Chapter 77
In the past few days, Ji Mingqing asked other people from Fengxiyuan to go to Yuantaopo Restaurant to see if there was anything that needed to be changed, and asked Xu Yi and the recommended newcomers to familiarize themselves with the restaurant's reception procedures.
Xu Yihe recommended a brother and sister. The brother Chen Jin seemed taciturn, while the sister Chen Yin was lively and talkative. The two of them, one active and one quiet, complemented each other.
"They haven't suggested any improvements to me these days. It was just Xu Yihe who told me to lower the bar. I thought he meant the bar for dining in. I figured, 'There doesn't need to be a bar for dining in,' but guess what happened."
Ji Mingqing lay on the table, his head resting on his left hand, while his right hand used his fingers to stroke Xiaowan's hair.
"He said he was actually on the threshold of the house. I took a look and it wasn't high. I wondered if he tripped."
"Not only did he trip, he fell into Cui Ding's arms." Bai Cangze didn't think there was anything wrong with gossiping about his subordinates in private. "They haven't spoken in two days."
"Huh?" Ji Mingqing shuddered and immediately sat up straight. "Is this true? Why did you stop talking after falling down?"
"Yes, Chen Yin saw it. He also said Cui Ding hugged someone and wouldn't let go."
"Huh?" Ji Mingqing became interested. He had no idea why Chen Yin would say these things to Xiao Wan. When he didn't know Xiao Wan could speak, he told Xiao Wan every day things that he couldn't say out loud to others. This time, Xiao Wan must have been pretending to be harmless in front of Chen Yin.
"Is there something going on between them? Are they going to be in love?" Ji Mingqing's eyes sparkled, then he stood up and walked back and forth in front of the table.
"Oh, I really want to go ask them, but it would be a bit too abrupt to go there now." Ji Mingqing tugged at the corner of his clothes, trying to calm himself down, but his slightly red ears betrayed his intense emotions at the moment.
"You can go talk to Chen Yin. She knew Xu Yihe before, so she might know more." Bai Cangze said.
"Forget it. What if we alert them and affect them? They are all adults and can definitely handle their own problems."
"But I don't think I need to adjust the threshold."
Bai Cangze chuckled, "No need, just pretend you don't know from now on."
Almost the entire army knew about the affairs of these two people, but they had never come to their senses, so Bai Cangze was too lazy to care. He only brought it up today to remind Ji Mingqing.
Ji Ming quickly put this matter behind his mind. To him, it was just a little gossip, and he needed to do more important things.
That is cultivation.
Ji Mingqing originally thought that cultivation was all about floating ethereal energy, and as long as he sat on the cushion, white smoke would spread around his body. Even if there was no smoke, he would sit alone in the corner, holding his breath, just like the first time he met Zhao Jingying.
It should be an indoor activity anyway.
As a result, when it came to him, he had to farm and dig holes, and he had to bask in the sun at noon when the sun was at its highest. He said that noon was the time when the spiritual energy was the most abundant and it was most suitable for practicing his wood-based skills.
Not only that, Xiaowan was also staring at him in the shade nearby, telling him not to slack off. She even stared at him intently when he was regulating his breathing, for fear that he would waste any time.
"I can't do it anymore. I'm dying of exhaustion." Ji Mingqing finally gave up under the scorching sun and sat down on the ground. Seeing him like this, Bai Cangze had no choice but to come out from the shade and stand beside him, saying sternly.
"If you can master the use of immortal energy, this sunlight will not affect you at all."
"But I have already planted about two acres of land, and you won't let me use any magic. It's already very good that I can persist in farming with my bare hands until now." Ji Mingqing was a little angry. He turned his face away, not wanting to talk to the little cat who was forcing him.
Bai Cangze sighed softly and put his claws on Ji Mingqing's shoulders. Ji Mingqing did not reach out and press and rub as usual. Bai Cangze knew that he was really angry.
"Would you like some plum drink?" Bai Cangze leaned close to his ear and whispered.
