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When Pei Xiang woke up, he found himself lying on the bed in the bamboo hut, and Abai was still nestling beside her pillow, just like every morning on weekdays, nothing special.

However, her aching head and the clear memory before falling asleep told her that something was different.

She seemed to have molested Daoist Bai Jin last night?No, he was the one who poked my forehead first!

"Hmm—Ah Bai, was Daoist Bai Jin the one who sent me back last night?"

Ah Bai slept very deeply this morning, his whole little head was buried in the fur, only two ears were exposed.Pei Xiang's voice made his ears tremble slightly, but he never looked up, as if he didn't want to be woken up.

Pei Xiang turned his head and glanced at the timekeeping hourglass, and found that the time was a little early, so he didn't rush to get up.She turned over in the quilt, and suddenly realized that she was still wearing the clothes she went out yesterday.

—Ouch, dirty laundry!

——So much sweat flowed yesterday, and the dirt and dust in the mountains...

Pei Xiang lifted the quilt violently, and wanted to jump out of bed to wash and change, but just as she sat up, her movements froze again.Because Pei Xiang found that his body was clean, with neither sweat stains nor residual alcohol smell.

"Ah Bai, get up, my clothes, um, did you help me take care of them?"

The little white fox was pulled by its tail, so it had to raise its head and let out a low voice.

"You said that Daoist Bai Jin used a cleansing spell on me?"

The little white fox nodded.

Pei Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and lay down again.

After a while, Pei Xiang suddenly asked:

"Hey, Ah Bai, did you see it yesterday? Well, I accidentally drank too much, um, and then I cried and touched Daoist Bai Jin. You said, I am a poor wine. Everyone is like this? Or is it just because the other party is a kind neighbor Daoist?"

The little white fox surrounded itself with its tail and did not respond to Pei Xiang's question.Pei Xiang doesn't care either, she now regards A Bai as a good best friend who listens patiently to her.

"Actually, I don't think my wine quality is bad. It's not that I haven't drank too much before, but I'm all quiet, and I'll be fine after a night of sleep.

"The reaction is so big this time, on the one hand, it's because I want to vent, um, Ah Bai, do you understand? It's the negative emotions accumulated in my heart that need to be released. On the other hand, it's probably because the other party is Daoist Bai Jin. "

These words made the little white fox prick up his ears quietly, but Pei Xiang didn't continue talking about Bai Jin.

"Since I met Painted Skin Ghost, the strings in my heart have never been relaxed, one thing after another, I am not allowed to slack off.

"Now, I'm lucky enough to be in this Taoist temple in the deep mountain. Although I live very hard every day, I feel that my life is getting better. Abai, the atmosphere here is very good. I like it very much. Once I like it, people will worry about gains and losses. So after getting drunk, I suddenly heard that I had been 'deceived', and my emotions burst out all of a sudden, and I suddenly felt very wronged.

"Ah Bai, I'm sober now, and I don't think there's anything embarrassing about crying. People, you have to learn to release stress, learn to feel sorry for yourself, cry when you should cry, laugh when you should laugh, and life like this will be happy."

The little white fox scratched Pei Xiang's cheek with its tail, as if to comfort her.

Pei Xiang pursed his lips in joy, grabbed Ah Bai's fluffy tail, and ruaed for a while.

"Ah Bai, I cried a lot. Now I feel very relaxed and have more strength to face various challenges. But, how do you say I should face Daoist Bai Jin?"

Ah Bai didn't say anything, he squinted his green fox eyes, and seemed to be in a daze.

"To be honest, I think I have a good impression of Daoist Bai Jin. After all, um, he is really good-looking and takes good care of me. I am really grateful to him. Moreover, with my personality, if I have a crush on Daoist Bai Jin If there is no appreciation, even if you are drunk, you will not be so presumptuous."

Pei Xiang's eyes were slightly empty while talking, so he didn't notice that the little white fox beside him opened his fox eyes and looked at her without blinking.

She is still describing her feelings:

"Ah Bai, do you think Daoist Bai Jin is so considerate and gentle to every neighbor? Or only to me?"

The little white fox let out a low cry, as if he felt aggrieved.

