Beauty helps me achieve immortality

Chapter 195: Late Spring Rain, a Small Feast with Old Friends

Tianshui County was located to the east of the State of Chu and had nine counties under its jurisdiction.

Because the Lancang River, the largest river in Chu State, flows directly into the East China Sea through this place...it is named Tianshui.

The State of Chu covered an extremely vast area with diverse landforms.

The southwest is full of valleys and swamps, such as Danxia where Shouyun Mountain is located, Wu'an with its dangerous terrain, and Nanze deep in the mountains.

The far north borders the vast yellow sands of the Li Kingdom, hence the name Beimo.

However, the Northern Desert is extremely cold, and only Qingquan County, which is sandwiched between the Ice Valley and Qianyuan Palace, is relatively habitable. However, after the end of the Lanqingji Secret Realm five years ago, Qingquan County was also incorporated into the Ice Valley.

The famous Li Dangui from the Northern Desert had already left Qingquan...

Late spring, Grain Rain, is the tea picking season again.

On the official road outside Tianshuifang, a young man with an indifferent expression was strolling here. He casually touched the camellia leaves in front of him, and no one knew what he was thinking.

If Zhao Qing saw this man, he would definitely smile and call out "Brother Li" from afar.

After Lan Qingji, Qingquan County was incorporated into Hanbing Valley, and this Dan Gui left Beimo directly, wandering between various cultivation markets, looking for an opportunity to condense the golden elixir.

Time flies like an arrow and the road is like a bow.

Five years later, the people who had said goodbye to each other on the Purple Pearl Spirit Boat met again in Tianshui County.

Zhao Qing and his family came on a spirit boat and first arrived at the Xueyi Tower in Tianshuifang. After staying in the market for a few days, they prepared to set off for Heyang County - that was where Sister Qinghuan lived.

The light drizzle falls on the earth, soothing the dust.

Li Dangui's powerful spiritual sense swept over, and his indifferent eyes gradually became gentle.

At the end of the official road, several people were walking in the rain.

After a brief thought, he randomly found a big tree to lean against...

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The hazy mist and rain blocked the woman's whispers.

……

"Twenty years ago, a heavy rain caused the Lancang River to overflow, completely submerging Jiaoping County. My sister took me to settle in Heyang County."

"At that time, we lived in a large courtyard, which was a shelter prepared by Zuihuaju for prostitutes."

"Besides my sister, there are seven other women in the courtyard... and guests often come to stay overnight."

"My sister was very strict with me. She locked me up in the back room next to the stable every day to practice music and dance."

"Every night when guests lit candles for her, she would drag me into the stables, beat and scold me severely under various pretexts, and make me help guard the door for everyone."

The woman walked slowly and said with a smile, "If a guest gets interested, my sister will be even more ruthless. She almost beat me to death many times."

"I was only six or seven at the time and thought my sister was just trying to please the guests, but I had no idea of ​​her good intentions."

"Later, my sister found a godmother for me. She was the madam of Zuihuaju."

"She said she would take good care of me, and after I came of age, I might be able to win some admirers in Heyang County with my virginity and pretty appearance."

Muke...

Zhao Qing squeezed Qinghuan's slender hand and nodded slightly.

He had some understanding of what Qinghuan was talking about.

Not all the women in the brothel are prostitutes. There are also beautiful geishas who are virgins. After being instigated by the brothel, these geishas can be sold at a higher price.

But in the end, they are not much different from ordinary prostitutes... It's just that the first night is extremely expensive. If they are more popular, it is common for them to be taken home by wealthy customers and kept as captives.

Aunt and Shuyue intertwined their arms and slowly followed beside him.

Gu Qinghuan fluttered her phoenix eyes and looked at her master as she continued to tell the story.

"Since then, I have started to shout in Zuihuaju."

"In the winter when I was fifteen, the brothel owner picked a good day and held a coming-of-age ceremony for me at Zuihuaju, inviting many merchants."

"It's just that Qinghuan wasn't there."

"Because I happened to knock on the door of Liu's martial arts school the night before."

"..."

The woman's slender hands gently gathered her sleeves, and as she walked gracefully, she told another story.

The girl, who just turned fifteen, was unwilling to accept her fate. She cooked and washed clothes in a martial arts hall in Heyang County. After five years of hardships, she entered the innate realm.

Then he left Tianshui and embarked on the journey south alone.

She worshipped Danxia at the foot of Shouyun Mountain and was able to embark on the path of immortality.

But when he arrived at Dancaofang, he was shocked to realize that he had never escaped the trick of fate. He just went from one brothel... to another.

When she returned to Tianshui, she found her biological mother in Zuihuaju - the elder sister who was extremely strict with her.

That autumn, Qinghuan was only twenty-two years old.

But the path to immortality was long and vast, and she could no longer walk.

On a cold dew morning, Gu Qinghuan watched the girl carrying the porridge bucket go to the kitchen, and then returned to her room to put on her makeup in front of the mirror alone...

After midnight, she brought the Zhicao she had grown in Danxia and entered Dan Hall Room No. 80.

……

On the endless official road.

The woman's black hair was wet by the drizzle and blown to the corners of her lips by the spring breeze.

Gu Qinghuan held a strand of hair in her hand, and a hint of reminiscence appeared on her beautiful face.

She met Zhao Qing's gaze with blazing eyes and said softly, "Qingying later asked me why I obeyed my master's orders..."

Zhao Qing's eyes moved slightly: "How did you answer?"

"Master is very attentive to Qinghuan... Qinghuan doesn't need to worry about anything, just let Master make the decisions."

"I feel it's easier than Sister Shuyue. The path to immortality is vast... Qinghuan just wants to be the master's puppet."

The woman's beautiful eyes revealed her emotions as she spoke softly.

