Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 224

“Why have they been away for so long and haven’t come back yet?”

Gu Jialing flew from the branch to Xu Shou. Just as he lowered his head to look into Xu Shou’s eyes, he suddenly raised his eyelids, and the big black dog eyes startled him.

His eyes lit up, and he flew back to the branch to look in the direction of the town, and sure enough, he saw a carriage slowly driving toward that side.

Xu Shou thought to himself that apart from having children, there was nothing in that world that Taoist masters couldn’t do.

The wheels were rolling, and the carriage finally stopped in front of the two demons.

There was a rich merchant in Chenxian Town who once received the favor of Qingxu Temple. Xie Jingyuan borrowed the carriage from that rich merchant.

The wealthy businessman was very generous. He lent out his newly bought carriage, and even replaced the brocade cushion inside with a new one.

Before Xie Jingyuan got out of the carriage, Gu Jialing flew in from the side of the curtain, and saw that Su Miaomiao inside had turned into a human figure, wearing a fairy-like white dress and sitting on the main seat. There was a large bowl in her hand which contained a bunch of snacks, including beef jerky, dried fish, melon seeds, walnuts, candied fruit, etc. The aroma of various foods filled the place.

Gu Jialing was furious, and while turning into a human, he glared at Su Miaomiao and said, “I knew that you guys should have eaten something good!”

With that said, Gu Jialing was about to snatch the big bowl from Su Miaomiao’s hands.

Su Miaomiao held the bowl in one hand, and gently raised the other hand, showing her sharp nails toward him.

Although Gu Jialing had a high level of cultivation, he had a kind of fear of cats and tigers from the bottom of his heart, so he couldn’t help but pause.

Xie Jingyuan suddenly opened the curtain, and gave the two of them a cold look, “No fighting or making noise.”

Su Miaomiao obediently stopped, picked up a small dried fish and took a bite.

Xie Jinghyuan gave Xu Shou the buns. But when the dog smelled the meat, he refused to take them no matter what.

Xie Jingyuan persuaded him, “Eat, you don’t have to strictly abide by the precepts in the temple after you go down the mountain.”

Only then did Xu Shou transform into a strong man in black, and took the two meat buns with both hands.

Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing were both people who liked beauty, and the clothes they transformed into were exquisite silks and satins that even excellent embroiderers in the world may not be able to weave them.

Xu Shou may have lived in the village for a long time, and the villagers all wore common clothes, so his transformed clothes were ordinary.

Xie Jingyuan said to the three demons, “To go to Fucheng, we will pass many places. Do you want to keep your original form, or turn into a human? No matter what, once you choose, you can not change it, so as not to attract suspicion.”

In the human world, demons were like mice crossing the street. Everyone shouted and beat them, but they were more scared than mice.

Xu Shou said, “I will pretend to be the coachman and guard.”

Su Miaomiao thought that there must be more restaurants and gourmet food in Fucheng, so for the convenience of eating, of course, she had to use a human form.

Xie Jingyuan said, “Alright, you two will pretend to be a pair of rich siblings. I was entrusted by you to hunt down this fox, and now I will escort you to Fucheng to sell it. When people ask me on the way, that’s what I’ll say.”

Su Miaomiao looked at Gu Jialing and said with disgust, “I don’t have such an ugly brother.”

Gu Jialing said in disgust as well, “I don’t have an ugly sister like you either!”

Xu Shou recalled their habits, and suddenly felt that they were siblings  who had been separated for many years.

“Taoist Master, you can get in the carriage too, I’ll take care of the rest.”

When Xie Jingyuan glanced inside,  Gu Jialing immediately looked at Su Miaomiao and said, “The Taoist master is about to get in the carriage, why don’t you give up the main seat?”

Inside the carriage, on the northside was a narrow couch that could accommodate Su Miaomiao to sleep with her legs curled up. At that moment, she was leaning on one head with her back and her legs resting comfortably on it.

On the left side of the main seat was a side seat that could accommodate two people sitting side by side, and on the right side was a five-three-story mahogany cabinet to store the necessary items in the carriage.

Su Miaomiao looked at Xie Jingyuan questioningly, “Does the Taoist master want to sit by my side?”

Xie Jingyuan lowered his eyes and said, “No need.”

With that said, Xie Jingyuan got into the carriage and sat cross-legged with his back against the mahogany cabinet.

Su Miaomiao thought for a while, and leaned in another direction, so that her upper body was very close to Xie Jingyuan.

He glanced at the hem of her skirt, and moved toward the door.

Gu Jialing gloated, “Look, the Taoist master is smelling like a cat.”

Upon hearing that, Su Miaomiao threw melon seeds at him.

Xie Jingyuan’s brows were slightly frowned, and he made a rule, “Firstly, no noise is allowed in the carriage and secondly, no fighting is allowed. Those who break the law will have to enter the spirit animal bag.”

Su Miaomiao didn’t dare to throw melon seeds anymore, and Gu Jialing didn’t dare to make noise anymore.

Xie Jingyuan instructed Xu Shou and then closed his eyes and started practicing.

Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing concentrated on eating their respective snacks. Su Miaomiao was alright, but not being able to talk would kill Gu Jialing. After holding back for a while, he got out and sat outside chatting with Xu Shou.

But there was only a door panel between the inside and outside of the carriage, so he could hear it from inside.

Noticing that Xie Jingyuan was frowning deeply, Su Miaomiao knew that he couldn’t take it anymore, and said, “Taoist Master, you can create an enchantment, I’m going to sleep later.”

Not hearing any movement from Xie Jingyuan, Xu Shou’s voice came in, “Do it, Taoist Master. I will take good care of him.”

Xie Jingyuan did it at that moment.

Once the barrier was cast, the interior of the carriage seemed to form a space of its own, which isolated Gu Jialing’s noise and rolling wheels.

Xie Jingyuan sat quietly again, the only sound in the carriage was the sound of Su Miaomiao peeling melon seeds.

Xie Jingyuan looked at her.