#158 - Compensation for tea rooms
#158 - Compensation for tea rooms
The Celestial Diaphragm of Qi Sea has reached Great Accomplishment.
Gu An felt that after the blessing of Celestial Diaphragm, his attacks would be more powerful than ever before.
A Foundation Establishment Completion cultivator absolutely couldn't withstand a single strike from him.
Innate Force plus Celestial Diaphragm of Qi Sea, the destructive power of his fist far exceeded anything before.
Combined with his wrist, shattering a person with one punch would be a piece of cake.
He glanced at the time, it was still morning.
Gu An didn't linger and continued to return to cultivation.
This time, he extracted Bitter Cultivation.
Bitter Cultivation meant cultivation progress; if he failed, he would be extremely passive in this vortex of embezzlement.
He was already at a disadvantage.
To turn the tables, he could only advance.
The value of Bitter Cultivation was extracted.
Gu An once again fell into a dream.
He dreamed that he was cultivating in the courtyard, comprehending the Innate Longevity Art.
After ten years, he finally glimpsed the opportunity for advancement.
Then, he entered secluded Bitter Cultivation.
He cultivated bitterly for thirty years, but still couldn't reach the Completion Realm.
Later, he had an epiphany under the morning sun.
Another ten years.
He was blessed with divine inspiration, his realm reached Completion, and he entered Bitter Cultivation again.
Ten years later, he began to冲击 the Golden Core.
During the advancement, the Innate Qi detached and began to transform.
However, after three years.
The Innate Qi dissipated.
The advancement failed.
In the dream, Gu An felt disheartened.
After three years, he condensed the Innate Qi again.
Another twenty years, and he tried to advance again.
However, he failed again.
This time, he recovered quickly.
After spending thirty years, he finally understood that the Innate Longevity Art required time and couldn't be rushed.
Finally, after forty years of Bitter Cultivation, under the morning sun, the Innate Qi condensed into a Core.
He swallowed it in one gulp.
The Golden Core entered his abdomen, and his future was limitless.
With that, Gu An opened his eyes.
In an instant, the power of the Golden Core burst forth.
With a grasp of his hand, tangible power surged.
When refining Qi, Spiritual Qi was just Spiritual Qi.
When establishing the Foundation, Spiritual Qi took Innate Qi as its root, and was True Spiritual Qi.
Now, with the Golden Core, the aura was like substance.
Even without using spells, he could severely injure someone.
It carried destructive power.
It could easily crush the Spiritual Qi of Foundation Establishment.
No wonder the Five Viscera Innate Force was so powerful, it was only competing with the Golden Core.
The difference in essence was too great.
However, Gu An had a feeling of growing old.
He specifically looked in the mirror; his essence, Qi, and spirit had improved a lot, but he was still thin and haggard.
He had more white hair.
In reality, there wasn't much change.
But he was indeed older.
Mainly reflected in his hair.
"Why is this happening?" Gu An couldn't figure it out.
This time, when he improved his cultivation, he seemed to have cultivated for over a hundred years in the dream.
"When I established the Foundation, I had about three hundred years of lifespan left. If I haven't broken through in three hundred years in the dream, what would happen?" Gu An was a little curious.
But he hadn't experienced such a thing yet.
And he wasn't sure.
But he felt that increasing his lifespan was somewhat necessary.
The things that Chu Meng and Hua Jiyang gave him couldn't be sold.
He had to keep them.
In case of unforeseen circumstances.
He glanced at the time, it was still late afternoon.
Then, he began to familiarize himself with the Aura Chapter, so that he could better utilize his current realm.
In the evening.
Gu An opened his eyes, considering that he had simply familiarized himself.
So he got up and walked outside.
He threw a few peanuts to Noodle and walked towards the tea room.
Tea tasting time was tonight.
Moonlight sprinkled down.
Gu An stood in front of the tea room; Thousand Dust Peak at night was also quite lively.
In the past, he either cultivated or chopped wood at night, rarely paying attention to these things.
As soon as he arrived at the tea room, Fairy Xu saw him.
There was a hint of a smile in her eyes, as if she knew she had him in the bag tonight.
"Junior Brother Gu," Fairy Xu walked over with a smile, "You've arrived?"
As she spoke, her steps were light and quick, as if she had seen the person she had been waiting for for a long time.
It gave people a feeling that she was very happy to see him.
It seemed that good feelings would involuntarily arise.