Ji Mingqing felt itchy from the airflow exhaled by Xiaowan and couldn't help moving, but he still closed his eyes and did not respond to Xiaowan's questions.
"Iced plum drink, I specially prepared it before I went out. Would you like to drink it?" Xiaowan patted Ji Mingqing's shoulder and coaxed him softly.
Ji Ming swallowed unconsciously when he heard Xiao Wan's words. He had thought he would be able to return quickly when he left, so he hadn't prepared much, which made him extremely shaken now.
The next moment, Ji Mingqing felt a stream of cool air flowing into his body where Xiaowan touched him, sweeping away all the fatigue and exhaustion he had just felt, and even the sweat on his face evaporated without a trace.
"What's wrong with you?" Ji Mingqing regained his strength and sat up from the ground. "Can you still control the temperature?"
"Of course you can." Bai Cangze pushed the plum drink he had prepared in front of Ji Mingqing, "Drink it quickly, I'll teach you later."
Even though his body temperature had dropped, Ji Mingqing still needed a cup of Lumei Drink to cool down his anger. He picked up the bamboo tube in front of him and was about to drink it all in one gulp.
Before drinking, he saw Xiaowan's blue eyes looking at him intently, and his heart softened immediately, forgetting that his current state was all thanks to Xiaowan.
He took the bamboo tube that was brought to his mouth, then turned the lid of the bamboo tube over, poured out a full cup of plum drink, and pushed it in front of Xiaowan.
"Let's drink together."
"I'm not thirsty." Bai Cangze refused subconsciously, but the more he refused, the more Ji Mingqing insisted.
"The temperature now is higher than at noon. You have such thick fur on your body, so you must be hotter than me. Let's drink together." After Ji Mingqing finished speaking, he grabbed the collar, drank the Lumei drink in his hand, and fanned his collar, hoping to dissipate the heat.
Bai Cangze lowered his head and took two sips of the plum drink, and when he looked up, this was the scene he saw.
Ji Mingqing was only wearing a thin shirt. Logically, immortals were not afraid of cold or heat. Except for some immortals who liked to dress up, most of them were dressed neatly, wearing inner clothes, linings, outer coats and robes.
Ji Mingqing is different from other immortals. He is not as proficient in controlling the immortal energy, and according to his habit, he has to wear short sleeves in summer. Bai Cangze talked to him for a long time and threatened not to accompany him out in the future, and then forced Ji Mingqing to wear a thin short shirt.
Ji Mingqing loosened his belt, and the collar of his clothes also disappeared along with the restraint. As Ji Mingqing relaxed, the fabric that was originally tightly attached to his skin also became loose.
Bai Cangze raised his eyes and was dazzled by the fair skin. He blinked and looked at the collarbone that was enhanced by the sunlight. His breath was held and he opened his mouth to remind her.
"You're indecent like this. Hurry and put on your clothes." Before he could finish his words, Bai Cangze was startled by his own hoarse voice. He coughed lightly and continued to urge, "Hurry and put on your clothes."
Ji Mingqing disagreed. It was such a hot day and there was no one around, so why should he dress so neatly?
Xiaowan is so cute, how come there is such an antique living in her body!
Ji Mingqing hesitated for a moment, then suddenly became playful and tore off his belt, and pink and white suddenly flashed into Bai Cangze's eyes.
"You..." Bai Cangze felt his throat tighten, his head dizzy, and the immortal energy in his body stagnated. It seemed that he really had heatstroke as Ji Mingqing said.
"It's cooler this way! There's no one around here, so why should you be so reserved?" Ji Mingqing tugged at his clothes twice, and when he felt the sweat that had just appeared had dissipated, he stood up and hugged Xiaowan in his arms.
"I won't plant anything today, no matter what you say!" Ji Mingqing pinched the furry ball in his hand, "It's because we have a good relationship, otherwise I wouldn't hold the stove in my arms in this hot weather."
What stove? Bai Cangze's brain seemed to have stagnated, and he could no longer think freely. In fact, when Ji Mingqing held him up, he still had his collar open. He could even feel the movement of Ji Mingqing's muscles, a thin layer, thin but not morbid, and he could also faintly sense the hidden power within.
