“Senior Sister Zhong, I didn’t mean it…” Gu Fuyou held the talisman in his hand, feeling that his explanation was a little pale, so it would be better not to explain.
Zhong Michu gently lifted the bouquet of wisteria hanging in front of her with the back of her hand and walked out.
Ah Fu ran to her and Zhong Michu stroked its chin. It lowered its head and rubbed it against Zhong Michu.
Zhong Michu asked, "Are you going home?"
Her voice was calm, neither annoyed nor happy, just the same as usual.
The warm wind blows on the mountain path, the leaves rustle, the fragrance of flowers lingers, and time is quiet.
Gu Fuyou looked at the sunlight shining on her, and her heart suddenly calmed down. As usual, her eyebrows curved into crescents: "Yeah."
Miraculously, she realized she was no longer angry.
"I'm going to go to Vantone City first, where the market will be open this year, and then I'll go home."
Zhong Michu said: "Wandering around the city..."
Zhong Michu said these four words with an ambiguous meaning. Gu Fuyou asked, "Has Senior Sister Zhong been there?"
Zhong Michu sometimes answered questions very slowly, and Gu Fuyou often wondered whether she didn't want to talk or was thinking about how to answer. This time it was the same. After a long while, Zhong Michu said, "No, I've only heard about it."
Zhong Michu leaned over and touched Ah Fu's head, saying, "Have a safe trip."
Not knowing who she was talking to, Gu Fuyou just assumed she was talking to himself.
Gu Fuyou suddenly had an idea and said, "Senior Sister Zhong, do you want to go with me?"
She turned these words over in her mind, and spoke them out loud without even thinking.
Zhong Michu looked a little surprised, but refused.
Gu Fuyou was not surprised at all. Although being rejected was natural, her idea became more determined.
She felt that Zhong Michu actually wanted to go. This idea was unfounded, but she just felt so. She thought to herself that if she was wrong, then she was just being sentimental.
"Sister, let's go take a look. It's very lively in the city. There are automatic dolls, shape-changing masks, candlelight dragonflies, and all kinds of novel gadgets; there are date cakes, molten cheese, meat jerky and other snacks; there are rare spiritual beasts and plants, and all kinds of strange spiritual treasures and magical instruments. Maybe you can buy rare treasures at a low price. If you are lucky and meet one, you may be able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in a few days; there are also various fighting methods there. Competing with others is the fastest way to increase your knowledge and cultivation. There are all kinds of things in the city. The words of others cannot describe one or two of its wonderfulness. In short, this place is a must for cultivators."
"Also, Wantong City happens to be having the Flower Festival during this period, with all sorts of colours in bloom. Flower viewing is a must for summer outings. It is the most elegant thing in the world. You must try the flower tea there. You will like it."
Gu Fuyou gestured to Zhong Michu as he spoke, describing the scene vividly, as if he wished he could bring all the excitement there to Zhong Michu.
"I..." Zhong Michu wanted to refuse again. She should have refused. Her master and several teachers asked her to go down the mountain less often. But when the words came to her lips, she hesitated.
Gu Fuyou gestured to Ah Fu with his hands behind his back. Ah Fu walked around behind Zhong Mi Chu and pushed her down the mountain, whimpering and howling.
"Look, Ah Fu misses you."
Gu Fuyou grabbed her sleeve and pulled her down the mountain with a smile.
"I want you to go, too. This year I'm going to wander around the city alone, and I'm scared. Senior Sister Zhong, please accompany me. You see, if I run into any trouble there, I'll still have to call you over."
"Gu Fuyou, I will report to Master first..."
Seeing that she finally gave in, Gu Fuyou was so excited that he forgot himself again. He reached up and grabbed Zhong Michu's wrist, then smiled and said, "No, I want Senior Sister Zhong to be a bad student like me."
Gu Fuyou is a fool. He thinks that Zhong Michu is really like a river clam, hard on the outside and soft on the inside. She must have been a lively person before. It is all the fault of the elders of Xuanmiao Sect who made her temperament become so cold.
She wants to get it back from Senior Sister Zhong!
"Ah Fu, hurry up and push Senior Sister Zhong to the teleportation formation, lest she regret it."