Pei Xiang smiled: "You said it was just for me? But, you and I lived in this deep valley together, and neither of us saw any other neighbors. So, we don't know, that, the position of Daoist Bai Jin Gentleness is unique, and it is for everyone.”

The little white fox barked a few more times, emphasizing that Daoist Bai Jin is very powerful and proud, it is impossible to take care of everyone like this.

Hearing this, Pei Xiang frowned instead, raising doubts while stroking the fox:

"If he is really a proud and indifferent person, but he just treats me well, it would be a little strange. Before I moved into this bamboo building, I had never met him, but on the first day of moving in, he took great care of me, Ah Bai, is there something I don't know about this?"

With doubts, Pei Xiang didn't wait for the little white fox to answer, and went straight to think.

Various possibilities arose in Pei Xiang's mind, but she ruled them out one by one.In the end, she simply cleared up all kinds of assumptions, picked up the little white fox, and told him her decision:

"Since I don't know where his kindness to me comes from, I'd better be more cautious and don't get too obsessed with the beauty and gentleness of Daoist Bai Jin. At present, the most important thing for us is to improve our strength. As for feelings, just let it go."

While talking, Pei Xiang turned his head and glanced at the timekeeping hourglass, and found that it was already the usual time to get up, so he lifted the quilt and got out of bed without further delay.

The little white fox who was left by her on the bed looked at Pei Xiang's back and called out loudly, sounding a little angry.

Pei Xiang turned around inexplicably: "Ah Bai, are you complaining for Daoist Bai Jin? Well, you said that I touched and hugged Daoist Priest, but in the end I didn't want to take responsibility, and framed him for evil?"

Seeing the serious and indignant eyes of the little white fox, Pei Xiang chuckled: "Ah Bai, are you criticizing me on behalf of the male compatriots?"

Abai stared round his eyes and pricked up his ears.

Pei Xiang walked back to the bed and patted the little white fox on the head:

"Ah Bai, feelings are very complicated. They don't just have to be together after touching, hugging or kissing, or..."

Having said that, Pei Xiang paused, and carefully worded:

"In other words, even if I had skin-to-skin contact with Daoist Bai Jin last night, I would never make any promises to him until I fully trust him. It's just a dewy marriage. How could I open my heart and trust each other all of a sudden? Love, regard each other as a bosom companion."

Ah Bai wagged his tail and jumped on the bed several times.

Pei Xiang continued to explain: "Yes, at present, Daoist Bai Jin is good at everything. But Ah Bai, are you a little too excited?

"When the two of us were talking about these things, we shouldn't have ignored Daoist Bai Jin's own wishes. The Taoist priest has a high level of cultivation, is prudent and self-reliant, and at first glance looks like a master of the world who is devoted to Taoism. He may not have considered the relationship between men and women at all. Things.

"I was talking to you lively. Maybe people just think that they just took care of a drunken junior. How could they think that they will be held accountable? Ah Bai, you can't apply the way of thinking of a male vixen to a cultivator. body."

For some reason, the little white fox staggered back, shook his head quickly, and called three times hesitantly.He was asking Pei Xiang, if Bai Jin next door was willing, would Pei Xiang agree to him?

"At present, I probably won't agree to him. Ah Bai, you see, I haven't entered the inner sect yet, and I am not a member of the Taoist sect. There is a huge gap and gap between my identity and Daoist Bai Jin's identity. Some are too early.

"For me, the most urgent thing is to grasp the power. Only after I have the foundation to gain a foothold in this world can I seriously think about other things."

The little white fox still has something to say.

But Pei Xiang took a look at the sky and realized that it was getting late, and it was time for her to go out to do something, so she stopped explaining to the little white fox, just pinched his little paw, and finally added:

"Wait for the day when I trust Daoist Bai Jin more than I trust you. I'll think about the relationship again. Otherwise, it won't last long."

After saying this, she left in a hurry.

When Pei Xiang arrived at the meeting point, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't had breakfast this morning.

"I was too preoccupied with thinking about what happened last night, and it turned out that drinking was a mistake." Pei Xiang muttered to himself, and began to look for the figure of "enthusiastic classmate" Zhao Changsheng in the crowd.

