The Young Lady Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality Chapter 115

Gu Jingyang, amidst the clear cries of phoenix birds, looked up towards Qiongdian Peak with everyone else.
Countless golden phoenix birds flapped their wings, descending from Qiongdian Peak and parting into two teams. A red silk ribbon unfurled from Qiongdian Peak, slowly passing through the gap they created, forming a jubilant heavenly path in the sky.
Music and drums sounded from all over Mystic Crane Mountain, rising melodiously with the floating red silk towards Qiongdian Peak.
Phoenixes led the way, and phoenix birds chirped in unison, fanning their tails and scattering golden light points everywhere.
Amidst the brilliance, a pair of lovers, clad in red wedding robes adorned with gilded auspicious patterns, descended from Qiongdian Peak, walking on the red silk with smiles.
Gu Jingyang couldn’t help but beam a brighter smile, cheering along with the person beside her.
It felt wonderful, this feeling of witnessing a pair of lovers finally becoming soulmates with her own eyes.
Gu Jingyang had expected her emotions to be a bit complicated, but seeing this scene, she was genuinely happy from the bottom of her heart.
Her eyes filled with blessings as she watched A’Ling and Shi Qingqian descend hand-in-hand from Qiongdian Peak. Her heart swelled with a touch of bittersweet emotion; the scene was so beautiful it made one want to cry.
Suddenly, the couple, who were supposed to stop at the Immortal Rainbow Platform, paused right in front of her amidst the cheers.
Gu Jingyang’s smile remained unchanged, though a hint of confusion flickered. She looked at A’Ling, who had stopped before her, and asked, “What’s wrong? Why did you stop to look at me?”
As she spoke, her eyes lit up, her smile deepening. She winked at A’Ling and cast a mischievous glance at Shi Qingqian, saying with a laugh, “Don’t tell me A’Ling, you’ve changed your mind, or you realized I’m better? That wouldn’t be impossible—”
Before she could finish, A’Ling gently patted her hand. “Be serious!”
Because of Venerable Yue Ling’s pause, everyone’s gaze naturally focused on Gu Jingyang. They saw Venerable and her soulmate, Shi Qingqian, exchange words with Venerable Jing Yue before bowing to Venerable Jing Yue.
Seeing their solemn demeanor, Gu Jingyang found herself unable to utter any of her teasing words.
Smiling, A’Ling caught a golden petal falling from the sky and handed it to Gu Jingyang. A warmth welled up in her eyes, and she said with utmost sincerity, “Thank you.”
In this reborn life, all her good fortune began when she met this kind-hearted girl. She was her first true friend.
While Shi Qingqian was unconscious for hundreds of years, she accompanied her, comforted her, and together they brainstormed and sought solutions.
Since meeting her, A’Ling had never felt lonely.
Gu Jingyang’s heart gave a slight pause. Before she could react, Shi Qingqian also said ‘thank you’ with equal sincerity.
After a moment of stunned silence, Gu Jingyang felt everyone’s gaze upon her.
This won’t do. Today isn’t about me. These two are really something, picking today to say thank you. If this were the mortal realm, people would misunderstand and think I’m their elder.
Gu Jingyang tightened her grip on the petal A’Ling had given her, her smile becoming even more radiant. “I know. Don’t just say it with your mouths, remember to share any good things with me in the future. Don’t just stand here, hurry up and move forward. It’s just the last few steps.”
As she spoke, she lightly pushed A’Ling.
Only when she saw A’Ling and Shi Qingqian continue forward, their figures gradually fading from her sight amidst the boisterous cheers, did she loosen her tightly clenched hand.
Gu Jingyang smilingly made way for those eagerly watching the soulmate-bonding ceremony, stepping back slightly. She lowered her head to look at her clenched hand.
The golden petal in her palm had disintegrated from her forceful grip. It was a manifestation of magic and couldn’t last long. Now, it had turned into scattered golden light fragments. With a slight wave of Gu Jingyang’s hand, they dissipated into the air.
These were all new spells she had created for this soulmate-bonding ceremony. The phoenixes, phoenix birds, the red silk, and the music were all learned from attending several mortal weddings. She had diligently studied them upon her return, and finally succeeded in creating this set of spells.
As long as A’Ling likes it, Gu Jingyang smiled, looking at A’Ling amidst the sea of red celebration. She was so joyful today.
