The sun has been up for more than a few hours, and the Great Blue Residence was the busiest in months.
Tomorrow was the day Yi Chen and Feng Yu were going to be officially engaged. Therefore, all the servants were fully occupied with decorating the whole place and arranging the required items and gifts for the event.
Meanwhile, Yi Chen and Feng Yu were following after Master Ru and soon entered the main hall.
"Elder Gu, I'm glad you were able to make it in time," Master Ru said while greeting him with clasped hands.
Yi Chen and Feng Yu bowed towards him simultaneously.
"Greetings, Elder Gu,"
Thanks to the thorough practice under Madam Lin, both their greetings were in synch with the bow and created a resonating effect, which made the listener feel pleased.
"Mhm," Elder Gu nodded at the greeting with satisfaction apparent in his eyes.
He then turned towards Master Ru and engaged in a conversation with him. While at it, his right hand kept playfully stroking his long white beard from time to time.
While this was going on, Yi Chen glanced at the status panel that was floating above Elder Gu's head.
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Name: Gu Feng
Age: 40
Cultivation: Ninth Level of [Meridian Refinement Stage]
Strength: 120
Extra: Life Essence severely depleted.
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'This…' Yi Chen's eyes widen in surprise when he glances at the information. The reason for his surprise was the age which was shown by the system.
'He looks several decades older than even Master Ru, though…' Yi Chen thought to himself while glancing towards Elder Gu.
He was a thin old man with sunken cheeks and a wrinkled face. His appearance, accompanied by his white hair and beard, was a testament to how old he really was.
If someone were to tell Yi Chen that the old man in front of him was reaching his nineties very soon, then he would readily believe them because that's how old he really looked!
As his gaze hovered over the 'extra' information given by the status panel, he couldn't help but think to himself, 'Is this what Master Ru meant by curse…'
"Alright, the two of you take a seat," Elder Gu gestured for Yi Chen and Feng Yu to be seated near a table.
They obliged and soon took their seats. Elder Gu took out some old texts with him, placed them on the table and said, "Alright, first I'll be checking your horoscopes, tell me about…"
One by one, Elder Gu took all the information he needed from the two of them. There were a few questions Yi Chen didn't know the answer to, like his exact time of birth or the specific month. For such questions, Elder Gu asked other supplementary questions to make up for it.
Once all the questions were taken, Elder Gu referred to the charts he had brought with them and analysed their compatibility.
After almost an hour of working out the details, Elder Gu sighed briefly and nodded to himself.
"It's done…." Elder Gu mentioned and started with describing the individual personality traits of the two of them, followed, potential challenges in life, before finally describing their compatibility.
"…the two share a strong compatibility with each other and are both of a very understanding nature. Keeping all the given information in check, the best possible time for them to get married for a happy and prosperous life would be in thirty-two days," Elder Gu said seriously as he glanced towards Yi Chen and Feng Yu before turning towards Master Ru.
"Thirty-two days…" Master Ru nodded and began asking some other related.
Meanwhile, taking Master Ru's earlier words into account, both Yi Chen and Feng Yu made sure not to say more than anything that was needed to Elder Gu.
At the same time, quiet, different thoughts were going on in their mind respectively. While one was filled with anxious anticipation in her heart and mind, the other was filled with relief.
"Thankfully, it's more than a month,' Yi Chen thought to himself.
While he was no longer averse to the idea of marrying Feng Yu and was slowly getting more and more used to her appearance but still the idea of being intimate with her during the wedding night was something he wasn't ready for in his mind.
Despite that, he didn't want to break Feng Yu's heart on the wedding night, so he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief knowing that he still had more than thirty days to slowly develop intimate feelings with Feng Yu.
'With this much time, it definitely won't be a problem,' Yi Chen thought as he remembered the memorable moments he had shared with her in the past few days.
It had not even been ten days, and he was already this much closer to her, so he didn't doubt this thought once in his mind.
"Thank you for your efforts, Elder Gu. You must be exhausted, so how about some tea before we proceed towards cloud reading?" Master Ru suggested.
"That's a good idea, Zheng Ru. Let's do that," Elder Gu nodded in agreement and seeing this, Yi Chen and Feng Yu soon left the hall.
While at it, they saw a few servants carrying two jade chests inside the hall.
"What are those?" Yi Chen asked with a frown.
"Red Spirit Ginsengs," Feng Yu answered the next moment, "Each box is filled with five pieces, so that's a total of ten Red Spirit Ginsengs. These are the items we will be offering Elder Gu today.
These roots are rarely available in the market and go for very high prices. Each of them has enough medicinal strength to increase depleted life essence by a large degree. So, it's something that has its worth more than gold in Elder Gu's eyes."
'Ah, that makes sense.' Yi Chen nodded at this explanation and asked a few more questions about various medicinal roots to pass the time.
Feng Yu didn't hold anything back and answered all his queries, which made Yi Chen better understand this area.
A few minutes later, Master Ru soon came out of the hall along with Elder Gu, and they were all led towards the outer garden where a low-height wooden platform large enough for three people to sit comfortably was placed there in the open.
"Sit down," Elder Gu gestured to the two of them to take a seat before doing so himself. It was now time to do their cloud reading.
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