Aspiring to the Immortal Path

The little sprite was very curious about her new home. For her, the human world had many new and interesting things, so she touched everything she could.

An inkstone drew her attention. She walked over, crawled on top of the inkstone, and looked around. She accidentally fell into the ink, so when she came out again, she was all black.

Tang Jie burst out in laughter. The sprite was rather incensed and shook her head, splattering the entire room in ink.

“Alright, vicious creature!” Tang Jie was rendered speechless by the black dots now sprinkling his room. He pulled the sprite off the inkstone and prepared to give her a bath, but then he saw the little one wave her hands, upon which all the ink dissipated on its own, leaving only that cute little face, happily smiling at Tang Jie.

“Though youre lacking in strength, it seems like you have a lot of tricks,” Tang Jie said as he patted her head. “Since you goyiyi yaya all the time, why dont I call youYiyi from now on?”

The sprite was so excited at having a name that she did a somersault and then repeatedly nodded her head.

“Good. Then stay here like a good girl,” Tang Jie said as he took his leave.

“Yiyiyaya!” Yiyi frantically shouted upon seeing that Tang Jie was going to leave.

Tang Jie laughed. “Dont worry. Im not leaving. Im just going to make you a nest. Im guessing that you dont plan to obediently stay in that flower pot.”

A few moments later, Tang Jie came inside with a large block of wood.

He hollowed out the block of wood, stuffed the inside with cotton, and then sewed a little pillow and blanket from a piece of cloth. He then hung a curtain over the hole, thus creating a little wooden house.

Patting the blanket, Tang Jie said, “Alright, starting from today, this is your nest. In the future, if everything is fine, you can sleep here. When Im not around, you can play around inside the room, but you cant go outside. If somebody comes, you have to be a flower in the pot. You cant let other people discover you. Do you understand?”

The little sprite nodded, and then she turned into a little white flower and quietly stood in the pot.