I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

Bai Qingyu has been fortune telling for so long, so of course he has some skills. He simply showed off his skills to the prince, who immediately agreed. The prince not only waived Bai Qingyu's rent but also gave him a very nice courtyard with high walls and a vermilion gate, a place that only a wealthy man could live in.

The location is a bit remote, but there is a cherry blossom grove right outside the courtyard.

This was arguably the most luxurious place Bai Qingyu had ever stayed in.

Not only did he give Bai Qingyu a courtyard, but he also gave Bai Qingyu another courtyard not far away to use as a private school, and he would arrange everything in the private school.

Before long, the prince left, and Bai Qingyu and her group remained in the new courtyard.

The crowd looked at each other.

“You said it yourself, Zhentian. When you’re wandering far from home, home is wherever your family is.”

At night, Bai Qingyu and Zhen Tian sat in the small pavilion in the courtyard, and she leaned on Zhen Tian's shoulder and whispered to each other.

She had lived in many places, but she never stayed in any place for very long before leaving. For example, she had lived in a small wooden house in a fishing village for three months, but after only a few days, she was back here. In this unfamiliar place with a spacious courtyard, Bai Qingyu did not feel lonely at all, because she had her family with her.

In the courtyard, Huang was lifted up by an invisible force and floated in mid-air, absorbing the power of heaven and earth and stars.

The power of heaven and earth is countless, but only a few can be seen, absorbed, and utilized.

The power of the stars in the wilderness was undoubtedly a high-level power, and Bai Qingyu felt that it was the power of a god.

Huang's talent is extremely strong, and Bai Qingyu feels that calling him a demon is not quite right. How can a demon control the power of a god? Besides, Huang doesn't have any demonic aura. Unfortunately, her vision is too shallow, and she can't understand Huang's origin.

"Cherry blossoms are so beautiful, they look just like peach blossoms."

As soon as Bai Qingyu finished speaking, the peach blossom demon, who was sitting to the side leaning against Bai Qingyu, hurriedly stood up, "It doesn't look like one at all! Peach blossoms are peach blossoms, and cherry blossoms are cherry blossoms!"

Seeing the little girl get angry, Bai Qingyu quickly smiled and comforted her, "I know, I know, Mother knows, I was just joking."

"How can peach blossoms and cherry blossoms be the same? They are not the same at all."

"well."

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Having a place to stay marks the beginning of a new life. Bai Qingyu didn't immediately open a private school, as there might not be any customers. She wanted to go and have her fortune told first to build up her popularity. She also planned to make more steamed buns and dumplings so she could give some to the children when she passed by.

The disaster is over, and time can slowly heal the wounds. Bai Qingyu wants these children to pull through.

Of course, the adults of those children also have a share; otherwise, it would be awkward if the children survived while the adults starved to death.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. In the afternoon, Bai Qingyu held Xiao Yao in her arms, with a little snake named Bai Ling'er squeezed next to her. She taught them to read word by word and told them some interesting little stories to help them understand the world.

Today was the same as usual, but the difference was that Shuten-dōji was practicing his punches in the yard and seemed listless. Shuten-dōji wasn't like this before, and this state started yesterday.

Bai Qingyu glanced at him, put the sweet and soft little girl in her arms down for the time being, and got up to walk out of the pavilion.

"Shuten-dōji".

"What's wrong, Aunt?" Shuten stopped what he was doing when he heard Bai Qingyu call him.

"What's wrong with you these past few days? Did you break up with your boyfriend? Tell me what's bothering you." Bai Qingyu crossed her arms and frowned as she stared at Shuten.

Why has this young man become so listless?

There wasn't any little demon trying to seduce him. It couldn't be some female cat that always came to freeload, and it was even less likely to be any of the other female demons in the house. There was absolutely no sign of it.

"I feel like something's missing when I practice boxing every day. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just feel a lack of motivation. Maybe it's because I don't have any challenges left," Shuten honestly said.

“No motivation…” Bai Qingyu stroked his chin.

