Tiexian heirs in the city

Snowflakes fell one after another, and Qingfeng City was already covered in silver.

Qiao Bai stood at the window. He stretched out his hand out of the window, letting the snow flakes fall on his palm and turn into water, which then evaporated into gas.

In the past, every winter, Lingzhu liked to stand at the window and look out of the window, thinking about the ancient dispute of when she would come back. Now, the person who likes to stand at the window and look out the window, wondering when Gu Zheng will return has become Qiao Bai.

The people in the room were pushed away, and the sound of light footsteps was approaching Qiao Bai. Qiao Bai didn't look back, he knew who the person came in.

"Husband, are you thinking about your master?" Qu Wanying whispered while standing behind Qiao Bai.

"yes!"

Qiao Bai turned his head and smiled at Qu Wanying.

Qiao Bai and Qu Wanying were childhood sweethearts, and at first Qiao Bai came to Jixiang Xiaozhu to eat with Qu Wanying. However, because Gu Zheng didn't agree to accept Qiao Bai as a disciple at first, and because Qiao Bai wanted to become Gu Zheng's disciple, he abandoned his cultivation, Qu Wanying became angry and kept cold with Qiao Bai for several years. But in the end, Qiao Bai became Gu Zheng's apprentice and took charge of Jixiang Xiaozhu. Not only did Qu Wanying and Qiao Bai reconcile, but they also became husband and wife.

However, despite the fact that they are husband and wife, Qiao Bai and Qu Wanying are not named as husband and wife. , Gu Zheng must be present! As the saying goes, one day is a teacher and life is a father, Qiao Bai still regards Gu Zheng very seriously in his heart.

"I don't know when your master will come back."

Qu Wanying sighed, and then said: "To wait for your master, our wedding has been delayed for five years."

It has been ten years since Gu Zheng left Jixiang Xiaozhu. Five years ago, Qu Wanying and Qiao Bai reunited. Because they did not have the name of husband and wife, although Qu Wanying sometimes came to Jixiang Xiaozhu to see Qiao Bai, but Qiao Bai never left her to spend the night in Jixiang Xiaozhu. Because in Qiao Bai's heart, only his true Taoist companions have the right to live with him in the extremely fragrant small building, and a wedding without Gu Zheng's witness is not considered a real right.

"Why, don't you want to wait?"

Qiao Bai looked back at Qu Wanying, his eyes did not have the tenderness that Xiong San used to look at the Lingzhu, but only scrutiny. Qu Wanying's incomprehension and lack of support back then had always been a knot in Qiao Bai's heart. What's more, the current Qiao Bai is already a famous fairy chef. If he wants a Taoist companion, there will be many female cultivators scrambling to come, and the reason why he reunited with Qu Wanying is because It was still the matchmaking from the sect, and Qu Wanying's apology and initiative.

"No, it's just that I don't dare to retreat."

Qu Wanying's voice was a little aggrieved, seeing Qiao Bai turned around again, she whispered, "I don't want to be too far behind your cultivation base."

"Because I wanted to enter the way of eating and drinking, and my cultivation base was ruined, you caught up with me. You thought I was not doing my job properly, and I was not worthy of you. Now that my cultivation base is higher than yours, you are anxious to catch up again. Me?" Qiao Bai smiled.

In the past ten years, Qiao Bai's cultivation has progressed really fast. The mental method that he was originally majoring in has already become the Tiexian Jue. As long as he can break through, it can be said that there is no bottleneck at all. In charge of Jixiang Xiaozhu, there is no shortage of cultivation resources at all, and he can cook food to take it. Now Qiao Bai's cultivation is already in the late stage of Void Return, and entering the Golden Immortal Realm is just around the corner. On the other hand, Qu Wanying, who surpassed him back then, is only in the late stage of transformation.

"No, I just don't want to be too far behind your cultivation level." Qu Wanying choked up.

"Okay, you go back to the sect first, and retreat if you want to retreat! If my master comes back during your retreat, I will tell him about the two of us, and then I will ask you to leave the retreat. .”

Qiao Bai's voice paused, and then continued: "I've been a little irritable recently."

Hearing Qiao Bai say that he was a little irritable recently, Qu Wanying felt a little more at ease. Based on her understanding of Qiao Bai, she understood that Qiao Bai would say this, but in fact, he gave an explanation for what he just said.

