103: I love you, it has nothing to do with you

This good news is that the enlightenment tea tree can finally be harvested!

Upon hearing the news, Gu Liangyuan rushed to the back mountain. He looked at the area enveloped by the great formation. With a thought, a faint golden light appeared between his eyebrows.

When he looked again, under Gu Liangyuan's gaze, he immediately saw the structure of the great formation in front of him clearly.

Any weak points, any dangerous places, were all understood.

If he wanted, he could break this great formation at any time.

Gu Liangyuan secretly channeled his magical power to his spiritual platform, and the golden light between his eyebrows grew brighter.

As the magical power augmented his Innate Divine Eyes, the great formation in front of him suddenly became transparent, and the lush enlightenment tea tree in the center of the formation came into his view.

Li Daoyou was sitting in front of the enlightenment tree, looking around, ready for anything.

Seeing Gu Liangyuan, Li Daoyou immediately withdrew the great formation and stood up to salute:

"Peak Master, you've arrived."

"Mm."

After nodding in response, Gu Liangyuan stepped in front of the enlightenment tea tree.

However, upon sensing the Dao rhythm emanating from the enlightenment tea, his brows furrowed slightly.

Why did the Dao rhythm feel one-third weaker than what was recorded?

Li Daoyou seemed to have noticed Gu Liangyuan's question and explained:

"The older the enlightenment tea tree, the richer the Dao rhythm of the tea leaves it produces."

"Since this tea tree of yours, Peak Master, is a young sapling, its Dao rhythm is a bit weaker. As the years increase, the Dao rhythm will become even richer."

Gu Liangyuan realized, "It seems you've indeed put a lot of effort into this tea tree."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and these tea leaves were all harvested by a gentle magical power.

As the tea leaves were picked, they naturally wilted upon contact with air, and their Dao rhythm became introverted, requiring no manual stir-frying or roasting.

Gu Liangyuan weighed the dried tea leaves. It was more than he expected, a full two and a half catties.

Gu Liangyuan took out the jade jar he had prepared earlier and put two catties into it.

Looking at Li Daoyou, who was watching eagerly, Gu Liangyuan put away the jar and then took half a tael from the remaining half catty and handed it to him.

"Here, this is yours."

Li Daoyou happily accepted it: "Thank you, Peak Master!"

Actually, it wouldn't be a big deal for Gu Liangyuan to give Li Daoyou a little more and let him directly heal his Dao injury.

But Gu Liangyuan understood that as Forget-Love Peak developed and grew stronger, rules became increasingly important.

What was agreed upon as half a tael could only be half a tael.

Besides this, Gu Liangyuan had other plans. The highest reward for the Legacy of Fire was faction return.

It was clearly more cost-effective to let Li Daoyou Breakthrough after he received the reward!

One percent of Body Integration cultivation, even if his own Breakthrough required more Spiritual Qi than others, breaking through one or two Heavenly Gods should not be a problem.

After collecting the enlightenment tea leaves, Gu Liangyuan went to the Enlightenment Tower to adapt to his cultivation. Then, he spread his Divine Sense and began searching for Oriental Heng's figure on Forget-Love Peak.

Even if the two catties of tea leaves in his jade jar remained untouched, four and a half taels of tea leaves would be enough to raise Oriental Heng to the golden panel.

But to Gu Liangyuan's surprise, he did not find Oriental Heng on Forget-Love Peak.

With a thought, the Qingfu Art was instantly activated.

Gu Liangyuan had used the Qingfu Art on Oriental Heng for the Disciple he intended to cultivate after obtaining it.

As the Qingfu Art operated, Gu Liangyuan felt an immediate connection in his heart.

Upon careful sensing, he discovered that Oriental Heng was in a city a thousand miles away.

Gu Liangyuan felt puzzled. With the Ten Thousand Sects Assembly getting closer and closer, why wasn't Oriental Heng preparing well? Why did he run out?

Never mind, he would know when they met.

For Gu Liangyuan now, a thousand-mile journey was just a short tea-drinking time, and this was under normal travel circumstances.

If he were desperately fleeing in battle without regard for the consequences, with the Heavenly Thunder Escape, it would be nearly ten times faster.

