Senior Brother Gu is Truly a Good Person! [2.1k]

Translator: AnubisTL

"Gu Feng, does this Mystic Artifact of yours only consume Spirit Stones?"

"Yes!"

"No wonder you exchanged all the Spirit Artifacts and pills you seized for Spirit Stones. So that's the reason!"

In the old courtyard, Gu Feng chatted casually with Zhu Qingyan, who was hanging around his neck. At this stage of their relationship, there were basically no secrets between them.

"Senior Zhu, do you know the origin of this Mystic Artifact?"

"I've never heard of it!"

"Oh!" Gu Feng responded and then began his cultivation.

From his first entry into Carp Mountain to today, the gains during this period could be described as enormous. In terms of the number of Spirit Stones alone, few families in Cloud Prefecture could rival him.

He had seized 100 million Spirit Stones from Carp Mountain, gained nearly 200 million from the Secret Realm expedition, and today, from the Alchemy Conference, including the prize money and seizing from alchemists, he had earned close to 100 million.

Originally, the 10 million prize money was to be shared with Yan Xixi, but she only wanted the trophy, so she got the trophy, and Gu Feng got the Spirit Stones.

As for the 200 million Spirit Stones owed by A Fei, Gu Feng regarded it as a long-term, high-yield, and stable financial investment, and he was too lazy to press for repayment in the short term.

It's worth mentioning that when Gu Feng broke through to the Postnatal Realm, the last mouth of the Three-Mouth Incense Burner finally opened.

Four hundred million Spirit Stones were respectively poured into the three burners, and the milky white, golden, and purple Divine Fluids were produced at a visible speed.

"Senior Zhu, could you give me a Soul-type Cultivation Method?" Gu Feng, as if thinking of something, licked his lips and smiled towards the Thunder Spirit Grass hanging on his chest.

"No!" Zhu Qingyan replied irritably.

"Please!"

"Every time you beg me now, you'll have to repay it double in the future. I'm currently attached to the Thunder Spirit Grass, and my strength is weaker than yours. If I give you the Cultivation Method, what if you turn your back on me immediately!

If you want the Cultivation Method, exchange it with Thunder attribute treasures!" Zhu Qingyan said sternly.

"I'm just poor now, but once I earn some money, I'll immediately buy you Thunder attribute treasures!"

"Good boy, I knew you didn't have me in your heart. Four hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones, in this remote place, you're already considered wealthy, and you say you're poor?"

"I need to cultivate, and with stronger strength, I can earn more money to buy you Thunder attribute treasures!" Gu Feng said with a bitter face.

"If you want the Cultivation Method, exchange it with something, otherwise, forget it!" Zhu Qingyan's three leaves shook, and she said mercilessly.

"Fine!" Gu Feng pouted and said, this woman is not easy to deceive anymore!

The purple Divine Fluid was temporarily stored in the Incense Burner. Gu Feng opened his mouth and inhaled, absorbing the golden and milky white Divine Fluids into his body, starting the refining process!

His body's Spiritual Radiance shone, the white jade bridge at his brow flickered, and faint thunderous roars echoed within his body, waves of sound unceasing, as both his Body Refinement and cultivation level advanced simultaneously.

...

In a tavern outside the sect!

"Miss, you're finally awake?" Bao Xiaoli, noticing the movement on the bed, opened her sleepy eyes and exclaimed with joy.

"Where is this?"

"The tavern outside the Sunset Glow Sect."

"Was it you who pulled me out from the bottom of the lake?" Bao Shaoqiong looked at the unfamiliar room and asked softly.

"Miss, you must never think of ending your life again. In life, who hasn't experienced a few painful failures?" Fearing that Bao Shaoqiong might attempt suicide again, Bao Xiaoli quickly said.

"After experiencing a life-and-death situation, I've come to understand. Don't worry, I won't think of ending my life again." After some events, Bao Shaoqiong seemed to have let go of many things.

