Among the hundreds of exotic beasts, the Qiuniu, with its love of music and noble sentiments, is one of the most gentle. If not for this, Mr. Gongyi would have been furious the moment he learned that Luo Jiujiang was Zhenshuangliu's disciple, feeling completely fooled by the master and disciple, and perhaps even killing Luo Jiujiang on the spot.

Now, although he was dizzy with anger at the sudden turn of events, Gong Yizhu's hundred years of cultivation were still there. Even though his heart was already in turmoil, he restrained himself, closed his eyes and calmed down for a moment, and then he was able to ask about the whole thing from the beginning.

One of the reasons why he had previously preconceived that this child was Chen Yuan was because he saw the mirage pearl in his dantian.

If it were something else, like a seal, it could be easily passed off, but the Mirage Pearl was truly unique to Jiaotu in the entire Three Thousand Worlds. At least as far as he knew, Jiaotu had only given one to his disciple, Chen Yuan, over the years. The origin of the one in Luo Jiujiang's dantian was truly questionable—could he have intercepted that child, Chen Yuan, and dug it out?

Gong Yizhu paced a few steps with his hands behind his back, then suddenly turned back to look at Luo Jiujiang: "Kid, where did you get that mirage pearl?"

Luo Jiujiang's face showed no sign of panic: "It was given to me personally by Lord Jiaotu."

"..." Gong Yizhu looked up and down at Luo Jiujiang's face, noticing that he truly showed no sign of guilt. "Oh? You didn't get it from someone else, but Jiaotu gave it to you? When and where did this happen?"

Seeing that Master Gongyi had just begun checking the household registration, Luo Jiujiang frowned slightly, but he still answered the question: "The time was about a month ago, and the location was in an underground palace... The specific location of that underground palace is related to the background of a friend of mine. For her safety, no matter how Master asks, I can't tell you."

Although he refused to speak, Qiuniu and Jiaotu had always been good friends. Gong Yizhu only needed to whisper to Jiaotu about the word "underground palace." What would he not understand? This child had always been clever; he probably wouldn't tell such a lie that would be exposed at the first sign.

Gong Yizhu stared at him for a moment, then saw that he had a determined expression and had pursed his lips into a line, clearly determined to keep his mouth shut. He then changed the subject, "What's going on with that dragon energy in you?"

Luo Jiujiang smiled bitterly and said, "Originally, I wanted to ask you, sir. It's fine if you noticed the dragon energy in me, but how did you immediately realize that he and I were in love? When we separated, I didn't even know about his feelings. Could it be that dragon energy has different versions for Daoist couples and non-Daoist couples?"

It turned out that his congratulations had been misinterpreted in this direction. Gong Yizhu thought: If you think about it this way, it seems to make sense.

It was such a coincidence that this child had a mirage pearl in his dantian, dragon energy on his body, and the ability to pronounce his own sounds. His name also had a water radical, and there was even one character that was the same as Cangjiang.

Thinking carefully, I described Jiaotu to him several times, but I didn't mention his silence. I just complained lightly. It's not surprising that the child misunderstood. After all, Zhen Shuangliu's complaint about his bad temper is a light one. He belongs to the level of being sarcastic.

...Wait, what did this kid just say, Taoist partner?

Gong Yizhu suddenly shuddered. Since the death of the Divine Dragon, only the Azure Dragon is considered a natural dragon. The remaining dragons all cultivated from Jiao. Even with exceptional talent, it would take centuries to reach the point of imbuing others with dragon energy. How old was this child? Sixteen?

This is not a Taoist partner, he is clearly a pervert!

This interruption caused Gong Yizhu's concern, which had been suppressed by the words "disciple of the Zhenshuang School," to resurface. Luo Jiujiang had no idea how the other party's thoughts had turned in that brief moment. He only knew that after he answered the question about dragon energy, Mr. Gong Yizhu pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "Let me meet your 'Daoist companion' some other day."

Years of cultivating Qi cultivation had left Gong Yizhu with a flawless tone when he spoke. Luo Jiujiang didn't notice anything wrong and said without hesitation, "Qianling is a very good person. He is gifted with the ability to understand nature. He is a hundred times or a thousand times better than me."

"Well, that's great." Gong Yizhu smiled. "I think you'll like your Taoist partner very much."

Luo Jiujiang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He waited for a moment, and when Gong Yizhu stopped talking, he asked the question that had been lingering in his mind: "Sir, you just called me 'Chen Yuan'. Did you recognize the wrong person all along?"

Gong Yizhu was not shy about answering this question: "That child is Jiaotu's disciple, and his true form is from the Jiao clan. Mirage pearls are rare, and I misunderstood you when I first met you."

After a pause, he shook his head and smiled, "It's my fault, sir, for always calling you 'child', 'child'. If I had called you 'Yuan'er' earlier, you wouldn't have misunderstood me until today."

Luo Jiujiang joked, "Now that you know, it's not too late to call me 'Jiang'er'."

"Forget about that." Gong Yizhu rubbed Luo Jiujiang's head again, "These two words... are not something you can say casually."

"Sir, do you also know my master?"

"I know him." Gong Yizhu's face once again wore the same mysterious smile he had when he mentioned Luo Jiujiang's Taoist companion. "As for your master... I know him very well."

Strictly speaking, he and Zhen Shuangliu didn't have much of a grudge. He and Que Cangjiang grew up together, and could be considered childhood sweethearts. It's true that he secretly harbored thoughts of a plot to take advantage of Dongqiang, but they were just thoughts. Before he could put them into practice, Cangjiang met Zhen Shuangliu.

When the three of them got together, he did dislike Zhen Shuangliu, but the war was initiated by the other party - given Zhen Shuangliu's background at the time, after discovering that Gong Yizhu had some malice towards him, his first reaction was to sneak into his room at night and slit his throat.

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