Chapter 165: Friendly Neighbor Who Helps Wash Dishes

Xiaoye City, Gu Qingyuan has lived here for some time.

I gave up the Xu family mansion and all my plans, looking for a quiet and comfortable place. I have been here for several months.

This trip is not for seeking immortality or gods, nor for seeking heaven and earth, but just to have a leisure time in this world.

'I've been busy all the time, scheming and planning, and it's time for me to take a break.'

Gu Qingyuan slept until noon, just like usual.

He was already fully contented and had no need to sleep in or eat grains. It was not an exaggeration to call him a living immortal. However, he had been traveling all the way with a tense mind and constant steps, and had not had a moment of leisure. Now that he was planning his plans for the whole world, he did not have to work hard. He had to wait for the seeds he had planted to bear fruit and bloom, which would take time to ferment. With his clone doing the hard work for him, Gu Qingyuan could finally have a half day of leisure.

"How can this be considered laziness? I am trying to gain enlightenment in this world, but I am very busy!"

He was naturally aware of the intersection between the two clones, but he just put it aside and settled down in this small Yecheng with peace of mind, calling it "enlightenment".

This enlightenment was not some mysterious one. It was as if one had seen thousands of people and seen thousands of things. With a cry of "ah", his mind became clear, the mysteries of heaven and earth became clear, and his cultivation increased rapidly.

Gu Qingyuan's enlightenment originates from the heart and ends in the heart. It does not show supernatural powers, nor does it transform into spiritual energy. It is of no benefit to cultivation, achievement, or fighting. He only seeks the word "self" in order to understand his true self, so as not to sit on the cloud platform for a long time, overlooking all living beings. Instead, he loses his passion and becomes a person who forgets emotions.

To put it bluntly, it means adjusting your mindset, being lazy, and being a lazy Taoist in this world.

The small house that Gu Qingyuan rented was not big, nor was it expensive. He even saved some money because he had a kind neighbor living with him.

There are only three rooms and a small courtyard.

There are three rooms, a master bedroom, a side bedroom, a woodshed and a small toilet. The yard is not very big. There is a well pressed down by a huge stone, a water tank is piled in the corner of the yard, and there is an old willow tree growing very well.

The person in the well was naturally Gu Qingyuan's kind neighbor, a female ghost who fell into the well out of ignorance. She was the original owner of this house. She did not have much magical power, nor was she a vicious ghost. It was just that this woman was a little petty, and occupying a well was not enough for her. If others came to live in this small house, she would blow some evil winds and make some strange noises to scare people away, but she had never killed anyone.

Thanks to this, when Gu Qingyuan was looking for a middle-aged man to rent a house, he chose this one for the sake of cheapness, signed a contract, and moved in that night.

Sure enough, the female ghost was looking for something to do in the middle of the night, crying non-stop, and asking for peace in the dark. Gu Qingyuan, thinking that she had helped him save money, pulled her out of the well and gave her a lecture, and only then did he get some peace in the dark.

The sun was high in the sky, shining on the yard. It was just right at this time of year, neither too cold nor too dry.

Gu Qingyuan took out some spiritual rice and steamed it in a steamer in the woodshed. He also took out the vegetables he bought at the market yesterday, cooked them, sprinkled some fine salt and sesame oil for seasoning, and prepared to go with the rice.

"I haven't cooked for a long time, so I'm afraid my hands are a little rusty."

Gu Qingyuan looked at the wood stove and the rice in the pot and estimated the time. On weekdays, the meals he ate were all banquets with delicious delicacies. But now that the world has changed, it is quite unique to cook while being lazy.

When the rice was cooked, while it was still hot, Gu Qingyuan took out a bowl and the lard can, and put a large piece of white, crystal clear lard at the bottom of the bowl, and then covered it with the freshly cooked white rice. This was the "lard rice", and he also put some cold vegetables on it. It was a very delicious meal.

Gu Qingyuan never ate alone. There was a small square table with a bowl of white rice on each corner. "Good neighbors, the meal is ready. Let's eat together!"

