The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

Chapter 279: Chapter 150: Gu Jianjia

The demon fetus gazed at its master with some confusion, circling around her as if unable to comprehend why she was experiencing such intense emotional fluctuations.

Qingqing suddenly transformed into a ray of escape light and flew out the window of the Scripture Pavilion, with the demon fetus hurrying closely in pursuit.

Before long, Qingqing encountered Yao Yufei in Li’an Hall, her face still bearing traces of tears, and she gritted her teeth saying, "I want to find Chu Xuan!"

Contrary to her expectation, Yao Yufei merely glanced at her, then nodded calmly, "Alright, I’ll accompany you."

Qingqing almost thought she heard wrong; this woman actually agreed so easily?

No, if she’s going with me, it must be a conspiracy.

Yao Yufei immediately saw what her daughter was thinking and simply shook her head, saying, "You really are a handful."

"I knew that once you found out the news, you would definitely go crazy wanting to see him. Isn’t it better for me to save that step for you?"

Qingqing was still somewhat wary, "Why do you want to go with me?"

"To comfort you, after all, I am your mother."

Qingqing let out a cold laugh, "If it wasn’t for your doing, would I have ended up in this situation today?!"

Yao Yufei rose to her feet, "I won’t deny it, but it was also for your own good."

"Let’s go, it will be better for just the two of us to go. Even if it’s to the Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace, I am confident that our mother-daughter duo can leave unharmed."

Qingqing was again stunned by this woman’s swift decisiveness. Originally, she thought she would have to threaten with her life and fight with all her might just to see Chu Xuan for a moment, but to her surprise, it was so easy.

Despite still being suspicious of her mother’s intentions, Qingqing did not refuse and followed her out of the hall.

Yao Yufei blew a whistle and a giant black serpent, with a pair of white wings, flew over from the direction of the rear mountain, obediently stopping in front of them.

The mother and daughter rode the winged serpent and left the Demon Sect directly.

...

On Chu Xuan’s end, the preparations for the wedding were overall quite smooth.

Aside from Jiang Yiyi occasionally causing trouble, and the little junior sister occasionally coming over to lament as if her lover was marrying another woman.

The little junior brother, however, was busy helping Chu Xuan, checking progress all around.

As for senior sister Qin Mengyao, Chu Xuan specially went to see her but did not succeed; her dwelling was eerily silent.

When he mentioned it to his master, Floating Cloud, he sighed and said such matters could only be left to nature, hoping Mengyao would slowly come to terms in the future.

That day, Chu Xuan, Gu Haitang, and Uncle Master Xuanji rode the clouds to the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion.

Chu Xuan had been quite troubled about what kind of gift to choose for meeting his future mother-in-law.

Too valuable a gift might be rejected; too ordinary might not show enough respect. He once asked Haitang about her mother’s usual preferences.

Gu Haitang couldn’t provide much detail, only saying her mother was a quiet, steadfast, noble, and elegant woman who spent her leisure time writing and painting, seldom venturing outside.

The main reason was that Haitang had been sent to the Purple Heaven for cultivation since childhood and did not have much time to spend with her mother, only being close to her when returning to the family.

Thus, after discussing with his master, Chu Xuan decided on a piece of top-grade spiritual ink and one hundred twenty pieces of top-grade spirit tea, Qingcheng Snow Bud, as a small token.

These top-grade spiritual objects were quite valuable, and Chu Xuan, of course, couldn’t afford them himself, so Floating Cloud helped him out.

Chu Xuan was very embarrassed and said it would be put on the account first, to be reimbursed later.

Floating Cloud merely stroked his beard with a smile and really wrote it down: On a certain day of a certain month, my little disciple owes his master one piece of spiritual ink, one hundred twenty pieces of spirit tea, solemnly declared, borrowed and repaid.

Chu Xuan couldn’t help but smile at this.

As for why not to give inkstone treasures or wolf-hair brush treasures, according to Floating Cloud’s reasoning: "Others already have a habit of using specific pens and inkstones; if you give them, they’d end up collecting dust instead of being used, better to give something usable, drinkable."

Chu Xuan thought it reasonable and followed his master’s advice entirely.

Xuanji’s speed riding the clouds was naturally extremely fast, and seeing the Tai Xuan Zong Zhen Tian where the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion was located coming into view, Gu Haitang couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous, clutching her sleeves tightly.

Seeing this, Chu Xuan chuckled, "I’m not nervous at all, why are you?"

Haitang forced a smile, "No, just haven’t seen my mother in a long time, I miss her a bit."

Inside, she felt some worry; her mother represented the family and might perform the final inspection. Surely there wouldn’t be any problem?

No, no, don’t overthink, Chu Xuan’s background is perfectly clean, there’s no way he could be related to demons.

...

As soon as they landed at the mountain gate, some warmly came to welcome them, and moreover, the gate opened wide, several real persons accompanied by hundreds of disciples came out to welcome them in formation, the specifications were quite high.

Chu Xuan naturally accompanied the uncle master forward to exchange pleasantries, personally experiencing the envious, jealous gazes of the Purple Heaven disciples.

Returning home, Gu Haitang felt somewhat shy, merely tightly holding his hand.

Chu Xuan suddenly thought of Li Yucheng’s disciple Chen Yusheng, who hadn’t come, probably hiding somewhere grieving like senior sister...

After being welcomed into the sect, the group of three first went to see Master Zhenren in Zichen Hall.

However, after sitting down and having a cup of spirit tea, Chu Xuan excused himself, stating he would disturb them again after meeting with Mrs. Gu.

The elders naturally understood, watching the young couple leave first.

...

Gu Haitang’s mother was named Gu Jianjia.

To be honest, when Chu Xuan first heard this, he was a bit curious; was her surname Gu too? Was Haitang following her mother’s surname, or were her parents both coincidentally surnamed Gu?