Episode 24

  In the northern countryside of Guzhou City, there was a wealthy and respected old man named Mr. Jin who had a granddaughter named Jinchun'er, who was only 12 years old. One day, she suddenly fell ill, and by the time the doctor arrived, she had been dead for some time. The Jin family had many grandsons, but only this one granddaughter, whom they loved dearly. Old Mr. Jin wept uncontrollably. The family members were afraid to mention her death, so they just said that she was still being treated. Three days passed, and when Old Mr. Jin finally learned of his granddaughter's passing, he wanted to bury her, but then a miracle happened - she came back to life! However, her face had changed slightly, and she no longer liked to talk much. The Jin family was overjoyed, and the news spread quickly as a beautiful story.

  Actually, Jin Jia's Jin Chang'er had really died of old age. The Jin family and the Fang family were relatives, so the Fang family heard about this early on. However, when the demon cultivator Jin Chang'er heard about a girl with the same name as her, she was shocked and went to see her. Seeing the tragic state of the Jin family, she suddenly came up with a plan and transferred one strand of her divine spirit into the body of the young lady, using her powerful magic to separate out a thread of her primordial spirit and enter it into the girl's dantian. With two spirits attached to her body, the girl miraculously came back to life! Jin Chang'er's true body transformed into a snake-shaped hairpin hidden in the girl's hair bun. After several months, when she was able to move freely, she began to clamor to go to the town school to read books. The girl's family loved her even more after she died and came back to life, so they didn't dare disobey her. They just sent someone with gifts to pay respects to Master Shi Goubing and ask him to teach her classical literature.

  Jin Chan'er originally wanted to try possessing a body with Jiao Jiao's Yuan Shen and Shi Shen, but first, Jiao Jiao didn't have a physical body to nourish her Yuan Shen and Shi Shen, forcibly separating her soul and spirit would likely damage her Yuan Shen and Shi Shen, causing her soul to scatter. Second, Jiao Jiao's Yuan Shen and Shi Shen were already very weak, and couldn't control that ordinary body either!

  Jiaojiao sat beside Shiyu every day, listening to him recite poetry and classics, his voice clear and melodious like a song. Often, she would gaze at him with a faint smile, saying nothing.

  "Hey! Why are you always staring at that silly smile?"

  "Not enough, your reading of poetry is really interesting!"

  "How interesting! Little girl. From now on, call me Older Brother!"

  "Goodness gracious! You're younger than me by several years, yet you don't call me Elder Sister Qian but instead make me address you as Younger Brother? How absurd!"

  "You don't call him brother? Fine! From now on, don't talk to him again! Even if he talks, I won't listen!"

  That historian was so unreasonable that he didn't even bother with Chang'er. Chang'er was also annoyed and thought to herself:

  "Let's just ignore it then, who's really afraid of it anyway!"

  In less than three days, Chang'er became anxious! But the young children's poetry and essays were too shallow to communicate with her. And those who were a bit older only tried to make her smile, without being sincere at all! So she simply didn't bother to say anything more:

  "Not enough, you and I talk about something! Just chat about how to recite scriptures?"

  Insufficient but head also didn't lift, only closed eyes and read as before, as if Jin Channer was like no one. Jin Channer was both angry and anxious, stomped her foot and said:

  "Alright! If you have something on your mind, don't bother me with it!"

  He turned around abruptly and left.

  "Hmph, you little girl! When you're not around, I'm doing just fine too. Do I have to die without you?"

  He gave a faint smile and then devoted himself to chanting poems and reading scriptures.

  Three or five days passed, and Jin Chan'er deliberately ignored him, trying to annoy him with a bad idea. However, he acted as if she didn't exist, completely ignoring her.

  "Sister, why don't you use your magic to harm her a bit? This stinky little brat is really nothing! My sisters and I have cultivated for tens of thousands of years, where did we ever encounter such idle air?"

  Bai Jiao initially thought it was interesting, but seeing that her sister couldn't even get a slight discount, she suddenly became furious.

  "Sister, he's just a child. What are we? Are we the kind of existence like Lu Xian? Mustn't use magic to cheat and win? Besides, using magic would already be considered losing for us."

