Chapter 20:

The winter snow, the dignified cold. A group of travelers on the ancient road hurried, rushing on horseback. In the queue, a young warlock dressed in a hydration suit with a silky waist stopped, turned his face and looked towards Queqiu Town not far away.
"Real person, what's the matter?" the entourage by his side came up and asked.
"Someone is using the contract technique," the man said, "It's really rare. Today we can still see such a bond formation in the world. It seems that the world is still crouching tigers and dragons, which is not what my generation knows."
In a prosperous and prosperous place in Kyoto, the Kagura Palace, where the state religion Dong Xuanjiao is located, is magnificent and decorated with gold.
The auspiciousness floating in the sky decorates this place into a world of silver, jade universe, during which there will be fascinating music, which makes the believers in the past inevitably give birth to the heart of worship.
In the depths of the palace, a man dressed in landscape sleeves and a crown of dharma, sitting and meditating. A piece of green satin printed with tantric runes was tied on his face, covering his eyebrows.
The room was silent, and the disciples beside him burned incense and held tea, all lightly, for fear of making a noise that shouldn't be made, disturbing the master's practice.
The man suddenly raised his head, unable to look at the object's face toward the snow-sweeping window, and said, "Hey, there is someone in the southwest who is making a contract."
"Master, the technique of bonding, there are many seniors who can do it in the view, how does it alarm Master."
"You don't know,"
The man smiled with red lips, stretched out his hand from his sleeve, and raised his hand slightly. So two disciples hurriedly held up a white jade disc, held it in front of him, and saw the spontaneous smoke in the white jade disc, and the cloud and mountain mist cover in the disc, as if there was another world in the world.
The mage stretched out his palm, pinched a magic jue, and swiped it on the white jade plate. The smoke diffused gently, revealing a sky full of stars, and under the stars, there were small mountains and rivers, and the village's family. At the foot of the mountains, the thin snowflakes formed a small vortex, slowly circulating.
Several disciples stretched their heads and watched around the master’s magical instruments for a long time.
"The disciples are dull, no matter how you look at it, this is an ordinary bonding technique, and the mana does not seem to be so pure." The disciples spoke carefully.
"The technique of contracting is to guard against demons as apostles. Demons are cruel in nature, suspicious and fickle, and unruly. If you want to contract them into servants, you must first use great magical powers to subdue them. Therefore, the process of contracting is mostly a mass and resentment. Soaring to the sky," the mage faced the jade plate, as if he could see the scene through the thick blue satin.
"Such auspicious and peaceful formation of the bond, I have not seen it as a teacher for many years. It is a bit like that of Mr. Nature back then."
It is fine after the snow.
Yuan Xiang'er sat in the courtyard and tied a cat climbing frame. The carpenter on the outside of these things can only make her a frame, and the details have to be done by themselves.
Because she was going to work, she wore a soap-colored dress, her hair casually grabbed a conical bun on top of her head, rolled her sleeves around her elbows, revealing a white arm, put on a pair of linen gloves, and was stepping on a piece of wood. Tie up the twine with the stick in circles.
"Wu Yuan, come. Give it a try."
A small milk cat rushed over with a scream, and scratched its limbs on the tied rope.
The softness and hardness of this sisal rope is just right, it is also wear-resistant, and it has a unique feel, which makes the kitten want to grab a few more. It's very easy to climb up and down along this path, and it's much more comfortable than climbing the big trees that are hard to grasp at home.
Why is it so comfortable? The kitten caught it happily, and fell to the ground holding the whole pole.
Yuan Xiang'er lifted the stick tied with twine, and pulled the cat that was hung on it to the ground.
"It's not installed yet, you play this first." She took a sepak takraw with a bell from her pocket and threw it out. The bell jingled all the way, and Wu Yuan chased it out at once, hooking her front paws to flick the toy that would ring when touched.
The dog lying under the plane tree whined unwillingly. It can’t understand why it’s obviously the strongest creature in this yard, why the owner brought back a little wolf to make it scared, and now bringing home such a small milk cat makes it instinctively feel that he should avoid.
Yuan Xiang'er looked at the little guy who flopped around the sepak takraw ball, and suddenly remembered that he had also played ball Nanhe with himself. At that time, he raised his snow-white front paw and lightly stepped on the sepak takraw ball he threw, dismissively. Don't turn away, showing an expression of disgust.
Is it really the more arrogant the more attractive? Obviously there is already a cat, but I still remember the little white dumpling.
The ruthless guy didn't know to come back to see me. Yuan Xianger angrily stretched animal skins on a wooden board.
The winter time is very leisurely and the day is boring. She can carefully build a warm cat villa for Wuyuan, each pillar is tightly wrapped with twine, and each walking board is covered with soft fur, so This little thing that has just left home is warmer.
Tomorrow, take out the Nanhe cushion, add some down and dry it again. If he comes back, he will have a place to sleep. By the way, make him a new toy ball. Make it into a colorful one and hang two feathers in it. He might like it a little.
Yuan Xiang'er was sitting on the cat litter while thinking half-heartedly about the arrogant and unkind little wolf.
The sepak takraw ball clanged and rolled to the side of the plane tree, a pair of small hands stretched out from behind the tree, trying to pick up the ball.
Wu Yuan rushed over, grabbed his ball, arched his back and let out a demonstrative low roar at the clothed chicken hiding behind the tree trunk.
"Don't be like this, Wu Yuan. Toys have to be played with friends to be fun."
Yuan Xianger brought a polished wooden board to the tree, dig a hole in the dirt with a shovel, buried a support, and fixed the center of the wooden board on the support.
