Third Senior Brother's Father Is Even Richer Than She Imagined!

Li Lingxiao looked skeptical. “Then you guys aren't treating him?”

Xue Mingzhao spread her hands with a helpless look. “Do you have any idea how expensive medicinal pills are? Master is completely broke. He even has to buy spirit herbs on credit! Where would we get the money to buy him medicine?”

Li Lingxiao immediately caught her in a contradiction. “Didn't you guys just auction off a supreme-grade Mahayana Pill a while ago? You can't even afford medicine?”

Tears practically welled up in Xue Mingzhao's eyes at his words. “The moment that pill was sold, Master took all the money to fill his old debts! Right now, you couldn't scrape a single copper coin from the sect's accounts. Third Senior Brother's injuries can only be endured. If he survives, his cultivation will increase. If he doesn't... well, we'll just treat it as him undergoing a tribulation.”

The smiles on the faces of the Li father and son instantly stiffened.

Was the Grand Primordium Sect... really this miserable?

They highly suspected this girl was talking absolute nonsense!

But looking at her sincere expression, she didn't seem to be faking it either.

Only after a long pause did Li An force a smile back onto his face, saying hypocritically, “If only I had known, I would have brought some pills for Buqi... That child is truly suffering!”

Xue Mingzhao rolled her eyes inwardly. Still acting? Will you ever stop?

She immediately switched to an incredibly touched expression. “Uncle Li! The wounds are on Third Senior Brother's body, but the pain is in your heart. I understand this heavy fatherly love all too well!”

Li An quickly took the cue to back down, even sniffing theatrically. “Yes, my heart breaks just hearing about it. It's just a pity that I didn't bring my storage bag when I left today. If I had known he was suffering like this here...”

Before he could finish, Xue Mingzhao excitedly interrupted him, “Since that's the case! Why don't you go home right now and grab some spirit stones and pills for Third Senior Brother? It just so happens we're heading in the same direction!”

The smile on Li An's face stiffened as he said dryly, “This... I'm afraid it's not very convenient. How about I personally come back in a few days...”

Xue Mingzhao patted her chest and guaranteed, “No problem! The spirit boat my senior brother just bought is extremely fast! We'll follow you to get them. A round trip will take just the blink of an eye, and we'll even make it back in time for dinner! It won't delay you at all!”

Catching her drift, Su Ye didn't waste a single word. He directly summoned his spirit boat and slammed it onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

He leaped onto the spirit boat and waved, shouting, “Let's go! Setting off right now! The sooner we go, the sooner we'll be back!”

Li An could barely maintain his fake smile. He cursed these two thick-skinned brats eight hundred times in his heart, yet he still had to be polite. “Since that's the case, then I'll have to trouble you two young friends to make the trip.”

Looking at Su Ye's shabby little spirit boat, Li Lingxiao's lips curled up to the heavens. What kind of trashy junk is this? Is it even worthy of this young master's presence?

“I'm not used to riding in other people's broken spirit boats. Let's use my family's instead.”

Li An didn't even have time to stop him.

With a wave of Li Lingxiao's hand, a luxurious spirit boat about twelve to thirteen Zhang long appeared in midair with a whoosh.

The hull was crafted from ten-thousand-year-old red sandalwood spirit wood, carved with a blinding, gilded family totem. The jade windchimes hanging from the eaves chimed and clattered in the wind, making a racket livelier than the sect's New Year bell-ringing.

The cabin was split into two levels: the upper deck housed a reception room with spirit jade tables and chairs, while the lower deck contained the storage holds and guard quarters. The hull was even inscribed with a medium-grade defensive formation. It looked outrageously expensive.

Xue Mingzhao's eyes lit up. Holy cow, Third Senior Brother's father is even richer than she imagined!

She trotted up onto the spirit boat, turned around, and waved to the disciples guarding the gate. “We're going to Uncle Li's house as guests! Tell Master not to save any dinner for us!”

Li Lingxiao stumbled as he stepped onto the spirit boat. Who said anything about keeping you for dinner?!

Watching the two of them squeeze into the cabin as if they owned the place and finding the most comfortable seats for themselves, Li An was utterly speechless, but he still had to maintain a benevolent smile on his face.

Xue Mingzhao leaned in close to him. “Patriarch Li, your spirit boat is way too luxurious! It's more than ten times larger than my master's!”

Su Ye stood nearby with his sword cradled in his arms, chiming in, “Not only is the hull stable, but its speed is also comparable to a Golden Core cultivator in flight.”

Li An gave an absentminded hum, wondering how he was going to explain this to his wife when they got back.

Not only had he failed to get his son into the sect, but he was also bringing back two disciples who were clearly looking to freeload.

Suddenly, Xue Mingzhao's attention was drawn to a dark brown bead at the bow of the boat.

