Ma Feifei and the Divine Brush

Zhang Manor.

Zhang Yunji and his family were gathered together, speculating on the various questions the Mysterious Bookstore might pose.

Zhang Yunji didn't care. As Bookstore employee, he wasn't qualified to participate in this customer appreciation event, so he was extremely relaxed. He held the Poké Ball in his hand, wiping it with his sleeve, and pondered in his mind to ask the store owner why his Flame Emperor couldn't level up when he had a day off.

This matter has caused him a great deal of worry, turning his hair white.

Baili Chuxue sat beside Zhang Yunji, quietly embroidering a long robe. Summer was coming, and it wouldn't be appropriate to wear thick clothes anymore, so she planned to sew a few summer outfits for her family before the rainy season was over.

She didn't sign up for this feedback event either. The reason she didn't sign up was because she didn't know much about Mysterious Bookstore. Although she had been in Dubian Town for several months, Baili Chuxue had never been to Mysterious Bookstore except for the last time when it recruited 3,000 students to read the Analects.

In addition, Baili Chuxue prefers quiet and doesn't particularly like noisy activities like this.

Therefore, only Chang Kong and Liu Ying from the entire Zhang Clan signed up for this feedback event.

Then, the contrast between those who participated and those who didn't naturally became stark. Zhang Yunji and his wife were relaxed and carefree, while Chang Kong and Liu Ying had their brows furrowed and their faces were never relaxed.

The two knelt beside the table, holding calligraphy brushes in their hands. White paper was placed on the table, and they would occasionally dip their brushes in ink and scribble on the clean paper.

It was rare to see his master like this, and Zhang Yunji couldn't help but smile.

"Hmm?" Although he didn't utter a sound, he still couldn't hide anything from the great figure of the Spirit Saint.

Chang Kong looked up at Zhang Yunji and said, "Who told you to sit there?"

Zhang Yunji quickly stood up, looking respectful, and lowered his head, not daring to speak.

His wife, Baili Chuxue, couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

Chang Kong looked at Zhang Yunji, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Come on, since you were the first in our family to arrive in Dubian Town, and you're also a Bookstore employee, why don't you try to give us a question from the shop owner's perspective?"

"Huh?" Zhang Yunji was a little confused. This was too challenging. He was actually asked to Role Play the role of the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore to create questions from the perspective of the owner, simulating the Q&A test for this event!

That's ridiculous! If Zhang Yunji had the wealth of someone like the Mysterious Bookstore, would he still need to be subservient to his father-in-law? He'd be living the high life by now!

However, he only dared to think these words in his heart; it was absolutely impossible for him to say them aloud.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yunji said, "On the way back tonight, the topic I heard them discussing the most was the opening date of the Mysterious Bookstore. Given the theme of this event, there's a high chance that this will be a question on the exam."

Chang Kong and Liu Ying nodded in agreement and sat down to take notes.

"Brother, do you know when the Mysterious Bookstore opened?" Liu Ying asked curiously as she wrote down the question.

As Bookstore employee, Zhang Yunji himself is a great source of information.

Zhang Yunji nodded, saying confidently, "Liu Ying is right about that; I actually knew that."

"What day is it?" Liu Ying asked with a look of surprise.

Chang Kong also looked on with anticipation.

His wife, Baili Chuxue, looked on with admiration and encouragement, overflowing with love.

Zhang Yunji stroked his beardless chin and said, "Once, I was bored in Bookstore, and the owner told me about the hardships he endured to build the Mysterious Bookstore. He said he had a dream in which the heavens told him he was the reincarnation of the Son of Heaven, sent to the mortal world to experience the myriad aspects of life, to save countless beings, and to cultivate the supreme Dao..." (ellipsis should be placed here)

"In the dream, the heavens told the shopkeeper that there was a magic pen on the other side of the sea, and that whoever obtained it could make anything they drew come true."

"To save the world, the shopkeeper resolutely embarked on a journey to find the Divine Brush. He crossed a mountain, traversed a river, and forded a sea, enduring countless hardships and dangers, before finally obtaining the Divine Brush."

"After the shopkeeper received the Divine Brush, in order to test whether what the heavens said was true, he drew a boat, and then the boat really appeared!"

Chang Kong, Liu Ying, and Baili Chuxue listened in a daze, completely captivated by Zhang Yunji's story. They stopped what they were doing and stared at Zhang Yunji with wide eyes.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ying instinctively exclaimed, "Isn't that the Ballpoint Pen from the store?!"

Zhang Yunji gave Liu Ying a thumbs-up in agreement, saying, "That's right! The reason those books in the Mysterious Bookstore have all sorts of magical effects is because the shopkeeper diligently wrote them down stroke by stroke every day with that Divine Brush!"

At this point, Zhang Yunji couldn't help but show an expression of admiration in his eyes, saying, "The shopkeeper told me that although the Divine Brush can bring what it draws to Laifu, benefiting cultivators, he doesn't want people to have a get-rich-quick mentality, because that would be extremely detrimental to their future cultivation and affect their state of mind; that's why the shopkeeper chose to open this Bookstore, putting the magic brush into the books, so that everyone can obtain the various benefits from the books through their own efforts and understanding."

"Wow! The shop owner is amazing!" Liu Ying exclaimed, her eyes sparkling.

Chang Kong sighed and said, "The shopkeeper cares deeply for all living beings; I am no match for him!"

"Then, my husband, on what day did the shop owner open?" Baili Chuxue asked curiously.

Zhang Yunji said, "The seventh day of the seventh month!"

"The seventh day of the seventh lunar month?" Chang Kong and the others exchanged glances, something about the date seemed off.

According to everyone's investigation of Ma Feifei, before Ma Feifei's father, Ma Zhiyuan, died, Mysterious Bookstore was always a pharmacy run by his father; it was only after Ma Zhiyuan's death that Ma Feifei converted the pharmacy into Bookstore.

Ma Zhiyuan died in early September, which means that the earliest possible time for the Mysterious Bookstore to appear should also be September, not earlier.

Seeing the expressions on Chang Kong and the others' faces Zhang Yunji knew what they were wondering about, and continued, "Actually, everyone has been misled, thinking that the Mysterious Bookstore only has one branch in Dubian Town. But I heard the owner tell me personally that besides this Bookstore in Dubian Town, he has many other Bookstore properties across the sea, which have been operating for many years. This Dubian Town branch is just his newest branch."

"Hiss!" Chang Kong and the others gasped. Ma Feifei had actually opened so many of these Mysterious Bookstore!

However, if that's the case, then the possibility of it being the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is very high! After all, the question is about the opening date of the Mysterious Bookstore, not about the Mysterious Bookstore in Dubian Town.

Chang Kong and Liu Ying exchanged glances, both choosing to believe Zhang Yunji's words, and wrote down the opening date of the Mysterious Bookstore on the paper: the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

Zhang Yunji was overjoyed. His master was listening to his lectures obediently, just like a student, and even taking notes diligently. This gave him an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

"Husband, does the seventh day of the seventh lunar month have any special meaning?" Baili Chuxue asked from the side.

Zhang Yunji was taken aback, then nodded and said, "You know what, it really is! The shopkeeper told me that the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is a particularly auspicious day. On the other side of the sea, people call this day the Qixi Festival, also known as the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Festival, a festival symbolizing beautiful love."

"A festival symbolizing beautiful love..." Baili Chuxue and Liu Ying murmured to themselves, lost in thought.