Not only that, Gu An could also sense that she was exuding a fragrance that affected his senses.
Bewitchment.
Gu An didn't need to look at the status to know clearly that she had used bewitchment on him.
The person in front of him had put in some effort to get the spirit stones he had earned these days.
"Senior Sister Xu," Gu An saluted.
"Junior Brother is my honored guest, there's no need for such courtesy." As she said this, she reached out and lifted Gu An's hand, preventing him from bowing.
The moment their hands touched, Gu An felt that her fragrance became even stronger, as if she wanted to get close to him.
He withdrew his hand imperceptibly and said, "I'll listen to Senior Sister."
Hearing this, Fairy Xu's lips curled up, "Let's go."
Entering the tea room, Gu An discovered that four people had already arrived.
All of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators, two in the late stage of Foundation Establishment and two at Foundation Establishment Completion.
So, it seemed they were all here to target him.
"This is Junior Brother Gu from Spirit Treasure Depot One," Fairy Xu took the initiative to introduce him.
Only then did everyone raise their eyebrows and look at Gu An.
They all nodded to indicate that they had met.
One of the old men spoke, "Now that everyone's here, can we have some good tea?"
"Alright." After arranging for Gu An to sit down, Fairy Xu began to introduce today's tea:
"Today, we have a total of three teas. The first one is called Lishan Snow Seeker, and we're using Snow Dawn Cups."
As she spoke, she took out five cups, then took out the tea leaves and began to brew the tea.
In a moment, the tea was poured into the cups, and the patterns on the cups changed, like the red sun rising in heavy snow.
It was indeed extraordinary.
Fairy Xu picked up the plate and passed by everyone one by one.
"Please, everyone."
Soon, Fairy Xu came to Gu An with the plate, and there was only one cup left on it.
Gu An had already seen the problem with the cup; as long as he picked up the cup, it would shatter in an instant.
Looking at the cup, Gu An sighed in his heart.
He hadn't taken the initiative to provoke her, but she insisted on provoking him.
Without thinking any further, he picked up the teacup.
Fairy Xu turned to leave, but in just a breath, she heard a clanging sound.
It was the sound of a teacup falling to the ground.
With that, Fairy Xu turned back to look at Gu An with a bewildered expression.
At this time, Gu An was also maintaining the action of drinking tea, but the teacup had already fallen and shattered all over the ground.
With that, Gu An looked at Fairy Xu.
She showed a bewildered expression, then smiled:
"Junior Brother doesn't need to mind. A Snow Dawn Cup costs two hundred spirit stones. Junior Brother can settle the bill when you buy tea later."
"Two hundred spirit stones?" Gu An asked.
"A single teacup is worth twenty, but this cup is part of a set, so if one breaks, the other ones can't be used either, for a total value of one hundred spirit stones," Fairy Xu explained seriously.
"So it's only one hundred spirit stones?" Gu An asked.
"Yes, but the ground is dirty, and it will be difficult to do business tonight, so there's a loss of twenty spirit stones to compensate," Fairy Xu added.
"Then what about the other eighty?" Gu An asked, looking at her.
"The four people present are all highly respected tea ceremony seniors. Influencing their tea drinking naturally requires some compensation.
Twenty spirit stones per person, which adds up to two hundred spirit stones," Fairy Xu said to Gu An in a serious manner. At this time, the other four people had ugly expressions, and their auras showed signs of bursting out.
It seemed that as long as he didn't pay compensation, they would let him know what the anger of Foundation Establishment Completion was.
Gu An lowered his eyes and looked at the tea leaves that had soiled his shoes, and said, "Then do you have to compensate for your tea dirtying my shoes?"
Fairy Xu maintained her smile, "Junior Brother is joking. The tea room only provides a place, not protection. If you get dirty or injured, it's your own business.
In addition, whether it's your back, head, or feet, as long as Junior Brother breaks anything, you will have to pay for it."
Hearing this, Gu An raised his head to look at Fairy Xu. Under her smile, he took a step forward, and a gust of wind howled as he came in front of her, then slapped her.
It was as fast as lightning.
Pa!
Fairy Xu's face contorted, her eyes filled with confusion, and then with a bang, she directly crashed into the tea table.
A scream rang out, followed by the sound of the tea table breaking.
Crack!
With that, Gu An looked at Fairy Xu on the ground, who was glaring at him, and said calmly, "So who broke it?"
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