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

While Chu Wuzhi was away from home and out "fooling around", Ning Xianzhi came to the Yun family again.

The Yun family was still waiting for her to take Yun Qingying to practice. In order to help Chu Wuji "redeem himself", Ning Xianzhi delayed for a lot of time, so she had to tell the Yun family.

Passively waiting for news is quite a torturous thing.

However, after she arrived at the Yun family, she was told by the head of the Yun family that Yun Qingying had gone out with her mother to relax, and no one knew where they went, so it was difficult to call them back for a while.

Ning Xianzhi didn't take it to heart and said:

"It's okay. The Divine Sky Sect has been discussing the Yunhe Town incident these days, trying to find the accomplices and evildoers, which has delayed them."

The events in Yunhe Town have gradually spread, and it is normal for the Shenxiao Sect to divert its attention to deal with these matters.

Yun Gaosong was humble and said repeatedly:

"It's just a small matter. Could you give me a rough estimate of the time, Master?"

Ning Xianzhi's plan was different from before. He had not planned to take the body of the snake demon back with him.

She thought for a moment and gave a rough time frame:

"I don't know what's going on in the mountain yet, but I plan to go to the Divine Heaven Sect soon. I can bring Yun Qingying with me. I'll leave within ten days, and I'll come to the Yun family again before I leave."

When Yun Gaosong heard that this "friend of Elder Ning" was going to the Shenxiao Sect, he wished he could let Yun Qingying stay with her for a few days to prevent her from forgetting things.

But Yun Qingying was not there, so he had to give up and personally see the immortal master off from the mansion with his clansmen.

The tribesmen complained, "Mrs. Jiang is really something. She's always dragging Qingying along. What if the immortal master leaves for the mountain today and we can't find them? What should we do?"

"Don't let them wander around freely in the next few days. It's causing trouble! Does anyone know where they went?"

"They said they went out of the city early in the morning. A servant saw them walking along the moat while doing some shopping."

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In the mountains and forests,

The woodcutter had already thrown the stone in his hand, but the stone was intercepted and shattered in mid-air by a copper coin.

"Who is it?! I found this first, who dares to steal it?"

The woodcutter was about to continue scolding when something hit his upper lip accurately, causing his teeth to ache slightly.

He looked closely and found that they were actually a few pieces of silver. The person who threw them was a beautiful and cold girl, and she was followed by a beautiful woman in her prime. They looked very similar, so they were probably mother and daughter.

It was Mrs. Jiang and Yun Qingying.

Mrs. Jiang couldn't bear to see the foxes scattered, and muttered, "God is merciful..."

Yun Qingying was more direct. She said coldly, "Take the money and leave."

The woodcutter thought of the scene where the stone was broken by the copper coin just now, and knew that these two women should not be offended. Anyway, he had got the money, so he ran down the mountain quickly.

Yun Qingying looked in the direction the woodcutter left and was suddenly stunned.

On the road going up and down the mountain, the woodcutter's figure had just disappeared when three figures appeared again.

The man who walked to the middle was Chu Wuzhi, who had fought with her.

Chu Wuji didn't expect to see her in such a place. Could it be that when the big white tiger went down the mountain, she and the woman next to her had been staying in the forest?

Chu Wuji still remembers that when the competition ended, the girl was very dissatisfied with his "surrender" behavior.

The meeting was so sudden that he didn't know how to greet them. His eyes were fixed on the fox next to him. The two little foxes saw that they were safe and returned to their mother.

He walked straight towards the foxes and stopped two meters away, not wanting to get too close so as not to scare them.

Suspicious, foxes are indeed timid and suspicious creatures.

Chu Wuji asked, "Are you the foxes that Baihushanjun mentioned? My sister wants to take you in. Are you willing to follow her?"

Hearing the name "Lord of Baihu Mountain", the haggard female fox came to Chu Wuji's feet, bowed her head to thank him, and whimpered twice weakly.

The fox's cry is indeed quite strange.

Princess Yaoer placed the sachet on her forehead, understood what the fox said, and helped translate:

"Brother Chu, the fox mother said 'Thank you, Lord!'"

Chu Wuzhi put the two little guys in Wen Yaoer's arms, and picked up the big fox himself.

