Chapter 3

At noon, sunlight streamed through the window, and a few bird calls came from outside, followed by the sound of flapping wings as they flew away.

Inside, Du Xiangxiang was as industrious as a bird, humming a song that Sun Yan had never heard before, while cooking with her "color pen cooking method." Before making each dish, she would draw a nine-square grid and color it with different colors, seemingly adjusting the "heat" or deciding whether to fry, stir-fry, boil, or deep-fry.

She drew the washed meat strips, green peppers, and various ingredients on the grid, muttered some words, and a green light flashed. The plate, meat strips, green peppers, salt, ginger, and everything else turned into particles and began to reassemble. Steam rose, and in an instant, the plate reappeared with a dish of steaming, fragrant stir-fried green peppers and meat. The aroma alone made one's mouth water.

This girl is a fairy!

Sun Yan was now certain of this.

One of the dishes of green vegetables, after being "particleized" and reassembled, appeared as a crisp, green doll, extremely cute, and it was hard to recognize its original form as a vegetable. Sun Yan doubted whether he could bring himself to eat it.

All the other ingredients had been used up, and only a few eggs remained on the table.

Du Xiangxiang looked at them with a pained expression.

"What's wrong?"

"Why did we buy eggs but not tomatoes?"

Sun Yan: "Huh?"

Du Xiangxiang, with tears in her eyes: "Without tomatoes, the eggs will be very lonely."

I don't think they like being stir-fried with tomatoes that much!

Du Xiangxiang stroked the eggs sympathetically: "Poor little ones, without tomatoes!"

I think you're making them secretly love tomatoes, as if they would die happy just to be with tomatoes. Are you bullying them because they can't speak?

The eggs without tomatoes were so pitiful that Du Xiangxiang couldn't bring herself to cook them. Sun Yan had no choice but to put them in the fridge and go buy tomatoes in the afternoon so they could be happily eaten with tomatoes. If I were an egg, I would pray that these people who want to eat me would never find tomatoes.

Despite this, even Sun Yan had to admit that the food Du Xiangxiang cooked with her "color pen cooking method" was incredibly fragrant. The stir-fried green peppers and meat were tender and delicious, melting in the mouth. The taro, after being particleized, reassembled into the shape of a lobster and tasted like one. Could taro be the illegitimate child of a lobster?

And that "green doll," when Sun Yan broke its neck with chopsticks and bit its cute head, his heart ached...

***

Sun Yan laid a bamboo mat on the balcony and moved a small table over, sitting with Du Xiangxiang to drink tea.

Since he was now certain that this girl was not an ordinary person, he was naturally very curious about the fairy realm and wanted to know more.

"Sorry, sir," Du Xiangxiang said apologetically, "You are still a mortal, and the matters of the fairy realm cannot be casually revealed to mortals."

"Even if I am your future husband, you can't tell me?"

The girl's face turned red, and her forehead almost touched the teacup on the table: "Mm-hm!"

"Can you at least tell me how you became a fairy?"

"That is also a secret."

"Is the head of the heavens the Jade Emperor?"

"That is also a secret."

"Are you a man or a woman?"

"That is also a secret... a woman, a woman!"

"Phew," Sun Yan sighed in relief, "I almost thought you were a cute boy."

"You're bullying me..." The girl's forehead almost touched the table.

"I remember reading in the 'Taiping Guangji' that immortals are also divided into ranks, right? Is that also a secret?"

"Sir, you are correct! There are nine ranks of immortals. 'Immortal' is actually the lowest rank. Above 'Immortal' are Flying Immortal, Spirit Immortal, True Person, Flying Heaven True Person, Supreme True Person, Golden Immortal, and so on," Du Xiangxiang said, puffing out her chest. "This humble woman, because I cultivate the 'Six Jia Qimen' among the thirty-six great magical abilities, have accumulated much merit, and passed the Heavenly Altar Benevolent Sage Palace's two examinations. After consuming the Zhu Guang Yun Bi Yu in my youth, I was also granted the Nine-Grade Immortal Formula's Nine-Transmutation Frost Snow Pill and the Supreme Golden Liquid Flower by the Heavenly Altar Benevolent Sage Great Emperor. In terms of rank, I am actually a 'Flying Immortal' above 'Immortal.'"

Sun Yan asked, "Since you are called a 'Flying Immortal,' shouldn't you be able to fly?"

Du Xiangxiang's head lowered again, touching the table: "This humble woman is of the Lingbao lineage and does not have a magical treasure, so I cannot fly!"

So, you're a Flying Immortal who can't fly? I mean, if you can't fly, can you still be called a Flying Immortal? Don't you think it's embarrassing, like a college student who can't read? How should I even talk to you?

Sun Yan sighed, feeling embarrassed for the Flying Immortal who couldn't fly. He asked, "So, you have to wait until the next full moon to return to the fairy realm?"

"Yes, because of the separation of heaven and earth, the fairy realm and the mortal world can only connect when the Southern Heavenly Gate opens," Du Xiangxiang explained. "Unless there is an important mission, one can use the 'Taishan Passage' in the Heavenly Altar Benevolent Sage Palace, but that requires the approval of the Taishan Great Emperor. Or, like Yaoyao, one can break the crystal barrier separating the fairy realm and the mortal world, but that is illegal. Since there are no Golden Immortals left in the fairy realm, only a few Supreme True Persons in the entire Heavenly Court can do it."

"No Golden Immortals in the fairy realm?"

"Oops!" Du Xiangxiang covered her mouth, "That is a secret."

You already said it...

Forget it! Sun Yan said, "So, you'll have to stay here for at least a month? I'll go buy some clothes for you to change into tonight." Seeing that she clearly didn't have any money, he decided to pay for her.

Du Xiangxiang said apologetically, "I'm sorry to trouble you! But you don't need to buy ready-made clothes. Just buy some fabric, and I can make them myself."

Sun Yan asked curiously, "Make them yourself? How? We don't have a sewing machine!"

Du Xiangxiang said innocently, "I have the color pen!"

So, the color pen is not only the reincarnation of the snail girl but also the sister of the weaving fairy?

I wonder if the color pen knows how capable it is?

***

That evening, Sun Yan and Du Xiangxiang walked on the Longevity Bridge.

Du Xiangxiang, already beautiful, with two buns and wearing a traditional blouse and skirt, looked like a girl from a TV drama, naturally attracting the attention of many passersby.

"Why are they looking at me like that?" Du Xiangxiang asked softly.

"Probably because you're dressed strangely!"

"But I think they look stranger."

"Strange people always think others are strange."

"This humble woman is not strange!" Du Xiangxiang, with her left index finger lightly touching her right index finger, followed behind him.

***

(Thank you, Sisheng Qikuo, HUIZI, Unemployed Person, and Mechanical Bee for your support! I received gifts right after starting the book! ^_^)

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