Mo Tianliao looked at Taishi in his hand and was speechless for a long time. This was the thing that contained all of the Tiandi Wisdom? For some reason it didn’t feel that way.
“I told you it was a piece of trash.” Qingtong looked at the big mouth with revulsion, to think that Mo Tianliao had lost his life over such a thing. It was an utter embarrassment.
“Kitty nyaa, don’t say that.” Taishi flew to Qingtong and circled around him. “You just don’t know me yet, I’m very good.”
Saying this, the big tortoiseshell mouth instantly turned into a longsword, it also fitted itself with a magnificent scabbard, then it turned back into a mouth and said, “I can become a flying sword.”
Once it said that, it rapidly turned into a changdao, then a bow and arrow, and then a set of hidden weapons. No matter what it turned into, it was always made of a tortoiseshell -coloured hard material. Every time it changed, it turned into a mouth afterwards and commented, “I can turn into a changdao, a bow, or into invincible hidden weapons. We have everything. There’s nothing you can think of that I cannot change into.”
Taishi’s voice was so shrill that Qingtong had a headache. He raised his hand and slapped it down.
It had been selling itself with all its might just a moment ago, but now the divine weapon suddenly turned into a fallen leaf and drifted miserably down to the bottom of the flying boat. When it noticed that no one was catching it, it flew back and hid behind Mo Tianliao. It turned back into a mouth and continued to prattle incessantly, “Master, I tell you, this cat should not be indulged. He needs to be taught a lesson, only then will he become well-behaved— Ow! Hot hot hot!”
Mo Tianliao had caught the big mouth, held it in his hand and ignited his woodfire. The divine weapon was not afraid of any fire, but only of the woodfire that had made it.
After being burned, Taishi became quiet. It dejectedly turned into a tortoiseshell flower, lying on the planks of the flying boat and even scattering several petals to complete its scene of “the abandoned flower withers, welcoming death as a relief”.
Qingtong flicked it, but the divine weapon remained unmoved and did not speak. He sneered and said, “This piece of trash has been circulating in auction houses for hundreds of years, I’m afraid it has thoroughly learnt how to deceive from those unscrupulous salesmen.”
Mo Tianliao rubbed his forehead, he had a headache. He never would have thought that Taishi, this tool, would end up like this. He had thought that when he brought out the Wisdom inherent to all heavenly materials and earthly treasures, it would still be a shy little ball of light.
“That’s not what they say,” Taishi heard the two people talking and couldn’t help interrupting. “Engaging with the world or retreating from the world are both spiritual practices, oily salesmen also have their own advantages.”
Mo Tianliao grabbed the big mouth. “We will arrive at the sect soon. You’re not allowed to speak when there are people present, you’re also not allowed to move around.”
“Then what should I turn into?” Taishi flew to the top of Mo Tianliao’s head and saw the fire-attribute spiritual sword. “Master, even though you have me you still use another spiritual weapon! That’s my place! ”
Woyun Sect, quiet and peaceful as ever.
After some punishment, Taishi obediently turned into a tortoiseshell wrist-guard, which was fastened to Mo Tianliao’s right wrist. Mo Tianliao had wanted to visit the Sect Leader first, his Master, however, made a straight line towards Woqing abode and he could only follow him.
“Shizu! Shishu!” The second-generation disciples in the abode had been diligently and conscientiously practicing the sword. When they saw Qingtong they all saluted simultaneously. Qingtong went straight to Qingning Palace without even a nod.
Mo Tianliao followed behind Master, nodding slightly to the disciples.
“Was that shishu?” The disciples looked at the black-clad man whose spiritual strength had massively increased. When shishu had left three months ago, they recalled that he was still only at the beginning stage of Foundation Establishment, was he not? Why did it look like…
“Shishu, has already formed his core…” Su Heng, the second-generation disciple with the highest cultivation, saw it at a glance.
“What?!” The crowd was amazed. How was that possible? No matter how talented a person was, it was impossible to form a core in three months!
“Shixiong, you are mistaken, right?!”
“How is it possible, he has a common dual root!” There were some second-generation disciples who were unconvinced. How could a dual root surpass a heavenly root and produce a core in less than two years? That had got to be a joke, right? The heavenly root cultivator who had started with Mo Tianliao had not even reached Foundation Establishment yet!
Entering the bamboo forest in front of Qingning Palace, the sound of crunching could be heard. A colourful tiger was lying on its back on the small pavilion, holding a piece of bamboo and gnawing at it enthusiastically. The thick bamboo tube had already been gnawed on until its fibres were exposed. A flamefox sat beside the tiger and looked at him with a resigned expression. “Meng Hu, are you listening to me?”
The big tiger tilted his head back and looked at the fox upside down. “I heard you, but Master hasn’t come back yet. Since Master isn’t here to take me to the Three Sects Conference, then why should I go?”
