Three months later, while I was sweeping the tower, I saw a little fairy.

She appeared to be around fourteen or fifteen years old, with rosy cheeks and pink clothes.

She was sitting grumpily inside the tower.

I asked her why she was here.

She pointed at the oiled paper umbrella in the tower, almost on the verge of tears:

"I can't pull it out."

I asked her why she wanted to pull out the umbrella.

She thought for a long time, then looked at me with eyes shimmering with light:

"Of course, I want to save White Empress."

I smiled and told her that the umbrella couldn't be pulled out.

Grandpa Fahai used his powerful magic to insert it here; it's the core of the entire formation.

How could it be moved by a little inexperienced fairy like her?

She sat dejectedly in the tower for the whole morning, staring at me as I finished sweeping the tower.

When the sweeping was done, she timidly said two words to me:

"I'm hungry."

I smiled and took her back to Jinshan Temple, handing her a steamed bun:

"Eat this bun, then you can leave."

She happily ate the bun I gave her, then shook her head:

"I won't leave. I have no home anymore, so I'll stay here with you."

I widened my eyes; it was the most amusing thing in the world.

A fairy actually wanted to stay in the temple.

I quickly declined:

"Having fairies causing a ruckus in the temple is not a good thing.

"Besides... besides, you're a female fairy."

She ignored me, finished dinner, and transformed into a three-inch-long pink snake.

The little snake confidently walked into Jinshan Temple while saying:

"Beneath the Buddha's seat, there are even rats stealing lamp oil. What's the big deal if your Jinshan Temple has a few snakes?"

I was left speechless and could only let her go.