Zhong Michu knew that Gu Fuyou had only summoned her twice in times of crisis, and she had always kept her promise and had not played around with the contract, so when she summoned him this time, she just thought that Gu Fuyou was in danger.
Who knew that she would come upon the call, on a long street with tall red lights, flying ribbons, and pedestrians coming and going. It was too lively.
Zhong Michu didn't see Gu Fuyou, so she looked around and heard someone calling her from above.
She looked up, perhaps because of Gu Fuyou's sweet smile, she spotted her among the crowd leaning on the railing.
Gu Fuyou was wearing a bright red dress, her long hair was braided and draped over her shoulders, and a lily was inserted between her temples, making her look as bright as the light and as gorgeous as the morning sun.
Gu Fuyou took the flower from his hair and threw it down.
Zhong Michu was still confused. He took the flower, not knowing why.
Immediately afterwards, the red building in front of me began to fall like a rain of flowers.
Upstairs, there were the chirping of birds and the laughter of people, as if all the hustle and bustle of the world had gathered here.
Gu Fuyou was just about to ask her to come up. Zhu Ruo asked, "Why did Miss Zhong leave?"
Gu Fuyou leaned over the railing and saw that Zhong Michu had indeed left. "She is shameless."
Gu Fuyou called her twice but got no response. In his haste, he forgot the agreement, took out the talisman, and called out, "Nanzhu Jun."
This time he was more proficient in the control and called the person over directly.
Zhong Michu was walking forward, and the scenery changed as he thought, and he was already on a terrace, and his body naturally took two steps forward. Noticing something was wrong, he suddenly turned around and looked at Gu Fuyou.
Gu Fuyou said: "Senior Sister Zhong."
Zhong Michu said: "I thought you were in danger."
The tone of his voice was not right; it seemed he was angry.
Gu Fuyou was about to explain. Zhong Michu walked up to Gu Fuyou, handed her the lily in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "I'll give it back to you."
Gu Fuyou was angry because he thought about her, so he took it without thinking about the other meaning of taking the flowers.
Zhu Ruo and the others were standing aside, and as bystanders they could see clearly. When they saw the two of them passing the ball back and forth, someone couldn't help but burst out in laughter, and then everyone started laughing.
When Gu Fuyou heard the laughter, she suddenly came to her senses. She looked at the flowers in her hand and felt that they were burning. Her whole body was hot and her face was so hot that it could not get any redder.
In ancient times, men and women were more subtle in expressing their love. When a woman met the man she loved, she would throw fruits at his carriage and horses from the pavilion. When a man met the woman he loved, he would throw flowers at her from the pavilion.
Today, this custom has changed slightly, and its purpose has become broader, generally just to express appreciation and love.
Gu Fuyou threw flowers to express his admiration for Zhong Michu, and the others echoed him perhaps because they liked Zhong Michu's appearance and found it pleasing to the eye, or perhaps they were just joining in the fun.
Throwing away the flowers is nothing big.
But Zhong Michu only took the flower from Gu Fuyou and handed it back to her. Gu Fuyou actually took it, which meant a lot.
In ancient times, people favored each other, and the same has not changed today.
Gu Fuyou said, "Sister Zhu, stop laughing. She seldom goes down the mountain, so she doesn't understand these customs!" Zhong Michu was a good girl who followed the rules. She would not take other people's things without permission, so she naturally returned the flower to her. She was also polite, so even though she was very angry, she would not throw the flower directly at her, but handed it to her.
Several women were laughing so hard that they couldn't stop. Zhu Ruo wiped the tears from her eyes with a piece of silk: "She doesn't understand, but do you understand too?"
Gu Fuyou bit his lower lip: "I didn't expect that just now!"
Zhong Michu didn't know the reason, but he roughly understood that it was related to the flower.
Zhu Ruo noticed her expression and said with a smile: "Miss Zhong, you don't know what it means to return the flowers. Let me tell you..."
