Within a few days, everyone returned to Penglai Island smoothly. Shunshi Gong and Pingcang Gong went out to greet them. Nanzhu helped them up one by one, gave them rewards, and thanked them for "handling Penglai affairs on his behalf, and their hard work". Nanzhu was not surprised that Liuyu Gong Guo Feng did not come, but personally hosted a banquet for Guo Feng. He showed such weakness that others were angry, but Gu Pinglin secretly admired him.
The subordinates of Biyou Palace reported that Duan and his party passed by Penglai the day before, but did not stay on the island. However, people from Xuanming Sect also came to Penglai Island and were still guests at Guo Feng's place.
After staying in Penglai for two days, everyone took the opportunity to rest, but Bu Shuihan was restless and kept staring in the direction of the main island.
The appearance of Yinhuang Cave confirms the rumors about the ancestor's inheritance. Now many people want to try their luck and explore the places where the ancestor walked in the past. Xuanming Sect will leave Penglai and set off for Danghun Mountain tomorrow, but he has to obey his master's orders and return to Lingxin Sect to be punished. Qu Lin has ignored him all these days, and he is naturally anxious as they are about to part.
Gu Pinglin understood what he was thinking, but he didn't point it out. He just sat in the chair and drank tea.
"Brother Gu!" Nanzhu strode in and said apologetically, "I've been busy with things on the island these two days and I'm sorry for neglecting you. Don't blame me." As he spoke, he asked the two to sit down again.
"No problem," Gu Pinglin asked casually, "How is Lord Pingcang doing?"
Nanzhu shook her head without saying anything and sat down on the chair.
It is not difficult to understand Lord Pingcang's mood at this time. Everyone in the cultivation world knows what kind of place Tiancan Sect is. It is a good thing that Jun Muzhi got the opportunity, but it is not necessarily what Lord Pingcang wants to see. Moreover, with Jun Muzhi's departure, Lord Pingcang will have no successor, and the power of Xianshe Island will definitely be turbulent.
Gu Pinglin said: "The departure of the Lord Spirit Envoy is both a bad thing and a good thing."
Nanzhu suddenly raised her head and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Brother Nan has lost his arm, and the situation on Fairy Snake Island is turbulent. Guo Feng will certainly underestimate the enemy," Gu Pinglin pushed the teacup in front of him, "Brother Nan's chance has come."
Nanzhu thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense! I see that he is busy recruiting people from Lord Pingcang today, and hasn't paid much attention to my Biyou Palace." He suddenly realized, "You mean... to have me secretly send someone to the Ji family to propose marriage?"
According to Jun Muzhi's plan, the marriage proposal was supposed to be handled by Lord Pingcang. Gu Pinglin said, "Brother Jun is thoughtful, but the situation is different now, so it is best for Brother Nan to take action."
Nanzhu was a little hesitant to disrupt Jun Muzhi's arrangements. After pondering for a while, she finally made up her mind: "Yes, this opportunity cannot be missed. I believe you."
Jun Muzhi is good at making plans, and this guy is decisive. No wonder Penglai could become the overlord of the sea in his previous life. Gu Pinglin has always admired this kind of people. Hearing this, he raised his mouth slightly and gave him one more word: "Before that, Brother Nan might as well propose to Shun Shigong first."
"Huh?" When Nanzhu heard that he was going to marry Minggong's daughter, she looked at him in surprise.
Gu Pinglin glanced at him without explaining.
Nanzhu frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and laughed, "Great! This is a great plan! Guo Feng is unstoppable right now, and Shun Shigong is cautious and timid. If we propose marriage at this time, he will not dare to agree. In this way, when the marriage with Ji Shi is made public in the future, he will have no reason to complain."
As he spoke, he paced back and forth excitedly. Gu Pinglin said nothing more, but bowed and said, "In that case, congratulations, Brother Nan."
"This matter still needs to be carefully planned." Nanzhu calmed down, waved her hand, and turned her attention to Bu Shuihan beside her. "Brother Bu, why are you so depressed? Is there something on your mind?"
"Uh..." Bu Shuihan came back to his senses, "No..."
His thoughts were all on his face, and Nanzhu could see it. Seeing this, she teased, "People say that young people admire their parents, and those who know how to be lustful admire young girls. Brother Bu, there is no need to be ashamed. In my opinion, it is not difficult to know what Miss Qu is thinking."