  "What's good about that? In short, think of a way to tame him, and then we can vent our anger!"

  After more than ten days passed, Jin Chan'er and her sister used many cunning tricks, but none of them worked. They had to come over and apologize sincerely, saying they were wrong:

  "Not enough, brother! I admit defeat! You're really patient and determined!"

  One mouth says it, one body does ten thousand blessings.

  "Alright! Chang'er sister, get up! I won't blame you either!"

  "Oh my! Sister! This stinky little brat is really hateful! It's infuriating! And he doesn't even blame you! What kind of person is this! With such reasoning! Sister, teach him a lesson! Teach him a good one! Hmm? Don't tell me you also want to play dumb and innocent?"

  "Alright, sister, don't be angry. When I get close to him and his grandson, I'll find a way to put you in the Nine Spirits Divine Box, place it beside the Three Realms Coffin, and let you enjoy the nourishment of heaven and earth's divine energy! Maybe it can nurture your spirit, strengthen your primordial spirit, and return to your physical body? Can't bear to part with a little kid?"

  From then on, Chang'er was always dissatisfied with her brother, and surrounded by the insufficient quality of his poetry and essays. Bai JiaoJiao was never satisfied:

  "Sister, you're really something! I might as well just call him brother-in-law from now on! You old witch, why are you always being so annoyingly sweet and fawning to people all day long?!"

  "Oh! Little sister is jealous too! Can't bear that brother is not good enough for you, want big sister to be the matchmaker?"

  "Ah! I spit on him! He's just a commoner from the mortal world! But you, one mouthful of 'insufficient brother' after another, aren't you ashamed!"

  "What! You still remember your hatred for your sister!"

  "You! Jin Chan'er, you've gone too far!"

  Having said that, Bai Jiao closed her eyes and refused to speak again in a huff.

  "Alright, little sister. He's just a young kid from a good family. But he's really likable too. You'll get used to him if you look at him for a while longer."

  Bai Jiao Jiao also didn't speak.

  "Sister, don't learn from your older brother's inadequacies! Oh dear, okay! Big sister is afraid of you guys too!"

  Bai Jiao Jiao still didn't speak to Jin Chan Er. One day, Jin Chan Er had a quarrel with Bu Zu, because Bu Zu wrote a poem and gave it to Fang Lao Ye's daughter instead of Bai Jiao Jiao as originally intended by Jin Chan Er.

  "Brother, how could you be so unfeeling! It's really unreasonable. I asked you to write a poem in every way, but instead you gave it to someone else. Giving it to someone else is one thing, but you specifically gave it to that Fang family girl who is our sworn enemy. What were you thinking?"

  "Writing poetry is a natural thing to do, giving poetry is also a spontaneous act! Someone writes, someone gives, what's wrong with that?"

  "You, you, you......"

  Jin Chan'er was in a great hurry and ran out in annoyance. She went alone to the pine forest outside the school, where she sulked.

  "Sister, it's just a poem! Why are you getting so worked up?"

  "This is what I asked him to do, and it's also for Jiao Jiao."

  "It's just a poem, sister. I know your heart and that's enough. Why get really angry? Your angry look is something that hasn't been seen in thousands of years. Back then when I annoyed you, you got really angry, just like this!"

  "Oh! Me... My mood is a bit unstable!"

  "Sister, living with this little thief for so long has even affected me. After a long time, don't let your cultivation be ruined by his influence!"

  "Jiao Jiao, having achieved great success, the right results should also be attributed to good timing. Moreover, only after experiencing many things can one's state of mind reach a higher level."

  "Sister is absolutely right! Then let's just be as straightforward and carefree as that insufficient brother!"

  "Huh? Jiao jiao, what did you just call him? Not enough for brother! Hehe!"

  "Sister, even if he's older than you, must you still call him little brother?"

  "It's just a pity that elder brother indeed has great talent too, when will he teach his methods to others, perhaps another great master will emerge!"

  "Sister, it's been like this since childhood, won't you become a great sister-in-law in the future? Hehehe......"

  "Jiao Jiao, how dare you tease your sister?"

  Two women in the forest spread rumors and laughed without mentioning it.