Bai Cangze was so hot that he was exploding with heat. He was very glad that he was still in the form of a cub. If he were in human form, he would have lost his composure.
"Where are we going?" Bai Cangze calmed his fluctuating emotions and finally asked in his normal tone.
Ji Mingqing pinched his chin and said, "You'll know soon. Anyway, I'm at the point where I have to..."
Before Ji Mingqing could finish his words, Bai Cangze looked at the river in front of him and knew what he was planning.
“…It’s time to swim!”
Ji Mingqing bent down and put Xiaowan on the ground, then shouted, took off his shirt and trousers as quickly as possible, and then jumped into the river at lightning speed.
Bai Cangze watched Ji Mingqing's series of actions, and the blood that had just been suppressed immediately began to boil again.
How can you wear only... only... in public?
This is ridiculous!
Bai Cangze turned around and was about to leave, but just as he was about to take a step, he was stopped by Ji Mingqing's voice and could not leave for a long time.
"Come here, Xiaowan! You're not afraid of water, are you?"
"Would I be afraid of water? I used to..." Bai Cangze turned his head to argue, but when he turned around, he saw Ji Mingqing with half of his body sticking out of the water. The ends of his hair were wet because of the previous action. The black hair stuck tightly to his skin. The color contrast gave him an irresistible shock.
"You don't want to come down? Then I can go pick you up." Ji Mingqing held the shore with his hands and stepped onto the river bank. Bai Cangze immediately noticed that the remaining cloth on his body was tightly attached to Ji Mingqing's private parts, and as Ji Mingqing moved, the cloth had more wrinkles and became shorter, and the exposed skin area became larger and larger.
"No need, I don't like water." Bai Cangze quickly asked Ji Mingqing to stop, "Go back to the water, I'll wait for you."
"Really?" However, Ji Mingqing also knew that most kittens didn't like taking baths, so he was not surprised. It seemed that even fairy beasts couldn't fight against their nature.
He couldn't feel the heat anyway, and only people of his level would feel uncomfortable.
"Then wait for me, we'll go back together later." After Ji Mingqing said this, he didn't care about Xiaowan's response, dived back into the water, and began to swim happily in the river.
Since childhood, Ji Mingqing's one of the few hobbies he has had is swimming. It's not because of anything else, but because when the swimming pool near his home was opening for sale, his mother bought him an annual pass. The annual pass only cost 400 yuan and included unlimited swimming, which was much cheaper than other ways of having fun.
Ji Mingqing is also very interested in swimming. He likes to be alone in the water. When swimming, it seems that all his troubles will be separated by the water flow around him and leave him.
This was his first time swimming after being in the fairyland for so long. He had been so busy before that he had forgotten that he had such a skill.
When Bai Cangze saw that Ji Mingqing finally stopped focusing his attention on him, he felt a rare sense of relaxation as if he had survived a disaster.
Bai Cangze was on the shore, observing Ji Mingqing in the water with his spiritual sense. He was shocked by Ji Mingqing's outfit just now, but now he couldn't control his spiritual sense, and even wanted to keep it on Ji Mingqing.
This situation is really...
Bai Cangze raised his paw and patted his head to wake himself up. However, Ji Mingqing saw this and jumped out of the water worriedly. Without even having time to put on his clothes, he ran to Xiaowan who was cooling off in the shade of a tree.
"Xiaowan, do you have a headache? I saw you rubbing your solar plexus just now." Ji Mingqing used his hand, which was still wet, to pinch the area below Xiaowan's ear, roughly where the solar plexus would be on a human body, and whispered, "Is this any better?"
Bai Cangze wanted to slap Ji Mingqing's hand away, but he couldn't do it. This strange feeling of entanglement made Bai Cangze at a loss.
"You said you would teach me how to control my body temperature, but you ended up getting heatstroke yourself." Ji Mingqing shook off the water droplets on his body. "Wait a moment, drink a cup of Lumei drink to cool down. I'll put on my clothes and we'll go back."
