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

"Yes and no... I want to visit your master, who is also a good friend of my mother, and ask her if she can take me to Jieshi City. I need to do something urgent there. By the way, I want to spar with you and give you a good beating!"

Yun Qingying didn't quite understand why this guy wanted to spar with her for no apparent reason. Could it be that he wanted to calm her down from the previous duel?

But didn’t Chu Wuji trick her into becoming his sworn brother last time, thus settling the matter of the competition?

"You can spar with me. I won't hold back and will definitely beat you up, but you have to wait, because I have to deal with a task given by my master..."

As Yun Qingying was speaking, Bi Leizhen walked over quickly. He saw Yun Qingying chatting enthusiastically with a young white-haired man wearing a bamboo hat. He was surprised in his heart, but his face showed composure.

He smiled and said, "Junior Sister Yun, is this a mortal friend?"

Intentionally or unintentionally emphasizing the difference between immortals and mortals.

"Don't interrupt me talking to him." Yun Qingying replied indifferently, turning her attention back to Chu Wuji, and continued, "I have to investigate the monster before I can spar with you."

"......" Senior Brother Bi was a little embarrassed, but his expression was normal, as if nothing was bothering him. However, there was a hint of displeasure in the look he gave Chu Wuji.

He reviewed Yun Qingying's words and muttered to himself: "Sparring with a mortal? I can do that for you!"

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At the same time, from a distance, Ning Xianzhi and Taoist Jiuwu were quietly observing the situation of their disciples.

Jiuwu Taoist was very pleased:

"My disciple has grown up and knows how to get wine for the master. He is just too afraid of giving birth, but I understand. He is still young and just needs more exercise!

Xianzhi, look what I said, if you don’t go out for a walk, you won’t know where to get some wine!”

Ning Xianzhi blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at the young man in surprise. She really didn't expect to see Chu Wuji here!

"Come to Lihuo Capital to borrow a knife, then go up the mountain to find me, and then go to Jieshi City to handle urgent matters?" she murmured.

Ning Xianzhi turned to look at her good friend. She remembered that Taoist Jiuwu had mentioned her itinerary plan before. It seemed that she was also planning to go to the vicinity of Jieshi City to dig for wine in a while.

Are you so accurate in finding wine?

Chapter 108: The little demon is causing trouble, case closed!

Chu Wuji finally caught up with the three-person team and followed them to investigate the situation of the monster's appearance. Afterwards, they could exchange ideas and go up the mountain together.

He was also holding a food box in his hand, which contained dumplings made by the princess herself, as a farewell meal for him.

Before, Chu Wuji had planned to leave after the light snow, but now that the old Si Ji has returned home to visit relatives, Chu Wuji must follow Yun Qingying's schedule.

How could he care about the few radishes randomly distributed during the solar terms? Yun Qingying stepped on the clouds and "whoosh" for a long time, which was equivalent to how long he had to travel!

However, perhaps because Yun Qingying had previously attracted hatred for him, Chu Wuzhi felt that the other man was a little hostile towards him?

This is a small problem. After these days of being tempered by the spiritual energy of the sun and the moon, he can already see the flow of spiritual energy on the cultivators.

Yun Qingying's spiritual energy seemed thinner and not very abundant, but the rhythm of its circulation was slow and orderly, much like the flow of qi and blood when a martial artist was standing in a stance, solid and steady!

The spiritual energy of the man traveling with him was a little clearer, but only a little, but overall it was rather scattered.

As for the other older sister, she's quite strong and fierce...

"Qingying, would you like some dumplings?" Chu Wuji had already eaten quite a few as snacks while waiting outside the Yun Mansion, and there were still a few left, so he asked politely.

"Eat." The girl said coldly.

Just listening to the tone, one would almost think it was a dismissive rejection.

Chu Wuji was stunned for a moment, dipped a dumpling in vinegar, and put it to her mouth. Yun Qingying wanted to say that she could pick it up by herself, but since Chu Wuji had already put it to her mouth, she was too lazy to bother and opened her mouth to take it.

Seeing this, Senior Brother Bi Leizhen's eyelids twitched, and he became even more unhappy. He thought to himself, "What is the relationship between this person and Junior Sister Yun? Not only does he call her by her name, but he's also so close to her."