After hundreds of years of waiting, the moment had finally arrived for these two hearts, filled with mutual affection, to tie their souls together in a contract.
Gu Jingyang felt that everything she had done today was merely adding icing to the cake.
What was truly irreplaceable was Shi Qingqian by A’Ling’s side.
During Shi Qingqian’s century of unconsciousness, Gu Jingyang had thought more than once about what A’Ling would do if she never woke up. She had finally found someone who had touched her heart, and only then had she experienced a sliver of happiness after so much hardship.
If Shi Qingqian didn’t wake up, this small bit of sweetness would be an even greater pain for her.
Gu Jingyang watched A’Ling, whose gaze was entirely fixed on Shi Qingqian on the Immortal Rainbow Platform. She was smiling so happily, with no trace of hardship on her face.
Gone was the youthful stubbornness, the prickly, distant demeanor, and the defensive guardedness.
Thinking of this, Gu Jingyang felt that these two indeed owed her their thanks, not just for today, but for everything that had happened before, for all the things she had never spoken of.
Recalling the time she met A’Ling, Gu Jingyang truly felt for the first time how quickly time passed and how things changed.
She had ‘known’ A’Ling much earlier than A’Ling thought.
She remembered the first time she heard the name ‘A’Ling’ was from her servant girl, who was always gathering gossip for her.
That year, she was sixteen. She heard a servant who had gone out to buy provisions talking about the day’s biggest gossip in town.
“Yesterday, an old man and a young girl came to the Huo family. They say the young one is Master Huo’s illegitimate daughter from outside, named A’Ling.”
“I heard Madam Lin threw several tea cups and ornaments after finding out. The Huo family’s main gate is closed today; it must be in a mess inside.”
“And the Huo family’s prodigal son. They say yesterday he was already yelling loudly, refusing to acknowledge this girl named A’Ling, saying his sister is only their Miss Qingqian.”
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Gu Jingyang and Gu Hongjue were eating breakfast while listening to the servant girl excitedly relay the gossip. She spoke vividly.
Not only did she recount the cause and course of events, but she also inquired about people’s opinions on the matter. To make it more entertaining for Gu Jingyang and her father, she even squatted by the Huo family’s gate for a while.
Unfortunately, she didn’t see the girl named A’Ling. But she heard that she looked very much like Madam Lin, so she must be a beautiful girl.
After Gu Jingyang and Gu Hongjue finished listening, they rewarded the servant with a portion of freshly made tea and pastries. The servant happily withdrew, already contemplating how to gather more inside information.
After she left, Gu Jingyang immediately lamented to Gu Hongjue that Huo Zhen was not a good person.
He had treated Qingqian poorly before, and he probably wouldn’t care about this illegitimate daughter who suddenly appeared.
Her relationship with Qingqian was not intimate, but they were on good terms. She quickly bid farewell to Gu Hongjue and headed to Hongjian Academy, intending to inquire about the matter when she saw Qingqian.
Unexpectedly, she didn’t see Qingqian for several days.
Instead, she heard about the developments of the matter from the servant girl.
It turned out that the girl named A’Ling was not an illegitimate daughter, but the Huo family’s true daughter who had been deliberately replaced. Qingqian was not the Huo family’s child at all.
For some reason, Huo Zhen wanted to cover up the matter, only saying that both were Huo family children. Later, the girl named A’Ling revealed the truth.
Then, Qingqian went to Er Wu Hui Registry to announce her name change, making the matter indisputable. Huo Zhen came out and said there had been a mistake, blaming it all on a wicked servant who had swapped the children, and who had already been driven out of the eastern part of the city.
Gu Jingyang listened to various accounts of the girl named A’Ling during meals for several consecutive days.
She heard that A’Ling insisted that Huo Zhen expel Qingqian, which angered Huo Zhen so much that he hit her.
She’d also heard about the incident where she beat up the rascal Huo Changsheng for attempting to drive her away, only to suffer a retaliatory beating from his mother, Madam Lin, for whom he was the apple of her eye.
Listening to all this, a stubborn figure, as resilient as wild grass, appeared in Gu Jingyang’s mind. She felt that the girl named A’Ling sounded very unusual.
She had also met Huo Zhen. He was tall and imposing, exuding an aura of authority. Yet, this young girl dared to confront him.
