Fairy, don't try to mess with my filial piety

"Mom, you, you actually woke up, really woke up!" He was so excited that he spoke incoherently.

What Chu Wuji didn't know was that the woman's current soul was not Bai Sujin, but a widowed female cultivator living in seclusion, or what ordinary people knew as a female immortal, named Ning Xianzhi.

She had been practicing celibate for many years and had never had such close contact with a man, let alone being hugged tightly by a young man.

Ning Xianzhi subconsciously wanted to break the other person's embrace. He probably didn't even need to use his arms to push. He only needed to think and use magic to make the young man float to the side.

However, the woman calmed down, thinking of her current injured situation, and thinking of the other party's mother...

This is different from the distinction between men and women; it is just a normal mother-child hug and should not be considered offensive.

Almost in an instant, thousands of thoughts flashed through the mind of the female fairy, but she finally restrained herself and chose to let the young man hold her.

Ning Xianzhi calmed his mind and made a decision in his heart:

Let's pretend that the child's mother is well now. It is necessary to find out what is going on and why he calls the remains of a great demon his mother and borrows this body to recuperate for a while.

With this temporary "stay", the evil spirit won't be able to find me for a while...

After a long while, the woman saw that the young man's emotions had calmed down, and then she asked softly in a questioning tone:

"Did you just... call me mom? Are you my child?"

Chu Wuji was stunned. He had just been expressing his admiration for the tranquilizing soup prepared by the widow shopkeeper, but he didn't expect his godmother to say such a thing.

"Mom, don't you remember me? You have no impression of me at all?" He looked at the woman in surprise.

The woman frowned as she recalled the past. After a moment, she shook her head, looking troubled. However, her eyes carefully observed the young man's expression and reaction. "I seem to have some impression, but I can't recall much about it."

Chu Wuji didn't know what to say for a moment, his brows furrowed, and he muttered to himself:

"What's going on? Is this a side effect of the tranquilizing soup? It's amazing that it works after just one drink, but the shopkeeper didn't tell me there would be such serious side effects..."

Ning Xianzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Chu Wuji had no doubts. She knew that she had probably fooled him, and this was a good opportunity to ask for some information.

She considered each of her subsequent words and said:

"I can always see some flashes of your memory in my mind, but there is always a layer of fog between them, so I can't see clearly. Can you... tell me about some things in the past? Maybe I can remember them."

"Well, it just so happened that when my mother was in a coma, I recalled our past experiences..." Chu Wuji sighed helplessly.

No matter what, it is a great joy for Chu Wuji that his godmother can wake up with consciousness instead of being in the dazed state as before.

He then recounted some of the past events, of course only picking out a few memorable ones, and mostly complaining about his worries during this period.

After an incense stick of time had passed, Chu Wuji asked the question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time:

"Mom, do you still remember what happened to you? Why did you leave me some pills and write a note asking me to give you the medicine without even clearly stating the reason?"

How should Ning Xianzhi answer this question?

In her opinion, this body had not suffered any unexpected conditions such as strange diseases or sequelae of injuries. Everything was normal, except that the soul of the great demon was gone.

God knows what motives made that great demon choose to leave his body?

Ning Xianzhi could only make up an answer, otherwise it would be unreasonable to keep saying he didn't know. He said:

"I vaguely remember that this is a hereditary disease in my family. All my direct descendants have had this condition. When they can recover depends entirely on luck. For generations, no one has figured out the cause."

Chu Wuji nodded and sighed:

"So that's how it is. It's really hard to pinpoint the cause of a difficult and complicated illness passed down in the family... Mother, do you still remember your name?"

The woman shook her head. Chu Wuji saw the apology on her face and held her hand tightly, comforting her:

"Bai Sujin, this is my mother's name. I was picked up by my mother by the Chu River in the forest of the Shiwan Mountains. My mother hoped that I would be healthy and free of illness, so I was named Chu Wuji.

It doesn't matter if I lose my memory, as long as I can wake up safely!"

Ning Xianzhi secretly glanced at her hand that was being held. Although she felt a little uncomfortable, she did not resist when she thought that it was someone else's body and the other party was just excited about the awakening of a loved one.

She touched Chu Wuzhi's face a little unnaturally, then pretended to have a headache, supporting her forehead with her snow-white arm, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?!" Chu Wuji immediately became nervous and asked hurriedly.

"I'm fine, don't worry... I'm probably just hungry. Can you get me something to eat?"

In fact, Ning Xianzhi just wanted to get the young man away first and make some time to sort out his thoughts.

Seeing the anxious worry of the handsome man in front of her, the woman felt a little apologetic.

"I'll go now, Mom, please be patient for a moment!"

After Chu Wuji finished speaking, he ran out, leaving a gust of wind and almost breaking through the door. He just walked out of the door and turned back in a panic, poured a cup of tea for his godmother before rushing out again.

