Chapter 17
"Cuckoo!"
Go go go!
Pulling Qin Mian's hairband, Song Shu stood on his head, swinging his big tail behind him, showing off his power and being very arrogant.
Perhaps it was because he had failed to help the little squirrel yesterday. Faced with the little squirrel destroying the image of the eldest senior brother that he had painstakingly built up over the years, Qin Mian just sighed softly and let it go.
It's better to be a little more arrogant than the depressed look it had yesterday. The little squirrel is not a patient person, so it deserves to be happier.
A man and a rat rushed to the cave of the Elder of Alchemy early this morning, but they went there at an unlucky time. The Qi Condensation Pills refined this year had already been bought by someone, and the only two remaining ones were also bought by Xuan Xu yesterday. If they wanted to buy more, they would have to wait until next year.
The immortal herb used to refine the Qi Condensation Pill needs to bear fruit once a year, but this year's flowering period has already passed. Immortal herbs are different from fruit trees, and even the original elders cannot make them bloom.
"Gu?"
No more?
Song Shu's face suddenly darkened, and he hugged his chest with his hands, sitting on Qin Mian's shoulders, looking very unhappy.
The elixir that the grain thief wanted to buy for the rat is gone.
Rat has not had good luck recently.
Everyone in the sect knew that Qin Mian had brought back a little squirrel and doted on it. Seeing the little squirrel's sullen face, the Pill Elder smiled and asked, "Are you feeding it?"
"yes."
Seeing Song Shu turned his head away angrily, Qin Mian said helplessly: "Besides the Qi Condensation Pill, are there any other pills that can help with cultivation?"
The Pill Elder said, "There are still some Qi-raising Pills left. They should be useful for the weasel that Elder Xuanxu often buys for him."
Weasel eating?
Song Shu said to Qin Mian in disgust: "Gugu, gugugu."
The rat is no longer needed. If a bad weasel eats the elixir, it will be beaten by the rat. The elixir is definitely not a good thing. At worst, the rat can practice it itself.
Song Shu took one step at a time, not believing that he could not cultivate to the foundation-building stage.
Qin Mian probably understood what Song Shu meant. He raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "Really? You won't get angry with me again when you go back?"
"Gu."
don't want.
Song Shu's attitude was very firm.
The rat went back and practiced slowly.
"All right."
Smiling helplessly, Qin Mian finally bought some health-enhancing pills from the alchemy elder and would feed them to the little squirrel when he got back.
The man and the mouse went back home.
Yesterday, Xuanxu punished the weasel Ah Huang by making him face the wall and reflect on his mistakes for a whole night. It was not just a punishment, Xuanxu also kept guarding him. As soon as the weasel lowered its head, it would feel a gust of cold wind, waking him up from the cold.
Xuanxu didn't beat or scold him, he just tortured him.
After enduring a whole night of torture, the spoiled Ah Huang could no longer bear it. He transformed into a human form and fell to the ground, shouting at Xuan Xu: "I only ate a loquat from the stinky squirrel, and you are bullying me for him!"
With tears in his eyes, Ah Huang sobbed, "Even Qin Mian knew how to protect that stinky squirrel he had only known for a short time. I've been with you for so many years, and you don't know how to protect me. You even join them in bullying me. Xuanxu, you're going too far!"
The weasel who complained first cried pitifully. Xuanxu had taken care of him for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw him now. However, he knew that blindly pampering this weasel would only make it more lawless. Xuanxu frowned and said:
"Tell me why you insist on eating the loquats picked by the squirrel."
“I just want to eat!”
Ah Huang kicked Xuan Xu's clothes and said angrily, "I only ate a loquat. Is this a huge sin?"
Eating a loquat is certainly not a big sin, but anyone who saw Qin Mian coming with the little squirrel to question him yesterday would know that the loquat was not ordinary to the little squirrel. Xuanxu was not a fool, so he would naturally not be fooled by Ah Huang's words.
Xuanxu said, "If you don't tell the truth, you won't sleep today or tomorrow, and you will stay here forever."
"You bastard!"
Ah Huang, shaking his hands, cursed Xuanxu a few more times, but finding that Xuanxu still had a stern face and looked unmoved, he sobbed and said:
"I heard from the sect leader that the stinky squirrel can transform into a human form after eating the loquat. He beat me up last time, and I haven't taken revenge yet. If he transforms into a human form so quickly, how can I beat him? That's why I wanted to take his loquat."
Unexpectedly, it was still because of the last fight. Xuanxu's forehead veins twitched and he was speechless for a moment.
When Ah Huang saw Xuanxu didn't say anything, he became even more panicked. Xuanxu had never been so fierce to him. Ah Huang was afraid and felt that the stinky squirrel would cause trouble. If he hadn't insisted on finding it, how would Xuanxu know that he had stolen a loquat, and how would he blame him.
It’s all because of that stinky squirrel being too picky!
mean!
The room was silent. Just when Ah Huang was regretting that he had revealed everything, he heard Xuan Xu whisper:
"Do you know where the little squirrel comes from?"
