Chapter 59 Flower Scroll (9)
Is Princess Anyang looking at him?
A guess emerged in Gu Qiufeng's mind.
He whispered to Duan Chouyu, "The situation has changed. Don't act rashly. I think something is wrong with Princess Anyang."
Duan Chouyu nodded and looked at Princess Anyang not far away with the same vigilance. The branches and leaves of several large trees around him slowly moved and bent towards the courtyard.
Princess Anyang said, "Thank you for coming. I was a little angry just now, but I feel much better now. If there is nothing else, it is getting late, so you should go to bed early."
This is how the classes are clearly divided. Even if everyone has made a wasted trip, no one dares to show any resentment. Instead, they say auspicious words respectfully.
Princess Anyang seemed to be in a good mood, and Gu Qiufeng could hear a hint of smile in her voice.
He looked around, hoping to find some clues about the flower roll fragments here.
"Sir," Princess Anyang suddenly asked, "Do you also think the crabapple trees in my courtyard are beautiful?"
Gu Qiufeng raised his head suddenly. Although Princess Anyang's face was covered by a white veil, he could still feel her fixed gaze.
She was staring at herself just now.
Gu Qiufeng didn't believe that Princess Anyang, who was closely related to the main quest in this dungeon, was a good person. She was probably an NPC who would set death conditions.
At this time, following Princess Anyang's words, the others also turned their eyes to Gu Qiufeng.
Xie Songjin's expression changed slightly: "What's going on..."
Xie Songlan saw Xie Songjin's strange reaction. She was not familiar with Gu Qiufeng, so she did not recognize him from his disguise. She asked, "What's wrong? Do you know the person targeted by the NPC?"
Xie Songjin said hurriedly: "I don't know her, don't think too much, I'm just surprised why Princess Anyang suddenly attacked us."
Princess Anyang stopped moving after she asked the question, but everyone felt that she was staring at Gu Qiufeng. Her eyes were no longer like those of a human, but more like those of a beast eyeing a delicious meal.
A few human players who were among them couldn't help but secretly worry for the unlucky guy who was chosen, but unexpectedly, Gu Qiufeng was not as panicked and scared as they thought.
He looked at Princess Anyang, walked forward a few steps, left the medical group, and asked with a slight smile: "Yes, I am very interested. Princess, can you let me take a closer look at those crabapples?"
He spoke casually, as if he was not worried at all that Princess Anyang might suddenly attack. The players were frightened when they heard this, and they could hardly tell whether this man was a naive player or a simple and ignorant NPC.
Only Xie Songjin couldn't help but chuckle.
This guy is still as ignorant of his own life as ever.
Princess Anyang was silent for a long time. Just when Gu Qiufeng was lamenting that he might lose the clue, she finally spoke: "Okay."
Gu Qiufeng said with satisfaction: "I thank the princess for her kindness."
"Don't thank me yet. If you want to see my crabapple, there are conditions." Princess Anyang said, "You are good-looking. I like you very much."
Gu Qiufeng: "So?"
Princess Anyang: "I invite you to the flower viewing banquet. You must come."
Gu Qiufeng: “…”
If he didn't know the conditions for the Flower Goddess to come, he would have really thought that Princess Anyang had fallen in love with him.
Anyway, Duan Chouyu has also received the invitation, and Gu Qiufeng has to attend the flower-viewing banquet no matter what. It would be better if he could attend the banquet openly.
So Gu Qiufeng said readily, "Okay."
Xie Songlan was shocked when he heard this: "This guy is so bold, when did a person like him appear in our game?"
Xie Songjin was amused. He said to his teammates who had been in the same dungeon with Gu Qiufeng that these were just the basic skills of this little friend Gu. After all, the other party was the one who dared to directly confront the BOSS and kidnap the BOSS.
However, Xie Songjin still covered up for Gu Qiufeng and said, "How can you be sure that he is a courageous player? A normal player would not be so careless as to agree to the NPC's conditions so easily, right? Think about it, maybe he is just a courageous pretty boy NPC who wants to be noticed by the princess with his looks."
Xie Songlan didn't know why her heart was beating non-stop. She couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that I'm overthinking?"
But anyway, it's really weird!
After Gu Qiufeng agreed, Princess Anyang sent the others back and left Gu Qiufeng alone to admire the night-blooming cereus. Gu Qiufeng dug a few places with his hands and soon got the second flower roll in the shape of the night-blooming cereus.
After that, Princess Anyang never appeared again, and a servant took Gu Qiufeng away from the courtyard.
On the way back, Gu Qiufeng asked curiously, "Where is Princess Anyang?"
The servant replied in a muffled voice: "The princess is tired."
"Oh, is that so." Gu Qiufeng said with a smile, "I thought the princess would still meet me."
The servant was so shocked by Gu Qiufeng's shamelessness that he slipped and then asked angrily: "Who do you think you are?"
"I thought the princess was praising me because she was attracted by my beauty." Gu Qiufeng pretended to be surprised and said, "So I'm not qualified to be the princess's kept gigolo?"
servant:"…………"
Servant: "The princess has a fiancé, so don't let your imagination run wild."
