Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 23 I'm Already Kind
A small pile of thumb-sized spirit stones of various colors were placed on the table. The faint rays of light echoed with each other, and the pure spiritual energy came towards them, which looked very moving.

"These three hundred spirit stones should be enough for the rent for the next three years."

Meng Jinliang said calmly.

Ning Fa couldn't help but look up to his uncle, thinking that this man was quite shrewd and magnanimous.

Even considering the current rental prices in the market town, three hundred spirit stones is definitely not a small amount.

But Ningfa sneered: "Who said enough? It's not enough at all!"

Hearing this, even the cunning Meng Jinliang couldn't help but look ugly, and Ning Muchun said angrily: "Xiao Fa, don't go too far!"

Ning Baiquan tried to smooth things over, "Xiao Fa, you can't possibly understand the market situation. One hundred spirit stones a year in rent is definitely not a small amount. Do you know..."

He wanted to continue speaking, but under Ningfa's oppressive gaze, he couldn't say any more and could only laugh.

Ning Fa looked at Ning Muchun, snorted coldly, and said in an excited tone: "You took away the land deed for three years, which are also the three years when I needed the spirit stones the most. Three whole years. Do you know how I survived these three years? If I had these spirit stones, I might have passed the family alchemist assessment long ago, and I wouldn't have to take the risk of making a bet with the fifth elder! Now you actually say that I am bullying others too much! Who is bullying others too much? "

After these words were spoken, Ning Muchun, who was originally furious, couldn't help but look embarrassed, and Ning Zhengqian, who wanted to dissuade him, also shut up.

Ning Fa said calmly, "I'm going to make this clear today. In addition to these three hundred spirit stones, bring me another two thousand spirit stones within a year, and I'll pretend that this never happened. If you refuse to give it to me...it's okay, I'll get it myself in the future."

Hearing the coldness and determination in Ning Fa's tone, Ning Muchun and Meng Jinliang couldn't help but change color.

Ning Zhengqian and Ning Baiquan did not dare to speak out to dissuade them.

"I've finished talking, please go back."

Ningfa stood up to see the guest off.

Ning Muchun's lips were trembling, and he wanted to say something, but was held down by Meng Jinliang, who then hurriedly left Ning Fa's house, dragging Ning Furong, who had an angry look on his face.

Ning Baiquan followed closely behind.

Only Ning Zhengqian's family of three and Ning Xilin were left in the house.

"Xiao Fa, can you ..."

Ning Zhengqian wanted to dissuade him, but Ning Fa interrupted him and said, "Uncle, don't say anything. I have made up my mind, and I am already very merciful."

Ning Zhengqian sighed: "Alas, this is all your fault, elder sister... But the Dingling Pill is of great importance. Xiaofa, do you think you can ask the Ninth Elder for help?"

Ning Fa was about to open his mouth to refuse, but Ning Zifeng, who had been silent until then, reached out and stopped his father from speaking any further.

He said calmly, "Father, there is no need to say more. Even if Xiaofa gets the Dingling Pill and Brother Rong successfully advances to the late stage of Qi training, it is impossible for him to get a good ranking in the competition for succession."

"The reason why I agreed to use our branch's strength to train Brother Rong to advance to the late stage of Qi training was just to let our branch produce a late stage cultivator as soon as possible to support the situation. After all, the situation of our branch on Pingchang Island is not very good now, and my uncle is not a member of the Ning family, so it is inconvenient for him to come forward in some matters."

"But now that Xiao Fa has entered the family's alchemy hall, his status is already higher than that of ordinary members of the family who are in the late stage of Qi training. So there is no need to let Brother Rong break through to the late stage of Qi training as soon as possible."

“Instead of spending a lot of resources to help him break through, it’s better to allocate our resources to Xiaofa. Xiaofa is now the hope of our branch. As long as he can gain a foothold in Dan Hall, no one in our branch will dare to bully him anymore.” Ning Fa looked at his cousin in surprise.

He could naturally tell that his cousin was not saying this to please him, but was speaking from the heart.

In fact, when everyone gathered to discuss the matter a month ago, Ning Zifeng spoke up for him.

At that time, he had a deeper understanding of his cousin's character. It was not the rigid and unsympathetic impression in his previous memory.

On the contrary, this cousin has his own principles and is not stupid. For example, in the situation he just described, his father has not yet understood it and is still talking about the elixir.

After listening to Ning Zifeng's words, Ning Zhengqian's face was stunned, and then he began to react.

Ning Xilin said with a flushed face, "Zifeng is right. Xiaofa is the hope of our lineage now. We should support Xiaofa with all our strength. As long as Xiaofa can advance to the middle stage of Qi training and then become a first-class middle-grade alchemist, then even if our lineage is not the direct lineage, it will be better than the direct lineage."

Ning Zhengqian nodded vigorously as if he had been enlightened. He said, "Not bad, not bad. I am really getting old and confused. It seems that I need to discuss it with my elder sister and Bai Quan. Instead of fighting for the direct lineage with little hope, Xiao Fa is our hope."

Ning Fa smiled slightly, then he pointed at the spiritual stone on the table and said, "Uncle, Uncle Xilin, you lent me the spiritual stone to help me out of a difficult situation. I will never forget it, and now is the perfect time to return it to you."

But Ning Xilin hurriedly stopped him and said urgently: "Xiao Fa, I don't need any spirit stones. If you want to advance in the Alchemy Hall in the future, the cost of spirit stones will be even greater. You should keep all these spirit stones."

Ning Zhengqian also nodded and said, "Xilin is right. Xiaofa, you don't have to be polite to us."

Ningfa saw that they were determined and stopped forcing them.

Then Ning Zhengqian and his companions left excitedly, and it was obvious that they were going to discuss what they had just discussed with Ning Muchun and the others.

It is foreseeable that her aunt's family will not compromise so easily, but Ningfa doesn't care.

It is naturally good to have the support of his own faction, but if there is no support, it doesn’t matter to him.

Apart from anything else, with his current level of refining Zengyuan Pills, it is not difficult for him to earn spirit stones, which should be able to support his future alchemy expenses.

The alchemy expenses here refer to his practice of making other elixirs.

After all, the elixir needs to reach a certain degree of formation before it can be restored by the mysterious scroll. Naturally, the refining of the elixir must reach a certain level, but compared with other alchemists, it is already far from perfect.

Moreover, he had practiced making pills six times during the previous assessment, and obtained more than twenty genuine pills and a lot of waste pills, which could be sold for a large sum of spirit stones.

Thinking about everyone's attitude towards him now, Ning Fa couldn't help but sigh that alchemy is worthy of being the number one profession among the hundred arts of cultivating immortals.

Ning Fa put away the spirit stone on the table, his face showing a pensive look.

He thought of his uncle. Compared to the fifty spirit stones given by his uncle, his uncle, who was obviously from a much poorer family, gave him a hundred spirit stones. He would never forget this kindness.

He had wanted to ask Uncle Xilin to help return the spirit stone, but after thinking about it, he decided it would be more appropriate to wait until he was settled in the Dan Hall before visiting his uncle in person.

(End of this chapter)