He is not an ordinary man. If he could unleash his magical powers, the heaven and earth would be blessed with good weather, all things would grow, and the crops would be abundant. All diseases of all living beings would disappear and they would be strong and healthy. If he lived here for a long time, it would be considered a spiritual place, although it could not be called a paradise.

However, he did not advertise it, and only covered the courtyard with his breath and magic power, so as not to disturb the neighbors, so some strange phenomena occurred. Thanks to Gu Qingyuan's pure energy, the female ghost in the well could not stand the scorching sun or the thunder. Now that her ghost body was solid, she could naturally walk under the scorching sun, but she felt sad and had some shadows. She walked along the shade of the willow tree and settled under it.

That willow tree was no ordinary creature either. It was already spiritual. Upon hearing what Gu Qingyuan said, it swayed its body and rustled.

"That female ghost, have you ever heard of the story of using willow branches to beat ghosts? You are still standing under the willow tree, so be careful that the branches will hit you and your soul will go to heaven." Gu Qingyuan spoke nonsense to scare the female ghost.

The female ghost rolled her eyes, stood still and ignored him.

"This guy is handsome, but why does he have a big mouth? If it weren't for the fact that he has to pay the rent, I would definitely..."

The female ghost looked at the "rent" on the table and swallowed her saliva. Halfway through her thought, she remembered that the man had some tricks.
"Fortunately, I had no ill intentions at the time, so I just had to give him a lecture and let it go. Otherwise, I would have been lucky to be able to survive the punch."

The female ghost didn't come to the table after thinking about it, and it was even more impossible for Liu Shu to move. Gu Qingyuan was not surprised. It would be fine if he couldn't see her, but he knew clearly that there were ghosts and monsters, and it would be a bit awkward if he didn't invite them after cooking a meal.

The passionate yet restrained implicitness that came from the East was in Gu Qingyuan's bones and he had never forgotten it in two lifetimes.

"The prison guards have committed many murders and killed many demons. What does it have to do with Master Gu?"

An idea suddenly flashed through Gu Qingyuan's mind. He shook his head and laughed, then lowered his head to eat.

After dinner, Gu Qingyuan told a demon and a ghost to look after the house, and then he started his main task after entering the mortal world - traveling around the mortal world, commonly known as "street wanderer".

After Gu Qingyuan left, the female ghost walked out leisurely and swaggered, took out the lard can, and imitated Gu Qingyuan to scoop out a big spoonful of lard: "Old Liu, it's getting late, let's eat quickly!" with an attitude of a host.

The willow tree shook its body, dropped a piece of paper, and landed next to the dining table, absorbing the spiritual energy from the spiritual rice.

As the ghost girl cooked, she said, "It's a pity that you can't taste the rice, Old Liu. This good rice is wasted."

When the cups and plates were in a mess, willow branches covered half of the yard. There was a large water tank with a bucket underneath. There was something fishy in the well. Gu Qingyuan naturally would not use the well water, so he collected the water in the tank. As for the person who fetched the water, it was naturally someone else.

Willow branches picked up the bucket, filled it with water from the jar, and placed it in front of the female ghost.

The female ghost felt distressed: "Don't lift it too much, don't lift it too much, I spent a lot of effort to carry this in the middle of the night, and you spilled a lot!"

The willow tree folded its branches and stopped shaking, pretending to be an ordinary tree that did not understand human language.

The female ghost sighed, picked up the bucket resignedly, and started washing dishes and pots, disturbing the courtyard.

Gu Qingyuan, who had just gone out, naturally knew about this. The three of them had been living together like this for several months, and they were all comfortable with each other. Gu Qingyuan cooked, the female ghost washed the dishes, and Liu Shu fetched water.

'I can cook, but I can't wash the dishes.'

Gu Qingyuan was thinking as he walked out of the quiet alley and onto the street. It suddenly became lively, with the smell of firewood from the stove and the aroma of various snacks rushing into people's noses.

In the morning, I started a fire with smoke and dust, and lingered in the world for several autumns.

(End of this chapter)