Chapter 135 Rewards
Jiaojue looked down at the river, then raised a protective shield and said, "Ugly fox, who are you?"
This question left Gu Qingqing bewildered; she didn't know how to answer in a way that would satisfy the golden dragon before her.
But having weathered the storm, she regained her composure and replied, "Which part would you like to hear, brother?"
Seeing that the ugly fox seemed to know everything, Jiao Jue narrowed his eyes and asked directly, "I see that you have excellent manners, unlike ordinary wild cultivators. Are you from a great clan?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingqing immediately swept his five tails on the ground, and then suddenly stretched them out one by one, saying, "Yes, I am the third son of Gu Chan of the Fire Fox Clan, but my meridians were destroyed a long time ago, and now I'm afraid my name is no longer in the clan."
The struggles within large clans have always been brutal, and upon hearing this, Jiao Jue remained silent.
Gu Qingqing, as if finding an outlet, sorrowfully recounted her experiences.
But as soon as she opened her mouth, describing how she was born with both red and white skin and two palaces within her body...
In Jiaojue's mind, an image immediately appeared of a crippled, ugly fox that was half red and half white with a huge belly, and he couldn't help but spit out a stream of water.
After the sprayed water thoroughly drenched Gu Qingqing, Jiao Jue squinted and chuckled softly.
After saying that, Jiao Jue quickly turned around and went back to his room, leaving Gu Qingqing alone on the boat deck, staring blankly at the moon.
The next day at noon, Ji Rong, who was drunk, woke up and prepared to go out to find food.
Upon opening the door, one sees the white-clad steward, dressed in hemp clothing, standing at the entrance carrying a large feather cushion. As soon as the door opens, he asks, "Fellow Daoist, has Miss Fox awakened?"
Ji Rong noticed that the White Steward was wearing hemp clothing today, which made him appear extremely slender.
After letting her in, Ji Rong went into the room and shouted at Gu Qingqing, "Fox, get up quickly, your feather cushion is ready!"
Then he used his wings and claws to lift Gu Qingqing out and shook her continuously.
When Gu Qingqing heard that Yu Dian had arrived, she immediately became alert. She used her two tails to free Ji Rong's neck from her wings and claws, and then used her remaining three tails to attack Ji Rong's eyes.
Taking advantage of the moment when Ji Rong loosened her grip, Gu Qingqing leaped to the ground and ran happily outside.
"Master Bai, my feather mat is finished so quickly?" Gu Qingqing asked happily, swishing her five tails.
Manager Bai handed the feather mat to Gu Qingqing and said, "Yes, I wove warm patterns into the fabric of this mat. It will be warmer than ordinary feather mats and will retain heat in winter. Please take a look."
Gu Qingqing stood up, hugged the cushion with her paws, and rubbed her head against it. The soft, warm touch made her squint her eyes happily. She called into the room, "Ji Rong, come out and pay the spirit crystals!"
With a sour face, Ji Rong returned the wooden token bearing Bai's paw print to Bai and gave her another eight thousand spirit crystals.
Gu Qingqing leaned closer and stretched out her paw, saying, "Give me another eight hundred."
Ji Rong warily put away her storage ring and glared at Gu Qingqing with her beady eyes, saying, "What are you going to do now?!"
"Are you going to give it to me or not!" Gu Qingqing pushed the yellow paw towards Ji Rong again, then squatted down and said, "If you don't give it to me, I'll have to make a feather mat! You said you'd give me whatever I want..."
"Fine, fine!" Ji Rong gave Gu Qingqing eight hundred spirit crystals with a sour face.
Gu Qingqing took the bag with an old-fashioned cloth and ran downstairs quickly. On the third-floor veranda, she called out to Master Bai, who was about to go down to the bottom of the boat, "Master Bai, wait for me."
Manager Bai looked back at her, puzzled, and then saw Sanhua Gu Qingqing swaying her five flower tails, walking gracefully towards him with cat-like steps.
Gu Qingqing opened her claws, grabbed two handfuls of spirit crystals from an old storage bag, put them back into her storage ring, and then handed the bag to Manager Bai, saying, "I really like your weaving skills, take it."
Having said that, he left gracefully.
