The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 870 - 402

Chapter 870: 402

Like violets, the purple gauze skirt revealed a translucent quality, with light purple ribbons tied into two butterflies adorning the fair and luminous shoulders.

Unlike the gauze skirt Jiang Lingsu wore before, this one had a bit too much openwork. The bare back hidden under her long hair featured a line that showed off her figure, with skin on either side as lustrous and shiny as white porcelain, free of any excess flesh.

At her waist, there were two more cutouts, revealing the slender waist that one could almost encircle with their hands. A clear waistline flowed down subtly to where one could barely glimpse the curve of the thigh meeting the upper body.

Above, the silhouette was exaggerated, proud, and full, forming a stark contrast with the delicate waist, like a fine branch bearing heavy fruit.

It was completely different from the Goldfinch’s gentle and jade-like inverted bowl appearance, not in the same league at all.

The most important were two points that should not be mentioned.

Some say it right, purple does have a charm.

"Indeed, after two and a half years, Junior Sister, your style of dress has changed drastically, becoming somewhat more unrestrained,"

Qi Yuan always spoke considerately, always buffing himself up in conversation.

Jiang Lingsu’s face flushed red as she placed her hands on her hips, ""I’m the only one on Seven Color Peak, what’s there to fear?

And besides, Senior Brother, you don’t know how many strange things happened during your retreat.

The sky now has a few more suns, eleven in total!

It’s too hot. I live alone here. With the formation you’ve set up on Seven Color Peak, no one can enter without my permission, and I won’t be seen by others. So what’s the harm in dressing a bit cooler?

Hum, you’ve seen even lighter clothing on me before, and now you’re getting all bashful!"

Qi Yuan looked up at the sky.

Goodness, eleven suns.

He felt carefully, and indeed it was a bit warm.

But not by much, most of it was psychological.

"It seems we need to find an archer to shoot one down!" Qi Yuan said thoughtfully, looking at the earliest sun.

In this world, there are too many impolite people.

They didn’t notice that the suns were already crowding up here, yet they still rushed this way.

That one from Taihuang Palace was really lacking in manners.

"Senior Brother, according to you, the suns in the sky are the reflections of the Sun Gods from many heavens.

Where in the Canglan Realm would we find such an archer?

And if we do shoot, we’ll obviously have to shoot down the most recent ones!" Jiang Lingsu said with a smile, her chest trembling, distracting the mind.

Qi Yuan swallowed and said, ""The recent suns are good, kind ones. Don’t shoot them. If you must shoot, shoot the first one!"

That was his Golden Core, and it would be quite embarrassing if it were shot down.

Jiang Lingsu’s eyes sparkled with mirth, perhaps because it had been too long since she had communicated with her Senior Brother, or perhaps because distance was the best cosmetic. Now, even though she heard Senior Brother spouting nonsense, she felt very happy.

"The sun can be bad too?" Jiang Lingsu joined Senior Brother in the ridiculous conversation.

"Yes, you see the other ten suns, they are proper and upright, unlike that one, which clearly does not belong with them.

Obviously, that sun is a bad sun, and that’s why it’s being ostracized!" Qi Yuan spoke confidently.

"Senior Brother is right." Jiang Lingsu moved closer, casually wrapping her arm around Qi Yuan’s, and tugging at him, ""Senior Brother, you must be hungry after retreating for so long. It just so happens that I’ve just cooked some food. Let’s be generous and give Senior Brother a taste!"

However, suddenly, Jiang Lingsu glanced at Qi Yuan’s blood-red robe and a puzzled look appeared in her eyes: ""Senior Brother, I remember you wore a green robe before you secluded yourself; how come it suddenly turned into a red one? Plus, this style is also different from what you wore before.

You haven’t woken up from your retreat and sneaked out to have fun before coming back now, have you!?"

As she spoke, she seemed somewhat vexed, her chest heaving.

"No, I just changed my outfit in a game."

Qi Yuan’s visit to the game was in his true form, yet somewhat different.

"Changed outfits?" Jiang Lingsu blinked, and having heard Qi Yuan’s denial, she believed him.

Senior Brother, though unreliable at times, was often dependable.

"Yes." Qi Yuan nodded, ""Let’s go, let’s taste Junior Sister’s cooking, and while at it, inquire a little with you."

"About what?" Jiang Lingsu grew curious.

The Junior Sister, this wealthy and pretty girl, was especially enthusiastic and generous toward Qi Yuan.

Not only did she splash out on gold coins, but also on cultivation techniques.

As the saying goes, behind every successful man is a woman who offers silent support.

Behind Qi Yuan, it was his Junior Sister who was splurging on gold coins.