"Following the master, it seems that my body and soul are no longer important, let alone the practice or the pain. Sometimes I really envy Si He... being able to merge with the master's mind."

Hearing Qinghuan's whispered words, Shuyue and her aunt looked at each other and smiled.

Gu Qinghuan also smiled and said, "Master has turned Qinghuan into this, so I must accompany Qinghuan until old age."

Okay, I'll take responsibility.

Zhao Qing smiled and nodded, helping Qinghuan comb the hair stuck to the corners of her lips.

"I want to lock you up by my side and let you stay with me until the end of my life."

Shuyue's eyes twinkled, and she took her aunt's arm and said with a smile, "We'll accompany you..."

……

At this moment, an untimely sound of spiritual consciousness reached everyone's ears.

"Yo yo yo!"

"I've long said that Fellow Daoist Zhou would definitely become your Taoist partner. Didn't I come true?"

Zhao Qing: ...

His heart suddenly tensed for no reason, and he instantly clenched Qinghuan's wrist.

But after a slight perception, he found a familiar breath from this spiritual consciousness.

Brother Li?

"It's Fellow Daoist Li." Zhao Qing looked at his aunt and Shuyue and said softly.

He immediately released all his spiritual consciousness, and then used the art of communicating with the dead to bless it.

Soon, I found that familiar figure under a Chinese toon tree several miles away.

After a cup of tea, there was a light breeze and drizzle.

Zhao Qing carefully looked at the foolish young man in front of him, bowed and smiled, "It's been a long time since we last met, Brother Li."

Li Dangui nodded slightly.

His gaze focused on Gu Qinghuan and Zhou Xiaoyi...

"Back then, you were resting in two separate rooms, but now you're living together?"

Zhao Qing: ...

He knew that this was talking about his aunt. At that time, there was still a layer of window paper between him and Xiaoyi. He often drank with Brother Li and Cheng Buyi in the evening.

A smile appeared on my aunt's cold face, and she responded generously, "Thank you for your concern, Brother Li. My husband and I have already become Taoist companions."

Li Dangui's originally indifferent expression turned into an auntie's smile at this moment, and she seemed to feel very relieved.

"Where are you going?"

Zhao Qing paused for a moment and said, "It's late spring, with a light rain. It's time for an outing."

"Fellow Daoist Li, what are you doing...?"

Dan Gui smiled and shook his head: "Me too."

He glanced around, then took out a wooden table from his spirit ring and placed it under the Chinese toon tree.

"I was feeling a bit upset today, so I came out to get some fresh air... but I didn't expect to run into an old friend."

Zhao Qing's eyes moved slightly, and he was speechless when he saw the wine jug and cups that this idiot took out.

Isn't this a typical drunkard?

Without further ado, he pulled Qing Huan to sit on the ground, then looked at Shu Yue and his aunt and said with a smile, "It's rare to have someone treat you. Come and sit down."

Li Dangui seemed to be in a good mood and took out a few more servings of braised pork.

It seemed as if he wanted to have a nice drink with old friends on the side of this official road.

"I haven't seen you for several years, and you've already established your foundation. You're so fast..."

Zhao Qing didn't hesitate to take Brother Li's wine pot and filled the cups for everyone in the family.

"Isn't Brother Li cultivating in the Northern Desert? How did he get to Tianshui County?"

The young man smiled and shook his head: "You have already reached the foundation building stage, can't I also prepare for the core formation stage?"

"After staying in the Northern Desert for a long time, I wanted to go out for a walk."

"You settled in Tianshui County?"

Zhao Qing shook his head and drank. "Settling in Songshan County is not far from Changshengfang."

Oh……

A flash of understanding flashed in Li Dangui's eyes: "Danxia is weak, so we can't stay here any longer."

Zhao Qing smiled but said nothing.

The young man in front of her took out bamboo chopsticks and distributed them. My aunt stretched out her jade hand to take it, and then picked up a piece of braised meat and put it into her mouth.

This is almost impossible for my aunt who has severe mysophobia.

But it really happened.

Zhou Xiaoyi smiled with her beautiful eyes and took the wine jug to fill Zhao Qing's glass. It was obvious that she was in a very good mood today. She seemed to think it was a great pleasure to meet old acquaintances on a family trip.

Shuyue also generously took out the sauce and braised chicken that she had recently prepared.

Hearing Li Dangui's trivial words in his ears, Zhao Qing smiled and handed his wine cup to Qinghuan's lips... giving the single dog in front of him a very heavy blow.

"It was inconvenient to talk about it on the spirit boat at that time..."

"actually……"

"Master Cheng is Bu Yi's father, and that female cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage is the garrison stationed in Liguo by the Purple Pearl Tower!"

"She is the undoubted mother!"

"It's interesting to say that Buyi's parents are both disciples of Zizhu, and they are also senior and junior brothers and sisters... One is in Chu State, and the other is in Li State."

Cheng Yue's Taoist companion is Zizhu, the garrison commander in Li Country! ?

Zhao Qing was stunned when he heard this. He suddenly remembered what Liu Zijing said during the Jingzhe Festival... Cheng Yue came out of seclusion and invited him to go to Liguo.

It turns out there is this reason.

Li Dangui ignored Zhao Qing's slightly surprised expression.

He continued, "I'm a little curious..."

"Buyi isn't very old, but the Danxia Sect was founded in the southwest of Chu State in the 85th year... So it seems that Sect Leader Cheng and her senior sister have some stories that need to be told."

A light breeze and drizzle covered the place.

Brother Li held the wine glass and gently traced the rain marks on the wooden table with his fingers.

"Look, this is the State of Chu, and this is the State of Li."

"Eighty-five years ago, Sect Leader Cheng was still in the early stage of the Golden Core."