Ji Qing looked at him. "Have you read this Classic of Mountains and Seas?"
"I hadn't looked at it before you brought it over," Di Mang said. "I just flipped through it."
"And then you memorized it all?"
"More or less." Di Mang pondered, "I've had a photographic memory since I was a child, so remembering this much isn't too difficult for me."
Ji Qing: "..."
Wow, no wonder he's a descendant of Bai Ze, his intelligence is truly remarkable.
Ji Qing stroked his chin and said, "It's not that I didn't know, I just thought this auspicious beast, the Lu Shu, should be a woman, but I didn't expect it to be a Lu Shu."
Di Mang sat with his eyes lowered, gazing at the man in the painting.
"Both Lu Shu possess the ability to reproduce; mortals who wear the fur of Lu Shu will bear children."
Ji Qing paused, then suddenly stared at his stomach and asked, "Since you are the child of Lu Shu and Bai Ze, could you also...?"
Di Mang blushed instantly, and angrily whispered, "I can't!"
"How do you know you can't?" Ji Qing blinked, then suddenly leaned in and pressed on Di Mang's stomach. "How about we try it out?"
Di Mang's hand, hidden beneath his sleeve, trembled. Looking into Ji Qing's clear, misty blue eyes, he felt a fire ignite within him. "... You, what do you want to try?"
Ji Qing pulled out a pen and a notebook. "A study on whether the bloodline of the Lu Shu still retains the ability to reproduce after being diluted by the divine blood of Bai Ze! What do you think of this topic? You are my experimental sample. Wow, my topic is too awesome! I'm sure I'll graduate successfully this year with my thesis!"
Di Mang grabbed Ji Qing's hand, pulled his claws off his stomach, and gritted his teeth, saying each word slowly and deliberately, "I won't do it!"
"Why?" Ji Qing earnestly advised, "What are you doing? Oh, you don't know, I've actually been studying at the Kunlun Academy for a hundred years, older than you, but I can never graduate. The tutors at the Kunlun Academy always say my papers are a pile of rubbish! They say they're not even soft enough to wipe your butt with in the toilet, and that my papers have no impact on academia, but they will make them lose face in the education field."
Di Mang: "... What topics did you research before?"
"There are many," Ji Qing said, counting on his fingers. "The relationship and conflicts between regional security system inspectors and society."
Di Mang understood. "A guide to arguing with the Immortal Realm security guards."
Ji Qing: "Feasibility development of short-distance transport of acid and alkali resistant, high-temperature curing materials."
Di Mang nodded. "Bricklaying strategy."
Ji Qing: "Advanced food softening technology."
Di Mang: "The Rich Woman's Guide."
Ji Qing: "Maximize the value of regional renewable resource classification management assessment."
Di Mang: "A Guide to Collecting Scrap Metal."
Ji Qing: "Technology for removing residual material from the surface of heat-carrying devices for biological use."
Di Mang: "Dishwashing Guide."
Ji Qing still needs to count again, but Di Mang is already starting to get a headache.
No wonder they can't graduate in a hundred years; they're truly ignorant and incompetent.
"I can help you write your thesis," Di Mang said, "But I have one condition."
Ji Qing's eyes lit up. "If Bai Ze helps me write my thesis, it'll definitely pass. What are the conditions?"
Di Mang rolled up his sleeves, glanced at him listlessly, and said, "Be quiet and don't bother me."
"Oh, you little rascal." Ji Qing mimicked him, tucking his sleeves in. "You really are just like Bai Ze, that annoying brat, always pretending."
Di Mang did not speak and walked into his bedchamber.
Ji Qing picked up the gourd and shook it. "You drank it all, really, you didn't even leave me a sip."
He muttered to himself as he walked back, tidied up the things on his desk, and nimbly climbed the pear tree that bloomed in all four seasons. Snow-white pear blossoms fluttered down and fell into his sleeves.
When Di Mang came out, the little fox immortal was sitting under the pear tree brewing pear blossom syrup, with wisps of smoke rising and swirling around his golden hair.
It presented an image of peaceful and idyllic life.
Di Mang leaned against the door frame, watching him brew the sweet soup, somewhat engrossed in his gaze.
Such days have never existed in the Demon Realm; there has only been slaughter and betrayal, bloodshed and mutual antagonism.
The little fox immortal turned her head and saw him, then smiled and beckoned to him, "Hey, show-off, come here."
Di Mang: "..."
Di Mang turned to leave.
"Come here, I'll give you half the sugar water!"
Di Mang paused, turned around and walked back, sitting under the pear tree without saying a word, just sitting there.
After preparing the sweet soup, Ji Qing conjured up a small gourd-shaped wine pot from who-knows-where, with a handle made of woven gold ribbon.
