Chapter 709 - Midas Touch (1/2)

Before the blush on her beautiful face could fade away, Shen Lian withdrew his finger from her soft lips. It took Gu Weiwei a while to regain her composure and look towards Shen Lian. There was nothing odd about him as he was just looking at the jug.

The fire was still burning in the stove and the empty jug was just sitting aside. Gu Weiwei did not want to waste the charcoal and said, ”I will get you another jug of wine.”

It slipped her mind to ask Shen Lian why the previous jug of wine took such a short time to heat up. She was very absorbed in taking the wine as she wanted to escape from the awkward situation.

Shen Lian's mind was preoccupied. He took some wine but he just could not recall his apprentice-sister's name. He also failed to recollect where he came from and could not remember how did he arrive at this place.

A fragrant breeze woke up him from his deep thoughts. Gu Weiwei brought another jug of wine and placed it on the stove. This time she was watching the jug and Shen Lian but picked up nothing. Shortly after that, the wine was ready.

She pulled up her sleeves and filled up a cup for Shen Lian and another cup for herself.

The two of them sat facing each other. Under the flames, Gu Weiwei looked delicate and beautiful. She peeped at Shen Lian from time to time but she would lowered her head head swiftly everytime she peeped because he was looking at her.

Finally, she could not take it anymore and asked, ”Stop looking at me and drink up.” She would be pissed if someone stared at her that way but for some reason she was not mad at Shen Lian at all.

Perhaps it was because Shen Lian's gaze was the purest she ever seen. It was clearer than the spring water from the mountains that contained no impurities.

She lifted the cup and signaled Shen Lian to cheers.

The cup of wine was not as hot but it did not taste as good as the previous cup. Gu Weiwei thought it was odd. She grew up with wine and had a high degree of discernment when it came to the taste of wine. It made no sense for her to make a wrong judgement.

Thus, she asked, ”Were you the reason why the previous jug of wine got heated up so quickly?”

Shen Lian responded, ”I wanted the wine to heat up quickly and then it got heated up.”

Gu Weiwei's eyes widened up. She was somewhat skeptical but she thought about Shen Lian's background as a Daoist. She asked, ”Do you practice celestial methods?”

Shen Lian asked back, ”What are celestial methods?”

Gu Weiwei felt that he was being sincere and thus patiently explained to him, ”Celestial methods are superlative abilities and with that, you can do extraordinary things. I heard that a celestial once appeared at Mount Qing Xia many years ago and the ancestors of the Baijia Town knew that celestial. He lived for over a hundred years old.”

It was as if Shen Lian recalled something. He said, ”I think I am a celestial.”

Gu Weiwei laughed, ”Just because you practice celestial methods does not make you a celestial. Furthermore, you only knew how to heat up wine. If this was considered as a celestial method, you would not be able to fight other true celestials.”

Shen Lian was somewhat dissatisfied. He said, ”Then what are real celestials capable of?”

Gu Weiwei answered, ”A teacher who came to the restaurant once said that a real celestial could take the clouds and ride on fogs, their midas touch could turn rock into gold, they would never age and would remain young forever.”

Shen Lian responded proudly, ”And I was thinking how amazing were the celestials you were talking about. Well I can do everything that you mentioned.”

Gu Weiwei found the proud Shen Lian really funny. She said, ”Then why don't you try turning the rock into gold?”

Shen Lian ordered, ”Get me a rock.”