Inside the pavilion, a pot of clear wine and two cups.
Gu Changsheng and Ouyang Ji sat facing each other. Ouyang Ji poured Gu Changsheng a cup of wine and said, "Try it. This is a new recipe I developed."
"I've already tasted it." Gu Changsheng picked up the cup with a smile. This wine was exactly the same as what Yao Tianchen of the Yao family had given him. It was because of this wine that he wanted to descend to the mortal realm to see if his old friend was still there.
"When did that happen?"
Gu Changsheng looked at Ouyang Xin, who was playing with Yao Xian, and on the other side, Ouyang Xin's mother was weaving clothes. Judging from the fabric, it was the same as what Ouyang Ji was wearing.
"It's been two hundred years." Ouyang Ji looked at his wife and daughter, a satisfied smile on his face.
"Her name is Feng Xi, and she's a princess of the Immortal Clan. We met in the Profound Sky Continent. Her father didn't agree with us being together, so I brought her back to the mortal realm."
Ouyang Ji said very little, omitting a lot of details, but Gu Changsheng could imagine a lot.
Although he didn't know how strong the Immortal Clan was, Ouyang Ji was from the mortal realm, so he was naturally not favored. Wanting to marry a clan's princess would inevitably be fraught with difficulties.
"With your current cultivation, if you go back now, they will definitely agree," Gu Changsheng said with a smile.
In a space with such poor heaven and earth essence like the mortal realm, it is generally impossible for cultivators to improve here, but Ouyang Ji is different. The path he cultivates does not depend on the heaven and earth essence. As long as there is righteousness in the world, his cultivation can advance by leaps and bounds.
Now that the mortal realm is ruled by the Southern Xiang Dynasty, and there hasn't been a war for two thousand years, every household lives and works in peace and contentment. Righteousness fills the entire mortal realm, making it a sacred place for Ouyang Ji's cultivation.
However, Ouyang Ji said, "My old father-in-law is a True Immortal with a stubborn temper. If I want him to completely agree to me and Feng Xi, I must be on equal footing with him. Just give me some more time. It's just that these two hundred years have been hard on Feng Xi."
Gu Changsheng nodded. Perhaps Feng Xi wouldn't feel wronged, but Ouyang Ji hadn't been able to formally marry Feng Xi from the Immortal Clan, so Ouyang Ji himself felt sorry for Feng Xi.
"If you need any help, let me know," Gu Changsheng said.
"It's me marrying a wife, not you. Why would I tell you?" Ouyang Ji glared at him.
"Damn it, Old Scholar, I mean I want to help you. Don't be ungrateful. You've been to the Profound Sky Continent, so you must know the Yao family's status. As long as Yao Xian gives an order, no matter how stubborn your old father-in-law is, he'll have to cooperate obediently," Gu Changsheng glared back.
"You're still so vulgar. How did I, a dignified Literary Saint, get to know you? Besides, that's Yao Xian's ability. If you want to say anything, you still have to tell Yao Xian, what's the point of telling me?" Ouyang Ji scolded with a smile.
"This vulgar person may be untalented, but the Yao family's current status is largely due to me, this vulgar person!" Gu Changsheng said triumphantly.
"Right, right, right, you're the most amazing. You have wine to drink, but you still can't shut your mouth. Drink up!"
"Drink what? I don't have much of this wine. If you drink like a cow, it'll be gone today."
"If it's gone, you can brew more. We've been friends for so many years, and you're so stingy about me drinking a little of your wine."
"You don't know the price of firewood and rice until you're in charge of a household!"
"Screw you, I have hundreds of thousands of people in my family, do you think I don't know?"
"Damn it, you're forcing me to swear..."
The two laughed and scolded each other, but they didn't put down their wine glasses.
"What are Daddy and Uncle Gu doing?"
Ouyang Xin pointed at the pavilion and said.
Originally, she thought Gu Changsheng was an uncle because he looked younger than her father, but her father told her to call him uncle, and although she didn't know why, she listened to her father and changed her address to Uncle Gu.
"It's nothing, they're just like that when they're happy drinking," Yao Xian said with a smile.
Ouyang Ji's wife saw her husband swearing for the first time, shook her head helplessly, and continued her needlework.
At this time, Yao Xian came over and asked, "Can you teach me?"
Feng Xi was stunned. She looked at Yao Xian. She had already heard about Yao Xian's identity from Ouyang Ji. She was present at Yao Xian's coming-of-age ceremony, but she was too far away to see Yao Xian's appearance clearly.
At that time, she was very envious of Yao Xian because the Yao family was the strongest family in the Jade Pool Immortal Domain. Being born into such a family meant that she wouldn't suffer from arranged marriages. She could marry whoever she liked, how wonderful.
But now, the Yao family's princess was actually asking her to learn this mortal needlework, which she had never expected.
"Are you weaving clothes for Brother Gu?" Feng Xi asked.
She didn't know Gu Changsheng's identity, but since her daughter was calling Gu Changsheng Uncle Gu, she naturally had to call him Brother Gu.
Yao Xian nodded and said, "I just don't know if he'll like it."
Hearing this, Feng Xi couldn't help but smile and said, "I think Brother Gu will definitely like it."
"I think so too," Yao Xian smiled and nodded, sitting aside and starting to learn.
Feng Xi patiently taught her step by step. She said, "It's not difficult, but it's more time-consuming and requires patience. At first, I thought it would be fine to just wave my hand with magic, and there was no need to do it myself. But when I finished the first piece, even if the clothes weren't good-looking, he was still very happy. From then on, I knew that even the smallest things have meaning."
Yao Xian listened patiently. She couldn't help but ask, "How did you two meet?"
"This..."
Feng Xi talked about the process of how she and Ouyang Ji met, with a sweet smile on her face.
"Once, there was a gathering of young talents, all proficient in poetry and songs, but he was like a dragon crossing the river, uninvited and barging in. In the end, he crushed everyone with a poem, which slapped many people in the face. Some people were angered into embarrassment and attacked him, but who knew his strength was even stronger than his talent, and he suppressed those people with one hand."
"Another time..."
Feng Xi seemed to have opened a floodgate, her eyes looking at the pavilion, and when they landed on Ouyang Ji's figure, they were full of tenderness.
Yao Xian was also smiling. She heard a lot of information from Feng Xi.
For example, Feng Xi was present every time Ouyang Ji amazed everyone, as if Ouyang Ji had deliberately tried to attract Feng Xi's attention.
Obviously, he succeeded. Perhaps Feng Xi also knew, but she gladly accepted Ouyang Ji.
After all, Ouyang Ji had genuine strength, which couldn't be faked. Feng Xi was also attracted by his talent.
"But unfortunately, my father still doesn't agree," Feng Xi said with a slight regret at the end.
"That's because your father is blind," Yao Xian said.
"Puchi, I said the same thing at the beginning."
Feng Xi was not angry when she heard Yao Xian say that her father was blind, but instead smiled and agreed.
"By the way, how did you and Brother Gu meet?" Feng Xi asked.
"Us... I was his wife in my previous life," Yao Xian smiled, but this understated sentence made Feng Xi feel the romance in it.
"That's great!" Feng Xi said.
"You guys are also good, and you have such a cute daughter like Xiao Xin," Yao Xian said.
"She's too naughty."
Although she said that, the doting in Feng Xi's eyes couldn't be concealed.
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