Chapter Eighteen: Fragrant Jade and Snowy Sash

  "Am I in trouble?" Xuan Kong shook his head, not believing it at all.

  He has been living alone in the mountains behind Lao Mountain and has never provoked any enemies, what kind of trouble would come to his door?

  Xiao Bai angrily said: "It's all because of your junior brothers, they made your master send you out to travel and make a name for the Cangshan Sect." Xuan Kong jumped up, his eyes shining brightly: "Really? You guys really heard Master allow me to go down the mountain and travel?"

  Xiaobai and Xiaohua were still there, scolding the stinky Taoist priest and the thieving Taoist priest, without realizing that their curses had also included Xuankong.

  Xuan Kong raised an eyebrow and said disbelievingly: "No way, how could you guys possibly get close to the Supreme Clear Hall?"

  The Cangshan Sect was established by Xu Kong, the old Daoist priest, and he is most familiar with the formation of the array talismans set up in the Upper Clear Hall from the beginning. It is impossible for anyone to break through the Cangshan Sect's mountain protection array silently and sneak into the Upper Clear Hall to eavesdrop without being discovered.

  Unless they were originally disciples of the Lingshan Sect, but as the first disciple of the Lingshan Sect, Xuankong was clear that the entire Lingshan Sect had never accepted female disciples.

  He sat down again and sighed: "Just kidding, I thought you guys were telling the truth."

  Xiao Hua was provoked by Xuan Kong's words and opened her mouth to say: "Who deceived you? We personally heard it outside the Shangqing Hall!"

  Xuán Kōng raised an eyebrow, his eyes darting back and forth as he shook his head. "I don't believe it," he said. "How could the outer area of the Supreme Clarity Hall be a place where just anyone can come and go as they please?" He was well aware that outside the hall there was a large garden, and apart from flowers, grass, and trees, there was nothing else in it.

  Unless...

  Xiaobai and Xiaohua hadn't spoken yet, when a sudden bolt of lightning flashed through Xuankong's mind. Ah, it must be them! He had wasted his time every week at the Qing Temple morning meeting, full of expectation and attention, only to find that they were actually appearing in front of him every day.

  Pu Songling was indeed an honest man and didn't cheat himself.

  Xiao Bai hastily explained: "It's true, your junior brother Wang Qi will come to announce it in a moment. Yi Mei Dao Zhang has ordered you to go down the mountain to promote the Congshan Sect."

  Also knew Wang Qi and Yimiao Dao Chang, Xuan Kong smiled and sat upright, ignoring them. Xiao Bai and Xiao Hua anxiously explained, seeing Xuan Kong still didn't believe, Xiao Hua helplessly said: "What do you want us to do for you to believe what we're saying?"

  "Let me see your true forms."

  Xiao Hua and Xiao Bai whispered to each other in the dark, both feeling embarrassed. Xuan Kong followed with a sentence: "Mountain tea, peony, Xuan Kong has been fortunate enough to be mistaken for love by the two of you, taking care of them for so long, is it really true that there is no good fortune to see the faces of the two ladies?"

  "How did you know?!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

  "Dummy, you've told him already!"

  Xuán Kōng smiled and said, "Not bad, I was just guessing, but Little White Miss has already admitted it. The only thing is, I don't know which of the two ladies is Peony and which is Camellia?"

  "Ah, I knew you wouldn't be able to keep it from me for long." A red figure slowly emerged from the darkness, and she smiled: "I am Shan Cha, but you call me Xiao Hua. Actually, my real name is Xiang Yu, so remember that!"

  She pulled another girl wearing a white dress and introduced, "This is Xiao Bai, also known as the white peony in front of the Shangqing Hall, with a name called Jiangxue."

  "It sounds beautiful just by the name!" Xuan Kong stood up and couldn't help but praise.

  "Thank you." When Hong Xue smiled, her small tiger teeth were revealed, and she looked extremely cute.

  "I'll find a way to make it brighter here." In his own conscious space, Xuan Kong became the landlord without hesitation. He waved his sleeve lightly, and the originally dark space immediately became bright.

  Xuan Kong smiled and said: "I still think the two girls are more suitable under the sunlight."

  As he spoke, he raised his treasure and a bright ray of sunlight shone down from the top of the space. Like the first light of dawn, it gently floated around Xiang Yu and Jiang Xue, slowly climbing up their clothes.

  "Do you like it?" Xuan Kong smiled and tried to win the little girl's favor, in his previous life he had countless books that specialized in explaining this.

  Xiang Yu looked at the sunlight shining on her body, warm and comfortable, and nodded in satisfaction. She felt it for a moment: "Is this a magical artifact?"

  Xuan Kong's sleeve flipped, and a basin appeared in his hand. He smiled and said, "I collected the morning sunlight, gathered it together, but didn't think of what to use it for." This basin was ordinary, bought from a small town at the foot of the mountain where people sold cheap goods, so Xuan Kong had brought it back to play with.

  Jiang Xue rolled her eyes: "You're really bored."

  I've been paying attention to Xuan Kong for over a decade, so I'm already used to his boring actions, and didn't find it surprising.

  Xuán Kōng himself shrugged, didn't think much of it, in his previous life, many people wanted to sneak away from their busy lives and lie in bed basking in the warm sunlight, but couldn't. This life has given him the conditions, naturally he wants to make his own life a little better.

  He saw Xiang Yu liked it, so he handed over the basin: "Give it to you, I suddenly feel that you need this thing more than me."

  Although it took a lot of effort for Xuan Kong to refine an ordinary object into a magic tool, he was always generous to his friends around him. He was so generous that Xiang Yu almost couldn't believe it, holding the bowl: "Is this gift for me?"

  "Don't you like it?"

  Jiang Xue jumped to Xiang Yu's side, saying unhappily: "Not good, you only gave it to my sister, what about mine?" The flowering period of white peony is a bit longer than that of camellia, so the two women privately regarded Jiang Xue as the elder sister and Xiang Yu as the younger sister.

  But actually, in terms of psychological maturity, Xiang Yu is more sensible than Jiang Xue.

  These were the results of Xuan Kong's own observations, and he waved his hand: "Next time, I'll find you a fun object too." Zhenxue just said that, and in her heart, she was also happy for Xiang Yu. Anyway, their two bodies were together, and after getting this bowl, they would still enjoy sunbathing together.

  Xiang Yu hastily declined: "This is a precious artifact, I really can't accept such an expensive gift."

  In the Three Realms, the art of refining artifacts is also only mastered by a few sects. If the Cangshan Sect hadn't been lucky enough to obtain the legacy of the ancient great god through inheritance, even Xuan Kong wouldn't have had the ability to refine an ordinary object into an artifact.

  Think about it, in the Battle of Sealing Gods, having a divine artifact in hand would be a great killer, and can greatly enhance one's strength. Although this Sunlight Cauldron cannot be directly used for combat, for an uninitiated Camellia, it is also too precious.

  Xuan Kong himself didn't mind, originally it was just a small thing to pass the time while refining. He said: "The things I give out, I never take back. If you don't want it, then give it to Jing Xue." Jing Xue took over the bowl and fondled it lovingly, flipping it over and over again.

  Xiang Yu was about to agree when Xuan Kong said, "Since I gave Hongxue a gift, next time I'll have to make it up to you with another one, so don't refuse then!" Xuan Kong gave gifts, not a single one could be less, he wasn't someone who treated people differently. Xiang Yu declined a few times, but ultimately agreed to Xuan Kong's request.

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