Chapter Fourteen: A Kiss to Seal Their Fate

Ning Rongrong looked like a child caught stealing candy, her cheeks flushing instantly. Gu Chen squinted his eyes, feigning nonchalance as he joked with Oscar, “We were just praising how handsome you look!”

“Really? I shaved today. Doesn’t that make me look even more handsome?” Oscar raised an eyebrow, his charming eyes sparkling as he made a suave gesture under his chin with his right hand.

“Handsome, so handsome it’s dazzling!”

“Oscar, senior, what brings you here all of a sudden today?” Gu Chen asked. In the past month since Gu Chen arrived, Oscar, being a moderate faction member, rarely came to watch his training.

“Teacher Zhao asked me to call you over.”

“Just me?”

“No, I think Zhu Qing is going too.”

“Go quickly, they’re already waiting for you.”

“All right, thanks, Oscar senior!” Gu Chen winked at Ning Rongrong before dashing off toward Zhao Wuji’s office.

After Gu Chen left, Oscar wanted to say something to Ning Rongrong, but she glanced at him with a tinge of sadness and turned away. She had to admit it—she was already smitten by Gu Chen. As soon as he left, her heart felt empty, and she lost all interest in everything.

“Rongrong, wait for me. Tang Xiao San will be back in a few days. If you want to go somewhere, we can go together.”

“I’m not going. I need to focus on my training these days. Don’t follow me, or I won’t be polite to you.”

“Rongrong, what’s wrong with you?”

Ning Rongrong ignored him, walking to her room, quietly closing the door behind her, and lying on the bed in a daze.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen peeked toward Zhao Wuji’s room and saw a slender figure with her back to him. He quietly approached and covered the woman’s eyes.

Mimicking Oscar’s voice, he said, “Guess who I am?”

“Gu Chen...” she answered.

Gu Chen released his hands with a bored expression.

“How boring...”

“How did you guess it was me?”

“Oscar—he wouldn’t dare do that. If he did, I’d make sure he couldn’t call himself a man.”

Suddenly, Gu Chen felt a chill sweep through him, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

“Senior, I was just joking. Don’t take it seriously!”

Zhu Zhuqing cast him a coquettish glance and teased, “Why didn’t you be bolder just now? Maybe senior likes you?”

Seeing Zhu Qing’s teasing smile, Gu Chen gathered his courage and, with lightning speed, wrapped his arms around her slender waist and kissed her rosy lips passionately.

Zhu Qing was stunned, the phrase “How dare he? How dare he?” echoing in her mind repeatedly.

Gu Chen didn’t go overboard—after all, this was Teacher Zhao Wuji’s room. His spiritual senses told him Zhao Wuji was on his way.

Seeing Zhu Qing still frozen in place, Gu Chen looked at her apologetically.

“Senior, punish me. You’re too beautiful; I just couldn’t resist!”

“You...” Tears of grievance streamed down Zhu Qing’s cheeks.

She should have been angry, but Gu Chen’s kiss had touched her soul deeply; her heart surrendered without resistance.

This was the power of the Xuanxin Technique—it could not only harness spiritual energy to refine one’s heart, achieving a state of selflessness and naturalness, but also act like a clear mirror, reflecting one’s true feelings into another’s heart. Gu Chen’s kiss was genuine, and Zhu Qing could feel his sincerity.

Therefore, she couldn’t stay mad or punish him. Her grievance lay in this being her first kiss, taken unprepared by this “rascal.”

“Senior, please don’t cry anymore. It’s all my fault. You can punish me however you want later. Teacher Zhao is coming.”

Hearing this, Zhu Qing looked at Gu Chen with a hint of melancholy and wiped her tears away.

Gu Chen grinned mischievously at the image of the little sulking Zhu Qing.

She shot him a glare and stomped hard on his foot, making him wince in pain.

At that moment, Zhao Wuji approached with a broad smile. Seeing Gu Chen’s contorted face, he pretended ignorance and asked,

“Gu Chen, what’s wrong with you?”

“Master, I’m fine. I must have eaten something bad; my stomach hurts.”

“What did you eat for lunch? The master prepared the meal, so it shouldn’t have upset your stomach!”

“It’s nothing to do with the master. I had the Drunken Concubine dish. By the way, Master, did you call us here for something?”

“We’ve definitely got good news for you two—here’s some money!” Zhao Wuji laughed as he tossed a package onto the table.

“Open it and see.”

Gu Chen opened the package to find it filled with gold spirit coins, leaving him utterly shocked.

“Master, where did you get so many gold spirit coins?”

One gold coin could sustain an ordinary person for half a year. A spirit master earned one gold coin per month, a great spirit master ten, and a spirit lord a hundred.

This package contained at least two thousand coins—equivalent to a spirit lord’s two years’ income. It truly astonished Gu Chen.

“Master, why are you giving us so many gold coins?”

“Don’t tell me you stole the academy director’s treasury and want to run away with us?”

“Don’t be ridiculous. The director isn’t that rich; he’s quite poor!”

“These coins come from the rare herbs you and Zhu Qing found yesterday. We kept some useful ones for you and sold the rest for this money.”

“Is this for me and senior?”

“Yes!”

“Hehe... Master, you’re too generous!”

“Senior, from now on, we’re rich! We’ll stay at the most luxurious hotels, ride in the finest carriages, and enjoy the best... senior.”

He swallowed the last word, embarrassed.

“I don’t want these coins. I’ve already gained the most precious treasure. You wanted a pet, right? Keep the money for yourself.”

“Fine, I’ll hold onto the money for now. Consider it your investment. When I make a profit, I’ll share the dividends with you.”

“Dividends?”

“That means sharing the profits.”

“Alright.” Zhu Zhuqing nodded, somewhat understanding.

“Gu Chen, you said you want to do business?”

“And Zhu Qing said you have a pet. What kind of pet is it?”

“It’s a gold-devouring beast!”

“Have you summoned it yet?”

In Douluo Continent, after humans and spirit beasts sign a contract, they can store their pet spirit beasts in a contract space.

This contract space is a mysterious realm controlled by the spirit, allowing summoning or releasing of pets. Gu Chen felt it was a space both very distant from Douluo Continent and yet very close to him.

Though it sounded contradictory, this was Gu Chen’s genuine perception.

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