Chapter 73: Xingqiu's Suffering Day
"Well, you are still angry after all."
Gu Sanqiu changed to a cross-legged position, clasped his hands in front of his chest and fell straight down.
"But fortunately, at least I am not locked up in the Jade Pavilion to help with official business."
"Those from the Sanxuan Society... I'll find a chance to kill you all."
The Sanxuan Society is an organization that emerged in Liyue at an unknown time. Its members, methods, and secrecy are the "three mysteries". Its members are spread all over Liyue. In a sense, it can be regarded as the largest evil force in the local area.
Back then, when Gu Sanqiu took out the Fire Vein Stone to perform some procedures, two guys in night clothes rushed in and snatched the Fire Vein Stone, and then stabbed him in the neck.
The incense burner was not careful at the moment, or he did not expect that someone could do this to the Gu family at night. In addition, the other party was not a weakling, so his death was very unfair.
If it was a talisman with no taboos, it would be really possible for those guys to rush in like this.
"However, the Fire Vein Stone actually fell into the hands of a few idiot treasure thieves. Does that prove that they didn't actually hand it over?"
The wind was blowing hard, and Gu Sanqiu was thinking seriously.
"For example, the original goal was to kill me, and they wanted to keep the gems for themselves, or they encountered some accident on the way and died directly."
"An accident... According to what was mentioned in the file, the guys from the Sanxuan Society should not make such a mistake, so what exactly went wrong?"
Gu Sanqiu shook his head and said, "Forget it. It doesn't matter anyway. Apart from the Sanxuan Society, no other force has the courage to do this in Liyue. We can find a chance to kill them directly when the time comes."
"Even if we killed the wrong person, it will help to clear out the strange evil forces in Liyue. If we can get our own people up there, the security environment will definitely be better."
"Go report to Yuehai Pavilion. I won't be locked up for a while longer, will I?"
As it turned out, Gu Sanqiu guessed right.
When he spread his wings of wind and slowly landed, the Qianyan Army, who had been waiting at the entrance of Yuehai Pavilion, took him away, fully demonstrating what a seamless connection in government work meant.
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"So, who threw you down from the Jade Pavilion?"
Xingqiu and Chongyun looked at Gu Sanqiu in surprise: "Why are you not dead?"
"Aren't you two also able to use the Wings of Wind? Do you want me to die so badly?"
"No, what I mean is that after coming down from such a high place, the wind pressure data must be quite outrageous. It is really outrageous that your wind wings were not blown off."
"Just kidding, do you want me to tell you what my wind wings are made of?"
Gu Sanqiu smiled nonchalantly. "It's a dragon lizard bone fragment, and the best one at that. It's as lubricated as slime pulp, and soaked in the Gale Core essential oil that I bought from an alchemist in Mond at a high price. It's very flexible~"
"I won't tell you about other good materials. These are the more special and eye-catching ones. I'll tell you about them to broaden your horizons."
"...I'm afraid you, the Wind Wing, can buy a house in Yujingtai."
“Almost the same, and you can buy a larger apartment.”
Gu Sanqiu put his hands behind his head and said, "I'll tell you what the Qianyan Army asked you two when they took you in for interrogation."
"Well, I didn't ask anything. Questions like the purpose of our visit to Guyun Pavilion are relatively simple."
"Well, as for me, the Qianyan Army has re-registered my identity information."
Chongyun scratched his head. "And then they asked me to report to the official agency at least once every one to two months to confirm that there was nothing wrong with the thing on me."
"Did you tell them about that thing we found?"
"Well, I taught him this. After all, we don't want to be accused of not reporting something we knew about. Our identities are sensitive enough, so it's better not to mess around with the Qianyan Army over such trivial matters."
"Well, this is the right decision."
Gu Sanqiu nodded, and suddenly made a move, and tied up Xingqiu with dim yellow chains.
"What are you doing?!"
"I seem to have said that after this I will definitely let you know what a delicious carrot dinner is, right?"
Gu Sanqiu stood up and motioned Chongyun to stay aside.
"Considering that you merchants may have secret passages, safe houses, and the like in many places in Liyue Harbor, it may be difficult for me to find you, so I decided to act now."
"This, Lao Gu, this is not good."
"Carrots help improve eyesight. You don't want Xingqiu to be killed by an arrow shot by an invisible monster."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Chongyun looked at Xingqiu, who was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and made a gesture of encouragement.
"Come on, Xingqiu. This is a good opportunity for you to overcome the difficulties!"
"I……"
Xingqiu took a deep breath and kept reminding himself that he was a cultured man, a chivalrous young man, and that he couldn't swear at his friends at a time like this.
But I’m still so angry!
Chongyun, why are you showing your naivety again now? Can't you see that guy just wants to find a reason to deal with me!
How can I ever love eating carrots if this continues? I'd be lucky if I don't hate them even more!
That guy just wants to play a prank on me!
React quickly, my dear friend!
Gu Sanqiu calmly took out the food one plate at a time: "Although I'm not sure what you're thinking about, I should be able to get a rough idea from your expression."
"Give up. Considering the capacity of your stomach, although it's impossible for you to eat all the carrots you owed me in one go, it's no problem for you to eat until you're 100% full."
"Gu Sanqiu, you are maliciously plotting murder! I'm going to sue you!"
"Please."
Gu Sanqiu shrugged: "If I bring the matter to your elder brother's side, I am still right. Do you believe it?"
…
It seems to make sense, but do you want me to surrender like this? Impossible!
Xingqiu closed his mouth tightly and looked at Gu Sanqiu with firm eyes, expressing his determination not to give in.
Snapped.
After a snap of fingers, Xingqiu felt his chained body become even stiffer, and his mouth slowly opened, completely out of his control!
"Oh, that's it. Some seniors thought it was inconvenient for the wounded to move around while struggling, so they developed this little spell."
Chongyun looked at Gu Sanqiu with respect: "I didn't expect that you, Old Gu, could even use this kind of unconventional magic. You're amazing!"
Xingqiu was in tears.
o(╥﹏╥)o
Thank you, he doesn't need such explanation, really.
"Well, the only heir of the Gu family personally fed you. I hope you will remember my kindness. I'm not asking you to kowtow to me thirty or fifty times after you leave, but you must keep a sense of gratitude in your heart and remember the man who helped you solve your picky eating problem."
Looking at the carrot getting closer and closer to him, Xingqiu's eyes trembled violently, but he could not escape the restrictions of magic and chains. He chewed the food in his mouth with great reluctance and frustration.
By the way, this process also seems to be controlled by magic, which shows how annoyed the predecessors who developed this routine were.
There was darkness before Xingqiu's eyes...
