Chapter 398: The Fiancé Ran Away with the Most Beautiful Girl in the World (23)
Mu Changqing's friend who was an expert at making incense was indeed a weirdo. He lived on a cliff halfway up the mountain. When Mu Changqing brought Shu Shichu to the deserted cliff, he could not imagine how they could survive in such an environment.
"Is your friend a savage?" She asked Mu Changqing, looking at the unfathomable abyss in front of her, which was covered with a layer of white mist and made it impossible to see how deep the bottom of the cliff was.
"No, but it's almost the same." Mu Changqing touched his nose and said. He was carrying several packages on his back, which were all daily necessities for his friend, such as fire starters, salt, and clothes.
"Where is that road?" Shu Shichu looked around.
"There is no road." Mu Changqing gave an awkward smile, then took out his bamboo flute, put it to his mouth and started playing.
After blowing for about a quarter of an hour, Mu Changqing stopped. Shu Shichu waited for a long time, but didn't notice any movement, so he looked at him curiously.
"This is the signal agreed upon by Xiang Ye and I. When he hears me playing this tune, he will know that I am here to find him." Mu Changqing explained to her.
"Then what? Will he come up to pick you up?" Shu Shichu asked.
"No, he won't come to pick me up." Mu Changqing smiled embarrassedly.
"What's the use if he knows it?" Shu Shichu said unhappily.
"If he knows I'm coming, he won't go out to look for materials, but will wait for me at home." Mu Changqing said helplessly.
"Then how do we find him now?" Shu Shichu just wanted to spar with the master as soon as possible and didn't want to waste time looking for him.
"I probably still remember the approximate location of Xiang Ye's residence. Just follow me and use my Qinggong skills to fly down." Mu Changqing said good-temperedly.
"Okay, you lead the way." Shu Shichu agreed.
So the two of them jumped lightly and jumped off the cliff. Both of them were masters with outstanding lightness skills. Even when flying over this bottomless cliff, they were as swift as a swallow and light as a feather.
It was unknown how high the cliff was. Shu Shichu followed Mu Changqing and flew for a long time. When they were about halfway up the cliff, they stopped on a huge rock and said, "We're here."
"Are we there yet?" Shu Shichu said in surprise, looking around to see where there was a place where people could live.
Mu Changqing tapped the boulder under his feet and said, "The boulder under our feet is the roof of Xiang Ye."
Shu Shichu's eyes suddenly widened as he looked at the huge rock under his feet. He didn't expect that Mr. Xiang was so creative as to use this natural huge rock as his roof.
Mu Changqing walked to the edge of the boulder and shouted down: "Master Xiang! Master Xiang! I am Mu Changqing, I brought a friend to see you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shu Shichu heard a hoarse voice that sounded like it hadn't spoken for a long time shouting impatiently: "I heard it, I heard it! If you're here, get off. Why are you howling like a ghost? Do you want me to welcome you with firecrackers?"
Mu Changqing didn't care about Mr. Xiang's rude words, and said to Shu Shichu, "Let's go down." Then he jumped down and entered the cave under the boulder.
Yes, Xiang Ye’s residence is actually a huge natural cave with winding paths inside. Perhaps Xiang Ye later dug and decorated it, making it more like the cave dwellings in which people in later generations lived.
"Master Xiang, this is my friend Miss Zhan Rongzhan. She is also good at making perfumes. After hearing about you from me, she wanted to come and visit you. Miss Zhan, this is the perfume-making master I mentioned." Mu Changqing introduced the two.
Shu Shichu looked at Xiang Ye in front of him. His hair and beard had not been trimmed for some time, and they were messy. His hair, which looked like a chicken coop, covered his forehead and eyebrows, while his unkempt beard covered the lower half of his face. Therefore, his entire face was almost covered, with only his relatively high nose bridge and half of his eyes exposed, stubbornly proving that he was indeed a human being and not a beast.
He was wearing tattered clothes whose color could no longer be seen. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he looked like a beggar. He did not look like a hermit at all.
"You can also make perfume?" As expected, Mr. Xiang is a man who even calls himself "Xiang". He immediately grasped the point that interested him most.
"Yes, senior, would you like to see the incense I mixed?" Shu Shichu asked as he took out various bottles and jars from his bag.
Xiang Ye's eyes lit up immediately: "I want to see!" He couldn't wait to open the various spices in Shu Shichu's bottle. He first took a deep sniff at the mouth of the bottle, then poured a little onto his fingers and observed carefully...
"Master Xiang, this is the love potion I specially prepared. It is different from the ordinary love potions in the world. My love potion can make people appear to be in a state of living dead. On the surface, he closes his eyes and faints, but his mind is actually very clear. He knows what outsiders say and do, and he can feel all kinds of sensations in his body, but he can't wake up and react..." Shu Shichu introduced his proud work to Master Xiang.
Xiang Ye was originally obsessed with spices, so he naturally chatted enthusiastically with Shu Shichu and they got along quite well. He had completely forgotten about Mu Changqing.
Mu Changqing watched the old man and the young man arguing excitedly about whether a certain spice formula was suitable, whether it could be improved, whether there were any substitutes... Sometimes they disagreed and argued until they were red in the face and almost fought; but the next time they talked about a certain topic and felt that they had met too late, and they became close friends and wanted to swear blood oath to become sworn brothers...
In short, while they were arguing frantically about their respective knowledge in incense making, Mu Changqing, who had no say in the matter, had become their servant, preparing three meals a day for them, and forcing them to stop various experiments and eat and sleep on time when they were working day and night.
This kind of day lasted for almost a month, so long that Mu Changqing almost thought he had really become their housekeeper, before the two of them came out of this crazy state.
At that time, Shu Shichu had lost a lot of weight due to a month of sleepless nights and full dedication. She looked even more frail, but her eyes were surprisingly bright.
Seeing Mu Changqing coming in with a food box, she was very excited to thank him: "Master Mu, thank you so much for introducing me to Senior Xiang Ye. He has given me a lot of inspiration during this period, and has given me a new direction and development in incense making... This is all thanks to you!"
Mu Changqing looked at her, touched her fluffy hair which she had not had time to comb for the past month, and said, "I'm glad it helps you."
"Yes, of course it helps!" Shu Shichu said hurriedly.
Master Xiang also smiled at Mu Changqing, which was rare, and said, "Zhan Rong is a really good girl, very talented, and has new ideas. I have a lot of inspiration for new fragrances. Mu Changqing, you did a good thing."
(End of this chapter)
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