Wasting herbs?
Good herbs, refined into Low Grade Yuánqì Liquid, that’s the biggest waste.
“Are your legs better? Can you walk?”
Zhou Qingyu was too lazy to explain, looking at the darkening sky, he couldn't help but frown and ask.
In this kind of deep mountain and old forest, Heaven knows what fierce beasts are hiding.
If they don't leave soon, there might be danger.
Gu Changyue tried to take two steps, but she limped.
However, she also knew that they couldn't stay here any longer, so she bravely said, “Let’s go.”
Zhou Qingyu shook his head helplessly, and amidst Gu Changyue’s soft cry, he picked her up in a princess carry, then stepped onto the mountain path and descended the mountain as fast as a flying bird.
Gu Changyue’s pretty face was slightly red, smelling the scent so close, and listening to his strong heartbeat.
Looking at the face that was even more handsome in the twilight, her complexion couldn't help but turn redder.
She couldn't help but softly mutter, “Although this guy has a strange personality, he’s actually quite nice.”
An hour later.
It was already dark, and from the deep mountains behind them came roars of unknown beasts.
Fortunately, they were already on the official road at the foot of the mountain.
Not far away, a series of fire Dragons rapidly approached the area, accompanied by shouts of “Gu Changyue!”
“My father is coming to find me!” Gu Changyue said excitedly.
Not hearing Zhou Qingyu’s reply, she looked up and only then realized that Zhou Qingyu’s face was slightly pale, and his clothes were completely soaked with sweat.
Even for a Cultivator at the third level of Qi Condensation, carrying an adult and running wildly in the mountains for an hour was quite strenuous.
Gu Changyue stuck out her tongue and quickly jumped down, saying, “Thank you so much today.”
“When my father comes, I’ll definitely ask him to give you ten or eight bottles of the newly refined Low Grade Yuánqì Liquid.”
Zhou Qingyu said indifferently, “No need, I don’t need those.”
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of Yuánqì Liquid he had refined himself and placed it in her palm.
“What I promised you. Farewell.”
Without waiting for the Gu Family’s people to arrive, he strode away, brushing past the Gu Family’s contingent.
On the leading horse was a middle-aged man wearing a star and moon robe.
He hurriedly dismounted, ran to Gu Changyue, and reproached, “Gu Changyue, you scared us to death!”
“Who told you to go to the deep mountains alone to pick herbs?”
Gu Changyue’s eyes reddened with grievance, and she said, “Zheng Duo tricked me into going, saying there was a Heaven And Earth Treasure in the mountain that could cure your illness.”
“I didn’t expect him to treat me, to treat me…”
The middle-aged man was none other than Gu Zhengyang, the foremost figure in Qingdi City and an Alchemist apprentice.
Only then did he notice his daughter’s disheveled collar, and his expression suddenly changed: “That beast, he…”
Gu Changyue shook her head: “Fortunately, I met that Young Master just now. He drove away Zheng Duo and brought me down the mountain, otherwise I would never have seen you again.”
That Young Master just now?
Gu Zhengyang quickly turned his head to look, but in the vast darkness, his figure was already gone.
“What is his name? Where does he live? Saving my Gu Zhengyang’s daughter is like saving half my life!”
“I must thank him properly!”
Upon hearing this, Gu Changyue pouted: “Don’t even mention it! That guy is so annoying! No matter how I asked, he wouldn't say.”
“Also, I just promised that you, Father, would thank him with Yuánqì Liquid, and he even said he didn’t need it!”
“It’s clearly looking down on it! Hmph!”
Gu Zhengyang was torn between laughter and tears.
In Qingdi City, there was actually someone who looked down on his Yuánqì Liquid?
Suddenly, he noticed a small jade bottle clutched in Gu Changyue’s palm.
An Alchemist’s intuition told him that the transparent liquid in the jade bottle was unusual.
“Gu Changyue, what is this?”
Bringing this up, Gu Changyue became even angrier: “It’s the Yuánqì Liquid he refined himself. Look at what it’s refined into, wasting the Moon-Gazing Grass I painstakingly collected!”
“He even had the nerve to give it to me, not even afraid of poisoning me.”
Oh?
Gu Zhengyang curiously took it, opened the bottle cap, and gently sniffed it.
His expression instantly changed drastically, and his hand trembled uncontrollably.
“Father, are you alright?” Gu Changyue was startled: “Don’t scare me, is this potion really poisonous?”
Gu Zhengyang’s pupils, however, widened, and he urgently said, “Quick! Quickly chase after that young man!”
Gu Changyue’s heart sank.
Oh no! Is Father trying to take revenge on him?
He had shown her kindness!
She couldn't help but pull on Gu Zhengyang’s sleeve and pleaded, “Father, let it go. He was just curious and wanted to try refining Yuánqì Liquid.”
“Don’t bother with him, let him off the hook.”
Gu Zhengyang, however, said with a wry smile, “What am I to dare to bother with an Alchemist?”
Huh?!
Gu Changyue’s mind was a bit muddled, her eyes filled with confusion: “Alchemist? Him?”
“Father, you must be mistaken. Isn’t he just a guy who dabbles blindly? The Yuánqì Liquid is even transparent.”
An Alchemist, what a noble existence that was.
And usually, they were highly respected Senior, completely unrelated to Zhou Qingyu.
Gu Zhengyang pointed to the Yuánqì Liquid in his palm, his expression agitated: “Do you know why it’s transparent? Because it’s Supreme-Grade Primordial Qi Liquid!”
Ah?
Gu Changyue’s mouth dropped open in surprise, her two eyes wide and round.
What Zhou Qingyu casually gave her was actually Supreme-Grade Primordial Qi Liquid!
She swallowed, and said, “Father, can you refine Supreme-Grade Primordial Qi Liquid?”
Gu Zhengyang said self-deprecatingly, “Don’t say your father is just an Alchemist apprentice!”
“Even my teacher, a one-star Alchemist certified by the Pill Pavilion, couldn’t refine it.”
“As far as I know, only Grand Alchemists of the three-star level can refine Supreme-Grade Primordial Qi Liquid.”
Grand Alchemist?
Gu Changyue gasped, who exactly did she encounter?
Soon after.
The clansmen returned, saying dejectedly, “Patriarch, he’s gone.”
In the dead of night, where you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face, it would be a ghost if they could find Zhou Qingyu.
“Alas! Gu Changyue, you missed an Opportunity to befriend a Grand Alchemist!”
Gu Zhengyang sighed deeply.
“If you could gain his favor, your future achievements would surpass your father’s.”
“You know, the Alchemist stationed in Xingyun Pavilion is only a two-star!”
However, the other party had disappeared without a trace.
Such Grand Alchemists were always elusive; encountering one was already a great Opportunity.
To meet again, how difficult would that be?
“Never mind, never mind. Our Gu Family doesn’t have this blessing. Let’s go back and rest early. The day after tomorrow is Young Miss Zhao Yinxi’s wedding day, and we also need to prepare some gifts.”
“Old Master Zhao once showed kindness to our Gu Family. Since his eldest granddaughter is getting married, we should naturally pay a visit to congratulate them.”
Gu Changyue clicked her tongue: “Zhao Yinxi’s face is disfigured like that, and someone still dares to marry her?”
“Most likely, it’s a gigolo who wants to climb the Zhao Family and live off them!”
Comparing him in her mind to Zhou Qingyu, who was a Grand Alchemist at such a young age, she couldn't help but sigh.
“Both are men, how can the difference be so great?”