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"Here."

"What is this?" After looking at the booklet in front of him with some curiosity, Yu Qi looked up at Hu Tao in confusion, not understanding what she meant.

"It's nothing. I can't accept your gift for nothing. This is a return gift." Hu Tao happily picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, saying slowly.

"I also know that your honey must be a very precious fairy item. So your bottle of honey is a great bargain for me. This book will be regarded as a gift in return."

"It records some of the cultivation methods of immortal talismans written down by the ancestors of the Wangsheng Hall, as well as some less rare cultivation methods of small magic. This hall master sees that you seem to have traces of cultivation, so you should be able to use them all."

"Oh, talismans and spells..." After thinking for a while, Yu Qi did not refuse Hu Tao's return gift. He picked it up and put it in the inventory: "Thank you very much for your kindness, Master Hu."

"It's okay. Anyway, these things have long been recorded in the inheritance of the Wangsheng Hall. These are just some scraps, not rare things."

"By the way, you haven't told me yet, what on earth are you doing here in the Hall of Rebirth?!"

"This..." Faced with this question, Yu Qi was stunned for a moment and felt a little confused.

Yes, why did he come to the Hall of Rebirth?

It seems like... When I walked to the intersection, I accidentally saw the gate of Wangsheng Hall, and saw Hu Tao who was in a daze, so I walked over on a whim? !

Scratching his head, Yu Qi explained the situation somewhat embarrassedly. Hu Tao was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand and patted Yu Qi's shoulder, looking very understanding.

"Oh, I understand. I feel the same sometimes. When I don't know what to do, I accidentally see something and walk over it inexplicably."

“I clearly didn’t know why I was walking over there or what I was going to do there, but my body just moved faster than my brain.”

"At worst, you can just chat with me and kill time."

But when Yu Qi heard Hu Tao mention the word "time", he was suddenly stunned. He subconsciously looked up at the alchemy clock on the wall and exclaimed: "Oh no, I forgot!"

"what?"

"Master Hu, I'm sorry, I have something urgent to attend to, so I'll take my leave now. We'll talk again someday if we're lucky enough."

"Ah? Oh, okay..." Hu Tao was a little confused by Yu Qi's sudden farewell. Standing at the door of the Hall of Rebirth, she looked at his quickly departing back. Her eyes suddenly turned and she revealed an interested smile.

His steps were steady but his speed did not seem slow. Walking onto the sky corridor, Yu Qi looked up to identify the direction, and then quickly hurried towards the Heyu Teahouse.

I was having such a good time chatting with Hu Tao that I forgot for a moment that I still had to go see Yun Jin's new play. Fortunately, Wangsheng Hall and Heyu Teahouse were not too far away, so I still had enough time.

Hurrying to avoid the crowd coming and going in the sky corridor, Yu Qi felt a fragrant breeze passing by him, and the faint fragrance of plum blossoms spread along the black hair that passed by the corners of his eyes.

Especially familiar!

Yu Qi paused for a moment, looking at the black-haired girl with her hands behind her back and a smile on her face with some surprise: "Master Hu? What are you doing..."

"Hehe, since I'm free anyway, why not go out for a walk with you, Boss Yu, and see if there's anything fun."

With a playful smile, Hu Tao looked up at the Heyu Teahouse stage that was vaguely visible not far away and raised her eyebrows: "Are you going to listen to an opera? I thought only old-fashioned people like Zhongli Keqing would like to listen to an opera."

"Oh, about this. Mr. Yun invited me when I opened my business two days ago. He said that there would be a new play being performed today and asked me to come and watch it."

With hurried steps, the two walked side by side into the Heyu Teahouse. It had been a while since the opera started, and several martial artists were performing flower spear and fighting scenes on the stage to warm up the audience for Yun Jin's performance.

Below the stage, people of all kinds gathered together, watching with great interest. Yu Qi and Hu Tao looked around but couldn't find a single empty seat.

Even the standing space on both sides of the teahouse was packed with people who came to watch the show. Mr. Yun’s fame and the allure of the first show of a new play were evident.

