The sun set in the west, giving off a glowing halo, the rays of the sun were blood red, each ray like a falling tear.
Luo Shi Yi struggled to stand up in the main hall, Ni Man Tian quickly helped him.
“What’s the situation outside?”
“Qian Gu is using the Fu Xi Zither to block them, but we don’t know how long she can last.” Qing Shui worried. Reinforcement had not come, they could not continue to sit here waiting to die.
Luo Shi Yi nodded, looked around, then cried out: “Tang Bao? Where’s Tang Bao?” Was it outside with Hua Qian Gu? That would be too dangerous!
“Huh, oh right, where did Tang Bao run off to? I just saw it crying anxiously, saying it needed to call its father to come save Gu Tou……”
“Father?” Luo Shi Yi thought of a worm like Tang Bao, wearing a straw hat, stroking its beard, smoking a pipe. His face was tense, but his mind was dizzy. If he met Tang Bao’s father, how should he address it?
He quickly used telepathy to search for Tang Bao, but the Fu Xi Zither was disruptive, he could not see anything!
Hua Qian Gu was barely hanging on outside, sprawling weakly on the zither. To conserve internal energy, she lightly plucked the strings once in a while, producing sounds but hardly a tune.
The monsters and demons were impatient, but they were on the defensive and could not attack because of the music. Only Zi Xun Qian Xia leaned back against her bed, listening as if mesmerized.
Although knowing the person playing the zither was not Bai Zi Hua, she recognized the silver light from the Fu Xi Zither. Memories of the past emerged steadily, the others sealed their five senses, but she allowed half of her mind to be controlled, indulging in the music, not willing to extricate herself.
Hua Qian Gu began to slow down, no longer capable of producing a tune. Zi Xun Qian Xia was not happy and flipped her hand, countless violet flowers flew into the air, rotating into a straight line, shooting toward Hua Qian Gu. The exotic fragrance of the flowers was overwhelming.
Hua Qian Gu was forced to pluck the strings faster to resist, but the strange fragrance lingered, intoxicating her, making her want to fall into a deep sleep lasting three lifetimes. She could not seal her smell, she could only chant meditation mantra.
Zi Xun Qian Xia pursed her lips in satisfaction: “You play the zither well enough though not as good as Zi Hua, the tunes from the Fu Xi Zither no longer exist in the world. Can you play ‘Zhao Lu Jiu Tian’ after this?”
Hua Qian Gu tried to block each wave of attacks, silently scolding her for being a weirdo, daring to say Zi Hua Zi Hua with such affection! She was not fighting back against the Fu Xi Zither, but her reason for attacking Hua Qian Gu was to hear more music. If this continued, Hua Qian Gu was afraid she could not last past midnight, and reinforcement would probably not be here until tomorrow.
Teacher, where could you be, I really missed you!
It was getting dark, the full moon appeared. Hua Qian Gu continued to rely on everyone else to transfer their internal energy to her to resist Zi Xun Qian Xia. Chun Qiu Bu Bai’s group moved back more than 12 meters to avoid being affected by them.
Hua Qian Gu knew this could not continue, speaking suddenly: “Immortal Zi Xun, today is August 15th, we’ve been fighting for a long time, if we’re not tired we’re still hungry, why not take a break to eat mooncakes?”
Luo Shi Yi, Shuo Feng and everyone else were in the hall and looked at her with worry, not knowing what she was planning.
Zi Xun Qian Xia chuckled loudly: “You’re an interesting kid, not caring whether you live or die but about eating mooncakes.”
Hua Qian Gu stopped playing, blinked a few times: “If I can’t see the sun tomorrow, isn’t it better to eat first and then deal with other things?”
Zi Xun Qian Xia floated into the air, her purple robe swayed in the wind: “You can eat if you want, get back to playing the zither for me when you’re done.”
Hua Qian Gu squinted her eyes and smiled, looking a little like Dong Fang Yu Qing.
“Teacher is right, Zi Xun jiejie is very beautiful, gentle and intelligent.”