"We’ll talk about it during the meal." Qi Yuan looked down and caught a glimpse of a scene he shouldn’t have seen, ""Junior Sister, maybe you should put on some more clothes?"

The blush spread to Jiang Lingsu’s ears, hidden amidst her black hair, and her audacity grew: ""It’s not like you haven’t seen it before, what’s there to fear?"

Often, after the first time, there comes a second.

"But still..." Qi Yuan leaned closer to Jiang Lingsu’s ear and whispered something.

Jiang Lingsu’s face instantly turned crimson, and her arms immediately covered her front, pushing out an exaggerated curve, trembling.

"You... you didn’t see anything!"

"No, I forgot," Qi Yuan said warmly.

Seeing this, Jiang Lingsu bit her teeth in anger, stomping her foot but finding no reason to snap at Qi Yuan.

She turned around and disappeared in a flash of light.

Watching this, Qi Yuan remembered the time when his junior sister had given him a Cultivation Technique.

He had said that he would protect her in the future!

The junior sister had said she didn’t need protecting.

"Indeed, junior sister doesn’t need protecting."

The line slipped out of Qi Yuan’s mouth unexpectedly.

...

"Painter?"

Jiang Lingsu sat upright in a bamboo chair, this time dressed quite conservatively. If she hadn’t been using Dao Method, she would have undoubtedly sweated profusely by now.

"Yeah, I need a painter to depict the Netherworld," Qi Yuan said casually.

Although Qi Yuan could also paint, his skills were quite mediocre.

This kind of thing should be left to a professional.

PPTs are always done by others; it wouldn’t make sense for him to do the painting himself.

All he needed to do was combine his ideas with someone else’s craft to design the Netherworld.

Just find someone good at painting.

Such things are trivial.

Qi Yuan was too lazy to look for an artist; if the junior sister could find one, then he’d let her handle it.

As long as the artist’s skill was good, it was fine.

The most important thing at the moment was, of course, the great calamity.

Addressing the great calamity, finding a painter, and designing the Netherworld would proceed concurrently.

"Speaking of painters, I do know one. She might not be the most famous, but she is definitely the most peculiar. She lives in Bamboo Forest Sea in Helan Continent of the Eastern Land. Our Jiang Clan has some businesses there. I met this painter when I was young," Jiang Lingsu recalled.

She was pondering the peculiarities of that painter.

Because usually, people would ask where the peculiarity lies.

"Oh, is her work strong, better than mine?"

As Qi Yuan spoke, he immediately drew a picture of a phoenix eating rice.

"See, how does the skill level compare to mine?"

Jiang Lingsu couldn’t help but cover her mouth to laugh: "Senior brother, your ’chicken pecking at rice’ picture is pretty funny."

"You’re laughing, but haven’t you noticed, this is a phoenix, and this phoenix is eating your family’s rice!" Qi Yuan pointed at the rice, "See, it’s identical to your rice."

"How is it alike!" Jiang Lingsu felt that the rice in the drawing looked nothing like her family’s spirit rice.

"It’s not alike, it is!" With Qi Yuan’s voice, a big hen broke free from the painting, flapping its tiny wings, and ran into Jiang Lingsu’s kitchen to furiously peck at her rice.

The hen looked hastily drawn and oddly shaped.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Lingsu widened her eyes: "Senior brother, you’re being too childish!"

She ignored the rice-eating hen and said softly, "Her skill is likely 80% better than yours, not to mention other things, she can draw incredibly lifelike images, no problem at all."

The senior brother’s drawings were not only rudimentary but also very abstract—phoenixes resembled... chickens.

"Since that’s the case, we’ll find a time to visit her."

"But on the way, I must devise a detailed, thorough, and unprecedented grand plan."

If there are miscellaneous matters, I’ll leave them to you!" Qi Yuan’s gaze was serious, his eyes filled with a solemn expression.

After so many years, he could finally formulate a flawless and perfect plan for the great calamity.

Once he overcame the great calamity, the atmosphere of the Canglan Realm would change. He wouldn’t have to be constantly apprehensive, having nightmares every day, fearing becoming fodder.

Moreover, he could break free from the world’s shackles, ascend to the Higher Realm, meet Jin Li, and find their master!

For such a grand plan, it must be detailed and thorough, and flawless.

"What grand plan?" Jiang Lingsu looked at Qi Yuan, admiration in her eyes.

Indeed, a man is most handsome when he’s serious.

When the senior brother pondered, his charm increased even more.

PS: In the future, let’s stick to one Chapter at twelve o’clock midnight and another at eight in the morning; so people don’t wait at night.

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