"what happened?"
Xiang Yuanyuan saw that Du Ruo put his hand into his mouth before he finished speaking, and knew that he would not do this for no reason, so she quickly sat up from the bed, staring at Du Ruo's hand.
Du Ruo didn't say anything. He fumbled with his fingers in his mouth for a while, then suddenly pried them open with force.
"Clap~"
A clear sound was heard, and Xiang Yuanyuan could hear it clearly.
"Is this?? caused by a physical transformation?"
Xiang Yuanyuan looked at the tooth that Du Ruo took out of his mouth, and then thought about the sound he had just heard, so he was not too surprised.
She had seen too many incredible things happen to Du Ruo and had become a little numb. It was just a tooth falling out, nothing worth being surprised about.
There's even no such thing as why a tooth doesn't bleed when it falls out, which is worth wondering about.
"Well, this tooth was loosened just now, so I just pulled it out. It seems that all the teeth in the mouth should be replaced."
Du Ruo was not at all surprised about the tooth replacement, and he had even anticipated it.
Various Buddhist scriptures or rumors record that the Buddha had forty-eight teeth. There are also legends that the Buddha had forty teeth. Others include Bodhidharma and even Qin Shihuang who had forty teeth.
Although these are just records or legends, they also show that from ancient times to the present, people have a reverent attitude towards body alienation.
“Well, my first transformation was my fur, the second was my muscles and tendons, and the third was my bones and bone marrow.
This is just tooth replacement, it's part of the skeleton, I can feel new teeth starting to come in, it looks like all the teeth in my mouth may be replaced this time."
Du Ruo subconsciously licked the missing space with her tongue. She didn't know how long it would take for the tooth to grow out. Logically speaking, it shouldn't take too long.
"Ah? Is it the legendary Bodhidharma's forty teeth? Come on, husband, open your mouth, let me see how many teeth you have, hehe."
Xiang Yuanyuan is no novice. Since she has been with Du Ruo, she has often paid attention to those legendary figures. She also knows some anecdotes about Bodhidharma, so she is naturally curious now.
"What's so good about this? Hurry up and get up. Changing teeth only represents the integrity of the physical body. It has nothing to do with the specific number."
Du Ruo was not so bored. He patted Xiang Yuanyuan's butt exposed on the big red quilt and urged her to get up.
But the tongue couldn't help but swirl in the mouth.
"Well, including this one that fell off, there are exactly 32."
In fact, Du Ruo could count them clearly without touching them with his tongue. It was just a subconscious action.
As for whether there would be forty pills by then, Du Ruo didn't care at all. There was nothing to brag about.
Maybe if it is posted on the Internet, others will just say that you are deformed and have a physical defect. In short, it is enough for Du Ruo to be clear about it in her heart.
"Ah, yes, it's time to get up and practice. Come on, husband, let's go to the balcony."
Xiang Yuanyuan looked outside and saw that the sky was already turning pale. If she didn't go to meditate and practice, she would not be able to practice today.
The period of pre-marriage excitement has passed, so there is no point in delaying any longer.
This is how cultivation is. We shouldn’t race against time, but at least we shouldn’t put off today’s cultivation until tomorrow.
It was the first time for the two of them to practice in the new house. The morning star was still in the sky. Xiang Yuanyuan had already placed two rattan cushions on the large open-air balcony.
Sitting cross-legged on it and breathing the slightly cool fresh air around is indeed much better than meditating indoors before.
She didn’t know if it was because of the change in environment or because Du Ruo was by Xiang Yuanyuan’s side, but her meditation and energy gathering were particularly smooth today.
Du Ruo and others saw Yuanyuan entering the state, but they did not follow her in meditation and practice.
Instead, he looked at a small stone in the flower bed not far away.
Du Ruo clenched his sword finger, mobilized his mind as he did in the past, and then gently raised the sword finger upwards.
As Du Ruo pointed his sword, the small stone emerged from the crowd of small stones and floated in the air.
"Clap~"
Du Ruo smiled and retracted his sword, and the pebbles in the air fell into the flower bed.
In this experiment, Du Ruo did not utter a single word, nor did he perform a series of hand gestures. He just let his mind flow, and eventually, he used his sword fingers as a guide to move the pebble.
