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Chapter 106 The Jade Maiden Awakens an Amazing Attribute

While the Kitchen God was drinking and the Golden Boy and Jade Girl were enjoying fruits, suddenly the two brothers, Ao Peng and Ao Wu, rushed out of the darkness in the kitchen. They carried a bucket of warm syrup in one hand and a wooden stick in the other, stirring it vigorously.

Ao Peng acted quickly, first smearing the Kitchen God's mouth with malt sugar to prevent him from using any strange magic. The Kitchen God's soul was startled and turned around to raise the Ten Thousand Households Fire to retaliate, but Ao Wu quickly smeared his hands and feet with malt sugar, making him unable to move.

This is the power of folk customs!

The Kitchen God originated from folk customs and descended to the mortal world through these customs, thus naturally being bound by them.

On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, malt sugar is the nemesis of the Kitchen God, partly because only a wisp of the Kitchen God's soul is present here.

After sealing the Kitchen God's hands and feet, Ao Peng swiftly and decisively stuffed the Kitchen God's soul into his own portrait, then neatly sealed it with maltose.

The boy and girl who were following the Kitchen God were terrified. They knew that mortals wanted to seal their mouths with malt sugar, but this was the first time they had ever seen mortals use malt sugar to bind the Kitchen God!

The last time something like this happened was when the Cowherd dared to kidnap the Weaver Girl and take her home!

"Who are you, daring to be so bold!"

Jin Tong mustered his courage and asked.

Ao Peng glanced at the jar of good and evil held by the two boys and understood the saying that it was easier to deal with the King of Hell than with the little devils.

He cupped his hands in a fist and smiled, "You two young ladies are unaware that today's events were all ordered to be carried out by the True Lord of Abundant Wealth."

In the intermediate realm, in the town of Shoucai, a fragment of the soul of the True Lord of Abundant Wealth suddenly sneezed loudly. He keenly sensed that someone was using his name to do bad things, but he couldn't see clearly who that person was!

May wealth flow in from all directions?

The golden boy and jade girl seemed to be deep in thought.

Indeed, if they weren't big shots of this caliber, how could they dare to scheme against their own master?

This is a power struggle among the upper echelons, so these lesser gods naturally need to be extremely careful lest they offend the taboos. Otherwise, while the big shots are unharmed, they will suffer the fate of having their souls banished to the Netherworld.

Ao Peng took out two red envelopes, one containing ten thousand incense sticks. "You two have worked hard on your descent to the mortal realm. Please put in a good word for me before the Kitchen God."

Ao Peng glanced at the jar of good and evil that the golden boy and jade girl were holding.

The golden boy and jade girl gave a bitter smile. Incense offerings are a matter of cause and effect. How could they not understand this principle?

Now that we've accepted Ao Peng's offerings, we can't speak ill of him behind his back for the rest of the year.

But we don't accept them.

The golden boy and jade girl glanced at Ao Wu beside them. Ao Wu was already excited and ready to smear the sticky maltose all over them!

Especially for the young lady, who had just changed into her New Year's clothes, she naturally didn't want a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy to smear that sticky stuff all over her body, especially her mouth. Her mouth would be full of that smell, and how could she face anyone after that!

Upon imagining this terrifying scene, the Jade Maiden quickly accepted Ao Peng's red envelope.

There's a saying in the mortal world: "If you don't listen to a toast, you'll have to drink a penalty shot."

She doesn't want to be forced to drink the punishment!

Since the maiden had already accepted the red envelope, the boy naturally had no choice but to accept the incense offering as well.

Seeing that the two had put away their incense offerings, Ao Peng smiled and said, "Please enjoy some fruit here."

Although the Golden Boy and Jade Girl knew that Ao Peng could not harm the real Kitchen God, after all, this was only a wisp of the Kitchen God's soul, and a rather important one at that.

"My master?"

Ao Peng replied, "After you two have enjoyed the fruits, ride the Five-Colored Heavenly Rooster to Shoucai Town in the Intermediate Yin Realm and wait there. When the time comes at Chen Shi (7-9 AM), it is the time when dragons travel through the sky, and the Kitchen God will naturally return to his place. At that time, you can ride the Heavenly Rooster quickly, so it will not delay your return to the Heavenly Court to report."

The golden boy and jade girl thought about it and realized that made sense.

But there are still three or four hours until Chenshi (7-9 AM). Where is this guy going to take his master in such a long time?

Ao Peng didn't care what the golden boy and jade girl thought. He pulled Ao Wu out and walked towards his bedroom on the second floor, instructing him, "You go and have dinner with those two. What benefits you get depends entirely on your own luck."

Ao Wu nodded repeatedly, "Then what about you, brother?"

"You don't need to worry about me, just don't come to my room."

After saying that, Ao Peng took the Kitchen God's portrait into the room and told Xiao Hun Dun to seal the door.

The door slammed shut, and then there was no sound from inside.

Ao Wu then realized that his older brother might have developed some strange fetish.

It's now early morning, around 7 AM, three or four hours away. My older brother brought a picture of the Kitchen God into the room; the Kitchen God is quite handsome.

However, Ao Wu didn't dare to ask, for fear of ruining his brother's good time. He walked downstairs and saw the golden boy and jade girl. The six eyes met in silence.

Although the Golden Boy and Jade Girl could not perceive the situation after the Little Chaos was separated, they could sense Ao Peng carrying their master's statue back into the house.

This is an incredible amount of information!

Jin Tong whispered to Ao Wu, "After all these years, do you people in the mortal realm still enjoy that kind of thing?"

"What's up?"

Ao Wuzhuang did not understand.

The maiden's eyes lit up!

He patted Jin Tong on the head. "Why are you so dense? Not only do people in the lower realms like this, but I've heard that the gods in the west are doing it too, even revising their doctrines!"

"Our master is just too handsome, so he's always forbidden women from offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God. Hmm—I remember that the Cowherd also had divine guidance behind him to marry the Weaver Girl. Back then, it caused a huge uproar in heaven and earth, even the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother disapproved. But in the end, they still got together!"

She recalled Ao Peng's imposing figure and suddenly felt that he and her husband were quite a good match.

At this point, Yu Nu glanced at Ao Wu. If the master really did get together with that man, would the man be considered their Kitchen God's newest aunt or son-in-law?

Ugh, this is so hard to address!

Ao Wu blushed deeply and quickly buried his head, unsure how to answer.

Jin Tong patted Ao Wu on the shoulder sympathetically, "Things have come to this point, and it's not something you or I can decide. Let's eat first!"

Ao Wu nodded repeatedly.

After saying that, Jin Tong began to enjoy the fruits and sweets on the table, and Ao Wu also quickly started eating. The Jade Maiden next to him was full of excitement, took out a small notebook, and kept asking Ao Peng about his preferences, as if she had awakened some kind of amazing attribute!

The Jade Maiden had already decided on the marriage between this family and their Kitchen God's Mansion. Although the Golden Boy didn't say anything, what if he offended his future aunt or the groom's brother? Wouldn't he be in trouble?

So the golden boy and jade girl, thinking that Ao Wu was already family, stuffed him with a lot of good things and even gave him some pointers on fire control techniques. Anyway, Ao Wu felt that he had gained a lot that night, but he didn't know how to face his older brother the next morning. He suddenly thought of something. No wonder his older brother told his sister-in-law that no matter what noise she heard, she was not allowed to come out until ten o'clock. Under the same roof, he could do that. He was a master of time management!

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