"No..." Bu Shuihan wanted to deny it, but couldn't help it after hearing it, "Brother Nan, what good ideas do you have?"
Gu Pinglin thought Nanzhu was joking, but Nanzhu really agreed to it: "If you can ask Miss Qu out tonight, I have a way."
"How can I ask her out if she ignores me?" Bu Shuihan thought of an idea quickly, "I got it, I'll go ask Junior Brother Duan for help!"
He immediately stood up and walked out, but he bumped into Gan Li who was coming in. Gan Li hurriedly moved aside and saluted him.
"It's okay." Bu Shuihan waved his hand and hurried away.
"Master, what happened?" Gan Li looked at his back in confusion.
Nanzhu smiled and said, "Of course I'm busy looking for a master's wife for you."
Gan Li was quick-witted and laughed after he understood.
Seeing that Nanzhu was so confident, Gu Pinglin was a little surprised: "Brother Nan, are you serious?"
"Of course," Nanzhu seemed to have remembered something interesting, "Tonight I will let you see the methods of my Penglai Island."
"Oh?" Gu Pinglin said happily, "It's my honor."
The two sat and talked for a while, then Nanzhu stood up and left. He had not taken a few steps when he suddenly sighed again, turned around and said, "I was distracted by Brother Bu's matter just now and almost forgot that there was a letter from Lingxin Sect." He handed over a letter as he spoke.
Gu Pinglin thanked him and waited until he left before opening the letter. After reading a few lines, his brows furrowed.
Gan Li asked hurriedly: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay." Gu Pinglin calmly put the letter into his sleeve and began to ask about his homework.
Gan Lide's Dantian was washed by the blood of the spiritual spider, and he entered the Zhoutian realm with the seventh level of Na Yuan. Now he has reached the small Zhoutian realm. Because of his experience in the Taoist temple when he was young, he practiced much harder than others. In just a few days, he made rapid progress. In about another year, he will be able to enter the big Zhoutian realm.
Gu Pinglin was concerned and relieved about this disciple, and said, "Your uncle Duan and I still need to go out for a walk. This trip is dangerous. You should follow uncle Bu and the others back to the sect to see the head master."
It was already a fortuitous encounter to obtain the blood of the spirit spider on this trip. Gan Li was not a greedy person. He knew that his cultivation was shallow and he did not expect any inheritance from his ancestors, so he nodded in agreement.
"Practice diligently, I will be back before the entrance examination."
"yes."
After instructing Gan Li, Gu Pinglin went out to look for Duan Qingming. Duan Qingming happened to come out of the room. He was still wearing a white robe, but he had taken off the hairband on his head and replaced it with a white jade hairpin with a curved tail. It seemed that he was going out.
Gu Pinglin called him: "Are you going to the main island?"
"I have been entrusted with this task, so I have no choice," Duan Qingming sighed, "Now my aunt is going to get angry when she sees me, and she said she wants to clean up the mess for my sister."
"You deserve it. Who can you blame?" Gu Pinglin was blunt. Any family would find it hard to tolerate homosexuality. "If you weren't so gifted, the elders of the Duan family would have already changed the family rules. Why would your aunt have to do it?"
"Yeah, it's rare that she could hold back and not clean me up." Duan Qingming looked at him for a few times and smiled, "Hey, look at this expression... Maybe she has read Senior Brother Ren's letter."
Gu Pinglin knew Yue Songting's good character very well, so he specially said hello to Ren Ping before leaving, and asked him to inform him of all matters in the sect in writing. This time, it really came in handy.
"You are good at causing trouble." Gu Pinglin said calmly.
"You can't say that. You were the one who schemed against me first," Duan Qingming said. "I treated you sincerely. I wanted to tell you when I got the news from the Duan family the day before yesterday. It was you who didn't give me the chance."
Gu Pinglin originally didn't want to pursue the matter. Hearing this, he put his hands behind his back and said, "I won't bother you with the past, but you clearly had the opportunity these few days, why didn't you say anything?"
Duan Qingming said: "Well, then I thought again, this little thing will not be difficult for you, why bother with it."
