Seeing Su Hua's shocked expression, Gu Qingfeng asked, "What, you've heard it before?"
"Do you remember me telling you that since childhood, I've been having the same recurring dream?" Su Hua replied. "In the dream, there's often a voice chanting those very words, telling me not to forget, and also not to believe..."
Gu Qingfeng exclaimed in amazement, "That's really bizarre."
"Where did you hear that phrase?"
"It was chanted by that mad old man from the Wu-Dao Age, and... the weird thing is, after hearing him chant it, I inexplicably had a dream. The dream was almost identical to yours. There was also a voice chanting those words, telling me not to believe, not to forget, and saying something about waiting for me on the Mountain of Illusion."
"This... this is impossible."
Su Hua's expression was one of utter astonishment. "The Mountain of Illusion is the Wudao Mountain. And in my dream, the voice tells me I must return to the Mountain of Illusion no matter what."
"So it seems our dreams are somewhat connected," Gu Qingfeng mused.
"Perhaps this is the karma between us."
Su Hua seemed very excited. "As long as we find the Wudao Mountain, all our doubts will be resolved."
"Can you find it?"
"I'm confident I will find it."
"Well, you go ahead and look for it yourself then."
Gu Qingfeng got out of bed, stretched vigorously, and left the room. Outside was a stretch of lush green grass.
The grassy area was dotted with various beautiful flowers and all kinds of spiritual fruit trees and jade trees. There were pavilions and gazebos as well.
In the distance lay a tranquil lake, where colorful fish swam joyfully and white elephants played by the water's edge.
A mountain peak seemed to pierce the heavens and earth, with a waterfall cascading straight down like the Milky Way falling from the Ninth Heaven. In the cloudless, azure sky spanning thousands of miles, cranes soared and seven-colored immortal deer pranced among the clouds.
It had to be said, this place was truly magnificent, like a paradise on earth.
"You certainly know how to enjoy yourself, to have opened up such an exquisite Cave Dwelling," Gu Qingfeng remarked.
Over the years, Gu Qingfeng had seen many Cave Dwellings. The one Su Hua had opened might not be the most luxurious or imposing he had ever seen, nor the most magnificent, but it was definitely the most comfortable. Staying in such a Cave Dwelling would put anyone in an exceptionally pleasant mood.
"Of course," Su Hua said proudly. "I put a lot of effort into opening this Cave Dwelling."
Su Hua picked some spiritual fruits and walked into the gazebo, inviting Gu Qingfeng to sit. Then she took out an exquisite white jade bottle and poured a cup for Gu Qingfeng.
"What's this stuff?"
Gu Qingfeng picked up the cup and sniffed it. An intoxicating aroma of wine instantly assailed his nostrils.
"It's wine. You like drinking, don't you? I prepared this especially for you. I brewed it myself, you know."
"Unwarranted kindness is either treachery or theft. There isn't some knockout drug in this wine, is there?"
Su Hua rolled her eyes at him. "Yes, I put knockout drugs in the wine. Do you dare drink it?"
Gu Qingfeng smiled, then downed the cup in one gulp. The taste of the wine was truly excellent. After drinking it, he felt a very peculiar sensation. Not only was his mind clear and refreshed, it was as if he had been enlightened. His entire body felt incredibly comfortable. His acupoints and meridians seemed to be nourished, blooming one after another. Even his blood felt like a warm current flowing through his meridians. It was a feeling of endless vitality.
"What kind of wine is this?"
"Life-Nourishing Wine."
"Life-Nourishing Wine?"
"That's right, Life-Nourishing Wine."
"The name is quite fitting. It really does make the body move with vitality, endlessly."
Gu Qingfeng drank three cups in a row and asked, "Do you have more? Bring out a few more bottles. I might as well take this chance to replenish myself a bit more."
"You think it's water? A few more bottles? Over all these years, I've only brewed three bottles in total. Now you've drunk an entire bottle by yourself, and you still want more?"
Watching Gu Qingfeng drain the white jade bottle of Life-Nourishing Wine in a few gulps, Su Hua felt rather pained. As she said, she had only brewed three bottles over so many years because the resources needed to brew this wine were far too rare and precious. Usually, she couldn't bear to drink it herself. Even so, she took out another bottle.
"Drink this one sparingly. After this bottle, there's no more... I still have use for the last bottle myself."
Gu Qingfeng didn't drink it. Instead, he directly put the bottle of Life-Nourishing Wine away. Seeing this, Su Hua asked curiously, "Why are you putting it away?"
"Such a fine thing, letting me drink it would be a sheer waste."
Gu Qingfeng wasn't stupid. He naturally knew the wonderful uses of this Life-Nourishing Wine and understood just how precious it was. It was no exaggeration to say that not just this bottle, but even a single drop was enough to bring the dead back to life, even for an immortal suffering the Five Decays.
"So you do know what a waste is? But what are you saving it for?"
What for? Gu Qingfeng didn't know what he was saving it for either. But with something this good, he believed it would definitely come in handy later.
"Do you usually live here alone?"
"Pretty much."
"Such a nice place, it's a pity for one person to live here alone."
Gu Qingfeng took out his own fine wine and took a small sip, admiring the scenery within the Cave Dwelling. "This place is suitable for a pair of mandarin duck Dao companions to live in seclusion. What, are you still alone? No sweetheart?"
Gu Qingfeng's question left Su Hua speechless. She pursed her lips, as if she couldn't be bothered to answer such a boring question.
"How about considering me? What do you think?"
"I say, Gu Qingfeng, Great Lord Gu, is your old bad habit flaring up again? I'm not some naive, ignorant young girl, nor am I a lonely, solitary maiden, and I'm certainly not a woman who enjoys flirtation. Please, Your Lordship, stop teasing me, alright?"
"Big Sister Su, you can't just say things like that. I don't have the bad habit of teasing girls."
"Hah!"
Su Hua shot Gu Qingfeng an extremely disdainful look. "Don't forget, after I reincarnated and came to this world, I didn't do anything else. I've been investigating you the whole time. I know everything about you like the back of my hand. I know all your bad habits perfectly clearly. You always like to tease girls for no reason. After teasing them, when they get serious, you'll run away. People say you are a heartless, selfish, irresponsible heartless Human, and that's not an exaggeration at all."
Every time someone brought up the term 'heartless Human', Gu Qingfeng felt very displeased. "Big Sister, it's one thing for others to call me a heartless Human, but how can you, the Ninth-Heaven Envoy who reincarnated for the sake of karma, think so too? Didn't you say you know me like the back of your hand? Yun Nishang, Feng Zhuyue, Tang Hengheng, plus a Ye Tianlan, and a Jun Xuanji on top of that—each one of them is a formidable character. They all reincarnated for the sake of karma. You say I teased them? I'd say they were the ones setting traps for me."