Suddenly, Zhen's figure nimbly jumped over the wall, carrying a bamboo basket on her back filled with all sorts of fruits, which she had picked from outside rather than bought.

Seeing these fruits, Bai Qingyu looked at Shuten again, and an idea popped into her mind.

How about we make some fruit wine?

Last Chinese New Year, Bai Qingyu embarrassed herself by drinking too much and ended up doing an awkward dance in the yard. Ever since then, she hasn't wanted to mention alcohol again, but today she's become interested again.

"Shuten, if you're bored, eat this and go for a stroll. Don't stay in the city, go outside and find any monster to fight. Just be careful not to fight any cultivators. If a cultivator finds you, finish the fight as quickly as possible and remember to destroy the evidence. If you really can't beat them, come back to me."

Upon hearing Bai Qingyu's words, Shuten's eyes lit up.

Before he could speak, Bai Qingyu added, "Remember to come back tonight. Also, don't flirt with those little demonesses. If any demonesses come to me and say you're bullying them, I'll spank you until your butt is raw."

"I know, I know. I, Shuten-dōji, will never be bewitched by a female demon. Don't worry, Auntie!"

Shuten couldn't wait to take his sake gourd and head out the door, looking quite dashing.

Bai Qingyu told him not to seduce the little demon girl because he saw a stroke of good luck in love with her. Maybe in three to five months, or maybe in three to five years, a demon girl would take a liking to him, or he would take a liking to the demon girl.

Seeing how listless he'd been these past few days, Bai Qingyu naturally suspected it was due to his bad luck with women.

In the following days, Bai Qingyu's reputation gradually spread throughout the city. Everyone knew that there was a beautiful Taoist nun in the south of the city who told fortunes for an hour every morning, and her predictions were incredibly accurate. People started exaggerating Bai Qingyu's abilities, to the point that she was practically a deity descended to earth.

Bai Qingyu wanted the same effect, and she was about to start preparing to open a private school.

Her plan was to spend the morning at home with her family and the afternoon at the private school.

At the same time, she began to learn how to brew wine. She found that as long as she didn't drink too much, she wouldn't go dancing awkwardly. But the problem was, she couldn't control herself once she started drinking.

Just like this day, Zhen Tian called everyone over in the courtyard to discuss how to get Bai Qingyu to give up drinking.

Except for Bai Qingyu, who had gone out to find students and disciples, everyone else, including Shuten-dōji, was present.

“I think it’s necessary for us to get my aunt to give up drinking. Once, when she was separated from her two children, I accompanied her to a small town. That night was New Year’s Eve, and she bought a jar of wine.”

Zhen Tian said with a serious expression, "It was fine at first, but as she drank more and more, the situation started to get out of control."

"That means my aunt gets drunk and acts crazy!"

Upon hearing Zhen Tian's words, even Zhen couldn't help but feel curious.

Little Yao raised her little hand and asked in a childish voice, "What is Mommy like after she drinks alcohol? Does she hit people?"

Xiao Yao voiced everyone's thoughts. They had never actually seen Bai Qingyu when she was drunk. After Zhen Tian mentioned it, the image they conjured up in their minds was of Bai Qingyu, drunkenly hugging a wine jar, her pretty face slightly flushed, hiccuping, and ready to spank anyone she saw.

"She...she dances when she's drunk!"

Actually, Zhen Tian's intentions were good. Controlling Bai Qingyu's drinking would prevent her from getting drunk and dancing awkwardly, thus avoiding embarrassment in front of the kids.

But she didn't expect that her words would have the opposite effect.

Bai Qingyu, dance!

They really want to see!

Eventually, everyone unanimously decided to support Bai Qingyu's brewing of wine.

Shuten even went to Bai Qingyu's brewery and tried a sip of the unfinished sake. This sip was like opening the door to a new world and discovering a new continent.

