Hurry up and break out of the shell, little thing," Pei Yunshu stroked it gently, "Once you break out of the shell, you can eat all the delicacies in the world, and you can also go to heaven and earth with your father and father dragon."
"There are thousands of beautiful things in the world, and Daddy will never be able to tell you enough," the hand on the eggshell was gentle and loving, "After all, I am looking forward to your birth soon so that you can experience them one by one."
The wind and rain were strong, and the rain also drifted onto the eggshell, but the little dragon egg felt extremely safe and comfortable, a comfort it had never felt in the hundred years of darkness.
It rubbed Pei Yunshu's fingers affectionately, and wondered vaguely, were they all looking forward to its birth
*
Zhu You came back very quickly, in just two quarters of an hour. After flying in through the window, he got rid of the coldness before sitting next to Pei Yunshu. He frowned and said, "There are many Taoists hiding on and around the ship."
"Oh?" Pei Yunshu was surprised and asked, "Are you a sect cultivator or an independent cultivator?"
"Self-cultivating cultivators," Zhu You's eyes showed a hint of disgust, "the smell of blood is stronger than the other. They specialize in killing monsters. Their bodies are full of monster blood, and their evil spirits are also directed at monsters."
Pei Yunshu's expression also became serious.
In the sects of cultivation, the relationship between the righteous and the evil is not one of life and death, let alone between humans and demons
As long as there is no causal hatred, no matter whether it is human or demon, no one wants to commit more sins of killing. Even Venerable Wuwang only locked up those big demons in the Demon Suppression Tower.
There are only a very few independent cultivators who specialize in killing monsters and do this.
"Then Baili and Huayue are in trouble," Pei Yunshu pondered, "Have they committed serious sins?"
Zhu You said: "If there is a thunder disaster, one strike will kill you."
Pei Yunshu's brows gradually frowned, "The sin is so serious, do they kill demons whenever they see them, regardless of whether they are good or bad?"
Pei Yunshu, an ordinary cultivator, also believed that they could not do anything to Qingfeng and Bailige. Now that they were trapped on the Hua Ge boat, they were afraid that there might be some powerful people inside.
Zhu You is not afraid of those cultivators, but they are also a trouble. Pei Yunshu is naturally not afraid of them either, but Baili and the others are in the hands of those cultivators, which is the source of their worry.
"It's not advisable to alert the enemy. We have to find a way to get on that ship." Pei Yunshu murmured.
When the door rang, Pei Yunshu and Zhu You looked at each other. He gave the dragon egg to Zhu You and got up to open the door. After a while, Pei Yunshu came back with a smile on his face. The invitation in his hand was very luxurious.
"Just when I said I would find a solution, the solution came to my door." Pei Yunshu raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Because the rich young man drank the ginger soup obediently, the cold he was about to suffer was suppressed. His attendants came to express their gratitude and brought two invitations to board the Huage ship.
What a pity! The east wind has finally come to your door.