After saying this, Ji Mingqing trotted back to the shore, put on his clothes neatly, and then ran back as fast as he could.
Seeing that Xiaowan didn't drink the dew plum drink, he thought that Xiaowan only brought one bucket and drank it all. He was slightly moved and picked up the kitten and put it on his shoulder.
"Can you hold me? I'll feel warmer if you hold me in your arms." Ji Mingqing asked Xiaowan for her opinion, but Xiaowan only replied with one word.
"able."
It seems that Xiaowan is really uncomfortable, and the two of them are almost back to the unfamiliar state when they first met.
Without saying a word, Ji Mingqing gathered his spiritual energy in his legs and returned to Fengxi Garden as quickly as possible. He then asked Xu Yihe to prepare a bucket of iced plum drink for him.
"Hurry up, Xiaowan has heatstroke." Ji Mingqing urged.
Xu Yihe was incredulous, "Who did you say had heatstroke?"
"Kimaru, he has such thick fur on his body, it's not surprising that he got a heat stroke in such a hot day."
Xu Yihe's mouth opened wide in his heart, but he still followed Ji Mingqing's words and prepared a bucket of iced plum drink. Then he reminded him, "Boss, you can let Xiaowan use more immortal energy..."
"Okay, okay, I got it." Ji Mingqing waved his hand. Xu Yihe even felt that Ji Mingqing didn't hear his reminder at all, and sighed secretly in his heart.
The Lord really has all sorts of tricks up his sleeve now.
After Ji Mingqing left, Cui Ding came up to him again and said awkwardly, "I'm also feeling a bit heatstroke. Do you have any iced plum drink?"
Xu Yihe: “…No!”
How can one or two of them be so pretentious?
After returning to the courtyard, Ji Mingqing placed a large bucket of Lumei Drink next to Xiaowan. He filled a bowl from the bucket and placed it next to Xiaowan's mouth, coaxing her gently, "Take a sip, and you'll be fine after finishing it."
The ice-cold plum drink slid down Bai Cangze's throat. The plum drink with ice chips brought coolness wherever it passed.
But this was far from enough. Bai Cangze felt that his heart was beating abnormally, as if there was a fire hidden inside. Normally, he could suppress it very well, but the appearance of the headphone star was like a fuse, igniting all his emotions, even with a burning sensation.
However, this small amount of dew plum drink does not have much effect.
Especially in front of Ji Mingqing who was getting closer and closer, he had no way to concentrate.
"Xiaowan, how do you feel?" Ji Mingqing didn't dare to speak loudly, but was afraid that if his voice was too low, Xiaowan wouldn't be able to hear him clearly, so he could only put his ear close to Xiaowan's ear and speak with concern in a voice slightly lower than normal.
"Does your head still hurt? Do you need me to rub it for you?"
Bai Cangze looked at Ji Mingqing who was approaching him and moved back uncomfortably. "I don't get heatstroke, and I don't have a headache. You don't have to be like this."
"You didn't get a heat stroke?" Ji Mingqing leaned back in disbelief, "You're lying to me?!"
How did the kitten learn bad things when it grew up?
"I never said I had a headache. You made wild guesses and even treated me like a mere mortal. I didn't..."
Bai Cangze looked at Ji Mingqing's increasingly worse expression and stopped himself from speaking without thinking.
"I just want you to come back and practice as soon as possible." Bai Cangze's words were a little guilty and entangled, and he felt annoyed that he had found such a poor excuse.
"Then why didn't you tell me just now? You had to wait until I brought you back before telling me." Ji Mingqing felt that Xiaowan was a little unreasonable. In the past, he could let him go because of his cute appearance, but today he was really a little unhappy.
"Forget it, don't you just want me to practice? I'm going to Yuantaopo now, you just rest at home." Ji Mingqing tapped the table with his fingers twice in annoyance, and turned around and left the courtyard without even saying goodbye to Xiaowan.
Ji Mingqing knew that Xiaowan was doing this for his own good, but he still felt a little annoyed. He had finally found an opportunity to relax, but he didn't expect to be interrupted because of unnecessary concern.