The white fox looks big, but in fact it just has fluffy fur and a very thin body.

Princess Jing'an was thoughtful and considerate. When she saw Yun Qingying and that woman appear here first, she was worried that she would be taking away someone else's favor and adopting the child first.

She took off her veil, turned around, and apologetically explained that this was a request from Baihushanjun.

Although Baihushanjun's intention at the time was to "adopt them if they suit each other", since she had spoken, she must have hoped that the palace would adopt them. Otherwise, she could just not mention it and let this nest of foxes fend for themselves.

Mrs. Jiang only then recognized Princess Jing'an and said:

“My mother and I didn’t intend to adopt them, but we couldn’t bear to see this litter of foxes being killed, so we rescued them from the woodcutter.

I'm so sorry I didn't recognize Princess Jing'an and Princess Yao'er just now!"

Princess Jing'an had inquired about the Yun family's daughter after the night of the martial arts competition at the North Gate, so she knew something about her.

She shook her head slightly and said:

"It's okay. Do I have to force Madam Jiang to recognize me through the veil?"

As a daughter-in-law who married into the Yun family, Mrs. Jiang's right to speak and meet guests depended on her husband and children. After her husband took the child away that year, he never came back. Yun Qingying spent all her time on improving herself. She rarely visited relatives during the holidays. At most, she would show up in the ancestral hall on ancestral worship days to meet her clan members.

Therefore, even though Madam Jiang was from a thousand-year-old family, she did not have many opportunities to meet and interact with the ladies of the imperial family, and was unable to recognize Princess Yao'er at the first sight.

If someone else came, they would definitely be able to guess who the lady in the veiled hat next to her was indirectly through Princess Yaoer.

Princess Jing'an looked at Yun Qingying and praised:

"Madam Jiang has raised a good daughter. Yao'er and I watched the battle from the North Gate Tower. It was a very exciting contest, and Wuji's defeat was well deserved.

After Qingying joined the immortal sect, Madam Jiang finally had her hardship and happiness finally came to her!"

Mrs. Jiang shook her head modestly. She pulled her cold daughter to her side and greeted her. She stroked her daughter's hair and said:

"It's Qingying who's suffering, how can I be considered as suffering..."

Wen Yaoer came over to say hello, holding the little fox. She was well-behaved and lovable. Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but be infected by the little princess's sweet talk and smiled.

The little princess glanced at Yun Qingying and asked curiously, "Who is older between us?"

Yun Qingying gives people the impression of being more mature, and her temperament is calm, giving her a rather cold and domineering aura. However, there is a slight babyish tone in her voice when she speaks, and she doesn't seem to be very old.

Madam Jiang recalled, "When I was first pregnant, I hadn't heard about Princess Yao'er's birth yet. I figured...Princess Yao'er and Qingying should be of the same generation."

They are of the same generation but different ages. Yun Qingying is always about two years older than Wen Yaoer.

As she spoke, Madam Jiang looked at Chu Wuji again. She knew that this was the opponent who had lost to her daughter in the competition. She had heard news about Chu Wuji in the past few days and knew that he was close to the Jing'an Palace.

Mrs. Jiang took one look at him and couldn't help but think about him a few more times, but in the end she didn't ask any presumptuous questions.

"Little brother, I'm really sorry for what happened earlier..."

Chu Wuji was holding the big fox and smiled puzzledly:

"Mrs. Jiang, why are you apologizing for no apparent reason?"

"Qingying has been trained to become an immortal since she was young. She shouldn't have participated in the Three Swords Competition. It's unfair to you. However, the elders of the tribe asked her to ask for a lucky number before going up the mountain to become a disciple..."

Chu Wuji suddenly realized that he was talking about this matter. He had almost forgotten about the competition.

"We were competing fairly at the time. What's there to apologize for? Miss Yun has those mysterious immortal abilities. That's her ability!"

Yun Qingying felt really unworthy of the victory that day, and could even be said to have a grudge against her.

According to the rules of the competition, she would most likely be declared the loser for falling to the ground.

In the end, she was able to save the situation with the help of spiritual energy. She felt that her behavior was as despicable and ridiculous as Yu Hualong who bought the first place.

