The male supporting character was actually myself.

Chapter Six Centrifugal Force

Am I inferior? !

The Weaver Girl is absolutely right!

Mu Jiuxiu was immediately stunned and felt very puzzled. The old ox's magic was so profound, so why did it allow the cowherd, who had depended on his brother and sister-in-law for more than ten years, to be bullied by his brother and sister-in-law, live in a cowshed, and not even have a decent set of clothes and shoes?

Just when the fairies descended to earth to play in the water, the seemingly unassuming old ox suddenly spoke up and even helped him steal the fairy robes right under the seven fairies' noses. If you told him that he wasn't deliberately waiting for a crucial moment, he would never believe it!

But why is that?

After spending most of the day in the mirror world, everything that happened had overturned Mu Jiuxiu's previous simple ideas.

Even though things may eventually develop in accordance with the outline you've entered, the problem is how bizarre, unreliable, and completely out of control the process can be in the middle!

Given the numerous questions that have arisen, there must be many hidden reasons why the Cowherd personally slaughtered the old ox to chase after the Weaver Girl.

"You rest first, I'll tie the ox outside." Mu Jiuxiu had a lot of questions in his mind, and replied in a muffled voice, pulling on the reins to let the old yellow ox out of the cave.

He didn't want to sleep with a cow. Although it could talk and had magic powers, it couldn't turn into a human and always had that pungent smell of livestock.

In addition, Mu Jiuxiu felt it was necessary to have a proper talk with it.

Even though I'm the male protagonist, I'm frustrated because I only have an outline in the mirror world and can't control the details.

You must thoroughly understand the old ox's background, lest you be fooled and used as a pawn without even realizing it.

"What's wrong with you?" The old ox was also getting angry. After walking a distance from the cave, it glanced around to make sure the Weaver Girl wouldn't take the opportunity to escape and lowered its voice, "Didn't we agree on everything before? What are you afraid of her for!"

Mu Jiuxiu's anger flared up instantly. What a load of rubbish! If you're not afraid, then go ahead and do it!

"What did you say before? You clearly said she had no fairy robes, no magic powers, and was no different from a mortal woman!" He retorted in a low voice, "And what happened? Not only does she have magic powers, but I can't even touch her!"

Enraged, Mu Jiuxiu thrust his hand forward, angrily saying, "Look what you've done to me!"

He touched the jade bracelet on the Weaver Girl's wrist with his right hand, and was pricked, causing excruciating pain and drawing a lot of blood.

Now, instead of getting better after a while, his entire finger has become red and swollen, and the stinging pain makes him wonder if he has injured the bone.

"Moo?" The old ox came closer and looked at it, its face filled with even more doubt.

What kind of magical treasure did the Weaver Girl carry?

How could it be so badly injured after just one touch, without even touching the hand?

It looks like a weakened version of the embroidery needle of the Bodhisattva Pilanpo. The Chicken Light Needle is a ray of light refined from the center of the sun. The power of it being held by the Bodhisattva is not to be underestimated. Let alone pricking him, even just taking it out and shaking it would instantly turn Niulang's mortal body into ashes.

Therefore, it seems that the Weaver Girl's personal magic weapon was made based on the Chicken Light Needle...

"How did you feel when you were stabbed?" The old ox was increasingly confused. The Weaver Girl was the seventh princess of the Heavenly Palace and the Queen Mother's darling, yet she was just a fairy who wove clouds and mist. Without the Heavenly Shuttle, she had no power to fight at all. Why would she carry such a harmless magic weapon when she descended to the mortal realm to play in the water?

It's not that it's not powerful; it can still be activated and used to protect its owner even without magic power.

While it may be powerful, it can only defend against mortals. In terms of destructive power, even with magical activation, it is not very useful.

The more it pondered, the more it felt that the Weaver Girl seemed to have made some preparations for being forced to stay in the mortal world this time.

"Ouch!" Mu Jiuxiu rolled his eyes at it, pointing his finger and gritting his teeth, "That thing hurts way more than a needle prick. Quickly check if it's poisonous. How can I let her have a baby if she has something so potent on her body?"

After being pricked, Mu Jiuxiu suddenly remembered a very similar magical artifact from an old mythological TV series he had watched. In the story of the journey to the West, a deity gave a magical artifact to protect a beautiful woman from a demon. Anyone who tried to touch her would be pricked to pieces.

It looks exactly like the thing on the Weaver Girl's body!

Even without the old ox's reminder, what he's most anxious about right now is getting the Weaver Girl to give in and have a baby.

I've never seen such a beautiful celestial being before. I've managed to get my hands on her. I must put my savings and theories from the past twenty years to good use right away.

Moreover, he remembered clearly that when he entered the story, he wrote that the boy and girl were both four or five years old, cute and rosy-cheeked. According to the timeline, it would take at least six or seven years for the heavenly soldiers and generals to come looking for him, so that he could kill the old ox, catch up with him, become the Cowherd Star Lord, and join the ranks of the immortals.

Since there's a time constraint, it's definitely better to start as early as possible.

It wasn't poisonous. The old ox used its magic to examine the wound and found it was just a normal wound, at most a bit deep, plus it was probably wet, causing severe redness and swelling.

