Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 15 Immortal Master Learns from Cats
"Hey! Junior Sister, there's another task!"

The sister on duty called Wei Xi over and said, "It's a lucky coincidence for you. Immortal Master Chu planted half an acre of snow radish in the pine forest. The day before yesterday, he came over and said he wanted someone to take care of it. He offered one medium-grade spirit stone per ten days."

"Your classmates haven't come over yet. Do you want to take it?"

Wei Xi nodded frantically. She had been pestering Qin Feng last night about spirit stones, and Qin Feng had told her that ten medium-grade spirit stones were enough to feed a cultivator for a month. Ten low-grade spirit stones could be exchanged for one medium-grade spirit stone, and ten medium-grade spirit stones could be exchanged for one high-grade spirit stone.

As expected of Master Chu, he is generous when he spends money.

The senior sister registered her and told Wei Xi to keep the badge and come back every month to collect her salary. Wei Xi was dressed so thickly that she looked like a snowball. The senior sister stroked her twice before letting her leave Wei Shuang Palace.

It just so happened that today was Wei Xi's night watch. She was from the northern border and walking in the snow was as easy as flying. She soon arrived at Bailu Pavilion.

Bailu Pavilion is a homonym of "Bai Lu", which is the style of Qingcheng School, and it contains the Qingcheng School's collection of books.

Hu Lai's claim that this was a dangerous building was a bit of an exaggeration. Bailu Pavilion was the best-maintained and best-protected building in the Qingcheng Sect. While the Qingcheng Sect lacked high-ranking cultivators, it did have many cultivators specializing in various disciplines. This resulted in Bailu Pavilion's collection of books being not only diverse but also bizarre.

Under the development pattern of Qingcheng Sect where a hundred flowers bloom but no flowers bear fruit, there are many means to protect Bailu Pavilion. Bailu Pavilion performs well in fire prevention, theft prevention, and moth prevention.

Wei Xi held a lantern and walked around Bailu Pavilion, then went to the medicine area to look for information on taking care of Snow Radish.

Bailu Pavilion covers a large area and incongruously uses luxurious magical instruments and formations to preserve books. For example, some banned books are placed in a chaos formation, and some bookshelves are upside down on the ceiling, but not a single book falls down.

Fortunately, the information Wei Xi was looking for was not those precious books that needed to be protected. She used a broom to reach down a book that was placed high up, and then she carried a few books back to the place she had chosen.

Wei Xi didn't notice that a shadow half an arm's height slipped into Bailu Pavilion.

Wei Xi, who had stayed up all night, slept until noon. Her theoretical class in the Qigong stage had come to an end.

As for the mountain gate, no one had swept it for months, so it wouldn't matter if she did it a little later. Wei Xi took two steamed buns from the small kitchen in Zhao Dazui's yard and went to the mountain gate carrying Zhao Dazui's yard broom.

I can only thank Master Han for his talisman, otherwise it would be a huge project for Wei Xi to clean up Hu Lai's mess.

The disciples of Qingcheng Sect really belong to the same sect. They had trampled out a path in the middle of the ten-foot-wide stone steps, and there was only this one path.

Wei Xi sighed silently, picked up the broom and started sweeping the mountain road.

After sweeping for an hour, Wei Xi stopped working. This road could not be swept in one day, so she put down the broom and walked down the mountain.

There is a village at the foot of Wei Xiji's mountain. Thanks to the assistance of Qingcheng Sect, the losses caused by the snowstorm were controlled in time. Now it is the New Year, and the villagers are preparing for the New Year.

This was the scene Wei Xi saw when she entered the village. The children playing at the village entrance saw her wearing the gray disciple robe of the Qingcheng Sect and ran over to look for someone.

Wei Xi was in a dilemma as to whether to join or not. She had never been liked by other children since she was a child. She didn't expect that she would not be used to this feeling after staying in Qingcheng Sect for less than four months.

Wei Xi was still in a daze when he saw a thin old man with a beard hurried over.

"Little Master, is there anything important? Are there not enough vegetables on the mountain?" The old man bowed to Wei Xi and said this.

Wei Xi felt a little uncomfortable. She was young and it was awkward for her to be treated so respectfully by such an elder.

Wei Xi took out his own cowhide scroll, scribbled some words on it, and handed it to the old man who was obviously the village chief.

The village chief wiped his hands on his lapels and took it with both hands. A look of hesitation crossed his face. "Master, I can't read." Wei Xi bit her lip, feeling awkward. She thought about the spirit stone. She curled her hands into claws, leaned forward, and then gestured to the shape of a beard around her mouth.

