The author has something to say: The end of this chapter has been overhauled, so I recommend you reread it, as well as the next chapter.
The Golden Crow finally emerged, dispelling the late autumn chill in the early morning. Fang Chaozhou looked at the direction where Tu Bai left for a long time. Then he turned back and looked at the mountain fog in the distance.
Sitting on the top of the mountain, his sleeves rustled in the wind. He raised his sleeves to tidy up the long hair that had floated to his cheeks behind his back. As he raised his hand, he noticed the red hairband still wrapped around his wrist.
This was tied on him by Zhongli Yueshui last night.
Fang Chaozhou stared at the hairband for a moment, then began to untie it and put it in his arms.
It was not until noon that Fang Chaozhou got up and left the top of the mountain. He returned to his residence, but did not see Tu Bai. Usually Tu Bai always followed him. This was the first time he looked for Tu Bai, but he could not find him.
Fang Chaozhou put the hairband in his arms back into the dressing box. When he turned around, he found a bowl of medicine and an oil-paper bag on the table that had been empty just now.
This medicine seems to be a little different from the one I took before. It doesn’t have that strong fishy smell.
Tu Bai did not show up the whole day, and neither did Zhongli Yueshui. At night, Fang Chaozhou took a bath and lay on the bed. Usually at this time, he would be teasing Tu Bai, either playing with her tail or touching her soft belly.
Tu Bai would snort if he wasn't touched, but once he was touched, he would come over and lick Fang Chaozhou's fingers.
He stared at the bed curtains for a long time, then finally turned over and closed his eyes.
He did not sleep well that night, waking and falling asleep at times. When it was almost dawn, he suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing into the bed curtains. Before he opened his eyes, he felt an extra weight on the bed.
Then he felt something rubbed his hand gently on the quilt, followed by a familiar itchy feeling.
It is white tea.
Fang Chaozhou's finger was licked, and then he felt a warm touch on his cheek. I opened my eyes slightly and saw white hair.
Tubai coiled its body beside Fang Chaozhou's face, just as it had done before.
Fang Chaozhou pursed his lips and closed his eyes again.
The next few days seemed to be no different from before. Tubai was still with Fang Chaozhou, but it no longer snored, and Fang Chaozhou never saw Zhongli Yueshui again.
Although medicine is delivered every day, the medicinal bath is still going on.
It seemed that Fang Chaozhou and the cat Tubai were the only ones left on this mountain.
It was so boring that Fang Chaozhou found some paper and pen in the study and started to draw according to Tu Bai's drawing. However, his drawing skills were so poor that the cat he drew was incredibly ugly. When Tu Bai saw the painting for the first time, he tore it up with his claws.
Fang Chaozhou: “…”
He coughed and said, "Don't be angry, I'll draw another one."
The second one was torn again.
The same is true for the third one.
After finishing the fourth painting, Fang Chaozhou held Tu Bai in his arms in advance, "You are not allowed to tear it this time, you can only look at it."
Tu Bai, who was held in his arms, took a look at the thing in the painting that didn't look like a cat at all, meowed angrily, then turned his head and buried his face in Fang Chaozhou's arms, as if he really didn't want to see the painting.
Fang Chaozhou was amused by Tubai's actions and couldn't help but take Tubai's little paw, dip it in ink, and cover the painting.
A cute cat's paw print appears on the paper.
After stamping the cat's paw seal, he performed a cleansing spell on Tu Bai's paw to wash away the ink. Because he was afraid that the cat's paws were not washed thoroughly and the ink would be licked into Tu Bai's mouth, Fang Chaozhou wiped the cat's paws carefully several times with a towel and even wiped the gaps between the nails clean.
Only then did Fang Chaozhou let go of Tu Bai and turned to pick up the painting on the table, saying, "This is my first time painting. I'm going to frame it and hang it on the wall. Tu Bai, you can't..."
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly heard a "clang" sound. Turning back, he saw Tu Bai running out of the door.
The "clang" sound came from the stool on the ground, and Tu Bai knocked the stool over.