Ning Xianzhi watched him leave, and her guarded heart relaxed a little, while reviewing the current situation in her mind.

She had been so wary of this young man before, suspecting that there might be a conspiracy of a great demon here, because she had encountered such a thing not long ago.

Some time ago, Ning Xianzhi separated a wisp of her spiritual consciousness and prepared to use it to travel down the mountain to see a disciple candidate that her fellow Taoists had helped her find.

As the spirit traveled, it discovered that an evil spirit was wreaking havoc in a large canal town, wreaking havoc in the dreams of the townspeople, causing them to panic, become listless during the day, and suffer from frequent hallucinations.

If the cooks on the passing ships accidentally dozed off when passing through this canal town, they would have a nightmare, and their work would not return to normal until the ships had gone far away.

Ning Xianzhi heard that this incident had been happening for a month and the townspeople had started fighting in hallucinations. She could not stand by and watch, so she immediately went to deal with the evil spirit.

Although she injured the evil creature, she was only a wisp of spiritual consciousness and lacked the strength to make the final decision. After struggling for several times, she was injured instead and had no choice but to escape.

After escaping to the capital of Lihuo Country, he was suddenly "sucked" in by this body and temporarily became the soul in this body.

Then, there was the conversation with the young man just now.

"This young man named Chu Wuji was actually adopted by a great demon. That demon never revealed his true identity and has peacefully raised him until now..."

Ning Xianzhi still had no idea why the soul of the woman named Bai Sujin disappeared, leaving only the remains of a snake demon here, because there are thousands of races among demons, and each race has different characteristics.

What is certain is that Bai Sujin did not encounter an accident. This body does not have any injuries or hidden illnesses. She must have left calmly.

Maybe she was hiding somewhere nearby, secretly watching the child?

If Bai Sujin saw her body suddenly come back to life, how would she react?

"Chu Wuji seems to think this godmother is just an ordinary person. After she suddenly fell into a coma, he took good care of her and searched everywhere for medicine. This is not some demon clan conspiracy..."

Ning Xianzhi slowly stood up, walked to the table, picked up a prescription, looked at it, and smelled the herbs next to it, wondering:

"The prescription is for a tranquilizing decoction, suitable for pregnant women during confinement. However, the ingredients have been contaminated with several 'impurities', turning it into a spirit-calling decoction. Could there be something wrong with the person who prepared it?"

"...Forget it, let's just focus on healing first and then observe this young man."

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On the other side, after Chu Wuzhi left the house, he felt confused. Looking back at his godmother's reaction, he couldn't tell what was wrong.

"Is it because of amnesia? I always feel that my mother is a little strange and weird..."

Although Chu Wuji's instinct detected some abnormality, deep down in his heart he hoped that his godmother would wake up, so he quickly put his doubts behind him and did not become suspicious.

He started running again, buying seasonal vegetables at the East Market and fresh shrimps at the West Market, and then rushed back home to the kitchen to get busy.

When the smoke from the chimney stopped, Chu Wuzhi finally got a moment of respite.

A small bowl of authentic dragon beard noodles, a bowl of sweet and appetizing seasonal vegetable soup, and a small plate of boiled shrimps were exquisitely presented in front of Ning Xianzhi.

"Mom, you just woke up, so you need to eat less and eat light food. I didn't make too much, just enough to fill your stomach for now."

Ning Xianzhi blinked and looked at the dishes on the table with an inexplicable mood.

The bowl for the noodles was an ordinary ceramic bowl for rice, small enough to be held in one hand, but this bowl of dragon beard noodles, which only had three or four mouthfuls, was not fussy at all. The noodles were rolled out very thin, each strand as even as a thread, and a few chopped green onions and mushrooms floated on the clear noodle soup to enhance the flavor.

If you don’t know, you might think you are ordering food in a restaurant.

There are some requirements for fasting when practicing in the mountains, but it does not mean that you cannot eat.

The woman took a sip of the dragon beard noodles and nodded in approval. The texture of the noodles had obviously been carefully selected by the chef. She calmly asked,

"Wuji, thank you for your trouble... Did I often eat this dragon beard noodles before? Are you the chef's apprentice?"

She didn't remember that Chu Wuji had just mentioned learning cooking from a master, and since the mother and son ran a medicine shop, there was no reason for Chu Wuji to go and learn such authentic cooking skills halfway.

Chu Wuji shook his head, pointed to the fishing rod hanging on the wall, and explained with a smile:

"Sometimes when I was fishing in a pond deep in the mountains and forests, a tiger would scare away my fish. I would kill a large tiger and sell it. In order to buy tiger bones, tiger penis, and other parts, restaurant chefs would come to me with their unique recipes for certain dishes as a way to get in on the action."

