"You're out of seclusion." Li Miaoxuan walked over with a warm smile.
Gu Yuanqing smiled and nodded. "I am."
"Sit in the courtyard for a while. I'll brew you a pot of tea. Cheng Yi brought some new tea a few days ago," Li Miaoxuan said.
"All right!" Gu Yuanqing reclined in a chair in the courtyard.
A little later, Li Miaoxuan came out carrying a tea tray and poured him a cup.
Gu Yuanqing sat up slightly, lifted the cup, and took a gentle sip. He nodded. "It tastes good."
"I hear he tended the tea trees himself," Li Miaoxuan said.
"How thoughtful of him!" Gu Yuanqing said with a smile.
Li Miaoxuan smiled too, then looked him up and down for a while. "Has your cultivation stabilized?"
Gu Yuanqing nodded. "More or less."
Li Miaoxuan hesitated before asking, "There aren't any problems, are there?"
"It really was a little risky this time. I still overestimated the North Spring Realm somewhat, but in the end, no serious harm was done." Gu Yuanqing smiled.
"That's good, then!" Li Miaoxuan said.
Gu Yuanqing glanced at her and sighed softly. "The pity is—"
He had not finished, but Li Miaoxuan already understood. She smiled faintly and said softly, "That's life. How could everything be perfect? Besides, without the longing of separation, how could there be the joy of reunion? Gains and losses have always been hard to judge.
"Though I want to stay beside you and the children forever, I also want to see the scenery of the Immortal Realm.
"Just think of it as me going away on a journey."
Gu Yuanqing fell somewhat silent. Lately, the North Spring Realm's growth had accelerated again.
This was the result of his own increased cultivation feeding back into the North Spring Realm.
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