About ten minutes later, Gu Liangyuan arrived in that city.

The Zhou Tian Wu Xiang was cast, transforming into a wisp of white cloud, observing Oriental Heng below from the sky.

At this moment, Oriental Heng was sitting in the main hall of a luxurious mansion.

Sitting in the main seat was a short, stout middle-aged Cultivator.

This man looked at Oriental Heng, who was leisurely drinking tea, with a troubled expression:

"Nephew, matters of affection truly cannot be forced."

"You know, our Qian Family's family tradition has always been very open-minded. Even as a father, it's not good for me to force Little Lin."

Upon hearing this, Oriental Heng's action of bringing the teacup to his mouth paused slightly.

Then he gently put down the teacup and said to the middle-aged Cultivator:

"Little Lin and I are childhood sweethearts,

It can be said that it's a perfect match.

When I proposed to your family back then,

You disliked that my strength was a bit weak.

Now I have joined Forget-Love Peak,

Becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, I can be considered to have some talent.

Why is Uncle Qian so disdainful and won't tell me where Little Lin is?"

The short, stout Cultivator sighed slightly:

"Yes, I did promise you back then that as long as you could become an Inner Sect Disciple of Supreme Sacred Ground, I would marry Lin'er to you."

"But I also have to respect Little Lin's opinion, don't I? This thing called affection cannot be forced."

Oriental Heng's eyes flickered. He picked up the teacup again and took a sip:

"Anyway, I won't leave today unless I see Little Lin."

Upon hearing this, the short, stout Cultivator's annoyance flashed across his face.

Just as he was thinking of how to speak, a girl in a goose-yellow dress walked in from behind, angrily pointing at Oriental Heng and scolding:

"Oriental Heng, why didn't I realize how thick-skinned you were before?"

"My father doesn't want to tear off the pretense, so I will."

"I'll tell you clearly, I don't like you. From now on, don't shamelessly pester my father."

"What was promised before, that was my father's promise, it has nothing to do with me."

"Now, are you satisfied?"

After speaking, the girl in the yellow dress secretly channeled her magical power, already prepared for Oriental Heng to attack in anger.

Seeing this, the short, stout Cultivator's eyes darted around, and he quickly stepped in to mediate, scolding the girl:

"Qian Lin, how can you talk like that!"

As he spoke, he also observed Oriental Heng's reaction.

But to the surprise of both father and daughter, Oriental Heng slowly uttered a sentence to the girl in the yellow dress:

"Little Lin, my love for you has nothing to do with you."

Rarely, it didn't rhyme.

Listening to this Heaven-Defying simp statement, Gu Liangyuan, who believed his anti-simp ability was already very strong after experiencing the baptism of Jun Ao Zhi, couldn't help but want to make a move.

What an embarrassment!

You've shamed everyone from Forget-Love Peak!

You're an Inner Sect Disciple of a Holy Land, can't you speak with more backbone?!

My love for you has nothing to do with you.

You're a unique kind of simp.

The girl in the yellow dress took a slight step back, clearly also startled by Oriental Heng's Heaven-Defying remarks.

Looking at Oriental Heng's self-proclaimed affectionate gaze, the girl in the yellow dress subtly glanced at her father.

Seeing him nod slightly, she took another step forward and said:

"To be honest with you, I've already gotten together with Senior Brother Li, a Personal Disciple of Taiyi Holy Land."

"That's right, everything you wanted to happen with me, I've already experienced with Senior Brother Li."

The short, stout Cultivator next to her cooperated, scolding the girl in the yellow dress again:

"Stop it, what kind of behavior is this for a girl to say such things."

He said this, but he didn't actually stop the girl in the yellow dress.

The girl in the yellow dress continued:

"Of course, Senior Brother Li and I are mutually in love, not because of his background."

The more a person tries to hide something, the more they will talk about that very thing.

Oriental Heng was not stupid; on the contrary, his Comprehension Ability, which only appeared once every five hundred years, made him much smarter than ordinary people.

He instantly guessed the thoughts of the girl in the yellow dress.

Background, huh…