Fine, water-like ripples flowed across the surface of the bead, which radiated a soft, shimmering light. At a glance, it was clearly no ordinary item.

Seeing the two of them staring intently at the bead with curiosity written all over their faces, Li Lingxiao's sense of superiority surged. He bragged smugly, “This is a Wood Heart Bead that my maternal grandfather dug out from the heartwood of a ten-thousand-year-old deep-sea sinkwood! Embedded in the spirit boat, it can keep the hull from rotting for ten thousand years! It's priceless and incredibly rare!”

Xue Mingzhao clicked her tongue in amazement at the bead, showering him with endless flattery. Her praise sent Li Lingxiao floating on cloud nine, his tail practically wagging in the air. On the spot, he patted his chest and declared, “Come on! I'll take you on a tour! Open your eyes to the world!”

Xue Mingzhao: “Yay!”

Su Ye: “...” Fine, I'll play along.

“See this curtain? It's Flowing Light Veil! Even a Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense can't penetrate it!”

Xue Mingzhao: “Wow! That's amazing! In the future, no one will notice if we hide inside and sneak snacks!”

“This pool! It's directly drawn from an underground spiritual spring! Soaking in it just once will reduce the impurities in your meridians by half!”

Xue Mingzhao: “Oh my god! If we soak ten times, wouldn't we directly ascend to immortality?”

“These birds! Fourth-tier snow feather eagles! They're used for sentry duty! A hundred times smarter than humans!”

Xue Mingzhao: “Awesome! In the future, if we want to slack off and sleep, we can have them keep watch, and Master will definitely never catch us!”

“This floor! It's paved with Starry Jade! It glows on its own at night!”

Xue Mingzhao: “Wow! We won't even need to light a lamp when we get up in the middle of the night!”

“This tea! Five-thousand-year Enlightenment Tea! Drinking a single cup is equivalent to three days of closed-door cultivation!”

Xue Mingzhao: “Oh my goodness! Then wouldn't drinking a whole pot let us break through directly to the Golden Core realm? Can I take a bag back with me?”

“This cushion! Woven from thousand-year Heart-Clearing Grass! When you sit on it, even inner demons will steer clear of you!”

Xue Mingzhao: “Incredible! In the future, I'll never feel guilty about letting my mind wander again!”

Seeing their country-bumpkin expressions, Li Lingxiao felt incredibly smug. His sense of superiority was dialed to the max, and he couldn't help but boast, “Even though your Grand Primordium Sect is a bit better off than before, you're still far behind real aristocratic families and sects.”

While Xue Mingzhao smiled on the outside, she rolled her eyes internally. They're so rich, yet they can't even bear to part with a few pills to treat their own son.

After boasting all the way, they finally arrived at the Li family estate.

Li Lingxiao led the two of them to the front gate. He slapped his hand against the door, which let out a hum and slowly swung open. “See that? It's forged from a solid block of ten-thousand-year profound iron! It only recognizes the Li family bloodline! Even a Soul Transformation cultivator wouldn't be able to push it open!”

Xue Mingzhao sighed in admiration. Isn't this just facial recognition for the cultivation world? No, wait, bloodline recognition. I absolutely have to get one of these to install on our sect's main gate one day!

Just as Li Lingxiao was about to lead them inside to show off, he suddenly slapped his forehead. Wait! They came here to get spirit stones! How could I let these two freeloaders inside?

His face immediately fell, and he snapped, “You two wait here. I'll go inside and get them for you.”

Xue Mingzhao blinked, looking pure and innocent. “Didn't we agree that you'd treat us to a meal?”

Li Lingxiao: “Who agreed to that? Take your things and get lost immediately. You're not allowed in my house!”

Li An quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. “My wife dislikes having outsiders in the residence, so I must trouble you two to wait here. You can eat out later. The nearby market is very lively at night, so feel free to wander around. It's on me.”

Xue Mingzhao rolled her eyes internally, but she nodded obediently on the outside. “Alright then.”

The moment Li An stepped through the gates, the smile on his face instantly vanished.

He actually had spirit stones on him; he just didn't want to give them any.

Who would have thought these two would stick to him like plaster, impossible to shake off, even following him all the way back to his house? What awful luck.

He sat in a pavilion, leisurely sipping a cup of tea. After dawdling for a quarter of an hour, he finally picked up a storage bag and sauntered back out the front gate.

The moment he stepped outside, he froze. Why was there a huge crowd gathered around the entrance?

Taking a closer look, weren't those the young masters and ladies from the other cultivation clans nearby? They had all gathered here!

Xue Mingzhao stood right in the center of the crowd, talking about who-knows-what. The onlookers nodded continuously as they listened, whispering and discussing among themselves from time to time.

Li An's heart skipped a beat. Why did he have a bad premonition?