Fairy, please don't do this!

Unbeknownst to Yue'e, he too had been lost in thought just now.

Just then, the ghost wife's voice quietly entered his ears: "My little husband, did you see everything just now?"

"I never expected that this Moth Phoenix Clan Queen would be a Great White Moth..."

Gu Jinzhao said solemnly, "Don't slander someone's innocence out of thin air. I didn't see anything."

"Also, don't give people nicknames like 'Big White E'!"

At this point, he recalled the beautiful scene he had accidentally glimpsed earlier.

However, the name "Big White" seems quite fitting!

The ghost bride asked with interest, "If you didn't see anything, why were your eyes wide open and your heart pounding so fast?"

"I was terrified by the overwhelming Nirvana Phoenix Flame."

"My little husband's ability to lie through his teeth is truly admirable~"

"Isn't your wife bothering me like this? Aren't you afraid I'll be distracted and suffer from the poisoning of the fire?"

"The fire poison is useless to you; at most, it will only make the internal heat stronger."

How do you know that?

Isn't it obvious?

What is so obvious?

Gu Jinzhao didn't understand the meaning at first, but he soon found the answer.

Because Yue'e's gaze was fixed on him.

With a face as fair as jade, sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, he resembled a handsome young gentleman in a turbid world.

As your gaze moves down the neck, you see a chest with well-defined muscles that are not bulging, and smooth lines like a fine brush painting. It is clearly a figure that looks slim when dressed but muscular when undressed.

As her gaze moved downwards, Yuechu'e suddenly froze, her beautiful eyes widening, and her stunningly beautiful face flushed crimson.

Gu Jinzhao was somewhat embarrassed, but he faced the mature and beautiful noblewoman in front of him frankly and openly: "Madam, why don't you look openly? It's no fun peeking like this."

He had originally intended to do as Yue'e did, gathering mist as clothing to provide some concealment.

Unfortunately, I'm already multitasking, and if I get distracted again, something unexpected might happen.

Caught peeping, Yuechu'e felt a slight unease, but her face remained composed. She even gave a light snort: "I was checking how much Phoenix Flame had been refined, not how much I was looking at you."

"Not looking at me?"

"Why are the lady's ears and cheeks so red?"

Gu Jinzhao looked at her with a half-smile.

Yuechu'e shifted her gaze slightly and pursed her lips: "It was burned by the Phoenix Flame!"

Gu Jinchao asked, "Madam, have you ever heard this saying?"

Yuechu'e instinctively replied, "What did you say?"

"Stubborn to the end."

"Young Master Gu should take care of himself first."

"If you are corrupted by the fire poison and lose your mind, and do something disrespectful to me, don't blame me for teaching you a lesson."

"Please do as you wish, Madam. At worst, we will not refine this Phoenix Flame."

"Young Master Gu, have you ever heard this saying?"

"What?"

"A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water."

"Hehe... With Madam's cultivation level, she's actually not afraid of getting burned!"

Chapter 39, The Temptation of Going Home

And so it went, and before they knew it, night had fallen on the second day.

Gu Jinzhao finally finished refining that wisp of Nirvana Phoenix Flame, transforming it into a crimson ball of light that entered Yuechu'e's brow.

As the spiritual energy entered her body, Yuechu'e's face instantly glowed with a rosy light, her eyes became alluring, and her aura suddenly became several times stronger.

In contrast, Gu Jinzhao was panting heavily, his face pale, like an old ox that had plowed the fields all night, exhausted to the point of near collapse.

"Thank you for your hard work, Young Master Gu."

At the beginning of the month, Yue'e had changed into a light blue dress and helped him back to the room to sit down.

Gu Jinzhao waved his hand weakly: "I have been entrusted with this task, so I must do my duty faithfully."

This time, he truly experienced what it means to be "exhausted".

At the early stage of the eighth rank, he forcefully refined the Nirvana Phoenix Flame, enduring it for a full day and night.

His spiritual energy was almost completely drained, leaving him listless and dispirited.

Yuechu'e took out several bottles of pills from her storage ring and handed them over: "These pills will benefit you, young master. They can restore your spiritual power and replenish your deficient body."

Gu Jinzhao blinked.

Why do I have this strange feeling of being kept by a rich woman?

And that phrase, "to replenish his depleted body," if heard by someone unaware of the situation, might lead them to believe that what was drained of his spiritual energy wasn't just spiritual power, but...

Despite these thoughts, he still took the pills, poured out two from each bottle, and swallowed them.

Once the spiritual energy within his spiritual palace had gradually recovered, he let out a long sigh of relief: "It's getting late, I have to go back so my family won't worry."

"I will come to see you again in a few days."

"As for the materials for refining Gu, just let me know when you find them, Madam."

"Mmm!" Yuechu'e responded softly, then clapped her hands.

squeak-

The door opened, and the beautiful maid who had led the way earlier entered, bowing gracefully to Yuechu'e: "Madam."

Yuechu'e instructed, "Fenghua, see Young Master Gu off for me."

