Primordial Era: When a Good Guy Awakens a Morally Unethical System

Yuanshi paused for a moment: "No need. Cultivation cannot be forced."

Hongyun watched Yuanshi return to his room, and then started running and playing with Tongtian all over the mountain again.

One day, Tongtian, who had drunk several cups of tea while thirsty, suddenly said, "Hongyun, let me tell you, don't be fooled by my second brother's diligent and studious appearance. Actually, after you told him, he came to play with the Enlightenment Tea with me. He secretly took it back to his room to drink, afraid of being embarrassed!"

Hongyun sighed inwardly. Tongtian deserved the beating. He knew that Yuanshi didn't want to lose face, yet he still brought up everything.

Tongtian: "Your Enlightenment Tea is really good. My second brother went into seclusion after drinking it, and even forgot about hitting me."

"What have you done now that made Fellow Daoist Yuanshi want to beat you up?" Hongyun was genuinely curious and wanted to see just how much trouble Tongtian could cause.

"If he wants to hit someone, you have to ask him why. How would I know!" Tongtian pouted, seemingly extremely dissatisfied.

He doesn't care what he did to deserve being beaten, but rather what the person who beat him up was doing it for. He seems to have suffered a great injustice, which is good, at least this way he doesn't suffer any mental anguish.

"So what have you been doing these past two days?" Hongyun was really curious and itching to find out.

"We're together every day, either cultivating or wandering around in the mountains, we haven't done anything!" Tongtian was also puzzled. He hadn't done anything, so why was his second brother hitting him?

My second brother is sick!

Hongyun suppressed a laugh and turned her head away, but then she saw the little creature not far away.

Behind a cypress tree, a little mouse hid timidly, yet always wanting to peek out. Because of the distance and its inability to transform, neither Hongyun nor Tongtian noticed it.

Hongyun laughed and pointed to Tongtian, saying, "Look at that little mouse. With its sharp eyesight, what can it possibly see while hiding there and slacking off?"

"I can see a blur," Tongtian said, intrigued, and got up to walk over.

The little mouse was so frightened by the sight of someone coming that it ran away, but Tongtian caught it in his hand with a flick of his wrist.

"Squeak~ Squeak~" The little mouse was so frightened that it twisted wildly in Tongtian's hand.

"I've heard of a famous dish called 'Three Squeaks'~, have you heard of it, Tongtian?" Hongyun looked at the little mouse with a mischievous grin.

"What's the dish? Is it good?" Tongtian asked expectantly. He was tired of eating barbecue lately, so it would be nice to change things up.

Hongyun conjured a pair of chopsticks and waved them in front of the little mouse: "We squeeze the juice out of flavorful fruits, then use two sticks to pick up these little mice. When the sticks are used to pick them up, the mouse squeaks. When it's dipped in the juice, it squeaks again. When it's put in its mouth and slowly bit down, it squeaks again, hence the name 'Three Squeaks.'"

"This dish cannot be made with ordinary rats; it must be made with rats of superior lineage, rats that have already developed intelligence and are about to transform into human form. Otherwise, it will lack spiritual energy and be uninteresting to eat!"

Hongyun clicked her tongue twice in delight.

Tongtian listened to Hongyun's description, his expression gradually turning to disgust. Eating it was fine, but eating it raw was out of the question!

However, Tongtian reacted quickly and realized that Hongyun was deliberately teasing the little mouse, so he also became interested.

"That sounds interesting, it must taste good too." Tongtian grinned mischievously, exchanging knowing glances with Hongyun.

The little mouse was so frightened that it trembled, unable to run away, and its teeth chattered.

Hongyun: "This little mouse sounds quite cute when it squeaks. What's its bloodline?"