Gu Fuyou grabbed Zhong Michu and ran in front, while Ah Fu pushed her from behind. Zhong Michu could have struggled free, but she didn't.
The two men and the beast hurried down the mountain. Gu Fuyou threw the spirit stone and the teleportation formation was activated. In an instant, they traveled a thousand miles and in the blink of an eye they were on the central avenue of Wantong City.
The houses were magnificent, the roads were wide, and most of the people coming and going were monks, some riding on rare animals, some riding on swords.
Gu Fuyou said, "Senior Sister Zhong, let's just take a stroll today. I've already sent a message to Sister Zhu. We'll rest at her place tonight. Ah Fu, follow me!"
On the day when the market opened, the streets were busier than ever, with a cacophony of voices, and Gu Fuyou had to speak at the top of his voice.
Gu Fuyou did not leave first. She waited for Zhong Michu to come out of the teleportation array. Then she and Afu followed Zhong Michu on the left and right, as they were afraid that Zhong Michu would change his mind and leave.
Zhong Michu stopped and looked back at her.
Gu Fuyou became nervous and blocked the way with Ah Fu: "Senior Sister Zhong, what's wrong?"
Zhong Michu: “…”
Zhong Michu sighed softly: "I don't know the road."
Only then did Gu Fuyou walk side by side with her all the way to East City.
Wantong City is built on the mountainside and is located in the Changshou Mountains. Outside the east city is Chuyue Pass, and outside the pass is the famous Yunduan Grand Canyon.
This time, the market covers the entire Cloud Canyon from East City, and it is definitely impossible to see everything in one or two days.
Gu Fuyou brought Zhong Michu into the market. It was already noon, so they just strolled around the outermost area.
Even so, there are so many new and interesting things to see.
Gu Fuyou always came with her brother in the past, and her brother was the leader. Now she asked Zhong Michu to come here, and Zhong Michu had never been here before. But she had been here a few times, so she felt the responsibility of being the host and she must make sure Zhong Michu had a good time.
Anything she found interesting must be shown to Zhong Michu, and any delicious food must be bought for Zhong Michu to taste.
The two of them walked around. Gu Fuyou held a bunch of food in his arms, chewed the strange-tasting candied fruit, looked at himself in the small mirror in his hand, and giggled.
"Senior Sister Zhong, Senior Sister Zhong, look."
Zhong Michu turned around and saw that Gu Fuyou stuck out his tongue a little, and his pink tongue turned green.
Zhong Michu: “…”
Gu Fuyou fed the candied fruit to Ah Fu again, while the man and the beast were making a fuss nearby.
"Take a look, take a look, these are raw stones that have just been unearthed. If you take a chance, tens of millions of spirit stones are not too much. If you take a gamble, your shabby hut can become a fairy palace!"
Zhong Michu's attention was attracted. He walked to the stall and saw a few stones on it. There was another pile of stones on one side of the stall. The stones were of different shapes and were ordinary. They looked like stones.
The fat boss, with his big belly sticking out and a palm-leaf fan in hand, saw Zhong Michu's appearance and guessed that she was a young lady from a large cultivation family and a distinguished guest. He immediately said with a smile, "Young lady, would you like to try two rough stones? I see that you have a full forehead, a round body, and a body full of blessings. You must have good luck and will definitely find some rare treasures!"
Gu Fuyou came over and asked, "Senior Sister Zhong, do you want to play this?"
When the fat boss saw Gu Fuyou, he came out to greet him and said with a smile: "The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple. Family members don't recognize each other. It turns out that he is the friend of the third young lady."
Gu Fuyou said with a smile: "Don't try to make connections. Who is your family? Boss Biao, I remember that the chance of your rough stone turning out a good one is the lowest."
There are many spiritual objects in this world, such as spiritual plants like Ganoderma lucidum growing in the mountains, or spiritual objects such as Tai Sui earth spirits born underground, or blood pearls and corals grown on the bottom of the sea, as well as elixirs of various spiritual beasts. For various reasons, they are covered in mud and gravel, layer by layer, over the years. The pearls are covered in dust, and from the outside they look like a piece of stone. The spiritual power emitted by the spiritual objects inside is isolated and seems to be non-existent.
