When he sold her the Illusion Weed which had a net worth of nearly 10,000,000 ounces of silver at only 50,000 ounces of silver, he basically gave it to her for free but also managed to drag her into the situation whereby she had to be chased after by Rong Chu's men together with him.
Therefore, Gu Xijiu had a deep memory of him. She later tried to look for him too, but he seemed to have disappeared from the world as she could neither see nor hear him. She did not expect that she could meet him here!
It was the third peak of the Dark Forest, and a person with level six spiritual power would find it difficult to survive here, yet he could appear from nowhere in the shape of a tree.
When Gu Xijiu was staring at him, she was somewhat perplexed.
"Uhj, uhj, you have a very firm grip…" That childe kept coughing.
"I’m sorry." Gu Xijiu released her fingers to let go of his neck, "You…why’re you here?"
"You know me?" The long eyelashes of that childe suddenly blinked while curiously staring at her.
Gu Xijiu heart’s missed a beat, and she remembered she was in disguise when she first met him. She was looking like Ren Mosheng and dressed like a man. Besides, she was very short and was different from how she looked like now, no wonder he could not recognize her.
"We’ve seen each other before…" Gu Xijiu stared directly into his eyes, "At the auction house of the Feixing Kingdom. You sold me a 3,000-year-old Illusion Weed at 50,000 ounces of silver."
That childe opened his eyes widely as he was surprised, "It’s you! You’re a girl!" He sized her again, "And a beautiful one if I might add."
Gu Xijiu, "…"
When she was at the auction house, she felt that this person was not someone simple as she could not understand him yet. She thought that he knew about her origin at that time. But with his current expression, he did not seem to be the man she thought he was.
While she was pondering, the person beneath her moved but was held down by her subconsciously. Therefore, he stopped moving and said directly, "Miss, it’s improper for man and woman to touch each other. Though we knew each other earlier, it’s not very appropriate for you to ride on my body, right?"
Gu Xijiu just realized that she was still sitting on his waist!
She blushed and finally jumped up, "I’m sorry! Why are you here?"
That childe also stood up, but the soft rope Gu Xijiu used was still tangled around his waist. Therefore, Gu Xijiu raised her finger and kept the soft rope back.
He flicked his clothes to clean the dust and soil away from his body, "Good question! This question is what I wanted to ask you too. Why are you here? And why did you tangle onto me like a tree? Fortunately, I knew a bit kungfu, or else I’d be pulled into that Bone Dissolving Stream directly, and not a single bone of mine would be left."
Gu Xijiu felt deeply ashamed as the condition was too urgent that she did not see clearly what was available and thought that it was a tree. But fortunately, this person appeared at the riverbank in time. Otherwise, she would lose her life falling into the stream!
Gu Xijiu coughed lightly, "I was rushing because the killer centipedes were chasing me. I’m sorry I offended you!" She apologized.
The childe responded, "It’s alright, it’s not your time to die yet after all. If I’m not here, you’d have fallen into the stream!"
It was true, Gu Xijiu did not deny this and directly nodded.
Oddly enough, 100 meters on the opposite side of the stream was bare land. It did not even have a single weed growing at all, only had pebbles of various sizes. Those pebbles were not the blue color ones she used to see, but they were dark blue, bluish-green, and other intermediate colors.
"So, I’m considered as your savior. As the saying goes, one shall repay kindness with greater kindness. As saving you is a great kindness, how would you repay me?" The childe was staring at her with his eyes lit up.
Gu Xijiu, "…" Though this man was rather unkind asking for repayment, but he indeed unintendedly saved her this time, and she was now indebted to him…
"I’ll save you once in the future to repay your kindness." Gu Xijiu promised.
"10 times!" The young childe insisted.
Ah?
Gu Xijiu was confused.
"As I have said, one shall repay kindness with greater kindness. I have saved you once and you should save me 10 times to truly repay me. And yes, you also made me lose my tortoise and you have to pay me back too." The young childe was calculating.
Gu Xijiu repeated, "Your tortoise?" What did it mean?
"I was fishing for a golden tortoise just now and when I just managed to pull out its shell, you stepped on its back, and you broke my fishhook too." The young childe showed her a fishing rod.
It was then that Gu Xijiu remembered that when she almost stepped into the water, she seemed to have stepped on something which saved her feet from being corroded.
She thought she stepped on a piece of wood but it was actually the golden tortoise he caught!
She could not help but look towards the stream. Was the stream water not high in acidity? How could a tortoise live in it?
The stream water was dark blue in color and its waves did not seem unusual.
She picked up a pebble at the bank and threw the pebble in.
"Plop!" The pebble skipped on the water's surface and sank.
Was the stream water ordinary water? Otherwise, why was the pebble not dissolving?
"These pebbles are not common pebbles but the special product of this place. Only they can’t be dissolved in this water. If these pebbles weren't from the area, do you think that they would not dissolve? They would have disintegrated!"
It was indeed the truth!
"What can this stream's water dissolve?" Gu Xijiu asked as she felt that the young childe seemed to know a lot about this place.
"Other than the pebbles here and the golden tortoise in the stream, anything else can be dissolved." The young childe replied while keeping his fishing equipment.
Aside from the fishing rod, he had a strange pail with him too. The container seemed to have something in it as it produced a repeated splashing sound.
"How many golden tortoises you’ve caught?" Gu Xijiu came over and wanted to see how they looked like. But there was nothing other than yellow-green water that could be seen in the pail.
"How many? Did you think I’m fishing for common fishes? It’s challenging to fish for a golden tortoise. You may not even get one in three days. I’ve been fishing here for two days already and finally one bit my bait…" The young childe shook his head and sighed.
Alright, it was indeed her fault.
Gu Xijiu looked at his fishing rod and decided to repay his kindness, "What about I help you to fish? My fishing technique is very good after all."
"You?" The young childe took a glance at her and shook his head, "No, it’s alright. This stream has only four to five golden tortoises and they are like brothers. Once one is almost caught, the rest won’t bite anymore. I think I shall figure out other ways next time."
Gu Xijiu could not believe that the golden tortoises in the stream would be so intelligent! She secretly asked the Firmament Stone, "Little Cang, what’s the characteristics of the golden tortoises here?"
The Firmament Stone was rather droopy, "Master, what the childe said was right. Don’t think of the golden tortoises here anymore; they aren’t tortoises after all. They are transformed turtle chancellors!"
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