“My Master and Xuanji shishu will both go. You are the only one in Woqing abode now. Who else could go?” The flamefox raised his paw and patted the big tiger on the head. “It’s already been decided.” Once he said that, he turned to leave.
“Ah, Yan Lie shixiong.” The big tiger stood up and rushed to block the flamefox ‘s way, but he got up in such a hurry that he tripped over the bamboo tube he had been playing with and ended up flattening the flamefox under his body.
The flamefox struggled but could not extricate himself. There was a flash of red light and Yan Lie, dressed in a red wide-sleeved robe, appeared under the tiger. He raised his hands, preparing to lift the big tiger…
When Qingtong and Mo Tianliao arrived, they were greeted with just that scene.
A gorgeous half zhang long tiger and a man with peach blossom eyes laying underneath him, their positioning looked rather lewd.
Mo Tianliao supressed a smirk. “Shixiongs, sorry for intruding.”
Yan Lie pushed the big tiger away, stood up, gave a dry cough and bowed a salute to Qingtong. “Shishu is back.”
“Mm-hm,” Qingtong replied and sat down in the rocking chair. “Go and tell your Master.” The implication was that he was not going to visit the Sect Leader.
Yan Lie was already quite used to this. “I came today to discuss the matter of the Three Sects Conference. It’s fortunate that shishu just happened to come back. Please instruct me, shishu.”
Qingtong frowned slightly. The Three Sects Conference, the grand gathering of the three major sects, which usually took place once every 100 years. He calculated and realized that it was indeed time. “This excellency will discuss it with Tianlang later.”
“Yes,” Yan Lie answered deferentially and retired.
“Master!” The big tiger grabbed the rocking chair and leaned over to rub his head on the back of Master’s hand.
Qingtong slapped him, took out the white fox from the bracelet and put it on the tiger’s head.
The big tiger was stunned and lifted his eyes as much as he could to see the white fluffy thing on his head. “Master, should I give it to the Sect Leader or will it go directly to Yan Lie?” After all, this was a fox.
The little fox could, of course, understand the big tiger’s words. When he heard this, he immediately jumped down and became a white-clad youth. He knelt on the ground with a thump and grabbed Qingtong’s knees. “Allow me to follow you. Sir, I beg of you, don’t send me away.”
The white fox thought that he would rather be eaten by the Great Beast than be a cultivator’s spiritual pet. He had timidly followed this Qingtong for so long, when he abruptly heard that he would send him to someone else, he absolutely refused.
“But you are a fox.” The big tiger paced a circle around the boy. Woqing abode was full of tigers, (of course, there was also a scratching post) it would not be appropriate to keep a fox.
“Keep him for now, we’ll talk about it later.” Qingtong gave a wave of his hand, grabbed the young man by the scruff of his neck, turned him back into a fox and threw him at the tiger’s head.
The big tiger tilted his head and felt the furball on top of his head trembling, it was pretty pitiful. Without saying anything else, he started to walk, planning to take the fox to eat some meat. Suddenly he heard a click and lowered his head. He saw a tortoiseshell-coloured tiger trap just about to open, he had placed his front paw exactly in the middle of it.
“Roaaaar” The big tiger got a fright and immediately leaped.
“Eek, so scary.” The tiger trap turned into a big mouth and mocked him, laughing like a crow.
Mo Tianliao tried to grab Taishi, that troublemaker. “What did I just say?”
“You said I was not allowed to speak in front of people. This is not a person; it is a tiger.” Taishi flew in circles around Mo Tianliao’s hand. Seeing the big tiger looking at it curiously, Taishi turned back into a tiger trap, click-clacking as if it were about to bite him.
The big tiger was so afraid his tail puffed up; he took the fox and ran away as fast as his legs could carry him.
Mo Tianliao rubbed his forehead, turned to look at Master, and found that Qingtong had fallen asleep at some point. He sighed and summoned a maid to bring a blanket to cover him.
“This cat is really beautiful. He’s better than the furnaces I saw at the auction houses.” Taishi had already flown back unnoticed, it was floating behind Mo Tianliao, clicking its tongue and sighing dramatically.
“He tore his soul for me. Do you know any way to fix it?” Mo Tianliao raised his hand and gently brushed away a fallen hair that had landed on the beauty’s cheek, then grabbed the big floating mouth and held it in his palm, asking in a low voice.
The big mouth twisted this way and that, trying to escape from the palm that could set its ass on fire at any given moment. “If you feed me a Nine-Souls Crystal, I’ll tell you.”
Little Fox: I want to stay here
Big Wet Brother: You can’t, we only keep tigers here
Fox: *points at Carpenter* What is he then?
Big Wet Brother: He’s a scratching post for tigers
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Taishi: Master, even though you have me you still use another spiritual weapon! That’s my place!
This thing is like a combination of a maiden and a used car salesman
This is the last extra chapter. Thank you so much for the ko-fi, dear reader!