“Your teacher?”
“Chang Liu’s High Immortal Bai Zi Hua!”
“Zi Hua….. Zi Hua finally accepted a disciple?” Zi Xun Qian Xia’s face was confused, seeming a little absent-minded. Had she stayed too long in the demon realm?
“So you’re Bai Zi Hua’s disciple, no wonder you have the Fu Xi Zither. Zi Hua….. has he talked about me?”
A plate of mooncakes flew into Hua Qian Gu’s hands, she picked up one mooncake and put it into her mouth, replying vaguely: “Of course, Zi Xun jiejie used to live in Heaven and was in charge of the spices in the world, and was one of the High Immortals.” Teacher did not tell her these things, she had read them in “The Book of the Six Realms.”
“Jiejie, do you want a taste? I made these mooncakes, they’re delicious, Teacher often praises my cooking!”
A plate of mooncakes slowly landed in front of her.
“Zi Hua can praise someone?” Zi Xun Qian Xia picked up a mooncake and blankly stared at it, as if the mooncake was Bai Zi Hua’s face.
Yun Yi’s group was anxious to make a move, why was she not attacking but chattering nonsense with the enemy, and now eating their food, what if it were poisoned? Chun Qiu Bu Bai put out a hand to stop them, flirtatiously squinting his phoenix eyes, watching with interest.
Zi Xun Qian Xia carefully bit into the mooncake, the sweet taste immediately melted on her tongue, like lighting striking on a clear day. It had been a long time since she ate something, most of her taste buds were degraded, she had forgotten food could taste so wonderful.
The filling was made from more than 100 types of nuts, soft but not mushy, sweet but not saccharine, the taste lingered even after swallowing the mooncake. Zi Xun Qian Xia’s mouth seemed to smile, but it was pale and full of grief under the moon.
Her face caused Hua Qian Gu to pity her. She wiped off her palms, then wiped her mouth with her sleeve: “Zi Xun jiejie, I’m full, what tune do you want to hear, I’ll play for you!”
“You’re done eating already?”
“Haha, did you think I’d use the excuse of eating to delay the time?”
Zi Xun Qian Xia looked at her bright smile, imagining that she stayed with Bai Zi Hua every day, her heart filled with envy and admiration.
“If I kill you, with Bai Zi Hua’s personality, maybe he’ll come after me for revenge, then I’d be able to see him.” Zi Xun Qian Xia suddenly looked at her.
Hua Qian Gu shivered, pretending to laugh: “Jiejie must be joking, life and death are determined by fate, wealth is determined by Heaven. You should know Teacher’s personality, how can he look for you to avenge me?”
“Yes, Bai Zi Hua doesn’t have any emotions, how can he intervene with someone’s fate?” Zi Xun Qian Xia replied sadly, raising her hand to touch the black mark between her brows that represented her banishment, her eyes became more grievous.
Hua Qian Gu said quickly: “Your ability with spices is unrivaled in the six realms, I’ve been interested in spices since little, I’ve finally met you today, can we have a competition?” Hua Qian Gu wanted to delay the time, trying to replenish her internal energy.
This was the first time Zi Xun Qian Xia was challenged by someone on spices, she could not help but laughed: “Fine, if you win, I won’t interfere in this matter anymore. If I win, I don’t want the other holy instruments, I only want the Fu Xi Zither, what do you say?”
“All right.” Hua Qian Gu smiled and nodded, everyone in the hall was shocked.
“Since it’s hard for me to defeat you, can I come up with the challenge for more fairness? Each of us will produce a fragrance we made, the other person will guess the spices and method to make it, whoever can’t answer will lose.”
Zi Xun Qian Xia nodded: “You’re Bai Zi Hua’s disciple, to avoid everyone saying I’m bullying a kid, I’ll give you three fragrances, you only need to guess one correctly and you win.”
Hua Qian Gu wiped her sweaty palms, looked up at the dark sky, hoping Teacher’s white figure would appear soon, but she felt a little despair for some reason.