"It'll be fine in a couple of days, it's not poisonous," the old ox replied sullenly, then added, "You need to find a way to gain her trust. That magic item is very strange; I can't detect any magical fluctuations at all. Or, why don't you try touching her hands or other parts of her body without touching her jewelry? Maybe touching her directly won't be a problem..."

Before it could finish speaking, Mu Jiuxiu spat, "Pah! We've been friends for over ten years, and I, Niulang, have treated you well. You clearly saw that my hand was in this state, yet you still made me risk my life? Do you think I haven't suffered enough?"

And what's wrong with you? With such powerful magic, why are we still living in a cave? Is this how a human being lives? How can you face all the good I've done for you over the years?

Mu Jiuxiu spoke these words with absolute certainty, after all, the original owner of this body, Niulang, had been genuinely good to this old ox.

Fearing that it might have a weak stomach due to its age, we specially found the tenderest grass and the sweetest spring water for it. Even when we slept together in the cowshed at night, we would fan it to drive away mosquitoes.

The results of it?

Good heavens, you clearly have magical powers, yet you still made him suffer all the way!

If this were a typical wish-fulfillment novel with a powerful old man by his side, he would have already helped him slap his brother and sister-in-law in the face and become a rich and handsome man. It's a shame that the Cowherd treated you so well but still couldn't win your heart.

"Sigh... I have my reasons too." The old ox sighed heavily and didn't intend to say more.

Mu Jiuxiu pressed on relentlessly, “You’ve been intelligent and can speak since the beginning, haven’t you? No wonder you were so intelligent that you grabbed my clothes with your horns when I almost fell off a cliff last time I went into the mountains; and the time before last, you helped the Da Dong family plow the land, and you finished plowing ten acres of land so quickly, you actually did it with magic, didn’t you?”

"You're really good at holding back! Why don't you just speak up and use your magic to make things more comfortable for both of us? You clearly have the ability, yet you're hiding it. What are you afraid of?"

I always thought that the Cowherd was honest, simple-minded and clumsy, otherwise he wouldn't have been bullied and had his family property seized by his brother and sister-in-law, yet he couldn't even utter a fart. The old ox looked at him blankly, as if the Cowherd in front of him was a stranger.

How come the cowherd, who was usually so obedient to me and would just scratch his head and laugh foolishly, became a completely different person when he met a celestial being?

"Don't fall for the Weaver Girl's trick of sowing discord!" The old ox felt a headache coming on.

The Weaver Girl was not subdued as planned;

And that cowherd is such a worry, always so suspicious;

Unfortunately, the higher-ups didn't give him any information whatsoever, which really annoyed Niu.

"What do you mean by sowing discord? Sowing discord means making things up, lying, stirring up trouble, and causing division. But the Weaver Girl is right. You have the ability, yet you make me suffer. Now I can't even touch a beautiful fairy." Mu Jiuxiu's heart itched with burning desire. "If only you could use your magic to help me, I'd have a house and land, live a life of luxury and elegance. Maybe the Weaver Girl, being obsessed with looks, would be so captivated by me that she'd cry and beg to have my child?"

He gestured to himself, "Look at me! What's the use of being handsome? I'm wearing tattered clothes and my straw sandals are almost worn out. I can't even afford to eat. Forget about fairies, even those chubby girls and Cuihua in the village wouldn't bother to look at me!"

After being humiliated by the Weaver Girl, Mu Jiuxiu realized that he was indeed not competitive.

A fairy descending to earth must have some ulterior motive, right?

Is it because the Cowherd is poor, because he doesn't bathe, or because following him means having a cowshed to live in?

The fact that she's now able to come back to live in the cave is the limit of how much he can threaten and pull her with the fairy clothes. If he doesn't do something more practical to keep her in check, and the old ox can't hold her back, when will he ever become a father?

"I can't let her know about my magic!" The old ox was so anxious. After more than ten years of relying on each other for survival, she still doesn't trust me?

Why does this male escort seem so strange today?

Oh no, could it be that the Weaver Girl secretly cast some kind of spell on him?

Her descent to the mortal realm and subsequent entrapment were shrouded in mystery, prompting the old ox to become suspicious. It couldn't help but look up at the sky, flick its tail, and try to contact the heavens.

Mu Jiuxiu glared at her angrily, "Are you stupid? Can't we just not do it in front of her? The Weaver Girl isn't asking for much right now, she just wants a loom and some cotton thread. Let's get them for her first so she can focus on her work and settle down. Can't we take it one step at a time?"

The old ox couldn't help but roll its eyes.

I don't know if the Cowherd was lazy or stupid. It's just a loom. Why not just have the Weaver Girl draw a design for you and get some wood to make one? Maybe she'll even develop a liking for you because of your diligence.

As for the cotton thread, go back to the village and borrow some from the aunties and grandmas, and pay them back after you sell the cloth. With your reputation for honesty and kindness in the village over the years, who wouldn't lend you some?

