After Wenqing left, it rained for several days in a row.

The entire wilderness and the entire Turtle Mountain were bathed in a misty rain, as if they were isolated from the world.

Qin Shou had no interest in cultivation. He spent his days lying on the bamboo chair, sometimes facing up, sometimes facing down, tossing and turning. Every now and then, he would open the [Friends] section to check on Wen Qing's recent situation.

[Your apprentice, Wen Qing, encounters a monster attack on her first day after descending the mountain, but manages to kill two monsters in return.]

Your apprentice, Wen Qing, was swindled out of one spirit stone. After chasing the swindler for ten blocks, she was swindled out of another ten spirit stones.

Your apprentice, Wenqing, encountered injustice on the road, drew his sword to help, and stormed a bandit's den.

Your apprentice, Wenqing, is addicted to chivalry and justice, and in just three days, he has taken down 10 bandit strongholds.

Your apprentice, Wen Qing, was harassed by a young master from a powerful family. She cut off his third leg, which provoked retaliation from the family, resulting in the massacre of the entire clan.

Your apprentice's warmth...

Your apprentice's warmth...

"??????"

Qin Shou was terrified every time he watched.

"Where's the promised essence of 'the way of survival'?"

"Good grief, you're taking this 'extremely cautious approach to recklessness' to the extreme. Don't keep recklessly pushing yourself to the brink and end up destroying yourself!"

"If that happened, my heart would be broken."

Qin Shou was sad, very sad, extremely sad, so sad that he couldn't be sad anymore. It was as if Sadness itself had opened the door for Sadness, and Sadness had come home.

My good disciple, I beg you, please don't act recklessly anymore.

Be a decent human being. In this dog-eat-dog world of cultivation, keeping a low profile is the way to go, and the essence of survival of the fittest is to live frugally.

Creak!

Qin Shou rolled over again, rubbing his head against the bamboo chair.

"Dabao, come here and let me hug you."

“Da Bao.............”

"Hey, you lot, I can't control you anymore, huh?"

Qin Shou jumped up and appeared in the bamboo grove. He grabbed Da Bao, who was sitting on a bamboo stalk, pretending to be deep in the rain, and gave him a good beating.

Qin Shou grabbed Da Bao's arm and kicked Da Bao's butt like he kicked Yi Cheng.

Since Wen Qing left, Qin Shou found that his temper had become a little more irritable.

"Hmph hmph"

"Hmph, you won't even let me hug you! Tell me, are you disgusted with me?"

"Hmph hmph" No, no

"Hmph, I haven't even looked down on you, and you dare to look down on me? Tell me, are you asking for it?"

Bang bang bang—

Immediately afterwards, Qin Shou kicked him several more times.

Then, she pulled Da Bao back onto the bamboo chair, first using her spiritual power to dry Da Bao's fur, then holding him in her arms, rubbing and kneading him until he fell asleep peacefully.

The rain dripped down the eaves.

Outside the eaves, mist and rain create a hazy scene, and the landscape is like a painting.

Orange sat listlessly on the steps under the eaves, turned the black rabbit over, and poked its chubby belly with his short, thick fingers.

"Squeak, squeak"

The black rabbit dared not resist, its eyes filled with grievance.

A gentle breeze rustled the leaves of the old mulberry tree in the yard, and the slanting raindrops rippled across the pond.

In the fish-calling pond, two small koi carp are playing happily.

"Sister, it's raining! I love the rain!"

"Mmm, I like it too."

"Glug glug, sister, look, aren't the bubbles I spit big?"

"It's so big! You're amazing, little sister!"

"Hmph? ( ′︶` )( ′︶` )?"

Time is peaceful, and life is good.

The scenery on Turtle Mountain is like a series of paintings, flowing across the wild land.

But the owner under the eaves seemed to be dreaming a distant dream...

He dreamt of bustling traffic, towering buildings, dazzling lights, the hospital ward he had in his previous life when he was battling cancer, and the large truck he was embracing with outstretched arms...

I also dreamt of the happy times I spent with my master, senior brothers, and senior sisters; I dreamt of the scenes of them leaving one by one; I dreamt of my loneliness during my fifty years on Turtle Mountain, and my soliloquy...

