Chapter 6: The Little Girl Next Door

  Judging from the other person's tone, it seems like they were waiting for me on purpose?

  Xuan Qi asked: "Elder... brother, hello, may I ask where is this place?"

  He struggled in his heart for half a day, but ultimately did not call the other person "boss", after all, the hair color was not reliable, maybe the other party pursued fashion and went to the barber shop to dye their hair into this color.

  "Where is this?" The other person smiled and asked back, then shook his head, "You came in yourself, but you don't know where this is. How strange."

  "Is it really inside the turtle shell?" Xuán Qí had already mentally prepared himself, but he was still shocked by this matter. He paused for a moment and asked, "Then how do I get out?"

  "Now that you're here, there's no need to rush out. It's been a long time since I've had anyone come visit me, so stay and have a few cups with me."

  After finishing speaking, "Crane Hair and Childish Face" carried the fish basket and held the fishing rod to walk eastward along the lake.

  Xuan Qi hesitated for a moment and finally had no choice but to follow up.

  He had just observed that the place where he appeared was a valley surrounded by three-ring mountains, and it was very steep. It was extremely difficult to climb up, and if you wanted to get out, you could only think of a way from this direction.

  And in his heart, he also had some vague expectations. If this was indeed the world inside the turtle shell, what benefits would it bring him?

  His current courage is completely different from before. After all, he has already died once and has a few points of transcendence towards life and death.

  After walking a certain distance, Xuán Qí saw that in the eastern corner, there was actually an ancient wooden building with a pavilion next to it, facing the lake.

  In the pavilion there is a desk, on which there is a white wine bottle and two wine cups, the material seems to be white porcelain, but also like jade.

  "Please sit down."

  "Oh, thank you."

  Xuan Qi didn't know what kind of background the other party had, so he could only observe quietly for now.

  "You must be the current owner of the Smoke Wave Fishing Village, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to enter this Smoke Wave Cave Heaven. I am the cave master here, with no surname and only a single name 'Gui'. You can call me Old Gui or Gui Lao, either is fine."

  He spoke as he filled his wine cup.

  "Is this 'Fishing in a Misty River' painting? Are you referring to that piece of tortoiseshell?"

  Xuan Qi's eyes stared straight at the milky white liquid flowing slowly from the wine jug, his mouth already filled with saliva.

  Actually, Xuan Qi wasn't particularly fond of wine, but the aroma emanating from it was incredibly enticing, making him feel that it was both fragrant and mellow, definitely extremely delicious. He had an overwhelming urge to grab it and pour it directly into his mouth.

  Lao Ding nodded: "Exactly. Come, taste my personally brewed qiongjiang yulu wine."

  "This wine is made from the thousand-year-old stone honey and top-grade jade essence, assisted by over ten kinds of sacred herbs and spiritual fruits. It uses a special brewing method and has been fermented for 49 years to become mature. Due to the scarcity of raw materials, only this little is left now."

  The old man held up his wine cup, placed it under his nose and sniffed it carefully, then took a small sip, closed his eyes, seemingly in a state of intoxication.

  Xuan Qi almost couldn't wait to pick up his wine glass, and then in one gulp, he poured it all down his throat. A rich, smooth, and refreshing sensation that was hard to describe slid down his throat and into his abdomen. Suddenly, like a depth charge exploding in his belly, the energy impact began to wildly flush every cell in his body. He felt as if all his pores were so refreshed they wanted to scream with joy.

  It's a kind of comfort that comes from deep within one's bones, making people indulge in it and can't extricate themselves!

  The old man laughed and said: "How is it? Isn't this qiong jiang yu lu wine pretty good?"

  Xuan Qi's face turned bright red, and the refreshing sensation in his body still lingered, he barely managed to squeeze out three words: "Very...good...drink..."

  He had just finished speaking when he finally couldn't hold on anymore, his eyes turned black and he fell directly onto the table, actually passing out from drunkenness.

  ……

  "Xiao Qi, wake up."

  The sound coming from his ear and the tactile sensation on his body made Xuan Qi's whole body shake, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

  When he opened his eyes, a sharp light flashed in his pupils and disappeared, but he saw his grandfather standing in front of him without knowing when.

