Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 409 Follow
Xu Qingchi was stunned for a moment, then his anger flared up: "My grandfather has followed the Valley Master all his life, working hard without complaint. How can the young Valley Master treat my grandfather like this?"

Li Xiangming shook his head: "It is precisely because your grandfather has always followed the Valley Master and is not an invisible person that the young Valley Master, for some reason, did not directly take the lives of you and your grandfather."

"Then I'll go find the Valley Master!"

Xu Qingchi took a deep breath: "The Valley Master will definitely stand up for my grandfather."

"Innocent!"

Li Xiangming sneered: "The young master and the master are father and son, and your grandfather and the master are master and servant. No matter how bad this secret is for the young master, his life will not be in danger. On the contrary, if you expose the matter, the young master will be furious and will immediately send someone to assassinate you two."

Xu Qingchi's face turned pale: "What should I do? I can't just ignore Grandpa's illness, and after Grandpa dies, the young master won't let me off the hook either."

"You're already much better than your grandfather at thinking of this."

Li Xiangming gave Xu Qingchi an approving look: "Your grandfather thought that as long as he kept the secret, he could protect you. Little did he know that this was exactly what the young master was thinking about your grandfather."

"Even so, the young master still can't help but worry and has sent people to keep an eye on your grandfather. The fact that he has tolerated your grandfather living for more than ten years is already the limit of his patience. You are still so young, what if you also know his secret?"

Xu Qingchi gritted his teeth and continued, "The young valley master will never gamble. After my grandfather dies, I will immediately become a thorn in his side."

“That’s right! At this point, the Valley Master wouldn’t care that your grandfather has a grandson.”

"so what should I do?"

Xu Qingchi couldn't help but look up at Li Xiangming.

There's a saying: "No destruction, no construction."

Li Xiangming took out a dagger from his storage bag and threw it over.

Xu Qingchi caught it blankly, and after a long while, he said, "Senior, you want me to kill Fan Sheng?"

Li Xiangming didn't say anything, just quietly looked at him.

Xu Qingchi's grandfather was, to put it bluntly, blindly loyal. Even if the young master wanted his life, he would not resist. Instead, he would continue to guard the secret and take it underground.

But he has a weakness, and that is Xu Qingchi.

All his illusions would be shattered if his grandson were in danger.

Therefore, as long as Xu Qingchi creates a crisis for himself, as long as he kills Fan Sheng, the so-called secret will immediately become irrelevant. Because whether they tell or not, the young master will be ruthless enough to hunt down the father and son.

At this point, there is no longer any option to sacrifice oneself to protect one's grandson.

The father and son only had one path: to defect to Shenfeng Valley!

Having figured this out, Xu Qingchi's breathing became even heavier.

Leaving Shenfeng Valley, where he had lived for more than ten years, was a path he had never imagined, let alone making enemies of the Valley Master, the Young Valley Master, and many of his senior brothers.

Only in this way can Grandpa receive treatment with a clear conscience.

Xu Qingchi's heart was pounding.

kill!
This word was completely foreign to him.

But in the end, a resolute glint flashed in his eyes as he entered the room with the dagger in his hand.

"What are you doing?"

"Qingchi!"

"what!!"

The room was filled with pig-like screams and violent coughing, instantly becoming noisy.

After a while, Xu Qingchi emerged, his face covered in blood. He knelt down respectfully and returned the dagger: "Thank you for your guidance, senior. Please help me leave the valley."

Li Xiangming nodded slightly, then turned and left.
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half a month later.

Heavy snow began to fall from the sky, and the river west of Pushuifang Market was already covered with thick ice.

"The weather has gotten much colder in such a short time," Jiang Liang said with a sigh, holding out his palm and catching a snowflake.

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Li Xiangming had abundant qi and blood and did not feel cold. However, he still frowned slightly and asked Zhang Min beside him, "Will the temperature affect the transplantation of the Thousand-Jun Grass?"

His trip to Suyunling was very successful. He not only confirmed the origin of Qianjun grass, but also picked a sixty-year-old Qianjun grass under Xu Qingchi's guidance.