She even wanted to explain the matter to the referee and admit defeat.

But, in the end, I didn't say anything...

Yun Qingying was worried that if she admitted defeat and didn't win the championship, her mother would be looked down upon by the clan.

A cultivator who was about to enter the immortal gate actually lost to a mere warrior!

The Yun family still wanted to be proud of her, but suddenly such an incident happened. Yun Qingying really didn't dare to think about how her mother would be implicated.

At that moment, Yun Qingying took advantage of this unexpected meeting and said to Chu Wuji:

"...Can we find some time to discuss this privately?"

Chu Wuji didn’t think that the other party was deliberately provoking him. He could feel the girl’s seriousness and persistence.

Because he has a similar personality - he can obviously go into the water and catch fish, but he insists on using a fishing rod, and would rather get nothing than catch fish.

This kind of stubborn character can create a sense of mutual understanding!

Chu Wuji chuckled and said:

"In the future, if I encounter an opponent who possesses powerful weapons, can I use the excuse of unfairness as an excuse to demand that they ban their weapons?"

The same goes for me. I hadn't slept for several days, but I was still able to hold on for so long in your hands. Wasn't it because you, Miss Yun, let me off the hook? "

Yun Qingying hesitated to speak, unable to think of any way to refute him.

Princess Jing'an suggested going down the mountain on the pretext of "settling the fox family", and the topic of the martial arts competition was not continued.

The two groups of people walked together, following the sunset down the mountain and returning to the capital.

In the streets shrouded in darkness, everyone went home.

In front of the palace,

Wen Yaoer didn't want Chu Wuji to leave, so she said:

"Brother Chu, please bring Aunt Bai over for dinner, and we'll build a nest for the fox family together tonight, okay?"

Princess Jing'an also made up her mind:

"Let me, your stepmother, take the initiative for once and find you a room in the palace. That way, when you come back, you can stay there directly."

Chu Wuji thought that he would be leaving in a few days, so it would be difficult to refuse, so he nodded and said:

"Okay, then I'll go back and get my mother."

Chapter 42: Ning Xianzhi: Side Quest? Cut It Off!

When Chu Wuzhi returned home, his godmother was sitting in the yard enjoying the cool air.

Autumn is cool, but it is still hot sometimes during the day, as if summer has not left yet. The evening breeze after nightfall only really has a bit of autumn feeling.

Chu Wuji said apologetically:

"Mom, I'm back late. I went out of town to return the little white tiger today. Sure enough, the little guy's mother came to look for him. He's so big!"

Ning Xianzhi smiled and shook his head, saying lightly:

"I heard people on the street talking about the big white tiger in the suburbs, so I naturally guessed that you would be delayed because of this. It's not that late now, and the stars in the sky haven't even come out yet."

"Prince Jing'an's Mansion invited us to dinner. Let's go together. Otherwise, I'll light a fire and cook now and it will be too late."

"Wuji, you took advantage of the incident with the little white tiger to tell me about your plan to leave the palace?"

Chu Wuji was a little surprised. He didn't even say anything, so how did his godmother guess it? But it was a good opportunity to tell her what happened in the suburbs today.

Chu Wuzhi helped the beautiful woman onto the horse, and on the way to Prince Jing'an's Mansion, he briefly mentioned the return of the little white tiger, the adoption of a few foxes, and his encounter with Yun Qingying and her daughter.

Ning Xianzhi was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Chu Wuzhi would meet Yun Qingying on the mountain, even though she didn't find her when she went to the Yun family.

In the future, when Chu Wuzhi and Yun Qingying go to the mountain, they will have more opportunities to meet each other, so now they can be considered to have met in advance.

It seems that these two little guys are quite destined to be together.

Not only was she and Ning Xianzhi both interested in her, but they also happened to be in the finals of the same competition, and now they can occasionally run into each other in private.

Good thing!

Ning Xianzhi suddenly remembered the displeasure and confusion on Yun Qingying's face after the competition ended, and suddenly became worried again. He asked:

"Wuji, did you have any friction with that girl? Did you get into any unpleasantness?"

The horse's hooves moved briskly and slowly.