They are the women standing behind me.

She is not an unreasonable person.

"As expected, my Senior Sister Gu is not only beautiful and kind-hearted, but also knowledgeable, wise, and intelligent. She is also very generous. She is truly a rare and extraordinary woman in ancient and modern times."

Qin Xingyuan raised his right hand and gave a thumbs up, praising: "I, Qin Xingyuan, am truly blessed to have such a senior sister. I have cultivated for eighteen generations."

Gu Yirou felt both amused and angry when she heard this.

Before, it was said that it would last for eight lifetimes, but now, this hug is worth ten lifetimes.

It seems too easy for him to add ten lifetimes, doesn’t it?

At this time, Gu Yirou saw Qin Xingyuan come to the alchemy furnace, took out the freshly baked pill, and handed it to her solemnly, "Senior Sister Gu, this is the first time I have successfully refined an elixir. It is the first batch of pills. I give it to you, Senior Sister Gu."

Gu Yirou, whose mind was still unsettled, did not accept it. She was even more surprised. Then she could not help but remind him, "Junior Brother Qin, usually alchemists keep the first pill they refine for themselves."

Although she doesn't know how to make elixirs, she naturally understands some of the rules and regulations of alchemists. In fact, this is not superstition or anything, but some things still require some attention to detail.

Therefore, basically no alchemist will give the first pill he refines to others. Instead, he will collect it and keep it with him for the rest of his life.

After all, it means too much.

"Senior Sister Gu treats me very well and wholeheartedly. Rather than keeping it for myself, I would rather give it to Senior Sister Gu as a gift."

Qin Xingyuan said seriously, "In my eyes, Senior Sister Gu is the only one who is qualified to accept it. I hope Senior Sister Gu won't refuse, otherwise I..."

He felt a little embarrassed when he said this, "How embarrassed would I be otherwise? How embarrassed would I be? It's so rare for me to give Senior Sister Gu something, but she ruthlessly rejected me. How dare I give her something again in the future?"

Since he had said so, Gu Yirou had no choice but to accept it. She took out a beautiful small jade bottle from her storage bag, put the medicine in it, looked at Qin Xingyuan again, and then said, "Junior Brother Qin, congratulations on your success in refining the elixir. However, Junior Brother Qin, you must not be proud and complacent. The path of alchemy is also very long. You are just beginning to learn this way. You must continue to study hard and diligently in the future."

To be honest, he worked so hard for so long and finally made the simplest elixir. Gu Yirou was very happy for him.

"It's very likely that Senior Sister Gu's presence brought good luck to me, Junior Brother."

Qin Xingyuan laughed heartily. Hearing this, Gu Yiru glared at him shyly, but she did find such words quite helpful.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to hear it or doesn’t like to hear it.

"Junior Brother Qin, please stop talking nonsense."

Gu Yirou said coquettishly, "Otherwise, if someone hears it, I'll definitely be laughed at."

Qin Xingyuan was a little shocked.

What the hell!

Senior Sister Gu didn't actually say not to say that anymore, but instead said that people should just listen to it...

It turns out that Senior Sister Gu really likes to hear such flattery?

"Senior Sister Gu, do you know what kind of personality I have? How could someone like me be so disdainful as to tell lies? Besides, Senior Sister Gu is a very good person. Anyone who says that Senior Sister Gu is not good is a person with a blind eye. My Senior Sister Gu is kind and elegant, knowledgeable and wise, beautiful and charming, and full of responsibility and love."

Qin Xingyuan snorted softly, "Even a junior cultivator like me, at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm, can see it so clearly. How could others not see it? Otherwise, how could Master give such an important task to you, Senior Sister Gu? Even if Master knew that Senior Sister Gu is a very capable and outstanding woman who can be completely trusted and always put at ease, no matter what time, we can always trust Gu Yirou."

Gu Yirou's face flushed red as she heard this, as if she couldn't bear it any longer. She didn't want to stay any longer, so she turned around and hurriedly said, "Junior Brother Qin, you practice well. I'm going back to practice."

Then she left and returned to her residence.

Gu Yirou sat cross-legged on the bed, her beautiful watery eyes slightly closed, but she couldn't concentrate on her cultivation. Although she was really frightened by Qin Xingyuan's sudden hug before, and her heart seemed to be beating faster until now, but when she thought about it carefully, she didn't seem to hate or dislike anything?

Moreover, Junior Brother Qin's chest is both broad and warm, giving people an inexplicable sense of peace and security. That feeling is...

She savored it so carefully and actually felt it was quite good!

Chapter 28? Beneath that cold and beautiful exterior lies a...

……

A few days flew by.

Gu Yirou still came to the small courtyard where Qin Xingyuan lived as usual every day, but when she came today, she saw a handsome young man standing at the door.