It is absolutely impossible not to eat breakfast. The morning is physical work, and she must not do things on an empty stomach.Therefore, I have to "search" Zhao Changsheng who likes to hide snacks secretly, and ask him to help the weak junior sister who forgot to eat breakfast.

Don't mention how Pei Xiang started a new day's busy life, just talk about Bai Jin who was left in the valley.

At this time, he also remembered that Pei Xiang forgot to eat breakfast, and instantly turned into an adult man, raised his hand slightly, and fetched the food box from the bamboo building next door.

The food box was already full of steaming delicious food at this time, it was specially prepared for people who woke up from a hangover, but unfortunately, no one enjoyed it this morning.

Bai Jin put the food box heavily on the table, with a sullen handsome face, paced back and forth in circles in the room.

— This girl!

——Bai felt sorry for her last night, and refused to admit it when she woke up!

——I want to tell her that Bai Jin is Ah Bai...

Thinking of telling Pei Xiang her true identity, Bai Jin paused, then shook her head and rejected the idea.

——No, Xiao Xiang is too shrewd. If she knows my identity and thinks about all the doubts before, she might guess her former fox clan identity right away.

——In that case, it would be detrimental to her state of mind, affecting her to recover her memory and recondense her pills naturally.

——And, once she knows that Ah Bai, whom she cuddles with every day, can change form, and is still a grown man...

Bai Jin suddenly felt a headache, he closed his eyes, and thought it was best to wait until Pei Xiang recovered the memory of the fox clan, and then let the truth come to light.

Because they belong to the fox clan, Pei Xiang must understand some of the reactions and habits of the little white fox.

He didn't want to take advantage of it, it's just... the A-Bai at the beginning was transformed by his first tail, and he still retained part of his childhood disposition, so, he was more clingy.

Later, although he withdrew his tail and used his body to accompany Pei Xiang, he only regarded Pei Xiang as a junior of the fox clan.Accepting the care and rubbing of the juniors, no, isn't it also excusable?

Who knows that I will be tempted later, this temptation, some previous behaviors are not easy to explain.

Bai Jin was a little annoyed, thinking about whether to let "Ah Bai" move out to live, so that when she confessed the truth in the future, she wouldn't be too embarrassed.

But he suddenly remembered what Pei Xiang said just now, saying that even if there is a skin relationship, it is just a dewy marriage, so he couldn't help grinding his teeth.

Bai Jin felt that he still had to guard Pei Xiang all the time, keep her under his nose and stare at her, and couldn't let her live alone.

——I maintain the image of Ah Bai every night, do not listen to evil, do not see evil, it is not considered an advantage, right?Besides, it is not certain who takes advantage of whom.

——We are the fox family, how can we be constrained by human concepts?

— If you like it, of course you have to try your best to keep it.No matter what identity you use, you must occupy the most important position in her heart, whether it is a partner or a partner.

At night, Pei Xiang came back from outside the valley.She is not as tired as she was at the beginning, so that she fell asleep when she returned to the residence.

She gradually had extra energy, recited Taoism scriptures after dinner, thought about the lessons during the day, or summed up her own experience.

In this way, her intensive research and understanding of Taoism has improved a lot, and the questions she raises are always praised by the teachers. She has become one of the most promising lay disciples to enter the inner sect.

Before entering the house, Pei Xiang took a special look at the neighbor's residence. No matter what, she should go to say thank you.It's a pity that there is no light in Daoist Bai Jin's bamboo house, it's pitch black, it can be seen that the owner has not returned yet.

Pei Xiang kept the matter of thanking him in his heart for the time being, and after simply washing up, he devoted himself to a new round of study.

When the night was getting dark, Ah Bai returned from the outside, bringing back a trace of the coolness of the evening breeze from the mountains. Pei Xiang rubbed his eyes and knew it was time to go to bed.

However, Ah Bai was a little strange tonight. After Pei Xiang lay down, he didn't immediately nestled next to her pillow as usual, but turned around under the bed, seeming a little hesitant.

Pei Xiang greeted the little white fox while yawning, and quickly fell into a dream without saying a word.

Bai Jin tilted her head and looked at Pei Xiang's sleeping face, feeling that she is now a fox that has not yet transformed, where is she not sleeping?

