Changbai

After yesterday's experience.

Su Qing's hand speed had clearly improved quite a bit today.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Su Qing had already finished weaving these two hand strings.

Looking at the two hand strings lying in her palm, Su Qing couldn't help but nod with satisfaction and say:

"It's a good thing I'm an immortal cultivator, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to finish them so quickly! Hmm, not bad, my craftsmanship is still quite good."

After admiring her work and praising herself, Su Qing also put away the two hand strings.

She planned to find an opportunity later to give away these remaining two hand strings.

These two hand strings, including the one given to Leng Xiang yesterday, were actually not ordinary items.

If someone knew their worth, they might be able to recognize them immediately.

The red string material used to weave the hand strings was what Yuelao had gifted her back then—those three special red strings.

As for who the remaining two hand strings should eventually be given to, Su Qing actually had a plan in mind long ago.

Or rather, those were the only people they could be given to.

After all, these hand strings were, at their core, still red strings.

They weren't something that could be given away casually...

Lacing the wrong threads would lead to being chased and beaten by Yuelao.

Besides those few people, who else could she give them to?

Su Qing shook her head slightly and quickly settled the messy thoughts in her heart.

She stretched, looked at the rising sun outside, and muttered to herself:

"I'll go see who's still sleeping in, and find a chance to give the things to the people they're meant for."

Thinking this, Su Qing left the room and pushed open the door next door... wanting to see who was still sleeping in.

However, unfortunately, Su Qing had clearly underestimated Ao Ying's self-discipline.

When Su Qing arrived at the room, Ao Ying was already awake.

And at this moment, she was organizing the pile of messy gains she had bought from her shopping trip yesterday!

Hmm, there were many gains from yesterday; half the room was so cluttered there was nowhere to step.

"Just how much did you buy? Could the silver I gave you really buy all this?"

Seeing the room with nowhere to step, Su Qing's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Her original intention to tease Ao Ying had to be forced back...

After all, it wouldn't be good if she accidentally stepped on and broke something.

Ao Ying was also slightly stunned when she saw Su Qing at the door.

Then she scratched her head and said sheepishly:

"There were too many interesting things, so I accidentally bought a bit much."

"I originally thought about not continuing..."

"But while shopping, people kept recommending things to me, and I didn't know how to refuse... before I knew it, it became this much."

"As for the money... it actually wasn't enough. However, I went to a pawnshop and pawned some pearls and such, which I exchanged for quite a bit of silver."

Although Ao Ying wasn't exactly socially anxious, she inevitably seemed a bit naive when facing those human profiteers; she didn't even understand the concept of bargaining.

Su Qing was quite helpless about this and couldn't help but press her hand to her forehead, but she couldn't blame Ao Ying.

After all, becoming familiar with life in the mortal world wasn't something that could be done in a day or two.

And to be able to easily deal with those profiteers who bullied strangers and newcomers...

It would probably take even more time and a thicker skin.

However, there was no need to rush any of this...

There would be plenty of time in the future.

"Forget it, forget it. Since you've bought them, you've bought them," Su Qing said helplessly. "By the way, is that little girl Gongsun Zhixue awake yet?"

Seeing that Su Qing didn't blame her, Ao Ying wasn't surprised and only replied with a smile:

"Yes, she's awake, but she went downstairs. It seems she went to find the chef to order breakfast."

"I see. Well, as long as she hasn't run off and gotten lost, it's fine." Su Qing nodded slightly.

As for Gongsun Zhixue, Su Qing wasn't particularly worried; after all, this fellow wouldn't get into trouble easily.

However, Su Qing felt that now was a good opportunity.

So she took out the hand string from her Sleeve Universe and then continued:

"By the way, this is a return gift. I made it myself. It might not be as exquisite as something bought, but it shouldn't be too bad."

Saying this, Su Qing tossed the item to Ao Ying.

Ao Ying, who was tidying up, saw Su Qing toss something over and hurriedly reached out to catch it.

But because there were too many things around her, she almost tripped. Fortunately, she steadied herself and caught the item.

"This is..." Ao Ying looked at the hand string in her hand, only feeling that this item didn't seem like an ordinary object.

She stared at the hand string for a short while and soon recognized exactly what it was.

She couldn't help but ask hurriedly: "Sister Xiao Qing! This... where did you find this?"

Hearing this, Su Qing knew Ao Ying had recognized what it was, so she smiled and said: "Yuelao gave it to me when I was a guest at the immortal gathering last time."

"Then does Sister know how precious this item is? Is it really okay to give it to me like this?"

"Why wouldn't it be okay? You gave me something, and I'm returning the favor. What's wrong with that? Or do you think I can't give this to you? Or perhaps... you don't like it?"

