I'm not willing to be a cannon fodder for the female supporting role anymore

"Master Chi, some misunderstandings between Master Qi and Miss Gu have been resolved."

Yan Zhixue spoke out of the blue before Yueying could, and a layer of pink appeared on her fair face.

Chi Zhaonian glanced at Yan Zhixue and then returned his gaze to Yueying. He wanted to hear Yueying speak for herself.

"Master Qi almost gave my family a big sister. My eldest brother's low position would be in jeopardy."

As if it was just a casual chat, Yueying looked at Chi Zhaonian with a smile, as if she didn't care at all about the siege by several people just now.

Qi Sheng returned to his room dejectedly. Gu Momo heard the noise from next door and followed over.

"Brother Qi, you went out without eating anything just now. I asked the waiter to warm up some food and bring it to you."

Qi Sheng sat at the table, quietly without saying a word.

Gu Momo thought he was in some trouble and just sat there quietly.

Looking at this gentle little woman, Qi Sheng had many thoughts in his heart. He was a little resentful of Gu Momo, but he also figured out a lot on the way back. Gu Momo neither admitted nor denied it, letting everyone misunderstand her, but it was just a way of navigating the world.

It's a bit my fault that I didn't ask clearly, but it's not just me. Didn't several young masters from noble families also fail to figure it out?

He looked at the girl who poured him hot tea with a complicated expression. She was indeed a talented person. Her appearance was even better than that of the Gu family's eldest daughter. It was a pity that she lacked an identity.

Qi Sheng probably admired talent, or was reluctant to invest resources in Gu Momo. After careful consideration, he decided to give Gu Momo a status and allow her to be his concubine.

"Momo, you've been out for a long time. It's time to go home."

Qi Sheng suggested.

"I'll... wait a few days."

Gu Momo paused, then his eyes became evasive and he stammered in reply.

"I'll go back with you and ask your parents for help."

Qi Sheng saw that Gu Momo was still covering up like this, and the anger that he had just comforted rose again.

"Ah, Brother Qi, isn't this a bit too hasty?"

Gu Momo was so worried about not being exposed and how to explain it that she didn't notice that Qi Sheng's face looked very bad.

"I can't let you follow me without any status for too long. It will ruin your reputation."

The man's tone became stiff, with a tone that did not allow for rejection.

"Then I'll go home first and tell my father. Otherwise, I'm afraid my father will love me and make things difficult for you."

"Your father dares to embarrass me?"

Qi Sheng sneered.

"My father attaches great importance to his children's marriage."

Gu Momo said in a weak voice.

"A branch of the Gu family has a daughter who is sent to my Qi family. What else can you be dissatisfied with?"

"Brother Qi."

Hearing Qi Sheng's words, Gu Momo suddenly raised her face, her face was so pale without a trace of blood, which made people feel distressed. She was very sure that Qi Sheng had previously identified her as the legitimate daughter of the Gu family. Who told him about her identity?

While Gu Momo was guessing, she was also somewhat glad that she had not personally deceived Qi Sheng about being the legitimate daughter of the old house. Otherwise, if she was exposed, her situation would definitely be worse than it is now.

"Let's set off tomorrow."

As he said that, Qi Sheng grabbed Gu Momo's hand, without any respect that he had shown her as the legitimate daughter of the Gu family.

Gu Momo was a little anxious. She still had a competition tomorrow. Although she might lose, she believed that with the help of the Fantasy Butterfly, she could get the Grand Master to accept her as his disciple.

"There's a game tomorrow..."

She wanted to struggle to get more for herself.

"Since you've already lost, don't waste your time."

Qi Sheng had already lost face in front of Gu Yueying that night, and he would never want to see her again tomorrow no matter what.

Late at night, the woman opened the window, the moonlight sprinkled on her body, and the thin and slender shadow on the ground revealed the owner's strong sense of powerlessness. Gu Momo has been thinking about who exposed her identity, and whether Qi Sheng has feelings for her?

Turning around to look at the man who was breathing evenly on the bed, she thought, what about ruining her reputation? If he cared about her reputation, would he have given her up without meeting her parents? But after losing the title of the eldest daughter of the Gu family, which he thought she was, his attitude towards her obviously changed completely.

It’s not that no one from the previous big families had ever taken a fancy to her, but in comparison, she felt that Qi Sheng was more willing to devote himself to her, and she thought he was the one who was sincere...

