Wang Shuo returned home with Mao Xiaomeng, and the two of them simply ate some lunch and began to cultivate, spitting out the essence of the sun at noon, and waited until more than two o'clock in the afternoon to stop spitting.

"Whew," exhaled the last breath of turbidity, Wang Shuo stood up from the ground, turned his head to the cat Xiaomeng on the side and asked, "How do I feel that the essence in the dantian is full?" It seems that I can no longer absorb the essence of the sun. ”

"Of course, human beings don't have a demon pill to store the essence of the sun and the moon, so they can only absorb some of it to urge the Dao method, and then absorb it when they run out," Mao Xiaomeng explained casually, stretched her waist and stood up.

"I see," Wang Shuo nodded abruptly.

"That's right," Mao Xiaomeng, who was about to walk to the kitchen, suddenly seemed to remember something, turned to Wang Shuo and said, "Wait a minute, we have to go out and buy all the things that should be bought for you." ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Wang Shuo became interested, followed Mao Xiaomeng to the kitchen and sat on the chair next to the dining table, and waited for her to drink a bottle of drink before asking, "Where do I have to buy those things?" Is it expensive? You can buy it with RMB, right? ”

"The renminbi may not work, I remember that when I went with the third sister in the past, they traded with gold," Mao Xiaomeng tilted her head and thought for a long time before saying.

Hearing this, Wang Shuo was a little distressed, although his family was not short of money, but there was no habit of storing gold, and now if you want gold, you can only go to the bank to exchange it or buy it at a gold store, thinking of this, Wang Shuo told her about the current situation.

"Why don't we go and have a look first, if the RMB can't be traded, let's go and exchange some gold and come back," Hearing Wang Shuo's explanation, Mao Xiaomeng snorted a little troublesomely, she didn't want to toss like this, it might as well be used for cultivation or play if she had this time.

"Okay then, let's get over here?"

In the afternoon, Wang Shuo came to an antique market under the guidance of Mao Xiaomeng.

"New goods, new goods, first come, first served," Wang Shuo had just entered the gate of the antique market, and Wang Shuo saw two men shouting not far in front of the gate, and there was a large black flower cloth on the ground in front of them, on which were placed some knick-knacks with dirt or rust.

"What is this?" A middle-aged man passing by suddenly squatted down, picked up a small object on it and asked the two men.

"Let's go," Mao Xiaomeng pulled Wang Shuo, who was full of interest, and led him to the inside of the market.

Wang Shuo was held by Mao Xiaomeng's hand and walked forward, while walking curiously looking at the scenery on both sides of the surrounding area, he saw that there were shops on both sides of the street, and there were many stalls outside the store, some tourists were wandering on the street, from time to time someone would stop in front of the stall and ask the stall owner, some felt like it and bought it, some did not like it then continued to move forward, and many tourists walked into the shops on both sides of the street.

"Arrived," Suddenly, Mao Xiaomeng, who had been walking forward, stopped, Wang Shuo quickly put away his thoughts about playing, and looked forward in the direction of Mao Xiaomeng, and saw an antique shop called Bixuan in front.

"Let's go buy you a brush first, and then go to the next house to buy an inkstone," said Mao Xiaomeng, pulling Wang Shuo and walking into the door of the pen shop.

"Hello, what do you need?" As soon as the two entered the gate, a young man dressed in a somewhat quaint Mao suit greeted them, and he led Wang Shuo and the two to the inside with a smile on his face.

Wang Shuo glanced at the furnishings in the room with some dumbfoundedness, and saw that brushes of different sizes and shapes were placed at random, a few brushes were hung upside down from the ceiling, a few brushes were placed on a rockery, some brushes were placed on other decorations, and more brushes were neatly placed on the shelves.

"Hmm," crossed his hands and pondered for a while, and the cat Xiaomeng said to the man after a while: "Bring me three brushes, one hard and one soft, and then one and both, I want the wolf's one, and I want the one to be soft, as for the two, give me a five-purple and five-sheep one." ”

Hearing this, the smile that the young man had been hanging suddenly put away, he glanced up and down at Mao Xiaomeng, and said with some doubts: "Are you a Taoist priest?" But I didn't perceive the essence in you, what's going on? Please explain it to me, or I'll have to get you a normal brush. ”

Mao Xiaomeng snorted dissatisfiedly, joking, she didn't want to show the demon pill to a person who couldn't even detect the demon qi on her body.

Fortunately, Wang Shuo on the side came over and said, "Hello, I want to buy a brush, this is my sister." ”

The man turned his head to look at Wang Shuo, and when he noticed that Wang Shuo had a lot of essence on his body, he nodded with satisfaction, said a few words, turned around and walked into the back room, and after a while came back with an old man who was no longer young.

The old man walked in from the back room on crutches, he looked up at Wang Shuo with a pair of slightly yellowed eyes, turned his head and looked at Mao Xiaomeng again, suddenly, he was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to Mao Xiaomeng and said in a hoarse voice: "Girl, give me your hand." ”

"What?" Mao Xiaomeng frowned, crossed her hands and took a step back.

