Chapter Fairy, If You Keep Breathing on Me, You’re Really Asking For More Love Chapter 10

Ch.10 You Feed Me

The next day, noon.

The two were flying on their swords toward Cloud Lark Immortal Palace.

Rolling clouds flowed past them. The only ways to pass time on the journey were playing chess or drinking tea. They had already drunk two cups of tea and played six or seven rounds of chess. Growing weary, Pei Ningxue simply lay down on the flying sword, pillowing her head on Gu Chi’s lap while Gu Chi gently massaged her head.

The two were casually chatting about a few days ago when Fang Ziyue had shattered everyone’s Storage Rings but still hadn’t found anything belonging to Fang Xiyu. At this moment, Pei Ningxue couldn’t help but be curious: “So where did you hide the things?”

“Inside the Demon Dragon Gu. The Demon Dragon Gu contains its own space within.”

“I’m still very curious—where exactly did you learn your medical skills? I feel like you can treat any illness and recognize any spirit medicine. Last time we went to that ancient secret realm, you actually knew what all those spirit medicines were… What normal person would study such things for no reason?”

“I just like reading ancient texts in my spare time.”

“I feel like you’re lying to me.” Pei Ningxue slightly pouted her lips, her tone revealing a hint of dissatisfaction.

“I am indeed lying to you.”

To Pei Ningxue’s surprise, Gu Chi frankly admitted this. “But I can’t tell you the real answer to your question. It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I can’t. And I also can’t explain to you why I can’t, so just treat what I said as the truth.”

These words were somewhat convoluted, but the clever Pei Ningxue quickly stopped asking: “Alright.”

Gu Chi felt somewhat helpless.

He couldn’t very well tell Pei Ningxue that there was a strange system in his head that had been in an inactive state, with only a storage space and a daily draw function. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to say it, but whenever he tried to speak of it, he would feel a palpitation in his heart, meaning he couldn’t say it.

But this system had never been activated. To this day, Gu Chi still hasn’t figured out what it was. In his youth, he had tried various methods, but there had never been any response. Later, he simply gave up and just treated the system as a storage space and lottery machine.

The system’s only current functions were storage and the daily draw, but most of what came out was garbage. He had been doing the daily draw since he was an infant. To this day, the only reliable thing he had drawn was that [Heavenly Dao Medical Classic]. What was impressive about this reward was that he didn’t need to actively read and study it. The moment he drew it and chose to use it, his mind was filled with nearly all medical knowledge, as well as an encyclopedia of various medicinal materials in this world.

For today’s draw, he casually drew with his mind. Ha, a chocolate-flavored Third Grade Qi Refinement Pill, which he fed to Pei Ningxue like a candy.

***

Cloud Lark Immortal Palace was a property of Spirit Rhyme Pavilion.

Spirit Rhyme Pavilion was spread throughout the five domains of Cangxue Continent. Nearly every domain had dozens of branch pavilions, and Cloud Lark Immortal Palace was just one of the branches—a relatively small one at that. Yet even this Cloud Lark Immortal Palace alone was already a Heaven Grade secret treasure, suspended in the firmament, as magnificent as a city.

This was also the closest Spirit Rhyme Pavilion branch to the two of them. Spirit Rhyme Pavilion absolutely protected customer information and didn’t give face to anyone, which was why when they had pulled those two kidnapping jobs, they had demanded Anonymous Spirit Stone Certificates from Spirit Rhyme Pavilion that could be exchanged for Superior Spirit Stones.

Fortunately, the Spirit Stones they currently had were sufficient, so there was no need to make another exchange. After arriving at Cloud Lark Immortal Palace, the first thing Pei Ningxue did was grab Gu Chi’s hand and drag him to the building that sold women’s clothing.

She picked and chose before the display windows while Gu Chi watched beautiful fairies wearing various gorgeous dresses walk past him. Cultivation greatly benefited one’s physique and skin, not to mention the various youth-preserving medicinal pills available. Thus, there were virtually no ugly women in this immortal palace—only those as beautiful as Pei Ningxue were one in ten thousand, rarely seen.

But looking at legs was still quite pleasant.

Gu Chi’s gaze wandered randomly, yet he maintained an appearance of gentle innocence, until Pei Ningxue waved her hand before him, taking down a moon-white chest-high ruqun dress and asking him what kind of outer robe would look good with it. Only then did he slowly return to his senses.

