The cool night breeze finally calmed Zhou Chao's restless heart.
"Xiao Chen, take one to cultivate."
Zhou Chao coughed lightly, "Little brother, you should keep the rest for yourself. Your elder brother is already old, it would be too much of a waste."
Zhou You smiled, "Big Brother, you're being too formal. I'm not short on these things."
Zhou Chao waved his Left Hand, his attitude firm, "No, really. You are still young and have a boundless future. This old bag of bones of mine..."
With a rustling sound, another pile of High-Grade Spirit Stones appeared.
Zhou You pointed, "See? I'm not short at all."
Zhou Chao's breathing quickened, and his Right Hand unconsciously pressed against his chest.
He couldn't take it anymore, he really couldn't.
The impact was too great; he felt like he was going to die.
"Oh my goodness."
Zhou Chen's body trembled, "Second Master, isn't this...too much?"
Strictly speaking, secular forces aren't considered part of the cultivators' circle, and the things they can access are very limited. Such a large amount of High-Grade Spirit Stones, even some small sects might not have them.
Zhou You's expression was as usual; to put it plainly, he didn't have much concept of anything.
He went up the mountain when he was nine and came down when he was one hundred and eight.
His so-called life experience probably only involved peeing in the mud when he was nine. He had even less concept of money and such.
His Master provided plenty of food and drink, an abundance of spirit pills and miraculous medicines, and demon core assistance.
The only problem was that he taught too little.
Zhou Chao took several deep breaths, then separated four High-Grade Spirit Stones from the pile. "Little brother, I truly admire you. I know you mean well, but two High-Grade Spirit Stones are enough for this girl for quite some time, and besides, a man is innocent, but his wealth makes him guilty. In the future, you absolutely must not display them like this again."
He made a simple distribution: Zhou Chen took two, as youth was her capital, one for her son Zhou An, and one for herself.
As for the others, he absolutely could not accept them.
Left with no choice, Zhou You could only put away all the remaining High-Grade Spirit Stones.
"Regarding Qi and Blood Pills for our parents, I also have some here."
Zhou You took out a pile of jade bottles, "These are all what I usually take."
Zhou Chao suddenly understood. No wonder his little brother, at over a hundred years old, still looked like a young man; it turned out he had been taking Qi and Blood Pills all along.
But when he casually picked up a bottle of Qi and Blood Pills, his eyes immediately widened.
Zhou You was puzzled, wondering why his elder brother was so surprised and jumpy.
Zhou Chen hesitated, "Grandpa, what's wrong?"
Zhou Chao swallowed, then handed the opened bottle to Zhou You, "You call this a Qi and Blood Pill?"
Zhou You glanced at it, "Isn't it just a Qi and Blood Pill?"
Zhou Chao's voice trembled, "This is a top-grade Qi and Blood Pill."
Zhou You pouted, "It's still a Qi and Blood Pill, isn't it?"
Zhou Chao's Left Hand pinched his thigh to clear his muddled mind. "This is a top-grade spirit-grade Qi and Blood Pill!"
Even if they were both Qi and Blood Pills, their grades were completely different.
What he usually bought was only a substandard product, meaning it wasn't even considered a low-grade spirit pill.
Even so, it was still very expensive.
And a top-grade spirit pill actually surpassed the scope of spirit pills.
For example, for 'Blood Vine', one of the ingredients in a substandard Qi and Blood Pill, a ten-year-old one would suffice. But for a top-grade spirit pill, it would probably require a thousand-year-old one.
Comparing them like this, the difference was not just ordinary large.
"There's really no need to make such a fuss."
Zhou You shook his head helplessly, thinking that his elder brother had been in the secular world for so many years and had managed the Zhou Family so well, yet he was still so easily flustered? He then picked up two more bottles of pills, handing one to Zhou Chao. "Six Flavor Emperor Pill, my Master said this is a good thing. Perhaps, for you, it will be of great benefit."
As he spoke, he handed the other bottle to Zhou Chen, "This bottle is the Gold-Silver Spirit Profound Pill, which is more beneficial for women."
Zhou Chao's breathing quickened, and his eyes rolled back. "The...the legendary semi-immortal grade Six Flavor Emperor Pill?"
At this moment, he only felt his blood rush and the world spin.
Zhou Chen was relatively calmer, as she had never even heard of it.
Seeing this, Zhou You simply stopped talking and no longer took out anything. If his elder brother were to kick the bucket like this, he would truly feel guilty.
After a good while, Zhou Chao finally calmed down, though his eyes were red and he kept swallowing.
If he had the Six Flavor Emperor Pill, he might truly be able to enter the Spirit Connection Realm and fulfill his long-held dream.
As for their parents, there was indeed nothing else he could do but continue to sustain their lives with Qi and Blood Pills.
Zhou Chao clutched the jade bottle, "Little brother, what are your plans next?"
Zhou You honestly said, "Work hard on cultivation. I can't think of anything else to do."
He urgently needed to improve his strength. The mountain was peaceful, but now that he was down, he felt that there were problems everywhere. Coupled with the demon plague Zhou Chen mentioned, he felt that he must improve his strength to take care of his parents and the Zhou Family.
Zhou Chao couldn't help but sigh, "Look."
How else could one explain why his little brother was so strong?
It was entirely the result of his hard work; he was constantly thinking about cultivation.
"Tomorrow, I will send a letter to Zhou An."
Zhou Chao smiled, "Let him find a suitable woman of similar age for you, to fulfill our parents' dream."
Zhou You grinned, "No hurry, no hurry."
Zhou Chao shook his head, "You must hurry. You're over a hundred years old; you can't drag it out any longer. Anyway, this won't affect your cultivation, will it?"
Affect? Not affect?
Zhou You tilted his head. Master didn't seem to have said that one couldn't get married.
Besides, he had been single for over a hundred years; getting married wouldn't be a big deal, would it?
Zhou Chao took a deep breath and stood up, "Little brother, you should rest in the room tonight..."
Zhou You waved his Left Hand, "No need. I'll just sit in the courtyard. We can arrange things tomorrow. If you want to cultivate, then hurry up."
Zhou Chao hesitated for a moment, then smiled, "Alright."
There weren't many spare rooms anyway, and he really wanted to try the power of the pills.
As Zhou Chao left, Zhou Chen sweetly smiled, "Thank you, Second Master."
Zhou You waved his Left Hand, "If you want to cultivate, go ahead. Don't mind me. When I was on the mountain, I often sat outside for an entire night."
Zhou Chen stuck out her tongue and sat cross-legged in the living room.
Zhou You pondered for a moment. Once his returning emotions had completely settled, he took out two High-Grade Spirit Stones, held them, and directly activated the Overlord Heaven Art to begin a new round of body tempering, bone forging, and sinew refining.
At the same time.
Outside Bishui Manor.
Lu Renjia sat on the carriage shaft, looking up at the moon, when he suddenly felt a tremor in his heart and quickly looked towards the distant darkness.
In the dark shadows, two cold lights flickered, emanating a fierce aura.
The horse snorted uneasily.
Lu Renjia's expression gradually grew tense. Could it be that the Blood Shadow Wolf had chased them again?
After all, Blood Shadow Wolves were pack-dwelling demonic beasts!