I long to return home!

"What sad thing is troubling you, Senior Sister Gu?" Xue Wu asked, noticing the worry written all over Gu Qingcheng's pretty face.

"No...it's nothing, I was just thinking about some things from my childhood, it's alright." Gu Qingcheng wiped her eyes, which had become moist without her noticing, and happily ate her skewers.

When I was a child? I haven't thought about my childhood in a long time. So many years have passed. I wonder how they are doing? Xue Wu lowered his head, feeling sad and his eyes involuntarily moistened.

"Junior Brother Xue, don't stop, keep grilling."

"Huh? Why are you two crying?" Su Changfeng chewed on the kebab in his mouth and looked at Xue Wu with a puzzled expression.

"Junior brother, why are you crying?" Xu Tao put down the fried skewer he was about to put in his mouth and looked at Xue Wu anxiously.

"It's nothing, just from the smoke," Xue Wu said with a wry smile, rubbing his eyes.

"That's fine."

Upon hearing this, Xu Tao and Su Changfeng stopped asking questions and continued showing off the barbecue.

"Well, you two! I've been looking for you for two days, and you two were eating delicious food behind my back."

Everyone looked over at the sound and saw a petite girl standing with her hands on her hips, looking at them angrily in the moonlight.

"Ling Jiao?" Xue Wu tilted his head, his brows furrowing slightly as he looked at the familiar figure.

"Who else could it be but your great-aunt?" Jin Ling said arrogantly as she walked forward. Her youthful face had some smudges, but she was still sweet and charming.

She angrily sat down next to Xue Wu, snorted, crossed her arms, and turned her head away.

"Brother Xu, who is she?" Su Changfeng whispered in Xu Tao's ear.

"Master's spirit beast never participated in this kind of trial before, but it did this year. It's proud and arrogant, so we don't need to pay much attention to it. We'll just eat our food," Xu Tao said indifferently.

Although Jin Lingjiao and Xu Tao are from the same school, they rarely speak to each other and have little interaction. If it weren't for Xue Wu, they probably wouldn't talk much at all. One is arrogant and looks down on everyone except Lin Mubai, while the other is socially awkward and afraid to communicate with strangers.

Xue Wu stared in astonishment at the arrogant Jin Lingjiao, then took a skewer of freshly grilled meat and held it to her lips: "Grilled snake meat, do you want some?"

Jin Lingjiao glanced at it, but still took the skewers and started eating.

Gu Qingcheng, who was standing to the side, had already noticed that Xue Wu and Jin Lingjiao were up to something, and smiled without saying a word.

Seeing Jin Lingjiao enjoying the snake meat so much, Xue Wu asked with some doubt, "Lin Jiao, aren't chickens afraid of snakes? Why do you seem to be eating it with such relish?"

Jin Lingjiao rolled her eyes and said, "Grandma is a phoenix, she has the bloodline of the phoenix, and these little snakes are all part of our recipes."

"By the way, what's this delicious food? I've never seen you make it before."

Xue Wu laughed and said, "This is called barbecue. Everything can be barbecued. There are many things you haven't seen before. If we had enough ingredients, we would have let you eat some chaff."

"Wait here, I'll go catch some fish and grill them for you." With that, she took off her clothes, rolled up her sleeves, and went to the riverbank.

Gu Qingcheng smiled, then nudged Xu Tao and Su Changfeng with her fingertips: "Senior brothers, are you just going to sit here and eat without helping out?"

The sinister tone sent chills down the spines of the two people enjoying their meal. They turned to look at Gu Qingcheng, who had a sinister smile on her face, and suddenly understood what she meant. After finishing their skewers, they ran towards the river.

"Junior brother, we're here to help you."

Seeing the two leave, Gu Qingcheng smiled at Jin Lingjiao, who was propping her head up and lost in thought, and then moved over to sit down next to her.

