"Where's A Qiu?"
Wu Chu looked around but couldn't find the little wolf cub, so he asked.
Awoo...
A Qiu crawled out of the bushes, trembling. Its legs were a little weak as it called out to Wu Chu. When its gaze flicked toward Yueling, fear showed plainly in its eyes. It looked very well-behaved.
Wu Chu didn't know that the little wolf cub, A Qiu, had just been terrified by Yueling's eating habits and speed. A Qiu felt that its little body wouldn't even be enough for her to take a single bite.
"Senior A Chu..."
Wu Chu cleared his throat and said, "Yueling, just call me 'A Chu' or 'Brother Wu' instead! I'm someone who likes to keep a low profile. You keep calling me 'Senior' and you'll practically expose everything about me, understand?"
Yueling stared at him with her big, adorable eyes. She froze for a long while before mechanically nodding, then apologized to him. "Senior A Chu, I'm sorry!"
"You're still calling me 'Senior'?"
"A-A Chu..."
"Mm, that's right. Just like that. Come on, say it a few more times so you get used to it."
"A-A Chu, Brother A Chu, Brother A Chu..."
"..."
Brother A Chu was fine, then! It still sounded better than "Senior." That made him sound old for no reason!
Wu Chu silently pursed his lips. Still, the little Moon Spirit's soft, sweet baby voice suited her looks and age. It made even his steel-straight-man heart feel as if it were about to melt, and he wanted nothing more than to pick her up and kiss her a few times.
But in the end, he held back. After all, the little demon's appearance was that of a little girl.
Though the little demon's real age was probably enough to make her his great-great... great-grandmother.
Compared with the other little demon, Yibao, Yibao's body was smaller, but her proportions were already exquisite to the extreme. She had curves where she should and a shapely backside. Even her voice belonged to an adult, and she had a sexy style.
As for the little demon Yueling, her figure clearly hadn't developed yet. She was a true little girl, and her sweet baby voice made her seem all the more natural. She was the very picture of a cute little girl.
"Brother A Chu, please teach me the Culinary Dao!"
Little Moon Spirit parted her legs and knelt, resting both hands on the ground in front of her as she tilted her little face up in a pleading pose. This sudden kneeling request was quite a sight, and Wu Chu couldn't help taking a few extra looks. Unfortunately, the little girl was dressed like a Taoist.
He decided he'd have to find a chance to get her to change her outfit.
If the little demon Yibao struck that pose...
"There's no need to rush. This isn't something that can be done overnight. What we need to do now is improve our living conditions." Wu Chu smiled. "But speaking of which, where did you live before, Yueling?"
Yueling pointed toward a distant mountain with a pale, broken peak. "My cave abode used to be up there, but it's been smashed apart now."
"Then you can live over here from now on. I'll build you a wooden house later."
Wu Chu said it warmly, but Little Moon Spirit seemed a little hesitant. He had no idea she actually disliked the wooden house he'd built. It was too ugly and too crude.
"Brother A Chu, why don't you carve out a cave abode? Why live in a wooden house?"
I already told you I'm not some great expert!
Wu Chu grumbled inwardly, but smiled and said, "Because I like to keep a low profile!"
"Th-Then, all right!"
With Wu Chu's "help," the little girl put her skills to use. Using her Spirit Treasure, the Spirit Prime Sword, she chopped the Purple Jade Spiritwood into neat planks, then built a dainty little wooden house beside Wu Chu's home.
Neither of them knew anything about mortise-and-tenon joinery, but they could manage a simple construction. Compared with Wu Chu's little wooden house, this purple cottage was downright luxurious.
Wu Chu made up his mind: once he had time to study mortise-and-tenon joinery, he'd tear down his own shabby hut and build an even more luxurious wooden house.
After all that fuss, more than twenty hours passed in a flash. Wu Chu ate some roasted shrimp meat, then hurried back to his little wooden house to rest. He didn't even play the offline games on his phone, much less spend time thinking about other assorted things that might upset him.
That "night," he dreamed again.
The dream's scenes shifted back and forth between the sea and the mountains. At times, he became a dragon, churning rivers and seas. At others, he became a tree, looking down upon the earth and its mountains. Sometimes he wandered through primordial chaos, not knowing where he was. In the end, he woke amid a scene of heady sensuality.
Luckily, he didn't need to get up and wash his underwear.
But unfortunately, he still hadn't learned how to cultivate in the dream.
At this point in the Primordial World, the outside air was filled with Primordial Spiritual Energy. For an Acquired Being like Wu Chu, even breathing counted as cultivation; it was just a tiny bit slower.
And one thing was certain: as his constitution improved, he must have a trace of magical power inside him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to perform those spells at all.