"Duan Qingming," Gu Pinglin raised his eyebrows, "Should I admire your vision, or should I expose your sophistry?"
"Of course it's appreciated."
"I admire your vision and shamelessness. Even though it's a sophistry, it's not wrong." Gu Pinglin raised his chin slightly and walked in another direction.
The black cloak was slightly blown by the wind, and even his back revealed a sense of rigor. Duan Qingming looked at his back, turned around with a smile, and walked towards the Biyou Palace Pier.
In the afternoon, Duan Qingming brought back the news that Qu Lin really agreed to keep the appointment, and the location was in the sea locust forest outside the Xianshe Island Night Market. Bu Shuihan was restless all afternoon, and it was difficult to urge Nanzhu. Gu Pinglin frowned and tried to temper him. He remained calm and pretended not to know. It was not until the moon rose over the East China Sea and Nanzhu finished her business that the three of them left the Biyou Palace together and headed for Xianshe Island. Lord Pingcang had already received the news and did not let the patrolling guards come to disturb them.
The night market on the island had just opened. Three people were standing behind an ancient locust tree and could vaguely hear various shouts and laughter.
Bu Shuihan was waiting anxiously: "Why hasn't he come yet? Did Junior Brother Duan remember it wrong?"
Nanzhu was about to tease him when Gu Pinglin beside him suddenly said, "I have something I want to ask Brother Nan for help."
Nanzhu immediately said, "Do we need to be so polite? Just say it."
Gu Pinglin said, "I want to send a few people to Penglai Island. Can Brother Nan help me settle them down?"
"This isn't a difficult matter," Nanzhu thought for a moment and said, "I wonder what the relationship is between these people and Brother Gu?"
"My family." Gu Pinglin replied.
After Gu Jin and others entered the Duan family, they took refuge with the Qi family and lived a prosperous life. They didn't even remember Gu Pinglin. Who knew that because of the misunderstanding of the gay sleeves, the Duan family elders were furious. In return for Gu Pinglin's disclosure of "Na Yuan Jiu Chong", Duan Qingming deliberately led them to vent their anger on the Gu family. Once these people with the highest status in the family took action, the Qi family would be helpless. Gu Jin and others were driven out of the Duan family, and naturally they didn't want to go back to their previous lives. Gu Jin didn't know the specific reason, but was told that it was because of Gu Pinglin. In a rage, he took his wife and children to the Lingxin Sect to ask Gu Pinglin for the crime. Who knew that Gu Pinglin was not in the sect, and Yue Songting was a good man who settled them in the sect. Just as Duan Qingming expected, what kind of people are Gu Jin and others? Seeing that the Lingxin Sect was not as good as the Duan Family, they were full of resentment. On the one hand, they formed cliques in the name of Gu Pinglin, and on the other hand, they complained that Gu Pinglin was unfilial, etc. Within a few days, the Lingxin Sect was in chaos, even though the letter expressed it in a tactful way.
Nanzhu didn't know the inside story and looked embarrassed: "This..."
Gu Pinglin said slowly, "My second brother is here too. Brother Nan has seen him."
Nanzhu was the most vengeful person because he had been bullied by Gu Pingsheng. In his previous life, he hated the entire Gu family because of this. Now that Gu Pinglin took the initiative to send Gu Pingsheng here, the meaning couldn't be clearer. Nanzhu understood immediately and said meaningfully, "It turns out to be an old friend."
Gu Jin and the others didn't know Nanzhu's identity. Penglai Island was much more famous than Lingxin Sect. How could they not want to come? Gu Pinglin said, "My father and brother are not very talented in cultivation, but they are honest and obedient. Please take good care of them, Brother Nan, and don't let them be deceived by those with ulterior motives."
Nanzhu had seen Gu Pingsheng before, so how could he believe that they were "honest and peaceful"? He couldn't help laughing and put his arm around Gu Pinglin's shoulders: "In this case, I have to take good care of him. Thank you, Brother Gu."
Bu Shuihan felt strange: "It should be Brother Gu and Brother Xie Nan, right?"
Gu Pinglin and Nanzhu looked at each other and smiled.
"Coming, coming!" Bu Shuihan looked outside, suddenly became excited, and waved to the two of them.