"Hurry up, or it'll be dawn!" Mu Jiuxiu said irritably, exhausted and sleepy, before turning and leaving. "Don't think I don't know you plan to make me marry the Weaver Girl so you can do your own thing. We're in this together now. If I don't get the Weaver Girl, you won't get what you want either!"

The old ox was furious; since it couldn't transform into human form, it could only swish its tail loudly.

"Weaver Girl, you are so beautiful." Mu Jiuxiu walked into the cave and saw her leaning against the stone wall with her eyes closed, resting. After thinking for a moment, he leaned over and chuckled, "Don't misunderstand, actually I, the Cowherd, am a very honest and kind person."

"Honest and simple?" Upon hearing this, the Weaver Girl opened her phoenix eyes and looked at him in surprise, then sneered, "I never knew that in the mortal world, thieves who steal clothes are praised as honest and simple, and those who coerce fairies are called honest."

Mu Jiuxiu immediately betrayed his teammates, saying, "I... I was just anxious because I couldn't find a wife, and I was so confused by the instigation that I made a big mistake and offended the celestial being."

She lifted the hem of her skirt and said irritably, "If you were a down-to-earth, hardworking, and reliable honest man, how come you can't even find a wife? Humph, even if someone instigated you, you would never do something so outrageous!"

"Don't forget that guy has magic powers. It's not hard for him to fool me." He was itching with desire. The situation had been too tense before, so he had to soften the Weaver Girl's guard and slowly get her to accept him. Maybe if a man and a woman were alone in a room together every day, they might just get things done.

The Weaver Girl looked at him with suspicion, then, remembering the little tree spirit's instructions and her own plans, she turned her face away and said coldly, "Rest first, I'm tired. Tomorrow, find the loom and cotton thread; I need to weave cloth quickly to earn money for food."

Mu Jiuxiu glanced down at her snow-white wrist, feeling a pang of discomfort, as if a group of cats were scratching at his heart.

The bright moonlight fell on her stunningly beautiful face, making her look gorgeous even when she was sulking with a cold expression!

The jade bracelet was pressed against the ground, and his slender hand rested on his clothes, practically glowing. He mustered his courage and gently touched it with his index finger.

"Ouch!" The pain that went straight to his bone marrow made him jump up, clutching his finger and hopping around on the ground.

His sneaky little actions immediately exposed his disguise. The Weaver Girl smiled coldly and went to sleep without paying him any more attention.

Mu Jiuxiu, having failed to get what he wanted and injured a finger that was trembling with pain, realized that he probably couldn't force her until she lowered her guard and agreed. So he found a corner to sit on the ground and prepared to take a nap.

I'll go to the mountains to find medicinal herbs tomorrow!

Damn it, I refuse to believe that a fairy who has fallen to earth is so hard to handle. I'll mix a larger dose into her food, and she'll come begging to me!

The deep mountains were quiet at night, except for an old ox standing under a big tree, looking up at the sky and occasionally rubbing its horns against the trunk.

"Flutter!"

Just as dawn was breaking, a magpie with a large tail flew over, landed on a big tree, peered out, and then softly asked in human language, "Is it done?"

"No!" the old ox replied in a muffled voice. "For some reason, it's completely different from what was originally said. The Heavenly Palace may have changed the rules."

The magpie spirit tilted its head, blinked, and seemed a little confused. "What rules are being changed? They didn't tell us. Did the Seven Fairies not descend to earth or not bathe in the Jade Lotus Pond?"

"After descending to the mortal realm and taking a bath, I even helped the Cowherd obtain the Weaver Girl's fairy robe. But she still had magical treasures on her, and she was so fiercely independent that she wouldn't let the Cowherd touch them at all. That sharp-tongued girl even tried to sow discord between us, and that rascal Cowherd, being lustful at first sight, actually got angry with me."

It got more and more agitated as it talked, and mooed, "You should go and find out what kind of magic weapon the Weaver Girl brought with her when she descended to earth and how to deal with it. That thing has no magical fluctuations at all. As long as the Cowherd tries to touch the Weaver Girl, it will prick his hand until it is red and swollen."

"Back when I was a figure in Heaven, I had no idea such strange things existed."

The magpie spirit frowned. "Oh dear, this is getting tricky. What do you plan to do?"

"I'll do my best to keep the Cowherd calm and prevent her from escaping. You pass the message back; we need to work together from both sides. Although a day in heaven is a year on earth, the sooner we succeed, the sooner we can give ourselves a satisfactory answer!"

"Alright then, you decide what to do and I'll make a quick trip." The magpie spirit spread its wings and flew towards the horizon from the big tree. Upon receiving its host's order, the fluffy ball of fur jumped up and squatted on the magpie's back, ready to infiltrate the enemy's ranks.

Chapter Seven is all up to no good.

"Whoa~ Let's take off!" The fluffy little ball perched on the plump, long-tailed magpie, sticking out its pink little tongue and smacking its lips, thinking that its first time riding a bird was quite fun.

The Cowherd, the Weaver Girl, the old ox, and the magpie spirit—all the important characters from the original story—appeared one by one. Jiang Chen revealed himself from under the big locust tree, watching the magpie spirit carrying the little white cat grow farther and farther away and soon disappear. He was curious about who the mastermind was.