Gu Pingsheng felt a chill run down his spine at the sight of him and immediately shook his head, saying, "No need, I will convey this message to them."

"Hey Jianyue, can I have some of this roasted spirit beast meat?"

Shu Jianyue nodded, "Of course, please make yourself at home first, this will take a while."

"Sigh." Gu Pingsheng nodded and was about to go to Gu Yunxiao's place when he turned around and saw Yan Xi walking towards him.

He was certain that he had never seen this girl before, otherwise how could he not remember someone so beautiful?

"Who...who is this person?"

Yan Xi had never met Gu Pingsheng before, so she naturally didn't recognize him. She then looked at Shu Jianyue.

Shu Jianyue continued turning over the little spirit pig, saying, "This is my daughter, Yan Xi. She arrived yesterday."

"This is Gu Pingsheng, the dean of Shengshi Academy. You can just call him Dean Gu, Xixi."

"Daughter?" Gu Pingsheng looked at Shu Jianyue in surprise. She was only eighteen or nineteen years old, yet she already had such a big daughter.

"What, you can't?" Shu Jianyue glanced at him sideways.

Gu Pingsheng immediately shook his head, walked over to Gu Yunxiao, pulled him aside, and asked, "Is Yan Xi really Shu Jianyue's daughter?"

"Otherwise, why would she need to lie to you?" Gu Yunxiao continued stringing the jade beads in her hand.

The reasons behind this are naturally impossible to explain.

Gu Pingsheng was stunned. In the end, he adjusted himself and believed that Yan Xi was the adopted daughter of Shu Jianyue and Chong Jiu.

But upon closer inspection, they clearly look so alike, how could they not be related by blood!

"Mom, why isn't the meat I roasted flavorful?" Yu Chuan asked loudly, holding up the meat he had roasted.

Yu Chuan's shout brought Gu Pingsheng back to his senses.

Isn't this also Shu Jianyue's son? He seems like an impossible existence.

Don't think about it too much, because if you do, it all becomes a big problem.

I glanced at Chong Jiu and thought, "Well, I'd better not guess. I can't guess anyway."

Shu Jianyue said without looking up, "Come here, I'll teach you."

Gu Pingsheng shook his head and helped Gu Yunxiao string together the jadeite beads.

It will be half an hour before everything is ready.

Shu Jianyue took out peach blossom wine that she had brewed using peach blossoms from her spatial storage and gave each person present a cup.

Gu Yun smiled and stared at Shu Jianyue with bright eyes. His meaning was all too clear: he wanted more.

Shu Jianyue pretended not to see it, picked up a piece of small spirit meat and ate it. Mmm, so delicious!

Roasted cabbage is also good; it helps to cut through the richness of the food.

However, the best way to cut through the richness is still kimchi; I can make some next time.

Gu Yunxiao snorted. He might be able to escape for a while, but he couldn't escape forever. He didn't believe he wouldn't be able to drink later.

Gu Pingsheng wanted it too, but their relationship wasn't close enough for him to just casually ask for things, so he was too embarrassed to ask.

This wine is extraordinary; you can tell it's no ordinary wine just by tasting a little bit. He's comfortable freeloading off this barbecue, but he's really too embarrassed to freeload off this spiritual wine.

Gu Pingsheng was eating meat and drinking wine here, completely forgetting that there were two people waiting for him to go back.

Danxia and Yunlan stared at each other, wide-eyed, before finally looking away.

Gu Pingsheng ate at Qionglai Peak until everyone started to leave before leisurely getting up and heading back.

When she saw Danxia and Yunlan's dark faces, her smiling face froze.

"Ahem, well, the Venerable One said, don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

"Just for that one sentence, you were gone for so long?" Danxia said through gritted teeth.

"No, it's just that Elder Shu's daughter came, and they held a welcome-home banquet. I got a free drink there." Gu Pingsheng said, smacking his lips with reminiscence.

Danxia and Yunlan worked together to beat up the arrogant Gu Pingsheng before leaving Shengshi Academy.

As soon as the two of them left, Gu Pingsheng broke through to a higher level.

He sat there in the courtyard for a long time, stunned. Had he broken through in just one meal?

Not only has it broken through, but it's even close to reaching the threshold of the Fusion Stage!

Not only him, but everyone on Mount Qionglai tonight has broken through to some extent.

Wu Yan even broke through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, which is four levels in a row!

Xiong Ziqi and Liu Juefeng also broke through, and they knew where the credit came from, so they didn't leave anything on the table untouched and ate it all.

Only after making sure she had finished sweeping did she slowly walk away, supporting her pregnant belly.

Shu Jianyue and Chong Jiu sat on the roof and flew down after everyone had left.

Seeing that Chaotian was about to leave, Shu Jianyue immediately said, "Chaotian, rest here tonight and don't go to Yunxiao. Your room is still available."

He nodded to the sky, his heart burning with emotion, and turned to walk back to his original room.

"Mother, what about me? Is there a room left?" Yan Xi came out from under the eaves.

"Of course we'll keep it. How could we not keep it for our Xixi? Come on, Mom will take you there." Shu Jianyue left Zhong Jiu behind, took Yan Xi's arm, and left.

Heavy moxibustion: "..."

Yu Chuan walked over and put his arm around his shoulder, saying, "Dad, how about I stay with you?"

Chong Jiu glanced at him sideways and said, "Get lost."

"Tsk... I only told you to get lost because I pitied you, and you didn't appreciate my kindness." Yu Chuan had barely finished speaking when Chong Jiu slapped him across the face. "Have you been having too easy a time lately, so you've gotten thick-skinned?"

Yu Chuan tilted his head and looked at him. "What do you mean?"

Chong Jiu narrowed his eyes. "Come on, Dad will practice with you."

Yu Chuan finally realized what was happening and turned to run away, but how could Zhong Jiu let him get away? How dare he mock me? He'll only get arrogant if I don't punish him.

That night, mournful howls echoed throughout the Qionglin Mountains, causing the spirit beasts to flee for two hundred miles overnight.

As dawn broke, Chong Jiu returned to Qionglai Peak feeling refreshed and invigorated. However, the moment he stepped outside Shu Jianyue's room, that feeling vanished without a trace.

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