After returning from the victor's show, Bai Qingqing went to sleep.
After confirming that Bai Qingqing was fast asleep, Xiao Hao left behind a wisp of his consciousness, and his main body quickly floated to the courtyard.
"Sister Tao, Brother Teng, Sister Ling, Brother Qing, waaaaah..."
"Why did you run out again? Didn't we just agree not to leave our master's side?" Fire Spirit asked helplessly, flapping its wings.
"I didn't want to either, but..." Xiao Hao said, feeling wronged, "The sky is falling."
"What happened?" Ling Yuan asked hurriedly.
"There's a problem with the spirit stone ledger." Xiao Hao cried his eyes out as he recounted in detail what had happened with the spirit stone ledger that day.
Xiao Hao was so focused on crying that he didn't notice everyone was trying not to laugh.
"If all else fails, you can go and rob someone, but you absolutely cannot let your master lose face," Huo Qing cleared his throat and said.
"Brother Qing, do you think so too?" Xiao Hao seemed to have found a kindred spirit, and his sobs subsided a little: "But there aren't that many high-grade spirit stones in this world."
"Or you could tell your master that you've changed your name to the Stingy System, or Little Stingy for short?" Ling Yuan suggested with a smile.
“Sister Tao…” Xiao Hao floated to Yan Xi’s side, feeling even more aggrieved: “We’re in such a critical situation, and Brother Teng is still giving us bad advice.”
"Alright, alright, stop teasing it." Yan Xi smiled. "Look who this is?"
As soon as Yan Xi finished speaking, a blurry, slender figure appeared in the void, smiling and saying, "After all these years, your crying skills have improved quite a bit."
Xiao Hao's crying stopped abruptly, as if he had been choked.
"You, you, you..." Xiao Hao stammered for a long time, and finally burst into tears: "Sister Xue, you're finally awake?"
There's nothing you don't understand now.
It wasn't the spirit stone ledger that was faulty; rather, it was the spirit of the master's sacred artifact that had awakened.
It's amusing itself.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy to see me?" Li Xue asked.
"No, no," Xiao Hao said, hiccuping as he cried, "Sister Xue, you woke up and didn't tell me. I was so scared."
"Look at your pathetic self," Ling Yuan said, shaking the emerald green leaves.
Xiao Hao paused in his crying and silently made another note of Ling Yuan in his mental notebook.
"Alright, alright, don't cry." Li Xue smiled. "I'll make it up to you, okay?"
"It's good that Sister Xue is awake. My suffering is nothing." Xiao Hao swayed in the air a few times, then immediately asked, "How does Sister Xue want to make it up to me?"
Li Xue didn't even have time to be moved.
"How about I upgrade you so you can stand tall in front of your master and have more face?" Li Xue asked.
"How do I upgrade? How do I upgrade?" Xiao Hao kept spinning around excitedly.
“Now that I’ve awakened, I can open the sacred artifacts at any time. I can take as many high-grade spirit stones as I want without needing a spirit stone ledger,” Li Xue said.
"When the time comes, you'll be a true super-rich system, and your master will definitely praise you," Huo Qing chuckled.
"Really? Really?" Xiao Hao spun around even faster, his voice trembling.
"Stop waving your eyes around, it's making me dizzy," Ling Yuan said. "Take a break for a while."
"Sister Xue, can I just ask Master directly if I've leveled up?" Xiao Hao ignored Ling Yuan and continued to circle around Li Xue, asking.
"It can't be too abrupt," Li Xue said. "Don't you still have debts? After you pay off your debts, claim the return gift pack again, and then you can tell your master that you've leveled up."
"Mmm." Xiao Hao nodded vigorously.
"Alright, the problem is solved. Hurry back and don't disturb the master," Li Xue said again.
"Then I'll go back first. Goodnight, Sister Tao, goodnight, Sister Xue, goodnight, Brother Teng, goodnight, Sister Ling, goodnight, Brother Qing." After saying goodnight obediently, Xiao Hao hummed a song and went back.
