Chapter 238 Gift (September Monthly Ticket Plus)
Gu Xu turned his head and saw Shi Xiaohan grabbing his sleeve, a pair of bright almond eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, looking at him with a smile. he.
"Is it something delicious?" He guessed casually.
"No." Shi Xiaohan shook her head, and the tassel hanging on the golden hairpin dangled with her movements.
"Elixir?"
"No."
"Silver?"
"No."
"What is that?" Gu Xu gave up guessing.
"Well...this is it." Shi Xiaohan let go of his hand, then took out a token from his pocket and stuffed it into Gu Xu's hand.
Gu Xu took the token and looked at it carefully.
He saw that on the front of the token, there was a capital number six, which was "Lu", and on the back of the token, Shi Xiaohan's name was engraved in small seal script.
However, at this moment, Shi Xiaohan suddenly snapped his fingers.
The token began to glow with golden light.
Immediately afterwards, the three characters "Shi Xiaohan" disappeared and were replaced by the two characters "Gu Xu".
"What is this?" Seeing this scene, Gu Xu couldn't help but ask.
“This is a token that represents the ownership of my family’s No. 6 elixir workshop,” Shi Xiaohan introduced in a brisk tone, “My family has a total of six elixir workshops, and numbers 1 to 4 belong to my father. , No. 5 and No. 6 belong to me - of course, they will be mine in the future.
"Now, I give you my workshop No. 6 as your birthday gift. It is located in the suburbs of Qingzhou Prefecture. I will take you there to see it when I have free time in the future. "
Gu Xu looked at the token in his hand and was silent for a moment.
In the past, Xiaohan often gave him pills.
Those elixirs were very important to his practice, but for Shi Xiaohan, who came from a wealthy family, they were just a piece of cake, and they were an insignificant part of her rich property.
But now, she has two workshops, but she is willing to give one-half of them to herself.
"Xiaohan, this gift is too valuable." Gu Xu said in a deep voice.
"Money is all external things," Shi Xiaohan looked into his eyes and said seriously, "Compared to you saving my life on Yishan Mountain, this is nothing."
"Actually, I mainly want to save myself."
"But without you, I would have become a sacrifice for Kongxuan Sanren."
"If you do this...does your father know?"
"This workshop belongs to me. It's a private property. I can dispose and transfer it at will without asking for my father's consent." Shi Xiaohan put his hands on his hips and said in a domineering tone, "Also, if you want to change the name engraved on the back of it, Not only do you need to snap your fingers, but you also need to recite a specific spell in your heart
"As for the content of the spell, I won't tell you even to death. Therefore, this Workshop No. 6 can only rot in your hands. You will never be able to transfer it, let alone return it to me. ”
Hearing what she said, Gu Xu smiled helplessly and could only accept the token and keep this matter in mind.
"I owe her too much now," he thought silently, "I feel like I can't afford it anymore..."
While he was thinking about it, Shi Xiaohan suddenly jumped up like a rabbit. Go to the stone steps next to you, put your hands around his neck, and hug him from behind. Her chin rested on his shoulder, her chest pressed against his back.
Her sudden behavior shocked Gu Xu.
At this moment, he could clearly hear her breathing and feel her heart beating rapidly.
"With this workshop, you no longer need to worry about insufficient elixirs before the sixth realm," she said close to his ear, and the breath she exhaled made Gu Xu feel itchy in his ears. "I believe you will be able to become a saint before you are thirty."
As soon as she finished speaking, before Gu Xu could react, she instantly let go of her hand, jumped down from the stone steps, and ran towards the other end of the corridor with a whoosh.
While running, she even used the "Falling Flowers and Flying Catkins" movement technique. She seemed like a ghost and disappeared from Gu Xu's field of vision in the blink of an eye.
Gu Xu stood there, looking at the place where she disappeared, with mixed emotions.
“This girl...is she shy?”
“Also, doesn’t it say in the book that girls are all soft? Why did I feel different just now? What?”
…………
Shi Xiaohan ran very fast.
She even forgot that it was breakfast time and just wanted to find a place to hide as soon as possible.
At this time, her cheeks were slightly red and her heart was beating like a deer.
Just now, when she handed the token into Gu Xu's hand, she couldn't help but start thinking about his lifespan. The more she thought about it, the more distressed she felt. When her brain became hot, she hugged him impulsively.
"My elders often tell me that I am a young lady from an official family and I have to be an elegant and dignified lady - I have to be reserved in front of boys and not be too proactive, otherwise I will be looked down upon.
"Although I I don’t want to be a lady, but I’m worried that he will think I’m frivolous...
“Also, Gu Xu is really thin. I’m going to find more delicious food in the future. , I have to find a way to feed him a little fatter..."......
As soon as Xiaohan left, Shangguan Jin walked straight towards Gu Xu from the other side of the corridor.
She was still wearing a light green skirt as usual, but her hair was combed into a bun - this was a hairstyle commonly used by unmarried women in the Daqi Dynasty. With silver hair accessories and emerald earrings, she looked elegant. Refined.