It should be noted that most of the Thousand-Pound Grass obtained before was twenty or thirty years old, yet Qingyang Daoist still managed to refine a usable Thousand-Pound Pill from it.

Now, this new Thousand-Jun Grass has two to three times the medicinal power of the previous one. Is it possible to refine a higher-quality Thousand-Jun Pill?

In addition, Li Xiangming also asked Zhang Min to dig out the seedling of the Thousand-Jun Grass.

If the Thousand Jun Grass could be transplanted to Danggui Mountain or Xiaolan Valley, it would undoubtedly be another exciting thing.

However, Zhang Min seemed unsure: "It's hard to say. I brought the original soil and prepared a specially made jade box, but I've never heard of this kind of spiritual herb before. I can only rely on my past experience."

"It's alright. If it doesn't work out, we'll make other plans."

Li Xiangming naturally wouldn't be harsh on Zhang Min. He turned to Xu Qingchi on the other side and introduced, "This is Pushui Market, the largest cultivation market in Pu County!"

Will we be living here from now on?

Xu Qingchi gazed at the bustling Pushui market from afar, a hint of tension appearing on his face.

Li Xiangming smiled and said, "Pushui Market has a spiritual vein, which is convenient for your cultivation. Moreover, there are guards here to maintain order, so it is very safe. Shenfeng Valley is just a Qi Refining faction, far from being able to bully others in the market. As long as you and your grandfather stay in seclusion and don't cause trouble, no one can do anything to you. By the way, here are one hundred spirit stones, which will be considered the cost of buying the Golden Silk Flame-Tailed Rat. It will be enough for you to live on for several years."

The enormous cave dwelling known as "Qiyunju" costs only 5 spirit stones per month.

These are still the prices in Yingyue Market.

In the "East Street" of Pushui Market, there are quite a few cave dwellings where one spirit stone can last for a month. Without considering the purchase of cultivation resources, one hundred spirit stones would be enough for two people to live in for seven or eight years.

By then, Xu Qingchi will have grown up and should have his own path to follow.

To be honest, Li Xiangming had a good impression of Xu Qingchi. Although the boy's cultivation level was low, he was very smart, bold, meticulous, and had a lot of courage. He was the type of person Li Xiangming liked.

Of course, the fact that Xu Qingchi brought him many benefits was also a key factor.

If we're talking about the Thousand-Jun Grass, he could take it with a clear conscience—after all, he did help cure the illness, and he traded his life for a piece of grass. No one can say that a human life is less valuable than a spiritual herb, right?
Therefore, the Golden Flame-tailed Rat was a completely unexpected surprise.

Although he gave Xu Qingchi some advice, he managed to expose all of Xu Qingchi's secrets in just a few words, and he felt guilty about this "deal".

Let's just give some spirit stones as compensation.

Xu Qingchi didn't have a storage bag, so he used a burlap sack to hold a pile of glittering spirit stones, staring in amazement.

Ah Huang had been by his side for three years and had found seven miraculous medicines for him, which made him ecstatic.

When he gave up Ah Huang, his heart bled.

But those seven spiritual herbs together were only worth fifty or sixty spirit stones, which was incomparable to Li Xiangming's compensation.

"Senior, how...how come you're so rich?"

Xu Qingchi asked hesitantly.

Li Xiangming chuckled and rubbed his head: "If your cultivation level is higher than mine, you will earn more than me."

Xu Qingchi seemed to understand but not quite. He grew up in Shenfeng Valley and never had the opportunity to earn spirit stones. His only wealth came from his grandfather and Ah Huang.

He also wants to earn money on his own!

But you need to become really good at it to make money.
Looking at the densely packed black dots in Pushui Market, Xu Qingchi suddenly felt a sense of doubt.

Is this really a good place for him?

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Qingchi returned the spirit stones with his hands clasped: "Senior, I don't want to stay in Pushui Market anymore, I want to follow you."

(End of this chapter)