Gu Fuyou shouted loudly: "Ahhhh!!! Sister Zhu, don't tell her, I'm so embarrassed."
Zhu Ruo was not willing to miss the opportunity to tease her, and said with a smile: "This flower..."
Gu Fuyou said, "Sister Zhu, please forgive me. If you really tell her, I will jump down from here and stop being a human being."
Zhu Ruo said: "You won't die even if you jump down."
The wine and food were ready in the house. Gu Huaiyou came out and said with a smile, "Okay, stop making trouble. The banquet is ready. Please invite Senior Sister to take a seat."
Gu Fuyou agreed, turned around and held onto Zhong Michu's sleeve, saying, "Senior Sister Zhong, don't be angry, they were just joking. I asked you to come here to thank you for protecting me several times in Xianluo. Senior Brother Liu is here too today, so let's get together."
Before Zhong Michu could say anything, Liu Guizhen came out and greeted each other. Liu Guizhen bowed and congratulated, "Congratulations, Senior Sister, on your breakthrough."
"Thank you very much."
After hearing this, Gu Fuyou was filled with excitement: "Senior Sister Zhong, your cultivation has improved?!"
When Zhong Michu came, Gu Fuyou felt something was wrong, it turned out that Zhong Michu's cultivation had broken through to the middle stage of the Golden Core.
Her guess turned out to be correct. Zhong Michu would definitely have a breakthrough after his trip to Xianluo.
Zhong Michu said: "It's because of the rare treasure you gave me."
She has absorbed it, and has digested half of it in the past month or so, and has broken through to the middle stage of the Golden Core. Now the spiritual power in her body is still slowly accumulating and increasing.
Gu Fuyou said: "This is even more reason to celebrate, you can't leave."
Gu Fuyou pulled Zhong Michu's sleeve, acted coquettishly and foolishly, half pulled and half dragged him into the house, and pressed him on the chair.
If it were before, unless it was a life-threatening situation like in the snowy forest, Gu Fuyou would not have gone too far in front of her and blatantly tested her bottom line. But now, he looked at her differently in his heart and forgot himself a little.
The girls took their pipa, tested the tuning, and began to play. The music was clattering and piercing, like pearls falling on a jade plate.
Zhu Ruo said: "I know that all of you cultivators avoid impurities in grains. These ingredients are spiritual plants, and using them will not harm your cultivation."
Gu Fuyou sat next to Zhong Michu and served her some food, very attentively: "Senior Sister Zhong, please try it."
"I have fasted."
"I know, I know, but the ancients said it well - there are some flavors in life that you must taste."
Si Miao was teasing the situation and said with a smile, "I guess this sage is you."
Gu Fuyou threw a fruit at her, picked up a piece of bamboo shoot with chopsticks, held it in one hand, and fed it to Zhong Michu: "Senior Sister Zhong, why don't you try it? The cooking skills of Yinxuezhai are well-known all over the world. It is absolutely delicious. I guarantee you will never forget it. I'm not lying to you, I swear."
After hesitating for a moment, Zhong Michu opened his mouth, bit one end of the bamboo shoot with his white teeth, and ate the bamboo shoot with the tip of his tongue.
She was not moved by Gu Fuyou's sweet words, but was touched by what he said before, 'There are some flavors in life that you must taste.'
No one has ever said this to her. Several teachers have always said, "Keep a heart of Taoism, eliminate human desires, you are an immortal, not a human."
Is it more important to abandon selfish desires, pursue the great way, and practice to become an immortal, or is it better to enjoy life in time, be free and easy, and practice as fate dictates
In fact, the two are not in conflict. It's just that the teachers who taught Zhong Michu cherished her talent and knew that she was destined to become an immortal. They were afraid that she would lose her ambition and go astray, which would be a waste of talent. Therefore, they chose the former and did not seduce her with the worldly affairs, but let her practice with all her heart.
Because he could not leave Gushen Peak when he was young, and was too lazy to go out of the mountain when he grew up, he gradually became the canary in the cage.