Because Tubai left in such a hurry, Fang Chaozhou was afraid that something might happen to it, so he chased after it, but Tubai had already disappeared. Out of worry, he couldn't help but cast a breath-finding spell to chase Tu Bai.
He chased until he reached the top of the mountain.
Not only Tu Bai was there, but Zhongli Yueshui was also standing there.
Zhongli Yueshui seemed to notice the movement behind him. He turned his head and frowned when his eyes fell on Fang Chaozhou. "What are you doing here? Go back."
Fang Chaozhou was about to say something when he discovered that Tu Bai beside Zhongli Yueshui had grown several times larger. To be exact, he watched Tu Bai transform from a white cat into a white tiger.
The white tiger stomped its claws heavily on the ground, let out a low growl from its throat, and stared into the distance with its murderous eyes.
Zhongli Yueshui frowned even more tightly. He reached out and patted the head of Baihu beside him, "Send him back."
Upon hearing this, Baihu called out to Zhongli Yueshui, then turned his head to look at Fang Chaozhou. After a while, it walked towards Fang Chaozhou, and Fang Chaozhou was stunned when he saw Tu Bai turn into a white tiger. It was only when the other party walked up to him that he reacted.
At this time, a figure approached from afar. The man was dressed in black, and the mole between his eyebrows on his snow-white skin was as red as crane blood. His phoenix eyes under his butterfly-wing-like long eyelashes were like stagnant water.
He sat on the Qilin, suspended in mid-air, his eyes first fixed on Fang Chaozhou, and then he moved his eyes to Zhongli Yueshui when he heard a tiger roar.
"Disciple Xue Danrong greets the Grandmaster," he said.
Zhongli Yueshui saw Xue Danrong suddenly appear, his expression remained unchanged, as if he had already guessed it, but his voice was cold, "Who asked you to come here?"
Xue Danrong said calmly, "I came here on my own accord. It has nothing to do with anyone else, let alone my master."
Zhongli Yueshui's eyes turned cold, "You went to Huali Mountain without your Lordship's summons. Do you know what crime you are committing?"
As he finished speaking, Xue Danrong had already gotten off Qilin, landed on the ground, lifted up his robe, and knelt straight on the ground. His knees hit the ground with a dull sound.
He lowered his head slightly, speaking in a low voice, "I know I made mistakes, but not just one. The first mistake was that I disobeyed my master and went to Huali Mountain privately; the second mistake was that I failed my teacher's expectations, my heart was unstable, and I made mistakes. Now I have reached a point where I cannot recover; the third mistake was that I broke the oath I made in my childhood..."
At this point, Xue Danrong raised his head and his eyes fell on Fang Chaozhou again, "I can't tell which one is more important, the great way or the private feelings."
As he spoke, Zhongli Yueshui's expression became noticeably ugly, especially when he noticed that Xue Danrong had been looking at Fang Chaozhou.
"Since you know you are wrong, you should know how to choose, Xue Danrong. The road is the path you must take."
Xue Danrong's gaze slowly turned to Zhongli Yueshui. His phoenix eyes were too calm at this moment, as if nothing could cause any ripples. "If I insist on choosing a private relationship, will Master want to erase my memory again?"
Zhongli Yueshui's eyes flashed, "When did it happen?"
His question was strange, but Xue Danrong understood it.
"Five years ago," Xue Danrong said, "when I was locked up in the Zhichunzhou cave and couldn't go anywhere, I looked at the names on the wall and finally remembered why I wrote them down."
Having said this, he actually laughed softly.
"I used to follow my master's example in everything. He told me not to make the same mistake as my father. I listened to him and sent my brother to Huali Mountain. I thought that with my master's teachings, my brother would be able to practice diligently. In the future, he and I would become Taoist partners and my master wouldn't object too much. But I never expected that you would seal my memory, keep my brother by my side, and even turn him into a puppet. Puppets are for people to play with and are obscene. My brother didn't know, but don't you know, Grandpa?"
He looked at Zhongli Yueshui and said, "Master asked me to choose a great path, so what did Master choose?"
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