And Huo Changsheng, who usually bullied everyone and put no one in his eyes due to his mother’s doting indulgence, was usually the one to bully others. This was the first time she had heard of him being beaten.
Gu Jingyang couldn’t help but chuckle, wanting to applaud the never-seen girl named A’Ling. She had stood up for many children in the small town.
She just wondered if she was alright now. Madam Lin had some cultivation. Gu Jingyang stopped her worries and thought that there shouldn’t be any major issues, as she was her own mother…
Soon, Gu Jingyang’s capable servant girl found out that the girl named A’Ling was beaten by Madam Lin and locked up to reflect on her actions.
A few days later, the servant excitedly reported the follow-up: after being released, A’Ling went straight to Huo Changsheng again and beat him so badly he couldn’t get out of bed.
“The Huo family’s purchasing old woman, in her haste, let slip that the girl named A’Ling told Madam Lin that unless she was beaten to death, she would return every blow she received tenfold to the Huo family’s precious gem.”
“Madam Lin was so angry she wanted to kill her, but she was stopped by Miss Qingqian of the Huo family. In the end, A’Ling was also arranged by Madam Lin in a small house next to the Huo family’s residence, and I heard the main house even erected a barrier to prevent A’Ling from entering.”
“What a tragedy! They are both her own children. After being lost for so many years, they finally found her, only to cast her aside. If I were that girl, I would cry myself to sleep every day.”
Gu Jingyang frowned. A stubborn figure reappeared in her mind. She felt that although she hadn’t met A’Ling, based on what she had heard, she wasn’t the type to hide and cry.
As expected, a few days later, A’Ling, who had become the focus of the town, did something else that surprised everyone.
She directly spread a straw mat under the cloud stairs at the main entrance of the Huo family mansion. She didn’t do anything special, but whenever anyone passing by asked, she would say that the Huo couple didn’t care about their biological daughter.
Soon, someone from the Huo family mansion came out and brought her inside.
The servant girl didn’t know what happened afterward.
“She’ll probably get another beating. This child, really. They are her own parents, why can’t she be more gentle? I think the Huo master and madam aren’t particularly cruel. Isn’t the fake daughter staying well in the Huo family now? They are so kind to the child who isn’t theirs. As long as A’Ling is obedient, I’m sure the Huo family won’t treat her badly.”
The servant girl, having heard of the Huo Zhen couple’s kindness to Qingqian these days, had changed her tune, believing that A’Ling was too wayward, with a bad temper and an unpleasant personality.
Gu Jingyang disagreed. She had heard a lot about the Huo couple from her father. They were people who prioritized self-interest. She had also seen how pitiful Qingqian looked when she was little.
Their kindness to Qingqian now, and their unkindness to A’Ling, likely stemmed from the same reason: whether the other party was useful. A’Ling, simply being obedient and well-behaved, might not be able to gain anything.
However, with her current recklessness, Gu Jingyang didn’t know what the reason was. She asked the servant girl to keep an eye on A’Ling’s news, worrying she might get hurt again.
As expected, the servant girl soon returned with news that A’Ling was carried out of the Huo family mansion to the small house next door.
Gu Jingyang thought for a moment and asked the servant to deliver some wound medicine to the servant responsible for taking care of Qingqian at the Huo family’s small house. She instructed the servant to say it was out of compassion upon hearing about it, and not to mention it was from her.
The servant nodded in agreement. If the Huo family’s affairs were known to involve the Gu family, it would be seen as the Gu family mocking them.
For the next few days, Gu Jingyang didn’t hear any new news about A’Ling. She assumed she was recuperating at home, and she heard the injuries were not minor.
One day, Gu Jingyang was responsible for striking the Chaos Rock Bell. Seeing some dirt on the bell, she stayed a moment longer to wipe it clean.
Just as she was about to finish, she suddenly heard a voice, not particularly clear but very distinctive, from the spiritual energy arena below.
“Do you know where the assessment classroom is?”
A’Ling tilted her head to look at the peach-pink figure in mid-air. The light was dazzling, and she squinted upwards, unable to see the person’s appearance.
She had originally intended to find her own way, but seeing someone, she blurted out the question.
That hateful Huo Zhen had finally compromised. Fearing she would do something even more embarrassing, he finally agreed to let her enter this renowned academy for outer disciples.