"Yes."

Feng Hua respectfully agreed.

Although she appeared calm on the surface, her heart was in turmoil.

Especially when Gu Jinchao was seen walking with his hand on his waist, looking like he was overworked.

Looking at his wife, she was radiant, like a mature peony nourished by rain and dew, her beauty beyond compare.

In an instant, Feng Hua's gossip-loving spirit ignited: "Could it be that Madam and this Young Master Gu have become lovers?"

"But didn't they just meet yesterday?"

"love at first sight?"

"Does Madam prefer this kind of impetuous young man?"

"It's not impossible that Young Master Gu is so handsome and a disciple of the Fourth Elder of the Qingyun Sect."

Gu Jinzhao knew Yuechu'e very well, but he didn't know that her personal maid, who seemed aloof on the outside, was actually a repressed and imaginative person.

……

As night fell, Qingyun City was brightly lit and bustling with activity.

Gu Jinzhao rode his little mare away from Wanhua Pavilion, buying some food along the way.

He then retrieved the clothes he had previously made for his ghost wife from Fenglingxuan before returning to Baicaotang.

"Having a storage artifact makes things much more convenient."

He tidied up his usual elixirs and clothes, and even put the Crimson Sky Sword into the Earthly Branches Mirror before taking a bath.

"It seems that Yue'e values ​​her young husband very much."

An Wanxi leaned against the window, holding a book in her hands, carefully turning the pages.

These days, she spends most of her time reading.

Learn about Kyushu a thousand years later through books.

Gu Jinchao leaned back in the bathtub, enjoying the warm comfort of the water, and said matter-of-factly, "Who told me I could help her refine the Nirvana Phoenix Flame?"

An Wanxi smiled faintly, "Why do I feel like my little husband has a lot of luck with women?"

"At home, I have a junior sister and Aunt Ruo; in the sect, I have a senior uncle; and I also have a childhood sweetheart who has entered the Dao realm."

"Now there is another Empress of the Ehuang Clan!"

"And each one of them is exceptionally beautiful, like a fairy."

Mentioning this, Gu Jinchao felt a pang of melancholy.

Now all four female protagonists have crossed paths with him, especially his childhood sweetheart and junior sister, who are on their second playthrough!

An Wanxi thought he didn't know which one to choose, so she joked, "If you like them both, you can marry them both. I won't mind."

Gu Jinzhao was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this: "When did I say I liked them all?"

"Although it wasn't explicitly stated, I could sense that my husband harbored special feelings for them."

An Wanxi smiled and said, "Besides, Mu Yiren has already made a marriage agreement with you."

"Lin Qingci's affection for you is written all over her face."

"Although Yu Fengzhi's signs are not as obvious as theirs, she has already shown some promise..."

Although she only stayed by Gu Jinzhao's side for a few days, she already knew the details of his relationships with the other women.

Of course, it was also because Gu Jinzhao hadn't hidden anything from her.

Gu Jinchao shook his head: "That kind of feeling is different."

He did have feelings for the five female protagonists, but those feelings were built up in the game and always carried a sense of unreality.

An Wanxi blinked her beautiful eyes: "How is it different?"

Gu Jinzhao opened his mouth as if to speak, but did not know where to begin. He could only sigh softly and pick up a cotton towel to wipe his body.

The next moment, a delicate fragrance, like that of honey, quietly wafted over.

Gu Jinzhao looked up and was stunned.

Is it pretty?

An Wanxi appeared before them at some point, her voluptuous and tall figure now clad in a light, sheer dress.

With each graceful step, the crimson gauze, damp with moisture, clung to her legs, exuding a hazy allure.

Beneath that slender waist, the full curves rising on both sides of her hips resembled two plump, juicy peaches.

The hem of her skirt barely covered the top of her thighs, revealing her plump, snow-white legs. Her delicate skin shimmered with a fleshy glow in the candlelight, making her incredibly alluring.

Gu Jinzhao withdrew his gaze and coughed lightly: "Why did you suddenly change your clothes?"

An Wanxi, holding onto the hem of her skirt, slowly knelt down on the blanket in front of the bathtub.

She sat with her legs together, her plump, millstone-like buttocks resting on her fair heels, then raised her alluring and seductive face, her beautiful peach blossom eyes gazing at him.

"The book says that a virtuous wife should take good care of her husband when he returns home after a busy day, helping him to bathe and change his clothes."

Gu Jinzhao's expression was somewhat strange: "What kind of books are you reading?"

what is this?

Is it the temptation to go home?

"There are so many, I can't remember them all."

"There are courses that teach women how to dress and groom themselves, and there are also courses that teach women how to serve their husbands..."

An Wanxi took the snow-white cotton towel from his hand, soaked it in the warm bath water, gently wrung it out, and then raised her hand to wipe Gu Jinzhao's chest.

His smooth fingers occasionally caressed the sensitive skin on his waist and abdomen, sending shivers of pleasure through his body, like an electric current, yet it felt incredibly comfortable.