She recognized him at a glance; this was Shen Haoqiong.

"Junior Brother Shen is here to look for Junior Brother Qin?" Gu Yirou smiled slightly and asked in a friendly manner.

She had a good impression of Shen Haoqiong - he stood up to defend her junior brother Qin.

"Yes! Senior Sister Gu!"

Shen Haoqiong nodded respectfully, "I wonder if Senior Brother Qin is here?"

"Of course it's here."

Gu Yirou gestured, "Junior Brother Shen, please come in with me."

She was also thinking in her heart, perhaps Junior Brother Shen would be willing to become Junior Brother Qin's friend?

The two of them entered the courtyard, and Shen Haoqiong saw Mei Xueshuang swinging on the swing alone.

He was stunned.

Qin Xingyuan was not familiar with Mei Xueshuang, but Shen Haoqiong was very familiar with her. Elder Mei's personality seemed to keep people at a distance and was not easy to deal with. Although she had the title of elder, she actually had no real power. She always kept to herself and had few familiar friends of the same sex in the sect.

However, Shen Haoqiong still walked over first and greeted respectfully: "Disciple Shen Haoqiong, greetings to Elder Mei!"

Mei Xueshuang, who was as cold as ice, nodded slightly, responded, and continued to swing on the swing alone.

Gu Yirou waited for a while, and after Shen Haoqiong came over, she took him into the house and saw Qin Xingyuan counting on his fingers with a serious face, as if calculating something.

It wasn't until she called out that Qin Xingyuan came back to his senses. He turned around and saw them, and asked in surprise, "Senior Sister Gu, Junior Brother Shen?"

"Junior brother Qin."

"Senior Brother Qin!"

The two of them greeted each other, and Qin Xingyuan looked at Shen Haoqiong and asked with concern, "Is Junior Brother Shen okay?"

"Thanks to Senior Brother Qin's concern, I have recovered well with the help of the sect's miraculous elixirs."

Shen Haoqiong raised his hands and clasped them together. "Junior brother, I am not talented enough to be a match for Shang Shishen. I have brought shame to our sect. Fortunately, Senior Brother Qin found me and brought honor to our sect. Senior Brother Qin's strength is truly unfathomable. I believe that he will become a world-renowned figure in the future. I also heard that when I was seriously injured and unconscious, Senior Brother Qin was the first to come and visit me. So I immediately came to pay him a visit."

Gu Yirou took the opportunity to teach him a lesson through voice transmission: "Junior Brother Qin, look at how well he speaks and behaves. You really should learn from him."

"Junior Brother Shen, sit down."

Hearing the voice transmission, Qin Xingyuan, who was calm inside, politely extended his hand and made a "please" gesture.

Shen Haoqiong sat down, put his hands on his legs, stood straight, looked straight ahead, and sat upright.

"Junior Brother Shen, you don't have to be so serious."

Qin Xingyuan laughed and said, "Brother, I don't eat people."

"That's right, Junior Brother Shen, Junior Brother Qin actually has a good temper."

Gu Yirou also helped out, "Junior Brother Qin is also a very easy-going person."

Shen Haoqiong turned his head and looked at Qin Xingyuan. After a slight hesitation, he said, "Brother Qin, actually...actually, I'm ashamed to say that I do have something to discuss with you."

"Brother Shen, please feel free to speak."

Qin Xingyuan was quite refreshed.

"My Shen family's ancestor is celebrating his birthday. The date is set for half a year from now. We should make preparations early and send out invitations early. I wonder... I wonder if Senior Brother Qin would be so kind as to attend?"

Shen Haoqiong said respectfully, "My Shen family's ancestor also obtained an ancient sword. Knowing that Senior Brother Qin is such a peerless genius respected by the sect, the ancestor wanted to give the sword to the hero..."

He came to explain in advance so that it would be convenient for Qin Xingyuan to arrange the things on hand and make time for it when the time comes - what is half a year to a cultivator?

It's absolutely no different from ten days or half a month.

He also knew in his heart that the ancestor of the Shen family wanted to establish a relationship with Qin Xingyuan.

After all, Qin Xingyuan has the Sect Master and the Supreme behind him, while the Shen family has the support of the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sect.

Qin Xingyuan was really surprised. It turned out that Shen Haoqiong also came from a family of immortal cultivators?

It was difficult for Qin Xingyuan to refuse this matter.

Shen Haoqiong had defended him and was seriously injured because of it. Now that he really came to ask for this, it would be inappropriate not to even give him this small favor.

Even the ancestor of the Shen family specially prepared a "greeting gift" for him, so that he would not return empty-handed.

Then Qin Xingyuan said, "Junior Brother Shen, you may not know that I have been confined by the sect. I need to inform the sect and see if they will release me. If they do, I will go with you. If not, I will have to prepare a generous gift and let Junior Brother Shen take it with me."