She had long forgotten what she had thought at the beginning.
I don’t know why, but after meeting Gu Fuyou, I started to miss him again.
Gu Fuyou held the chopsticks in his hand, a big smile on his face, as if he had accomplished something big and was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
The group ate and drank and had a great time chatting. In fact, it was still Gu Fuyou and the other two who were talking. Liu Guizhen only said a few words from time to time, and Zhong Michu spoke even less.
When the banquet was over, Gu Fuyou remembered that he had not yet agreed on the price of the elixir with Zhu Ruo, so he quietly pulled her out of the room and started talking to her in the corridor.
Gu Fuyou said, "Sister Zhu, this time the pills are different from the previous ones. They are all made from rare and above spiritual plants. The quality has greatly increased and the effect has doubled. You know, if these pills were sold in the Wanyao Pavilion, the price would be much higher than this. Sister Zhu treats us well, so we only ask for 80% of the market price. Even so, Sister Zhu wants to cut it in half. It's too much of a bully for us. If Simiao doesn't cry, I will cry too. At least add three more layers."
Zhu Ruo placed a round fan on her forehead and said, "It's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's just that I can't make ends meet."
Gu Fuyou heard that what he said was suggestive, and asked, "Is it the Xu Ling Sect again?"
The Xu Ling Sect controls Nanzhou. All major cities have to offer a large amount of spirit stones every year, and there are many people who enrich themselves. The offered spirit stones cannot be less, but they are greedy. Where will the missing part come from? It is not until they collect it from their subordinates.
Zhu Ruo looked at the pavilion full of lights, feasting, and laughter, and sighed, "Wantong City has been earning more spirit stones year after year. My Yinxuezhai looks glamorous, but if it continues like this, I don't know how long it can last."
Gu Fuyou frowned, snorted after hearing this, and told Zhu Ruo about the incident with the Xiao brothers and sisters outside the Immortal Fall that day. The more he spoke, the angrier he became: "In today's world of immortal cultivation, the emperor and the Son of Heaven are long gone. Originally, no one was anyone's slave. It was his Four Immortal Sect that used dishonorable means to gain the status of the overlord of a continent. That's fine. The other three sects are respectful to the wise and humble, and their atmosphere is at least clear and upright. But his Xu Ling Sect treats everyone as slaves, is ignorant and harsh, and really thinks he is the emperor."
Gu Fuyou sneered: "But I will always look at the crab with cold eyes - let's see how long he can run rampant!"
Zhu Ruo quickly put the round fan on her mouth and said, "Don't talk nonsense! Ah Man, words are like hooks and lines, they can hook out trouble. The situation between Xiaoyao City and Xu Ling Sect is tense. If someone with ulterior motives hears your words and makes a fuss about it, who knows what will happen. Everyone below is full of resentment, but they dare not speak out, because they can't afford to offend Xu Ling Sect."
Gu Fuyou pursed his lips and muttered, "In this world today, people are not even allowed to speak."
Zhu Ruo smiled and said, "You are of a different status, so you can't speak without restraint."
Since he was not allowed to talk any more, Gu Fuyou passed over the matter and said, "Sister Zhu, since you are in such a dilemma, you can just increase the price of the pills according to your ability. I will also give Sister Zhu a bottle of Qi-boosting and longevity-enhancing pills."
Zhu Ruo smiled but said nothing. Gu Fuyou couldn't help but act like a spoiled child, saying softly: "Sister Zhu, please be kind to me. If you don't add this layer, Si Miao and I will have come here for nothing."
Zhu Ruo said: "Okay, okay, you are so sweet, I will add one more layer, this banquet should be regarded as my sister treating you."
Gu Fuyou said happily, "I'll go get the Qi-boosting pill for Sister Zhu."
She went into the house and went to ask Si Miao for the Qi-boosting pill. When she was about to come out, she suddenly realized something was wrong.
She looked at Zhong Michu and saw that her eyes were misty and her look was a little dull.