With tears still hanging on his cheeks, Ah Huang sobbed and said, "I don't know."
Why did he want to know where a smelly squirrel came from.
Xuanxu: "The little squirrel came from Lingshan. You have seen Lingshan before, do you still remember it?"
Ah Huang nodded aggrievedly: "I remember."
Lingshan Mountain was bare and there were few animals. It was so ugly. Ah Huang ran around it twice and couldn't see that it looked like a fairy mountain at all.
Now that I think about it, the irrational and rough appearance of the stinky squirrel is indeed from a small place.
"There are many different kinds of animals living on Lingshan Mountain, including the little squirrel's natural enemies. Snakes, minks, eagles, any one of them could kill him."
Ah Huang saw the pity in Xuanxu's eyes, and then he continued calmly, "Lingshan has been punished by heaven. Once winter arrives, the falling snow will cause unbearable pain to the animals, making it very difficult for them to survive. A squirrel's lifespan is no more than ten years. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't survive, why do you think the little squirrel chose to go down the mountain?"
With his lips trembling slightly, Ah Huang blinked and said hesitantly, "But what does this have to do with me?"
"It has nothing to do with you," Xuanxu rubbed his forehead and whispered, "But the little squirrel must have had a hard life in the past. Why bother with him about it? I think the little squirrel is a bit reckless, but he is not unreasonable."
"Besides, you were the first to hit him the first time, and then Qin Mian came to apologize, and you accepted the apology. Why did you turn against him later?" Xuan Xu said seriously:
"You've been living a life of luxury in Xiaoyao Sect since you were little, but Little Squirrel has nothing. If you build a good relationship with him, he'll have to rely on you when he cultivates in Xiaoyao Sect in the future. Ah Huang, as a senior, you should be more generous."
senior?
Ah Huang blinked.
He had never considered himself a senior. After all, even the two young men, Bai Feng and Bai Yue, in the sect always addressed him by his name.
Raising his tearful eyes, Ah Huang wiped the tears from his cheeks and said ignorantly, "Am I the stinky squirrel's predecessor?"
Meeting Ah Huang's scorching eyes, Xuan Xu looked away, cleared his throat, and said seriously, "Of course, you've been practicing for a long time, and who knows, the little squirrel might have to ask you for advice in the future if he doesn't understand something."
Stinky squirrel asking him questions?
Ah Huang's eyes lit up and he said happily, "Then I can also teach Stinky Squirrel someday?"
He had seen Qin Mian instructing the disciples in their training. He was dressed in white clothes as white as snow, and his face was stern, but his grace could not be concealed. He looked very majestic.
Thinking about the little squirrel's disdainful look before leaving, Xuanxu said with a guilty conscience, "Okay...right."
His eyes lit up, and Ah Huang took out a bright yellow loquat from his storage ring. He pursed his lips and said, "I didn't eat the stinky squirrel's loquat. I'll go return it to him right away!"
As for why Song Shu could smell his scent on the loquat peel, it might be because Ah Huang put the loquats together at the time, and the scent was contaminated on them.
"etc."
Stopping Ah Huang, Xuanxu's eyes finally showed some smile. He said calmly: "I still have two Qi Condensation Pills. You can take them both to the little squirrel. Talk to him nicely and don't continue arguing."
Ah Huang nodded, took the bottle of Qi Condensation Pill from Xuanxu's hand, and ran out excitedly.
He is the senior of Stinky Squirrel, and he also wants to experience what it feels like to be the eldest brother!
~
Song Shu felt that his luck had not been very good recently, so he refused Qin Mian's company and decided to go out alone to relax.
The warm spring sun shines down and falls on the head of the orange-red little squirrel sitting on the strange rock, making the squirrel's fur shiny. You can tell at a glance that it feels great.
The little squirrel held its cheeks with its paws, and its expression looked a little solemn.
Rat has been feeling something is not right with his body lately, and the warmth is similar to the feeling he had the last time he turned into a human.
"squirrel!"
A sound that the mouse hates came from behind. Song Shu turned his head to look at the long yellow strip with its limbs clinging to the rock. He turned around unhappily and faced Ah Huang with his back.
He didn't want to bother with the bad weasel at all now, and he didn't even feel like fighting.
"Why don't you pay attention to me?"
Ah Huang sat down next to Song Shu in a familiar manner. Seeing that Song Shu ignored him, he bumped Song Shu's arm and said cheerfully, "Don't be angry. I'll apologize to you."
What is the bad weasel going to do now?
Looking at Ah Huang warily, Song Shu moved to the side. As a result, Ah Huang also moved with him, and the two hairy arms remained close together.
"What are you going to do now!"
Song Shu said unhappily, "Do you still want to fight with me?"
"Who wants to fight with you?"
Ah Huang frowned, then relaxed his brows. He said proudly, "I won't fight with you anymore, Squirrel. If you're willing to acknowledge me as your senior brother, I'll teach you how to practice in the future."
"you?"
Song Shu sneered, and although he didn't say it explicitly, the humiliation was extremely strong.
