Chapter 60: The Fire You Started, You Extinguish Yourself!

South Dao Sect, Ling Shou Yuan.

Rong Shou, dressed in elegant everyday attire, was planting spirit material seedlings.

Da Miao was currently with his son, Xiao Xingxing, teaching him how to catch prey.

Seeing a sound-transmission talisman fly over, Da Miao opened it directly, and Su Xi's voice came from within—【I want one hundred catties of gold-silver orchid, can you help me get some?】

Da Miao immediately perked up and looked toward Rong Shou.

The gold-silver orchid was cultivated by Rong Shou; it did not exist elsewhere.

To get some, doing it sneakily would be fine; one could frame Xiao Xingxing and say he stole them to eat.

But if Rong Shou found out, that would certainly not do.

Rong Shou clapped the dirt off his hands, "Tell her, if she wants them, she can come and take them herself."

Da Miao obediently did as told—【You come to Ling Shou Yuan, the Sect Master is not here, take as much as you want yourself.】

Rong Shou:... Then who is he?

After receiving the sound transmission, Su Xi immediately robbed a pot of freshly cooked Su-style braised meat and went to the South Dao Sect's Ling Shou Yuan.

She went there directly via Teleportation, and her speed was very fast.

However, upon arriving at the place, she saw Rong Shou, who was still planting spirit plants.

As for Da Miao, she did not know where he had taken his son.

"You know where they are planted, go pick them yourself." Rong Shou did not even look at her, lowering his head to continue working on the task at hand.

Su Xi put down a bag of Top-Grade Spirit Stone, "Consider it a purchase."

Just as she put down that Storage Bag, she saw it turn into fine powder, and rich spiritual energy diffused into the surroundings.

Su Xi: "……!"

【He does not want the host's Spirit Stone.】

【Then, I can't just take them for nothing, right?】

【Those gold-silver orchids were originally planted by the host as well.】

【Right, I won't pick the ones he planted, that should be fine; most of them were cultivated by me.】

Su Xi turned and left.

Rong Shou picked up the watering can filled with spirit spring water to irrigate the seedlings, his thick, lowered eyelashes concealing the look in his eyes.

Su Xi arrived under the cliff where the gold-silver orchids were planted; what met her eyes was a patch of golden and silvery translucent plants, looking like hanging curtains. Its stems were segmented, and the longer they grew and the older they were, the better their medicinal properties.

Su Xi stood beneath the gold-silver orchids, and scenes of her planting them together with Rong Shou suddenly appeared in her mind.

Not long after she had joined the sect, she was clumsy, and it was dangerous to plant gold-silver orchids on the cliff, so she had to tie a rope around her waist, hang from the cliff, use a chisel to chip out holes one by one, and then bury the gold-silver orchid seeds inside.

Besides watering them with spirit spring water every day, she also had to use her pitifully thin strands of True Essence Power to stimulate the seeds. If they didn't sprout, she had to replant them... For a full half-year, she lived on the cliff. It forcefully ground away her mild instinctual fear of heights.

Da Miao brought Xiao Xingxing over and stopped by Su Xi's side.

"Look, how well the gold-silver orchids we planted have grown!" Su Xi said to Da Miao with a smile.

Da Miao rolled his eyes at her, "In the seven years you were gone, the Sect Master often came here, using his True Essence Power to cultivate them; they look like they are about to give birth to demon spirits."

Su Xi: "... Oh. Then their medicinal efficacy should be very good; no need to pick one hundred catties, a few stalks will be enough."

As she spoke, she Teleported to the cliff and collected five stalks of gold-silver orchid.

"Only you can come to this Ling Shou Yuan; Xue Fuyi has never set foot here." Da Miao glanced at the small caterpillar on his son's head.

Su Xi looked in the direction where Rong Shou was, "This Ling Shou Yuan is like a pure land in his heart; I am merely an intruder, I won't come again in the future. By the way, this is the braised meat my mother just made, a gift for Xiao Xingxing."

