Chapter 0: 119. Birthday, Invitation
“What is Saint Aunt doing?” Zhao Xinting asked, turning around as she looked at the blue light on her body.
Tang Simin forced a calm expression and said, “My Jade Dew Compassionate Bottle can heal the injuries of Cult Master Zhao.”
“No need.” Zhao Xinting nodded slightly. Even before reaching the Realm Lord Realm, the three people from before wouldn’t have been able to injure her.
“Then…”
Tang Simin’s expression was hesitant, and she appeared to be struggling. Finally, she couldn’t help but ask directly, “Could it be that Cult Master Zhao is truly a maiden?”
Upon hearing this, Qin Gou and Zhao Xinting exchanged a smile. For a moment, they seemed to have become the “Great Liar” and “Sissy” who traveled the world together, talking nonsense with a serious expression.
“So what if I am?”
“Who doesn’t know?”
With that said, the two slung their arms around each other, took Yan Qiaoyun’s small hand, and swaggered away.
For a moment, Tang Simin felt that something was wrong with either her Natal Spirit Tool or her brain. Looking at the backs of the three as they left, she even had a heartwarming illusion of a family of three.
…
Two days later.
Qin Gou and Gu Feiyan stood guard outside Fusheng Nunnery. This was the agreed-upon meeting date with A’Yuan. Tomorrow was her birthday, and Qin Gou and Gu Feiyan would spend it with her and celebrate together.
In the afternoon, a figure so breathtakingly handsome that it defied the heavens and earth caught Qin Gou’s eye in the crowd.
“Mischievous wench, why are you deliberately impersonating your father again?” Qin Gou chuckled and scolded.
Qin Yuan shrugged and sighed, “It’s not that A’Yuan is being foolish again, it’s just that my old dad is too dashing.”
“This is the seed of my Qin Gou! Excellent!”
For a moment, the father and daughter stood with their hands on their hips, looking up at the sky and laughing heartily, their movements and expressions identical, stunning countless pilgrims.
Gu Feiyan watched the two playful figures, smiling beautifully.
That evening, the three slept in the same bed. It wasn’t the first time, so there was nothing to be shy about.
When morning came, Qin Yuan woke up refreshed after a good night’s sleep. Old Qin and Old Gu dotingly kissed her cheek.
Taking advantage of the leisurely morning, Gu Feiyan personally brushed Qin Yuan’s long hair and let her taste a pot of longevity noodles, a rare delicacy from the heavens, personally cooked by Qin Gou. The flavor was quite peculiar… Qin Yuan ate three large bowls with tears in her eyes.
On this day, they visited temples, admired flowers, and frequented the city’s markets. The father and daughter teamed up to beat up local ruffians and scoundrels.
Qin Yuan said she had always had a dream: to taste all the flavors of candied hawthorn in the world at once. Peach, haw, red bean, orange… but she didn’t want to waste them.
Qin Gou promised her that she could be willful today, and he would clean up the mess.
Qin Yuan could eat two bites of each and then immediately stuff it into Old Qin’s mouth.
Therefore, Qin Gou ate an astonishing amount throughout the entire day. From then on, every time he heard the word “candied hawthorn,” he couldn’t help but turn green in the face.
This was an ordinary day for the vast majority of people in the world.
After watching the lantern show, Qin Yuan said that it was the most beautiful day since she could remember, so beautiful that it was unforgettable. She was reluctant to sleep late into the night.
She sobbed emotionally in Qin Gou’s arms for a long time, crying and laughing. She nuzzled her little head against him, like a little cat that wanted to steal someone’s life.
Until Qin Gou gently asked, “How about I cook you another bowl of longevity noodles? I noticed you seemed to like it before.”
Qin Yuan instantly fell asleep.
…
The Fusheng Nunnery, which had suffered a sudden disaster, was now in the midst of intense reconstruction and repair. Many buildings and spirit plants were destroyed, but fortunately, the ancient spiritual sacred images and precious ancient texts were preserved. Besides Zhao Xinting, who had eliminated three culprits, Qin Gou, Li Yuanzhen, and Gu Feiyan also made significant contributions.