Today, Pei Ningxue was unusually frugal. After buying only two outfits, she dragged him to a shop selling undergarments and silk stockings. But when it came time to pay, Pei Ningxue hugged Gu Chi’s arm, her voice becoming soft and coquettish: “Big brother… I bought all of these for you.”

Gu Chi expressionlessly took out Spirit Stones to pay. After they left, Pei Ningxue giggled with secret delight. Gu Chi glanced at her quietly, and when she wasn’t paying attention, gently pinched her waist.

If they were at home, Pei Ningxue would probably have already exploded and pounced on him for a three-hundred-round battle. But this was in public. In public, her persona was that of a gentle white flower. Today, wearing this light cyan-colored Dao robe, she looked gentle and serene. If she were to suddenly pounce and bite him like a hungry tiger right now, it would inevitably violate her persona.

After buying clothes, the two went to the medicine pavilion to purchase medicinal ingredients, planning to refine some medicinal pills for cultivation.

If they bought pills directly, the markup would be at least twice the cost of the raw materials. Being an Alchemist was such a lucrative profession. And the Heavenly Dao Medical Classic that Gu Chi had obtained also granted him the ultimate pill-refining techniques, making him their alchemist. Whenever Pei Ningxue needed any medicinal pills, Gu Chi would write out the prescription. After they bought the materials, Gu Chi would do the refining. As for Pei Ningxue’s payment, sometimes it was a kiss, sometimes it was a hug.

Gu Chi felt he wasn’t getting the short end of the stick.

After looking around the medicine shop for a long time, Gu Chi gazed at a spirit medicine on the upper shelf that was tightly sealed by formation arrays, his eyes revealing some longing.

That snow-white spirit medicine could be refined into a pill that would allow his Demon Dragon Gu to slumber for a very long time. But he couldn’t afford it. His Demon Dragon Gu would act up when he was extremely angry or sad, making his chest feel as if it were being pierced by an awl.

Pei Ningxue beside him noticed the longing in his eyes, but she could only squeeze his hand, unable to say anything.

Gu Chi had once told her that this Heaven Grade spirit medicine on the upper shelf, priced at ten thousand Spirit Stones—a five-hundred-year-old Snow Velvet Lamp Heart Flower—could prevent him from suffering the piercing heart pain when angry or sad for a very long time. Gu Chi was usually stingy and frugal in his daily life, all to save money to buy this.

Yet whenever she acted coquettish and wheedled to spend Gu Chi’s Spirit Stones, Gu Chi would at most feel pained, but would still obediently extend his hand and pay.

When she was in the Southern Domain imperial palace, whatever she wanted, the next day palace maids would open jade boxes and personally present it to her. The reason she could achieve Late Core Formation cultivation now was naturally the result of being nourished by all kinds of heavenly treasures and rare materials in her youth, combined with her imperial bloodline.

After buying the medicinal materials, Pei Ningxue gripped Gu Chi’s hand: “Let’s go, let’s go soak in the Spirit Rhyme Spring.”

Gu Chi, being dragged along the main street of Cloud Lark Immortal Palace, was somewhat puzzled: “Logically speaking, shouldn’t you be going to gamble a little right now?”

“I’ve been saving up Spirit Stones lately. Where there’s gambling, there’s losing, so I’m temporarily abstaining from gambling for a while.”

“What are you saving up Spirit Stones to buy?”

“To buy Sword-Tempering Spirit Crystals, of course. My sword can’t be tempered with ordinary Sword-Tempering Spirit Crystals—it needs Heaven Grade Spirit Crystals, which are expensive as hell.”

“But that’s only three thousand Superior Spirit Stones. Why don’t you just buy it?”

“I’ll save up more, then buy two or three at once to temper together.”

Gu Chi was somewhat baffled. He felt that Pei Ningxue had been a bit strange these past two days, but couldn’t quite pinpoint what was odd. Given her usual extravagant spending habits, if she liked something, she would have bought it long ago. Why wait? Besides, buying one crystal to temper the sword first versus buying several later to temper all at once wouldn’t make any difference in effectiveness.

“Let’s go soak in the Spirit Rhyme Spring first. I need to save money, so you’re treating this time.”

