Heir to the martial arts world, starting with not crying at the Grim Reaper

"One or two days' worth of konjac jelly, priced at twenty-three taels of gold," the peddler shouted.

Once this business gets off to a good start, it will continue to thrive.

Gu Jiu was shocked and wondered to herself, "Is this ice jelly made of gold? Why is it so expensive!"

With a clang, a large gold ingot appeared in the golden bowl in front of the box.

As usual, two hands emerged from the box, one to collect the money and the other to take out a cloth bag.

The cloth bag was about the size of a palm, and it was not quite the "ice jelly" that Gu Jiu had imagined.

The little fairy opened the box she had been holding and poured in a bag of "Tianshui Konjac Ice Jelly".

The next moment, Gu Jiu trembled in fright and couldn't help but take a step back.

It was because the box the little fairy was holding contained a human head!

A man's head.

The head was dressed as a Taoist priest, with a peach wood branch inserted in his hair bun. His face was pale, and if it weren't just a single head, it would have been quite handsome with an air of otherworldly refinement.

In the flickering firelight, a layer of icy powder appeared on the face of the head; it must be the "Heavenly Water Konjac Ice Jelly".

The little fairy was holding the box, gazing affectionately at the head, when she smiled, revealing her bright red gums, and said softly, "Senior brother, this way, I can keep looking at you forever."

"From now on, no one will be able to bother us anymore."

As she spoke, she kissed the head fiercely, her eyes filled with affection deeper than a deep pool.

Her voice was beautiful, like a melodious fairy song, but now it was terrifying in Gu Jiu's eyes.

He'd seen plenty of dogs showing affection, but this was the first time he'd ever seen a dog so deeply in love with a head.

Being love-struck is terrifying!

He always had the illusion that the other party would eat his head.

Fortunately, the terrifying little fairy only had eyes for her "senior brother" in her box and didn't even glance at the handsome Gu Jiu before leaving with the box.

Before Gu Jiu could catch her breath, another young couple walked over from the other side.

The couple were well-dressed and had a noble air about them. They wore blue swords with golden dragon tassels on the hilts, and looked like scions of a prestigious family who traveled the martial arts world.

In short, it looks very elegant and appropriate.

At this moment, the couple approached the peddler, and the husband whispered something.

Immediately afterwards, the peddler's voice rang out loudly—"The Thirteen Styles of Dragon and Phoenix Flying Together, a unique original from Qingshan Prefecture, priced at ninety-three taels of silver."

The husband quickly reminded him, "Keep your voice down."

He and his wife looked so proper, like sons and daughters of prominent families. If people found out that they bought such a secret manual, it would somewhat damage their image.

The peddler shouted even louder—"Peddler sells goods, honest and fair to all, young and old, with a clear conscience, my voice can't be lowered!"

The couple blushed immediately.

The young wife urged her husband to quickly give her the silver and leave, so the husband quickly put ninety-three taels of silver into the silver bowl.

Then, the peddler's voice rang out loudly—"Here you go, 'The Thirteen Forms of Dragon and Phoenix Flying Together'! When you first start practicing, don't try to do all thirteen forms at once. You have to proceed step by step, or you'll easily go astray."

The couple blushed even more.

As she left, the well-bred wife secretly glanced at Gu Jiu, the only onlooker present, her face as red as a peach.

Gu Jiu: "..."

What's going on tonight? This deserted place is like a city night market, with so many people.

Just then, a very alluring female voice drifted over.

"The Flying Swallow Duo usually seem so serious, but it turns out they're always thinking about these moves. Flying Swallow Heroine, you'd better take a good look at them."

"you!"

The female knight-errant, Flying Swallow, was both ashamed and angry, and had already drawn her sword towards the wild forest.

A figure moved in the woods, and a woman in green emerged.

The woman was very beautiful, wearing a light green gauze dress, with alluring eyes and fair skin, but at first glance, you would still notice her legs.

Her legs were long and beautiful, and they were bare, without shoes.

No, if you look closely, she's wearing a pair of exceptionally thin, snow-white knitted stockings that reveal her skin tone; if you don't look closely, it looks like she's not wearing any.