That person who shamelessly clung to the Huo family was also in this academy.
Thinking of Jin Siliu’s proud and radiant gaze when she looked at her, A’Ling felt a hundred times indignant. Where was she lacking? She simply hadn’t had the opportunity. If she had cultivated from a young age, she didn’t believe she would be inferior to Shi Qingqian.
Why did everyone like Shi Qingqian so much and say she was inferior to her? Was it her fault for not being able to compare? Did they give her anything?
Huo Zhen hadn’t even found her a cultivation academy, claiming she had no talent in that area and should stay in the Huo family. When she came of age, she would be given a dowry and married off.
How laughable! What did he take her for?
A’Ling refused to accept it. She was determined to show everyone that whatever Shi Qingqian could do, she could do it too!
She told Huo Zhen that if he didn’t let her enter Hongjian Academy, she would squat at the Huo family’s entrance every day and tell people about the Huo family’s affairs. She had plenty of time, after all.
After beating her, Huo Zhen eventually compromised for the sake of his reputation. A’Ling considered it a victory and was happy. Coupled with the medicine given by her good aunt, she was able to get out of bed in three days, despite her injuries requiring seven or eight days of rest.
As soon as she could walk, she rushed to Hongjian Academy. Fortunately, Huo Zhen hadn’t lied to her; he had indeed arranged a place for her in the academy.
Gu Jingyang looked at the upturned head below. The round little face, viewed from above, had narrowed eyes that seemed a bit elongated. Beneath the naturally thick eyebrows, there was a wild vitality.
She looked like a vigilant, slightly untamed little wildcat, quite attractive.
Gu Jingyang also narrowed her eyes. She hadn’t heard of any newcomers in town. Those who could enter Hongjian Academy were certainly not from simple families.
For some reason, a name suddenly surfaced in her mind—A’Ling.
Seeing that the person in mid-air hadn’t responded for a long time, A’Ling thought they didn’t want to bother with her and said nothing. She lowered the hand covering her eyes from the light and prepared to find her own way.
If she could navigate the vast and messy Demon Realm, she could surely find her way around an academy.
Just as she was about to move forward, a voice came from above.
“We’re going in the same direction for my classroom. I’ll take you.”
Saying this, the figure descended before her. Before A’Ling could get a clear look at her face, the person had already started walking forward.
For some reason, Gu Jingyang felt a little nervous. She sensed that the person in front seemed a bit impatient. Fearing she might refuse, she quickened her steps, moving ahead. Without waiting for a response, she led the way towards the assessment classroom.
Only when she heard the footsteps following behind did Gu Jingyang breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Upon arriving at the destination, Gu Jingyang suddenly realized that she had forgotten to introduce herself and hadn’t even asked for the other person’s name.
Just as she was about to try and remedy the situation, the other person spoke first.
She said, “Thank you.”
As soon as the words left her mouth, she had already entered the assessment classroom.
A’Ling didn’t want to trouble anyone. She just wanted to be told where to go and find it herself. She hadn’t expected this person to be so silent and walk so quickly. She didn’t get a chance to refuse.
Guessing that the other person didn’t like to talk, A’Ling restrained herself from speaking.
Upon seeing the assessment instructor, A’Ling stated her name. After verifying her identity, the instructor said, “A’Ling, un-Foundation Establishment, Class Jia-6.”
Gu Jingyang, standing outside, raised her eyebrows high. It was indeed her.
Before A’Ling emerged, Gu Jingyang’s footsteps were light as she headed towards the classroom. She was indeed as cute and interesting as she had imagined.
Unfortunately, A’Ling seemed not to remember her. Gu Jingyang saw her several times in the academy afterwards. Thinking they had met before, a greeting wouldn’t be out of place, but A’Ling seemed to have completely forgotten her.
Over the next two years, she saw her running madly in the rain after refusing to share a carriage with Qingqian; she saw her stubbornly refuse to shed tears after being bullied and ostracized in the academy; she saw her laugh freely after making friends.
She never found an opportunity to speak a single word to her. It was only when she appeared with Qingqian that A’Ling’s gaze would occasionally drift past her, with a slight shift when looking at Qingqian.
In the beginning, whenever A’Ling saw Qingqian in the academy, she would smash whatever she could find and her curses were never repeated.
