The people of Xiaoluo Secret Realm had always cultivated in seclusion, most having never seen the wider world and rarely interacting with the major figures of the Dual-Pole Heavenly Domain.
While Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao might not be considered major figures in the Dual-Pole Heavenly Domain, they were undoubtedly famous immortals known far and wide.
After all, the Mu Family was one of the Elder Council families of the Fengyue Small World, and Mu Lingyao was the young mistress of the Mu Family, her 'Little Demoness' moniker resounding like thunder.
As for Flower Butterfly Immortal, needless to say, she was the personal disciple of the Medicine King Patriarch, peerless in medical arts, not only known to all within the Dual-Pole Heavenly Domain but also deeply respected.
Previously, when drinking with noble scions like Xuan Yun, the people from Xiaoluo Secret Realm had been reserved. Now, sitting together with Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao, they were not only reserved but also inwardly nervous. Even the usually lively and cute little Qianniao was sitting as meekly as a quail.
It must be said that Flower Butterfly Immortal truly lived up to her reputation as a famous immortal known throughout the Dual-Pole Heavenly Domain. Perhaps sensing Qianling and the others' restraint, she stood up and said gently, "Everyone, there's no need to be formal. That we can gather together today is fate. Allow me to introduce myself, I—" Flower Butterfly Immortal had just begun speaking when Mu Lingyao interrupted with a laugh, "Sister Huadie, there's no need for you to introduce yourself. Is there anyone in the Dual-Pole Heavenly Domain who doesn't know the great Flower Butterfly Immortal? If anyone should be introducing themselves, it should be me. My surname is Mu, my given name Lingyao. You can call me Lingyao or Yaoyao."
Typically, at this moment, Gu Qingfeng should have stood up to introduce Qianling and the others to Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao, as they were all sitting together because of him. However, when Mu Lingyao looked over, she found this fellow sitting in his chair, legs crossed, leisurely sipping his wine.
"Hero Little Brother, why are you sitting there like a lord? Aren't you going to introduce your friends to us?"
"Ah, my oversight."
Ever since Gu Qingfeng began cultivating, he had always been a lone wolf. Coupled with his lazy and casual nature and a distinct aversion to social formalities, he had long forgotten all about etiquette. Hearing Mu Lingyao's words, he was just about to open his mouth to introduce them when Qianling proactively stood up.
"We are all from Xiaoluo Secret Realm. I am Qianling, and this is my younger sister Qianniao. On behalf of Xiaoluo Secret Realm, I greet Flower Butterfly Immortal and Lingyao Immortal."
"Xiaoluo Secret Realm? That sounds familiar. Qianling? Wait!"
Mu Lingyao seemed to realize something. Staring at Qianling, she asked in surprise, "You're that Qianling from Xiaoluo Secret Realm? The one who, on the Floating Sky Island earlier, defeated over a hundred people from Jinwu Secret Realm with a single immortal technique sword art?"
Qianling felt somewhat embarrassed but nodded in affirmation.
"If you are Qianling... then..." Mu Lingyao's astonished gaze rapidly swept over the dozen or so people from Xiaoluo Secret Realm before finally landing on Gu Qingfeng. She looked him up and down anew and said, "A Great Sun Brightness Jade Robe, Treading Wind Cloud-Piercing Boots on his feet, a string of 108 Purple-Gold Azure-Eyed Buddha Beads around his neck, playing with two Earth Fiend Mystic Spheres, a Starry Sky Black Jade Fan waving in his right hand, each of the ten fingers on both hands adorned with a Star Swirl Storage Thumb Ring, and a Purple-Gold White Jade Pipe clenched between his teeth."
She paused, her heart already filled with shock and awe, and continued, "I heard that not long ago, a nouveau riche won 1.8 billion in a dice game at the gambling city, spent 500 million on a Nine-Headed Fire Cloud Crimson Flame Tiger Carriage, then bought an outfit worth 200 million. Later, on the Floating Sky Island, he first blew away a Vajra Earth Fiend Tiger's immortal martial art with a single puff of spirit smoke, then with a single offhand remark caused Li Zhengshi's immortal spirit to dissipate, and finally, with a single mighty roar, scared four Taibai Golden Immortals to death on the spot."
"That nouveau riche... couldn't possibly... be you, could it?"
"Well, well."
Gu Qingfeng took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Little sister, you've even heard of this lord's legendary tale?"
"Heavens! It really is you!"
Mu Lingyao had never imagined that the nouveau riche who displayed such divine might on the Floating Sky Island in the rumors was actually the Hero Little Brother she had rescued earlier.
"Sister Huadie, did you hear that? He's the fellow we were discussing on the way!"
Compared to Mu Lingyao's shock and astonishment, Flower Butterfly Immortal's face showed little surprise.
Because earlier, outside, the first time she saw Gu Qingfeng, based on that outfit worth 200 million, she had already been suspicious. Seeing that Gu Qingfeng had no discernible cultivation at all, Flower Butterfly Immortal was basically certain that this fellow was the mysterious nouveau riche everyone was talking about.
Mu Lingyao had been completely immersed in the excitement of running into her Hero Little Brother earlier and hadn't thought about anything else. It was only upon hearing Qianling's self-introduction that she suddenly realized.
Now, Mu Lingyao was like someone who had discovered a new continent, examining Gu Qingfeng carefully with a strange look in her eyes. "From the first moment I saw you, I thought you were a weird fellow. Having no cultivation at all, yet daring to jump off the Floating Sky Island. Now it seems my guess was indeed correct, and you're even weirder than I imagined. How on earth did you do it?"
"Do what? You mean jumping off the Floating Sky Island?"
"No! I mean, how did you blow a Vajra Earth Fiend Tiger's immortal martial art to dust with a single puff of spirit smoke on the Floating Sky Island? How did you cause Li Zhengshi's immortal spirit to dissipate with a single offhand remark? And how did you scare Taibai Golden Immortals to death with a single roar?"
Mu Lingyao asked a question she had puzzled over endlessly but desperately wanted to know the answer to.
And this question was not only something she wanted to know; Flower Butterfly Immortal wanted to know too, because they had been discussing this very matter on the way, both extremely curious about how a person with no cultivation could scare four Taibai Golden Immortals to death.
Originally, they thought that when people said the mysterious nouveau riche had no cultivation, it might be because he was hiding his depth and others couldn't see through it. But upon meeting Gu Qingfeng in person, they realized it wasn't that others couldn't see through it; it was that this fellow truly had no cultivation.
"Want to know?"
Mu Lingyao nodded vigorously.
"If you want to know, it's not impossible. But first, I have a question for you."
"A question for me? What question?"
"Let's agree first. My question concerns privacy. You can't get angry, okay?"
"This young lady promises not to get angry."
Gu Qingfeng nodded and asked with a smile, "What kind of underwear are you wearing underneath?"
Both Qianling and Qianniao had been curious about why Gu Qingfeng was asking Mu Lingyao a question, but they never imagined he would ask such a shameless and vulgar question, and to none other than the so-called Little Demoness, Mu Lingyao. As soon as Gu Qingfeng uttered these words, Qianniao was so frightened she nearly fainted on the spot, while Qianling's face turned deathly pale.