“What do you mean ‘this time I’m treating’? Didn’t I treat last time too?”

“But didn’t I let you see me wearing a bathing robe? Hmph, you’re not getting the short end of the stick.”

“Seeing a bathing robe once for ten Spirit Stones—how extravagant.” Gu Chi helplessly shook his head.

***

The Spirit Rhyme Spring was one of Spirit Rhyme Pavilion’s signature businesses.

Beneath the Spirit Rhyme Spring lay Spirit Rhyme Crystals mined from the Spirit Rhyme Vein exclusively owned by Spirit Rhyme Pavilion. The Spiritual Energy they emanated had effects of Healing, Spirit Calming, and nourishing the soul. Moreover, the Spiritual Energy was especially abundant, even equivalent to some cultivation blessed grounds that only Inner Sect Disciples in certain sects could exclusively enjoy. Based on different Spirit Rhyme Crystal contents, Spirit Rhyme Springs were also divided into different grades.

Gu Chi spent a full twenty Spirit Stones to purchase one night’s usage rights to a Spirit Rhyme Spring pool. The spring water all came from melted snow from the Central Continent snow mountains. There was a private room, with the spring pool behind the room.

Clearly, Pei Ningxue was full of anticipation for the spring pool. She had already taken out her bathing robe in the room. Gu Chi sat to the side, looking at the wine menu in the room, thinking that Spirit Rhyme Pavilion was truly considerate. The wine menu listed seasonal fruit wines and some food items, all especially expensive.

Even though the two were actually quite wealthy among Rogue Cultivators, spending one night like this was already quite extravagant. Gu Chi, as on their last trip here, ordered a jar of chilled plum wine and some marinated dishes to go with the wine. After waiting for the maidservant to deliver them, he closed the door and activated the room’s Restriction. After that, no one could disturb them anymore.

Behind the room’s door was the Spirit Rhyme Spring pool. Steam was already rising inside. When Gu Chi opened the bath door carrying the food, Pei Ningxue was already soaking in the water. Seeing him open the door, she playfully lifted her small leg, splashing water toward him.

Fortunately, Gu Chi’s movement techniques were excellent. After dodging the water droplets, he looked at her helplessly: “You’d be happy if you splashed water on the food?”

“Oh, you were actually willing to buy food today?”

“You treated last time, so it should be my turn this time.”

Gu Chi removed the clothing from his body, leaving only a pair of shorts, then slowly walked into the Spirit Rhyme Pool. The pool water was slightly hot, with mist rising from the surface.

Pei Ningxue was currently wearing a body-hugging white bathing robe. Calling it a bathing robe, it was actually more like a tight, body-hugging small garment that barely covered her chest, waist, and tender buttocks. Her pale, slender thighs were fully visible, swaying beneath the rippling water.

She sat on the steps in the bath, shoulder to shoulder with Gu Chi. Gu Chi placed the wooden tray with snacks on the water’s surface and began pouring wine for them both.

The wine overflowed in the cups. Pei Ningxue suddenly thought of something. She lifted her wine cup and brought it to Gu Chi’s lips, the corners of her lips curving up: “We haven’t drunk a wedding toast yet.”

“We’re not getting married. What wedding toast?”

“Then let me feed you a cup of wine.”

“I can drink by myself. I don’t need you to feed me.”

“Big brother… then you feed me.” Pei Ningxue began acting coquettish again.

Gu Chi could never resist her coquettishness. He still lifted his wine cup to her lips. Their arms crossed as they drank half of each other’s offered wine. Clearly Gu Chi had fed her carefully, yet Pei Ningxue still drank too hastily, accidentally choking and coughing several times until tears formed at the corners of her eyes.

“Clumsy and awkward.” She puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction and muttered, using her pale little foot underwater to kick his calf. Gu Chi reached out his hand and suddenly wrapped it around her smooth, fragrant shoulders, pulling her into his embrace and looking down at her: “You’re clearly the clumsy one.”

Suddenly pulled into his arms, Pei Ningxue felt somewhat flustered. She looked up at him, her eyes still misty with moisture. Their gazes met at this moment. For some reason, Gu Chi felt that in this warm, relaxed moment, he saw a trace of sadness in Pei Ningxue’s lowered lashes.