"Here, take this." Ji Qing took a small spoon and slowly poured sugar water into his little wine gourd. "Now you'll have your own sugar water jar. You can drink it whenever you want. I'm going to the academy tomorrow. Stay home and take good care of the house, okay?"
Di Mang slightly moved his fingers. "Hmm."
"When I return from the academy, I'll take you to the mortal realm to eat delicious food." Ji Qing hung the wine gourd on his waist, the golden ribbon swaying back and forth, dazzlingly bright.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Ji Qing said proudly, "It's made from my tail fur. I'm the only golden fox in Qingqiu, unlike those white and red foxes. There are many breeds, but their colors aren't very nice. They're not as rich as me!"
Di Mang scoffed at him. "You country bumpkin."
Ji Qing clicked his tongue and reached out to pick the gourd. "You're the one who's so unsophisticated..."
He couldn't continue his tirade halfway through, still unaware of Di Mang's true form.
Di Mang dodged, preventing him from succeeding.
Ji Qing, too lazy to argue, snorted and changed the subject, "I still don't know your true form. Speaking of which, Bai Ze and Lu Shu, those two strange creatures, their offspring should also be strange creatures..."
Di Mang stretched out his hand, palm up, and a beautiful and majestic miniature black dragon swam and soared in his palm.
"Wow!" Ji Qing exclaimed in admiration, "What is this? A loach with wings?"
Di Mang: "..."
I'm driven to tears two hundred times a day by this silly fool, Ji Qing, who only knows how to laugh like an idiot.
"Okay, okay, I know it's Black Dragon, and it's very handsome." Seeing that he was angry again, Ji Qing quickly tried to coax him back, "I was just teasing you. Look at you, a little kid who's over a hundred years old, you still have quite a temper. You always have a long face, I just wanted to make you laugh."
Di Mang: "... a mud fox."
"Fine, even the most rustic fox is still your master." Ji Qing snorted, "Call me master."
Di Mang: "Don't call."
Ji Qing: "Hey, you little dragon cub... But Bai Ze and Lu Shu, one white and one red, how did they produce a black one like you? Your coloring is very similar to that three-eyed guy's dog next door, I feel like your father might be someone else."
Di Mang: "Sacrifice! Cleanse!"
Ji Qing jumped onto the wall with a smile, "Little dragon cub is angry again. Who raised you with this temperament? It's not endearing at all, like a princess, so temperamental. Alright, I'm going to class now, you stay home and watch the house!"
After saying that, it transformed into a small fox shimmering with golden light, leaped onto the clouds, and disappeared.
The Kunlun Academy didn't have many courses, and Ji Qing didn't have the desire to learn. He couldn't sit in the academy for more than two hours before he started thinking about his Little Black at home and secretly climbed over the wall to skip class.
They were easily captured and taken back.
" Ji Qing, you've skipped class again." The newcomer said coldly, grabbing his ear. "Master said if you skip class again, you won't graduate this year. The ten years you spend studying at the Kunlun Academy will become the longest millennium in your hundred-year academic journey."
Ji Qing: "..."
"Senior brother, just tell the mentor," Xie Ji, clasping his hands together, "That I went to do research!"
Shang Yan sneered, "What topic? How to win an argument with the security guards at Southern Heavenly Gate? Or how to become a rich woman's only gigolo?"
Ji Qing: "..."
Shang Yan: "What are you raising at home this time? Why are you in such a hurry to get home?"
Ji Qing spoke up, "Well, that little deity sent from the Demon Realm."
Shang Yan sneered and said, "The Emperor sent someone to bring him to you, and you actually accepted him. Let me warn you, you'd better not develop any paternal feelings for him, or you'll regret it later."
Ji Qing was taken aback. "Why?"
"You cried for three days when your hamster died last year, you cried for two days when your goldfish died the year before, and you cried for five days when your snake died the year before that. Don't you have any idea how easily everything you keep dies?"
" Di Mang is different. The others were all unintelligent. Di Mang is very smart, and I will raise him well." Ji Qing said unhappily from his chair, "I will raise Di Mang well!"
"Are you stupid?" Shang Yan glanced around to make sure no one else was nearby before speaking in a low voice, "Do you think the Emperor sent him here hoping you would take good care of him?"
" Bai Ze holds a transcendent position. In the entire Immortal Realm, only you, a special species, can sit and stand on the same level as Bai Ze. Although Di Mang is a descendant of auspicious divine beasts, he has been in the Zhouhuang for so many years and has long been corrupted by demonic energy. Who can guarantee that he will be loyal to the Immortal Realm?"
