signingbooks Chapter 1438: Temper
Chapter 1438: Temper
Other than Cultivation, life on the Flying Boat was supposed to be pretty boring, but unexpectedly, this time the little trade fair on the boat actually went on for three days.
The first two days were all Spirit Plants, and on the last day everyone brought out their own precious items.
Today Qi Wen didn’t set up a stall; instead she went from stall to stall to have a look.
Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators shouldn’t have anything too good. Of course, sometimes they do, but people still miss it—otherwise how would anyone ever pick up a bargain?
Qi Wen had just entered the Foundation Establishment Stage, so many same-sect cultivators didn’t recognize her. But they all knew of her.
She made a full round and didn’t find anything good.
At this moment a female cultivator in Foundation Establishment blocked Qi Wen. "Junior Sister Tan, I heard the prize for first place in this ranking tournament is a Defensive Jade Pendant usable below Nascent Soul Stage. I want to trade with you for it."
Qi Wen smiled. She was at that age of a flower just about to bloom, and Qi Wen was truly beautiful—that kind of dewy, water-bright beauty. With that smile, the three male cultivators next to her were all dumbstruck.
"Senior Sister, what do you want to trade for it? Tell me and I’ll listen."
"You can pick anything you want from my stall, Junior Sister Tan."
Qi Wen smiled as she looked at this female cultivator. "May I know which peak Senior Sister is from? What’s your name? I’ve just entered Foundation Establishment and there are still too many people I don’t know."
"You are Huang Shufang from Jingyang Peak, Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer."
"Senior Sister Huang, with this pile of junk you want to exchange for my Defensive Jade Pendant? Who gave you that kind of nerve?" Qi Wen was still smiling, but what came out of her mouth was absolutely sharp and biting.
"You—you’d better not fail to appreciate my kindness!" As she spoke, she released her pressure.
By now Su Yuanyuan and Tan Shaoting had already walked over.
Qi Wen didn’t react at all. Her Divine Sense was already at Late-stage Foundation Establishment. She had never once slackened in cultivating the God Forging Technique.
Seeing Huang Shufang’s smug expression across from her, she directly crushed down with her Divine Sense.
Huang Shufang trembled on the spot. Sweat instantly appeared on her forehead, and Qi Wen had no intention of going easy on her. She increased the pressure. Huang Shufang dropped straight to her knees.
Qi Wen sidestepped once, then withdrew her pressure. "What’s this? That’s all you’ve got? Did you think just because I’ve just entered Foundation Establishment you could bully me? Or have you just gotten used to throwing your weight around on Jingyang Peak?
Don’t worry, once we’re back I’ll go have some tea with the Law Enforcement Team."
She finished with a squinty-eyed smile and walked off.
Huang Shufang was seething with hatred. Qi Wen had indeed hit the nail on the head. On Jingyang Peak she’d always been bullying those Qi Cultivation disciples. That was also the reason a three spiritual roots cultivator like her could reach Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to enter the Inner Sect; mainly, her cultivation had all been pushed up with Spiritual Medicine. She couldn’t pass the testing, was deemed unqualified, and naturally couldn’t get into the Inner Sect.
Su Yuanyuan and Tan Shaoting watched from a distance. It was pretty good that their girl could handle things on her own.
Tan Shaoting found it quite funny inside. His girl’s temper—wasn’t it exactly like his wife’s? Mother and daughter were just the same. Back then Yuanyuan’s way of talking was pretty much like this too.
Su Yuanyuan had already seen through Huang Shufang’s thoughts. Since their girl said she’d go to the Law Enforcement Team, then they’d just leave it at that for now.
Many people had seen this scene, and also noticed the two of them standing nearby. Everyone understood they were afraid their girl would be wronged. This was some serious protecting their own, wasn’t it?
Feng Yan came up beside Qi Wen. "Little girl, you’re pretty impressive."
"Martial Uncle, don’t you have to pay to watch the show?"