"That's great, Miss. Are you hungry? I'll get some food!" Bao Xiaoli said with a joyful expression.

"Not hungry, but I feel itchy all over. Prepare some hot water for me to wash up!" As she spoke, Bao Shaoqiong scratched her back, the more she scratched, the itchier it became.

"Okay, okay!"

After a while, a large wooden tub was placed in the room, filled with steaming water, and a beautiful figure was bathing inside.

"Xiaoli, help me see what's on my back, it's so itchy!" Soaking in the hot water, Bao Shaoqiong felt her back was even itchier than before.

"Okay, okay!" Bao Xiaoli nodded obediently, came to Bao Shaoqiong's back, and upon a closer look, she was momentarily stunned.

She saw large patches of green and red on her mistress's back, and then remembered that when she found her last night, her body was wrapped in banana leaves, a plant with small thorns and slight toxicity. The itchiness Bao Shaoqiong felt was a symptom of skin poisoning.

"That bastard, a thousand cuts to him, actually used such a spirit plant to wrap the mistress's body." Bao Xiaoli thought to herself, but said aloud, "It's nothing, just some redness and swelling, probably the lake wasn't clean, and your skin got infected. It'll be fine in a few days!"

"Oh, get me a bronze mirror, let me see what's really going on. The lake last night looked quite clear!" Bao Shaoqiong was somewhat doubtful and wanted to see what was really on her back.

"Better not look, really, it's nothing!" Bao Xiaoli said weakly.

"Go get it."

"Yes, Miss!"

After fetching the bronze mirror, Bao Shaoqiong stood up from the tub, saw the green and red on her back, was momentarily stunned, and then her eyes filled with confusion.

"This symptom, it looks like the skin has come into contact with a spirit plant called 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf'!"

"Is, is that so? There are many spirit plants that can cause this condition, it's not necessarily 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf'." Bao Xiaoli's mouth twitched slightly as she said softly.

"Perhaps there are several spirit plants that can cause this green and red itchiness upon contact with the skin, but the only one that grows in Cloud Prefecture is 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf'."

Seeing Bao Shaoqiong's determined expression, Bao Xiaoli silently cried in her heart, the mistress's knowledge is really too broad, what to do, if we delve deeper, it might be hard to keep it hidden.

"Then it must be that where the mistress jumped into the lake, there happened to be a 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf' at the bottom." Bao Xiaoli said softly with her head down.

"'Qing Liu Banana Leaf' is a land plant, how could it grow in the lake!" Bao Shaoqiong said incredulously.

"Then perhaps someone threw the leaves of 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf' into the lake, and the mistress happened to come into contact with them." Bao Xiaoli thought quickly, and seeing Bao Shaoqiong's understanding expression, she laughed in her heart: Xiaoli, Xiaoli, your IQ is really high, you actually fooled the smart mistress, promising, keep it up.

"Wrong, 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf' is not highly toxic, the small thorns on its leaves are extremely short, not enough to pierce clothing, unless it's intimate contact, the wrists, face, and other exposed areas could be affected, but the back is absolutely impossible."

Bao Shaoqiong's words froze Bao Xiaoli's smile on her face, her throat moved a few times, and for a moment, she couldn't utter a word.

After a few breaths, she finally thought of a response: "Miss, actually... last night I saw you were soaked, afraid you would catch a cold and get sick, and there were no other cultivators around, so I changed your clothes on the spot!"

As she spoke, Bao Xiaoli's gaze remained on Bao Shaoqiong's face, closely watching her expression changes.

"Did you hang me on a 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf' to change my clothes?" At this moment, Bao Shaoqiong also watched Bao Xiaoli's expression changes, and she saw a hint of evasion in her eyes.

"Not hung on a tree, perhaps by chance, there was a leaf of 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf' on the ground!"

Bao Xiaoli lowered her head, her speech somewhat stuttering, which made Bao Shaoqiong's doubts grow.

Recalling the scene of last night in her mind, she vaguely felt that she had been rescued midway, and then the other person had groped her a few times before throwing her back into the lake.

