Chapter 44: Purified Water
When Gu Sanqiu opened his eyes, he found that the other three people present were looking at him with strange eyes, and he was suddenly confused.
"What are you guys doing? Do you think I'm handsome?"
"Tsk, you shameless fellow."
Walnut curled her lips and said, "We all ate the same thing, why did you react so strongly? I wanted to call a doctor right away."
"Just now, your eyes turned completely dark gold, as if they were completely filled with elemental power."
Keqing chose her words carefully: "Are you still feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
"Gone."
Gu Sanqiu shook his head: "After you ate this, didn't you feel anything different?"
"Yes, I remembered a lot of things, but it's nothing, I'm just very happy now."
Keqing smiled: "Me too. We all have to move forward in the end."
"Keqing~"
Kurumi hugged Keqing's shoulders and rubbed her cheek quite hard.
"I think so too. We are indeed ladies from a noble family. Only those uneducated guys would be affected so greatly."
"The uneducated guy is talking about me."
Gu Sanqiu shrugged: "But it's quite interesting. I'm the one who's most affected. This is a bit strange."
"Actually, I'm more curious about what Zhongli remembered."
Hu Tao looked at Zhongli with ill intent: "You are so serious in normal times, don't be a playboy who wanders around with women in private."
"Well, well, do you remember anything about your old lover?"
Gu Sanqiu choked up, you are worthy of being the Master of Hu Tao Hall!
I’m not sure whether Zhongli has an old lover, but I know you are really brave!
"Everyone, please forgive me for joking. I am very satisfied with today's dinner. Not only did I get to know you two, but I also enjoyed a rare meal."
Zhongli picked up the wine glass and took a sip slowly. "But it's getting late now. The Hall Master and Miss Keqing have things to do tomorrow. Why don't we meet again another day?"
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Gu Sanqiu nodded, then snapped his fingers lightly. Seven or eight talisman papers as tall as an adult flew out from his waist, and he cleaned up the table very cleverly.
"Well, sometimes I have to admit that people from the Xuanmen are indeed very convenient."
Keqing helplessly looked at Gu Sanqiu who was clinking glasses with Zhongli: "If our non-staff employees at Yuehai Pavilion saw you using this level of paper-cutting adult magical power like this, they would probably be so angry that they would duel with you."
"The purpose of researching magic is to make things easier for ourselves. Otherwise, why would we research it?"
Gu Sanqiu rolled his eyes, and the paper figures beside him formed a neat line under his command, walking towards the kitchen step by step, as if they were death row prisoners about to be executed.
"Goodbye everyone~"
Hu Tao smiled and waved her hand: "Sanqiu , remember to treat me to a meal next time I come back."
"You talk like you'll be gone for a long time."
Gu Sanqiu waved to Hu Tao and Zhongli behind him, then he and Keqing went back to their respective homes, holding a jade bottle of quite good quality in his hand.
In order to "prevent good friends from suffering losses" and "establish the authority of the hall master" and other reasons that Gu Sanqiu was somewhat confused about, Hu Tao gave Gu Sanqiu a bottle of clean water.
This is the precious water source produced by the Pure Water Secret Realm near Qingce Manor. Even compared with the spiritual water, it is an equally good thing. It is definitely a good deal to use it instead of paying 100,000 Mora.
In the secret realm, there is a being called the Pure Water Elf, or the Light Water, guarding the clean water. If ordinary people want to get the clean water, they have to muster the courage to risk their lives.
As the guardian of the secret realm, the Pure Water Elf can be said to be the ultimate homebody in a sense. As long as you don't cause trouble for her, it will be fine for you to walk through the entrance of the secret realm upside down.
But if you step into someone else's territory, I'm sorry, even if you jump out immediately, you will probably be splashed with water in the face.
If you do something like throwing a barrel of explosives into the secret realm, it would be even more embarrassing, as you will soon be attacked by a group of Water Phantoms in a "herd rampage".
This kind of incident is recorded in the Gu family's classics, and it is also something that Gu Sanqiu has never wanted to mention.
This was a test of courage held by a certain generation of incense burners and their good friends from a certain sect. It was said that it originated from a "friendship test" occasionally mentioned by an outsider.
When you encounter a dangerous situation, will you abandon your companions and run away immediately, even if it means dying rather than letting your friends die? Or will you fight side by side with your friends until you escape successfully?
An ancestor of the Gu family who found this test particularly interesting, and an equally mentally ill senior in the sect, took enough supplies and went to the Qiuqiu people's camp near the Pure Water Secret Realm to rob a few barrels of explosives.
In order to ensure that the pure water elves could be successfully enraged, the two idiots even used their own secret recipe to put flame flower petals and electric crystal fragments into the explosive barrel...
The result was quite predictable. The two angry pure water elves used water phantoms all over the mountains and plains to directly hit their faces. The water flow in the entire secret realm became angry because of their funny behavior.
The final result was that the two guys successfully passed the friendship test, and then each of them stayed at home for nearly two months before they could go out.
In the Gu family's classics, or family history, that generation of ancestors was criticized by his fathers and ancestors, and it was even written in the family history as a warning to future generations, in order to remind the descendants of the Gu family not to learn from this negative example and ruin the family's reputation...
Gu Sanqiu uncorked the bottle and poured the clean water in the jade bottle onto the gorgeous meal and the yam apple tree.
The jade-colored petals were sparkling with bright light, and the small piece of the rhizome that had emerged was slowly showing a few green buds full of vitality.
"Well, so purified water is indeed effective for this thing, but why do I have to deal with such an ancestor?"
Gu Sanqiu was somewhat speechless. Although the elders of the two families had brought valuable gifts and their rebellious son to apologize, and had successfully obtained the forgiveness of the pure water spirit, he did not think that the other party would be nice to him when he went to ask for pure water.
For example, if someone slaps you in the face, steps on you and spits on you, even if the other person's parents come over with their child to apologize to you and give you a large sum of money.
After this, if that person still shamelessly wants to make friends with you, will you give him a good look?
Although when joking, people usually call such people "the kind-hearted people who help you buy a house in advance", but in reality, if you encounter such a thing and don't get angry and kill yourself, you are considered to be well-mannered.
"Pure water is very effective for cultivation. In principle, it seems easier to get than spiritual water."
Gu Sanqiu seemed to be thinking: "According to the records, it seems to be full of clean water. Even if I rush in and scoop up a large bucket of water, then take a big sip with my mouth and rush out, there shouldn't be any problem...right?"
If the pure water elf really regarded every flower, tree and even a drop of water in it as private property, Gu Sanqiu's actions would probably be met with a "Water Shapeshifting Rampage".
