Fang Yuan slightly furrowed his brows. With his intuition and five hundred years of living experience, he could smell a conspiracy.
A ray of ice-cold light flashed in his eyes, he slowly relaxed his brows, "I'm quite hungry. Good timing, come in."
Shen Cui who was holding a food hamper, a scornful grin beamed on the corner of her mouth after she heard what Fang Yuan had said.
But as she opened the door, only a gentle expression was left on her visage.
"Young master Fang Yuan, I can even smell the fragrance of the food and wine coming through the hamper." Her voice was sweet, exhibiting a gleam of pa.s.sionate charm.
Putting the hamper on the table, Shen Cui then took out food trays one by one, arranging it neatly.
The table was beautifully displayed and also gave off a pleasant aroma.
She then took out two wine cups, pouring the wine inside and serving it.
"Young master, let's sit down. Servant dares to be bold. I've always wanted to drink with young master at least once." Her smile was like flowers. Approaching Fang Yuan, she brashly held his hand tight, taking him to the chair beside the table, guiding him to sit down.
Afterward, she directly sat on Fang Yuan's thigh. Her soft body was leaning completely on Fang Yuan's bosom, like a birdie that rested upon Fang Yuan, talking to his ear, "Young master Fang Yuan, I have liked you ever since. Regardless of apt.i.tude, I still want to stay with you, lean on you, console you. Tonight, I only have this thought of giving myself to you."
Today, she had dressed up nicely.
Rouge dyed her lips with a cherry color. As she was leaning in towards his ear to talk, a gentle, youthful breath teasingly entered Fang Yuan's earlobe.
Because she was sitting in his bosom, he could clearly feel her curvy figure.
Her thighs were br.i.m.m.i.n.g with elasticity, her small waist with the soft breast.
"Young master, let me serve you some more wine." Shen Cui held up the cup of wine, lifting her head than pouring the wine into her mouth. Subsequently, her eyes were like br.i.m.m.i.n.g with water; she silently looked at Fang Yuan. Using her small cherry lips, she slowly headed toward Fang Yuan's lips.
Fang Yuan's countenance was cold as if the one sitting in his lap was not a girl, but a statue.
Shen Cui looked at Fang Yuan's expression. At the beginning, she was still afraid, but as her lips were only a tiny bit away from his, she was certain. She was even feeling contemptuous inside, "Still pretending."
Right then, Fang Yuan coldly laughed, a gleam of disdain could be heard in his tone, "So it is merely just seduction."
Shen Cui's visage instantly frozen. She swallowed the wine in her mouth, insincerely acted angrily, "Young master Fang Yuan, what are you talking about?"
Fang Yuan's deep pair of eyes were emitting cold light; he stared at Shen Cui's eyes as his hand was put on her pure white neck, gradually tightening.
Shen Cui's pupils fiercely shrank, she said with a frightening tone, "Young master, you're hurting me."
Fang Yuan did not reply, but he only increased the strength of his hand.
"Young Master Fang Yuan, I'm scared!" Shen Cui was almost suffocated. Her countenance showed a gleam of confusion. She raised her two hands to hold onto Fang Yuan's hands, attempting to pull them apart. However, Fang Yuan's hands were like iron clasps, how could she have pried them open?
"It appears that aunt and uncle wanted you to seduce then frame me? If so, they must have prepared well all the men downstairs." Fang Yuan scornfully sneered, "Anyhow, who do you think you are, seducing me with just this? Just by two of your mushy flocks of meat?"
After finishing, he put his hands on Shen Cui's chest, forcefully squeezed her soft b.r.e.a.s.t.s, instantly deforming it.
Severe pain from her chest made Shen Cui's eyes widen. The pain was too brutal that it brought her to tears. She wanted to yell, but her throat was being tightly clutched by Fang Yuan. In the end, she could only sob. She started to resist vigorously if not, she would really be suffocated to death!
However, right then, Fang Yuan slowly released the strength of his hands.
Shen Cui instantly widened her mouth, hastily gasping. Rapid breathing had led to an acute chain of coughing.
Fang Yuan slightly laughed. He raised his hand, gently caressed Shen Cui's cheeks, then casually said, "Shen Cui, do you think I can kill you?"
If Fang Yuan was devilishly growling, Shen Cui might have resisted vigorously.
But when Fang Yuan used such soft tone to ask her about whether he could kill her or not, a frightening feeling arose deep inside of her innermost feelings.
She was scared!
She terrifyingly looked at Fang Yuan, looking at the young man who was smiling at her.
Just in a second, Shen Cui vowed that she would never forget Fang Yuan's two eyes. This pair of eyes did not have a single gleam of sentiment, but were pitch black, as deep as an ancient dampness which was hiding a terrifying giant beast.
In his attentive eyes, Shen Cui felt as if she was being put in the middle of a place full of snow and ice while naked!