Originally, she thought it was an illusion, but now it seemed that the feeling was so clear, and combined with Bao Xiaoli's expression, she could basically confirm that last night's events were not that simple.

"Still talking nonsense, how could such a coincidence happen, where is my Storage Ring?" Bao Shaoqiong said sharply.

"With Gu Feng's help, I found you, and I took the liberty to give him the Storage Ring as a reward!" Seeing the mistress was about to get angry, Bao Xiaoli had to tell the prepared explanation to Bao Shaoqiong.

"Then when you rescued me, was there anything unusual on my body!"

At this point, she had basically guessed the general course of events, and wanted to ask Bao Xiaoli if her body was wrapped in 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf' leaves when she was rescued, but this sentence was too shameful to ask.

"Nothing!" Bao Xiaoli said firmly.

"Alright, get me a clean robe, I want to go out for some fresh air!"

...

After leaving the tavern, Bao Shaoqiong, accompanied by Bao Xiaoli, went straight to the lake from last night.

Upon arriving, Bao Shaoqiong began to search for the location of the 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf'. The entire lake area, only a kilometer away, had this spirit plant.

Who would have nothing better to do than to pick leaves and throw them a kilometer away? Besides, there were plenty of secluded places nearby to change clothes, was it necessary to go a kilometer away? This basically ruled out Bao Xiaoli's absurd explanation.

"Bastard..."

Bao Shaoqiong subconsciously clenched her fists, a flame gradually rising in her chest. The events of last night formed a clear sequence in her mind.

Last night, someone saw her jump into the lake, watched from the side, did not save her, and only when they thought she was almost dead, did they dive in to pull her out.

After pulling her out, they took her Storage Ring, jade pendant, including her outer clothes and boots, leaving only her undergarments and trousers.

Then, finding she wasn't dead yet, they picked some 'Qing Liu Banana Leaf' leaves, wrapped her, and threw her back into the lake.

What a scumbag! Must find him, and then beat him up fiercely.

Seeing the mistress clenching her fists, gritting her teeth, her face changing colors, Bao Xiaoli tentatively asked: "Miss, when are we going home?"

"Not going home!"

"Then what are we staying here for?" Bao Xiaoli blinked and asked.

"Staying here..." Bao Shaoqiong hesitated, glanced at Bao Xiaoli beside her, and a trace of anger appeared between her brows.

How to say it, to say that she was staying here to find the person who robbed and violated her?

Bao Shaoqiong's thoughts raced wildly, a flash of inspiration in her mind, and she finally came up with an excellent excuse!

"Ahem, this Alchemy Conference has brought me the first crushing defeat in my life. With this defeat, I really can't go home with peace of mind.

Where you fall, you get up from there, I want to find a way to defeat Gu Feng, and only then will I return with victory!"

"By the way, you said last night that it was with Gu Feng's guidance that you found me?" To avoid Bao Xiaoli's suspicion, Bao Shaoqiong immediately changed the subject.

"Yes, yes!" At the mention of Gu Feng, Bao Xiaoli immediately became spirited: "Miss, let me tell you, last night I was looking for you aimlessly, for me, a first-time visitor to the Sunset Glow Sect, it was really too difficult, and at this moment, I happened to meet Senior Brother Gu...

He's really a good person, not only accompanied me in the search, but after finding you, he also exerted himself to infuse Spiritual Power into you..."

Bao Xiaoli said with flying colors, Bao Shaoqiong's expression was strange, Gu Feng didn't seem like the kind of warm-hearted person!

"Miss, Senior Brother Gu has helped so much, should we go to thank him?" Bao Xiaoli's eyes sparkled.

"Yes, we should!" Bao Shaoqiong was actually very afraid to see Gu Feng, anyone would be afraid to meet someone they had once ridiculed, but who had defeated them.

However, to get an excuse to stay at the Sunset Glow Sect to investigate the thief, she had to go to Gu Feng!

(End of the Chapter)

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