Ji Shiyou's prestige ran deep, even if everyone found it unbelievable.
They didn't know what their senior disciple was thinking, agreeing to such a preposterous proposal.
They didn't dare to openly object, while Jun Shuxue's eyes widened as she stared at Mingyue.
Her mouth hung open, she couldn't believe it.
Ji Shiyou, who had always been proper and dignified, who viewed women as fire and water.
Had actually agreed to share a room, to sleep in the same room as a woman.
In a flash, she understood.
That demoness named Mingyue must have used some trick.
To bewitch their senior disciple, who must now be infatuated with Mingyue.
Thinking of herself, the cabbage she had guarded since childhood.
Was about to be harvested, only to be snatched by a pig that had barged in less than a day ago.
Jun Shuxue was heartbroken, wailing as she went upstairs, no longer wanting to eat.
Jun Shuxue's departure went unnoticed, no one cared, nor was anyone concerned.
This showed her popularity among her fellow disciples.
Everyone's concern now was for their future senior sister-in-law.
Judging by their senior disciple's attitude, this Fairy Mingyue was undoubtedly their future senior sister-in-law.
So a few bold disciples immediately stepped forward to curry favor.
Their senior disciple was usually unapproachable and very strict with them.
If they could please this senior sister-in-law, perhaps she could intercede for them when they made mistakes in the future.
So, with keen observation, they surrounded Ji Shiyou, some serving soup, others dishing out food.
Ji Shiyou was annoyed to death. After a few bites, he turned and returned to his room.
Mingyue, however, had no time to pay attention to such matters. With the boost from Tian Jian's gold coin,
The innkeeper served a lavish meal. Mingyue ate ravenously.
Her chopsticks moved in blurs, and she ate until the dishes were scraped clean.
"I'm full, you all enjoy."
Under everyone's astonished gaze, Mingyue, with her belly full, also went upstairs.
Watching her leave, the disciples of Jinwu Palace, chopsticks in hand, dropped them.
Mingyue's eating habits had already shocked them.
And looking at the table, of the more than twenty dishes, only soup remained, not even a single green vegetable was left.
"How did Senior Brother's appetite suddenly become so large?"
Nu Tao asked in surprise. His appetite was the largest among his fellow disciples.
But from today onwards, he wouldn't dare to claim he ate a lot.
"Junior Brother, you wouldn't understand.
Senior Brother needs energy tonight to plow the fields.
Naturally, he needs to eat more. You'll understand when you grow up."
A few older fellow disciples exchanged knowing glances.
Looking at Ji Shiyou's room upstairs, they had a shared, mischievous understanding.
"Plow the fields? Where are the fields? Is Senior Brother going to farm?
Second Senior Brother, can we have some more food?
We're full, let's all help Senior Brother plow the fields."
Nu Tao looked at the empty plates on the table, his stomach rumbling.
He scratched the back of his head, looking at his second senior brother, Tian Jian, with a naive and pitiful expression.
"All of you, shut up. Such loose tongues, you're corrupting the child."
"Innkeeper, bring another table of the same dishes as before."
"Junior Brother, don't listen to their nonsense. You can't help with this.
And don't ask about Senior Brother plowing the fields, understand?"
Tian Jian scolded his unscrupulous fellow disciples with a laugh, then asked the innkeeper to serve more food.
Finally, he cautioned Nu Tao, fearing that the honest but extremely curious junior brother.
Might directly ask Ji Shiyou if he needed help, which would be awkward.
"This is a bed? You humans really know how to enjoy yourselves.
You have houses to shelter from the wind and rain, delicious food, and beds and quilts to sleep in."
Mingyue entered the room and saw Ji Shiyou sitting by the table, drinking tea.
He wasn't looking at her at all, so she began to explore the room, looking at everything with surprise.
Finally, she pounced onto the large bed in the room, feeling the quilt soft and fragrant beneath her.
She couldn't help but roll around a few times, exclaiming.
"You've never lived in a house, or slept in a bed?"
Ji Shiyou had been contemplating how to get his body back.
So he hadn't paid attention to Mingyue. Seeing her enter the room.
And find everything so novel, finally rolling on the bed like a child.
He felt that this tree demon still possessed a childlike innocence.
Finally, upon hearing Mingyue's words, he couldn't help but ask.
Logically, Mingyue had been in human form for several hundred years.
Even as a demon, she shouldn't be unfamiliar with these things.
Why did she seem like she had never encountered them before?
"Before I took human form, I couldn't leave my本体.
I slept standing in the soil, enduring wind, sun, hail, and rain.
After taking human form, the first time I saw a house, it was a palace.
I was very curious, so I sneaked in to take a look.
At that time, a white-bearded old man was lecturing inside.
I listened for a while, was discovered, and barely escaped.
After that, I never dared to approach houses again, nor go to crowded places.
I usually stayed in desolate areas, robbing other spirits and cultivators.
When I wanted to sleep, I'd find a cave, at least it could shelter me from the elements.
I never expected a bed to be so comfortable. This is my first time sleeping in one."
Hearing Ji Shiyou's question, Mingyue, wrapped in the quilt, got off the bed.
She walked to the table and recounted her experiences.
She had been terrified back then. The aura emanating from that white-bearded old man.
Had made her unable to breathe. She had barely escaped.
Since then, she had developed a psychological shadow, afraid to interact with human society.
And afraid to enter human houses, naturally, she had never slept in a bed.
But now she wasn't afraid, because her current body was Ji Shiyou's.
It was a human body, so even if she encountered that white-bearded old man again.
He wouldn't recognize her as a demon and capture her, would he?
"Actually, in the Moonflower Realm, as long as a spirit is not a demonic cultivator.
They can live with humans, and even join immortal cultivation sects.
My master is not human, yet he is the lord of a palace."
Listening to Mingyue's experiences, Ji Shiyou felt a pang of sympathy for no reason.
A tree demon without any background, no guidance, no care.
Knowing nothing, struggling to survive.
She didn't even neglect her cultivation, fumbling her way through purely by instinct.
She had taken many detours, yet maintained a childlike heart, which was truly rare.
Therefore, Ji Shiyou wanted to share what he knew with Mingyue.
Hoping it would be of some help to her. He even considered letting Mingyue join Jinwu Palace.
"Really? Your master isn't human either?"
Mingyue frequented remote areas, either desolate mountains or vast wilderness.
She feared encountering people from immortal sects, so she wasn't very familiar with the immortal sects of the Moonflower Realm.
Upon hearing that Ji Shiyou's master wasn't human, she immediately became interested.
"Saying someone isn't human is an insult. Don't say it again in the future."
Ji Shiyou frowned slightly, finding Mingyue's words jarring and uncomfortable.
"Why? I'm not human."
Mingyue didn't understand and asked.
"No reason. Let's not talk about this, let's go to bed."
Mingyue was a chatterbox, and Ji Shiyou didn't want to explain why calling someone not human was an insult.
Because he knew that if he explained, Mingyue would have even more questions.
He would be digging his own grave then, and he didn't want to talk much.
"What do you mean go to bed? Isn't that also not a good thing?"
Mingyue asked again. She remembered about a hundred years ago, or ninety years ago.
She and Zhu Ji had robbed a rogue cultivator, and that rogue cultivator had said he wanted to go to bed with them.
As a result, Zhu Ji had hung him from a tree and starved him for three days and three nights.
At that time, she had asked Zhu Ji what going to bed meant, and Zhu Ji had told her it wasn't a good thing.
"It's not what you think."
Ji Shiyou's face suddenly turned red, feeling somewhat embarrassed.