Shen Qingmang used her money power to successfully join Wuyin Peak, but that night she quietly returned to the most familiar Qiongzhi Palace.
Gu Suihan didn't know how long he had been waiting in the hall. When he saw her, his expression was quite resentful. "I thought Junior Sister wouldn't come back."
"Master...Master what? Say it again?" Shen Qingmang tripped over the threshold.
"Junior sister, according to seniority, shouldn't you be my junior sister now?"
"Why does this name sound strange when you say it?" Shen Qingmang said.
Gu Suihan sneered. "Haha, yeah, you always responded readily when they called you, but you felt weird when I called you."
“Master!”
"……What?"
Shen Qingmang moved closer to him, sat on his lap, held his face in his hands, and called out repeatedly, "Master, Master, Master, Master!"
Gu Suihan's face became redder and redder. "Why are you calling me that now? I haven't heard you call me that many times before."
"Don't you feel uncomfortable listening to this?"
"Of course... no..."
"Why are you blushing?" Shen Qingmang reached out and pinched his face. "Why? You readily agreed when your two disciples called you Master, but you're not used to me calling you Master?"
"Okay, I was wrong. I won't call you Junior Sister anymore. I'll call you Qing Mang, is that okay?"
"Of course, my Sui Han." Shen Qingmang touched his forehead.
Gu Suihan's breathing became heavier and he wanted to get closer to her, but she let go of his hand and jumped off him.
"I don't have enough spirit stones to set up the formation, so I won't be back tomorrow."
Her residence in Wuyin Peak is far away from Wuya Peak. Now she is in the foundation-building stage and cannot use the fastest teleportation technique, the mind-moving technique. She can only rely on external forces to solve the problem. She set up the teleportation array recently developed by Wuwei Peak. However, this array requires spirit stones to complete, which is very expensive.
"I'll give it to you again." Gu Suihan said, "You left me so much property, you can come and take it anytime."
"It's okay, I'll keep it with you as a betrothal gift." Shen Qingmang waved his hand. "I can't hold so many things in my sleeves right now."
"It's a dowry."
"I said the betrothal gift is the betrothal gift."
"Okay." Gu Suihan paused and asked, "Are you so frugal now because your spiritual energy will deplete again in the future?"
"Ah? Oh, didn't I tell you? From now on, spiritual energy will never decline. This world has become a world where spiritual energy is always abundant. Not only our Taichu Sect, but other sects will also slowly recover. This is the deal between me and Li Shutong."
When he heard the word "deal", Gu Suihan's expression darkened again.
Shen Qingmang's face was filled with guilt. "I'm sorry for making such a deal without your permission. But... if I hadn't sacrificed myself to send Li Shutong back to her original world, she would have caused trouble again and again, making our lives forever restless. So I have my reasons for sacrificing myself."
"Master, don't you regret doing that?" Gu Sui said in a cold voice.
"No, no. I just want to say that I did Li Shutong a favor, and she gave me my life back and a wonderful body of my own. Now that we're no longer master and disciple, we can be together openly, so it's not too bad."
Seeing Gu Suihan frown and about to speak again, she reached out to cover his mouth and said, "I'm not making excuses for myself. I know you've suffered a lot. If possible, I would rather be abandoned by you, and live alone in an empty house for sixty years, while you remain unaware and live happily in your new identity."
Gu Suihan gently kissed the palm of her hand, and she let go of it, only to see him smile. "That's why I can't truly hate Master. Seeing your current status, I can guess you must have lived a privileged life before, no longer suffering from family pain. I'm happy for you. As for me, no matter how painful my past was, I'm finally enjoying happiness now."
Shen Qingmang felt a pang of pain in her heart. She kissed the corner of Gu Suihan's lips, but he immediately took advantage of her and whispered to her for a long time. Just when the situation was about to get out of control, Shen Qingmang pressed against his chest and said seriously, "I almost forgot. I have something important to discuss."
Gu Suihan's voice was hoarse: "What could be more serious than what we are doing right now, Qingmang?"
Shen Qingmang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "What musical instrument do you like?"
"Musical instruments?" Gu Suihan blinked. "I don't think I have a particular favorite. Whether it's stringed instruments or musical instruments, they all sound the same to me."
"Oh, you don't have a preference for orchestral or percussion instruments. Ugh... then what should I learn?"
"Zhong Yingshao asked what instrument you want to learn?"
"Call him Uncle Zhong. Even if he's just the Peak Master, he's still your elder." Shen Qingmang said, "I haven't asked yet. She's so immersed in the joy of acquiring a new piece of Phoenix Sacred Wood today that she can't think of anything else for now. But she should ask soon."
"Master... Qing Mang has no idea in mind?"
"Me..." Shen Qingmang lifted a strand of his hair and twirled it between his fingers. "I actually have an instrument that makes me feel better, but it's a little hard to talk about."
"What? Tell me about it?" Gu Sui Han raised his eyebrows.
"It's... suona." Shen Qingmang said in a low voice.
She loved the suona because when she was living in an orphanage, a couple often visited them. They were residents of a nearby village and had a daughter who had accidentally drowned in a river. The couple was heartbroken and decided not to have any more children, treating them as their own. Shen Qingmang, being about the same age as their daughter, was particularly beloved by them.
"My uncle was a farmer, but he could play the suona. He was always asked to play for weddings and funerals in the village. He would sometimes bring his suona to visit us and imitate the calls of various birds. It was really fun. When I was little, I always wondered if there was a bird hidden in the trumpet hole of the suona," Shen Qingmang recalled with a smile. "Then my uncle told me to reach in and feel around, and I found a piece of fruit candy that he had secretly put in there for me."
"He's a kind-hearted man." Gu Suihan gently stroked the top of her head. "Isn't this a very heartwarming story? What's so difficult about it?"
"But in the eyes of the public, the suona is still a relatively vulgar instrument. They find it noisy."
Based on her limited experience in online writing, if a female protagonist who plays the suona appears in a music-cultivating sect, then the article is most likely a stupid one, and the author wrote about the suona just to create a comedic effect.
"I don't find it noisy." Gu Suihan said, "I like to listen to lively things too. Vulgarity and elegance are just a matter of preference. There's no distinction between high and low. You don't have to worry about it."
"Then I will give the Peak Master a surprise tomorrow."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