Bai Qingyu was unaware of this matter. She only knew that after she returned from recruiting students, everyone's gaze towards her was somewhat strange, especially Zhen. Zhen, who was a person with no personality traits, not only had no extra expressions on her face like a porcelain doll, but also was not very interested in other things, except for catching snakes and eating them like spicy snacks.

But today, this girl actually smiled at her strangely and even asked a question.

"Auntie, how's your rice wine coming along? Everyone wants some."

This made Bai Qingyu extremely happy, since she was an amateur when it came to brewing wine.

Time flew by, and a month later, Bai Qingyu's private school officially opened, with a total of fifty children. The parents were moved to tears, sending their children to the school with tears in their eyes, and some even knelt down to kowtow to Bai Qingyu.

As soon as the private school opened, Bai Qingyu gained a lot of merit points, and his strength even took a small leap forward.

Their daily lives weren't tiring, just like being a primary school teacher. It's said that poor children learn to be independent early, and this group of children was quite sensible, saving Bai Qingyu a lot of trouble.

That's right, the private school issue has been resolved.

It seems like something's wrong with Shuten-dōji's side.

He would carry a wine jar out every day, saying that he had made a good friend.

Hearing him repeatedly refer to her as his dearest friend, Bai Qingyu frowned slightly.

This romantic luck seems a bit strange.

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Volume 1: Chapter 99 Ibaraki-dōji

Time flies when you're busy. Bai Qingyu had to take care of her own child and other people's children. She would go to the private school in the afternoon and wouldn't be back until evening. After returning home, she still had things to take care of.

So over the past two weeks, Bai Qingyu has barely paid any attention to Shuten-dōji.

Shuten-dōji is quite strong; he may seem like a brute, but he's actually shrewd and not someone to worry about too much. Letting him go out and experience the outside world will be the best way for him to improve.

"So what's going on with this guy's luck with women?"

Early in the morning, Bai Qingyu stood in the courtyard, stroking his chin as he watched Shuten rush out of the courtyard impatiently, so fast that even his large gourd could hardly keep up.

"Strange, so strange."

He's only been here for a little over a month. It's already quite impressive that Shuten-dōji has managed to find a demon to fight in such a short time. How many demons can there be in such a tiny place? Even if he does find one, they'll definitely fight. There's no way he'll develop any kind of relationship with it.

"Shinten, do you know what's been going on with Shuten lately? He's been leaving early and coming home late every day."

Zhen Tian passed by Bai Qingyu and was patted on the shoulder by Bai Qingyu.

Holding the steamer basket for making buns, Zhen Tian tilted her head and thought for a moment, "It doesn't seem like anything has changed. Doesn't he always rush out like this every day, carrying a wine jar? Speaking of which, there's not enough wine for him to drink anymore, sister."

Brewing is a long process, and some of the sake brewed by Shuten-dōji was not even properly brewed.

Bai Qingyu had considered that an underage demon shouldn't drink alcohol, but upon closer inspection, what age could a demon be considered an adult? Shuten-dōji was underage, and he himself seemed to be underage too; there were no adults in the entire courtyard.

Since it's a monster and can't be killed by drinking, limiting its alcohol intake won't cause it to swallow the alcohol and get into trouble because it's drunk.

"I feel it's really necessary to go out and see the world, what do you think, Masahiro?"

"Yes, it's good to go out and take a look."

Bai Qingyu didn't want to interfere too much in Shuten's life, mainly because of his romantic luck... she really wanted to know!

"That's settled then. I'll make some arrangements at the private school in the next couple of days and go check on things when I have some free time," Bai Qingyu said, making up her mind.

"Auntie, is there anything good to eat today?" The little snake named Bai Ling'er hugged Bai Qingyu from behind, rested her head on Bai Qingyu's shoulder, and asked with a grin.

"We'll have fish for lunch."

"Eat fish." Bai Ling'er's cute little face immediately fell.

She was born from a snake, and she swallows food without chewing it; it's her instinct. She can't adapt to her new form. Eating other things is fine, but eating fish is a problem because fish bones are easy to get stuck in her throat.

Unless you swallow the whole fish whole.