Don't farm, cultivate immortality!

After brewing the tea, Yunling went inside and retrieved several boxes of medicinal pills.

These are all relatively expensive elixirs, including Qi-replenishing and blood-replenishing elixirs for healing, Spirit-gathering elixirs for cultivation, and Power-enhancing and Spirit-qi-replenishing elixirs for emergencies.

These pills are perfectly round, each one plump and free of impurities, making them top-grade. When they are put into the pill shop for sale, even ordinary disciples have to carefully consider their wealth to decide which one to buy.

This was the best reward Yunling could offer at the moment; she had specifically chosen the best as a gift.

She is a grateful person. She will do her best to repay anyone who has been kind to her. When she was a child, she heard Zhuang Xing say that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of gratitude, and she thought that this was very true.

Yan Huai'an killed the tiger demon, avenging her father's death, and also took good care of Zhuang Xing, solving problems for Zhuang Xing and Xiao An. Naturally, she was very grateful to Yan Huai'an and gave him the best things she could to repay him.

After brewing the tea, the three of them sat around the table.

Yunling brewed tea and poured water for them. Two months later, the two returned. She was very curious about where they had gone and what they had done.

Zhuang Xing didn't hold anything back. When he left the snow mountain, the elders in the temple told him not to talk too much outside.

Besides, Yunling is one of the people he trusts most. There's no need to hide this from her, otherwise it would make him look like he's been up to no good.

He's a devoted man, never a womanizer.

However, he didn't go into details. He said the matter of the snow mountain could be discussed later, but there was something that needed to be resolved today.

Starting today, Yan Huai'an will be staying in his room. This time, it won't be just for one day; it might be for several days, or even several months or several years.

If he's going to stay here long-term, he'll definitely have to go back and tidy up; at least he needs to get his household items, new bedding, and things sorted out today.

After drinking tea for a while, Zhuang Xing told him about the matter.

Yunling didn't show any particular reaction. Besides Zhuang Xing, there were also Mao Xiong and Xiao An in the room. It wasn't like a man and a woman were alone in a room. Moreover, Yan Huai'an had lived for who knows how many years. She didn't understand Yan Huai'an as well as Zhuang Xing did. She just regarded the woman with the sword in front of her as a detached and virtuous person, because she had never seen Yan Huai'an show any other expression.

Every time Yunling saw her, she always had this indifferent look, like a true hermit.

After Zhuang Xing explained the situation, he said he needed to go back and tidy up the house first.

Yunling nodded and said she would come over after she finished her farm work.

After two months of back and forth, the matter had come to a close. Although Zhuang Xing wasn't a homebody who liked staying at home, to be honest, he was a bit tired and missed his bed and stove.

As the saying goes, there's no place like home; what suits you best is the best.

He doesn't want to travel far these days unless something special happens; he just wants to rest and recuperate in the mountains.

He hadn't had time to study the Dragon Breath Technique yet, nor had he figured out how to make the female warrior understand his thoughts. There was also the new sword from the Sword Forging Hall, the two months of missed classes and training, and helping Xiao An adapt to the new situation. There were many things waiting for him to handle, and he didn't have time to go out even if he wanted to.

There are many things to do, so let's do them one by one.

The most urgent task is to settle the female knight-errant in.

There were no personal items for the female warrior in the room. As the weather was getting cooler, a new set of bedding, pillows, and sheets was needed. Since the panda didn't like sleeping in a bed, the room could be cleared out for the female warrior to sleep in.

After drinking tea and spending some time cuddling with Yunling, he got up and led the female knight back to her room.

Before even entering the gate, you can see the pandas frolicking and rolling around in the yard, having a great time.

Chapter 248 The Panda Searches for Its Wife

In the hot summer, the pandas just lie on the paving stones and don't want to move. But in the cool autumn, they seem to release all the energy they've accumulated throughout the summer and chase and play in the yard.

But when Zhuang Xing counted them, he only saw four pandas playing there; one was missing.

The youngest is the eldest. Shoumu is the easiest to recognize among the five brothers. It is blind in one eye and has scars on its body. It usually leads its younger brothers out to act cute and ask for snacks.

He looked around but couldn't see Shoumu anywhere. He wondered where the little guy had gone.

As they walked home, the panda that had been playing nearby suddenly stopped and looked towards Zhuang Xing.

Their eyesight is poor, and they can't see things that are too far away, but they can smell Zhuang Xing's scent. Before Zhuang Xing even entered the door, they ran towards him one by one.

"Your Majesty, you're back!"

The pandas circled around his feet, their little paws tugging at his trouser legs.

"Your Majesty, I'm hungry!"

"Your Majesty, I want to eat a pancake!"

"Your Majesty, have you caught any dried fish?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

A series of shouts lingered in Zhuang Xing's ears. The panda hadn't seen him for a long time and was extremely excited.

It's a bit noisy, chattering away, and I can't hear what they're saying.

Zhuang Xing bent down and patted the little ones' heads.

They eagerly stretched their heads forward, afraid that their brothers would get there first. The pandas whose heads were touched squinted comfortably, as if this was the perfect life.

These adorable little creatures are so cute! Besides being adorable, they can also bring you pastries, dried meat, dried fish, and other snacks to supplement your family's income. Who wouldn't love them?

