Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 80

It was a pity that he didn’t know that the day would come in his previous life, otherwise he would have saved up the feathers he shed to make a down jacket for the Taoist master.

Xu Shou also thought of the poverty of Qingxu Temple, and thought of the Taoist master’s “shabby house” that didn’t even light a charcoal fire.

Only Su Miaomiao defensively distanced herself from Xie Jingyuan.

Her cat fur was indeed very warm, but if Xie Jingyuan dared to make a down jacket from her fur, she would rather die than follow him.

Xie Jingyuan: “…”

He should continue to drink milk tea.

At 5:30 in the morning, Xie Jingyuan put his hands down and stopped cultivating.

Although the aura was thin and the practice had no significant effect, Xie Jingyuan still insisted on meditating at night after being reborn as a habit developed in his previous life.

Before opening his eyes, Xie Jingyuan looked inside his dantian.

Due to cultivating at the age of two or three to then, he could finally accumulate a little spiritual energy in his dantian, like a puddle on a dry river bed.

That bit of aura was not enough to kill chickens and fish, but Xie Jingyuan experimented with another effect.

He got out of bed and came to the desk. On the table was a pot of Four Seasons Begonia (a flower) whose leaves were emerald green, and a few small flower buds had just grown in the middle.

Xie Jingyuan injected a bit of aura into the Four Seasons Begonia.

Unless the flowers and trees were bred with wisdom, they would only absorb the basic nutrients in the air or soil, and couldn’t absorb spiritual energy unless people help them.

After Xie Jingyuan injected the spiritual energy, the leaves of the Four Seasons Begonia did not change much, but the small flower buds obviously grew up, and their color became redder.

Xie Jingyuan poured some water on them and opened the curtains.

The snow had stopped, and a thick layer had accumulated on the ground, reflecting the lights of the street lamps, making the sky look brighter than usual.

Xie Jingyuan went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast first, but before that, he went back to the room to wash up.

When he came to the dining room, Grandma Tao was already cooking. Xu Shou scooped out the porridge and put it on the dining table. Gu Jialing woke up a little later and was still brushing his teeth.

“It’s snowing so thick outside, how will you go to school?” Grandma Tao came out with two dishes and asked worriedly.

Xie Jingyuan: “We’ll run, it’s not too cold, there is no wind.”

Gu Jialing poked his head out from the bathroom, “Won’t Uncle Su drive us?”

Xie Jingyuan: “It’s not necessary.”

Gu Jialing wailed, but didn’t complain anymore.

After eating, the three of them took their bags and waited for Su Miaomiao in the corridor.

Everyone had reached a tacit agreement, three to five minutes later, Su Miaomiao came out, followed by Su Mingan who was putting on a coat.

Xie Jingyuan: “Uncle, go to sleep for a while, we will run to school.”

Su Mingan let out an “ah” and subconsciously said, “It’s so cold now, it’s best to take the car.”

Su Miaomiao didn’t mind, she was used to training every day.

The four children persuaded Su Mingan to go back, and they set off.

At 6:30 in the morning, many office workers were still sleeping, and the snow on both sides of the road had not melted much.

Su Miaomiao and Xie Jingyuan ran side by side, passing under a tree, Gu Jialing suddenly sprinted over, kicked the tree trunk, and ran away.

The snow on the branches fell rustlingly, even though Su Miaomiao and Xie Jingyuan hid quickly, some snow got into her hair and neck, making her shrink from the cold.

She gave her bag to Xie Jingyuan, grabbed a handful of snow and went after Gu Jialing.

The morning exercise turned into a snowball fight, Gu Jialing took advantage of his long legs, threw several snowballs at her and ran away, making Su Miaomiao very angry.

Xie Jingyuan looked at Xu Shou.

Xu Shou caught up with Gu Jialing and dunked a ball of snow into his collar.

The bird dared to bully a girl because of the physical difference between men and women.

Gu Jialing’s face was full of disbelief, “You help her no matter what?!”

Xu Shou: “It’s not helping her, it’s just that you don’t like her.”

Gu Jialing: “…”

Su Miaomiao took the opportunity to catch up and stuffed another ball of snow.

The three demons ran and made noise, the snow was covered with their messy footprints everywhere. After they finished making trouble, the three demons stopped and waited for Xie Jingyuan.

Xie Jingyuan saw that there was still some snow on Su Miaomiao’s head, so he helped her dust it off casually.

Gu Jialing complained to him by pulling his collar, “Look, Taoist master, my collar is wet!”

He had some signs of a cold that morning, and it was really not good to wear wet clothes. Xie Jingyuan paused, and placed his palm on Gu Jialing’s collar.

Gu Jialing felt a kind of comfort and heat from being roasted by fire in winter. When Xie Jingyuan withdrew his hand, he touched the collar again, and found that it was completely dry.

Gu Jialing was shocked. Xu Shou was stunned, and Su Miaomiao came over to check it with her own hand.

In the end, the three demons all stared at Xie Jingyuan. Xu Shou only had pure admiration, while Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing had a kind of envy or even jealousy.

“Didn’t you say that you can’t accumulate spiritual energy?” Su Miaomiao was the first to pout, and Gu Jialing, who had been calling her names, was also standing beside her, looking at Xie Jingyuan resentfully.

Xie Jingyuan: “It only recently achieved initial results, but it’s limited, and it got drained after casting a small fire spell.”

It was true that casting spells took far more aura than growing plants.

But Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing didn’t believe it. One took Xie Jingyuan’s left arm and the other took his right arm, hoping that he would teach them.

Xie Jingyuan: “I can pass it on, but you should worship me as your master.”

Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing said at the same time, “I will worship you.”

Xie Jingyuan: “As a disciple of Qingxu Temple, you should strictly abide by the precepts of Qingxu Temple. The most basic one is not to eat meat.”

Su Miaomiao: “…” 

Gu Jialing: “…”

Xie Jingyuan: “Besides, I don’t want to hide it from you. With my qualifications, I have been meditating for thirteen years before I could condense this little aura in my body.”

Gu Jialing rolled his eyes, and suddenly spat on Su Miaomiao’s down jacket.

Su Miaomiao: “…”

Xie Jingyuan: “…”

Xu Shou: “…”