"Hehe, Junior Sister, you’re being too polite."
Qi Wen ignored him and continued staring at the stalls, carefully looking them over.
The earlier situation on the Flying Boat had been seen by Feng Yiyun, and by the three Nascent Soul cultivators as well.
They all thought this girl’s Divine Sense was very strong. A cultivator who had just stepped into Foundation Establishment Second Level, while the other one—even though her Spiritual Power was hollow—was still a Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer cultivator.
Then they suddenly remembered: this girl’s mother could fight a Golden Core cultivator who was a whole major realm higher and even win. For the daughter to have this kind of ability among her peers was perfectly normal, wasn’t it?
All the cultivators on deck had seen it too and understood that this was someone they absolutely could not provoke in the future. By now she counted as a Second Generation Immortal, right? A Golden Core father and a Late-stage Foundation Establishment mother.
Ten days later the Flying Boat stopped at the sect’s main square. The family of three all let out a breath of relief—they had finally come back. It had been more than half a year since they left.
Su Yuanyuan in particular was eager to see her two little sons.
Once they arrived, there were already Stewards waiting to collect the mission items.
Mother and daughter had both completed the required amount. On top of that, Su Yuanyuan turned in two stalks of Ghost Orchid.
"Junior Sister Su?"
"Senior Brother Sun, this Ghost Orchid should be quite valuable, right? We sold one stalk outside the secret realm; the remaining two we contributed to the sect."
"Junior Sister Su, you’re truly righteous. I’ll report this exactly as it is."
Only then did the family head back. On the way, Tan Shaoting sent a message to the Steward at the back mountain. Wanting to see their sons wasn’t something you could just do on a whim.
After finishing their sword practice, Qi Hao and Qi Xuan went to find their master. The two of them were now already cultivators at Qi Cultivation Fifth Level. To reach Qi Cultivation Fifth Level in just over a year was really something people envied.
"Master, my father, mother, and sister are back. We’d like to go home for a visit."
"Mm, I’ll send you over tonight."
Qi Hao and Qi Xuan both broke into happy smiles. "Okay, thank you, Master. We’re going to break through the formation now."
Zhu Huai’en watched his two disciples and felt that these two children were truly outstanding. Back then he had suddenly had a premonition that his disciples were about to appear. Before he even started divining, the Sect Master Order had arrived.
When he saw the two little ones, he knew these were his disciples.
They had really given him a delightful surprise, and were far too outstanding. They had never once made him worry. So any small requests they had, he would definitely satisfy them.
The Steward personally came over to report the situation. "Reply to them: we’ll deliver them over this evening."
"Yes."
Tan Shaoting received the message and immediately told his wife.
The family of three happily waited. The Sect Master summoned the Spirit Medicine Peak Master, and the two of them examined the Ghost Orchid delivered by the steward.
"This thing is very useful. It can be used when the Supreme Patriarch breaks through to Dividing Spirit. I’ll go cultivate it right away."
"Mm, I’ll leave it to you. This must be our sect’s good fortune."
"Hehe, it’s also because Sect Master stood against all objections to take that couple into the sect."
Yu Huping laughed. "Yes. I also feel that I was truly farsighted back then."
He thought about what reward to give them, and in the end simply decided to give Su Yuanyuan a chance to enter the sect’s Treasure Pavilion. What she came out with would depend on her luck.
This was already the greatest reward. He hoped Su Yuanyuan could seize this opportunity.
Su Yuanyuan was extremely happy and started preparing good food for the two little ones.
"Mom, when Qi Hao and Qi Xuan get back, why don’t we all make dumplings together?"
Qi Wen didn’t particularly want to eat dumplings; she just liked the feeling of everyone making dumplings together as a family.
"Sure, I’ll start getting things ready."
Watching his wife and daughter so excited, Tan Shaoting felt especially cheerful.
They were about to see their two little sons. After more than half a year apart, he wondered how they were doing. They shouldn’t have suffered any grievances.