Chapter 70 Stir-fried Pork with Sour Chili Sauce
The old ancestor was determined to die.
"A wolf cub?" Duan Jiuyou's hand holding the snack tightened, then he laughed. "How come I've never heard that Your Majesty likes these kinds of little toys before? That guy sheds fur, and in spring and summer the palace is filled with flying fur. And the fur is so light, like willow catkins. Your Majesty is always very clean, so it would probably be difficult to raise him if you took him home."
Bai Yanxing picked up the teacup in front of him, raised his gaze slightly, and observed Duan Jiuyou, saying, "That's easy to handle. Just have the celestial maids and servants take care of it on a regular basis. Is the divine official reluctant to part with it?"
"What could someone who is determined to die not be able to give up?"
Duan Jiuyou seemed unconvinced; the more relaxed he appeared, the heavier his heart was inside.
She said to Bai Yanxing, "If Your Majesty wishes to keep it, you may take it away. However, although it has a bad temper, it is very much loved by me. If it has done anything wrong, please forgive it and send someone to send it back to Dixi Mountain. Please don't be really angry with it."
Bai Yanxing put down his teacup: "Your Excellency is overthinking this. I just had a sudden whim and thought the wolf cub was rather cute. I will return it to you when you return. I will never take what belongs to someone else."
He subtly pressured her, and she could only play along: "Don't expect me to come back. It would be a cause for celebration if I could die this time."
The two looked at the lotus pond ruffled by the wind. Bai Yanxing's tone seemed worried: "If you don't come back, what will I do if I raise that wolf cub to death? If word gets out, won't I be seen as harming living beings? I am the Heavenly Emperor, I cannot have such a bad reputation."
Duan Jiuyou couldn't help but roll his eyes at Bai Yanxing: "So you still want to take it over to raise? Isn't it perfectly fine here with me?"
"Aren't you just curious?" Bai Yanxing turned to look at her.
"What are you curious about?" Duan Jiuyou asked, puzzled.
"I'm curious what makes this little thing so capable of staying by your side. If I had that ability and could win your favor, would you stop trying to kill yourself?"
He spoke earnestly, as if taking the wolf cub away was simply out of curiosity about why it had stayed by her side for so long.
Duan Jiuyou said in an unfriendly tone: "It can act cute and roll over on its belly. Does Your Majesty intend to imitate it?"
Bai Yanxing pondered briefly before replying to Duan Jiuyou with four words: "If you like it."
If she liked it, he was willing to do his best for many things. Sunlight shone on Bai Yanxing's handsome face, highlighting his refined and otherworldly demeanor, his eyes calm yet resolute.
Duan Jiuyou withdrew his gaze, thinking to himself: This is really strange. If she likes it, can he really turn her belly up?
Under Bai Yanxing's gaze, she leaned back in her chair, seemingly not understanding, yet also appearing to have pondered it seriously.
“The ones who have been by my side longer are my disciples from the Ao Sect. Should I give you one too?” She moved her fingers on the armrest and bluntly stated, “Actually, it’s all the same. When I can’t die, I hope to have a large group of people with me. I’m afraid of being alone and love being around people. But if I can die, I can leave anyone behind. I’m heartless, so Your Majesty doesn’t need to care about me.”
Such a direct refusal is something she's capable of doing.
Bai Yanxing calmly looked back at Lianchi, feeling as if he had just fought a great battle. Being rejected was a terrible feeling, so she might as well pretend to be stupid with him.
The lotus leaves swayed in the wind, and Bai Yanxing's mood, like the lotus leaves, remained unsettled for a long time.
The sense of frustration he felt from this unrest was so intense that he rarely showed any resentment: "Whether I care or not is up to me. Can a priest control his own heart, but can he control the hearts of others?"
Duan Jiuyou didn't care about anyone else's feelings; all she could think about was finding a wolf cub that could deceive everyone!
The simplest way is to use magic to conjure up an identical one and give it to Bai Yanxing.
Unfortunately, Duan Jiuyou did not have such an ability. Di Jiang originally could, but unexpectedly, after obtaining spiritual power a few days ago, his magic power decreased instead of increasing. Instead, he entered a state of being sometimes present and sometimes absent. In recent days, he has even found it difficult to maintain his human form for long and has to recuperate in his wolf form.
Duan Jiuyou knew that this was because Di Jiang's primordial spirit had suffered too much damage, and the sudden influx of a large amount of spiritual power caused the primordial spirit to naturally enter a protective state. It needed a certain amount of time to adapt, and even Di Jiang himself could not control it.
She was troubled inside, but she couldn't show it on her face. Only after Bai Yanxing left on a cloud and disappeared completely did she hurry towards the main hall of the Earthly Rest Palace.
She walked barefoot through the two corridors today without wearing shoes or socks. Because she felt no pain, she didn't even feel the stones cutting her feet.
"Di Jiang, Bai Yanxing is going to take you away! Quickly think of a solution!"
