"There’re lots of beasts in the mountain, why don’t you all go hunting?" She could not go out already because of the curfew imposed at the Tianju Hall, but her two pets could still go out.
She had inquired confidently that the pets of students at the Tianju Hall were allowed to go around the mountain at night, as a mean to train their survivorship and savagery.
"Master, what about we hunt and you grill?" The mussel liked to eat the meat Gu Xijiu grilled and did not want to have raw meat anymore.
"Sure." Gu Xijiu patted its shell, "You all go then. But be careful and don’t become an ingredient in somebody’s soup."
"Don’t worry." The mussel said confidently, "The person who could stew me isn’t born yet."
As it could not move fast, it simply shrunk and clipped itself to the fur of Lu Wu so that it could take itself along.
Lu Wu was small in size, but it could run very fast. Besides, it could understand human language. Off they were on their hunt!
Gu Xijiu laughed and started to prepare materials to grill.
When she was almost done, Lu Wu and the mussel had come back. The mussel rolled down from its back and quickly enlarged itself. Then, it opened its mouth and took out a big and strong dzeren.
While Gu Xijiu was dealing with the dzeren, she suddenly sensed something and raised her head.
Two young ladies were standing across the stream. They were dressed in light purple. One of them was slightly tall and slim yet curvy with a beautiful face. Gu Xijiu knew the girl because she was the newest heavenly gifted disciple - Yun Qingluo.
The other person was skinny and looked rather unhealthy. She had Asian eyes and slightly hooked nose with thin lips. Her skin tone was rather vague, and her facial features appeared to be fierce and hostile.
They were wearing the same colored dress, which was the uniform of the Ziyun class.
Though they were wearing the same dress, it looked perfectly beautiful on Yun Qingluo but stale and ordinary on the other teenage girl.
The teenage girl looked average, but she appeared to be very ugly when she was standing next to Yun Qingluo.
On the other hand, Yun Qingluo's beauty became more apparent when she was together with the teenage girl.
"Who allowed you to grill at this place?" The thin teenage girl questioned.
"I myself." Gu Xijiu continued handling the dzeren.
"The Tianju Hall is a clean and serene place, how could you dirty it with grilling? It’s alright if your spiritual level is low but how could you not understand all these basic rules?"
Gu Xijiu finally raised her head and retorted indifferently, "Which rule of the Tianju Hall says you must not grill at this place?"
The teenage girl stifled as the Tianju Hall did not have such rule.
She just wanted to bully Gu Xijiu, the newcomer. When she wanted to speak again, Gu Xijiu said leisurely, "I heard that teacher Gu himself sets the rules of the Tianju Hall, and nobody else could add a new one or vice versa. Therefore, please watch your mouth."
The teenage girl chocked and she could only answer after a while, "Of course we don’t have this rule, but this is the most prestigious college, a holy place where it’s a disrespect to dirty and pollute the place. As you’re killing dzeren and grilling it, you’ll pollute the air! Do you think of this place as your mansion in the Feixing Kingdom where you can do whatever you want?"
Gu Xijiu casually set up the stand for grilling the dzeren on top of the bonfire while replying impolitely, "Since there’s no such a rule, why are you maundering?"
The teenage girl probably did not expect that Gu Xijiu would speak so trenchantly. She was instantly annoyed and took a step forward, "How dare you say that to me?!"
Before Gu Xijiu could say anything, the mussel was already preparing to attack! It was still waiting to eat, but this lady was chirping like an annoying sparrow.
"Shut up, you little ugly brat! Talk again, and I’ll have you sacrificed!" The mussel was pissed off.
Its words irritated and enraged her. With a slash, she attacked the mussel, "What the hell are you?!"
The mussel did not expect that she would strike immediately. As it could not manage to dodge, it immediately closed its shells which were so hard that the strike caused no harm at all, not even a mark.
The girl's attack was very strong and could split a diamond in half. Therefore, she was stunned as she did not expect that the mussel’s shells would be so hard!
The mussel was not injured, but it was enraged!
It was used to being the predator and could not endure being attacked by someone else! It immediately opened its shells and spat a mouthful of black smoke towards the teenage girl.
And Gu Xijiu saw a strange sight.
The teenage lady was standing stupefied, unmoved. But her facial expression revealed everything. She was frightened.
She had obviously fallen into the Mirage Illusion of the mussel!
She even talked in the dream, "Yan Chen, you… you’re coming for me? Where am I?"
"Yan Chen, you… you can’t be partial to her… other than her beautiful looks, she’s nothing. Her kung fu is not as good as mine."
"Hng, Yun Qingluo, don’t think that I don’t know the reason why you’re staying with me! You are just using me so that you look more beautiful! Do you think that I’m stupid? I’m with you just to get more attention so that Yan Chen would see me…"
Yun Qingluo, who had been watching, was making a gesture to prepare to cast an incantation but she was shocked when she heard the girl say such things. Then, she became indifferent and stopped gesturing.
Meanwhile, Gu Xijiuwas grilling their dinner on the stand.
She took a glance at the teenage girl and realized that she was unwilling to act as a prop to Yun Qingluo but only wanted to get more attention. Unfortunately, she did not know that she was making it more difficult to obtain the attention of the person she liked.
After all, with a beautiful girl like Yun Qingluo, who would notice anyone behind her?
Yan Chen... Gu Xijiu knew who he was.
He was an outstanding student of the Tianju Hall’s second grade and had a rare talent, the thunder talent.
Besides, he had spiritual power of level 6.5 when he was born. After practicing at the Tianju Hall for three years, his thunder talent had reached level 7.5, and it was said that he could call thunder simply by raising his hand.
He did not only have great talent, but he was also diligent, and it was said that he was very handsome. Therefore, he was known as a person with status and was also an idol among the ladies.
Gu Xijiu turned over the dzeren and brushed a layer of sauce on it.
She took another glance at the girl who was criticizing Yun Qingluo and felt that she was good at acting; she looked pure but was actually mean. She seemed like someone who could easily attract boys' attention on purpose but played hard to get all the time.
Yun Qingluo did not care at the beginning, but she gradually looked angry! Suddenly, she looked like she was ready to attack the mussel.