"Senior Brother, why are you asking Junior Sister this?" Gu Qing's frown did not loosen. She did not believe that Shen Chang was someone who could chat casually with others.
Shen Chang's footsteps paused a little, he turned his head to look at her again, and the corner of his mouth lifted slightly, "What? Is the question I'm asking sensitive? "
It was only then that Gu Qing realised that she was being led by the nose by Shen Chang, and was extremely nervous. The other party had merely asked a normal question, but she had overreacted, so she immediately took a deep breath to calm herself down and shook her head: "No, I did not expect Senior Brother Shen to chat casually with others."
When she said this, there was a clear hint of sarcasm in her tone. She wasn't worried about offending Shen Chang at all, and was also anxious for the other party to leave as far away as possible, so she didn't try to hide the emotions within her words.
A cold smile flashed across the corner of Shen Chang's mouth. He withdrew his gaze from her ordinary face and said: "Junior Sister Zi Jin, I still haven't told you that you're very similar to an old friend of mine!"
Gu Qing's heart tightened once again, but her expression remained as calm as before. "Oh? I wonder what kind of old friend she is. "
With her sensitivity from before, even though the other party's topic was indeed sensitive, she had disguised herself well, making it almost impossible for others to detect any flaws in her actions.
Shen Chang laughed coldly in his heart. How could he forget that Gu Qing had always been a woman who was good at disguising.
He wanted to tear off her disguise and punish her. However, he had been deceived by her for so many years, and now that she had reversed it, how could he not seize this opportunity to play with her?
He knew that no matter how calm the other party was on the surface, he would not be able to remain calm when facing him. That was good.
"Someone I love and hate." After Shen Chang finished speaking, he added another sentence, "She is destined to be my woman!"
Gu Qing felt that she couldn't continue speaking to Shen Chang, or else she wouldn't be able to hold back and reveal herself. She closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again, "If senior brother Shen has nothing else, then I'll go to the front first."
With that, without caring about Shen Chang's answer, he walked forward.
Shen Chang stared at her retreating figure, his lips moving slightly: Gu Qing, this time, you can't even think of escaping my Five Fingers Mountain!
Just as Gu Qing walked to Liu Ying's side, Liu Ying suddenly approached him mysteriously, "What did Senior Brother Shen say to you? "Tell me quickly."
Seeing her excited expression, Gu Qing knew that she was thinking too much and relaxed, "You're thinking too much, your Senior Brother Chen is such a high profile person, how could he see eye to eye with an ordinary person like me?"
Hearing that, Liu Ying sized Gu Qing up once again. The other party did indeed have an ordinary appearance, but with such an ordinary face, standing by her side, the first thing others saw was that she was not him.
Just like how she was able to notice him amongst the numerous cultivators in the Xuanhua Sect. Although her face was not that breathtaking, the temperament she possessed was extremely unique. She was neither like the gentle and beautiful female cultivators, nor the ice mountain beauties who were the top few in Cultivation Realm. It was like an ordinary flower amidst a sea of green. It was very special and eye-catching.
"Senior Sister Zi Jin, don't belittle yourself. If you are so ordinary, then many female cultivators will faint from the tears." Liu Ying said with a smile, afraid that the other party would be too concerned about her appearance.
Unfortunately, Gu Qing didn't think anything of it, and immediately forgot about it.
Not long after, they encountered a small wave of beasts. Fortunately, the disciples of Xuanhua Sect were all elites and had tacit understanding with each other, so they were able to repel the first wave of beasts very quickly. As they were walking out, they met the beast tide and a lone high ranking Demonic Beast.
Shen Chang was extremely busy and did not try to find Gu Qing to talk. Everyone walked like this for two days before finally walking out of the Hundred Beast Forest's boundary.
Seeing the barren land outside the Hundred Beast Forest, everyone felt more relaxed and happy than seeing a paradise.
"This place is very close to the gathering town of cultivators near the Wasteland. Everyone can relax." After Shen Chang finished speaking, he laughed, then turned around and continued to lead the team.
After walking for another fifteen minutes or so, Gu Qing saw a few wooden houses suddenly appear in the forest in front of them.
"Senior Sister Zi Jin, I heard that you were previously a rogue cultivator, have you ever come to this cultivator market?" Liu Ying's eyes were filled with curiosity.
"No, my cultivation level is not enough to reach this level." Gu Qing found a very good excuse for herself.
Liu Ying answered with an "Oh", but did not think too much, and started to look around her surroundings with curiosity.
Just as they were walking in, two familiar figures walked out from inside. Gu Qing took a closer look and saw that it was Ye Sanniang and Chen Jinhu. Seeing that both of their cultivation levels had improved, Gu Qing nodded her head in satisfaction. It was worth giving half of her wealth to them.
The two originally wanted to avoid the large group of Xuanhua Sect, but when Ye Sanniang saw Zi Jin disguised as Zi Jin, she saw Shen Chang with her two eyes. She was shocked, she had met Shen Chang before, so she immediately lowered her head and prepared to dodge.
"Halt!" Shen Chang also saw her and stopped the two with a shout.