People call this a rough stone.
Many merchants sell raw stones. If the buyer is lucky, he may be able to get the inner elixir of a rare spiritual beast. If he is unlucky, what he may get is just a spiritual stone.
This kind of small-scale risk-taking can best stimulate the gambler mentality of the public, so this business is very popular, and more and more people are buying and selling rough stones.
If the raw stone can produce a spiritual object, and the value of the spiritual object is higher than the price paid for the raw stone, it can be considered a lucky draw.
Boss Biao laughed and said, "How can that be possible? Miss Third, you remembered it wrongly."
Gu Fuyou didn't comment, but just said to Zhong Michu: "Senior Sister Zhong, if you want to play with this, let's go somewhere else. There are many places selling raw stones, and they are all better than here."
"Alas, Third Miss, I swear to God, the raw stones I have here are absolutely the most fair."
Zhong Michu had been looking at the table. When she heard that he was about to leave, she pointed to a stone on the table and said, "I want this one."
When Boss Biao heard this, he perked up and said quickly, "The girl has a good eye. She picked the best one at first sight."
Gu Fuyou looked in the direction Zhong Michu pointed. The stone was the size of an ostrich egg, round, damp on the outside, covered with green moss, and had a fishy smell. The spiritual power that seeped out of the stone was weak and extremely difficult to detect.
It looks extremely ordinary, nothing special about it.
Zhong Michu asked: "How much is it worth?"
Boss Biao's eyes flashed, and he asked the price directly. They were all wealthy people. He calculated in his heart and said, "150,000 spirit stones!"
Gu Fuyou glared and shouted, "150,000, why don't you go and rob it!"
Boss Biao said, "Miss San, I'm willing to give you a discount. Speaking of this rough stone, its origin is not simple. It was a rough stone under the mud and sand of the East China Sea for at least ten thousand years. Ninety-eight years ago, a tsunami occurred in the East China Sea, turning the world upside down, and then this rough stone was washed up. It was picked up by a fisherman, and after several twists and turns, it came into my hands."
"Just blow it!"
"Oh, don't talk nonsense. There is definitely a magical object in this rough stone. I, Boss Biao, guarantee it with my head! One hundred and fifty thousand, no bargaining."
Zhong Michu responded: "Okay."
But once she had finished her task, she was in trouble. She seldom went down the mountain often and seldom carried spirit stones with her. This time, she was suddenly summoned by Gu Fuyou, so it was even more impossible for her to bring spirit stones with her.
She was about to take off the jade token on her waist. When she was out, the jade token that marked her identity as a disciple of the immortal sect could be used as a token of spiritual stones.
Gu Fuyou saw that she really wanted this rough stone, so he immediately held her hand and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Zhong, it's not necessary. I have some spiritual stones here. If you really want it, I can buy it for you."
Zhong Michu put down the jade token and said, "Okay, I'll return it to you when I get back to the sect."
Gu Fuyou thought to himself, actually you don’t have to pay it back. If you like it, 150,000 spirit stones are nothing.
But in the end, I felt inexplicably ashamed to say this and did not speak.
Gu Fuyou said to Boss Biao: "150,000 is 150,000..."
Before he could finish his words, a voice suddenly said, "Two hundred thousand, I want this rough stone."
The three of them looked at the person who was speaking. It was a man, about thirty years old, with yellow skin, black and white hair, a purple robe, and a blood vine-studded silver bracelet on his left wrist.
“Oh, this is Master Yu from Wanyao Pavilion, this…” Boss Biao walked over and looked back at Gu Fuyou.
Gu Fuyou said: "Hey, everything should be based on first come first served."
Yu Dongsheng raised his chin slightly: "Three hundred thousand."
Boss Biao immediately smiled and said to Gu Fuyou: "Miss San, you also understand the principle that the highest bidder wins, you see..."
Gu Fuyou knew that money was more important than people here, so she snorted coldly, "The price is high, do you think I have no money? Four hundred thousand."
Yu Dongsheng said calmly: "Five hundred thousand."
Hiss, they’re getting into a fight.
Gu Fuyou is not stupid. He is not here to cause trouble. There is indeed something in this raw stone.
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