"Oh, there are no seats left." Standing on tiptoe, Hu Tao was not too disappointed: "Then let's stand here and watch? It's just that I can't hear the sound on the stage clearly."

"Or I..." Just as he was about to say something, Yu Qi's expression suddenly paused. He keenly felt a surprised gaze passing through the crowd and falling accurately on him.

Subconsciously, he raised his head to look in the direction where the gaze came from. Beyond the layers of darkness at the back of his head, Yu Qi saw several particularly familiar figures at a table under the stage, which was almost the best viewing spot.

"Is that... Guest Zhongli? Grandma Ping and Yaoyao are here too!" Hu Tao noticed Yu Qi's actions and looked over, and saw Zhongli's figure at a glance.

After thinking about it, she didn't hesitate and grabbed Yu Qi's arm, dragged him to apologize, and forced her way through the crowd, running towards Zhongli's table.

"Hey, guest Zhongli, are you watching a play again? Let's share a table!"

"..." Zhongli looked at Hu Tao helplessly and did not refuse. He just watched Yu Qi sit between him and Grandma Ping, while Hu Tao squeezed next to Yaoyao and hugged the little girl's small body.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Yu Qi always felt that Zhongli’s gaze seemed to be always on him today, with a hint of surprise that was not concealed at all.

"Could it be that he discovered that lightning really exists?" Yu Qi's heart was slightly shaken, but his expression remained calm. He nodded to Zhong Li and sat down quietly.

Zhongli gently withdrew his gaze from Yu Qi, picked up the teacup and took a sip, hiding the shock in his heart. Then he looked up at Hu Tao and asked, "How come you have time today to come to Heyu Teahouse to listen to the opera?"

"Oh, I just had nothing to do, and I happened to meet Boss Yu, so I came over with him to join in the fun."

Waving her hand, Hu Tao picked up the teapot in front of Zhongli and poured herself a cup of hot tea.

She drank it in one gulp, and then she couldn't help but stick out her tongue. She looked at Grandma Ping with a strange expression, and then looked at Zhongli: "You are watching an opera with the immortals, and you drink this kind of tea? It's not as good as the tea in the hall!"

Hearing this, Yu Qi also became interested and poured himself a cup of tea. After taking a sip, he put down the cup silently.

It’s not that he can’t stand bitterness, the key is that this tea... is too astringent!

Yu Qi smacked his lips and was about to speak, but suddenly he felt a warm current running through his body, and a hint of hidden vitality settled in his body.

"This tea..." Yu Qi looked up at Yaoyao who was being held by Hu Tao across from him, and then looked at Grandma Ping's smiling face, and he understood instantly.

Even though this tea may not taste very good, it is actually a magical medicine in terms of its effects.

Moreover, the medicinal properties are mild and the vitality is not too strong, which is just suitable for nourishing the body of a child like Yaoyao, so that she will not exercise too much and suffer any hidden injuries.

Judging from the situation, most likely Grandma Ping found it specially for Yaoyao, and they and Zhongli just happened to get some tea.

Thinking of this, Yu Qi suddenly reached out and took out the Iron Bone Leaf that he had not been able to give away before from the inventory and placed it on the table.

"Speaking of tea, I happened to have some tea with me. Each pot only requires one leaf. It tastes good and has a mild effect. Would you like to try it?"

"Oh?" Grandma Ping, who had seen so many good things in Yu Qi's hands before, naturally believed what he said. She couldn't help but look up at Zhongli, as if asking for his opinion.

"Well, let's try over there." Nodding calmly, Zhongli raised his hand to call the waiter of the teahouse and asked him to get some tea leaves to brew.

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Chapter 115: The Young Zhongli

After a while, the waiter from Heyu Teahouse brought a pot of hot tea and gently placed it on the table of Yu Qi and the others.

In the oval-shaped teapot, wisps of hot steam continuously emerge from the spout, and bits of elegant fragrance also spread out.