"It doesn't matter, right?" Qu Wanying asked with concern.

"It doesn't matter, you go back!"

Hearing what Qiao Bai said, Qu Wanying didn't dare to say anything more, she turned and left the room.

After Qu Wanying left, Qiao Bai seemed to feel uncomfortable in his eyes. He applied the snow water gathered in his hands on his eyes and rubbed them gently with his hands.

In Jixiang Xiaozhu's kitchen, Huang Ying, Xu Ran, Bai Xin, Huang Lan, and Li Qiudong are busy. It's almost time for meal, and they are processing some ingredients for sale today.

"Sister, do you think Brother Qiao has something wrong recently?" Huang Lan asked.

"I don't know, I just feel that he seems a little irritable recently." Huang Ying said.

In the past month, Qiao Bai didn't care much about the kitchen anymore, he had already left Huang Ying and Xu Ran to take care of the general guests' ordering and food repair. Moreover, during this month, Huang Ying and the others saw Qiao Bai much less frequently. Most of the time, Qiao Bai always shut himself in the room.

"Qiao Bai couldn't be doing something wrong with his cultivation, right?" Xu Ran also asked.

"Why don't you ask him?"

When Huang Ying said this, she seemed a little hesitant. She and Xu Ran were considered old people in Jixiang Xiaozhu, but they didn't dare to ask whatever they thought of like Xiong San and Master Yun Qing did back then.

"Sister-in-law, it's up to you to ask." Xu Ran said.

"Okay!" Huang Ying thought for a while.

"You said Brother Qiao seems to have a problem with his cultivation, which reminds me of one thing." Li Qiudong frowned.

"What's the matter?" Everyone asked hurriedly.

"On that day a month ago, because I thought of something about the way of eating, I came to the kitchen in the middle of the night and wanted to try cooking a dish, but I saw Brother Qiao was cooking food repair. It didn't look like Brother Qiao was cooking. Yuan Shixiu, I also asked him, and he said that he came to the inspiration, and wanted to try cooking a food repair that can increase his understanding of the way of eating! It seems that since then, Brother Qiao doesn’t care much about the kitchen It's something in the middle of the day." Li Qiudong said.

"Have you heard him mention this matter?" Huang Ying asked Xu Ran.

"No, how could he tell me about this?" Xu Ran wryly smiled.

"That's right." Huang Ying sighed.

In the past few years when Gu Zheng was not in Jixiang Xiaozhu, Jixiang Xiaozhu's business was smooth, but the members didn't get along as well as before.

In fact, the so-called discord has already appeared more than ten years ago.

The members of Jixiang Xiaozhu are Lingzhu, Xiong San, Yunqing Zhenren, Qiao Bai, Jin Yan, Huang Ying, Xu Ran, Bai Xin, Huang Lan and Li Qiudong.

Lingzhu, Xiong San, Master Yunqing, Qiao Bai and Jin Yan, they all have something in common, so they are of the same type. Join Huang Ying, Xu Ran, Bai Xin, Huang Lan, and Li Qiudong from Jixiang Xiaozhu later. They are all monks halfway, and they all came from Kemanlou, so they are another kind of people.

Although everyone is a member of Jixiang Xiaozhu, after Lingzhu, Xiong San, Yunqing Zhenren and Jin Yan left Jixiang Xiaozhu one after another, a kind of balance that was originally in a delicate state was also broken.

In fact, the so-called delicate balance has been broken. This does not mean that the existing members of Jixiang Xiaozhu are not in harmony, but the feeling that they are not the same kind of people is becoming more and more obvious. Without Lingzhu, Xiong San, Master Yunqing, and Jin Yan, Qiao Bai, who was not too talkative, became even more silent. Xu Ran and his group were the only ones talking and laughing in the kitchen every day.

Another point is that Qiao Bai is actually very proud in his bones. He was a disciple of the top generation when he was in Yufengzong. After entering Jixiang Xiaozhu, his talent in food and drink is even better than that of Xiong San. Later, due to Xu Ran's chance, Gu Zheng helped him open the "eye of hypocrisy". Therefore, within a few years, Xu Ran has raised his level of food and drink to a level higher than Qiao Bai's. the point.

