Chapter 31 Ya Fei's Life Mentor, Yun Yun's Kidney-Draining Patient

The night sky was like water, and the bright moon hung high in the air.

The two found a stone table and stone chairs and sat down.

Ya Fei had set two plates of fresh fruit and a pot of herbal tea on the stone table, giving the moment an air of moon-viewing.

The tea went down, leaving a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth.

After a few exchanges of cups.

"Ya Fei, I have some Medicinal Pills here that I practiced making a long time ago. Could you help me auction them off?" Elder Gu suddenly said.

Ya Fei was surprised, her lips parting slightly, "Let me auction them?"

His tone was calm, "These Medicinal Pills are not ones I refined recently; they are probably quite old..."

"They are just some Medicinal Pills for internal and external healing. It would be good if you could help me clear out my storage ring."

Ya Fei's eyes sparkled, her gaze carrying the alluring and charming air of a little fox.

"In other words, Elder Gu is giving me the agency rights for low-rank Medicinal Pills?"

Elder Gu looked at her, seeing how moved she was and how she wanted to get started right away, and chuckled.

"Correct."

Ya Fei smiled brilliantly and said bluntly, "I thought Elder Gu only carried high-rank Medicinal Pills..."

Elder Gu gazed at the moonlight and stars in the distant sky, explaining nonchalantly,

"You cannot just be an auctioneer."

His reply seemed to be on a different wavelength than Ya Fei's question.

Ya Fei was stunned, her long, narrow peach-blossom eyes filled with faint confusion.

Elder Gu explained, "After I first met you, I heard others say that the chief auctioneer of the Mittel Auction House has eyes that are very accurate at judging people."

"But I, Elder Gu, also have eyes that are very accurate at judging people."

"So..."

"I am willing to use all my power to fulfill my vision."

Ya Fei looked at his eyes, which seemed calm and waveless yet contained thousands of surging waves, and her heart trembled.

"You... also have eyes that are very accurate at judging people?"

She had been sent by the Family to Wutan City to serve as an auctioneer, and her years of experience had made her understand just how much attraction her appearance held for men.

But consequently, she had also developed a disgust for men.

But... Elder Gu was different.

He used all his power... to make her name.

"So Elder Gu wanted to help me..." Ya Fei inexplicably wanted to cry, but she slightly raised her head, holding back her tears—

She had never been a weak, weepy little woman.

What moved her was,

So what if it was just selling low-rank Medicinal Pills? What Elder Gu was truly giving her was the opportunity to befriend a Sixth-Rank Alchemist and a promise of potential permanent cooperation.

And in the eyes of other members of the Mittel Family, it meant that she, Ya Fei, had the ability and strength; otherwise, why would she have garnered the favor of the Empire's pill king?

Elder Gu said earnestly, "A boat sailing against the current must forge ahead or it will be swept back. I am willing to be the favorable wind that pushes the boat forward."

"I wonder... is the little boat willing to set sail?"

After speaking, he looked into Ya Fei's beautiful eyes and took out a simple, ancient storage ring that bore traces of time.

"Once you have gradually built up my reputation, I will naturally be able to let you handle my fifth-rank and sixth-rank Medicinal Pills."

"Once you stir up the winds and clouds of the Jia Ma Empire's commerce..."

Ya Fei raised her slender hand, wiped the corners of her reddened eyes, and then smiled brilliantly,

"The boat is willing to accompany you, my Captain...!"

Her charming voice carried respect, and the flames of ambition ignited deep within her eyes, making her incredibly captivating.

[Ding! Target's favorability towards the host has increased by 10%. Obtained reward: "Earth Rank Intermediate Dou Technique: Plundering Wood"!]

[Plundering Wood: Wood-attribute auxiliary Dou Technique. Has a certain chance to plunder the target's Mental Energy for one's own use. Can temporarily increase one's own Mental Energy intensity and has a boosting effect on Dou Techniques related to Mental Energy, such as sound-based Dou Techniques.]

[Target's favorability towards the host: 60%. Note: The target will basically agree to any ordinary date invitation issued by the host.]

The System's notification sound was as beautiful as ever.

Although the Dou Technique given was strange—

Who has ever heard of an auxiliary technique based on "plundering"?

Does it mean that when the enemy gets weaker, he gets stronger, assisting from the side?