As a species born in the underground abyss, the leaves of the iron bone vine do not emit a heavy scent like soil and rock after brewing. Instead, it is light and elegant like clouds in the sky.

Just a slight sniff and you'll feel like your whole body has been cleansed and become clear.

Her expression changed slightly, and Grandma Ping opened her eyes wide in surprise and glanced at Yu Qi. Although she had known for a long time that he had a lot of good things in his hands, she still couldn't help being shocked that he could take out tea of ​​this grade.

Beside me, Yaoyao looked at the teapot on the table with some curiosity. Her small nose moved as she sniffed the faint fragrance in the air. She looked very cute.

Hu Tao couldn't help but smacking her lips, suddenly feeling a little regretful about the tea leaves that Yu Qi had given her before, but she didn't say much.

After all, compared to tea that just tastes good, she personally values ​​spiritual objects like flower honey that can help her quickly strengthen her elemental power.

Besides, the taste of the hundred-flower honey is not inferior to that of this tea.

Reaching out and picking up the teapot, Yu Qi carefully added tea to everyone present. The steam rose, and the liquid that fell into the cups of several people was as clear and transparent as boiled water.

Zhongli picked up the teacup and took a sip. An indescribable wonderful taste burst out in his mouth. It seemed like black tea, but with a hint of the unique aroma of oolong tea, and the unique sweet and sour taste of fruit tea.

It was very complex, but the rich taste made him unable to help but indulge in it.

The most crucial thing is that the moment the tea entered his mouth, an elusive and deep breath like the abyss spread in Zhongli's consciousness.

Born in the sky, but fell into the abyss due to an accident, crawling in the endless darkness. In order to survive, he condensed himself into steel, but his heart always yearned for the freedom of the sky.

This dream will be passed down from generation to generation as time goes by. Each iron vine will place its yearning for the sky, thirst for sunlight and hope for freedom in the seemingly useless leaves in the abyss.

Until the end...

In his mind, countless vague memories emerged. They were the knowledge and memories of the world, the abyss, the earth, and the sky that the iron-bone vines rooted in the earth had absorbed and passed down from generation to generation...

This is knowledge from another world. If any other god were to taste this tea, even the God of Grass who holds the authority of the World Tree, he would not be able to detect anything from it.

Only Zhongli, a Morax who is equal to the earth itself that has carried the Ironbone Vine for countless years, can read this memory that should be incomprehensible to humans.

“…” Zhongli gently closed his eyes, as if he was carefully savoring the fragrance of the tea. His strong eyelids tightly blocked the increasingly bright light in his eyes.

Memories flow in the heart, and the soul becomes exceptionally heavy, but also exceptionally light. The wear and tear caused by more than 6,000 years of time is also dissipated a little by the filling of this memory.

Sitting at the tea table, Grandma Ping looked kindly at Yaoyao, who was sipping tea from the cup beside her, with a smile on her face, and chatted with Yu Qi from time to time.

Intentionally or unintentionally, Grandma Ping mentioned some things in her words that made Yu Qi's scalp tingle.

"Yan Fei, that girl, came back from going out yesterday. I don't know what happened. She locked herself in the room. I don't know what happened."

Sniffing the elegant tea fragrance in the cup, Grandma Ping said lightly under Yu Qi's blank gaze: "Besides, she told me this morning that she wanted to move!"

"move place?"

"Well, they said they have lived in Yujingtai for too long and are a little bored. It is also too far from their daily work area, so it is a bit troublesome to run back and forth every day. So, they plan to move to Feiyunpo to live temporarily."

"..." Yu Qi's mouth twitched, feeling Grandma Ping's pointed gaze, his expression almost couldn't hold back: "This, moving to a new house, a new look, not bad, hahahaha..."

"Yeah, it's just a small matter." Grandma Ping nodded and smiled slightly, but didn't say much about it.

Just as she said, moving is just a small matter. Even if Yan Fei wants to move to Chihuyan, there is no problem.

