After my luck was stolen, I led my whole family to defy fate and change our destiny.

Chapter 175

Gu Ziming shook his head: "I...I just wanted to ask what good food is available at Yuexianglou."

Gu Liyao gave his usual smile: "You'll see when you get there, there's a lot."

Gu Ziming was so frightened by that smile that his back broke out in a cold sweat. Good heavens, his second brother's smile was too scary!

Gu Liyao led the group to Yuexianglou. They all thought it was a private room, but it turned out to be a secret room.

No one would have guessed that there was a huge, dark room beneath the bustling Yuexiang Building.

The dark room was brightly lit, with a huge alchemy furnace in the center. It was completely black, and if you looked closely, you could see bloodstains on it, which sent chills down your spine.

Gu Liyao cupped his hands in greeting: "Master, I have brought the person."

The Taoist nun patted Gu Liyao on the shoulder: "Well done."

"Thank you, Master"

The Taoist nun said to Shen Qingqing, who was standing to the side, "Stand outside and guard the area. Don't let a single fly in."

"Master, no one will find this place; it's so well hidden."

The Taoist nun gave Duofang a cold look: "I said, keep watch outside."

Shen Qingqing trembled slightly: "Yes, I understand."

Gu Ziming tugged at Gu Yu'an's hand and said, "Big brother, look, what a huge pot!"

"..."

The Taoist nun burst into laughter.

"You're quite an interesting little kid, but... to you guys, isn't this just a pot?"

Gu Yu'an shielded Gu Zimo behind him: "Who are you? What do you want?"

"What I want to do? You'll find out soon enough."

With a wave of her hand, the Taoist nun imprisoned all four of them above the alchemy furnace.

Gu Yu'an struggled for a moment but couldn't break free.

"You want to refine us into elixirs?"

The Taoist nun clapped her hands: "There's still one clever one."

"If you let us go, our family is quite well-off. What kind of pills do you want? I'll help you find them."

The Taoist nun shook her head: "I can't find any. Only the pills you refine are truly nourishing, extremely nourishing."

"A powerful tonic that can make me ascend to immortality in one step, hahahahahahaha!"

"You, what kind of immortal are you? You're an evil immortal!"

"Hmph, little brat, stop stalling. Come on, slowly enjoy the process of turning yourself into a pill."

At this moment, Gu Liyao also realized what was happening and burst into curses: "You old witch, let us go!"

"Big brother, sob sob, I'm so sorry, it's all my fault, I underestimated them."

"This is none of your business."

Gu Ziming: "Big brother, I'm so scared!"

"Don't be afraid, at worst we'll die together."

"Linglong, what about you? Are you scared?"

Gu Linglong shook her head: "I'm not afraid."

I'd like to see what kind of elixir this old witch is trying to make from us.

The Taoist nun formed a hand seal, and flames instantly ignited in the alchemy furnace. While maintaining the fire, she threw medicinal herbs into the furnace.

Gu Linglong estimated that the last medicinal herbs would come from them.

"Ah, it's so hot."

"It's so hot!"

Gu Yu'an and the others felt as if they had been thrown into a pot to boil, their bodies covered in sweat and their minds somewhat dazed.

[This is bad, the spirit is unstable.]

Gu Linglong secretly cast a spell to protect her three brothers' souls and bodies from being burned by the flames, and also to insulate them from most of the heat.

When Gu Linglong cast the spell, she saw their uneasy souls and froze on the spot.

Gu Linglong's eyes were red, and distant memories came flooding back.

In the Flying Cloud Mountains, Han Chong dismounted from his sword, carrying a large white tiger.

Three big boys ran out in unison.

Gu Yu'an: "Master, where did you find a big white tiger?"

Gu Liyao: "This white tiger is so thin, how did it get such serious injuries?"

Gu Ziming: "But he's so handsome!"

"Quickly, bring me the best wound medicine!"

"Yes, Master"

Han Zhong carried Gu Linglong to the bed and carefully applied medicine to her.

Gu Ziming: "Master, this is my bed."

"She's mine now."

"then what do I do?"

"Hey, there's so much open space around here, why don't we build a couple of rooms ourselves?"

Gu Ziming lowered his head: "Alright then."

"Let him stay and be my pet once he gets better."

Han Chong glared at him: "That won't do. This is a divine beast; it has to be my apprentice."

Gu Ziming excitedly jumped through the hoops: "Wow, I'm going to have a junior brother!"

Han Chong tapped him on the head: "Junior sister, she's a girl."

"what……"

"A younger sister is fine too, I like younger sisters."

After half a month of recuperation, Gu Linglong's injuries were almost healed, and Gu Liyao took her fishing every day.

Gu Ziming rolled up his trouser legs high: "You can play here, I'm going down to catch fish."

Gu Linglong stomped her feet and spun around several times.

"You want to go too?"

Gu Linglong nodded.

"No, the water's too cold. You've only just recovered; you can't come down."

Gu Linglong turned around again and pointed at the river with her paw.

"Do you want to eat fish?"

Gu Linglong nodded.

"No, this fish is for dinner only, and Master said your stomach and spleen are upset, so you can't eat too much at once. You were burping while eating just now, so you can't eat."

Gu Linglong lay on the ground, her head drooping, looking sad.

Gu Liyao couldn't bear it: "Then how about this, I'll throw the fish I catch onto the shore. If you catch it, you can eat it; if you don't catch it, you can't eat it."

Gu Linglong nodded and happily spun around several times.

Gu Liyao smiled knowingly: "Then you can exercise on the shore for a while to help digest."

Gu Linglong obediently ran around.

"Wow, we caught it!"

Gu Liyao held the fish high and shouted to Gu Linglong, "Here it comes! If you can't catch it, there won't be any fish to eat!"

"roar~"

Gu Linglong called out, as if to say, "Come on, stop dawdling."

"Watch out, my fish aren't easy to catch."

Even so, he would throw every fish he caught near Gu Linglong's mouth.

Gu Linglong lightly leaped and caught it.

"Wow, you actually managed to catch something that's so difficult! You're pretty good, kid."

Gu Linglong happily spun around, hehe, there's fish to eat!

A man and a tiger set off on a fire on the shore.

"With so many fish, how many do you want to eat?"

Gu Linglong walked up to the pile of fish and used her paws to pull out ten fish.

Gu Liyao's eyes widened: "There are only eleven in total, and you only left me one?"

"No, no, how about this: we'll save five for dinner, and then each of us can have three of the remaining six, okay?"

Gu Linglong thought it was a good idea and nodded.

Gu Liyao found a fork, skewered the fish, and grilled them. After grilling, he placed the fish on clean leaves.

"You eat the fish belly, right in the middle, there are no bones there. The tail has a lot of bones, you leave it for me."

Gu Linglong obediently ate only the fish belly, since she didn't know how to pick out the bones.

"How is it? Did Second Brother bake it well?"

Gu Linglong nodded.

Which of those three senior brothers do you like the most?

Gu Liyao held the last fish far away, looking like he wouldn't let you eat it unless you told him.

Gu Linglong's little paws rested on Gu Liyao's arm.

Gu Liyao immediately beamed, handed her the fish, and patted her head: "Hehe, I knew you liked me the most."