In the end, since it was the first Dou Technique obtained related to the wood attribute, Elder Gu still accepted it seriously.

...

The night grew deeper, and the white dew felt slightly cold.

Elder Gu and Ya Fei enjoyed the moon for a while before bidding each other farewell.

He still had to rush back to the Cloud Mist Sect to see Yun Yun...

Flying over the magnificent entrance of the Sect, Elder Gu looked down at the hundred-meter-high stairs and the palaces and pavilions that seemed to float in the clouds, feeling an inexplicable sense of strangeness in his heart.

The Cloud Mist Sect... seemed a bit like a place where he belonged.

A wanderer without a purpose had erected a monument in an oasis in the desert; after leaving, he always remembered to return to take a look, draw water, and gaze into the distance.

Behind the main hall surrounded by clouds and mist was Yun Yun's boudoir. The exterior was carved and painted, while the interior was simple and grand.

"Yun Yun..." Elder Gu flew down, and just as his figure stood steady, a warm touch gently came over him.

Yun Yun's jade-white neck was adorned with a teardrop-shaped necklace, resembling the wings of a swan.

A water-blue robe wrapped around her body, and she wore a silver headband on her forehead. The water-blue figure was like a cloud streaking across the sky, sweeping into Elder Gu's eyes.

"You're finally back! I missed you so much!"

Hearing Yun Yun's delicate murmurs, like a little woman missing her husband, Elder Gu also gently hugged her back.

The touch was soft, and the fragrant breeze remained.

With no one around, Elder Gu gently wrapped his right arm around Yun Yun's waist, gripped her waist sash, and lifted her up.

"Mm..." Yun Yun let out a soft hum.

Elder Gu only felt a fragrance of tuberose rushing toward him, intoxicating him.

Juggling the person in his arms, Elder Gu carried her onto the bed.

The curtains adorned with jade tinkled softly.

The bed seemed to have a new mattress, which was exceptionally soft.

Yun Yun bounced on it, and when her beautiful eyes looked at Elder Gu, they were exceptionally rippling with water, as if containing all kinds of tenderness,

"Is this a case of 'let's talk about it in bed'?"

Yun Yun watched Elder Gu's actions, which were even more fluid than his Alchemy, and couldn't help but chuckle and tease.

Elder Gu's expression was restrained as he leaned slightly closer to Yun Yun's chest,

"Mm..."

He kissed Yun Yun and said in a low voice,

"This time going to the desert, I found clues about the Heavenly Flame..."

Yun Yun's eyes lit up with joy, and just as she was about to congratulate him, she heard Elder Gu say slowly,

"I also happened to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame."

Yun Yun's beautiful eyes widened in extreme surprise, "You obtained the Heavenly Flame?"

Heavenly Flames are extremely rare, and the conditions for obtaining them are extremely harsh. Yun Yun had not expected Elder Gu to obtain a Heavenly Flame so quickly.

She had thought that after Elder Gu received news of the Heavenly Flame, he would at least tell her, a Dou Huang, and then they would go together.

"Mm..."

Elder Gu responded in a low voice and continued to kiss downwards.

Rosy lips, sexy collarbones...

"I also obtained some opportunities and am now a Dou Huang..." Elder Gu stopped his movements and looked into Yun Yun's eyes,

"Now, whether in bed or out of bed, I can walk side by side with the Sect Master..."

His smile was mature yet ambiguous.

His words made it seem as if all his efforts were to be a match for Yun Yun.

It even carried a trace of humility that didn't fit his status.

And it was precisely this contradictory little emotion that made Yun Yun unable to resist kissing him fiercely.

"Mwah—"

The sound was loud.

"Elder Gu..." Yun Yun was already aroused, her clear and cold face painted with strawberry-colored clouds.

It looked just like the blush of first love.

Her hand rested on the sash of Elder Gu's robe, just about to move further down...

"Clap—"

"Teacher! I..."

A sudden sound of a door opening and a delicate female voice interrupted all their actions.

Yun Yun hurriedly tidied her robes in a panic and was helped up by Elder Gu.

She looked at the newcomer; it was none other than her beloved disciple—

Nalan Yanran.

"Speak if you have something to say—!" Yun Yun shouted sharply, her voice carrying a hint of displeasure, her slightly furrowed willow-leaf eyebrows resembling dark mountains.

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