He originally wanted to scold Gu Qiufeng for being a "toad wanting to eat swan flesh", but when he looked at Gu Qiufeng's face, he didn't say it out loud.
"Well, I won't ask the princess any more questions. I've given up. But brother, can you answer my other questions?" Gu Qiufeng said, "There's a smell of incense in the princess's yard. Is she offering sacrifices to some gods recently?"
The servant said, "A Taoist priest said that the princess was in trouble and that she could offer sacrifices to the flower god to get rid of the bad luck."
Gu Qiufeng raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
Hasn’t the flower god stopped showing up a long time ago? Is it really useful to worship him?
He got the information he wanted to know and stopped asking.
When he returned to the courtyard where they were staying temporarily, Gu Qiufeng saw a tall figure in the courtyard at a glance.
It’s Xie Songjin.
He heard the noise, turned around and spread his hands: "You are finally back, I was afraid something might happen to you."
Gu Qiufeng opened his mouth, but Xie Songjin made a gesture and said hurriedly, "Go back to your room and talk. Xie Songlan... the president of the second guild who offered a bounty on you, has a very good nose, don't let her discover your presence."
Gu Qiufeng kept silent and took Xie Songjin to his room.
Before Xie Songjin could speak, Gu Qiufeng said, "I was just about to go find you."
Xie Songjin blinked, and for a moment forgot to ask Gu Qiufeng why he was here. He asked in surprise: "You recognized me a long time ago?"
Gu Qiufeng nodded.
He said, "You once said that if I went to City B to find you, you would tell me about the old friend."
"What a coincidence. I also got some clues about my old friend, but I still have some questions. I want Mr. Xie to answer them for me."
Xie Songjin suddenly frowned and said seriously: "You..."
Gu Qiufeng: "Me?"
Xie Songjin sighed faintly: "You weren't so distant before, calling me Mr. Xie."
Gu Qiufeng: “…………”
He admitted that Xie Songjin's behavior was a bit disgusting.
However, it seems that Xie Songjin doesn't want to tell him these things now. Is he afraid of being targeted by the game authorities while in the dungeon?
Gu Qiufeng did not force him, but said: "Forget it, if you don't want to talk about it now, you can wait until I go to City B to find you."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Xie Songjin immediately asked, "Where are you going?"
Gu Qiufeng glanced at him and said, "Why don't you think I'm going back to my room?"
"If I hadn't participated in a dungeon with you, I would have believed it. Gu Qiufeng, don't I know what kind of person you are now?" Xie Songjin said, "I believe you have enough strength to get the second flower scroll from Princess Anyang, but you look worried, which means that in addition to the flower scroll fragments, you have discovered something else. The flower scroll fragments are just a side quest, and the main storyline is still related to the arrival of the flower god at the flower viewing banquet."
"You are going to look for clues about the flower god now, right?"
Gu Qiufeng smiled and said, "As expected of an A-level player, do you want to go with me?"
He planned to go to the pond in the princess's mansion. The last time he and Duan Chouyu saw the flower god was in the pavilion in the center of the pond. For some reason, Gu Qiufeng always felt that the lotus pond was not as simple as it seemed.
However, the Flower God's fighting ability is still unknown. Gu Qiufeng would feel safer if he could let Xie Songjin, who is capable of fighting, stay with him.
Xie Songjin immediately said: "I'll go with you."
The two of them quietly left the yard, turned several times, and skillfully arrived at the lotus pond.
It was a dark night, the moon was hanging quietly above the pond, and the wind occasionally caused ripples on the water.
Xie Songjin looked around and asked, "Is there something fishy about this place?"
Gu Qiufeng looked towards the pavilion and found it empty.
He was a little disappointed in his heart, but he understood that the Flower God was a dungeon boss after all, and he couldn't just see him whenever he wanted.
Xie Songjin asked, "What's wrong with this lotus pond?"
Gu Qiufeng explained: "When I came here last night, I saw Princess Anyang painting in the pavilion."
He explained the whole story, but hid the existence of the flower scroll fragments and Duan Chouyu from Xie Songjin.
"I suspect that figure is the Flower God." Gu Qiufeng said, "That's why I want to come here to verify it."
Xie Songjin touched his chin and said, "Now that you mention it, this lotus pond is indeed unusual."
Gu Qiufeng: "But it seems to be very peaceful tonight, so we probably won't find anything for the time being."
Xie Songjin said, "Not necessarily. Isn't there another place that we haven't searched yet?"
His eyes were fixed on the bright pool of water. Gu Qiufeng immediately understood what he meant and said, "This pool of water looks very deep. I wonder what is in it."
Xie Songjin smiled: "We'll know if there's anything there if we go down and take a look."
As the silk thread in his hand moved, several puppets that looked completely different from humans were summoned by Xie Songjin and placed inside, wrapped with silk thread.
The water in the pool was constantly creating ripples because of things falling into the water, like a strange smile on a human face.
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