Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Thief Is a Cat
Xiaoqing had long been immune to Liu Zhao's threat, and it continued to scrutinize this new territory.
When Sirius slowly rose and the Milky Way loomed in the sky, Liu Zhao had already drunk most of the bottles of wine. She looked at the long-lost Milky Way, recalling that when she was a child, her grandmother pointed to the starry sky on a summer night and told her the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
"Liu Zhao, look what you left on the stairs! Hey, woman, it's just a mess. Slightly drunk, Liu Zhao heard Xiaoqing's complaint. Looking for prestige, he saw the little snake, which was crawling towards him with its tail wrapped in a package much larger than it.
With a wave of her hand, she beckoned Xiaoqing into her arms along with the package. Looking at the small cloth bag wrapped in blue and white cloth, she struggled to recall the original location of the package.
"Well, this is what Grandma put in a drawer, right? I don't think I'm impressed! She muttered to herself. The packing technique is obviously commonly used by grandma, and she is familiar with untying the knot of the package.
In the blue and white cloth bag, there is an old inkstone, which is placed in a red sandalwood box. The background color is turquoise, and there are a few white spots like eyes on the top of the inkstone.
In addition to this inkstone, there is also a small brocade box with a yellow satin surface. When the lid of the box was opened, there was a white jade pendant inside, shining with a cold halo in the moonlight at night.
She held up the jade pendant, the pulp was old, the carving was fine, and she didn't see anything strange.
Wrapping the cloth again as it was, she pointed to Xiaoqing's little head and said, "You glutton, don't you covet this jade pendant?" ”
"Isn't it that I haven't tasted jade, people are very curious!" Xiaoqing is rarely shy.
"When I have time, I'll go to the mall that sells jade and buy you a few pieces to satisfy your hunger." Liu Zhao looked at this death because he was greedy for snakes, and the feeling of being calculated rose again.
"But!" Liu Zhao's tone changed and became stern: "What my grandmother left me, you are not allowed to steal it!" If I find out, you're going to die! ”
"Well, I know" Xiaoqing put his tail on the top of his head, and every time it looked, Liu Zhao couldn't bear to be too harsh on it.
"Huh? There is a demonic spirit! Suddenly, Xiaoqing poked her head out from under her tail, and her little golden eyes patrolled around vigilantly.
Liu Zhao's alcohol was also a little sober, and she spread her divine sense around, and for a long time, she didn't find anything.
Uneasily, she took out the bronze mirror that Hu Jiu gave her, took herself as the center of the circle, and looked around it, and the scenery in a radius of thousands of miles was in full view.
In the mirror, nothing was found except for a passing wild cat and a few pheasants sleeping among the branches.
"Did I say you were distracted because I taught you?" Throwing the bronze mirror into the space, Liu Zhao flicked Xiaoqing's head again.
"Just now, really, like, there is...... Demonic spirit. Xiaoqing said in the end, and she was not very sure.
"Gotcha, you can find the monster here yourself, I'll go to cultivate!" Liu Zhao hugged the small cloth bag and walked towards the house.
"Hey, wait for me!" Xiaoqing quickly jumped on Liu Zhao's wrist. Just kidding, it followed Liu Zhao in vain, isn't it because of the Roselle space!
Putting the cloth bag back to its original place, Liu Zhao took Xiaoqing into the Roselle space.
Looking at the more than a dozen pieces of mahogany furniture neatly placed in the center of the meadow, Xiaoqing complained: "The chaotic aura here is the best place to breed spiritual herb elixir, look at you, don't say anything about planting some herbs, and use this place as a warehouse!" ”
While complaining, it climbed to the side of the huge snow lotus that it often stayed on, and looked up to the sky and sighed, "Destroy the heavens! ”
"You know what? Your master, I am the laziest cultivator in the world! I'm too lazy to plant things. Besides, the thought of the elixir and spirit grass that I have grown is estimated to have become your food, and I am even lazier! Liu Zhao sat cross-legged in the middle of the sea of flowers, and after saying a few words, he entered the state of cultivation.
"Hey, if I had a partner who could help me take care of this space, I'd be willing to be a gardener!" Xiaoqing muttered to herself, like a miser, counting the types and quantities of various flowers in the sea of flowers.
Liu Zhao guided the chaotic aura over and over again to gradually transform into flowing water in the meridians, and drop by drop flowed into the dantian. The color of the waterhole gradually changed from a faint light blue to a darker and darker, and she was satisfied, but still a little anxious.
At this rate, when will we no longer be afraid to hide from the dead fox?
Thinking of Hu Jiu's fox eyes shining like beasts, Liu Zhao's mood was confused, she stopped the operation of the soft water and slowly opened her eyes.
Standing up, dusting off the thick petals that had fallen all over her body, she asked Xiaoqing, who was pretending to sleep under the snow lotus: "Xiaoqing, how long has it been?" ”
"Well, according to the time outside, it's been two days." Xiaoqing tilted her head to think about it, and replied affirmatively.
"Let's go out and have a look! After all, no one in the family will make people suspicious. After speaking, he picked up Xiaoqing, who was still lying on the ground, and flashed out of the space.
"Ahh Youkai have been here! As soon as Xiaoqing came out, he raised his head and spit out the snake letter.
"There are really youkai here!" Liu Zhao wondered if there would be demons in this place of human activities.
"Look, you still don't believe me!" Xiaoqing remembered Liu Zhao's words not long ago, and it could finally clear its name.
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and see, what is this monster doing in our house?" Liu Zhao glanced at the cautious Xiaoqing and searched around the villa.
Following the demonic aura remaining in the air, she came to the study on the second floor. On the desk, the blue and white cloth bag was opened, and the bright yellow brocade box was thrown to the ground, and the jade pendant inside was gone!
Picking up a suspicious tuft of brown hair on the table, she suddenly remembered the wildcat that had flashed in the bronze mirror.
"Is it? Cat demon? The light in Liu Zhao's eyes swept away, and she took out the bronze mirror from the space again and searched around.
Xiaoqing also put her head in front of the bronze mirror and searched inside. Suddenly, Liu Zhao's hand holding the bronze mirror stayed in one direction.
"Found it!" Xiaoqing cheered. In the bronze mirror, a tall old tree appeared, and a black-brown flower cat was sleeping soundly on the branch of the leafy tree, and under its belly, a small piece of white jade was exposed.
"Can a cat become a demon? This world is really getting more and more exciting! Xiaoqing looked at the little demon whose level was obviously inferior to herself, and her sense of superiority suddenly rose.
"I don't care if it's a cat or a demon, but my things can't just be stolen!" Liu Zhao looked at the big cat that was sleeping lazily, and said hatefully: "Go, go hunt the demon!" ”
"I can't beat the demon king, can't I beat the kitten demon?" Liu Zhao transferred his resentment towards Hu Jiu to the thief cat.
Spotting the direction, she offered a colorful veil, low against the ground level, and flew away from the tree where the cat lived.