Chapter 112: 112
Although Xiao Jingting and the others left, the news that Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng became sixth level Qi Practitioners had been passed back to the Xiao family.
Upon receiving the news, Wang Lu immediately contacted the husbands of her two sons, Xu Muan and Mu Shuyu to inquire about the situation.
“Is it true that Xiaofan, he gambled out a spirit bead?”
Xu Muan nodded and said, “Yes! Xiaofan was lucky and gambled a spirit bead so Jiangting asked someone to exchange it for the Harvest Sparrow Orchid.”
“Such a precious spirit bead exchanged for Harvest Sparrow Orchid, you guys got screwed.” Zheng Pei’er said in shock with a calm face.
Xu Muan nodded and said, “That’s right, but isn’t he going to compete soon? Father said that this competition is very dangerous! It’s hard for cultivators at the fifth level to protect themselves! Jingting was also forced to replace the Spiritual bead with the Harvest Sparrow Orchid, if it wasn’t for the fact that this competition was approaching, he wouldn’t give up such a precious thing.”
Wang Lu was calm as she said, “You should have discussed this matter with me.”
Xu Muan nodded and said, “It was originally like this. However, when Jingting came to look for father and mother, you just weren’t there. The man Jingting found said that Harvest Sparrow Orchid was very precious and if he waited, he would sell it to someone else, so Jingting had no choice but to make the decision without authorization.”
Wang Lu sighed lightly, saying, “Things have already become like this, it is useless to say more, but in the future, when you encounter such things, you should still discuss it with me and your father.”
Wang Lu secretly thought: When Xiao Jingting came, she and Xiao Linfeng might have taken Xiao Qingyan to buy magic weapons. Xiao Jingting had always been arrogant and proud. If he found out this, he naturally wouldn’t talk to them about the spirit bead. Thinking that this time she and Xiao Linfeng had put all their efforts on their eldest son, Wang Lu was somewhat guilty.
Zheng Pei’er gripped her handkerchief. Xiao Qingyan did not hesitate to destroy his own potential to advance to the sixth level of Qi Practice by relying on the pill. But she didn’t expect that Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng would also advance to the sixth level of Qi Practice so quickly.
Zheng Pei’er originally thought about taking over the beverage shop, but was shocked by the news of Xiao Jingting’s and Xiao Jinfeng’s advance to sixth level of Qi Practice, which make her leave the matter of beverage shop behind her.
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In the main house of Xiao family, Liu Xian became regretful when she heard the news of Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng’s advancement to the sixth level of Qi Practice.
Originally, Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng were cultivators at the fifth level of Qi Practice and Liu Xian regretted not dealing with them sooner. Now that they were both at the sixth level of Qi Practice, it would be not easy for them to do so.
If they died outside, it would be fine, but if they came back safely, her son would be crushed by the second family and would never be able to make a name for himself.
When she thought about Sun Miaomiao who left with her son, Liu Xian was even more furious.
At first, Liu Xian was proud of her son marrying the Sun family’s daughter, but now Liu Xian hated herself for being so blind.
Sun Miaomiao’s temper only grew after the return of Xiao Jingting, the son of the second family. She became more reckless. In the past, she was gentle to her son but now she was swaggering, which was simply not pleasing to her eyes at all.
Now that Sun Miaomiao knew that Xiao Jingting had advanced to the sixth level of Qi Practice, she (Liu Xian) was afraid that she would look down on her son even more.
Recently, Liu Xian also heard the servant girl say that Sun Miaomiao had already cuckolded Xiao Muhong. Xiao Muhong had always wanted to keep his dignity, so although he did not say anything, he must have been feeling aggrieved.
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Xiao Jingting’s group traveled for three days before they arrived at the Marquis’ territory.
“What a prosperous place!” Xiao Jingting couldn’t help but look at the streets of the Marquis’ realm.
With the competition around the corner, the elites of various towns gathered together, making the prices of inns in the Marquis’ realm also rise rapidly.
The largest shop in Desert City was humble and not worth mentioning compared to the Marquis’ residence.
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Before Xiao Jingting and the others entered the city, they were warned by their elders three times to keep a low profile when entering the city. Before Xiao Jingting’s and others’ ears became calloused, they finally arrived at the boundary of the marquis’ realm.
Xiao Linfeng brought a few teenagers from the Xiao family and sought out an inn to stay in.
Not only were the upper-class rooms expensive, but they were also rented out. Xiao Linfeng could only rent a few middle-class rooms.
During the meal, a number of expensively dressed young ones from the big city could be seen.
What made Xiao Jingting happy was that the teenagers from the big cities, although their group was bigger than them and they looked like they had more treasures on them, except the few leading ones, the rest of them were also at the fifth or fourth level of Qi Practice, so it was still evident that progressing in this world was difficult.
“The Marquis’ fifth miss is here.” The crowd outside was bustling.
Xiao Jingting was just by the window when the movement from outside sounded. Hearing the noise outside, he peeked through the window.
A young girl in blue dress was riding on a snow-white wolf-shaped demon beast passing through the downtown area.
“Those people…” Xiao Jinfeng’s eyes suddenly widened.
Xiao Jingting immediately shook his head and motioned to Xiao Jinfeng that he should not speak, making Xiao Jinfeng close his mouth in a timely manner.
The few attendants beside the Marquis’ fifth miss were the same individuals who had come to collect fines from the Mound Village. These individuals had a very bad temper from the beginning.
With such a great momentum of being officials from Marquis household, they were so powerful that they naturally did not need to show respect to the two children from a family, who had already lost their power.
Xiao Jingting heard the discussions of several insiders nearby. The Marquis’ fifth miss, Ouyang Mingyue, was a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Practice. There were a lot of young ladies and young masters from the Marquis’ household, but very few of them could be taken seriously. Previously, Ouyang Jing, who had talked to Xiao Qingyan, didn’t even have a position because of her lowly background.
“The Marquis is really powerful. That girl doesn’t look too old.” Xiao Jingting said.
Xiao Jinfeng smiled and said, “In the path of cultivation, no one can say for sure. Brother, your luck is unstoppable, you have great potential.”
Many geniuses had fallen, and many mediocre people had persevered until the end.
As far as Xiao Jinfeng knew, his own grandfather who was now at the ninth level of Qi Practice was not very conspicuous in his family. However, some of those astonishingly talented family cultivators killed each other, some of them went out on adventures and had accidents making them fall one by one. Only then his grandfather, who had kept a low profile and survived the death of his other brothers and sisters, became the head of the Xiao family.