Before Xiong San and the others hadn't left Jixiang Xiaozhu, Xu Ran's realm was higher, and Qiao Bai didn't feel anything. But after Xiong San and the others left one after another, the more lonely Qiao Bai couldn't help seeing Xu Ran as a comparison, so he talked less with Xu Ran and his side. Of course he could see this, although he didn't change his attitude towards old people like Qiao Bai and the others just because he opened the 'eye of hypocrisy', but he also felt that there was some estrangement between him and Qiao Bai before, so that would That's why he told Huang Ying to ask Qiao Bai.

Jixiang Xiaozhu has opened, customers have already ordered food, and the kitchen is full of busy scenes.

After one dish was out of the pot, Huang Ying, who was planning to make the second dish, stopped her busy work.

"Forget it, I'd better ask Qiao Bai now!"

Huang Ying is also straightforward, since she told Xu Ran that she will inquire about this matter, she has been thinking about it all the time.

"Go, sister-in-law, I will prepare this dish!"

Xu Ran took over the dish that Huang Ying was supposed to cook, and Huang Ying left the back kitchen and walked upstairs.

"Bang bang bang."

There was a knock on the door, and Qiao Bai, who was still standing at the window in a daze, said, "Come in!"

Huang Ying entered the room, looked at Qiao Bai's back and said, "Are you thinking about Mr.?"

"Yes!" Qiao Bai said.

Originally, she wanted to chat with Qiao Bai for a few words before getting to the point, but after she came in, Qiao Bai never looked back, so Huang Ying was ready to speak directly.

"Qiao Bai, what's the matter with you recently?" Huang Ying asked with concern.

"What's wrong?"

Qiao Bai turned around and smiled slightly.

"It feels like something's wrong with you recently, and you don't care much about things in the kitchen." Huang Ying said.

"There is nothing to manage in the kitchen. Everyone has been in Jixiang Xiaozhu for so many years." Qiao Bai said.

"I heard from Qiudong that you cooked a food repair for yourself a month ago."

Huang Ying paused, and then said: "Is there something wrong with your body? I always feel that something is wrong with you in the past month."

"It's all right, don't worry, I haven't been in the kitchen much this month, and I just want to relax. And, after a while, I'm going to leave Jixiang Xiaozhu, go out for a walk, and take a look." Qiao Bai Dao.

"Do you want to go out for a walk? How long will you be there? Before you leave, Mr. Jixiang Xiaozhu was handed over to you!" Huang Ying said hastily.

"Recently, I want to retreat. The duration of retreat is five years. After five years, I will leave. If Master has not come back, I will go out for a walk. As for how long I will go out, let's wait until the time to talk! During the period of my retreat and even my departure, Jixiang Xiaozhu will be temporarily entrusted to you to take care of it!" Qiao Bai said.

"you,"

Huang Ying didn't know what to say for a moment. She originally wanted to know what was wrong with him from Qiao Bai, and thought of enlightening him if possible, but she never thought about the reason and didn't ask, but what she heard was him like this Decide.

"Okay, I'm going to retreat now, and the kitchen should be busy, so go do your work!"

Seeing Huang Ying's wry smile, Qiao Bai said again: "I don't have anything to do, you can rest assured everyone and just do what needs to be done well."

Qiao Bai had already said this, and it was not good for Huang Ying to stay in the room any longer. When she returned to the kitchen, she was immediately questioned by others.

Huang Ying told everyone about Qiao Bai's decision, and everyone felt a little emotional. Although everyone could feel the estrangement, they were still members of Jixiang Xiaozhu. Leaving Jixiang Xiaozhu after exiting customs made them feel a little uncomfortable.

Originally, the kitchen was supposed to be chatting and laughing, but today because of Qiao Bai, the atmosphere seemed a little depressed, and when it was about to close at noon, the depressing atmosphere had not dissipated.

"What's wrong with you all?"

The members of Jixiang Xiaozhu were meditating on their lunch when a familiar voice suddenly sounded.

"gentlemen!"

Everyone's eyes lit up, this familiar voice is not Gu Zheng, who is it!

The gate of Jixiang Xiaozhu has been closed, but Gu Zheng has appeared in the front hall without knowing when.

"gentlemen!"

Looking at Gu Zheng who was smiling at them, everyone cheered. Even women like Huang Ying and Huang Lan couldn't help their eyes turning red.

Gu Zheng is the pillar of Jixiang Xiaozhu and the soul of Jixiang Xiaozhu. Although he doesn't have much time in Jixiang Xiaozhu, his position in everyone's heart is irreplaceable. Every time he returns to Jixiang Xiaozhu The atmosphere in Fragrant Xiaozhu and Extremely Fragrant Xiaozhu will also be different.