"Come on, this seesaw requires two people to play, you guys have a try."
Yuan Xiang'er stepped back a few steps, and Wu Yuan squatted on the end of the wooden board, occupying his place.
After a while, the long-necked chicken in cyan clothes cautiously leaned out from behind the tree. He put his hands in his sleeves and slowly moved to the end of the wooden board. His eyes turned, and suddenly he waved his sleeves and jumped up. Click on the board. He was much heavier than the kitten, so suddenly he bounced the other kitten into the sky.
Wu Yuan was taken aback, meowed, turned around in mid-air, and turned into a young boy with a red rope braided in his hair and a long pony tail flying in the air. The boy fell from the air, squatted fiercely on one end of the board, and bounced the long-necked chicken on the opposite side into the sky as well.
Seeing the chicken poking arms in the air, the cat-eared boy sneered.
"Hahaha, looking at you, dare to frame the young master."
"Hide your figure, you still show your ears and tail, don't scare my wife." Yuan Xianger sent two mischiefs to play by themselves, focusing on building the villa.
There was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, Yunniang ran all the way through the courtyard to answer the door, and took a look at Yuan Xianger's busy corner.
An empty seesaw was swinging up and down.
"When did you put up such a toy? It's really interesting to move on her own." Yun Niang said with a smile.
Yuan Xiang'er often has some strange behaviors, and some strange phenomena often happen around him. But Yun Niang seemed to be accustomed to this, she never asked and didn't interfere. Feel free to let Yuan Xianger grow up in this home.
"Oh, it's you, please come in. Xianger is here today." Yun Niang's voice sounded outside the door.
When Yuan Xianger heard this, she stretched her head and glanced, and jumped up with surprise and joy, "Ateng, why are you here?"
Outside the courtyard, a woman with picturesque eyebrows, with neatly combed hair, spoke to Yun Niang in a graceful manner.
"Excuse me, this family planted it by myself." She politely handed the gift she was carrying to Yun Niang, and nodded to Yuan Xiang'er in a regular manner.
"It's so polite. Why take your things every time?" Yun Niang reached out and took it. It was a basket of pointed winter bamboo shoots.
Yuan Xiang'er let Ateng into her house and entertained her heartily.
"Aten, where do you live now? How come you come to play with me when you have time."
"I originally lived on the mountain quietly by myself, and I didn't want to be in the sad place of the world again." Ateng was holding a teacup and drinking tea, while eating snacks gracefully and speedily, she couldn't see any sadness in her appearance.
"A few days ago, I was wandering in the mountains and accidentally picked up a human cub. He looked miserable and very pitiful, so I took him back to the lair. He seemed to be a bit sick, so I came to look for him. You ask for a healing charm."
"Human cub? Isn't it a lost child? You should send him back."
"But he said that his parents were dead, and his relatives in the clan tortured him into the deep mountains in order to seize the property." Ateng's group innocently stretched out a finger to support his chin, "I think he looks very good. Ninja loves, since he is a cub no one wants, I decided to keep him by his side as a pet."
Yuan Xianger covered her forehead, "How can you raise a human as a pet?"
"Why not?" Ateng didn't quite understand. "You can raise Sirius cubs."
"How can it be the same?" Yuan Xianger was dumbfounded. She couldn't tell the reason for the difference for a long time. She thought about it and said, "Look at it, humans have such a short lifespan. If you keep him by your side, it will be cute for a while. The child became a handsome man. Before you had time to be happy, his face was wrinkled and rotted into the dirt. You spent a long time raising it for a long time, and got such an ending. Isn't it uncomfortable?"
Ateng blinked, "That's right, then when he is ready, I'd better put him back. By the way, what about your little Sirius? Why don't you raise him, instead you want this hair. The faded little wild cat is an apostle?"
She looked disgustedly at the cat boy who couldn't take the ears and tail back, and sat at the table fiercely with her robbing the cake.
Hearing this, Wu Yuan patted the cat to stand up, his eyes were erected into golden vertical pupils, and his sharp teeth were exposed at Ateng.
Yuan Xianger hadn't had time to stop, the dignified and demure Ateng transformed into a monster with a human face and a snake body, with six eyes open, mouth wide open, and a bite towards Wu Yuan.
Wu Yuan uttered a meow, and was so scared that she instantly changed back to her original form, and ran behind Yuan Xiang'er shivering.
"Okay, okay. Don't bully him, he's still a child." Yuan Xianger stopped the snake demon with one hand, and protected his kitten with the other. I took the scared kitten outside to play.
"Really, you see, it's useless at all." Ateng returned to his original form, reached out and touched his hair sideburns triumphantly, and adjusted his clothes. "Tell me, is it because this cat demon? His beauty was confusing, and he changed his mind after seeing different things, so he left Xiao Nanqi?"
Yuan Xianger laughed and laughed, "What nonsense are you talking about, Xiao Nan didn't want to be my apostle and left by himself."
"Hurt, are you stupid?" Ateng slapped his hand, and stretched out a green jade finger to point her head away, "Why don't you even have this common sense, the Sirius tribe is an ancient beast with blood. Noble, one or two are reserved to death. How can you say that they might stay on their own initiative. That little Sirius has been by your side, haggling and refusing to leave. Isn't it just because you want to be your apostle and you are embarrassed to say it?"
"Well, is it like this?" Yuan Xianger said he didn't believe it.
"You listen to me," Ateng rolled up his sleeves and gave a bad idea. "Next time I see him, he will be tied to the ground by casting a magic circle, and then forcing him to conclude a contract. He will definitely follow him."
Yuan Xiang'er cupped his belly and laughed.