Chapter 562: Chapter 97: A Thousand Years Cultivated for Sharing the Sa Pillow_2
Chi Yu Zi suddenly regretted asking, muttering: “If only I had t you earlier, then no one would bully you.”
“Hahaha.” Gu Wen couldn’t help but laugh, “At that ti, you wouldn’t have given a second glance with your personality.”
“Impossible!”
Chi Yu Zi’s crisp and lodious voice, tinged with alcohol, declared with certainty: “If Yu Hua can appreciate you, then I naturally would too. I have always had a discerning eye, I’d definitely be able to tell.”
“I was a prisoner then.”
“Just take it from the Lord Emperor, I’m not afraid of him. Like you said, if you can’t win, you can always run, right? This vast world, where could he chase you?”
The more Chi Yu Zi spoke, the more excited she beca, vaguely feeling an inexplicable longing.
As if in another world, she would have t Gu Wen first, then just like eting at Luo River, they’d beco drinking buddies and roam the world.
Chi Yu Zi started dancing with her sword, imitating those beautiful dancing girls, mimicking their lively and clear singing style.
Gu Wen found Chi Yu Zi’s voice to be the most lively, with her short hair and crisp attire least conforming to the gentle beauty of won, yet once dressed up she exuded the most feminine charm.
Like a lively lark, vibrant and active.
As long as her deanor softened slightly, her voice could make one’s bones go limp.
And when drunk, Chi Yu Zi was at her most uninhibited, hugging Gu Wen from behind, arms around his neck, her voice soft and sweet: “Brother, Brother…”
Jade Sword Buddha sat cross-legged on the mat, silently without making a sound.
Gu Wen inexplicably thought of Yu Hua.
Yu Hua was always dignified and elegant, never hurried, always serene and far-reaching.
Back when they were at Immortal Land, Gu Wen would watch her handle chores and trivial tasks all day without ever feeling weary.
Cooking, brewing tea, making wine, planting vegetables.
At that ti, he was not very active, and the house was often quiet.
If he were to travel with this little nun, the journey would likely be quiet and might beco quite dull.
After all, Jade Sword Buddha was not Yu Hua, how could a bald nun compare to Yu Hua.
He rembered that Yu Hua often ntioned Jade Sword Buddha.
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Yu Hua had stayed at Immortal Land for half a month.
Because she disliked the crowded and distractive city, they had purchased a private estate by the bank of Luo River, a garden nestled beside mountains and waters.
They used the ten thousand gold Gu Wen had hidden away back then, spending most of it in one go.
This was not enough to resolve the matter, instead attracting the local gentry’s intrigue, with the seller colluding with officials intending to falsely accuse Gu Wen and Yu Hua as mysterious individuals.
Then Yu Hua employed so soul technique to silently settle everything.
Sparing Gu Wen from resorting to violence, or seeking out the Jiang royal family, unnecessarily troubling himself.
On the first day at the estate, Yu Hua called over the tenant farrs and servants, who were also part of the property, but she wasn’t there to be a mortal landlord.
So she distributed the excess lands to these farrs, allowing them to cultivate them on their own, keeping whatever they grew.
No taxes were required either, all hung under the private estate.
The tenant farrs were tearfully grateful.
Gu Wen watched on from the side until Yu Hua used her soul technique again to shoo them away, asking: “You seem more idle now, not wanting to see outsiders, yet keeping people nearby.”
Yu Hua said: “We don’t need these hundreds of acres, a few acres near ho are sufficient, besides, I’m following your example.”
“Following ?”
Gu Wen’s indifferent expression showed a hint of bewildernt.
The Goddess smiled sweetly in front of him, in an instant, it seed as if the sunlight dimd, and the surrounding landscapes fell into shadow.
Yu Hua actually quite liked to smile, not like the initial coolness, at least Gu Wen saw her smile each day, never tiring of it.
“When you were at Dragon Bridge, a large number of displaced people gathered in the alley of your residence, set up their tents inside, while I saw none of that elsewhere. This is what you said about maintaining one’s integrity when impoverished, and aiding the world when prosperous.”
“I can’t save millions of people in Immortal Land, but I can protect one or two within a few dozen miles of my vicinity.”
“You rember things from decades ago.”
Gu Wen shook his head with a laugh, so distant mories, he forgot why he did it back then.
Perhaps it was the only way to save people without arousing suspicion.
“Of course I rember, I also recall every word you said, and the flattering words when I visited every night.”
Yu Hua walked gracefully to Gu Wen, her slender fingers pinching his cheek, gazing into his indifferent, deep eyes.
“Unlike now, you’ve put up a front.”
Gu Wen said expressionlessly: “Cultivation into sainthood, Daoist skill naturally. Perhaps I’ve indeed been overly quiet, but there’s no helping it, seldom does anything interest in this world.”
“Then you should get along well with Jade Sword Buddha now, she only responds to predestined individuals.”
Yu Hua remarked casually, imdiately conjuring up an image of a stunningly pure Bodhisattva in Gu Wen’s mind.
Of the Heavenly Pride that left the deepest impression, none surpassed Jade Sword Buddha.
For Gu Wen, she was too mysterious, and extrely distant.
Their relationship sotis felt like friendship, sotis like strangers. Due to her own uniqueness, this nun always kept herself at a distance, making it hard to lighten the heart.
It’s not that Gu Wen covets her beauty, it’s simply human nature to be curious, and to instinctively desire those things unattainable.
Seeing Gu Wen’s thoughtful expression, Yu Hua amplified the pressure on his cheek, chiding lightly: “Once I ntion her, you beco interested. Ignoring the food in your bowl, but eyeing what’s in the pot.”
“…”
Gu Wen’s indifferent face finally showed emotion, and he sighed helplessly.
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