Pushing open the main hall door, Duan Jiuyou went straight to the cloud-patterned soft chair in the center, where a wolf cub was lying, taking a nap. When Duan Jiuyou entered the hall, a beam of light shone directly into its eyes. The wolf squinted, looking extremely annoyed, and frowned as it moved to another shaded spot to lie down.
Duan Jiuyou didn't have time to pay attention to his little temper and said anxiously, "Did you hear what I just said? I asked Bai Yanxing for the Four Seasons, and Bai Yanxing asked me for you. I'm going to take you to the Qin Zheng Hall first thing tomorrow morning."
Di Jiang seemed unsurprised. He raised his wolf eyes slightly and stretched out his paw to the side. Someone had placed a dish of fresh stir-fried meat sauce with pickled chili peppers on a small glass table next to the soft chair, so he could dip his paw in it to eat.
Duan Jiuyou was annoyed when he saw this and grabbed his "claws".
"Who put this here?! Yan Kuo repeatedly warned you that the residual poison in your body disappeared suspiciously. Even if it's not visible now, you should avoid spicy and meaty foods and eat a simple and light diet. Did you just ignore all of that?"
She had just argued with him about this a few days ago. He complained that the meals she arranged were too vegetarian and wanted spicy food. She disagreed, and he actually ordered a dish of chili sauce when she wasn't around.
After Duan Jiuyou finished speaking, he called to Liantang, "Didn't I tell you not to feed him spicy food? Now look what's happened, you've brought it right to his doorstep, why don't you just feed it directly into his mouth?"
Liantang was about to explain, but Duan Jiuyou waved his hand impatiently and told her to fetch a damp cloth to wipe Dijiang's paws.
Dijiang wouldn't let him wipe it, so he forcefully flicked his paw, leaving a "chili pepper footprint" on the soft, plush cushion of the chair.
Duan Jiuyou was exasperated: "What kind of time is this? You still have the mood to get angry with me over a dish of chili sauce?"
Before leaving, Bai Yanxing made an agreement with her that he would have someone send the Four Seasons to exchange for the wolf cub first thing tomorrow morning. They didn't have much time left and had to come up with a plan as soon as possible.
Emperor Jiang remained unmoved, even turning his ears away.
This is how all furry animals express their refusal to listen; it's equivalent to closing their ears.
Duan Jiuyou, not to be outdone, lifted her skirt and sat down next to him, grabbing Di Jiang by the ear and saying to Hou, "You really can't tell what's important anymore! Isn't it for your own good that I don't let you eat spicy food? If you weren't so frail and often half-dead, would I have gone to all this trouble?"
"Can't you hear me? I'm not going to be nice to you today. If you don't speak, I'm done with you. Let Bai Yanxing's men take you back to the Hall of Diligent Governance, kill you, roast you, stew you. Then we won't need to rebel anymore. I'll really ask Yan Kuo for a Fuling Pill to refine pills in the Twelfth Lesser Heaven. Maybe it will really kill me!"
She yelled at him, and he used his claws to protect himself, eventually burying his head in them, adopting a "holding his head and refusing to listen" posture.
Duan Jiuyou was so angry he was completely baffled, failing to notice anything unusual about "Dijiang". Upon closer examination, even if Dijiang was somewhat arrogant, he was still a clan leader; how could he possibly behave so childishly?
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As soon as Di Jiang entered the door, she saw Duan Jiuyou throwing a tantrum. She was chasing after the wolf cub he had placed on the soft chair and cursing at it, completely unaware that the other person was not herself.
That was the true young master of the Earthshaking Wolf Clan. Long before Di Jiang transformed into a young wolf and entered the Earth Breath Palace, he had already put it into the Qiankun Bag.
He transformed into the form of this wolf cub, and there was no difference in his size or fur color.
When Bai Yanxing came today, Di Jiang knew he would ask Duan Jiuyou for the wolf cub, so he placed it on the soft chair in advance. Unexpectedly, Duan Jiuyou panicked and stared at the wolf cub, asking for a solution.
Di Jiang found a place to sit down in the hall, preparing to see when Duan Jiuyou would notice him.
"You think I want to bother with you? If it weren't for the opportunity provided by the chosen one, I would have torn you to pieces long ago!"
"You didn't guess that Bai Yanxing would suspect the young wolf, and you deliberately used this opportunity to get close to him, did you? You're ready to make your move now? Let me tell you, no way! What's the point of killing one of him? He has the entire Heavenly Ascension Dragon Clan behind him!"
She spoke to the wolf cub alone, gritting her teeth as she spoke with rage: "Have you restored your primordial spirit? Have you recovered your magic power? Stop acting so willfully!"
Di Jiang found it fascinating, his eyebrows relaxed, and with his casual sitting posture, he looked just like a young master sitting below the stage, almost as if he wanted to shout "Bravo!" to Duan Jiuyou.
Liantang and the others were secretly anxious. They said, "You're still laughing? You've been cursing for half an hour, aren't you going to try to stop her?"
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