The branches of the locust tree are crisscrossed overhead. Unlike ordinary locust trees, the locust tree has thick branches but extremely small leaves, which can't block much moonlight. The moon is bright and the soft moonlight falls like a strand of silk, shining brightly on the ground. The shadows of the locust leaves are dotted like ink drops sprayed on a canvas.
Just at this moment, a faint sound of a sea flute came from the other side of the sea city, ethereal and moving.
In this situation... Gu Ping stood behind the tree, looking at the woman walking slowly towards him.
The sound of the flute was still in my ears, and the graceful figure was exactly the same as it was back then. She walked towards this side accompanied by the sound of the flute and the moonlight, looking around as she walked.
"Brother Duan?" The voice was softly called out with a hint of tentativeness.
Duan Qingming was not there, and no one responded to her. The three of them had already hidden their presence and were standing behind the tree, watching from afar.
This locust tree forest is not big, so if someone comes in, they can be discovered in time. Qu Lin sat down next to a locust tree and waited quietly for nearly half an hour. Seeing that the agreed time was about to pass and Duan Qingming was still nowhere to be seen, she became a little uneasy, so she stood up, looked around, and walked back and forth a few times.
Bu Shuihan couldn't bear to tease her, so he asked Nanzhu through voice transmission: "Didn't Brother Nan say that he had a way? Why are you still..."
“Don’t worry.” Nanzhu motioned for him to be at ease, and when Qu Lin became emotionally unstable, he took out the Shenyi Xiao and put it to his lips.
When the quiet sound of the flute sounded, Gu Pinglin immediately found something wrong. The person playing the flute was clearly right beside him, but the sound of the flute had a strong sense of distance and was a little low, as if it came from far away, bit by bit, gradually permeating the entire locust tree forest.
This sound... Gu Pinglin's expression changed and he clenched his fingers tightly around the tree trunk.
Qu Lin heard the sound of the flute and turned to look in this direction. After a moment, she sat down again, holding her chin, as if she was intoxicated.
"Penglai Magic Flute!" Bu Shuihan was shocked. He looked at Nanzhu, then at Qu Lin, whose mind was distracted, and said with a little dissatisfaction, "Brother Nan, why do you have to tease her?"
"No, it's just a little trick." After the song was finished, Nanzhu's forehead was sweating. She put away the divine flute and said with a smile, "I have only practiced this song "Unknown Famous Mountains" for a short time, otherwise I would be more confident. Let's give it a try."
"Try what?" Bu Shuihan wondered.
Nanzhu raised her eyebrows, and appeared from behind the tree, walking towards Qu Lin, scolding: "You are not in the room, what are you doing here!"
Qu Lin cried out "Ah!" and stood up in panic: "Aunt, why are you here!"
As soon as these words came out, Gu Pinglin closed his eyes immediately.
"She mistook Brother Nan for Senior Sister Yan?" Bu Shuihan was shocked and exclaimed in admiration, "I only heard that the East Sea Magic Flute can capture people's hearts, but I didn't expect it to cause hallucinations. It's really powerful!"
Nanzhu said with a straight face, "Are you waiting for Bu Shuihan?"
Qu Lin hurriedly shook her head: "No, it was Senior Brother Duan who asked me to come over and tell me that he had something to ask."
"It's obvious that Bu Shuihan used Junior Brother Duan as an excuse to coax you out. I've long seen that the boy has bad intentions." Nanzhu suppressed her laughter and pretended to leave. "I'll go and deal with him, then I'll ask you."
"Don't!" Qu Lin stopped him anxiously, "This has nothing to do with Senior Brother Bu, I..."
Nanzhu stopped and said, "How is it? Are you really in love with him?"
"I..." Qu Lin lowered his head awkwardly.
Nanzhu snorted coldly: "When I go back to pay a visit to Master Yue, I will definitely ask Master Yue to punish him severely!"
"Cousin aunt!"
…
Bu Shuihan was deeply moved. Suddenly, he saw Gu Pinglin turning around and trying to leave, so he quickly reached out and grabbed him: "Where are you going?"
"It's nothing, just continue." Gu Pinglin waved his hand calmly and left.
Bu Shuihan looked at his back, somewhat puzzled. He turned around and saw Qu Lin with his head down. He felt guilty and distressed for a moment, and could not help but walk out from behind the tree.