This person in front of her would definitely dare to kill her and could kill her...
My G.o.d! Why did I mess with such demon?!
Chen Cui's heart was filled with regrets. At this moment, she was itching to turn away and run for her life.
However, right now she was in Fang Yuan's chest. She did not even dare to make any movements, not even mentioning running away.
Her entire body was tensed up. With a shaking soft body and face as pale as a sheet of paper, she was speechless.
"Remembering you have been my personal servant, serving me for years, I will not kill you this time. Did not you want to escape your servant life? Go find my didi; he is foolish and naive." Fang Yuan retrieved his smile, patting Shen Cui's cheeks while saying with a calm as water tone.
After deeply exhaling, he finally said,
"Go."
Shen Cui who was dumbstruck obediently went outside. She had lost her soul and dropped her spirit; she did not even know how she had escaped from that demon Fang Yuan.
As they saw Shen Cui got out, the men who were waiting in darkness doubtingly looked at each other.
"To have gone that far to set up a trap of seduction, but still, they have a new idea, compared to my past life at least. Haha, aunt and uncle, I will deeply remember your affections this time!"
After Shen Cui had left for a while, Fang Yuan instantly stood up, going to the doors.
No matter what, he could not stay here anymore.
Even a n.o.bleman would not stand beside a collapsing wall, not to mention a devil. Without enough power, only a fool would put himself in a dangerous position.
"Owner, are there any rooms available?" Walking inside the only tavern in the mountain stronghold, Fang Yuan asked about the pricing.
"Yes, yes, there are rooms upstairs, on the second and third floor. Not only convenient, but they are also extremely tidy. The first floor is the luncheonette; you can have your meal here, or ask the servant to deliver it to your room especially." The owner delicately treated Fang Yuan.
This was the only tavern in the mountain stronghold. Business was not too good and even seemed quite lonely. This tavern was only crowded when the caravan came to the Green Thatch mountain for trading each year.
Fang Yuan threw two whole Primeval Stones to the owner as he was quite hungry, "First, get me a deluxe room, then bring me two jugs of wine, three to four appetizers, keep the change. If this is not enough, I will give you more."
"Alright." The owner received the two Primeval Stones, and asked again, "You want to have your meal in your room, or the bustling hall?"
Fang Yuan glanced at the sky. The rain had stopped. Moreover, it was almost night. He decided to eat in the hall, then directly got out of the village, went searching for Hua Jiu the monk's hidden legacy. He then turned to the owner, and said, "The hall then."
In the tavern's luncheonette, there laid more than ten square tables, each surrounded by four large benches. The middle table also had a thick pillar in the center, supporting the tavern. The floor was covered with marble tiles, which were quite wet due to the air moisture of the mountain.
There were three tables that were occupied.
The table which was leaning on the window only had an old man drinking wine. He was pouring his wine alone while looking at the sunset outside the window.
There were about five to six hunters sitting at the middle table. They formed a circle, talking with each other about what had happened during the hunt. A pile of pheasants and hares being used as baits were scattered besides their feet.
Two youngsters, who were sitting at the table in the corner, seemed to be secretly discussing about something. Their figure was covered by a shadow, which made it hard to distinguish whether they were male or female.
Fang Yuan chose the table near the door. Just in a short while, wine and food had been served.
"With my grade C apt.i.tude, wanting to cultivate the Moonlight Gu, I have to use the aid from the Primeval Stones. If I am to be lucky that this Moonlight Gu does not have a stubborn willpower, I may only need five stones. But if it is obstinate, then trouble has come, I will need eight stones."
Gu was also a living ent.i.ty; they would naturally have a will to live.
One that had a formidable willpower would resist the cultivation of a Gu Master. Those with a weak willpower would depressingly give up in the end. Once it had lost its will, the cultivating process would be an ease.
"I only have six Primeval Stones with me right now. After giving two to the owner, there are four left. This is not enough."
In this world, Primeval Stones were a strong currency. The demand for it was very high.
The living expense of a typical family of three would be at most a whole Primeval Stone.
However, to a Gu Master, they would need to use a lot. Like Fang Yuan, only for cultivating Gu, he had already needed an average of seven Primeval Stones.
This was for the Moonlight Gu. If he really did find the Wine Gu, wanting to cultivate it with his apt.i.tude, he would need another ten Primeval Stones on top of that!
"In other words, my current situation is -- even if I had found the Wine Gu, I still won't have enough Primeval Stones to cultivate it. However, I need to continue searching. There is a high possibility that there would be a big amount of Primeval Stone in Hua Jiu the monk's legacy.
That was not hard to guess.
Hua Jiu the monk was a level five Gu Master. Being a famous supreme master on the demon path, how could he not have had any Primeval Stones, the most basic items for a Gu Master then?