"Xiao'er, its great to see you, come I want to introduce you to Wu Zhi. He is a potential partner that myself and the clan has set up for you. He took her by the hand and lead her to the table. "Hello, I am Wu Zhi its nice to meet you" he replied with a smile on his face. They all sat down together and drunk some tea as they chatted about some things. "Actually I already completed my first technique that is why I was getting contribution points for my second technique" Elder Ming's eyebrows raised at this. "You completed the 32 hidden acupuncture technique?" Elder Ming asked. "Yes, I just completed the technique after my 8 years of secluded cultivation. Your incense was very helpful in that regard." "Hmm... yes I suppose it was" he said with a vacant look to his eyes while rubbing his chin. "Anyway let's get to the main topic at hand. You have seen my daughter, I know one meeting isn't enough to get to know her so you can stay at this estate for the next week to interact with her. What do you say to this proposal"? "That works out just fine by me, I hope to I can learn more about you" Wu Zhi said while giving Gu Xiao a smile. "That's great to hear I can have the maids prepare a room for you and we can eat together during the day." Gu Xiao said. They exchanged some more pleasantries until Gu Xiao called in a maid. "Yi Ruo, prepare a room for our guest. He will be staying for one week and will be eating with me in the dinning room". "Yes, young lady I will see right to it" She replied. "In the meantime let me give you a tour of my estate. I'm sure you will be very pleased with what you see" she said with a proud smile on her face.
She then toured him around the estate, "This is the kitchen where the workers will make all of our food, if you have any special requests please let me know and I can pass on a word to them". It was a standard medieval kitchen all things considered it wasn't anything noteworthy. "These are the servants quarters, I take great pride in providing them with above the standard abodes compared to other estates. They are taken care of here in the flower garden estate". They looked like lush forest cottages tucked away from the main estate by the mountains. Like a small enclosed hermit village. "Here is the central garden of the main estate, it has a beautiful fountain the middle opening up to a koi fish pond that has various rivers and channels branching from it. It has a small tea house at the end - that you were just in - overlooking the sunset. Next are the small hedge mazes that have their own groves and enclaves at the side" she suddenly giggled "You will have to explore those yourself if you wish to see them" she said mysteriously. "Here is the bathhouse complete with a sauna and some fountains and amenities... no peaking" she said in a stern voice. The bath house looked like a dream place to bath in. It was fully equipped with luxurious fountains and pools, more than enough for any noble lady. "Here is the training hall, I don't train much so its rather small, but I know some guests like it so it has everything needed to be functional" it was a small training room complete with an arena, some dummies and various equipment like weights and training dummies. "Here is the game room we use it...". Gu Xiao went on to show him almost every room in the estate, It was quite a lot so by the time she was finished it was already late in the evening. "Oh, it looks like I was carried away, come let us have dinner I am excited to know what you think about this dish the chef has prepared". She then led him back into the dinning hall to have some food to eat. "This is a dish specifically prepared by my chef, its called char siu. It is an assortment of meat cooked in sauce ready to eat slice by slice". She kept going on and on, about anything she could. It seems she rarely gets to talk to anyone besides the maids and he bet that even that was an understatement. He needed to change the topic to something he was more interested in. "So tell me about the Gu clan I have heard little about the inner workings of this clan" he said. "The Gu clan... Uhhh the Gu clan is a clan that uses divination to acquire their wealth. They are a clan that uses political marriages to acquire talents and have lots of resources to make people accept. There are lots of politics in the Gu clan and my father didn't want me to participate in it so that's about as much as I know. Oh and due to them marrying off there members the spiritual root elements and qualities greatly differ from member to member unlike some other in-breeding clans". She said with visible disdain on her face. "Uhh, worry not, even though I am removed from the political atmosphere of the Gu clan my father is not. You will without a doubt be rewarded with a heavy dowry if you chose to marry me" she said with pride on her face. "If I may be so bold can you tell me about your spiritual root qualities and your cultivation level" he said. "Of course, its important information to know about after all. Ahem, I have a talent score of 62 a wood element and a specialization in gardening. I do have to say that flowers are not the only thing I take care of, there are some rare herbal plants useful for medicine and cultivation that I also raise. However those are pretty expensive and my cultivation is a bit low to bring out my full talent. As for my cultivation realm I am currently at the ninth level of qi refinement at 14 years of age" she said with a smile on her face.