Saying this, Su Qing's inner drama queen took over, and she put on a sorrowful expression.

Seeing this, Ao Ying hurriedly shook her head and said, "No... that's not it. I like it very much... it's just that this thing is too precious, I feel a bit embarrassed to accept it."

"Is that so? Then just treat this thing as an ordinary hand string!" Su Qing immediately dropped the sorrowful act and said: "Whether it's precious or not, it's just a small token of my regard."

"Then does Sister know the meaning behind this thing?"

"Naturally." Su Qing nodded.

After all, Yuelao had told her what effect these red strings had; how could she not know?

Ao Ying looked at Su Qing and suddenly smiled, saying: "In that case, I will definitely cherish it."

Seeing Ao Ying accept the gift, Su Qing also smiled and said:

"That's the spirit! To be honest, I have quite a few strange things in my possession; in my hands, it's not actually considered too precious. Besides, you're the Dragon Palace princess; haven't you seen truly good things before?"

Ao Ying curled her lip, then waved her hand to put away all the messy miscellaneous items and said:

"Sister... how many times have I said it? I haven't been the Dragon Palace princess for a long time. Although I stayed in the Dragon Palace for a few days recently, I didn't become the Dragon Palace princess again; I only went back to Mother Queen's side to recover from my injuries."

"Fine, fine, fine~ I know!" Su Qing reached out her hand and said: "Let's go, let's go downstairs to eat. Gongsun Zhixue is already calling outside; I can hear her voice."

Ao Ying looked at the bell on Su Qing's wrist that she had given her yesterday and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Then she grabbed Su Qing's hand and followed her downstairs.

This was the last meal in Huai County.

Gongsun Zhixue ate quite a lot; her two bulging cheeks were like a little squirrel hiding food.

This also made Su Qing feel a bit amused...

Did this girl think that after leaving Huai County and going to the Changbai Mountains, she would never have the chance to eat again?

Although Su Qing didn't know what was going on in the girl's head, she didn't stop her from eating...

After all, they had ordered so many dishes; it would be quite a waste not to finish them.

And they couldn't really leave it all to those few little sparrows.

Although Su Qing often teased them for being chubby, they were still sparrows after all; no matter how much they ate, how much could it be?

After breakfast.

Su Qing glanced at Gongsun Zhixue, who had eaten too much and kept hiccuping, and couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

She also hadn't expected this girl to be so greedy, eating until she couldn't eat anymore before stopping.

She said: "Since we've eaten and drunk our fill, it's time for us to set off."

Hearing this, Gongsun Zhixue rubbed her stomach.

Just as she was about to say something, she was interrupted by several sparrows suddenly landing on her head, and she had no choice but to swallow her words.

Seeing this, Su Qing only smiled slightly, then called the waiter to pay the bill before calling the others to set off.

Midway, Su Qing saw Gongsun Zhixue rubbing her stomach and hiccuping constantly, and couldn't help but say: "That's what you get for being greedy."

Seeing her appearance, Ao Ying also couldn't help but smile, though she didn't mock her.

Seeing this, Gongsun Zhixue only curled her lip.

She neither refuted Su Qing nor talked back.

After all, this time she had indeed miscalculated.

She had overestimated her appetite.

This time, she had learned her lesson.

When they left, Su Qing walked quite slowly.

Firstly, because she was a bit reluctant to leave.

Secondly, it was also to give Gongsun Zhixue some time to digest the food in her stomach.

However, even walking slowly, it didn't take long to leave this medium-sized county town and arrive at the small mountain outside the city.

Once there were no mortals around.

Su Qing formed a hand seal and chanted a True Word Incantation.

Then a crimson auspicious cloud rose up.

It immediately carried Su Qing and the others toward the direction of the Changbai Mountains.

With the divine speed of the Somersault Cloud, before long...

Su Qing could already vaguely see the Changbai Mountains.

After seeing the Changbai Mountains, she couldn't help but slow down.

She wanted to take in the absolute scenery of the Changbai Mountains from the air.

"From now on, I'll be living here for a long time." Su Qing looked at the mountains and couldn't help but think: "With scenery like this, living here for a long time is perfectly fine."

Su Qing wasn't in a hurry to land; instead, she circled around the Changbai Mountains to understand the surrounding situation, lest she know nothing.

After circling around, Su Qing found that the area near the Changbai Mountains wasn't uninhabited; there were also several small cities.

Although they couldn't be considered large, they looked quite prosperous.

"In the future, if I get tired of staying on the mountain, I can go live in the cities at the foot of the mountain for a few years." Su Qing couldn't help but think.

