Chapter 0, 133. Red Qingqing and Pink Qingqing
“Esteemed and respected?”
Qin Gou’s brow relaxed, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“What are you laughing at, Your Excellency?” However, due to Qin Gou’s current identity, Jing Shixue clearly misunderstood his meaning, and her dark eyebrows furrowed slightly: “I heard that old gentleman publicly announced that cultivators of all races in the Cultivation World can go to his mountain gate to seek the Way, regardless of their status, treating everyone equally. Just this one point is enough to earn respect.”
Jing Shixue’s words were not only praising Zhao Xinting’s Esteemed Master, but also subtly mocking the man in front of her. How could she not have heard of the extremely domineering ‘ Dharma does not pass to Night Phoenix’ that was famous throughout the Beast Land?
Old Qin was listening with great interest at this moment, and also pointed out the only flaw in Jing Shixue’s words: “I just feel that Clan Leader Jing calling him ‘old gentleman’ and ‘old man’ one after another is a bit awkward. It seems that according to the Human Race’s way of speaking, calling him ‘fellow Daoist’ would be more natural.”
“I have lived in the human world for so long, don’t I understand this better than Clan Leader Yan?”
Jing Shixue confidently spread her small hands: “Brother Zhao told me that when he first met his Esteemed Master, the old man had already entered the Dharma Aspect Realm. Such a person who has traversed countless years must be an old generation of cultivators with white hair and a dignified bearing. I should call him an old gentleman to show more respect!”
“Alright…”
Qin Gou’s mouth twitched. He naturally understood Jing Shixue’s meaning. Many human cultivators of his generation in the Cultivation World did not deliberately maintain their appearance with spirit arts, but let nature take its course, showing their original appearance. They did not need to use their youthful and vigorous appearance to display their strength. Moreover, if they were seen through by someone skilled in eye techniques, wouldn’t it be embarrassing?
But Qin Gou himself was an exception.
His Dao Body was simply in this appearance. He couldn’t deliberately make himself look like he had a head full of white hair. Therefore, when Jing Shixue saw Qin Gou’s True Appearance with her own eyes, she would be quite surprised.
“By the way, I think Clan Leader Yan doesn’t need to test me with his past slight interactions with Brother Zhao. Although my relationship with Clan Leader Yan is not very harmonious on weekdays, at least during this cooperation, I will not inexplicably cause trouble for Clan Leader Yan… If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first.”
After speaking, Jing Shixue cupped her fists solemnly and turned to leave.
Qin Gou, who had already obtained the answer he wanted, did not intend to dwell on it. He just stood there, quietly looking at Jing Shixue’s slender receding figure. He seemed to recall something, and suddenly formed a hand seal, drawing a faintly glowing Spiritual Seal in the air.
Inside the silver treasure armor that Jing Shixue was wearing, there was indeed an Artifact Spirit, but Qin Gou had not given it true Spiritual Intelligence back then.
The Spiritual Seal was completed, and in an instant, Qin Gou felt a connection. Xinting had indeed not removed the Artifact Spirit he had personally condensed. In this way, through his unique Spiritual Seal, he could simply and clearly confirm his identity to Jing Shixue when necessary.
“Stop immediately!”
Suddenly, he commanded in his mind and Qin Gou patted his forehead with lingering fear. This was because the Artifact Spirit in the treasure armor, although lacking Spiritual Intelligence, could at least know that the person who could use that Spiritual Seal to awaken it was its true master. It had almost directly detached from Jing Shixue’s exquisite and graceful body and returned to Qin Gou’s hand at that very moment.
If it were not for a slight difference, the esteemed and respected old gentleman in Jing Shixue’s heart would have instantly turned into a complete old pervert.
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Mozhou, Spirit God Cult Ruins Secret Realm.
Although A’Yuan could not remember the specific location, the Great Marsh Cloud Tiger Clan, which had inherited part of the legacy, clearly possessed a special method to quickly find the correct route. They did not hesitate to have Jing Shixue’s three clansmen use a mysterious spirit array to successfully open the entrance to the secret realm within a short moment.
Everything went smoothly at the beginning, until everyone formally entered the secret realm together.
“This is?!”
Inside the secret realm, A’Yuan looked to his left. Qin Gou, who had stepped through the light portal at the same time, had disappeared.
“Strange.”
Qin Yuan muttered to himself with a suspicious expression: “Didn’t Sister Jing say that with their Cloud Tiger Clan around, we could directly communicate with the owner of the secret realm and not treat us as intruders to be tested or eliminated? Then why have we all been forcibly separated now? Did Sister Jing intentionally have the secret realm owner do this to trap us? From our interactions these past few days, she doesn’t seem like such a malicious person.”
Next, a petite figure that appeared in his line of sight completely dispelled Qin Yuan’s suspicions.
“Eh, it’s you, Auntie!” A little girl wearing a small red skirt immediately waved her little hands excitedly at Qin Yuan.
“You are Clan Leader Jing’s adopted daughter, that Red Qingqing! Wait, what did you just call me?!” Qin Yuan pointed at his nose, his expression extremely surprised.
“Auntie! Since you are Mother’s good friend, you are naturally Qingqing’s good Auntie!” Red Qingqing smiled innocently, without any vigilance, and happily scampered to Qin Yuan’s side.
“This… it does make some sense.” After all, she now called Jing Shixue “sister” intimately. If Jing Shixue’s adopted daughter also called her “sister”, it would be strange.
A’Yuan’s bright eyes narrowed, and she rubbed her nose: “But this is the first time I’ve been called this. I’m afraid I’ll need some time to adapt. Well… Qingqing, don’t worry, no matter what problem this secret realm has, Qin Yuan Aunt… Auntie will definitely protect you!”
At the same time.
“Who are you? Qingqing has never seen you before.”
A little girl in a pale pink skirt stared intently at Qin Gou, her fair and tender little face full of confusion.
“Qingqing? Clan Leader Jing miscalculated. If she had known that this secret realm would still forcibly separate us, she definitely wouldn’t have let you little one come in.” Qin Gou smiled bitterly and then touched his face. The reason why this Pink Qingqing didn’t recognize him was because after entering this secret realm, he was affected by some invisible force and revealed his original appearance.
“Don’t worry, I am also your mother’s friend. Qingqing doesn’t recognize me because you were naughty before and were punished by Clan Leader Jing to face the wall for several days?”
Hearing this, the girl in the pink skirt relaxed. Then she made several gestures that Qin Gou didn’t understand and asked in a clear voice: “Big Brother! That silly Qingqing seems to have met a familiar Auntie over there! Can Big Brother take Qingqing with you for now? I promise I won’t throw a tantrum again and will definitely obey Big Brother!”