Of course, Du Ruo’s abilities are far more than that. Just now, he just realized that yesterday’s insights plus the further refinement of “spirit” made him more adept at controlling the “spirit”.
That's why he just thought of experimenting with the simplified drive he had envisioned, and it turned out to be just as he imagined.
But after understanding the principle, with a sufficiently concentrated mind, all problems will be solved easily, and there will be no need for maxims and hand gestures anymore.
After the experiment, Du Ruo pointed his sword at a flowerpot that was half a person's height and the size of a man's embrace. In the flowerpot was planted a tree as thick as a wrist. He attached his mental power to the tree and lifted his sword upward as if driving a pebble forward.
"Wow~"
The flowerpot floated in the air as Du Ruo pointed his sword without any pause. However, because it floated a little too fast, the leaves of the trees in the flowerpot made a slight noise.
A smile appeared on Du Ruo's face. He continued to hold up the flowerpot with his mind and slowly retracted the sword finger on his hand. The flowerpot remained suspended in the air motionlessly and did not fall to the ground because of the retraction of the sword finger.
Seeing this, Du Ruo's mind turned, and driven by the power of his mind, the flower pot began to move up and down, left and right around Du Ruo.
At the beginning, he still needed to keep his eyes on the flower pot, but gradually, even if Du Ruo's eyes were not on the flower pot, the flower pot could move according to Du Ruo's mind.
For Du Ruo, "seeing" the surroundings with the spirit is far more comprehensive than with the eyes, but the world seen by the mind is different from that seen by the eyes.
The flowerpot was carried up by Du Ruo, and together with the small tree inside, it weighed about 100 kilograms. In other words, Du Ruo was able to use the power of his mind to drag Xiang Yuanyuan in the air to achieve flight.
The point is, this kind of drive is far from the limit for Du Ruo.
Originally, Du Ruo wanted to try to lift himself up, but after trying a few times, he felt it was a bit awkward and finally gave up.
Du Ruo originally wanted to try flying with a sword, but after glancing at the balcony on the third floor, he gave up the idea.
Du Ruo made up his mind and made the flowerpot, which was still swinging up and down in the air, return to its original position.
After the flower pot was returned, Du Ruo looked up at the third floor.
Li Qiyao, wearing her nightgown, gently pushed open the third-floor window, leaned forward slightly, lay on the window, and looked down. What caught her eyes were Du Ruo's bright and deep eyes looking at her.
When Li Qiyao saw these eyes, she couldn't help but feel ripples in her heart, but she finally pursed her lips and looked at Xiang Yuanyuan who was meditating with her eyes closed beside Du Ruo.
This wave of anxiety came quickly and went away even faster. After the last test, when she was sure that Du Ruo had no interest in her, she no longer thought about this issue. She was not a mean person, so taking the initiative once was enough.
Du Ruo and Li Qiyao looked at each other. In fact, what caught their eyes was not only the eyes, but also the white chests that were exposed because their bodies leaned forward and their clothes were open.
Du Ruo just nodded slightly, without any ripples in his heart. He withdrew his gaze and began to meditate with his eyes closed.
Xiang Yuanyuan was completely focused while meditating. He was unaware of the time and could not hear the slightest noise around him. He only opened his eyes subconsciously when one hour had passed.
The first thing Xiang Yuanyuan looked at when she opened her eyes was the direction of the cushion where Du Ruo was sitting. When she saw that Du Ruo was looking at her, a smile appeared on her face.
“The sun is out~”
Li Qiyao's voice came from the third floor.
Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan did not look up, but looked towards the east together, where a ray of light began to illuminate the sleeping earth.
No one spoke at this moment, just watching the sun jump out from the horizon.
"Let's get ready for breakfast. After breakfast we have to send your parents off and then go home."
Finally, Du Ruo spoke up with a reminder, which broke the tranquility of the early morning.
"Well, OK, Qiqi, what do you want to eat?"
Xiang Yuanyuan responded with a smile, then looked towards the third floor and asked.
"I'm fine with that. I'll change my clothes and go down to help you."
Li Qiyao pushed her hair back, then stopped lying down. After seeing the two people enter the house, she returned to her room.
After a quick breakfast, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan went to the courtyard. As for Li Qiyao, she stayed in the new house. In her words, this was a good time to make a pot of tea on the third floor and enjoy the view of Huangshan Mountain in the distance.
When Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan arrived at the courtyard, Xiang's father and mother had already gotten up, but they were packing up their things, while Xiang Yuanzhang was sitting in the yard looking at the tavern opposite.
"Grandpa, have you eaten?"
Du Ruo shouted when he saw Xiang Yuanzhang.
On the second day after the three Xiang family members arrived, Du Ruo took them to climb Mount Huangshan. However, Xiang Yuanzhang was old after all, so they had to take the cable car all the way up.
Despite this, the three of them still praised the scenery of Huangshan Mountain and began to understand why Xiang Yuanyuan wanted to open a small pub here after visiting it once.
"After eating, come and have a drink."
When Xiang Yuanzhang saw Du Ruo, he shook the wine pot in his hand and invited Du Ruo. "Hey, Dad, Xiao Du should drink less now. Didn't you see that your granddaughter doesn't drink?"
At this time, the prime minister's mother came out of the house, and when she heard Xiang Yuanzhang's words, she immediately said something.
"Mom, I'm fine. The medicinal wine will be absorbed immediately after entering my stomach. Alcohol has no effect on me. But I'd better not drink it in the morning. I usually drink tea in the morning."
Du Ruo shouted when she saw the Prime Minister's mother, and of course she did not forget to answer Xiang Yuanzhang while explaining.
"Hey, Xiao Du, we have almost packed our things, and we need to be home without anyone around. Your third cousin has been looking after us these past two days.
We are worried, so we won't stay any longer. We are going to leave right away. Please tell our in-laws for us when the time comes."
When Xiangmu heard Du Ruo calling her mother, she always drew out the tone when responding.
"Okay, we'll be back in two days anyway."
He had known for a long time that Xiang's father, Xiang's mother, and Xiang Yuanzhang would be going back soon. His parents also knew about it. This was a decision that had been made long ago.
"Dad, let me help you get it."
At this time, Du Ruo saw her father-in-law carrying two large boxes and hurried over to help carry them.
Because Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan were going to visit their parents on the third day, that is, they were going to take Xiang Yuanyuan back to her parents' home, so when the three people from the Xiang family left, they did not feel too reluctant.
In the end, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan stood at the gate of the yard, waved and watched Xiang's mother drive them away.
"Let's move our things back here. We will definitely live in the new house in the future. Do we need to give up the lease?"
After sending their parents away, Xiang Yuanyuan and Du Ruo walked towards the yard. There were still some clothes that needed to be moved to the new house. As for furniture, appliances and the like, they had no plans to move them. They would definitely move directly into the new house in the future. Xiang Yuanyuan didn't know whether Du Ruo would continue to rent this yard.
"There's no need to cancel the lease. There's not much rent anyway. Just ask Yang Ling to ask her aunt to come over and clean up occasionally. The pub and the B&B are still here, so you can come over and sit down occasionally."
Du Ruo looked at the yard. At first, he didn't have any feelings about it. After all, it was just a rented yard.
However, since I confirmed my relationship with Xiang Yuanyuan, we have left many memories here and have never thought about canceling the lease.
"Okay, but we can't keep the valuables. We have to move the alchemy furnace, various medicinal materials, tiger bone wine, etc. back to the new house."
"Forget about it now. Let's go home first. Mom and Dad are probably waiting for us. Let's move in the afternoon or tomorrow."
"Okay, Qiqi and I will sort it out, and you will be responsible for moving."
Xiang Yuanyuan smiled. The things here should have been moved in long ago, but because they hadn't moved into the new house for some time, and there were also a lot of trivial matters to deal with, they didn't move these things in.
Moreover, they were not comfortable letting other people move these things, so they decided to move them themselves.
"You, it's so hard to be your best friend, let's go home first."
Du Ruo had no objection to this. She just joked a little and then prepared to go home.
"Hehe, Qiqi is relatively free anyway, so when I move things, there's no way she'll just sit there and watch."
"She came all this way, and ended up running around just to help out~"
"It's okay. At worst, I can accompany her to climb Mount Huangshan."
"Tsk~ Are you accompanying her or is she accompanying you~"
"Don't worry about the details, they are all the same."
……
"Mom, what are you doing?"
When Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan arrived home, they saw their parents were already packing their luggage and loading it into the car.