So, with a light leap, he jumped onto the bed.

But he hesitated again.

He thought to himself, tonight is different from the previous nights, tonight he has officially realized that he is tempted, and he can no longer feel the sense of distance as before.

——Before it was Shaojun and junior, now it is male vixen and female vixen!

So, Bai Jin jumped out of bed again, and took out a cotton pajamas from Pei Xiang's suitcase. He spread the clothes on the table, then lay down on his stomach, and slowly closed his eyes.

After half an hour, Bai Jin, who felt that the tabletop was too hard, opened his eyes helplessly, and decided not to wrong himself.After all, he is the majestic young master of the fox clan, a seven-tailed white fox, how could he sleep on the table instead of having a bed?

He rolled on Pei Xiang's clothes, rolled his long tail, and returned to the bed with Pei Xiang's clothes.This time, he rolled Pei Xiang's pajamas into vertical strips and placed them next to her pillow, while he made dough on the other side of the pajamas and fell asleep again.

In the morning, after Pei Xiang woke up and made the mattress, she found a piece of cotton clothes of her own at the end of the bed. She shook her arms in doubt and found that it was full of folds.

"Strange, when did I roll this dress into the quilt? It should have been folded and put into the suitcase before."

The little white fox lying on the bed pricked up his ears because of Pei Xiang's words.He quickly raised his head, and found that the clothes that separated him and Pei Xiang from last night had disappeared, and he had slept in his usual position again. The little white fox couldn't help but stare into a pair of green fox eyes.

Pei Xiang turned and left to wash up, Bai Jin stretched out her claws to hook the wrinkled dress, and patted it with hatred.

The sound of Pei Xiang scooping water came from the screen. Bai Jin thought of the breakfast she forgot yesterday morning, and no longer wondered how this unsatisfactory dress ran from the head to the end of the bed. Instead, she immediately left through the back window and went to the next door. Feed box.

Thus, Pei Xiang once again ate the exclusive breakfast of the kind-hearted Daoist Bai Jin, and there was a slight rippling in his heart, but she quickly smoothed it over.

——The most important thing right now is to enter the inner door, not hook up with the beautiful Taoist priest.

Pei Xiang stopped thinking about the matter between her and Bai Jin for the time being, and concentrated on dealing with the various tests that the Taoist temple put on lay disciples.

Daoist Bai Jin didn't seem to take the matter of getting drunk that night to heart either, and when he saw Pei Xiang again, his attitude remained the same.

Half a year later, on this day, the entire Taoist temple took on a new look, and all the lay disciples who came and went looked enviously at a majestic hall floating in midair.In front of the vermilion gate of the main hall, auspicious lights lingered and colorful clouds bloomed. From time to time, immortal masters landed on cranes and walked into the main hall majestically.

"That's great. I heard that three lay disciples were allowed to enter the inner sect this time. From then on, there will be three more immortal masters."

"Hey, it is said that among the three people who were allowed to enter the inner gate this time, there is also a young girl?"

"That's right, it's said that after coming here for less than a year, there is such a great opportunity."

The lay disciples on the ground were discussing a lot, and in the main hall in mid-air, Pei Xiang, Zhao Changsheng and another middle-aged man named Huaying stood side by side, listening to Taoist Master Wei Zhu's words of encouragement and instruction.

It was also at this time that Pei Xiang knew that the slightly hunched old Taoist priest Weizhu who received her at the beginning turned out to be the real person Weizhu, the master of the Taoist temple.And his real appearance is not old, he looks very young and handsome, it is not an exaggeration to praise him as a dragon and a phoenix.

When it came time to formally apprentice, Zhao Changsheng was recruited by Taoist Master Yunxi, and Huaying worshiped under the name of a Taoist priest in yellow clothes and bare feet. Only Pei Xiang was personally named by Taoist Weizhu, the master of the temple, and became his teacher. disciple.

After some solemn but not cumbersome etiquette, the three of Pei Xiang officially left the "mortal world" and became Taoist practitioners.

At this point, Pei Xiang started to touch a new field.

"Pei Xiang, since you became a teacher, I gave you a Dharma name as a teacher. Your generation has passed down the character 'Zhao', but what do you like about this last character?"