Just as Chen Jinhu was about to grab onto Ye Sanniang's hand and flee, Shen Chang said: "I only want to ask you a question, I'll let you all go immediately, if not, you guys can try to escape from the encirclement of so many people."
Chen Jinhu loosened his grip on Ye Sanniang, who removed his hand, then nodded at him.
Chen Jinhu's face turned gloomy, but he still listened to Ye Sanniang's words and released her hand.
Ye Sanniang turned her head to look at Shen Chang, "This Fellow Taoist, we do not have many grievances between us, if I am able to answer your question, I will definitely answer yours, but please do not make it difficult for us again."
Shen Chang was immediately ignored by her and asked: "Do you know where Gu Qing is?"
When he was asking, he kept staring at the two of them, especially at Ye Sanniang. Realizing that the other party was not looking at Gu Qing who was in the crowd, he squinted his eyes.
"This Fellow Taoist, although Gu Qing and I met at first sight, we only met a few times. Fellow Taoist was really questioning the wrong person, we don't know where she is."
Shen Chang only wanted to probe Gu Qing, so why would they need to tell her where Gu Qing was? He was already very close to finding the person he was looking for.
Nodding his head, Shen Chang waved his hand and said: "Since that's the case, you can go."
Ye Sanniang turned her head, and just as she was about to leave, she saw Gu Qing shaking her head lightly.
Although Ye Sanniang was not clear about Zi Jin, she only thought that the person who had saved her was Zi Jin, and did not know Zi Jin's true identity. But seeing how the other party was acting, she turned his gaze away, acting as if she did not meet Gu Qing's gaze, and walked away.
This town did not have many cultivators, and when the Xuanhua Sect disciples entered, there were only a few. However, there were many vendors, not only in the shops, but also in the stalls.
Gu Qing noted that the Spirit Grasses, books, and Spiritual Treasure outside were all things she had not seen before in the auction. The seller's cultivation level was not low at all. Each and every one of them closed their eyes to rest, seemingly unconcerned about whether or not anyone would buy their own things.
Just as they reached the cultivators' town, Shen Chang stopped and said, "Spiritual Master Yuanjie has not returned yet. Everyone can choose what you want here, but you cannot leave this place without permission."
Other than Gu Qing, many people looked forward to the gathering of cultivators outside the Wasteland. There are High Ranked Cultivator s here, so Spiritual Treasure s, pellets, Talisman, etc., are not ordinary goods. Adding to the rare spirit herbs here, as long as you have enough Spiritual Stone s on you, you will definitely be able to return with a bountiful harvest.
When their fellow disciples heard Shen Chang's words, they had already impatiently spread out. Upon seeing this, Liu Ying quickly pulled Gu Qing and said: "Senior Sister Zi Jin, let's go, we should also go take a look."
Gu Qing was also very curious about this place, she let Liu Ying pull her and shop one by one, but the things inside the shop were too expensive, and even if Gu Qing was unable to purchase anything, it was Liu Ying who returned with a great harvest, and gained a lot.
"Senior Sister Zi Jin, why didn't you buy it?" Liu Ying didn't think too much into it, and asked her as she counted her loot with a smile.
"I haven't seen what I want." Gu Qing answered without thinking, because at this moment, her gaze had already fallen in front.
Under Gu Lee's lead, the disciples of the Fallen Immortal Mountain also arrived at the cultivators' town. Spiritual Master Qixia and Yuan Lang did not appear.
"It's them again!" Liu Ying looked in the direction of Gu Lee and the others, before pulling Gu Qing along and walking in the opposite direction, "Come, Senior Sister Zi Jin, let's go and see if there's anything you want there."
Gu Qing retracted her gaze, and looked at the stall that Liu Ying was pointing at, her eyes lighting up. Just now, she had seen how complicated and rare the things here were, but she had no money to buy them. But the stalls outside shouldn't be too expensive.
She could see if there were any Spiritual Treasure that were suitable for her.
She had quite a number of cultivation techniques now, so she wouldn't use just one technique in a battle. However, there were not many Spiritual Treasure present. The only one that could be considered to be not bad was the Soul-Absorbing Bell in her hands, but she did not dare to use it lightly. After all, she had taken it from someone else.
There weren't many people walking around the stall, and there were only two or three of them in Xuanhua Sect. Gu Qing watched every stall attentively for a long time. Seeing that the rare spirit herbs were not too expensive, she decided to buy them.
But he had never seen a Spiritual Treasure that was suitable for his heart.
When she reached the third stall, Gu Qing suddenly noticed a white ball. There were some gray imperfections on it, like spider webs. The material was not good either, but for some reason, when Gu Qing picked it up, it felt as if there was a resonance, as if the thing in its hand was anxious to follow her.
She frowned, seeing that it was nothing special, she hesitated, worried that she had spent money to buy something bad, after all, she could only go in now, and had no extra Spiritual Stone to allocate.
Liu Ying saw that she was hesitating and immediately asked for her help, "Shop Owner, how much is this?"
(This is the update for the second year. There isn't enough time to update during the day. I have to drive to Chongqing, but I still have to eat with my relatives there.)