Late at night, the bright moon hung high.
His parents were sound asleep. They were too old, and their son's return had a great impact on them, requiring them to adjust their mood.
In the courtyard.
Zhou Chen was busy preparing tea and refreshments.
Zhou You and Zhou Chao sat in the pavilion in the courtyard.
After a while, Zhou Chao finally spoke, "Are you still leaving?"
Zhou You shook his head, "Not anymore."
Zhou Chao nodded, then looked at Zhou You again.
They were clearly brothers, yet one was as young as ever, while the other was as old as a pine tree.
He also knew that those with high cultivation would never judge a person's age by their appearance. But he still felt a little melancholic, wondering what would have happened if he had been the one taken away back then.
Zhou Chao whispered, "Spend more time with our parents. They are already too old. For years, in order to wait for your return, they have actively cooperated with me and taken some Qi and Blood Pills."
Qi and Blood Pills were very expensive; one pill was worth three hundred taels of gold.
Although the Zhou Family was good in Qingping City, the two Elders had to take them every month. Over time, this was a very large expenditure.
Zhou You nodded, "You've worked hard all these years. I will compensate you."
Zhou Chao waved his hand, "As brothers, saying that is too formal. Besides, if they are your parents, aren't they my parents too?"
The two brothers exchanged a smile.
Zhou Chao then asked with a laugh, "You must have learned a lot of things over the years, right?"
Zhou You hesitated, embarrassed to speak.
Zhou Chao burst out laughing, "Look at my mouth, it's really old. I dare to ask anything."
He realized that the Cultivation Techniques of Sect forces could not be casually discussed, so he categorized Zhou You as such.
Zhou You changed the subject, "Then how did you, Big Brother, start to Cultivate?"
Zhou Chao sighed, "Although your Master left our Zhou Family a 'Looking at Qi skill' back then, with our limited knowledge, how could we understand the Dao of Cultivation? Our parents were also like me, and later got busy with some business. It wasn't until more than ten years later, when someone bullied us, that we seriously studied the Cultivation Technique. It's a pity that by then, our parents were already over fifty, making it difficult for them to achieve anything in Cultivation. And I, too, only managed to Cultivate with great difficulty by spending a large amount of money to buy Medicinal Pills. After a hundred years of muddled existence, I only reached Tuotai Realm Nine Heavens and could no longer advance."
For most people in the mundane world, the Dao of Cultivation was simply a fantasy.
Even if you were given a Cultivation Technique, it would be difficult for you to even understand it.
Zhou You nodded silently. His previous statement about compensation was not baseless, as his storage ring indeed contained a large number of Spirit Stones and Medicinal Pills.
Zhou Chao looked up at Zhou Chen, who was standing beside him, "I heard that you insisted on breaking off the engagement?"
Zhou Chen blinked, "Grandpa, how did you know so quickly?"
Zhou Chao smiled bitterly, "Before it even got dark, I received a pigeon post from your father."
Zhou Chen made a Face, "That Lin Xue is so wicked, I would never marry him."
Zhou Chao continued, "Your father also spoke unclearly, only saying that all the troubles had been resolved. What exactly happened?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen immediately became excited, vividly describing what had happened during the day.
Zhou Chao listened to her words, dumbfounded, feeling as if his heart was about to leap out of his chest.
Zhou Chao's hand, holding the teacup, was trembling. He forced himself to take a sip to calm himself down, "That old geezer Lin Long... is dead too?"
Zhou Chen nodded heavily, "Yes, he is."
Zhou Chao pursed his lips tightly. The moonlight shone on his Face, adding a touch of gloom.
Zhou You smiled, "Big Brother, I apologize for this. I don't know what happened, but seeing him like that, I just acted."
Zhou Chao suppressed the shock in his heart, his eyes filled with contemplation, "Although Lin Long is a member of the Fierce Tiger Gate, the Fierce Tiger Gate may not necessarily care about him. But the problem lies with that Lady Lin. This woman was an arrogant Young Miss when she was young. Coupled with the fact that her two brothers are Elders of the Fierce Tiger Gate, no one could do anything to her. Now that this has happened, it will probably be difficult to resolve."
At this point, Zhou You understood.
If it were just an ordinary member of the Fierce Tiger Gate, Lin Long's death would be in vain. After all, a School among the top five hundred on Kunyuan Continent has a large number of members, and it's hard for them to care about someone so unremarkable in the mundane world.
The crucial point was that his wife was still alive. Even more critically, his wife's two brothers held significant positions in the Fierce Tiger Gate.
Presumably, Lin Long kept claiming to be from the Dragon Tiger Gate but never mentioned his brothers-in-law, which was to save his own Face. Otherwise, wouldn't he be suspected of being a kept man?
For men, Face is very important.
Zhou Chao looked at Zhou You, "Little brother, what are your thoughts on this?"
"Thoughts?"
Zhou You picked up a mung bean cake and started eating it, but how could he know what Zhou Chao was thinking?
In Zhou Chao's view, his little brother had been away for a hundred years and returned still a youth.
Presumably, his strength was already beyond what a mortal like himself could comprehend, but for some reason, he always felt that something was amiss.
It was as if his little brother didn't possess the special prestige of those strong individuals rumored to exist?
"Sigh."
Zhou You swallowed the mung bean cake, "As the saying goes, 'when soldiers come, block them; when water comes, cover it with earth.' We'll deal with it when the time comes, why exhaust ourselves now?"
Zhou Chao was surprised, his heart greatly shaken.
Indeed, true strong individuals were like this.
They didn't take mundane matters seriously at all!
Zhou Chao chuckled to himself, "Look at me, I'm still treating you like an ordinary person."
Zhou You, in fact, was pondering that Lin Long was already over a hundred years old, yet he only had that much strength. Probably his brothers-in-law weren't much better.
Although he was very weak, weren't they also weak?
As a person, one doesn't necessarily have to be self-deprecating.
"I didn't bring much with me this time."
Zhou You subconsciously touched his waist first, then activated his storage ring, dropping a hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones. "Big Brother, use these for now. To forge iron, one must be strong oneself. When your own strength is strong, it's more reliable than anything else."
"The legendary storage ring?"
Zhou Chao's eyes widened, then he swallowed, looking at the High-Grade Spirit Stones glowing under the moonlight. "High... High... High-Grade Spirit Stone?"
Zhou You was very puzzled, "What's wrong? Is it fake?"
He picked one up and examined it carefully, confirming it wasn't fake. Although his Master was unreliable, there was no need for him to prepare fake goods, right?
Zhou Chen covered her mouth, her eyes as wide as copper bells.
Her impression of Spirit Stones was from when she first started Cultivating the 'Looking at Qi skill.' Her grandpa spent ten thousand taels of gold, and even then, he had to beg and plead to get a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone.
And now, right in front of her, there were over a hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones casually laid out!
Zhou Chao took a deep breath, his lips trembling uncontrollably, "Little brother, you really scared me to death."
Zhou You scratched his head, thinking to himself, what's the big deal?
In the past, he consumed more than five Spirit Stones every day for Cultivation, not including those Spirit Pills and miraculous medicines, and Yao Beast inner cores above Grade Six.
But these words...
He really couldn't bring himself to say them.
After consuming so many Cultivation resources, wasn't he still just a Fan Blood Realm cultivator?