"By the way, I, an old woman, seemed to have heard something yesterday afternoon..." Grandma Ping raised her eyes and stared at the young man who seemed a little restless in front of her, with a playful smile on her old face.

"Yesterday at noon, a young man in a black robe was acting intimately with Gan Yu, the secretary of Yue Hai Ting. They were hugging and kissing each other in the square in front of Yi Yan Temple."

"Privately, they decided on their lifelong event in front of the Rock King. Gan Yu brought the man to Yuehai Pavilion at noon that day and announced in front of all the Yuehai Pavilion members that the young man was her fiancé!"

"Pfft~ What, cough cough cough..." After hearing what Grandma Ping said, Yu Qi spat out the tea that had just entered his mouth without swallowing it.

Fortunately, he reacted in time, quickly lowered his head, took out a towel from the inventory and covered his mouth, thus avoiding an embarrassment.

Yu Qi coughed a few times due to being choked by the tea, and tried hard to suppress the strangeness in his throat. Feeling the interested gazes of Grandma Ping and Hu Tao, as well as the confused gaze of little girl Yaoyao, the corners of his mouth twitched and he sighed helplessly.

Yu Qi opened his mouth and wanted to explain, but after carefully thinking about the rumors told by Grandma Ping, he was shocked to find that... every single one of these rumors actually matched the truth!

Intimate behavior - he walked side by side with Ganyu, comforted her and let her lean on him to fall asleep, which was naturally considered an intimate behavior.

Hug and cuddle - he let Ganyu lie on his legs to sleep, which, in a light of fact, could be considered as hugging Ganyu in his arms.

Secretly getting married - although it was not stated explicitly, Gan Yu's attitude towards Yu Qi was clearly non-resistance; and although Yu Qi felt complicated and confused about this, in the eyes of others, his behavior should be regarded as one of neither taking the initiative nor rejecting!

Announced in front of everyone - Ganyu took him to Yuehaiting for dinner, and later took him to the office for a private meeting. In the eyes of Yuehaiting's employees, this was probably a declaration of sovereignty!

Thinking about this carefully, Yu Qi's expression became particularly stiff.

There was a moment's silence, and just when Grandma Ping's originally amusement look could not help but turn into surprise, he reluctantly opened his mouth to explain.

"Grandma Ping, if I say these are all rumors, would you believe me?"

"Hahaha, I believe it. Of course I believe it." With a chuckle, Grandma Ping reached out and touched Yaoyao's little head and nodded.

"I have lived in Liyue Harbor for most of my life, so I can tell the difference between hearsay and medical advice."

"Of course I don't believe that you and Gan Yu have decided to spend their lives together, but as for the other things..." Yu Qi raised his eyebrows and actually sensed a hint of 'teasing' from Grandma Ping's kind face: "It doesn't seem to be nonsense, right?!"

Although she said this, when she thought of Yu Qi's stiff expression and long silence, a strange look flashed in Grandma Ping's eyes.

"Could it be that this is really true?!"

"This... should be considered true." Nodding in the face of Hu Tao's surprised gaze, Yu Qi struggled hard to defend himself.

"But, it's really not like what the rumors say. There's nothing innocent between Ganyu and me!"

"Clear and innocent? You mean, the relationship between the two of you is almost like a blind date, you are both very satisfied with each other, and the only thing left is to develop feelings for each other?"

"No, really, you can't say that. After all, no blind date couple would be like Sister Ganyu and Mr. Yu, sleeping together without developing any feelings for each other!"

Listening to the teasing sound of thunder and lightning in his ears, Yu Qi's expression became even more helpless. What made him most unbearable was that Hu Zhaigong suddenly spoke and joined the team teasing him.

'That's not sleeping together, I just lent her my knees so she can have a good rest.'

"Hmm, who knows? Maybe next time, you will really sleep together!"

The voice with a faint smile was so pleasant that Yu Qi wanted to block out Lei Dianzhen's words directly: "After all, for Miss Gan Yu, just sleeping on your knees is far less comfortable than sleeping in your arms."