"The disciple implores the master to give him a name."

Taoist Weizhu closed his eyes and pondered, this new little apprentice has a special status, she almost escaped from death with a rough past, and the future is unknown, so he said softly:

"Then use the word '希'. 'There is something rare in the world', which is also 'hope'. As a teacher, I hope you can have a clear heart and never forget your true nature."

Pei Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then thanked him: "Disciple Pei Zhaoxi, thank you Master for giving me the Dharma name."

Taoist Weizhu nodded slightly, stood up and flicked his wide sleeves, Pei Xiang felt that the scenery in front of him changed, and pavilions, towers, pavilions, mountains, rivers and trees passed by one after another.

After ten or so breaths, she followed Taoist Wei Zhu and landed in front of a cave.She looked up and saw the words "Wei Zhu Cave" engraved on a stone in front of the cave, and she knew that this was the place where Taoist Wei Zhu practiced and lived.

"This is where Master's daily practice is, you keep this teleportation token."

A token that is neither gold nor wood appeared in Taoist Weizhu's palm. After explaining a few words to Pei Xiang on how to use it, he continued:

"Starting tomorrow, you come over every five days. I will teach you the formulas of Taoism and the profound meaning of the scriptures. After you understand it, go back and practice comprehension seriously. If there is something you don't understand, don't ask people for advice right away, but think about it again and again." , Thinking over and over again. Wait until the next time you see me, I will solve the old and new doubts in your heart, and then teach you new Taoism."

"Zhaoxi wrote it down." Pei Xiang took the teleportation token prepared by Taoist Wei Zhu, "Master, after apprenticeship, will the disciple still live in the bamboo house in the deep valley?"

"If you feel comfortable living there, live there. If you like to be more lively, then move to the back of the Taoist temple and find a yard you like to settle down. This is up to you to decide."

Pei Xiang nodded, indicating that he had made a note of it.

Afterwards, she asked Taoist Weizhu about the interpretation of some sentences in the classics, brought up the points that she didn't understand or understood one by one, and asked the new master for advice.

Taoist Wei Zhu was also very patient. He found that Pei Xiang had a lot of questions, so he simply made a pot of tea and sat down to explain slowly.

By the time Pei Xiang left Weizhu Cave Mansion, night had already fallen, and she took the spiritual tea that her master gave her, and walked briskly back into the valley.

When Pei Xiang walked to the bamboo house, she was about to enter the door when a light came on next door. She froze for a moment, then turned around and walked to the door of Daoist Bai Jin.

"Is Master here? See you, Pei Xiang."

The door opened in response, and Daoist Bai Jin sat at the desk, reading an ancient book carefully, leaving Pei Xiang with a perfect profile.

Pei Xiang was taken aback by the prosperous face under the light, and then was a little puzzled. Since he just lit the lamp, why did he read the book? Has this person been reading in the dark before?

She walked into the house at a light pace, and suddenly found that Taoist Bai Jin had changed into a new dress tonight, a blue brocade covered with a cloud-like water-color gauze robe, which matched the elegant and simple bamboo house very well.

"I'm bothering Master, Pei Xiangte is here to thank you."

"Thank you? Why thank you?"

"I am extremely happy to be worshiped by Master Wei Zhu today. However, I am able to have this opportunity because of the care of my uncle. I have lived next to each other in this year. The uncle has cared for me in every possible way, giving me food and medicine. Disciple Keep in mind."

After Pei Xiang started to speak, Bai Jin put down the book in his hand and looked at her seriously without blinking.

After Pei Xiang finished his thanks, he didn't respond immediately, but tapped on the table lightly, paused for a few breaths, and then said:

"It's okay, I'm very happy to take care of you. If it's someone else, I won't take care of it. Miss Pei is my favorite."

Pei Xiang's heart skipped a beat, her eyes widened slightly, and she looked at Bai Jin in shock.

Bai Jin didn't seem to know that he said something that seemed ambiguous, but he still smiled lightly, looking like a person who cultivated the Tao like a breeze and a bright moon.

Pei Xiang slowly moved back a small step, and she suddenly had the feeling of being closely watched by a beast, but she didn't think it was dangerous, but it was a little unexpected.

——Is this person... what I mean?