This was clearly a desolate wilderness, with mud and weeds everywhere, yet her feet, including her socks, looked spotless.

The male swordsman, who had just been blushing, suddenly sharpened his eyes, his gaze sharpening as if gleaming with a chilling sword light, and said, "Who do we have here? It's a woman from the Hua family. Hua Yao, do you really want to experience the power of my husband and I's twin swords?"

With two unsheathed swords and two men standing like swords, the atmosphere around them suddenly became tense and deadly.

Even sitting by the fire, Gu Jiu felt a chill.

At that moment, the peddler stretched out a hand and tapped on the box.

The couple immediately realized what was happening, quickly sheathed their swords, and respectfully bowed to the peddler.

Then they turned to the barefoot woman and said, "Don't let us see you outside."

Upon hearing this, the barefoot woman immediately put her hands to her ears, making a shaking motion, and winked, saying, "I'm so scared."

She has the air of a sexy, mature woman, but at this moment she's acting like a child.

Feiyan Shuangjian ignored her and left with the newly bought manual.

The woman called "Hua Yao" walked up to the peddler and said, "Give me a pot of spicy hot pot, with extra numbing spice."

Soon, the peddler's shouts came from the box: "Authentic spicy hot pot from Yushanzhou Old Street, with extra numbing spice, forty-eight taels of silver per pot."

A pot of spicy hot pot costs forty-eight taels of silver, while Gu Jiu's cart of fine wooden furniture only sold for seven or eight taels, yet this is already the cheapest thing tonight.

Hua Yao paid the money.

This time, three hands emerged from the box.

With one hand he collected the money, with the other he took out a small iron pot, and with the other hand he kept adding bright red oil, pork, cured meat, peppercorns, and so on.

To be honest, the oil was solidified, and ice crystals could be seen on the pork, cured meat, and mushrooms. Gu Jiu felt that it was a bit of a technological and ruthless job.

"Pre-made meals?"

Soon, the small iron pot was filled to the brim.

The woman was so hungry her eyes almost popped into the pot.

After sprinkling the last handful of peppercorns, the peddler waved his hand and said, "It's ready."

Hua Yao quickly grabbed the small iron pot and hurriedly ran towards Gu Jiu.

"Young hero, may I borrow a light?"

To be honest, this was the first time anyone had called him "Young Master" since that pheasant called him that last time, which made Gu Jiu, who had just entered the martial arts world, react quite strongly.

"Please go ahead."

Gu Jiu answered in the tone of a chivalrous knight-errant.

At this moment, the woman had already deftly placed the iron pot on the campfire.

Then, she smiled at Gu Jiu and said, "I am Hua Yao from the Fu Xiang Sect. Thank you, young hero."

Gu Jiu quickly imitated the way in the TV series, cupped his hands and replied, "I am Bu Jingyun."

The iron pot was placed on the campfire, and the bright red oil inside quickly melted, emitting a strong aroma.

Although Gu Jiu thought it was a technologically advanced and ruthless job, he couldn't resist how delicious it was.

The aroma of butter!

He hadn't smelled this scent in so long.

But he couldn't help but steal glances at the woman's feet.

Her natural beauty, encased in stockings, shone with a captivating glow in the firelight.

He became even more interested after hearing the other party identify themselves as a member of the "Floating Fragrance Sect".

It's not because he's a foot fetishist.

During this time, he had been practicing the Cloud-Dispelling Palm in the "Floating Fragrance River," and in his mind, the two words "Floating Fragrance" were already equated with "stinky feet." Now, he was even more directly connected with this woman's feet, making it hard not to pay attention to them.

Just then, a voice rang out – "Young hero, do you prefer my legs or my feet?"

Gu Jiu quickly explained, "I didn't."

"Could it be socks? Otherwise, why have you been staring at them?"

Gu Jiu was really at a loss for words. She couldn't exactly tell her, "I suspect your feet smell bad, can she?"

Just then, the peddler's voice came from the other side—"I suspect he thinks your feet smell bad."

Hua Yao blinked her beautiful big eyes, pointed to her nose, and said with a look of astonishment, "Stinky feet? Me?"

(P.S.: Women who travel frequently are bound by the world, so it's normal for their feet to smell, right?)