Gu Jingyang couldn’t help but gloat; she found it incredibly amusing. Many of the insults A’Ling hurled at Qingqian were combinations she hadn’t known were possible before.
Later, perhaps feeling that Qingqian had no reaction, A’Ling stopped speaking when she saw her and resorted to direct action.
Most of the time, she threw pebbles and stones, always accurately aimed at Qingqian. Not a single miss that hit her instead.
Gu Jingyang regretted more than once that if those stones had gone a little astray, she might have had the chance to say, “It’s okay.”
She had also asked Qingqian if she wanted her to mediate, but she was refused. Initially, Qingqian said, “She’s just upset.” Later, she said, “She’s got a screw loose.”
The relationship between these two grew increasingly strained over time.
Fortunately, over the two years, A’Ling had also grown. This kind of overt targeting, after suffering too many losses, was no longer so impulsive.
When Gu Jingyang heard that A’Ling, who had not yet established her foundation, wanted to start artifact refining, she was astonished by her courage in believing she could fly without having learned to walk. At the same time, she realized that perhaps an opportunity for them to meet was approaching.
Since she was refining artifacts, she would naturally need the Gu family’s Three Purity True Fire Furnace. Indeed, one evening, Gu Jingyang saw A’Ling in her own shop, troubled by her lack of spirit stones.
Gu Jingyang saw the intense desire and longing in her eyes, like a restless, stray wild cat encountering a toy it desperately wanted, simultaneously distressed that the toy didn’t belong to it, and eagerly hoping it would.
Gu Jingyang called her shop assistant and had her directly gift A’Ling the furnace she desired, saying she was the ninety-ninth customer of the day, and it was a customary gift.
Seeing A’Ling leap out of the Gu family shop’s waist-high threshold with a smile, Gu Jingyang felt happy too. But after her joy subsided, she remembered that she had once again forgotten to introduce herself.
Gu Jingyang watched the figure skip away and disappear at the end of the street, thinking, Next time, next time I will definitely let A’Ling know me.
She had already ‘known’ her for a long time, and A’Ling had added much joy to Gu Jingyang’s life.
While Gu Jingyang waited for A’Ling to visit again, A’Ling seemed to have vanished. Not only did she not return to the Gu family shop, but she was rarely seen in the academy either.
Gu Jingyang casually mentioned A’Ling to Qingqian several times, asking her to keep an eye out. One day, when she again casually mentioned not seeing A’Ling, Qingqian told her that A’Ling was working.
“Working…”
When Gu Jingyang heard this term, she initially thought Qingqian was speaking metaphorically, a veiled expression. After all, when A’Ling had tried to dig a hole to bury her a few times before, Qingqian had said she was “digging her own grave.”
This time, she hadn’t expected that what Qingqian meant by “working” was literal work.
It was grueling labor, pulling the bellows in a blacksmith’s shop all night for just one spirit stone.
When she saw A’Ling, her rolled-up sleeves revealing arms as slender as iron rods in the blacksmith’s shop, Gu Jingyang marveled at how she could persevere.
All for the sake of buying materials and a furnace, for artifact refining.
Gu Jingyang was torn between amusement and despair. Didn’t she know that at her current skill level, she couldn’t refine anything good?
Perhaps no one had told her that it was impossible. She hesitated whether to tell A’Ling, to not waste her time.
But every time she saw her working hard for a mere one or half spirit stone, the determined light in her eyes and the pure smile on her face, Gu Jingyang found it hard to speak the truth as she saw it.
It was like a thirsty person digging a well. It was her only hope, perhaps her support for happiness, and at this moment, telling her that the place she was digging would not yield water.
It would not only undermine her future but also criticize her past efforts, as if mocking her for wasting her time in vain.
Gu Jingyang couldn’t bring herself to say it, fearing it would discourage A’Ling.
She couldn’t sleep for several nights, wondering what to do. She couldn’t just do nothing.
Finally, she thought of what Qingqian had told her about digging holes.
Digging holes, digging wells, it was all the same!
She secretly hired people, arranged for a well-digging job, and carefully inquired about the wages for such labor from her household staff, setting a higher but not unreasonable fee.
Only when she saw that all arrangements were proceeding as planned could Gu Jingyang finally sleep soundly.
A’Ling had also been sleeping very soundly these past few days. It was truly because her days were too full and physically demanding. She slept sweetly, hugging a bag full of spirit stones.
