Although the E Beast likes to tell lies, as a well - known spiritual beast, it disdains to deceive children.
Niannian found the E Beast quite amiable and was willing to believe what it said.
Moreover, someone had captured it and sealed it inside the evil idol. The E Beast must have been extremely reluctant and perhaps harbored some hatred.
She was going with her senior brothers and master to destroy the den where the evil idols were made and catch the people behind these heresies. In a way, it was like avenging the E Beast.
So, both emotionally and rationally, the E Beast shouldn't deceive her.
"Dead rabbit, what are you doing here?!"
Just as Niannian was about to explain something to the ancestor of the Tu family, a startled cry came from the window.
All she heard was a series of "squeaks", but the actual words rang in her mind.
Niannian and the E Beast both looked towards the window and saw a fox - like animal standing there.
"Xiaohuang, why are you here?"
Cheng Huang was now quite familiar with Niannian, and "Xiaohuang" was its current name.
It was winter, and it was very cold outside.
Xiaotuanzi quickly got out of bed when she saw it standing outside the window, opened the window, and let it in.
Cheng Huang's chubby body wriggled into the room, and the fat on its body trembled. It was obvious that it had been eating well at Xiaotuanzi's place.
It had gained a lot of weight. People who didn't know might think a fox had mutated into a pig.
The E Beast adjusted its ears and looked at Cheng Huang with disdain.
These two spiritual beasts seemed to have a long - standing feud, and their relationship clearly wasn't good.
"Roar! I smelled your stinky rabbit smell from afar and came here specially. I didn't expect it to really be you. What are you doing by my little master's side? You've become so low - class. You even deceive a child. My little master is only six years old!"
"Aren't you just loafing around in the zoo? How come you've recognized a master? And I didn't deceive the child. I'm here to repay a kindness."
The E Beast clearly looked down on Cheng Huang.
One beast was on the ground, and the other was floating in mid - air. They disliked each other.
"Spit! You stinky rabbit. You never tell the truth. You deceive everyone. You're the most immoral!"
"Spit! What do you mean I deceive everyone? I just tricked you into a meal back then. It wasn't even a good one. Is it really worth it? You've held a grudge until now. How can you be so petty!"
Cheng Huang and the E Beast quarreled non - stop.
The problem was that they both insisted on Niannian hearing their quarrel.
They transmitted their voices into Niannian's mind while still making non - stop "squeaks" and "chirps" with their mouths.
It was so noisy that it made her head ache.
Xiaotuanzi was dizzy from the noise. It was as if there were ten thousand ducks quacking in her head or ten thousand firecrackers going off at the same time.
Her eyes were almost turning into spiral ones.
Strangely enough, the ancestor of the Tu family, who was standing by, wasn't affected by the spiritual beasts' voice - transmission. He couldn't hear the content of their quarrel at all. He only heard the animal calls and didn't find it very noisy, so he didn't stop them.
Niannian endured this mental torture and even began to dislike the spiritual beasts' ability to transmit voices.
The most annoying thing was that she couldn't choose to block it unilaterally!
"Get out of here quickly. This is my home, and this is my little master!"
Cheng Huang had repeated this sentence countless times, but the E Beast remained unmoved.
"I'm not leaving. This isn't your home. This is the little Taoist priest's home. You're just a freeloader who comes here for food, drink, and shelter, and you're acting like a master! I don't care. The little Taoist priest hasn't told me to leave, so I'm staying!"
The E Beast also got into an argument with Cheng Huang.
It originally planned to come and repay the kindness and then leave. It had almost finished speaking and was about to leave to find its own physical body, but this stinky fox had interrupted it.
It was annoyed just looking at this stinky fox. Since it said it wanted to drive it away, it would definitely stay.
"Little master, tell it to go!"
"Little Taoist priest, can I stay?"
The two beasts both turned their gazes to Niannian.
They waited quietly for Niannian to give an answer.
The endless quarreling finally stopped, and Niannian was finally out of the sea of mental torture.
She looked at Cheng Huang and then at the E Beast.
She really wanted to drive both of them away.
But Cheng Huang was her little companion, and she couldn't say anything to hurt its feelings.
The E Beast had come specifically to repay her kindness, and she couldn't be so ungrateful as to drive it away.
How tangled! How should she answer?
"Niannian, what's going on here?"
Another voice came from outside the window.
Now everyone's attention shifted to the window.
They saw Shen Weixun, sleepy - eyed, holding onto the edge of the window, looking at the room inside in confusion.
The savior was here?!
Xiaotuanzi's eyes lit up.
When in doubt, turn to the third senior brother. This was an unchanging truth.
Niannian quickly got out of bed again, opened the window, and gave a hand to welcome the third senior brother in.
She didn't understand why they all had this strange habit of not using the front door but instead coming through the window.
It wasn't very late at night. Except for her, who liked to go to bed early and was already lying in bed, no one else in the family was sleeping.
It wouldn't disturb her parents, so why did they have to come through the window?
"Third senior brother, this is the E Beast..."
Niannian briefly explained the origin of the E Beast and the subsequent quarrel between it and Cheng Huang.
After listening, Shen Weixun was speechless.
Looking at Xiaotuanzi's near - to - crying expression, he knew she had been badly affected by the quarrel between the two beasts.
Shen Weixun glared at Cheng Huang. "Aren't you being childish? You followed the smell here just to quarrel with someone? If you really hold a grudge, go up and fight. What's the use of just talking?"
"I can't beat it."
Cheng Huang muttered aggrievedly. It was just a lucky beast and a good - luck charm for the house. It didn't have any special abilities or means.
It wasn't very hard - working either. It just loafed around all day, thinking about all kinds of delicious food.
Sometimes, as long as it could fill its stomach, it was satisfied.
How could it be compared to the E Beast, which traveled around, liked to play everywhere, and practiced all the time?
If it could beat the E Beast, it would have pounced on it the moment it saw it!
"You can't beat it, and you can't scold it either. You've held a grudge because of a meal until now and been called petty. You're really something. Does our family lack food for you?"
Shen Weixun was almost laughed at by Cheng Huang's self - justification.
So this was the reason you've been quarreling here for so long and torturing my little junior sister?
Can't you see that Xiaotuanzi is about to have a mental breakdown from your noise?
You're so oblivious. You must be having too easy a life.
Your rations will be cut!