" Bai Ze, the Divine Lord, doesn't acknowledge him, and Lu Shu hasn't come to the Immortal Realm to pick up his son either. Isn't the meaning obvious? He's not well-received in the Immortal Realm, but due to blood ties, he can't be killed directly. That's why the Emperor found an excuse to send him here. It's because if something happens to him here and he dies, there's someone to explain it to. After all, he's just the descendant of a divine beast corrupted by demonic energy; we can't expect you, the Qingqiu, to sacrifice your life for him..."
Ji Qing seemed to suddenly realize something, and as if struck by a thunderbolt, he quickly stood up from his chair!
Perhaps because he got up too quickly, Ji Qing's vision went black.
When I opened my eyes again, I was in the ceiling of a military academy dormitory.
Xie Ji sat up, his head covered in sweat.
This dream was really long... Whose memory was it anyway?
What happened to the Little Black after that?
Xie Ji rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache, and subconsciously didn't want to recall it.
It's all Lu Xunji's fault.
Who is this person?
Xie Ji lay sprawled on the bed, too lazy to move.
His physical strength is actually not bad; in fact, it's quite impressive compared to the average person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have passed the military academy entrance exam.
As a result, I almost got killed by Lu Xunji yesterday.
Xie Ji reached out to the bedside, but sure enough, the person was gone.
In his groggy state this morning, he seemed to hear Lu Xunji in his ear that he had to go to class or something.
He was so exhausted that he couldn't even lift his eyelids, and soon fell asleep again, not knowing how long he slept.
The clothes I was wearing, along with the blankets and sheets, were warm and dry. They weren't the same as yesterday's; they must have been changed a long time ago.
Xie Ji turned over.
I couldn't roll over; my lower back and hips ached terribly, and my legs felt like they were useless.
Xie Ji sighed.
No one told him how tiring it was down there; he felt as if he had climbed Mount Tai ten times the night before.
Being in Nantong is tough; you really need to be ruthless to endure it.
Xie Ji touched the personal terminal beside him.
When I got back last night, the computer was actually out of power, but Lu Xunji thoughtfully charged it, and it's currently displaying messages.
Xie Ji picked it up and saw it was a message from Lu Xunji, who had spent ninety-nine yuan on the message.
From 7 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Xie Ji sighed.
Upon entering the message bar, I was instantly bombarded with messages from Lu Xunji.
Lu Xunji: Baby baby baby baby baby baby baby
Lu Xunji: I love you.
Lu Xunji: You didn't give me a good morning kiss when I left this morning. I'll make it up to you when I get back.
Lu Xunji: Are you awake? What would you like to eat tonight? I'll make it for you when I get back.
Lu Xunji: I made you some porridge, it's in the insulated box. You can drink it if you're hungry. If you can't get out of bed, just call me.
Lu Xunji: So cute.
Lu Xunji: [Photos of Xie Ji sleeping][Photos of Xie Ji sleeping][Photos of Xie Ji with red eyes accusing and staring directly at the camera]
Lu Xunji: I'm the only one in the training pod.
Lu Xunji: I mean, I miss you a lot.
Lu Xunji: Are you still not up? Today's training tasks are too heavy. This is the first time I've felt that time passes so slowly in the training pod.
Lu Xunji: My darling, my darling, my darling, my darling, my darling, my darling.
Lu Xunji: My darling Little Kitty Baby.
Lu Xunji: [Photos that cannot pass review][Photos that cannot pass review][Photos that cannot pass review]
Xie Ji gritted his teeth, forced open his eyes which were already swollen to a slit, and typed angrily.
Xie Ji: Brother Nantong, you've gone a bit too far.
They didn't reply for a while.
Lu Xunji: You're awake. Are you hungry? I'm coming home right away.
Xie Ji: You almost took a life on your shoulders.
Lu Xunji: I haven't had enough fun yet.
Xie Ji:?
Lu Xunji: No rush, take your time.
Xie Ji:...
Invincible.
Xie Ji: Why did you take those kinds of photos? You're so good at arguing.
Lu Xunji: I like it very much, don't you like it?
Xie Ji: Who would like that?
Two minutes later.
Lu Xunji: [ Lu Xunji's photos cannot be approved][ Lu Xunji's photos cannot be approved]
[Photos of Lu Xunji that could not pass review] ×100
Xie Ji: "..."
Xie Ji typed: I don't like it, thank you.
Then I started frantically saving pictures and quickly moving them into my private album.
Xie Ji flipped through these photos one by one.
Lu Xunji is incredibly sexy.
In front of outsiders, Lu Xunji was aloof and cold, even buttoning his school uniform to the very top. But in front of him, he showed no trace of...
No hanging.
Xie Ji scratched his ear.
It seems that this thing called "Ben Tai" might be transmitted through X.
Lu Xunji's profile picture suddenly jumped.
Lu Xunji: Is the image being saved?
Xie Ji: "..."