Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Qingqing, I’m fine now.” Gu Qingqing’s thoughts were written all over her face. Yue Zhao immediately understood and his heart warmed. He hurriedly asked, “How do you feel now?”
Gu Qingqing carefully sized up Yue Zhao as he spoke and realized that he did seem to be in a good condition. When she heard him ask her, she quickly shook her head to indicate that she was fine.
“Qingqing, I’m sorry. I made you worry last night. Did I scare you?” Yue Zhao reached out and patted Gu Qingqing’s head. His tone was much gentler than before, and the way he looked at Gu Qingqing was even more gentle.
Gu Qingqing blinked her eyes. She was very sensitive to human emotions. She could clearly feel that Yue Zhao’s attitude towards her today was much better than before. This made her a little confused, but she did not think too much about it. She only shook her head to show that she was not scared.
“I almost went mad last night. Thank you for saving me. Don’t worry, your senior brother will take good care of you in the future.” Yue Zhao looked at Gu Qingqing. He felt that she was very cute no matter how he looked at her, and his voice became even more gentle.
Only then did Gu Qingqing understand that the reason why Yue Zhao became like that last night was because he almost went mad. No wonder he was so scary. She hurriedly held Yue Zhao’s hand. After Yue Zhao looked over in confusion, she slowly made a hand gesture.
“That’s too dangerous. Second senior brother, you must be careful!”
Gu Qingqing’s expression was very serious and there was worry in her eyes. This made Yue Zhao feel warm in his heart. Once again, he felt that he was really a bastard yesterday. He had almost missed out on such a good junior sister!
“Don’t worry, Second Senior Brother will not be like that. Second Senior Brother still has to protect our little Qingqing for the rest of her life.” Touching Gu Qingqing’s head, Yue Zhao’s gaze was so gentle that it seemed like water was about to drip out.
Gu Qingqing did not believe it. She tilted her head and thought for a moment. Suddenly, she extended her little finger and waved it in front of Yue Zhao.
Yue Zhao looked at Gu Qingqing’s hand and then looked at her. A rare look of confusion appeared on his face.
Gu Qingqing pulled Yue Zhao’s hand gently and used her little finger to hook Yue Zhao’s little finger. Then, she used her thumb to stick to Yue Zhao’s thumb. After she was done with the hook and seal, Gu Qingqing nodded her head in satisfaction.
Yue Zhao completely let Gu Qingqing do whatever she wanted. When he understood what she was doing, he did not know whether to laugh or cry. After all, he had never thought that such a childish trick would be used on him.
However, although it was childish, Yue Zhao did not have any objections if it could make Gu Qingqing happy.
“What are the two of you doing?” Rong Ye asked curiously as he walked in from outside.
Gu Qingqing and Yue Zhao looked at each other and revealed a smile that only the two of them understood.
“Nothing.” It was nothing in front of Gu Qingqing, but Yue Zhao did not want Rong Ye to know that he had shown such childish behavior, so he directly changed the topic, “What did you bring?”
“The medicinal porridge that Fourth Brother brewed is good for Little Qingqing’s health.” Rong Ye did not think too much about it. He looked at the thing in his hand and explained.
“Give it to me. I’ll feed Qingqing.” Yue Zhao stood up and said as he tried to take the bowl from Rong Ye’s hand.
Rong Ye quickly avoided Yue Zhao’s hand and sat on the side of the bed. “I’ll feed it. There’s no need to trouble you.”
After saying that, Rong Ye did not care about Yue Zhao’s reaction. He picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of porridge. He blew at it and fed it to Gu Qingqing’s mouth. Gu Qingqing was already a little hungry. When she smelled the fragrance of the porridge, she quickly opened her mouth.
Seeing that she had already started eating, Yue Zhao did not force her. He only revealed a perfect smile behind Rong Ye’s back.
It was a pity that Rong Ye did not see it. Otherwise, he would definitely not continue feeding her the porridge.
After drinking a bowl of porridge, Gu Qingqing was also full. After Mu Chen confirmed that she was fine, Yue Zhao brought Gu Qingqing away from the fourth peak and returned to the second peak.
“Qingqing, take a day off today. We’ll practice again tomorrow.” Worried that she had not fully recovered, Yue Zhao sent her back to her room and said.
Gu Qingqing could not win against Yue Zhao, so she could only agree.
The next day, Yue Zhao continued to teach her about the zither. This time, he was clearly much more serious than before.
Just like that, Gu Qingqing stayed at the second peak for five days. Since Nan Hua was not around, she went to Mu Chen’s fourth peakfirst.
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Compared to the first two peaks, Mu Chen’s fourth peak was much richer in content.
The entire fourth peak should have the most lush vegetation and the richest variety of plants.
Mu Chen had the puppets open up many medicinal fields on the fourth peak to grow the spiritual flowers, spiritual herbs, and the herbs he needed. He even had Nan Hua set up many arrays for him so that those herbs could grow better.
The environment in the four peaks was very suitable for a little girl like Gu Qingqing to live in. The air was filled with fragrance.
After these few days, Gu Qingqing had already learned a lot of words. Mu Chen first gave her a copy of “Hundred Herbs Collection” for her to memorize. It recorded the growth environment, habits, effects, and combinations of the spiritual flowers and herbs. It was very useful for beginners of alchemy.
From the second day onwards, Mu Chen brought Gu Qingqing to study in his herbal field. He explained to her the habits and effects of those herbs. At the same time, he also examined how well Gu Qingqing remembered her knowledge. It was the same until Gu Qingqing left the fourth peak.
After Nan Hua returned, Gu Qingqing went to the third peak. After Gu Qingqing went there, he and Rong Ye from the fifth peak also threw an introductory book to Gu Qingqing for her to memorize. Then, they brought Gu Qingqing to study one by one. Soon, a couple of days passed, and Qingqing returned to the main peak.
While Gu Qingqing was studying with Si Lin and the others, Wen Guiyun did not stay at the main peak all the time. After he received a message, he left Hidden Spirit Mountain and only returned when Gu Qingqing returned to the main peak.
Once he returned, he called his six disciples to the main peak for a meeting.
On the main peak, Gu Qingqing was pulled by Si Lin and the others to ask about her well-being. Nan Hua and Rong Ye were fine. They had just separated from Gu Qingqing, but Si Lin and the others were different. After all, when Gu Qingqing went to the other peaks to study, they had their own matters to attend to. They could not go to other peaks to look for Gu Qingqing, so they would not let go of Gu Qingqing the moment they saw her.
Fortunately, Wen Guiyun walked in very quickly. Si Lin and the others did not continue to ask, which made Gu Qingqing heave a sigh of relief.
Wen Guiyun did not come back alone this time. Behind him was a little boy who was slightly older than Gu Qingqing.
The little boy was half a head taller than Gu Qingqing. His appearance was very delicate and his skin was very white. If he was not wearing a boy’s clothes and had his hair combed into a boy’s bun, people would probably think that he was a girl!
He was wearing a black robe. He had a stern face at such a young age and looked very dignified.
The most special thing was that his eyes were dark blue, which was different from Gu Qingqing and the others’.
Yue Zhao and the others had seen a lot of things and they would not lose their composure. However, Gu Qingqing was different. This was the first time she had seen someone with eyes of this color. Especially since the little boy was so good-looking, she could not help but take a few more glances at him.
The little boy also felt Gu Qingqing’s gaze. His dark blue eyes looked straight at Gu Qingqing. When his gaze met hers, both of them were stunned.