In a short dream, he seemed to have dreamt of everything—things he had seen and things he had never seen, things he had thought of and things he had never thought of… In the end, they all converged into a single picture: a boy kneeling on the vast earth, howling to the heavens, “It’s so bitter, so incredibly bitter!”

Under the eaves, Yi Cheng raised her head, looked at her master who was talking in his sleep, blinked her small green bean eyes, then dropped the black rabbit and ran into the misty rain, running towards the far distance.

Seeing this, Black Rabbit also squeaked and ran to the Spirit Pool to play with Da Mei and Little Fatty.

"Da Mei, Xiao Pang, I saw a giant toad engulfed in flames at the foot of the mountain yesterday."

Da Mei surfaced. "Black Rabbit, is that the toad that chased us that day, trying to eat us?"

"Yeah, it's that really ugly toad. I also saw a few other big monsters. They were always wandering around at the foot of the mountain. I think they were waiting for us to come down so they could eat us."

Little Fatty said nervously, "Sister, Black Rabbit, let's not go down the mountain anymore, it's too dangerous."

Black Rabbit, "Squeak squeak squeak (Hmm, I agree. We'll go down the mountain after we become Golden Core demons. Then I'll kick them one by one and show them how powerful we are)."

Little Fatty nodded, "Yes, Black Rabbit, you're amazing!"

Black Rabbit yelped, "That's right! I've been lifting stones these past few days, I'm practically building up muscles!"

Da Mei encouraged herself, "Then let's cultivate together, little sister. Tonight, come to the Dream of the Koi and cultivate with your older sister."

"Okay, sister."

Squeak!

Under the eaves, Qin Shou rolled over again, pressing Da Bao underneath.

"Hmph hmph"

"Don't shout."

"Hmph hmph"

"Are you going to ask me to tickle you again?"

......

The afternoon hours are both lazy and fleeting.

When Qin Shou opened his eyes, what came into view was the scene after the rain: a rainbow bridge spanned the wilderness, the wind was clear and the sky was bright, and the scenery was magnificent.

"Master, Master, are you awake?"

In the distance, a man ran over, carrying a beehive in his hands. Many bees were buzzing around the beehive, and honey dripped down like liquid, its color golden.

"Master, please eat this."

Yi Cheng, looking adorable, handed the beehive to Qin Shou, his mouth already drooling all over the ground.

Qin Shou looked at Yi Cheng, whose head and body were covered in large welts from bee stings, and whose face was so swollen that he could barely see.

How miserable!

Qin Shou was genuinely taken aback. "Yi Cheng, where have you been?"

"Master, the goose has gone to collect honey!"

What are you doing picking honey?

"Master, you said it tastes bitter, so... the goose went to the mountains to collect honey. When the goose was little, it found its medicine bitter, so its mother would secretly give it honey. Honey can be sweet or spicy~, and after the goose ate it, the bitterness and spiciness would disappear~, hehe."

"................."

Looking at Yi Cheng covered in swollen bumps, Qin Shou's eyes suddenly reddened.

This long-lost feeling........

Damn it, I actually got touched by Yi Cheng, this foodie.

Whoosh—

Qin Shou waved his sleeve, scaring away the swarm of bees.

"Doesn't it hurt when you get stung by a bee?"

Qin Shou gently stroked Yi Cheng's head.

"It hurts...it hurts, but the honey tastes good."

Yi Cheng opened her round, beady green eyes, smacked her lips, and then handed the honey to Qin Shou, saying, "Master, eat it quickly, or the goose will eat it too!"

"Pfft..."

Qin Shou didn't know whether he was amused by the glutton's appearance or amused by his anger.

Qin Shou went to the kitchen, took out several jars, filled them with honey, and then took out one jar and gave it to Yi Cheng.

"You can have this jar. Honey is too sweet, don't eat too much, or your teeth will hurt."

"Ha! Got it, Master."

Yi Cheng was about to run away with the jar when Qin Shou called her back.

"Don't run away yet, come here, let me apply some medicine powder for you."