Gu Fuyou took two steps closer and smelled the alcohol on her body. He asked in shock, "Why is Senior Sister Zhong drunk?"
She knew that Zhong Michu never drank alcohol. He was a man who valued his appearance. If he got drunk and lost his composure, she wouldn't know how angry he would be when he sobered up. Therefore, she only encouraged her to drink half a glass of wine and did not allow her to drink more.
But she didn't know that the man got drunk after just a few words.
The four women at the table laughed and said, "We only persuaded her to drink two cups, but Miss Zhong couldn't handle the alcohol anymore."
"Oh, it's over, it's over." She was not afraid that Zhong Michu would come after her when he woke up, but she was afraid that if she was sent back and some elder found out, he would come after her.
One person laughed and said, "How can it be over? Drinking and getting drunk is a common thing in life."
Another person laughed and said, "Your senior sister is very different from what you described in your letter. She is obedient and gentle. She is not cold at all. She is very lovable." In their eyes, she was gentle. These people had seen all kinds of people in Yinxuezhai. They were very versatile and were like foxes. Who could resist their urging to drink
Gu Fuyou smiled and said, "I see you are drunk too."
The banquet was over, Zhong Michu was drunk again, and everyone dispersed.
Gu Fuyou said goodbye to Zhu Ruo, helped Zhong Michu onto Si Miao's three-legged crow, and went back to Xuanmiao Gate with Gu Huaiyou and Liu Guizhen.
They all went to Gushen Peak. Flying swords and flying spirit beasts were not allowed on the peak, so Gu Fuyou had to help Zhong Michu down and walk up the mountain.
However, Zhong Michu was drunk and his eyes were half open.
Liu Guizhen said: "I will carry Senior Sister up."
Gu Fuyou said, "Forget it, let me do it. She doesn't like others touching her."
Gu Fuyou carried Zhong Michu on her back and went up the mountain. Zhong Michu was very light, so she could carry him steadily.
Si Miao and the other two followed behind. This time they walked from the front mountain. The guard recognized her and saw Zhong Michu behind her, so he did not stop her.
Gu Fuyou carried Zhong Michu on his back and entered the courtyard. As they walked on the gravel road, a woman came out of the house. She had her hair tied up with a wooden hairpin and wore a purple skirt. She had a gentle appearance and a gentler voice: "Michu?"
Gu Fuyou didn't recognize her, but he knew that there was another person living in Hechenxuan besides Zhong Michu. He had been in seclusion before, so he hadn't seen her, so he thought it must be her.
Gu Fuyou didn't recognize her, nor did Gu Huaiyou and Si Miao. However, Liu Guizhen's eyes lit up slightly, his throat moved, and he walked forward and bowed to her: "Senior Sister Dongli."
Dong Li responded, "Junior Brother Liu."
She walked down and asked, "What happened to Mi Chu?"
"Senior Sister Zhong is drunk."
Gu Fuyou was about to carry Zhong Michu into the house, but Zhong Michu was half awake and said in a daze, "Gu Fuyou, you smell so good."
“What?” Gu Fuyou didn’t hear clearly. When he was about to ask again, his voice took a turn and went straight up, turning into a scream: “Ah!!!”
She came up with Zhong Michu on her back, her clothes were a little messy, and the skin where her shoulders and neck were connected was exposed.
Zhong Michu opened his mouth and bit that place.
This place is very painful, and Zhong Michu really bit it, and he bit it really hard.
Gu Fuyou felt that Zhong Michu's fangs had pierced her flesh. She felt so painful that she fell to the ground. Several people came to support her. Gu Fuyou was angry: "Senior Sister Zhong, are you born in the year of the dog? Why are you biting me?"
Zhong Michu did not let go. Gu Fuyou felt a sharp pain, as if Zhong Michu's teeth had bitten through his body and into his soul. He could not bear it and almost cried.
"Senior Sister Zhong, I was wrong. Good sister, please let go. It hurts, it hurts, it hurts."