Qiu Clan of Sorrowwind Cliff, Hu Bugui's Blind Date

The next morning.

Xu Changqing rode a paper crane toward their appointed meeting place.

When he arrived, he spotted Hu Bugui squatting by the roadside at a glance.

Never in his wildest dreams had he expected this guy's outfit today to be a little... greasy.

He was already fat, and he wore pale gold clothes.

He looked like a Golden Toad sprawled by the roadside.

All ten fingers on both hands were covered in emerald jade rings.

At first glance, he radiated an astonishing air of wealth and nobility.

But being short and fat in reality, he instead looked like he had tried to paint a tiger and ended up with a dog.

This outfit made him look like a nouveau riche.

Xu Changqing guided the Flying Paper Crane down steadily, then asked with a baffled expression, "What kind of outfit is this?"

"Me?" Hu Bugui patted the dust from his legs and stood up, then scrutinized the person before him with a gaze that even carried a trace of pickiness. "You knew we were going on a blind date today, yet you still dressed like a spirit farmer?"

Xu Changqing's mouth twitched. "Yesterday, you said it was a gathering. You're not even bothering to keep up the act now?"

"Hehe."

Hu Bugui grinned foolishly. "Same thing."

Xu Changqing opened his small storage pouch and handed over 150 jin of Spirit Rice Grain. "This is your share."

Seeing that it was Supreme-Grade Spirit Rice again, Hu Bugui's eyes immediately lit up. "Old Xu, you're still the best. Those other guys I work with either make excuses or barely manage to pass the assessment."

Sure enough, Old Xu was the most reliable man.

Afterward, the two rode paper cranes toward Red Maple Valley.

No matter whether it was spring, summer, autumn,