Forget it, at least he is willing to marry me, and I can become the mistress of a big family in the future.

On the second day, although the remaining contestants knew they had lost, they still arrived at the competition site on time. Because a colorful butterfly had appeared yesterday, many people who had no interest in alchemy also came to watch. After all, it was an ancient mythical beast.

But the square was crowded with people, and after waiting for a long time, the game was about to start, but Gu Momo didn't show up. Yueying had thought that Qi Sheng might not show up with Gu Momo for the sake of face, but she was still a little surprised that even Gu Momo himself didn't come.

In the last round, Yueying finished it easily and ranked first in the combined score of the three rounds. It was announced on the spot that the Grand Master would accept her as his last disciple.

"Master is here, please bow to me."

Arriving at the disciple-accepting ceremony that had been arranged long ago, Yueying paid her respects to the master and would be under the protection of the Alchemy Sect from then on.

"I said I would accept you as my disciple, but your ability is not inferior to mine. The only thing I can teach you is probably my experience in alchemy over the past hundred years."

The Grand Master drank the tea offered by Yueying, stroked his beard, and smiled like the Maitreya Buddha statue in the temple.

"Master, if we didn't have the experience of our predecessors, we younger generations would have to spend more time exploring the way, so this experience is the most valuable."

As a modern person, Yueying certainly knows that only by standing on the shoulders of giants can one see farther scenery with less effort.

"I was lucky enough to win this time because I read more ancient books and practiced more."

After hearing this, the Grand Master admired this new disciple who was neither arrogant nor impatient, and the more he looked at him, the more familiar he felt.

"Gu Yueying...you and the Gu family?"

"Master, my father is Gu Chengsi."

There was no choice, Yueying introduced her father again. No matter which world in the online novels, the big families would be connected by various nepotisms, and it would be impossible not to rely on their parents.

"I remember seeing you when I went to the Gu family half a year ago. You look a bit similar, but I guess my memory is wrong."

The Grand Master wanted to say that he remembered seeing a beautiful girl in the Gu family. Although the little disciple in front of him was 70% similar to her, he only looked 50% similar and was too ordinary.

"Master, please wait a moment."

Yueying ran out to get a basin of water, washed her face with the powder bag she carried with her, and went back into the house.

"Master, it's inconvenient to walk outside, so I used some disguise methods."

When the Grand Master saw Yueying after her "face change", he nodded and sighed again that the daughter raised by the Gu family was not simple.

When the other people present saw Gu Yueying's true appearance, they all secretly sighed that her face was indeed too beautiful.

Chi Zhaonian was in a complicated state of mind. He was somewhat shocked by her beauty, and at the same time, he felt a lot of bitterness in his heart. They had been together for half a month, but he didn't know that Gu Yueying didn't show her true face. Although her true face was very beautiful and Gu Yueying's words made sense, he still couldn't help but get angry.

The more he tried to suppress his anger, the harder it was for him to calm down. Chi Zhaonian stared at Yueying with a cold face for a while, and saw that she was still talking to the grandmaster about her father.

"Grandmaster, I have something else to do. I won't bother you today. Goodbye."

Before Yueying and the Grand Master could react, Chi Zhaonian left without even looking back.

The male protagonist’s tone... seems to be angry, why?

Yueying glanced at the Grandmaster, then said nothing. After thinking for a while, she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have told the hero about her makeup and disguise. This...

"Master, due to personal reasons, I may not be able to continue studying here. I would rather take this place..."

"My cultivation will only last another hundred years. I am looking for a last disciple just to find a successor with high talent and strong ability. I don't mean to force you to stay here now."

The Grand Master was afraid that Yueying would run away, so he quickly emphasized his intention to accept a disciple.

"Yueying understands. If the master can trust me, there is another person in my Gu family. Although her talent is not as high as mine, she is not worse than the girl of Phantom Butterfly. Moreover, she is diligent and hardworking. I believe that she will be the leader in the alchemy world in a few years."

"Oh? Is that your brother?"

"Far away, yet so close."

Yueying pointed at Gu Jiangshan, then took out the prepared herbs and the grandmaster's alchemy furnace she had just obtained, and motioned for him to demonstrate.

"To make a good pill, it's nothing more than controlling the temperature, observing, smelling, and listening, and judging. So talent is extremely important, but alchemy is very boring, so many people have talent but can't make a breakthrough. It just so happens that my Jiangshan has both talent and hard work."