The big girl rode the clouds and came over, looking at the dumplings eagerly with the look of a greedy girl.

"Big brother, why don't you ask me if I want to eat?"

...Big Brother? Me?

Chu Wuji looked puzzled and handed the plates to the other party, looking at the girl's figure.

The person who can wear a girl's skirt as a muscle tights has an extraordinary physique!

Yun Qingying seemed to know what he was thinking and reminded him, "She is twelve years old."

This twelve years old?!

Chu Wuji almost cried out in surprise, but luckily he remained calm and asked politely:

"nominal age?"

"No matter how weak he is, he must be around twelve, not twenty."

Yun Qingying felt relieved when she saw Chu Wuzhi's reaction. She had a similar reaction when she first met this junior sister a few days ago.

Later we learned that this girl often helped the Jiuwu Taoist to serve wine. She carried a big wine jar and filled her master's wine gourd with wine. She had developed this physique unknowingly.

In just two sentences, Quan Leida had finished eating the dumplings and said sweetly, "Thank you, it's delicious", with a bold yet girlish cuteness.

......

After a few words, the group arrived at the scene of the incident, on the outskirts of a town.

Standing high in the air, you can clearly see many animal corpses lying on a small hill, including cats, dogs, red foxes, snakes, chickens, etc.

Such a mess of animal species don't seem to appear at the same time in the wild, and they shouldn't die in such a scene.

If it weren't for the fact that it is winter now and the leaves in the forest are withered and there are no branches to block the view, it probably wouldn't be so easy to spot.

“How cruel…”

Quan Leida frowned. After all, she was only twelve years old. She found it hard to accept the sight of so many small animals dying in front of her. She took out a magic weapon, the Thunder Cone, and used it to protect herself.

Bi Lei looked around vigilantly, flew around again, and analyzed:

"Did they deliberately leave the bodies here? I guess it was the work of the little demon who just transformed. There are no animal corpses anywhere else, they are all concentrated here!

But why is there no demonic aura? How could it be hidden so well?"

The little demon that just transformed can't be too powerful. Any movement can leave clues. It shouldn't be so clean.

There is not a single trace of demonic energy left within the area of ​​several miles!

The last time Yun Qingying faced the demon clan was on the way up the mountain. That big white snake really opened her eyes to the world.

Now she is much calmer. No matter how powerful the monster is, it will be difficult to surpass the big white snake!

But the current situation here is indeed bizarre...

It has a cruel heart and knows how to erase all traces of its own aura, and it does it so well. After a period of time, when its cultivation level is improved, this little demon will target the human people!

Chu Wuji had a vague guess, but he still had to confirm it, so he said:

"Qingying, can you control the clouds to descend? Let me see the dead appearance of these little animals up close."

Bi Leizhen frowned and said, "If we get this close to the ground, we might alert the enemy and lure the little demon out to attack us."

Chu Wuji said as a matter of course: "That's better, just get rid of it and save the trouble of searching."

Yun Qingying did not argue. She lowered her altitude and finally came directly to the ground, holding the hilt of the sword, alert to potential attacks.

Chu Wuji examined several animal carcasses in succession, walked around this "mass grave" and gave a confirmed answer:

"There shouldn't be any monsters here. They all ran here on their own and froze to death."

The footprints of these small animals running around can be seen everywhere, rather than the corpses being densely piled up here.

Senior Brother Bi was determined to challenge, and he asked:

"Do you think your explanation is reasonable? Faced with such a bizarre situation, are you just going to give a perfunctory answer and hastily close the case?"

The older girl nodded repeatedly. She had a good impression of Chu Wuji, but she also felt that the answer was a bit hasty.

"If you're going to freeze to death, why would you run to the same place? This scene is a bit weird, isn't it?"

Yun Qingying said nothing. She believed in Chu Wuzhi's ability to survive in the wild, so she looked at him, waiting for him to give a detailed explanation.

Chu Wuji said:

"These small animals were basically released here by Buddhist believers doing good deeds. They don't belong here, have no food, are unfamiliar with the environment, and so they froze to death."