"Mom, let me help you put it on."
Xiang Yuanyuan was going to help her mother get something.
"Your father and I have already discussed it a few days ago. After your wedding is over, we will set off directly to start traveling."
My mother didn't refuse. She and Xiang Yuanyuan carried a big bag and put it in the car.
"So urgent?"
Du Ruo just didn't expect it. His parents acted too quickly. They actually had the wedding yesterday and left today.
"What's the rush? There's no rush at all. Let's go round and sit inside. We have already moved all the things."
Mom put the bag in the car, and only then did Du Ruo realize that the car was already full of things, big and small bags. It seemed that it had been planned for quite a long time.
"If we don't go out for a walk now, when Yuanyuan gets pregnant, it will be difficult for us to go out and play. It's better to go out for a walk now."
As my mother spoke, she took Xiang Yuanyuan's hand and walked into the house.
"Then why are you still going in? Why don't you just go and don't waste time."
Du Ruo curled her lips, but still fully supported her parents going out for fun.
This was originally arranged. If it weren't for his wedding, the two of them would have probably gone out to play during the New Year.
"What are you waiting for, Yuanyuan? I made some sweet red date tea early in the morning. I'll bring it out for you."
My mother held Xiang Yuanyuan's hand and never let go, and the smile on her face never stopped.
Today I came here mainly to say hello. After all, I just got married. I can't forget my mother just because I have a wife.
However, Du Ruo's original plan to have lunch at home was dashed.
After chatting with Xiang Yuanyuan for a while, my parents started to look at the time frequently, while the other kept looking at the vehicles outside.
Seeing this, Du Ruo didn't say anything more and simply took the initiative to let the two of them set off early.
As for where to go and what route to take, Du Ruo didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, he basically knew the answer by checking his friends' circle in the evening.
As soon as he goes out, even his father who never posts on WeChat Moments for thousands of years will post a nine-square grid and even leave a few elegant words.
Du Ruo was very clear about this.
So before lunch, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan returned to the new house. Of course, they also brought back various frozen goods and vegetables from their parents' refrigerator.
Du Ruo even found a few sea fish that he didn't know which one he had brought back.
As for the other things like the meatballs from two years ago, the spare ribs from more than a year ago, and a piece of pork belly from three years ago, Du Ruo had simply thrown them away.
It was also during this opportunity that Du Ruo had the chance to clean out the refrigerator at home as his parents were going out for a long trip.
In fact, it is not beyond my mother’s ability to dig out things from the refrigerator that are three years old, it’s just because the refrigerator was just replaced three years ago.
After lunch, Xiang Yuanyuan really pulled Li Qiyao to help pack up things.
Although it sounds like a lot, in fact there were only two trips by car, one to move the tiger bone wine, and the other to move the most expensive medicinal materials.
As for the alchemy furnace, Du Ruo planned to visit it in the evening.
So we finished work very quickly in the afternoon and returned to our new house.
“Ah!! It feels so good~~”
On the third-floor balcony of the new house, Xiang Yuanyuan and Li Qiyao lay side by side on recliners, looking at Mount Huangshan in the distance and shouted loudly.
"You haven't practiced boxing today. Once you've rested, we'll go down and practice boxing."
Du Ruo, who was sitting between the two of them, pushed the tea to their hands and gave them a reminder.
"Let's practice here, and think about boxing while looking at the beautiful scenery of Huangshan Mountain in the distance. It makes me happy."
Xiang Yuanyuan didn't object to practicing martial arts, so she agreed as soon as Du Ruo asked her.
Next, one of them taught while the other practiced, while Li Qiyao drank tea on the side, and time passed quickly.
"Hubby, when will your body's transformation be complete? Will you be able to fly farther after the transformation is complete?"
After the martial arts training, Xiang Yuanyuan returned to the recliner and asked about Du Ruo's health, without any intention of avoiding Li Qiyao.
"I don't know when the physical transformation will be finished, but as for flying, I should be able to do it now."
Du Ruo was originally a little wary of Li Qiyao. After all, Li Qiyao was just a friend and was completely incomparable to Xiang Yuanyuan.
But seeing that Xiang Yuanyuan didn't seem to be worried about Li Qiyao knowing, he decided that he had nothing to hide.
(End of this chapter)