  "Grandfather, when did you come back?" Xuan Qi asked in surprise.

  He thought to himself, was what just happened just a dream?

  Xuan Qing's face was unusually excited at this moment, his whole body slightly trembling as he said: "Little Qi, you're finally awake! How are you feeling now?"

  Xuan Qi just wanted to answer, but suddenly smelled a foul odor coming straight at him, and felt that there was something on his face. He subconsciously stretched out his hand, wiped it once, and ended up touching a handful of black and yellow stuff, oily and greasy. The foul smell he had detected was emitted by these things.

  Xuan Qi felt nauseous and asked in shock: "Grandfather, what is this?"

  "Don't worry about it, this is just the impurities being discharged from your body. Just go wash it off. Do you have any special feelings?"

  His eyes were filled with expectation, and he asked Xuan Qi again.

  "It smells terrible......" Xuan Qi threw down a sentence and immediately ran towards the water tower in the middle of the yard.

  Watching the back of his grandson leaving, Xuan Qing murmured: "Body covered with light cocoon, change pulse and meridian, body out of impurities, wash marrow and change meridian... it really exists!"

  Xuan Qi is still unaware of what changes have occurred on his body, and the thing he most wants to do right now is to immediately clean off all the dirt and grime from his entire body.

  It's not just his face that has this disgusting yellow-black substance, it's all over his body. He looks like he just swam through a sewer, with thick, sticky filth clinging to his skin, stimulating both his visual and olfactory nerves.

  He quickly took off his clothes in the corner of the yard under the water tower, leaving only a pair of underwear, turned on the faucet and squatted down to rinse directly.

  It's just the beginning of summer, and the temperature is still a bit low. The water in the water tower is directly drawn from the well, which is quite icy and bone-chilling. However, Xuan Qi doesn't have time to think about that right now.

  The water temperature in the water tower was not as low as imagined, at least Xuan Qi did not feel any chill.

  The faucet was very large, and the water flow was extremely rapid, rushing down from his head, quickly washing away the dirt on his body, revealing Xuan Qi's exceptionally fair skin.

  Is this my skin?

  Xuan Qi couldn't help but stare blankly at his own skin tone.

  Smooth and delicate, crystal clear, skin like jade, pure white as ivory... He thought for half a day and found that only these words could accurately describe his current skin.

  What's going on? How did my skin become like this? Is this still a man's skin?

  Just as Xuan Qi was stunned, someone came from outside the courtyard. A quick and nimble figure flashed in from outside, it was Xia Xiaoyu, the younger sister of the Liu family next door.

  "Brother Zhi, I heard you're back..."

  Xuan Qi turned around and hurriedly smiled in response: "Yes, I just got home."

  "Ah——"

  Xia Xiaoyu let out a tender cry and hastily turned around, her face suddenly turning bright red all the way to the roots of her ears.

  Xuan Qi also felt something was off at this time, he lowered his head and saw that his little brother was standing upright like an angry dragon, with the four corners of his underwear propped up like a small tent.

  Xia Xiaoyu's face turned red from her cheeks to her neck, she didn't dare turn around again and said: "Qi Ge, my mom told you and Grandpa Xuan to come to my house for dinner together later."

  Xuan Qi happily replied: "Great. It seems that today I have good fortune again, it's been a long time since I've had the chance to eat Aunt Liu's cooking."

  "I'll go back first then."

  Xia Xiaoyu threw out this sentence and quickly escaped, the scene she had just seen was like a freeze frame in her mind, at this moment her heart was like a small deer crashing, pounding and jumping.

  When Xiaoyu left the hospital, she couldn't help but turn her head back for a quick glance, and saw Xuanqi smiling and still standing in his original spot watching her. She was like a startled deer, panicked and almost fell over, which made Xuanqi burst out laughing.

  "Wow, what a big change! The ugly duckling from back then has grown into a beautiful young woman!"

  Xuan Qi looked at Xia Xiao Yu's departing back and smiled, but his smile soon froze because he thought of Xia Xiao Yu's later life trajectory.

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