Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 230

Not long after, a white cat jumped out of the carriage, and under the gaze of a pair of eyes, she skilfully went to Xie Jingyuan’s leg.

Su Miaomiao glanced at the dog, pulled Xie Jingyuan’s Taoist robe with her cat’s claws, and covered herself.

Xu Shou understood that the Taoist master had acquiesced, maybe Su Miaomiao slept like that when she stayed in the Taoist master’s room at night a while ago.

Although it seemed inappropriate, the Taoist master had his own reasons.

At dawn, they continued on their way.

It was a rainy day that day, but luckily there was a county town in front of them, so Xu Shou rushed into the city gate before the rain became heavier and found an inn.

Su Miaomiao hated the rain, so she was in Xie Jingyuan’s arms and refused to transform into a human form. She also said, “I will pretend to be the Taoist master’s cat, and you can book one less room, saving money.”

Gu Jialing asked, “Then you won’t have dinner?”

“I won’t eat.”

At noon, the Taoist master made grilled fish, and she was very full.

Gu Jialing didn’t care much, he just wanted to see if there was anything delicious in the inn, so he left the carriage first with an umbrella.

Xie Jingyuan looked at the cat in his arms. The cat’s fur was white and soft, it was really not good to get wet by the rain.

So, he hugged Su Miaomiao in one hand and got out of the carriage with an umbrella in the other one.

The rain dripped down the umbrella surface, and Su Miaomiao hid in Xie Jingyuan’s arms more.

Xie Jingyuan strode into the inn, and asked the storekeeper for two rooms, one for him, and one for Xu Shou and Gu Jialing.

After a simple dinner, it was completely dark, and the three of them and one cat went back to their room.

Xie Jingyuan booked the most common room, which was even more shabby than the room he had in Qingxu Temple. The bed looked very old, and the only set of table and chair seemed to have been used for an unknown number of years.

Gu Jialing’s complaints came from next door, and soon he paid out of his own pocket to get a better room. After a while, Xu Shou went to the new room to find Gu Jialing.

Xie Jingyuan shook his head and let them be.

He sat by the window, looking out at the street.

He watched so intently that it aroused Su Miaomiao’s curiosity. She also jumped over, squatted in front of him, and raised her head to look out.

There were not many pedestrians on the street, and everyone hated the heavy rain. They either held umbrellas or covered their heads with their sleeves, and ran very fast.

Seeing those people splashing clusters of water seemed to be really fun.

And Xie Jingyuan’s gaze had long unconsciously lowered and landed on her cat’s head.

It was undeniable that Su Miaomiao was a very beautiful white cat, and she was still very clean. Other demons had some smell, but Su Miaomiao exuded a warm and sunny one, especially in that form. In the miserable and rainy weather, just being close to her would make people feel soothed.

If she was just an ordinary beautiful white cat, Xie Jingyuan might not be able to resist touching her head.

As soon as the idea came up, Su Miaomiao’s head moved.

Xie Jingyuan followed her gaze and saw a young Taoist guarding a young woman, rushing into the inn in a hurry.

Xie Jingyuan didn’t care.

But soon, he heard footsteps in the corridor, and the inn clerk led the two people to the room next to them.

“Excuse me, do you two want to eat?”

“Thank you, please bring us two buckets of hot water first.”

“Okay!”

Xie Jingyuan continued to watch the rain, but Su Miaomiao was attracted by the conversation next door, she heard the young woman calling the Taoist “Master”!

With the cat’s head up, Su Miaomiao asked Xie Jingyuan in a low voice, “Master, can Taoist masters get married?”

Xie Jingyuan looked at her and explained in a low voice, “Different Taoist temples have different precepts. Most of the Taoist masters in the world do not prescribe marriage.”

Su Miaomiao asked, “Can you get married?”

Xie Jingyuan looked out the window and said, “No.”

In the beginning, Qingxu Temple did not abstain from marriage. Later, a master of the temple was hurt by love. In order to prevent future generations of disciples from repeating the same mistake, he changed the rules.

Of course, he didn’t explain that to Su Miaomiao.

After waiting, the inn clerk brought up hot water, gave two buckets to the neighbor, and gave one bucket to Xie Jingyuan.

Xie Jingyuan thanked him, came in with a bucket, raised his head, and met Su Miaomiao’s eyes.

Su Miaomiao swore, “I really won’t peek again this time!”

He directly put her on the bed, and without knowing what spell Xie Jingyuan had cast, her field of vision was limited inside the bed. The outside was a vast expanse of whiteness, like clouds and fog.

Unable to see, Su Miaomiao simply curled up to sleep.

Xie Jingyuan waited until the clerk took away the bucket, then he lifted the blindfold on the bed, put on a gray Taoist robe, and sat cross-legged on the bed.

Su Miaomiao burrowed into the hollow of his legs, and sniffed with her cat nose against his waist. The smell of autumn dew on the Taoist master just after taking a bath became even better.

Xie Jingyuan ignored her and meditated.

It was raining heavily, and the people in the inn slept very early. At about three o’clock, Su Miaomiao was awakened by the sound from the next door.

She heard the young woman’s low moans, and the young Taoist’s heavy breathing.

Before she could hear more, Xie Jingyuan raised his hand, making those voices and the sound of rain outside the window disappear.

Su Miaomiao raised her head and met his cold face. Afterward, Xie Jingyuan kicked her and forbade her to sleep on him again.

Su Miaomiao could only curl up behind him.

She slept soundly, but for the first time Xie Jingyuan was restless.

He knew that it was easy to go crazy if he cultivated forcefully under such circumstances.

Unable to cultivate, sitting would only waste energy in vain. After listening to the rain for a quarter of an hour, Xie Jingyuan gave up and lay down with his clothes on.