"Ling'e, what has your senior brother been up to lately? I couldn't find him even when I went to the alchemy room."
"Uncle, I don't know either. Senior Brother cleared out a patch of land at the back of the mountain recently and goes there every few days. It seems like he's researching a divine ability."
"Hmm..."
Jiu Jiu planted her hands on her hips and thrust out her chest, pondering for a while.
"Ling'e, while using a single-character form of address does sound intimate, could you call me Jiu instead? 'Uncle' is a bit too much. Do I really look that much like a tomboy?!"
Ling'e lowered her head to glance at a certain sin of the mortal world beside her, then sighed softly. "Martial Uncle, have you run out of wine?"
"Hehe." Jiu Jiu smiled a little sheepishly. "I've been wanting to enter seclusion lately, so the shortage is rather serious. I thought I'd see whether your senior brother had any work lately that needed extra hands... Does your senior brother need anyone?"
"Martial Uncle, you've already helped our Lesser Qiong Peak so much before." Ling'e pursed her lips in a smile and took out a treasure pouch. "Senior Brother already instructed me before. He had long prepared this for Martial Uncle."
"Then why didn't you take it out earlier?!"
Jiu Jiu immediately perked up, snatched the treasure pouch over, and checked the 'stock' inside. At once, she burst into hearty laughter.
It perfectly acted out the subtle shift in mindset before and after borrowing money.
"How can there be wine without dishes? Come on, let's see which spirit beast is sick!"
"Lingli said yesterday that several Guan-Guan Birds were ready to eat. Let's roast two today. We also need to send two over to the elders at