There is nothing he can do.

If the sect refuses to let him out, he won't even be able to escape.

Even if he could really slip away, as long as he was not there, the sect would naturally find out at the first moment and bring him back, which would then implicate Shen Haoqiong.

Gu Yirou was very worried. If Qin Xingyuan really went out, who knew how much trouble he could cause.

It's really great that he is staying quietly in the sect now, studying hard, thirsting for knowledge, and practicing diligently every day.

She can rest assured, otherwise...

She must go!

Shen Haoqiong didn't stay long afterward. Qin Xingyuan and Gu Yirou escorted him out of the courtyard like a married couple. Gu Yirou returned to her room and then frowned slightly as she said, "Junior Brother Shen, the ancestor of our family really wants to meet you, Junior Brother Qin. Is there something you want?"

Of course, he definitely didn't ask Qin Xingyuan for help, but Guiyi Ling or Master Feng Jiuxuan.

"Whatever it is, Senior Sister Gu, please go talk to Senior Brother first. Even if he refuses, we can still try a few more times."

"Junior Brother Qin, are you really planning to go?"

"Senior Sister Gu, you have to give Junior Brother Shen some face. And you must be firm in front of Senior Brother. You should say that Junior Brother really wants to go, and you should also say that Junior Brother Shen, who was seriously injured while protecting Junior Brother, came to ask for this personally."

Qin Xingyuan blinked, "Even Senior Sister Gu will accompany you."

Gu Yirou snorted softly, "Senior Sister, why should I go with you?"

"Junior brother, I've never been far away from home, so there must be many things I don't understand. When the time comes, you can consult the knowledgeable, wise, intelligent, and experienced Senior Sister Gu..."

Qin Xingyuan said calmly, "And if Senior Sister Gu goes with me, the sect will feel more at ease. Senior Sister Gu is an important person who can make the sect feel at ease. Senior Sister Gu, there is a huge difference between having you and not having you. Without you, the sect will never let me go, but with you, it's possible. You are an amazing woman who can make the impossible possible."

Of course he knew in his heart that if Gu Yirou really didn't want to go, no matter how much he said, she would not go. If she wanted to go, she wouldn't be so arrogant and deliberately say no after a few words.

"Junior Brother Qin, please stop talking nonsense like this."

Gu Yirou seemed both embarrassed and annoyed, and a blush appeared on her stunningly beautiful face.

But as long as one is a human being, of course they all like to hear nice words and of course they all like to be praised.

"Senior Sister Gu, this is what I sincerely say. If there is anyone who can convince the sect to let me go, I believe that only you can do it."

Qin Xingyuan was very serious and earnest. "If even Senior Sister Gu can't do it, who else can? Elder Mei can't do it, and Senior Sister Ye is even less likely to do it. As for me, Junior Brother, hey, is there any need to say more? So if even Senior Sister Gu can't do it, then I, Junior Brother, will accept my fate."

After he said this, Gu Yirou was really stunned for a moment - she saw Mei Xueshuang walked to the door, but did not come in to say hello and leave as usual. Instead, she stood at the door, neither saying a word nor coming in, looking at Qin Xingyuan's back with a cold expression.

It was really difficult for Gu Yirou to send a telepathic reminder.

This could not be hidden from Mei Xueshuang's eyes and ears.

She had originally wanted to call out "Elder Mei" to let Qin Xingyuan know that Elder Mei had arrived, but...

How should I put it? Mei Xueshuang was, after all, a powerful figure who had reached the Lesser Perfection of the Spiritual Severing Realm. At least for the two of them, she was definitely worthy of the title of "big shot." Although she was a bit cold and aloof, and now she only came to sit for a while and then left, this could still be considered a relationship, a regular contact...

It would not be a bad thing if Qin Xingyuan was liked by the elders of the sect.

Even if Qin Xingyuan said that before, Mei Xueshuang might have heard it - no one in this world likes to be compared to others.

So Gu Yirou said earnestly, "Actually, Junior Brother Qin, Elder Mei is quite good and quite powerful. She is not only beautiful, but also extremely capable and powerful. Don't you agree?"

Qin Xingyuan smiled and said, "Of course, and Elder Mei must be the kind of person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside."

He never says bad things about others behind their backs, he only says good things about them.

"what?"

Gu Yirou exclaimed in surprise, "Junior Brother Qin, you can actually judge people?"

He clearly never leaves the house and doesn't interact with anyone...

"Junior brother, among the fortune-telling techniques, stargazing, and moon-gazing techniques I've learned, there's something about physiognomy, like the method of judging people by their facial features. Although it's not true that appearance is determined by the heart, when judging a person, one should still look at the face first..."

"..."

Gu Yirou suddenly realized something. When she entered the room, he seemed to be...