At this moment, there were many cultivators coming and going in the hall. Seeing Gu Qingqing's behavior, they couldn't help but secretly laugh at how stingy this ugly fox was.
Some of the White Heron waiters couldn't help but feel sorry for Master Bai when they saw that he had been rewarded with such an old bag.
Manager Bai calmly accepted the old but heavy storage bag.
Upon entering his room, Steward Bai opened the storage bag and found over six hundred spirit crystals inside.
Even though she had cultivated for many years and her mind was as still as water, she couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion and her eyes welled up with tears.
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As soon as Gu Qingqing returned to the suite, Ji Rong slammed the door shut, then fiercely stretched out his winged claws and yelled at Gu Qingqing, "Give it to me!"
Gu Qingqing used her tail to deflect her claws and laughed loudly, "I won't give it to you, what can you do to me?"
Ji Rong, heartbroken, put one wing on her body and pointed at Gu Qingqing with the other, saying, "Sister Qingqing, have you lost your mind? Since you came onto this ship, I can accept that you made me spend 16,000 spirit crystals to buy a feather cushion, and you can even take 800 spirit crystals from my hand to give as a reward."
If we're poor, we shouldn't pretend to be rich; we should at least have some self-respect in public.
Why did you take a handful more when it was time to give it away? If Brother Jinlong found out, do you think he'd do that?
Gu Qingqing was initially quite confident, but upon hearing Ji Rong's last sentence, she immediately felt guilty and asked, "You saw it?"
Ji Rong said with a stern face, "Not only did I see it, but all the cultivators and servants in the hall saw it too."
What will the monks and servants on this ship think of us now? When did you become so shameless?
"Face?" Hearing this, Gu Qingqing didn't care at all and sat back on the newly acquired large feather cushion. She scratched her head with her hind legs and said, "A dignified Venerable Realm cultivator would strip herself to the point of needing to wear hemp clothing for 16,000 spirit crystals. What's wrong with me giving her a mere few hundred spirit crystals?"
As for me grabbing a few more handfuls, it's only because I remembered you and regretted it!
Ji Rong was so angry that her feathers stood on end. She flapped her feathers and jumped away.
Gu Qingqing curled up in the feathered cushion, looking at her own claws and thinking about the past.
Just then, there was another knock on the door, and Manager Bai called out from outside, "Miss Fox, are you there?"
"Yes, come in. Is there something you need?" Gu Qingqing looked up and replied.
Manager Bai pushed open the door and closed it. She took out two feather cushions from under her large wings, which looked just like the cushions in the room, and placed them next to Gu Qingqing, saying, "Miss Fox, these are my practice pieces. If you don't mind, please accept them."
Seeing that both cushions were very plain, Gu Qingqing took out her storage ring, stood up and asked, "I like them. How much are they? I'll buy them."
Manager Bai flapped his wings repeatedly and said with an awkward laugh, "That won't be necessary."
As he spoke, he started to walk out.
Gu Qingqing leaped to the door, blocking it, and smiled with narrowed eyes, "Then I must thank you for your gift, Manager Bai. Since you're already here, have a drink before you leave."
"Ah." The heron and the fox then sat down at the table in the hall.
Gu Qingqing took out the vinegar and spiritual fruits from the banquet last night from her storage ring and filled half the table. She then took out two jars from the hall, filled each one, and said, "Come, have some food and drink."
With a single sip of vinegar, the two immediately became much closer.
Gu Qingqing then asked, "Master Bai's cultivation is quite impressive. Is he a local cultivator from Canghe?"
"No." Master Bai put down the wine vessel, spread one wing, and took a spirit fruit to play with in his wing claw.
"I originally lived in Danshui, and at that time my cultivation level was only at the Xuanling Realm."
The competition among the water spirits was fierce, and our branch's leader died in the battle.
As their lives deteriorated, the strongest members of the branch left to join other branches.
I then gathered the remaining members of the tribe and took out all the treasures to bribe the guards at Shanshuikou, whom I had met once before.
He told me that the defenses would be lax at the end of midnight, so I transformed into a magic bird and led my clan to escape at the end of midnight that day.
We flew day and night without rest, and finally arrived here; it has been nine years now.
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