Seeing this, the old man didn't insist, sighed and asked, "Is Shaohua okay?" ”

"Third sister? Do you know my third sister? Mao Xiaomeng was stunned for a moment and reacted, and took two steps forward to the old man, and the disgusted expression on his face changed to a hint of closeness.

"Third sister? Did that girl ask you to call her Third Sister? The old man chuckled and shook his head, patted the little hand that Mao Xiaomeng took the initiative to send to his hand, and said in a somewhat helpless tone: "I am her eldest brother, it seems that from now on, we will be afraid that we will have more little sisters like you." ”

"Huh?" The young man on the side was stunned, and only reacted after a while, looked at the old man and said with some dissatisfaction: "Grandpa, why do you still like to mess around when you are so old, how old is she, you can't find me a little aunt and grandmother to come out." ”

"Hmph, you waste, this girl is a blue-eyed cat fairy who has been cultivating for hundreds of years, if she is older than me, she just looks younger in human form," the old man glared at the young man angrily, explained to him casually and said no more, took Mao Xiaomeng's hand and walked into the counter on the side, sat on the chair inside and chatted with her.

"Originally, I thought I was dazzled, but I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to see her things in my lifetime, by the way, where does Shaohua live now? Is she okay? The old man took Cat Xiaomeng's hand and stroked a string of bracelets on her wrists, and sighed.

"The third sister has passed away, and when she went out to do something, she met a few ghosts, and the third sister was accidentally seriously injured, and she died before she could go back and take the talisman water," Mao Xiaomeng's expression was a little sad.

"Huh?" The old man was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and sighed a little sadly and said, "I thought she had been angry all the time, so she didn't contact us, but it turned out that she had already passed away." Alas, I used to die to save face, but when I wanted to lose my face again, I couldn't find her, and now I can only wait for me to go down to find her. ”

Mao Xiaomeng was silent with him for a while, and waited for his mood to stabilize a little before asking again: "By the way, how did you recognize me?" Is it just this bracelet? ”

The old man smiled and raised his hand to show her, and saw that he also had a bracelet on his wrist that was the same as that of the cat Xiaomeng.

The old man looked at his bracelet and sighed: "Back then, Shaohua made a total of eight identical bracelets, one for each of our four brothers and four of their sisters. ”

"Then, did the third sister mention me to you before?" Mao Xiaomeng nodded and asked again.

"Hehe, the little girl's guard is quite heavy," the old man shook his head and continued: "We are sworn brothers and sisters, we know some things about her, even where she picked up the injured you and I know, so, seeing a century-old blue-eyed cat fairy with her bracelet and her storage bag, I naturally recognized you." ”

Hearing this, Mao Xiaomeng raised her hand and pressed her chest, and there was a small cloth bag in the clothes that was clinging to her skin.

The old man let go of Mao Xiaomeng's other hand, raised his head and commanded the young man on the side: "Xiao Jin, go and bring all the things, you want the oldest." ”

"Got it," the young man nodded, and turned to get busy, and soon walked back with three brushes in his hand.

Wang Shuo took the three brushes and held them in his arms, and asked the price when he opened his mouth.

The old man waved his hand and said, "What price are you talking about, this will be given to you as a meeting gift, by the way, you are Shaohua's grandson." ”

"No," Wang Shuo quickly shook his head and vetoed, although he was indeed the grandchild of that Zhang Shaohua according to his generation, he was indeed not her grandson.

"Oh?" The old man was stunned for a moment, his expression became a little cold, he didn't speak, and turned his head to look at the cat Xiaomeng on the side.

Mao Xiaomeng hesitated for a long time, thinking that if he really wanted to know, he should also know when he had time to attract the soul of the third sister, so it didn't hurt to simply tell him, thinking of this, Mao Xiaomeng whispered: "Well, he is the third sister's apprentice." ”

"Huh? Shaohua has taken in apprentices? When did this happen? How come our brothers don't know? Who is his apprentice? Why didn't you come to buy pens? The old man stood up a little excitedly, and when he looked at Wang Shuo again, he showed a kind expression, for the Taoist priest, the relationship between the master and the apprentice is the relationship between father and son, and Zhang Shaohua's apprentice is also his nephew or niece.

"The third sister said that she recognized me as an apprentice," Mao Xiaomeng muttered very quietly, since Zhang Shaohua told her that time, she herself has been thinking about it for a long time, indeed, she is a little too inconsiderate, if you let other Taoist priests know that they have accepted their master as an apprentice as an attached contract pet, I am afraid that there will really be some nosy guys coming to the door, maybe, they will be suppressed? Alas, I knew that I should accept apprentices on behalf of the teacher, as long as I don't accept apprentices, others can't point to the soul of the third sister and say that she has a problem with the title of contract pet.