Yueying expressed her own thoughts, while the Grand Master focused all his attention on Gu Jiangshan. Although the elixir could not be refined in a short time, the boy's concentration and reaction to subtle changes made the Grand Master very satisfied.

"In that case, I will accept another disciple."

No one expected that the Grand Master would give in so easily.

"Jiangshan is older than me, so I will call you Senior Brother from now on."

The Grand Master was originally upset by Yueying's rejection, but when he saw that Gu Jiangshan was indeed good, he came up with a way to accept both of them. This way he could tie down Gu Yueying and also get a good seedling to succeed him.

After the two of them paid homage to their master, Yueying put on a veil, and after Gu Jiangshan and Gu Qingcheng said a few words of goodbye, she left with Qingcheng.

"Miss, Master Chi was very angry when he left just now. Shouldn't we go look for him?"

Gu Qingcheng thought that after she came out, her young lady would go back to the inn to find Chi Zhaonian, but when she went out, the young lady went to the market to eat, drink and have fun.

"The cakes at this market are really not very good. After all, they are sold at a low price and the ingredients are not good enough."

Yueying ate the snacks sold by the roadside vendors while commenting on the food.

"Miss, aren't we going back to the inn to find Master Chi?"

The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is. Gu Qingcheng feels that the Gu family and the Chi family are the leading big families. The young lady and Mr. Chi are both talented cultivators, and they get along very well. They are a perfect match no matter how you look at it.

"He's the male lead, and it's not my job scope, so go ahead and get angry."

"Miss, what are you talking about?"

What is a male pig? How can Mr. Chi be a pig? And what other tasks does the lady have? How come she doesn't know anything about this?

"I mean, if he's mad at me for something like that, he can just get mad at himself."

"Miss, why don't we go back to the inn first and put on some makeup before coming out, so that you don't have to wear a veil and eat inconveniently."

In any case, Qingcheng felt that the young lady should go back to the inn first.

"Do you like Chi Zhaonian?"

Yueying turned around, looked at Qingcheng's smiling face, and gently tapped her nose with her index finger.

"No, miss, don't you know who I like?"

Gu Qingcheng said this in a hurry, and her face turned red the next second.

Seeing Gu Qingcheng's blushing face, Yueying stopped teasing her. The Nangong family ranked eighth on the list of aristocratic families. The youngest son, Nangong Yu, was one of Gu Linxiu's good friends. He often came to the Gu family and fell in love with Gu Qingcheng. The girl also had a good impression of Nangong Yu.

Yueying participated in the alchemy competition this time in order to elevate the status of Gu Jiangshan and his sister, so that Gu Jiangshan could have a good future and Qingcheng could marry Nangong Yu smoothly.

"Go back. You can't apologize empty-handed."

Qingcheng saw her young lady casually pulling the red sword tassel hanging on the stall next to her and using it to apologize. She always felt that the workmanship was very ordinary. Wasn't the young lady a little too casual?

After returning to the inn, Yueying went straight to Chi Zhaonian's room and knocked several times, but no one answered.

Is the male protagonist so stingy that he just leaves like this?

Yueying was about to turn around and leave when she heard Xiao P jump out and speak.

"The male protagonist is still here, he's just sulking in there."

Shaking the sword tassel in his hand, Yueying hesitated whether he should kick the door open.

"Sister Yueying, what happened to your face?"

Hearing the voice, he turned around and saw Yan Zhixue standing aside with some wine and food.

"I have a lot of rashes."

"Ah, no wonder I heard that the Grand Master accepted my sister's guard as his disciple. It turned out that it was because my sister had an emergency."

Yueying frowned. A rash appeared on her face. Could it affect the master's decision to accept a disciple? It wasn't like her hand was broken. Was this heroine's brain not working well?

"The master just discovered that my senior brother is gifted. He is very happy to have two more disciples."

"Look at your face, sister. You should go back and have some rest. I still have to bring food to Master Chi, so I won't chat with you any longer."

From what Yan Zhixue said, she realized that the Grand Master had accepted her as a disciple, and her tone of voice was no longer as unfriendly as when she first spoke.

"I have something to ask Master Chi, please give me the food."

Yueying wanted to take the wine and food that Yan Zhixue was holding. After all, she had a reputation to gain entry.

"You should go to the clinic to see your sister about the rash on her face. It would be bad if it gets contagious."

As she spoke, Yan Zhixue freed one arm, raised her sleeve, and covered her face, looking as if she was afraid of being infected.