"Here's the thing, I summoned a little butterfly spirit today, and she said she was a demon who had returned to life from Mu Xue, so... Yi Ren, with such a complicated relationship, should I keep this butterfly spirit or not?"
Why stay?
The beautiful woman couldn't help but chuckle and ask.
After she got the first butterfly spirit, she summoned seven or eight more butterfly spirits in succession. After feeding a few of them, she returned the rest to their original forms and exchanged them for amulets. What was the point of keeping them?
"This is my first butterfly spirit, so it's a collectible."
"Tian Ma Xingke said, touching his nose."
The idea that it has collectible value is implying that you want to keep it?
Qiu Shui Yi Ren remained silent on this side, while Sister Qiao, overhearing his words, asked curiously.
"Does that mean a butterfly spirit has been hovering around your mountain hermitage?"
Qiu Shuiyi silently turned to look at the butterfly spirit, feeling that it looked somewhat familiar.
"Could it be that this butterfly spirit had a cup of tea here, then went straight to Muxue's place, and finally landed in the traveler's quarters?"
Thinking to herself, she called the little butterfly spirit over.
"Butterfly spirit, come here."
The butterfly fairy hopped and skipped to her, her hair styled in a butterfly shape, her wings fluttering with each step she took.
“You are the most beautiful woman in the world,” she said sweetly. “I’ve been here before, but you sent me back.”
Towards the end, her tone became a little unhappy, and Tian Ma Xingke glanced at her silently, sensing that this matter was getting troublesome.
“I did not mean to abandon you. I already have a butterfly spirit here. She is very cute and we like her very much. You should go to the guesthouse.”
As she spoke, Qiu Shuiyi touched her head. Her purple hair was smooth and delicate; she was indeed a cute little monster.
"You decided for me to keep her?" Tianma Xingke asked, looking at the little butterfly spirit. "I don't have any butterfly spirits in my hut. Would you like to stay in my hut?"
The little butterfly spirit thought for a moment and nodded.
"Isn't this simple?"
Qiu Shuiyi didn't understand why he came to find her, and why he even dragged Mu Xue along.
"You don't know her... never mind."
Tian Ma Xingke rubbed his forehead.
They didn't know how resistant the little butterfly spirit was when she first came to their hut, and how she acted like she wanted to kill someone after arriving at Fuxi Mountain, constantly causing trouble.
Thankfully, Ibaraki kept her in check, otherwise he would probably still be sleeping right now, and she would be going to confront Muyuki alone.
"You're not allowed to cause trouble on Fuxi Mountain anymore. Our patience has its limits. If you cause any more trouble, I'll throw you out."
He said without any mercy that the little butterfly spirit agreed, and then obediently ran to Ibaraki-doji to play, and played with the other shikigami in the courtyard.
This matter seems to be resolved.
Qiu Shui Yi Ren breathed a sigh of relief, but her gaze turned serious as she thought of the shikigami in her hut.
"Traveler, have you seen my little ones?"
"Um?"
Tian Ma Xingke looked towards the courtyard.
"Are they all gone?"
"So you didn't know either..."
Qiu Shuiyi's eyes dimmed as she thought of her shikigami who had not returned home, and she was very worried.
Are you talking about your shikigami?
Qianshan Muxue, who had been ignored by them, spoke up, "I think I know something. Ibaraki-dōji, do you know where they went?"
Ibaraki-dōji, standing in the courtyard, turned around and gave a sheepish smile. "I don't know."
Tianma Xingke: "If you know anything, just say it! Don't play dumb!"
"Hmm... It seems there's a gambling game going on in Heian-kyo today, that's all I know."
After Ibaraki-dōji finished speaking, Autumn Water Beauty quickly realized, "Ichi?"
Thousand Mountains at Dusk: "It's him, isn't it?"
"oh."
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Heiankyo
Beside the gambling table on the street corner
"What...what do we do? We've all lost..."
Gui Shi Hei opened his hand, and the bag that was originally full of gold coins was now empty.
Jue stared at them expressionlessly. A tall figure walked past them at the street corner, then quickly retreated.
"Yuki-onna, I've found them. Satori is here too."
The hair-eating ghost said something, then stood in front of the gambling table and looked at the few little guys in front of him.
"You've got some nerve, daring to steal money and gamble behind our backs. How much did you lose?"
The snow woman quickly floated down, and upon hearing the hair-eating demon's words, her gaze fell upon them, awaiting their answer.
The group of little ones fell silent.
"Speak!"
The hair-eating demon's voice suddenly rose, like a thunderclap, startling the little ones.
"Judge, speak."
The hair-eating demon pointed at the judge, who honestly replied, "We lost everything."
Jue gasped, "You lost all 500,000 gold coins?! This is... this is infuriating!"
"You'll be fine, but your father will be furious," Yingcao said quietly.
The Snow Maiden in the Sky sighed, her gaze falling on the six little ones in front of her. "Is this why you haven't returned to the dormitory?"
The judge lowered his head and whispered, "We dare not go home, Sister Snow Woman..."
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