Chapter 4 - Divine Healer Mo
The next day.
Gu Qingyu rose up early in the morning.
She plainly dressed up in a light purple-colored yarn skirt and casually tied her hair, before going out.
Of course, she had already come up with an excuse. She had told Xiao Qi ahead, in case of someone looking for her, to tell them that she had already gone early in the morning to study the zither.
Gu Qingyu relied on her lightness skills and arrived at the foot of the mountain. She carefully hid her ears and tail, and entered a close by village.
The villagers were especially welcoming, Gu Qingyu gently latched onto an old man, "Are there any decent paths that go up the mountain around here?"
"Yes, there are, but they are relatively difficult to find……If young miss doesn"t mind, this old one can bring you there." The old man laughed.
No matter how Gu Qingyu turned over this in her mind, something still felt weird about this, but she still nodded hesitantly, "Grandpa, I"ll have to trouble you then."
"No trouble, no trouble." The old man chuckled and started to walk towards the mountain.
Gu Qingyu followed closely behind, but started to notice that there was something wrong with the scenery behind them.
Something"s amiss!
Why is there suddenly no path behind us? We definitely walked accordingly to the path!
She looked in front of her, and discovered that the old man had also mysteriously disappeared!!
What——In——The——World？！
All of a sudden, a hand grabbed her shoulder.
"WAH!" Gu Qingyu jumped up, turning her head back.
It was a man, his face was extremely beautiful, lips red as roses, his black hair lightly danced in the wind, dressed in simple azure-colored clothing. He had the air of a fairy.
Gu Qingyu"s heart beat shockingly fast, "You almost scared me to death!"
"Miss, are you not feeling well?" That person softly asked, the corners of that person"s mouth rose up to a really good looking angle.
Gu Qingyu shook her head, "I"m fine." She glanced curiously behind his man, "Eh? How come the road is showing up again??"
"My lady, this mountain is known as the Illusory Mountain. People who don"t know the way, are easily deceived by the evil spirits in the area and gets lost. I came here in order to pick some herbs and happened to see you, so I thought to come and help each other. I"m wondering if you need help?"
"Help, yes!" Gu Qingyu clung on to him as if he was a life-saving straw, "Let"s go~~!" She pondered for a while, "……Um, I"m not sure if I"m asking for too much, but if it"s possible, could you help me look for an herb called "Illusion Spirit Gra.s.s"?
That person stared at her arm that was wrapped around his, hesitated for a while, but didn"t say anything in the end. He curiously asked, "May I ask why this lady is looking for an Illusion Spirit Gra.s.s?"
"A friend of mine needs it!" Gu Qingyu blurted out without thinking.
"Illusion Spirit Gra.s.s is the Sacred Treasure of the mountain, they are grown on the high and steep cliffs and very difficult to retrieve." That person shook his head.
Gu Qingyu"s mouth twitched, "It feels like Jia Qizhe was playing with me! It"s completely impossible to pick those! He clearly just doesn"t want to bring me with him!!"
Spotting the split-second of a gloomy look in Gu Qingyu"s eyes, that person faintly sighed, "I"m also here to find an Illusion Spirit Gra.s.s and I happen to know where they are, if you don"t mind, we could go together, but it"ll have to depend on our good fortune if we"re even able to find it."
"Un, yeah!" Gu Qingyu nodded and followed that person.
Who cares! If I can"t find it, I"ll just randomly pick up some weeds back, it"s not like Jia Qizhe would know what an Illusion Spirit Gra.s.s looks like!
But Gu Qingyu forgot about something really serious and critical about this, that is——Someone like Jia Qizhe, that has traveled to the ends of the earth, is there even anything that he hasn"t seen?
Gu Qingyu followed closely behind that person, and noticed that the trees behind them would close up every time they moved on.
"Umm……" Gu Qingyu finally opened her mouth, "Sir, may I ask for your name?"
"Sir?" That person looked puzzled, but quickly continued, "My family name is Mo, first name Bai. I usually help and treat other people. I live in seclusion on another mountain, and came here only because I have needs of the Illusion Spirit Gra.s.s."
"Oh! So it"s the Divine Healer Mo!" Gu Qingyu nodded as if she suddenly realized it, "My name is Gu Qingyu."
"Gu Qingyu?" Mo Bai t.i.tled his head and looked questioningly at her, "Isn"t that the famously willful and selfish young lady of Gu Manor?"
I"m suddenly really curious, about whom it was that spread this kind of rumor, even someone who hid themselves in the mountain knows about it!
"Eeeee…….to be honest…….I"m……." Gu Qingyu had no clue how to explain this, maybe the previous Gu Qingyu was really like that?
"Having seen you today, I can say that you"re not like in the rumors." Mo Bai giggled and continued onward.
Gu Qingyu finally let out a breath.
A short while later, they arrived at the cliff side.
Gu Qingyu suddenly had the urge to yell out loudly……
If I ever climb up a mountain, I would totally scream for the sake of echoes! Kek~However, there was a handsome guy beside her this time! Gu Qingyu managed to quench the urges with determination.
"It"s here." Mo Bai stood one step away from the cliff edge.
Gu Qingyu curiously peeked downwards, sure enough, she spotted a s.h.i.+ning plant.
Maybe it was an aspect of being a cat, Gu Qingyu that was usually afraid of height, unexpectedly didn"t feel frightened anymore.
"I"ll go down first, wait for me here if it"s not dangerous." Mo Bai took out a piece of leaf.
Gu Qingyu nodded and stared confusingly at the piece of leaf in Mo Bai"s palm.
Mo Bai tossed the leaf and mumbled to himself, the moment that piece of leaf touched the ground, it suddenly grew bigger!
As Mo Bai stood on it, that piece of leaf started to fly down.
Mo Bai arrived at the area and plucked the herb, the herb was effortlessly obtained by him.
This magic is too strong……
Gu Qingyu speechlessly stared at that piece of leaf that brought Mo Bai back up again, just silently mocking herself in her mind……To have believed that having crossed over as a cat demon was sooooo amazing! Looks like "being able to jump onto roofs or leaping over walls" were just child"s play for these supernatural people!!
"This plant just contains one stalk," Mo Bai remorsefully said, "Miss Gu, I"m not sure if there might be anything in that cave, but they all usually have monsters guarding, it"s too dangerous. I must quickly return now, to save someone……What if, I help you on another day?"
"That……" Gu Qingyu hesitated, the talent show will be tomorrow, and who knows what kind of traps those people would set up after the compet.i.tion, also what if Jia Qizhe left by any chance……
But, this person already said it was to save people, so it wouldn"t be good to fight over it, moreover this herb stalk was also gathered by him.
"Sure, thanks." Gu Qingyu clenched her teeth, to have brought her here was already more than enough. She planned to enter the cave herself to have a look.
"Miss Gu, the mountain roads are very deadly, let me bring you back down?" Mo Bai tentatively asked.
Gu Qingyu shook her head, "Thanks for the offer, Sir Mo, but I can continue on by myself now."
"But……" Mo Bai seemed to still have something to say, but he was pulled and pushed away by Gu Qingyu.