In her dream, she even met a kind-faced Bodhisattva who asked her if she had any wishes. She said, “I hope there will be more people who need wells dug in the small town.”
By digging wells for people, she had saved enough for one more artifact refining.
Her cultivation had not broken through. If she could refine powerful magical artifacts, preferably even more powerful than Huo Zhen’s Red Lotus Prison Fire Whip, then she wouldn’t have to fear him anymore!
She could also show Jin Siliu how powerful she had become.
Lost in a sweet dream, A’Ling woke up with a smile on her lips.
But she quickly remembered the content of her dream and couldn’t smile anymore. She was truly ambitious to make such a wish to a Bodhisattva. Why didn’t she just ask the gods to bless her with a powerful artifact directly?
However, A’Ling also knew that this was probably impossible. People had to rely on themselves.
She wondered if there were still people who needed wells dug today.
Gu Jingyang felt that this couldn’t continue. A’Ling’s actions were too swift. If it went on like this, there would be nowhere left for her to dig.
Just as she was thinking of arranging another similar task, A’Ling got into trouble.
That day, Gu Jingyang was waiting for A’Ling at the agreed-upon well-digging site. She waited until dusk and didn’t see her. When she returned home, she learned that A’Ling had an accident.
Many people had seen it that day. A’Ling’s leg was broken by Huo Zhen, and she crawled out of the small house of the Huo family to the medical clinic in the east of the city.
Gu Jingyang also learned everything afterwards. Between Qingqian and A’Ling, it was hard for her to say whether A’Ling’s intention to dig a hole to bury Qingqian was more at fault, or if Qingqian falsely accusing A’Ling of hitting her was more excessive.
Such a tragic outcome was certainly something neither of them had expected.
Gu Jingyang visited several times, but A’Ling was still unconscious. She could only send some of the Gu family’s best wound medicine.
While A’Ling was recuperating, Gu Jingyang seemed somewhat annoyed with Qingqian and beat someone up twice during a magical technique trial.
At that time, she never imagined that after recovering from her injuries, A’Ling would proactively get into her carriage.
She was always so unexpected, continuously bringing new surprises.
They went to the academy together, and from then on, they finally “met” and became friends. After this journey together, they walked side-by-side until today.
The phoenix cry sounded, the contract was sealed, and explosions erupted in the sky above the Immortal Rainbow Platform, with brilliant fireworks more dazzling than starlight.
Gu Jingyang snapped back to reality amidst the cheers. She saw the newly formed soulmates on the Immortal Rainbow Platform, their fingers intertwined, looking towards her in unison again.
She smiled and waved. These magical lights and fireworks were also her arrangements. They were just as brilliant without the backdrop of the night sky.
Just like A’Ling’s future life, she hoped it would only be filled with brilliance and no turmoil.
And she would be her lifelong best friend.
In the position of a friend, she would continue to admire the beautiful scenery of the future with her.
“You’re here. I found you.”
Gu Jingyang felt a gentle pat on her shoulder. She turned to look, and in the brilliant golden light, Lan Fushang’s eyes twinkled with a smile as she looked at her.
“These are truly beautiful!”
Lan Fushang reached out and caught a petal transformed by magic, praising it sincerely.
She knew that all these novelties and beautiful things today were prepared with great effort by Gu Jingyang. Seeing them today was truly amazing and unforgettable.
Only A’Ling could make her work so painstakingly, Lan Fushang thought, feeling a slight touch of emotion, though she showed it on her face. She was also genuinely happy for A’Ling.
Gu Jingyang accepted the sincere compliment and asked with a smile, “Did you need something?”
Lan Fushang nodded and then shook her head. “Nothing specific, really. It’s just that everything here is over. I was wondering if you’re tired. Would you like to go to my cave dwelling for a cup of tea and rest?”
Gu Jingyang glanced back at A’Ling. She was busy socializing with guests who had traveled from afar. Gu Jingyang wasn’t needed here.
“Alright, let’s go.”
Gu Jingyang retracted her gaze, agreed with a smile, and headed in another direction with Lan Fushang.
As they walked, she reached out and grasped the air. The floating golden light fragments entered Gu Jingyang’s palm. With a silent incantation, they converged into a shining golden sun-greeting flower.
“For you. Thank you for the tea.”