Smelling the meat, Xiao Xingxing immediately stopped catching bugs and ran toward Su Xi, meowing.

"I heard you are going to marry the Human Emperor; is he good to you?" Da Miao asked. Although he heard from Da Jin that the person was not bad, the person involved still knew best when it came to matters between a man and a woman.

Su Xi took a wedding invitation out of the System Space and handed it to Da Miao, "You take Xiao Xingxing to go see it, and also experience the worldly atmosphere of human life."

"Okay." Da Miao put away the invitation.

Before leaving the South Dao Sect, Su Xi went to Xue Fuyi's place once more. Picking the gold-silver orchid was just incidental; the main goal was to farm Xue Fuyi's luck points.

【Congratulations to the host! Successfully obtained 25 points of the target's luck, and 193 mid-grade Spirit Stones.】

【She really doesn't dare to keep her treasures on her person anymore.】

【The host now has 3114 luck points, you can use 100 to start the Reverse Deduction, why not try it?】

【Wait until I return to the Huang Gong.】

Zhou Chuchen had just finished processing the memorials when he saw Su Xi return.

"Quite early; I thought I wouldn't see you until dark."

"Is Your Majesty finished with your work?"

"Mm, just now."

Su Xi sat directly on his lap, "Sit for a moment, just for a little while."

With the delicate and fragrant beauty in his arms, Zhou Chuchen's breathing immediately became unstable, "... Mm!" His voice had become much deeper and hoarser.

Su Xi said to Er Miao: 【Prepare it.】

【... The host is too cunning, borrowing the Human Emperor's luck.】

【My husband, what's the harm in using it? I originally planned to perform the deduction after we were married, but we have over three thousand luck points, we can afford to try; consider it practice.】

【Understood, host.】

A giant golden roulette appeared on the system light screen, with the number 3114 in the center.

Zhou Chuchen could not see the system; his mind was entirely on Su Xi, and his body also began to undergo changes uncontrollably...

Su Xi noticed it, looked back at him, and smiled: "Where did Your Majesty's self-control go?"

"For you, it resets to zero." Zhou Chuchen also wanted to control it, but it was difficult.

Su Xi heard the sound of the roulette spinning, and her attention returned to the system light screen.

The number at the center had already changed to 3014.

Suddenly, the roulette wheel stopped, then gradually began to turn back.

【Host, the deduction is complete, the reversal failed!】

【My intuition was indeed quite sharp, it was still just a little bit off.】

Su Xi turned around, shifting to kneel between his legs facing him, and looked at Zhou Chuchen, "I really want to marry you soon."

Zhou Chuchen picked her up and headed straight for the bedchamber, "You started this fire, you put it out!"

……

Su's Braised Delicacies.

Chi Ruiniang handed the sliced pork knuckle to the customer and took the silver coins.

She placed the silver coins on the counter and said to Su Zhangqing, who was keeping the accounts, "Boss, two jin of pork knuckle."

"Mm." Su Zhangqing put away the silver coins and recorded the transaction.

"Boss, that..." Chi Ruiniang hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

Su Zhangqing looked at her and smiled, "Is there something on your mind, Ruiniang? Feel free to speak."

Chi Ruiniang rubbed her apron with both hands, "It's just... the Empress... no, she is still the young lady right now."

Upon hearing that the matter concerned Su Xi, Su Zhangqing became much more serious.

"I would like to see the young lady, is that possible?" Chi Ruiniang asked nervously.

Su Zhangqing looked at her, was silent for a moment, and said, "My sister is currently in the Huang Gong, not at home. Neither of us can see her just because we want to."

"I can wait," Chi Ruiniang replied.

Chi Ruiniang was not only a helper in the shop but also the wet nurse for Su Zhangqing's youngest son, so their relationship was not ordinary.

"May I ask what the matter is?" Su Zhangqing deliberated.

Chi Ruiniang shook her head, "I can only tell the young lady."