The daffodils in the blue and white porcelain pot transformed into human form, still wearing a white shirt and green skirt, with a beautiful appearance.

She glanced at Yang Shengqing and said, "You're so lazy."

Yang Shengqing coughed lightly, "Xiaoqing, don't expose my shortcomings in front of outsiders."

Outside the door, Shen Yizi knocked, but no one came to open it for a long time. When he was wondering if he had found the wrong place, the door opened, and a beautiful and elegant woman appeared from behind the door.

There was a glimmer of surprise in Shen Yizi's eyes.

Xiao Qing glanced at the two of them, "But Miss Shen?"

Shen Yizhi nodded: "That's right."

"Please come in." Xiaoqing moved aside.

When Shen Yizi stepped into the courtyard, he saw a very handsome man in a smoky blue Taoist robe standing in the corridor, with his hands in his sleeves, eyes like lacquer, skin like snow, and a strand of black and shiny hair hanging down from his shoulders, like a male immortal walking out of an ink landscape painting.

He opened his red lips and asked, "Crystal exquisite bag?"

Shen Yizhi spoke almost at the same time as him: "Grandmaster Yang?"

This famous scene of netizens meeting in person made both of them laugh.

An alarm bell instantly rang in Gu Xueting's heart. He originally thought that the "Grand Master Yang" that Zhizhi mentioned must be at least over 70 or 80 years old, but he didn't expect that he was so young and smiled so coquettishly at Zhizhi in front of him!

Don’t you know how to avoid suspicion?

Gu Xueting was filled with jealousy. Yang Shengqing looked at him and asked, "Who is this?"

Shen Yizhi introduced, "This is my husband, Gu Xueting." Then he said to Gu Xueting, "Xueting, this is Grandmaster Yang Shengqing whom I told you about before. He has helped me a lot."

Gu Xueting's eyes and eyebrows revealed a proud expression, and he leaned slightly towards Yang Shengqing: "Master Yang."

Yang Shengqing felt that this Gu Xueting seemed to be hostile to him. Why? This was their first meeting.

Yang·Otaku·Socially phobic·Single from birth·Sheng Qing, had no idea that he was being regarded as a love rival by Gu Xueting.

"Don't stand here, come with me into the house." Yang Shengqing made a "please" gesture.

Although he is socially anxious, he still knows basic etiquette.

Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting followed him into the house.

The main room is very spacious, with shiny wooden floors. Facing the room is an eight-panel floor-to-ceiling screen with a landscape pattern. Behind the screen, there is a square wooden couch by the window that is a palm above the ground. On it is a coffee table with two soft cushions.

Yang Shengqing walked towards the wooden couch and knelt down beside the coffee table. His every move revealed a sense of elegance and freedom, and he had the demeanor of a celebrity.

However, there was a problem. There was only a cushion in front of him. Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting looked at each other, and Shen Yizhi took out a cushion from the space.

After the host and the guest sat down, Xiaoqing brought tea and snacks.

This made Yang Shengqing secretly relieved, and he gave Xiaoqing an appreciative look.

Even though Xiaoqing usually seems indifferent to his master, he still gives him face when it comes to serious occasions.

"Have tea." Yang Shengqing poured a cup of tea for Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting respectively.

He also picked up a cup and drank it slowly.

The most difficult thing for people with social phobia is probably not knowing how to find topics to talk about. Just like at this moment, Yang Shengqing didn't know how to start at all.

He had obviously gotten along well with Shuijing Linglongbao in the backstage of the grocery store before, but once they met, he was at a loss for words.

He could only appear calm but in reality he was struggling to maintain the appearance of a cold and aloof immortal.

Xiaoqing glanced at him, walked over, and sat down next to him, taking on the responsibility of entertaining the guests and livening up the atmosphere.

Once the topic was opened, the atmosphere was no longer awkward.

Later, Shen Yizi took out food directly from the storage bag and filled the coffee table with it.

Looking at the food, Yang Shengqing and Xiaoqing's eyes lit up.

Somehow they got to talking about Qing Bao and the other two. Shen Yizi took out the photo stone and showed them the baby.

Xiaoqing moved directly, sat next to her, and started sucking the baby with her.

Gu Xueting played chess with Yang Shengqing.

Within just one afternoon, the group had become completely familiar with each other and there was no longer the alienation and estrangement that they had at the beginning.

In the evening, Xiaoqing took Shen Yizhi's arm affectionately and said, "Come on, accompany me to cook."

Although they were said to be working together, in fact, it was Shen Yizi who was in charge in the end, and Xiaoqing could only help.

Shen Yizi made coconut milk chicken. When she went to Yingcheng, she bought a few coconut trees and planted them in the space. Now they have produced many fruits. She picked a few of them and drank the sweet coconut milk in them. She cut the coconut meat into strips and stewed it with the chicken.

The chicken soup stewed in this way will have the sweetness of coconut milk, not greasy at all, and especially delicious.

She also prepared many other dishes, which could be eaten by dipping them in the chicken soup, just like hot pot.

Four people sat around a wooden couch, with a boiling pot in the middle. The soup was bubbling and white steam was curling around. The dishes were placed on a shelf under the couch and they could take them and eat them at any time.

"Come on, don't rush to eat, try the soup." Shen Yizhi served a bowl of soup for himself and the other three.

"Hmm, it's delicious!" Xiaoqing praised very straightforwardly.

Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting stayed here for three days. During these three days, she asked Yang Shengqing for advice on alchemy, cooked delicious food with Xiaoqing, or just sat quietly with Gu Xueting, watching Xiaoqing return to its original form and stretch its branches and leaves under the warm sunshine.

The three pleasant and leisurely days passed in a flash.

On the fourth day, Yang Shengqing handed her a jade bottle, which contained the Soul Cleansing Pill that he had refined over the past two days.

Shen Yizhi left a lot of food behind, and under Xiaoqing's reluctant gaze, he and Gu Xueting boarded the Tianzhou and left the city.

They still have two important things to do.

One thing was to find a way to truly remove the demonic poison from Gu Xueting's body. The Soul Cleansing Pill could only be used as a backup option, and they would not choose it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Another thing is to find the remaining formation nodes of the Nine Dragons Covering the Sky Formation.

There is not much time left for them.

Time flies and it’s already the end of the year.

At the end of this year, two major events occurred in the Tianyuan Empire.

The emperor has passed away.

The new emperor ascended the throne and changed the reign title to Yuanxing.

At that time, Shen Yizhi and Gu Xueting had just found the fifth formation node. After learning the news, they marked the location of the node and rushed to the imperial capital to congratulate Gu Xi for becoming the new emperor.

The two of them did not alarm anyone when they arrived, and appeared in Gu Xi's bedroom quietly.

Gu Xi was startled at first, but when she saw that it was them, she looked happy.