Tigers are rare wild beasts in the forests. For ordinary people, they may not be able to buy them even if they have money. Hunters who catch one will first send it to the government for a reward. Afterwards, the whole tiger will be handed over to the government, and the hunter will be happy to receive a verbal praise.

It is normal for chefs to compete for the tiger parts with recipes.

Ning Xianzhi was surprised because the young man spoke in a nonchalant tone, showing no sign of showing off or being proud of killing the tiger.

It's clear from the child's aura that he has never practiced cultivation in the mountains, and the big demon didn't teach him any magic. Judging from his strong body, he probably only practiced some martial arts. Is it so easy for him to kill a tiger?

Moreover, this child is at the age of full of vigor and vitality. He has the wild courage to fight a tiger, and he can even muster up the patience to roll out this small bowl of dragon beard noodles!

"Mom, why are you just standing there and not eating? Don't you feel hungry?"

"This dragon beard noodle tastes delicious! I was just distracted and my mind is still a little foggy..." The woman tried to find an explanation.

"That's good! Mom, come and eat these shrimps."

Chu Wuzhi peeled the shell of a river shrimp, added some vinegar, and handed it to his godmother's rosy lips. The meat of the fresh river shrimp was crystal clear and tender, but when compared with his godmother's lips, it was far less tender than her pink lips.

Ning Xianzhi had never been fed so intimately by a man, but she was also afraid that this was a habit of the body's owner and her son. If the performance was too different from the original owner, it would be difficult to cover up even with the excuse of amnesia.

She opened her red lips a little awkwardly and took small bites of the fresh shrimp in the boy's hand.

After a few bites, the delicious taste made her let down her guard a little, and she praised it again:

"The shrimp are indeed delicious, and the vinegar sauce is also very flavorful."

"This vinegar is not ordinary vinegar, it is vinegar for officials. Every year, the best quality vinegar brewed by Master Yang from the vinegar factory is sent to the imperial kitchen, where only the emperor, empress, and princesses can enjoy it!"

I once caught a longevity turtle and gave it to Uncle Yang to play with, and he quietly gave me a jar of palace vinegar.

Not only is the dragon beard noodles an authentic tradition, but even the vinegar sauce has such a profound origin?

Ning Xianzhi looked at the young man peeling river shrimp and asked softly:

"So what's the special thing about this river shrimp?"

Chu Wuji swiftly passed the shrimp to his godmother's mouth again. Seeing that the woman ate it obediently, he shook his head and responded:

"What's so special about river shrimp? It's just that they're fresh. The owner of the seafood stall has bought the bear paws I caught while fishing, so he always chooses fresh river shrimp to sell to me.

Something seems to have happened recently in the canal town outside the capital, and the shrimp they sent have been reduced. If it weren't for this relationship, I'm afraid a commoner like me wouldn't be able to buy such fresh river shrimp! "

Fishing...harvesting bear paws?

Ning Xianzhi couldn't help but sigh inwardly... So kid, have you ever caught anything except fish?

She glanced at the plain and simple courtyard of the medicine shop. It was ordinary and had nothing to do with good feng shui.

But who could have imagined that this table of dishes was so rare that even wealthy businessmen might not be able to easily eat it?

There are many things in the world that without power and connections, you are not qualified to purchase them even if you have money!

This young man is extremely filial. For his godmother, the snake demon, he takes care of her in every detail, meticulously and considerately.

"Mom, I've peeled the shrimps. Take your time eating them and drink the vegetable soup after you're done. I'll go boil some water first so you can take a bath after you finish eating."

The woman remembered that the young man had been preparing to help her clean herself, and her heart tightened. Would the snake demon even want him to help her bathe?

Thinking of this possibility, Ning Xianzhi wanted to scold the snake demon for ruining this filial child, but she didn't care about that. If the young man really pulled her to serve him, she was afraid that it would be difficult to refuse and it would be easy to expose suspicion.

She was secretly embarrassed, and quickly pressed Chu Wuji to her side, biting her lips lightly and said:

"I... don't want to shower yet. Wuji, there's no need to bother. You've just finished cooking, so take a good rest. Don't go to the woodshed and get hot again!"

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PS: Hey, in the past, posting pictures of peaches would easily lead to arrest, so as a second best option, I would choose pictures of feet. Now, even pictures of feet will get you arrested.

Chapter 3 It's broken, damn it

at night,

The woman used fatigue as an excuse, hoping to get Chu Wuji to leave so that she could heal her wounds while she was alone.

However, Chu Wuji had no intention of leaving. He blew out the candle and sat down at the table.

A bad guess flashed through Ning Xianzhi's mind. Could it be that this snake demon had always been sleeping with this child in the past?

If he were younger, I could understand it, but he can't still sleep in separate rooms!