Today, however, Tang Simin suddenly approached Qin Gou with a rather peculiar proposal.
“The disciples of the nunnery have unanimously decided to sculpt a sacred image for our benefactor, ‘Cold Fairy’, and erect it within Fusheng Nunnery!”
Repaying kindness was only natural and proper. The key point was that the Cold Fairy, who had now become famous, was actually the fearsomely mighty Purple Extreme Demon, Zhao Xinting!
These were two individuals that even the most indiscriminate madman in the world would never have associated.
Qin Gou asked with surprise in his tone, “Have you asked Xinting about it?”
Tang Simin nodded and truthfully replied, “Cult Master Zhao said that it’s all up to Master Qin’s instructions.”
Qin Gou then nodded slightly, his gaze drifting as if casually saying, “Then build it. And by the way… make one for me too.”
That day, with the efforts of many cultivators from the nunnery, two brand-new sacred images appeared in the area of Fusheng Nunnery that was open to ordinary people.
One was a gentle and refined gentleman with a scroll in his hand and a long sword on his back, both scholarly and martial.
The other was an ethereal fairy whose peerless beauty and graceful demeanor could not be hidden even by a veil.
The two statues were erected on either side of the pilgrimage path, facing each other across the distance.
The inscription below the male sacred image read, “Virtuous and Talented, a Teacher for Ten Thousand Generations.”
Zhen Hanzi’s read, “Chivalrous Spirit, Saintly Visage and Buddha’s Heart.”
And no one could have imagined that the true identities of these two great sages, suddenly enshrined by Fusheng Nunnery, one of the Ten Great Sects, were the now world-renowned, the only “Demon Saint” of the current era, Qin Gou of Arc-Moon Mountain.
And the other was his proud disciple, the top of the Heavenly Devil Ranking… “Wutian Demon Lord” Zhao Xinting!
A woman in a green dress looked at Qin Gou’s statue for a long time, feeling it was both funny and frustrating. The moment she walked into Qin Gou’s cave dwelling, Qiu Qianyue suddenly leaped out of her ribbon space.
“This Female Hero has detected the spiritual imprint of an old acquaintance!”
As soon as she clearly saw the green-dressed woman’s face, Qiu Qianyue’s peach blossom eyes widened with joy, and she cried out, “It’s you, Little Turtle! Shou’er! I miss you so much!”
Qin Gou looked at the green-dressed woman in surprise and smiled, asking, “Qishou? Long time no see, why are you here?”
Qishou, the head manager of Dragon God Island, a good friend of Debt Girl, and the most trusted subordinate of the Dragon Saint, Qingyu.
“I’ve come to deliver an invitation.” As she spoke, Qishou took out a jade slip from her Nas Ring and handed it to Qin Gou.
As soon as Qin Gou took the jade slip, Qishou’s small hand was grabbed by Qiu Qianyue. “Come with me quickly.”
As she spoke, Debt Girl was about to drag Qishou into the bedroom. Qin Gou could no longer bear it and immediately grabbed Qiu Qianyue by the scruff of her neck, tossing her out of the cave dwelling like a chick, telling her to find somewhere else to… catch up with Qishou!
Opening the jade slip in his hand, he looked at it carefully.
It was an invitation for the experts of various races to go to Dragon God Island to celebrate the Dragon Saint’s completion of guarding the Sea Soul. At the same time, it served as a warning to those who harbored ulterior motives towards the Sea Race, striking their mountain to shake their tiger.
The former Dragon Saint, Qingyu, was spread too thin and tolerated many petty individuals. Now, she had a vast world and great achievements to accomplish!
And the jade slip in Qin Gou’s hand was slightly different from those of other guests. At the very end, there was a line of graceful and delicate small characters, written by her own hand.
“I just want to walk side by side with you.” – Qin Gou of Arc-Moon Mountain’s Little Blue-tailed Fish.