"Gu Daoyou, I almost forgot that today is your birthday," she said with a subtle and just right smile on her face, "I wish you a rising sun, a life as long as a pine tree, and good fortune."< br>
Understanding other people’s thoughts and observing other people’s personalities and preferences from details is what Shangguan Jin is always good at.
Her birthday wishes are undoubtedly words that Gu Xu likes to hear - rather than wishing him a "happy birthday", he obviously wants to hear a wish for him a "long life and wealth".
"Thank you." He responded with a faint smile.
"This is the gift that the Chief of Staff asked me to bring you," Shangguan Jin said as he took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to Gu Xu, "To be honest, the request of the Chief of Staff today made me Very surprised. Because he has never given anyone a birthday gift before."
Gu Xu raised his eyebrows and reached out to take the scroll.
Driven by curiosity, he unfolded the scroll slightly and found that it turned out to be a star map - every star in the sky, every star field, and even the trajectory of the stars. It was accurately drawn on the picture, and there were clear small text annotations next to it, which looked dense, neat and detailed.
What surprised him was that there was no trace of extraordinary power on this star chart, it was just an ordinary scroll.
“I thought Lord Chief would give me some powerful magic weapon,” he thought in his mind, “For example, the ‘substitute bracelet’ and ‘empty-breaking bead’ from last time are very good. Can help me escape at critical moments.”
But he quickly put such thoughts out of his mind.
After all, receiving a gift from the chief executive is an unexpected thing. It was impossible for him to ask for any more gifts.
"Speaking of gifts, I have prepared some for you myself." At this moment, Shangguan Jin spoke again, interrupting his thoughts.
While speaking, she took out a few pieces of white paper from her pocket.
The edges of these papers were jagged, looking as if they had been gnawed by dogs, and they were obviously torn from a book.
She handed the white paper to Gu Xu's hand.
Gu Xu took a closer look and was surprised to find that these were actually three extremely high-level white drawings - no color was applied, and the characters and background were simply outlined with different shades of ink, with dense and dense lines. , clear and smooth, the writing looks concise and full of meaning.
"Fellow Taoist Shangguan, these... were all painted by you?"
Shangguan Jin nodded calmly.
Gu Xu stopped talking.
The reason why he was surprised was not just because of Shangguan Jin's painting skills.
The main reason is that the protagonist of these three paintings is actually himself——
The first one is him standing alone on the peak of Laoshan Mountain, facing the waves of the sea, with his back to The buildings on the mountain, with fluttering clothes;
The second picture is of the Lantern Festival night. He stands as a victor on the lotus-shaped ring in the middle of the Luo River, with countless lanterns hanging on the bank. ;
The third picture is in the illusion of "Reviewing the Old Pot". He is standing in the mountains and forests, using a large golden net to cover the heads of the "dead people" flying in the sky.
Each painting is exactly the same as the scene at that time, as if it had been captured by a black and white camera.
“I didn’t expect you to be so good at painting,” Gu Xu was silent for a moment and politely praised, “You are so versatile.”
“It’s just a hobby,” Shangguan Jin He said with a smile, "It's hard to draw with the magical power of 'Tiansuan' without looking realistic."
Gu Xu immediately understood that Shangguan Jin's way of painting was to use the magical power of 'Tiansuan' to turn the scene into a realistic picture. into data, then convert the data into scenes, and finally reproduce them on white paper.
Just like when he used "Bowen Qiangji" to learn how to draw talismans a few months ago, it was a very "cheating" behavior.
At the same time, Shangguan Jin also took out a picture album and showed Gu Xu a few pages, including the sunrise in the East China Sea, the spring scene in the Luohe River, the heading miscanthus, the morning rain and dew, the dragonfly sitting on the lotus leaf, and the Lantern Festival night street Playful children... It can be seen that she is very good at discovering the subtle beauty around her.
“These are my usual exercises.”
“It’s so beautiful.”
“If you look good, you have to record it so that you can watch it again and again.”
"Yes." Gu Xu didn't know how to respond.
"If I have free time in the future, I would also like to draw the entire Luojing City. Gu Daoyou, what do you think?"
"Yes, I'm looking forward to it."
Shangguan Jin smiled faintly : "You are going to Longmen Academy tomorrow to participate in the selection of 'Guest Teaching'. The Chief Secretary said that he will go there to watch in person, and I will accompany him. You must perform well!"
"I I will do my best and will never embarrass the Exorcist Department!" Gu Xu put the paintings and scrolls into "Xianyun Residence" and raised his fists jokingly.
Afterwards, Shangguan Jin went to the retreat room to study Gu techniques, while Gu Xu walked along the corridor to find Shi Xiaohan.
The girl ran in a hurry and didn't even eat breakfast.
In half an hour, when the public kitchen stops selling breakfast, she will definitely regret it because she is hungry.
PS: The monthly ticket for September plus updates has been paid off. Every 450 monthly tickets will add one chapter in November, and one chapter is currently missing.
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