He was so sure because he had encountered this kind of thing in the past.

At that time, Chu Wuji faced the same bizarre scene of corpses. He was both scared and excited, thinking that he could finally see a monster. It turned out that the monks and nuns took the small wealthy businessmen who came to worship Buddha to release animals in the wild to do good deeds.

If it were other seasons, the small animals would scatter and run away, but in winter they would easily freeze to death.

Especially when they are locked in cages and transported to the suburbs, they may be hungry and very weak.

As for why they died in all of them in this place, it was probably because some small animals died here first, and then other small animals came to eat the corpses to replenish their body temperature and survive the winter nights, but they died before they could finish eating.

It is estimated that no one fed them when they were transported here, and they were basically so weak that they were about to die when they were released.

It would be more accurate to say that they are here to dump corpses rather than to release small animals.

Yun Qingying had never encountered such a thing before. She asked in disbelief:

"Brother Chu, are you saying this is a misunderstanding? Man-made?"

Chu Wuji continued to examine the animal corpses, becoming more and more certain of his guess:

"Yes, the few black dogs that died here all looked like they could be trained as hunting dogs. With dogs like that around, there couldn't be such a mixed crowd of 'residents' nearby."

Wild dogs with hound-like appearance are quite fierce, and their territories are relatively clean, so it is difficult for so many kinds of small animals to appear at the same time.

Only in winter can you have the chance to encounter such a spectacle in the suburbs, which cannot be seen in other seasons.

At this time, Quan Lei Da noticed the movement nearby and immediately called his companions to go there.

......

At the edge of a river a few miles away, the water showed signs of freezing, but it was still flowing with difficulty. From time to time, the sound of broken ice hitting rocks could be heard.

A monk who had returned to secular life brought a group of people to do charity and release animals.

The clothes of these people were thick and new, and they all looked like they were from well-off families.

They went to the market, picked up something from a random stall, and then released it there.

This time they bought things from the fish-killing stalls. Many people emptied the wooden barrels they brought and poured out the dying fish, while others put in sashimi.

The water flow is shallow in winter. When the big fish falls, its head hits the sharp rocks and dies instantly. The brain and blood are washed away by the water.

The fish fillets flowed away relatively smoothly, and some of them got stuck in the cracks of the rocks, which was harmless.

Others release mountain spring water and pour a bucket of water directly into the stream, which is also considered a good deed.

After the release of the animals, the lay monks and nuns led the group in chanting sutras, and finally stood with their palms together and said:

"Dear donors, your good deeds are immeasurable! The Buddha will surely bless you with prosperous business, good luck, good health, and a smooth year!"

The three disciples of the Shenxiao Sect were all stunned. They thought that there was a monster causing trouble nearby, but how could Chu Wuji really be right?

Quan Leida was still young and didn't have a deep feeling about this kind of thing. He just said with regret:

"It would be great if I could put such tender fish fillets into the hot pot first and then into my mouth..."

Yun Qingying couldn't believe that there were actually people who could do good deeds like this, and sighed:

"You just release the animals, and don't care about whether they live or die afterwards?"

Bi Leizhen was speechless. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have suspected that it was arranged by Chu Wuji. Why would people in the world really do such a ridiculous thing to do good?

"Meat is precious to the people. Cooking a pot of fish porridge and handing it out on the street is better than this! Absurd..."

Chu Wuzhi didn't say anything. It wasn't the first time they met. He was waiting for Yun Qingying to finish expressing her feelings and then find a place to discuss it with her.

"Hey, another person doing good deeds has come?" said the eldest sister.

The charity team by the stream, those wealthy and kind donors have already left.

A man who looked like a merchant walked up to the monks and nuns, made a Buddhist greeting gesture, and gave them a large string of copper coins.

"Venerable Monk, this is the incense money! Thank you for leading those kind people to buy all the things on my stall. This is indirectly helping me to accumulate merit! Could you continue to donate to my stall next time?"

The lay monks and nuns looked indifferent to money and shook their heads.

"We have to queue up. That butcher in the west of the city feels that he has committed a great sin by killing animals, but he relies on this for his livelihood. Next time, I will help him accumulate merit."

"understand!"