Although the spells he cast had rather underwhelming power.
He hurried to the lake to wash his face, went to the pool for a drink of spring water, then headed into the flower fields to take care of his personal business.
After that, he returned to the little wooden house, grabbed a Purple Jade Spirit Crabapple, climbed onto a tree root, and gazed at the great lake as he silently munched on it. He thought that he had to finish building an outhouse today.
Little Moon Spirit floated back carrying a large piece of shrimp meat on a big leaf. "Brother A Chu, would you like some shrimp? I've been roasting it for a long time. It's done."
"Sure! Thanks, Yueling!"
Wu Chu took the shrimp meat Yueling handed him and leaned against the giant tree. He thought that he should make a table and some chairs later. Always sitting on the ground was hard on his pants.
His jeans were pretty sturdy, but who knew how long they'd last?
He didn't take out his phone to check the time. The days here were too long; checking the time didn't mean much to him.
But it also helped him keep from letting his mind wander.
"Delicious!"
Wu Chu gave Yueling a thumbs-up as he chewed on the shrimp.
At the sight of it, Yueling's little face blossomed into a bright smile, and her big eyes curved into crescent moons.
Suddenly, Wu Chu seemed to think of something. He looked up and asked, "By the way, Yueling, do you know how much longer until it gets dark?"
Yueling looked up at the sun, scratched her little head, and shook it. "It should still be a long time, I think! I don't know how to describe exactly how long."
Wu Chu looked at the sun in the sky, then at the time on his phone. "Yibao, Yibao, do you know?"
Little Yibao appeared on the phone screen. A golden sofa condensed from Merit Power appeared behind her. The little demon Yibao reclined lazily on it, yawning as she toyed with her long hair and shot Wu Chu a flirtatious glance.
Then she glanced at Little Moon Spirit. "By Earth time, it should be around two thirty in the afternoon. But a day in this world lasts 8,765 hours. In other words, one day here is equivalent to one year on Earth."
At those words, Wu Chu could only picture an ordinary green plant growing wildly in his heart...
Yibao continued, "It's spring now. One long night lasts more than four months by Earth time..."
"..."
How was that any different from winter?
If he didn't prepare food, he'd starve to death!
Wu Chu grumbled to himself. When he thought about facing that long "four-month" period of darkness in just "a month or so," he immediately felt uncomfortable all over.
He suddenly felt that this Primordial World was full of malice toward ordinary people like him. It simply wasn't a place for an ordinary person like him to stay.
No, he'd have to dig a cellar to store food in!
There was no need to rush into that just yet, though. He planned to fire a few pottery bowls today first. He drank cold spring water every day, and he didn't know if there were any parasites in it.
At that point, Little Moon Spirit was already thoroughly confused.
What was Earth time?
What was an hour?
What was a month? Was it that moon in the night sky?
The little wolf cub A Qiu had finished eating and returned. When it saw Wu Chu, its drooping wolf tail perked up and wagged like a dog's when it saw its master.
After the meal, Wu Chu asked Little Moon Spirit, "Yueling, is there any bamboo nearby? The kind that's hollow inside, with sections..."
"There is, Brother A Chu. What do you need it for?"
"Could you help me bring some back?"
"All right, Brother A Chu. Wait a moment!"
Then the little girl leaped into the air and flew across the great lake toward the opposite shore. Her dark hair fluttered and her robes billowed. She was like an immortal soaring on the wind, untouched by the world...
Bah, I'm just talking nonsense.
She was in a Taoist robe, and she was as flat as a board. What was there to look at?
He might as well look at the little demon Yibao instead of Little Moon Spirit!
The big fish in the lake seemed afraid to provoke the little girl Yueling. Even after her figure had disappeared from view, the great lake showed no sign of movement.
Wu Chu, meanwhile, searched for clay around the Purple Jade Spiritwood.
Before long, he found a patch of reddish soil with a strong, sticky texture. Its fine red earth gleamed with a ruddy sheen. He used huge leaves to bundle some up and brought back a few loads.
After thinking it over, Wu Chu took off his socks and went to the lake to wash them.
He even scrubbed them with dirt, and only returned to the little wooden house once they felt exceptionally clean and odorless. Then he went looking for Purple Jade wood shavings.
This Purple Jade Spirit Crabapple was an Innate Spirit Root. The fire made with its wood shavings was sure to burn at an extraordinary temperature. Maybe the pottery he fired would even turn into porcelain!
Wu Chu searched for Purple Jade wood shavings as he let his imagination run wild.
When two green bamboo stalks drifted back across the lake, Wu Chu was left dumbfounded.
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