I stretched lazily and patted down my clothes before opening the door. Gu Fei stood dignified beneath the eaves outside. Her hair was not deliberately styled, and she wore the ordinary white disciple robes of Azure Jade Temple, yet she looked utterly different from the average female disciple, as if she had been born to stand alone in splendid bloom.
"Here? You look pretty well today," I said with a smile.
"Hm? Mm..." Gu Fei looked at me in bewilderment before giving a light nod. Her elegant fingers awkwardly brushed a lock of hair from her temple, but when the disciples began whistling, she remembered something and said, "Are we going or not?"
"Of course we are. During this long year, we should go whenever we can. Otherwise, how are we supposed to rack up enough course points?" I said with a grin. Ye Anquan had naturally witnessed the whole scene from the side. His mouth hung open, and after hesitating for a long while, he came running over with eager little steps. "That thing—right, the amplification runes for the tribulation lightning crystals..."
I extended my hand, and several amplified tribulation lightning crystals dropped into his palm. Yet the fellow still wore the look of a lovestruck fool, staring blankly at Miss Gu Fei. "Yun Mu, the person from Taiqing Residence you mentioned is Senior Sister Gu..."
"Who else would it be?" I said with a smile. Gu Fei did not seem to like making conversation with others. When she saw that I still intended to chat, she simply left on her own. I hurried after her and said, "Senior Brother Ye, hurry up and break through to the Ascendant Immortal realm. The position of elder is waiting for you."
"Heh heh, all right, all right... With the meridian circulation