"What do you mean, you look down on me?"
Pushing Song Shu's arm, Ah Huang boasted, "I was able to cultivate into a human form a year ago. Can you?"
Song Shu curled his lips, not envious at all: "I can also cultivate into a human form."
He had changed once before not long ago, but it wasn't very stable.
Hearing that Song Shu could also transform into a human, Ah Huang was stunned for a moment, then said anxiously: "Impossible, you don't know any magic at all, how could you possibly transform into a human form."
But thinking about how Song Shu could fight him even with his current appearance, Ah Huang began to believe Song Shu's words.
Can a stinky squirrel really turn into a human?
He glared at Ah Huang, thinking that this bad weasel was here to make fun of him. Song Shu said in a bad tone, "You can learn magic later. What's so difficult about it?"
With a shock in his heart, Ah Huang calmed himself down and asked again, "How many years have you been practicing now?"
Song Shu didn't want to answer, so Ah Huang kept pestering him until Song Shu impatiently said, "Two years, for what!"
He met Old Turtle two years ago, and only then did he begin to learn how to practice and read. However, the practice method Old Turtle taught him was different from Qin Mian's. Before, he relied more on the spiritual energy in the mountains to slowly nourish himself.
"Two years?"
A weasel who had barely established his foundation by eating the pills fed by Xuanxu for five years was hit hard. He stood there in a daze, not knowing what to say.
It only took the stinky squirrel two years in Lingshan to transform into a human form?
Seeing Ah Huang looking at him in shock, Song Shu resisted the urge to beat the weasel again. When he stood up and was about to run, his clothes were suddenly grabbed by him.
Almost tripping, Song Shu was about to turn around and ask Ah Huang if he was looking for trouble, when he saw the bad weasel panicking:
"I didn't eat your loquats. I went to the cave just now and didn't see you and Qin Mian, so I put the loquats and the Qi Condensation Pill outside the cave."
"Squirrel, let's make peace and not fight anymore."
Ah Huang thinks quickly, and although he never has good ideas, he figured it out this time.
A squirrel can transform into a human form in two years, and this is in such a harsh living environment as Lingshan. It is obvious at a glance that it can cultivate faster than a weasel.
Once he builds his foundation, the weasel will no longer be his match!
It’s better to show your goodwill to him first to avoid being beaten later.
"really?"
Looking at Ah Huang suspiciously, Song Shu was a little unconvinced.
"Of course it's true." Ah Huang said firmly, "If you don't believe me, go back and take a look. Ling You happened to send you a basket of loquats, and I put your loquat on the top, along with a porcelain bottle containing a Qi Condensation Pill. I left a note on it, and Qin Mian will take it back when he sees it."
Song Shu didn't trust the weasel, but thought that the loquat that could help him practice might still be there. He hesitated for a moment and said to Ah Huang, "I'll go back and take a look."
"If you really return it, I won't bother you about stealing my loquats, but if you continue to cause trouble in the future..."
Song Shu clenched his small fist and threatened: "Even rats' fists are not vegetarians."
Even if he hadn't beaten Ah Huang last time, Song Shu wouldn't be afraid.
Rats are awesome!
After scaring Ah Huang, Song Shu ran towards Qin Mian's cave without looking back.
Rat's loquat!
The rat must eat it quickly this time!
When he returned, there was no basket in the cave as Ah Huang had mentioned, but the door of the cave was open, so Qin Mian must have returned.
After a few leaps back into the cave, Song Shu looked at the basket of loquats on the table and thought to himself: The weasel didn't lie to him, there really is a basket of loquats.
"I'm back."
After swallowing the loquat in his mouth, Qin Mian smiled at Song Shu and said, "Master knows that I don't drink, so he asked Second Junior Brother to send a lot of loquats over. Come and take a look and see if there is anything you like."
Song Shu climbed onto the table and sniffed the loquats in the basket one by one, but none of them smelled like him.
Could it be that the weasel has deceived the rat again?
Just when Song Shu was thinking about whether to think of a way to deal with the bad weasel, he suddenly heard Qin Mian say: "Master also sent two Qi Condensation Pills. These Qi Condensation Pills are sent at the right time. Do you want one..."
Suddenly a small claw appeared on the thin lips. Song Shu moved close to Qin Mian's lips and sniffed it. Suddenly his whole body became furious. He turned his head to look at the loquat peel on the table and finally understood what was going on.
The weasel didn't deceive the mouse.
But the grain thief ate the mouse's loquats!
Seeing Song Shu's eyes blazing with fire, Qin Mian hadn't figured out what was going on when he suddenly felt a weight on his body, and then his neck was pinched by a pair of smooth white hands.
The cute boy with fair complexion sat astride Qin Mian's legs. He stared with a pair of round, dark eyes, his cheeks flushed with anger, and opened his rosy mouth, saying fiercely:
"Grain thief, spit out all the grain you've eaten!"
The author has something to say:
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Song Shu: Why did the grain thief eat the rat's loquat? Make the rat spit it out!
Qin Mian: I am so wronged!
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