Wei Xi swore she heard the children watching from the side laughing; it was clear they had never seen the cat-like immortal master. Wei Xi's temper flared up, and she glared at the village chief with dark eyes.

"Master, do you want a cat?" Wei Xi nodded.

Having lived to this age, the village chief also understood the ways of the world. He did not ask Wei Xi why he was gesturing, nor did he ask Wei Xi why he wanted a cat. He glared at the child who was still laughing, and then asked Wei Xi to go to his house and wait for a while.

The children stopped smiling and only dared to secretly glance at the little fairy master coming up the mountain: She can also imitate a cat!
Wei Xi's butt was against the chair in the village chief's house. The village chief's wife brought her a plate of dried fruits. Wei Xi shook her head.

The old woman asked Wei Xi if he was a new disciple who had just come up the mountain, where his home was, how old he was, and whether he was used to living in the mountains. Wei Xi felt very uncomfortable. Fortunately, the village chief soon lifted the curtain and came in.

"Master," the village chief said, holding out a wicker basket. "This is a litter of cats from our neighbor's house. Take a look. If you're not satisfied, I'll go look for more."

The village chief probably guessed that Wei Xi didn't want to raise cats for fun, so he caught a litter of cats about two months old for her. Now they are eager to jump out of the basket.

Wei Xi picked up the kittens one by one, opened their mouths to check their teeth, and observed their eyes. Finally, he picked out a vigilant tabby cat.

"Master, would you like to stay for dinner?" Wei Xi thanked the village chief, who then sent his daughter-in-law to take the remaining cats back.

"The farmers cooked their own meals. My youngest son caught a pheasant in the mountains yesterday, and we also have some mountain products."

Wei Xi was the daughter of a hunter, and she knew that it was not easy to catch something when the mountains were covered with snow. She shook her head, took out half a bag of candy from her lapel, handed it to the village chief, and pointed to the cat in her arms.

"Master, look, this cat is going to be adopted by someone else, so why give it something else?" The village chief wanted to return the candy to Wei Xi, but Wei Xi stood up and said goodbye.

On the way up the mountain, Wei Xi was worried that the kitten would get cold, so he put it in his clothes.

That half bag of candy was a snack that Zhao Dazui made for them. Wei Xi didn't like sweet things so she didn't eat it. The kitten was making a fuss in Wei Xi's clothes, and soon it poked its head out, meowed twice before lying down obediently in Wei Xi's clothes.

When they arrived at the dormitory, Qin Feng was also in the room. It turned out that the cotton-padded clothes made for the disciples had been distributed, two sets for each person. Qin Feng directly took both hers and Wei Xi's.

"It's already halfway through winter, and the cotton clothes have only just been distributed. I thought someone was going to freeze to death." Qin Feng stood by the brazier, warming his hands and raising his chin. "I've left your clothes there. Try them on later to see if they fit you."

This brazier was contributed by Qin Feng. Their room originally had the standard configuration, with a kang, a table and two cabinets on the kang, and two chairs and a larger table under the kang.

Before the disciples reached the stage of Dan, they all lived in the courtyards to the east of Yizhangyuan. The six new disciples lived in one of the courtyards.

When Qin Feng went to Huaixin Sect, Madam Du prepared five or six carts of things for her. Later, when Qin Feng was kicked out of Huaixin Sect, she used the Qiankun bag given to her by the elder who had brought her there before to move all the things to Qingcheng Sect.

Qin Feng was the descendant of an official, and while she wasn't prone to extravagance and debauchery, her particularity was enough to give Wei Xi a hard time. Just as Qin Feng was about to pull out the screen embroidered with the Twelve Beauties, Wei Xi stopped her, gesturing and telling her that her current house was fine, and that she would only be able to fit in her furniture when she reached the Jindan stage and had her own courtyard with her master.

Wei Xi took out dinner for the two of them from a lunch box and placed it on the table. This lunch box also belonged to Qin Feng. There was a small formation inside to keep the food warm. Wei Xi looked at the high-quality spirit stones inside and shed tears of envy in his heart.

The glass lamp that Qin Feng had found when Wei Xi was torturing him yesterday was placed on the table, and Wei Xi handed the chopsticks to Qin Feng.

"Did you go to clean the mountain gate today? It's still cold. Can you make knee pads? I have two pieces of good leather. After dinner, you can sew a pair of knee pads for yourself. It's just a bit troublesome."

Qin Feng sat down and started to eat. Wei Xi took the cat out of her arms. Her eyes widened suddenly, and the little cat kicked its legs and made dissatisfied noises.

(End of this chapter)