Chapter 37: The Beauty in the South

Chapter 37: The Beauty in the South

  "Would you two guests prefer to stay overnight or spend the night in the hotel?"

Following the last glow of sunset in the sky, Gu Changsheng and Mu Wan rode into the city.

"Open two rooms upstairs," Gu Changsheng said proudly, discreetly covering his hand with his sleeve as he handed the waiter a tael of snow-white silver.

  He turned his back to Mu Wan and winked at the waiter.

  The waiter immediately understood and gave Gu Changsheng a reassuring look. Just when he was about to say that there was only one room left, a cold voice interrupted the tacit understanding between the two men.

  "Do you need so much silver for two rooms?"

  Mu Wan held a sword in one hand and looked at Gu Changsheng quietly.

"As martial practitioners, you should be more generous!" Gu Changsheng said, embarrassed. The waiter, whose focus had been interrupted, looked regretful.

  "Sir, this silver..."

  "Use it to open a room and arrange a few hot dishes. The rest is yours."

  Gu Changsheng and Mu Wan walked upstairs side by side without looking back.

  ...

  Soon, several steaming dishes with fish and meat were sent upstairs.

  After the waiter left.

  A silver needle suddenly appeared in Gu Changsheng's hand from nowhere.

  He carefully checked every dish on the table.

  The silver needle did not turn black, but that did not mean it was not poisonous.

  After all, silver needles were not very reliable.

They could only detect a few common poisons. Gu Changsheng himself was a master of poisons, capable of concocting numerous varieties effortlessly. Some of these poisons were undetectable by conventional silver needles.

  Gu Changsheng refrained from eating hastily. Instead, he quietly observed Mu Wan, who sat opposite him, delicately sipping her drink. Her white sleeves draped over her slender hands, partially veiling her red lips.

  Not to mention, her eyebrows and eyes resembled paintings, her delicate face glowing, and her skin as smooth as snow.

  Although she was a little cold, she was really beautiful.

  "Why don't you eat? And why are you looking at me all the time?"

  Mu Wan chewed the food in her mouth carefully, looking at Gu Changsheng with a pair of starry eyes.

  "I'm afraid it's poisonous. I will wait until you finish eating, and then I'll assess what's wrong with you before I eat."

  Gu Changsheng didn't hide anything at all, and he spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, saying to Mu Wan:

  "If this dish is really poisoned secretly, it's better for you to be poisoned alone than for both of us to be poisoned together. At that time, I can still save you."

  Mu Wan: "..."

  This reasoning was very persuasive, and she didn't know how to refute it at all.

Although she couldn't shake the feeling that Gu Changsheng wasn't entirely reliable.

  After all, he had left her alone to run away.

  In the end, Mu Wan looked fine after finishing her meal.

  Gu Changsheng finally started to eat boldly.

After finishing his meal, he was driven out.

  After returning the empty plates and tableware to the waiter downstairs.

  Gu Changsheng returned to his room next to Mu Wan.

  There was only a wall between the two of them.

  ...

  A good night's dream.

  Early the next morning, Gu Changsheng got up very early.

  After washing up, he thought he had gotten up early enough, but he didn't expect that Mu Wan would get up even earlier than him.

He was practicing martial arts in the room.

  This is what a warrior is like, getting up at the sound of the rooster-crow, no matter if it's freezing cold, snowing, or raining, day after day, year after year.

  Behind every famous warrior, success is not easily achieved!

Many people only see the high status of warriors.

But they don't see the ten years of persistence!

  They often blame others, their qualifications, their talents, and their lack of background.

But haven't they heard that only those who endure hardships can become the best?

When God wants to give someone a great responsibility, He must first make their heart and mind suffer.

  It is not shameful to be born into a humble family. Only those who can adapt and persevere can become true individuals.

Even Gu Changsheng embodies this principle. He has persevered for hundreds of years.

  Only then did he have the strength he has today.

  "You..."

  "You..."

  I thought we would be separated after leaving the city, but I didn't expect to go the same way again.

  The two looked at each other and spoke at the same time, stunned.

  Gu Changsheng, dressed in black, looked at her and suddenly smiled: "Fate, fate, isn't this fate? Go together?"

  Mu Wan glared at him slightly, but did not refute.

  The two walked together again.

  However, I don't know if the final destination is the same.

  Gu Changsheng thought it shouldn't be such a coincidence.

  After all, Xuan Country is so big, what kind of fate would be so coincidental?

  He didn't believe it!

  ...

  "Hey, I have a story, do you want to hear it?"

  Under the night, in the wilderness.

  Gu Changsheng and Mu Wan were sitting opposite each other, and a few carps were being roasted on the blazing bonfire in front of them.

  The temperature of the flame was very warm, dispelling the chill of the night.

  Although for two famous warriors, this little bit of cold was nothing.

  But it was true that it made people feel uncomfortable.

  Gu Changsheng turned the tree branches and grilled skewers from time to time.

  Perhaps he felt a little bored, so he suddenly spoke.

  Mu Wan opened her eyes that had been closed and looked at him.

  "What story?"

  "A story I heard from someone else!" Gu Changsheng smiled, and then began to get into the state, speaking in a faint and eerie tone:

  "It is said that there was a country called Ming, and there was a scholar in Ming, named Ning Caichen..."

  "Damn!"

  Gu Changsheng didn't want to continue talking halfway.

  I thought Mu Wan would be very scared, and then trembled and threw herself into his arms.

  But I didn't expect that she was not afraid at all from beginning to end.

  The meal of grilled fish was almost finished.

  He ate in small bites and listened attentively, just like the girls in his previous life who were eating and watching TV series. The meal was eaten with relish, but it was a waste of his words, because he was not a storyteller.

  There are not many people that Gu Changsheng admires, Ning Caichen and Xu Xian can be counted as two of them.

  After all, one is a ghost and the other is a snake!

  Both are big shots!

  "So, female Bodhisattva, I'm cold, I'm afraid of ghosts, the night is so dark, I'm so scared! Can you hug me? I have never hugged a woman since I was a child, can you fulfill this wish for me?"

  "Heh..." Mu Wan laughed coldly, with the sword on her back, she didn't believe this nonsense at all, and didn't want to pay attention to him.

  Under the moonlight's veil, a cold and exquisite figure stood silently.

She was truly a southern beauty, withdrawn from the world.

The soft moonlight caressed her face, accentuating her remarkable beauty.

Gu Changsheng was momentarily captivated, briefly losing his composure...

  The sages said it well: a true man lives freely between heaven and earth, never bowing down or living under others for long!

At that moment, Gu Changsheng appeared enchanted.

Perhaps he longed for the company of women.