After I got back, I realized that I was too excited and forgot to ask Sister Xue how she had regained her senses.
Never mind, I'll wait for another opportunity.
But it never expected that after it left...
Yan Xi shook the leaf and asked, "Li Xue, haven't you fully recovered your divine power yet?"
“Yes.” Li Xue nodded.
"Since your divine power hasn't fully recovered, you can't freely open all the spaces of the sacred artifact, right?" Yan Xi asked.
“Yes.” Li Xue nodded again: “Even if my divine power is fully restored, there are still parts that I cannot use at will.”
"Then why are you teasing it? To revive this world and lay out plans within it, you need far too much energy. The energy you can't use right now still requires the master's personal intervention," Yan Xi added.
"But I didn't say anything wrong. I said that high-grade spirit stones can be used freely, but I didn't say that other kinds can be used freely as well." Li Xue looked innocent. "Besides, let's make it happy. Look at how pitifully it was crying just now."
Yan Xi was silent for a moment, then said, "It's happy now, but when it starts to cry later, you'll be the one comforting it."
Upon hearing this, Li Xue staggered and almost fell from mid-air.
Ling Yuan, Huo Ling, and Huo Qing both turned around nonchalantly, acting as if it were none of their business.
"None of you said anything to refute this just now, and Huo Qing even chimed in. I'll just say later that it was something you all planned out..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Li Xue vanished in a flash.
The next day, early in the morning.
As usual, Bai Qingqing led Wukong and the Bull Demon King in practicing Tai Chi.
Wukong learned quite well, but the Bull Demon King was a bit lacking; many of his movements were not up to standard.
Bai Qingqing patiently corrected him many times.
The Bull Demon King felt very guilty, his head hanging low and his two little ears drooping: "It's all my fault for being so stupid and failing my master's teachings."
"Actually, you're doing very well, it's just that I'm quite strict," Bai Qingqing said, pinching the Bull Demon King's little ear.
I didn't expect that once I pinched it, I would get addicted.
Wow, this feels amazing.
"Don't worry, Master, I will definitely study hard from now on." The Bull Demon King immediately stood up straight and said with a serious face.
“Hmm.” Bai Qingqing forced herself to withdraw her hand and said, “I teach with my heart, and you learn with your heart. The most frightening thing in this world is the word ‘heart’.”
"Yes," Wukong and the Bull Demon King both replied in unison.
"Master, breakfast is ready." Tian Susu, wearing an apron, stood under the veranda and called out sweetly.
"Coming," Bai Qingqing replied, then turned to Wukong and the Bull Demon King: "Let's stop training here for today and go have breakfast."
Breakfast was plentiful, and there were even crab roe soup dumplings.
Bai Qingqing looked at the swaying dumpling skin and gave Tian Susu a thumbs up: "Susu, you're amazing, you can even make soup dumplings now."
However, there was no straw.
It just felt like something was missing.
Bai Qingqing rummaged through the storage shelves in the system space, hoping to find some surprises.
Oh my, there really is one.
Bai Qingqing noticed a box of straws on the top shelf of the storage unit.
Which gift pack did you get this from?
I don't remember much about it.
Bai Qingqing thought about it, but couldn't remember, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
Anyway, once it appears in the system space and you find it, it belongs to you.
Bai Qingqing took out four sticks, kept one for herself, and handed the rest to Wukong, the Bull Demon King, and Tian Susu.
"This is how you eat soup dumplings." Bai Qingqing demonstrated for the three of them, and looked satisfied after finishing.
Wukong and the others followed suit.
I've lost much of my interest in this "straw".
It's nothing more than a top-grade spiritual weapon.
I've seen it all before; I'm numb to it.
After breakfast, Tian Susu neatly washed the dishes, Wukong swept the floor as usual, and the Bull Demon King tidied the table.
After everything was settled, Bai Qingqing took the three little ones to Yuexi Courtyard.
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