Chapter 709 - Midas Touch (2/2)

Gu Weiwei pointed at the cup and said, ”This cup was made of ceramic. Why don't you turn this into a gold cup?”

Shen Lian responded, ”Sure.”

He looked at the cup and said, ”You...turn into gold.”

The cup still looked the same but without a sense of guilt, Shen Lian proudly said, ”Apprentice-sister, this cup has turned into a gold cup.”

Gu Weiwei looked at it from all angles and it still looked the same. She held back her laughters and said, ”This cup indeed turned into a gold cup.”

Shen Lian laughed, ”Do you know believe that I am a celestial?”

He did not look like he was joking and thus Gu Weiwei thought that something must be wrong with Shen Lian's brain. She thought that perhaps Shen Lian was indeed from a Daoist temple and once had an apprentice-sister who treated him really nicely. Something must have happened and that was why he became like this and forgot many things.

She had watched operas and she started to create many tragic story about Shen Lian in her mind. Her gaze started to soften and she said, ”From now onwards, you will help me with work. As long as I can afford a meal, you too would have something to eat.”

She was not sure if Shen Lian heard her words as he had fallen asleep on the table.

Gu Weiwei shook her head and smiled. She brought a blanket and put it over him. She did not want to waste the unfinished wine so she took some peanuts and enjoyed it leisurely.

She drank the wine and looked at Shen Lian at the same time. She realized that he actually had nice features and he would look really handsome if he shaved his beard. She was quite a drinker and finished a jug of wine in no time. She cleaned up the jug and the cups but allowed the fire to continue burning in the stove to keep Shen Lian warm.

She was about to wash the jug and the cup but she was stunned. One of the shafts of the cups was washed away. She thought she was seeing things and tried to wash it with water and soon a gold cup appeared in her hand. It was sparkling in a beautiful shade of color.

The cup actually turned into a gold cup and Gu Weiwei thought she was dreaming. Could it be that Shen Lian was indeed a celestial who could turn a rock into gold. She had never cultivated and knew nothing about cultivation. Generally, the so-called celestial method of turning rocks into gold was just an illusion trick. The act of turning rocks into gold involved the means of creation as it altered the substance of the objects. Not all celestials were capable of doing so.

Any cultivator who found out that Shen Lian could turn rocks into gold would be extremely impressive and would sincerely beg him to teach them how to do so. It was rare to such powerful celestials even in the top celestial schools across the entire Yuan Continent.

Gu Weiwei was very shocked. She was not delighted and instead felt scared. This was because Shen Lian looked like he had forgotten many things. If someone else found out that Shen Lian could turn rocks into gold, they might come and harm him.

She immediately woke him up.

An unhappy sleepy Shen Lian said, ”Apprentice-sister, I had a dream and it was a dream about the past. Why did you wake me up?”

Gu Weiwei showed him the gold cup, ”The cup turned into a gold cup.”

Shen Lian responded, ”Yes, didn't you realize that earlier? I did not lie to you.”

Gu Weiwei said, ”I thought you were joking. From today onwards, you should never ever tell anyone that you could turn rocks into gold.”

Shen Lian questioned, ”Why?”

Gu Weiwei answered, ”If you tell people that you can turn rocks into gold, they would want you to teach them. If you taught someone with ill intentions, they might use it to do something bad. But if you insist of not teaching, they might harm you or even kill you. Do you understand?”

She was very worried for him and perceived that the reason why Shen Lian became a mess and had forgotten about the past was because someone knew about his abilities and must have harmed him.