Zhuang Xing picked up one of the pandas, and the other pandas started chattering.

"Your Majesty, I want to hug you too!"

"I want a hug too!"

Zhuang Xing had no choice but to hug them one by one.

Yan Huai'an watched silently from the side. Zhuang Xing noticed the heroine's gaze. To others, her expression seemed unchanged, but Zhuang Xing sensed a hint of envy in it.

He casually handed the panda in his arms to Yan Huai'an and said, "Sister, you can hug it too."

The one in Zhuang Xing's hands was the smallest of the guards. When Yan Huai'an came last time, it was so scared that it trembled and stayed by Zhuang Xing's side all day, even sleeping next to him.

Normally, Shouyong is timid. Even a sneeze or a loud clap of thunder can startle it. But it's not usually that afraid of people, not because it's the cutest one.

When Shouyong first met his senior sister Qiaoxia, he would use his advantages to trick her into giving him good things. When they went out to work, his satchel was always the fullest one.

On the day he saw Yan Huai'an, Shouyong was so afraid that he didn't even dare to get close.

But the chill emanating from the female warrior had dissipated, and Shouyong was no longer afraid of Yan Huai'an.

In the eyes of pandas, as long as they are not missing limbs or covered in pockmarks and prickly heat, they are basically all the same.

The little panda can distinguish people by scent. Shouyong still remembers the scent of Yan Huai'an. It recognizes that this is the person who scared it last time. But today, when they meet, the scent is the same, but the person seems to be a different person, and it is no longer afraid of it.

Yan Huai'an hesitated for a moment, then reached out and hugged Shouyong.

The little guy performed as expected this time, curling up in the heroine's arms, squinting his eyes, and rolling over slightly.

If the person holding it lets go, its back will fall to the ground.

Of course, this is just a hunch; if you really let go, it can turn around nimbly and land on all fours.

This is a trick Shouyong often uses: curling up in someone's arms in a completely unguarded posture, making it seem as if it completely trusts and depends on you, making you overjoyed, and you almost want to take out all the money you have to buy it dried fish, feed it until it's round and plump, and let it snuggle in your arms for the rest of its life.

Yan Huai'an used to have a hard time even petting a cat, let alone seeing such a scene.

She held the teddy bear very carefully, afraid that it would fall.

Shouyong stayed obediently in her arms. Although it was young, it could understand the king's meaning.

"Raising soldiers for a thousand days to use them for one day"—it's worthwhile to feed them well.

However, the scene before him only confirmed Zhuang Xing's idea.

The chill emanating from the female warrior had dissipated. She was already highly skilled and could conceal her aura within. With the coldness gone, she actually gave off a more natural feeling.

Her breath doesn't frighten people; instead, it makes them want to get close to her.

If this female knight were to go out into the world, she might attract unwanted attention and be deceived in both affection and innocence.

Seeing that the female knight and Shouyong were having a good time, he felt relieved.

"Alright, stop crowding around. I can't walk anymore with all of you like this." Zhuang Xing lifted his foot. "Let's go back inside first. I have things to do. We can talk about cooking tonight."

The panda made way for him upon hearing the sound, but remained standing on either side of him.

"Your Majesty, shall we have pancakes for dinner?" the panda asked.

"Do you want to eat?" Zhuang Xing asked.

"miss you!"

"Is there anything you'd like to eat, sister?" Zhuang Xing turned to look at Yan Huai'an.

Yan Huai'an was busy taking care of the panda in his arms. Upon hearing the sound, he paused for a moment, shook his head, and seemed to have no time to think about anything else.

"Then let's make pancakes," Zhuang Xing said.

He hadn't baked any flatbread for several days. On the way back, he had eaten rice and noodles. Although wheat and flour have become more widely used, baking is still a less common practice. Baking flatbread isn't difficult, but making it delicious is not an easy task. Without a dedicated oven, it's hard to control the heat.

Besides boiling, steaming is the main cooking method outside. Foods like steamed buns, dumplings, and mantou are commonly seen. Baked flatbread is not very common. Ordinary farm families do not use their own earthen stoves to bake flatbread. Therefore, Zhuang Xing has not eaten flatbread for more than two months and misses its crispy texture.

"Where's your eldest brother? I haven't seen him." Zhuang Xing asked as he walked.

"My older brother went to find his wife."

"sister in law?"

Zhuang Xing was taken aback. Come to think of it, since taking in the pandas, they hadn't seen them go into heat.

The panda that has become a spirit is very different from the wild panda. He had never thought about finding a wife for the panda before, but unexpectedly the panda took the initiative to make the move.

Zhuang Xing doesn't mind if the little panda finds a wife, but since the panda has become a spirit, can it still get along well with its own kind?

Before that, he thought of something and couldn't help but ask, "Are there any other red pandas on this mountain?"

"My sister-in-law is a tabby cat."

The panda at my feet walked along on its short four legs, talking as it went.

"My brother said it fell in love with my sister-in-law at first sight, and it went to see her yesterday too."

"I went there the day before yesterday too!"

"I went the day before yesterday too!"

"..." Zhuang Xing remained silent for a moment.

Red pandas and tabby cats are completely unrelated; how did they end up together?

Chapter 249 Like Wolves and Tigers