Alas, it’s all my fault for being too weak. Xiaomaru probably doesn’t want a friend as weak as myself.
Ji Ming came to Yuantaopo with a heavy heart. He looked at the Wu Songtao that had sprouted buds and sighed heavily.
"You said you finally got a bud, but I don't know who to share it with. I can't even post it on WeChat Moments in this fairyland." Ji Mingqing stretched out his hand and gently stroked the slender branch in front of him.
After saying this, Ji Mingqing seemed to open up. "You said Xiaowan is cute, but why is there such an old-fashioned person in his heart? And he even lied to me just to make me practice well."
"It's not that I don't want to practice, but practice requires a balance of work and rest. Besides, I was so worried about him just now that I didn't even put on my clothes properly, and yet he didn't even say a word and just watched me running around."
Ji Mingqing sat down on the ground with his palms on the thickest branch of Wu Songtao, and slowly injected all the immortal energy in his body into Wu Songtao's body. However, he did not forget to complain to Wu Songtao while injecting the immortal energy, as if Wu Songtao had become his good friend.
"I know he's doing this for my own good, but I'm angry because I finally did something for fun that wasn't for money or cultivation, and he used tricks to interrupt it. I'm not without reason to be angry."
The Wu Songtao, infused with fairy energy, visibly gained a bit of vitality. The branches that originally looked a little thin, under the nourishment of Ji Mingqing's fairy energy, grew a little taller like a young man, and at the same time stretched out a few new green leaves.
"You're growing so fast." After Ji Mingqing had used up all the spiritual energy in his body, he leaned against the tree and slowly recovered.
Being in the peach forest that had not yet grown, Ji Mingqing felt very comfortable. In his territory, the Wusong peach was considered the highest-level fairy plant, and when he practiced here, he felt the most comfortable and smooth, and recovered the fastest.
I wanted to share my discovery with Xiaowan, but he... Ji Mingqing slapped his head. Xiaowan didn't have a heatstroke, but he was about to have a heatstroke because of the headache!
At a faster speed than ever before, Ji Mingqing recovered while injecting immortal power into the other nine witch pine peach trees.
Thinking that these Wu Songtao were his treasures, Ji Mingqing took out the formation teaching jade slips and set up a protective formation here.
After completing the arrangement of the formation, Ji Mingqing looked at the jade slip in his hand again.
This jade slip was also given to him by Xiaowan. It contains tens of thousands of formations, almost covering all the existing formations in the fairy world. It is priceless and should be Xiaowan's private collection.
In addition, he also gave himself jade slips containing tens of thousands of talismans, tens of thousands of jade slips of weapon refining diagrams, and tens of thousands of jade slips of immortal world magic formulas, which were like an encyclopedia of the immortal world. He had not read even one percent of it so far.
Alas, Ji Mingqing felt conflicted again.
Xiaowan was really good to him, but she was too strict with him. Now he imagined their relationship and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Xiaowan is like an old father who wants his son to be successful. He is so angry at his own carelessness that he can only use small tricks. After being exposed, he can only stare at himself.
This guess, coupled with Xiaowan's confused and furry face, made Ji Mingqing no longer angry.
Forget it, Xiaowan is doing this for her own good. Go back and tell him not to lie to her anymore.
Ji Mingqing took out the magic ring and clicked on Xiaowan's contact information. The phone rang and was immediately picked up.
Ji Mingqing felt a little embarrassed the moment the fairy ring was connected. Anyone would feel unhappy just because he ran out like that.
Just as he was struggling with what words to use as an opening remark, Xiaowan's voice came from the other side.
"Would you like some dew plum drink? I just chilled another bucket."
"Then I'll go home and drink. I originally wanted you to come over and see Wu Songtao..."
"It's okay." Ji Ming heard the two short words from the other end before the call was hung up.
Just when he didn't know what was going on and thought that the fairy ring was accidentally disconnected, Xiaowan's voice came to his ears again.
"I'll just bring it to you."
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