Jin Lingjiao glanced at the person who had arrived, then continued to prop her head up in a daze. She recognized the person, but they had no connection, and she hadn't even spoken a word to him in all the years she had been in the sect.

"Your name is Jin Lingjiao, right?" Gu Qingcheng said calmly.

“Yes, Xue Wu started it,” Jin Lingjiao said in a low voice.

"Huh?! He named you that?" Gu Qingcheng covered her gaping mouth.

“I’ve been with my master since I was born. He calls me Little Jin, but I don’t want him to call me that, so he gave me this name.” Jin Lingjiao, like a child who has found someone to confide in, lowered her head and slowly recounted what had happened.

"Do you like Junior Brother Xue?" Gu Qingcheng asked calmly but decisively, without beating around the bush, like a sharp knife cutting off Jin Lingjiao's thoughts.

Jin Lingjiao was startled, then suddenly raised her head, her face as red as an apple. She looked at Gu Qingcheng shyly and waved her hands repeatedly, saying hurriedly, "No, you can't just make things up without any evidence."

"Since you don't like him, I've come to like Junior Brother Xue a bit because he cooks so well and has such a high talent. Why don't you help me pursue him?" Gu Qingcheng touched her red lips with her fingertips, flaunting her beauty in front of Jin Lingjiao like a cunning fox trying to seduce her.

"No, this won't do..." Jin Lingjiao hurriedly refused.

"Why? Don't you dislike her?" Gu Qingcheng looked at Jin Lingjiao with a surprised expression, like an innocent child.

"It doesn't work anyway."

Do you like him or not?

Faced with Gu Qingcheng's persistent questioning, Jin Lingjiao twitched her lips shyly and said, "I...I like it."

"Do you like it? Do you want me to help you?" Gu Qingcheng looked at the shy Jin Lingjiao with a scheming expression, like a little devil.

"Really?!" Jin Lingjiao excitedly grasped Gu Qingcheng's hand.

Gu Qingcheng was also startled by this sudden scene. She smiled playfully and said, "Then what should you call me?"

Jin Lingjiao was taken aback, and hesitated for a long time before she could speak. In terms of age, she had been following Lin Mubai for a hundred years, and everyone in her sect was much older than her.

"Gu...Gu, Sister Gu," Jin Ling said shyly, then threw herself into Gu Qingcheng's arms.

...

"We're back."

Xue Wu, Xu Tao, and Su Changfeng were holding a large number of fish. Xue Wu also found some shrimp and brought them back with him.

"Lingjiao, why are you sitting with Senior Sister Gu?" Xue Wu looked at Jin Lingjiao and Gu Qingcheng sitting together, and even hugging each other.

"Mind your own business and go be a fish," Jin Lingjiao shouted at Xue Wu.

"How inexplicable," Xue Wu muttered in a low voice, as he went to the side to process the fish he had caught.

Xu Tao and Su Changfeng sat down as if nothing had happened, only to be suddenly given a cold look by Gu Qingcheng.

"We'll go help too." Su Changfeng coughed lightly and pulled Xu Tao aside to help Xue Wu deal with the situation.

Xue Wu quickly prepared the fish and shrimp, skewered them, and roasted them over the fire. He looked at the empty space beside him and felt a little uncomfortable watching Mi Mi chatting idly.

"Ling Jiao, why are you so close to Senior Sister Gu?"

"It's none of your business how I'm close to Sister Gu." Jin Lingjiao stuck out her tongue and hugged Gu Qingcheng's waist tightly.

"Sister Gu? Haven't you been following Master since a hundred years ago? Sister? The generational difference is too great." Xu Tao asked in confusion.

"Shut up, eat your food." Gu Qingcheng quickly stuffed a skewer of grilled meat into Xu Tao's mouth, then glared at Su Changfeng.

"I'll eat, I'll eat..." Su Changfeng hurriedly picked up a skewer of grilled meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

The group sat around the fire, eating and laughing, thoroughly enjoying themselves.