"Are you all okay?" Gu Zheng asked with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Everyone hurriedly said.

"Where's Qiao Bai?" Gu Zheng asked.

"He's retreating upstairs." Huang Ying said.

"Retreat?"

Gu Zheng frowned slightly, he could tell from Huang Ying's face that this was not a simple retreat.

"Sir, here's the thing..."

Huang Ying told Gu Zheng about Qiao Bai, Gu Zheng nodded and said, "You guys continue to eat, I'll go and see Qiao Bai!"

Qiao Bai retreated, and the room was naturally equipped with an anti-disturbance formation, but to Gu Zheng, such a formation was useless.

Qiao Bai, who was in seclusion, suddenly heard Gu Zheng's call in his head. The strength of this call was very well controlled, and he didn't suffer a certain amount of backlash just because he interrupted his seclusion.

Excited, Qiao Bai hurried out of the bedroom and saw Gu Zheng who was already outside.

"Master!"

Qiao Bai quickly saluted Gu Zheng.

"Get up!" Gu Zheng smiled.

After chatting for a few words, Gu Zheng cut to the point.

"Did something happen to you?" Gu Zheng asked.

"Master, it is indeed so!"

Qiao Bai smiled wryly, and then told all the things.

Because Qiao Bai felt pressured by the "eye of the hypocrisy", Qiao Bai, who had a little inspiration in the way of eating, cooked a food practice for himself, and ended up eating his body out. He asked some questions, which made him feel extra irritable.

"Master said that we are a family, but this disciple is still in a hurry!"

After talking about the cause and effect of the incident, Qiao Bai's wry smile grew wider.

"Understandable."

Gu Zheng smiled, and didn't blame Qiao Bai for the comparison. He understood that this kind of comparison was very normal, and he also understood that Qiao Bai was under a lot of pressure. Anyway, Xu Ran is just a member of Ji Xiang Xiao Zhu, and Qiao Bai is his registered disciple.

"Let me check your body first."

Gu Zheng's celestial power entered Qiao Bai's body, and quickly completed the inspection of his body.

"It's not a serious problem. I'll cook a diet for you later, and you'll feel better after eating it." Gu Zheng said.

"Thank you, Master!"

Qiao Bai hurriedly thanked him, this is the gap in realm, his own problems have stumped him, but on Gu Zheng's side, this is not a problem at all.

"Come on, follow me to the kitchen."

Gu Zheng took Qiao Bai to the kitchen, and when cooking for him, he told him what the problem was and what kind of ingredients he should choose in the face of this disease.

Since Gu Zheng had already returned, Huang Ying and the others also hurriedly ate lunch and all came to the kitchen.

Qiao Bai's diet has been cooked, Gu Zheng looked at the crowd and said, "You all just had lunch, can you still eat?"

"Eat it!"

"How can you not be able to eat what you cook!"

"I haven't eaten the food cooked by Mr. for ten years, and I'm really thinking about it!"

Everyone hurriedly opened their mouths, they knew that Gu Zheng was going to cook.

"That's good, now I will teach you some new dishes."

After Gu Zheng's words fell to the ground, he immediately began to process the ingredients, and cooked twelve dishes in a row.

After the twelve dishes were finished, Jixiang Xiaozhu served dinner again, and everyone gathered together, chatting and laughing.

Through chatting with everyone, Gu Zheng also knew what happened to Jixiang Xiaozhu during the years of his absence, and also knew the current cultivation level of everyone.

"Sir, how long will you be back this time?" Huang Ying asked.

"This time I won't stay in Jixiang Xiaozhu for too long, probably only two months!" Gu Zheng said.

"ah?"

"Is the time so short?"

"It's only two months, it's really short!"

Everyone seemed a little disappointed. The time Gu Zheng stayed in Jixiang Xiaozhu became shorter and shorter, and the time he left Jixiang Xiaozhu became longer and longer. This made them all feel that maybe in a few years, Gu Zheng I will never go back to Jixiang Xiaozhu again.

Gu Zheng understood the loss of everyone, but he didn't say anything about it. As the saying goes, "There is always a banquet in the world." It's almost time to pass on the things that have been passed down, maybe after leaving this time, he really will never come back again.