Ao Ying was also observing the cities below, feeling that the cities in each place were different and very interesting, thinking that if she had the chance in the future, she must also take a walk in these cities.

Mianwhile, Gongsun Zhixue was rubbing her little stomach, feeling incredibly regretful that she had eaten so much without care...

This time, it was truly a miscalculation.

Thinking this, she looked at Su Qing...

She was certain that Su Qing had absolutely refrained from reminding her on purpose.

Feeling the gaze, Su Qing couldn't help but turn her head and look at her with a smile, saying: "Alright, let's go into the mountains and take a look first!"

"..." Gongsun Zhixue had a face full of displeasure, but she had no way to deal with Su Qing.

Su Qing lowered the cloud and landed in the Changbai Mountains.

And when Su Qing landed in the mountains, the document hidden in her Sleeve Universe moved again.

Su Qing didn't think much and immediately took out the document.

After the document was taken out, it immediately turned into a golden light and merged into Su Qing's body.

Then it turned into an official seal and fell into her hand.

The official seal went without saying; this thing was used to prove that she was the mountain god of this mountain.

As for the document merging into her body, it actually brought some new content.

Within the document, there were some words left by the Jade Emperor, as well as some things that needed to be done later.

After she had digested it slightly, she couldn't help but say speechlessly:

"Well, it turns out my Daoist temple hasn't even begun construction yet... No wonder I didn't see anything when I circled around in the sky."

Gongsun Zhixue, who heard Su Qing muttering to herself nearby, couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then didn't forget to mock her with a few words.

It could be considered revenge for Su Qing laughing at her earlier.

Seeing this, Su Qing glanced at the girl and said: "The Daoist temple hasn't been built yet, which means we have nowhere to stay right now! You little dummy! What are you laughing at?"

"..." Hearing this, Gongsun Zhixue was immediately speechless.

Having nowhere to stay was indeed a big problem.

"It... it doesn't matter, we can just build a house ourselves." Gongsun Zhixue thought for a moment and immediately gave a conclusion.

As she spoke, she didn't forget to show off: "Don't forget, this young lady is a tree demon; controlling trees to build a house is simply a piece of cake."

Hearing this, the corners of Su Qing's mouth curled slightly, and she said: "Can you get it done today? Probably not, right?"

"Hmph, don't look down on me! It's an easy task. This young lady is a great demon in the Divine Immortal Realm!" Hearing the doubt, Gongsun Zhixue immediately said with her hands on her hips.

Seeing this, Su Qing also nodded slightly and said:

"Oh? You're very confident! Since you're so confident, I'll believe you for the time being."

"By the way, if I get it done today, do you want to reward me with something?" Gongsun Zhixue thought for a moment and couldn't help but say.

Hearing this, Su Qing smiled and said: "Sure! But the premise is that you really can get it done."

"Hmph, just wait and see." Gongsun Zhixue clearly had a lot of confidence in this matter.

This point made Su Qing slightly surprised...

But she didn't care; it was a good thing that Gongsun Zhixue had confidence.

Anyway, as long as the house was built, that was enough.

"Then I'll wait and see." Su Qing nodded and said.

After giving the task of building the house to Gongsun Zhixue.

Su Qing and the others also began looking for a suitable place to live in the mountains.

After all, even on one mountain, the quality of spiritual energy varied.

However, this didn't stump Su Qing; after all, Su Qing's perception of spiritual energy had long since far surpassed most immortals.

So she quickly found a good place.

Not only was it suitable for cultivation and far from human habitation, but the scenery was also very good.

Moreover, the distance from Heaven Lake wasn't far.

Looking from afar, one could see Heaven Lake, which was like a clear mirror.

It was simply beautiful!

And after determining the location, Gongsun Zhixue, under Su Qing's urging, quickly got to work.

Leng Xiang looked at the busy Gongsun Zhixue and couldn't help but ask: "Master... actually, if there's nowhere to stay, wouldn't it be fine if we went to live in the city? Why bother making a house here?"

"That's true, but won't we have to come back to live in the mountains sooner or later anyway? Isn't it also quite good to fix it up first?"

Su Qing said with a smile:

"Besides, it's not bad to let this little fellow get some exercise."

"..." Leng Xiang said: "Master is clearly just being purely mischievous."

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm very kind." Su Qing retorted.

Hearing this, Leng Xiang didn't argue with her master, only nodded slightly and said: "Of course."

"What a perfunctory answer, little Leng Xiang, you've also learned bad habits." Su Qing poked Leng Xiang's little face and said: "I'll leave things here to Gongsun Zhixue; you come with me to the city!"

"To the city?"

"Mm, to see the City God. There are some matters I need his help with."