In the evening, Xiao Jinfeng and Mu Shuyu found an inn and planned to rest when unexpected guests came to their door.

“Big brother.” Seeing the visitor, Xiao Jinfeng couldn’t help feeling surprised. Although he knew that Xiao Qingyan might also be in Wind City, he was still surprised to suddenly see him.

“Don’t call me big brother. I don’t have a shameless brother like you.” Xiao Qingyan was impatient.

Xiao Jinfeng’s face sank as he said “I thought that big brother understood that I was wronged.”

“Whether you’re innocent or not, I don’t care. I’ve only come to remind you to leave Wind City quickly and don’t cause me any trouble.” Xiao Qingyan coldly said.

Xiao Jinfeng’s face twisted but it quickly returned to normal.

Xiao Jinfeng coldly said “I understand, don’t worry, you don’t want to have a brother with a bad reputation, and I don’t want to have a heartless brother like you.”

“You!” Xiao Qingyan was blocked by Xiao Jinfeng.

“What are you doing in Wind City?” Xiao Qingyan asked.

“Nothing, seeing if there’s any work here.” Xiao Jinfeng didn’t tell the truth, Xiao Qingyan was too used to asking for money. Xiao Jingting was worried that Xiao Qingyan would ask for money if he learned their true purpose. Xiao Jinfeng originally still had some affection for Xiao Qingyan but Xiao Qingyan’s few words let him lose it.

“You have such a bad reputation now, it’s better not to come out and show your face, with an attribute like yours, you won’t be able to find any good jobs in the city. You might as well become a solo hunter.” Xiao Qingyan said.

Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said “I see.”

“Who is he?” Xiao Qingyan looked towards Mu Shuyu.

“It’s my wife.” Xiao Jinfeng said.

Xiao Qingyan glanced at Mu Shuyu and was surprised to find that the other person was actually a fourth level Qi Practitioner.

Xiao Qingyan originally thought that since Xiao Jinfeng’s reputation was ruined, he won’t be able to find a wife and even if he did, the conditions wouldn’t be too favorable. However, he didn’t expect that Xiao Jinfeng would find a wife at the fourth layer of Qi Practice. When Xiao Qingyan thought deeply about it, he believed that it was just a ger whose attributes probably weren’t even very good.

Xiao Qingyan glanced at Xiao Jinfeng and said “You were able to find a wife fast enough.”

Xiao Qingyan was originally trying to please Ouyang Jing. Ouyang Jing was the young lady of Marquis house but because she was the daughter of a concubine, she was not very valued in the Marquis family. Xiao Qingyan originally developed a good relationship with Ouyang Jing and many of his friends praised him for his ability to move a young lady of Marquis house.

After Xiao Qingyan’s parents died, Xiao Qingyan lost his parents’ financial support and his money was tight. Ouyang Jing changed her feelings, saying that he was a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Xiao Qingyan could not afford to offend Marquis house, so he could only greet his teeth.

Xiao Qingyan didn’t stay much, only a few sarcastic words before he left. But long after Xiao Qingyan left, Xiao Jinfeng couldn’t calm down.

Mu Shuyu patted Xiao Jinfeng’s shoulder and said “Don’t be angry.”

Xiao Jinfeng smiled and said “I’m not angry.”

Xiao Jinfeng originally wanted to stay in the Windy City for two more days but after meeting Xiao Qingyan, he immediately lost interest so after selling spiritual wine, he purchased some supplies and went back home.

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Xiao family.

“Second brother, you’re back!” Xiao Jingting was filled with excitement.

“The harvest this time wasn’t bad. I sold wine for a total of twelve thousand taels of silver. I also returned with 30 pieces of jade and bought some level 4 talismans and magic tools.” Xiao Jinfeng said.

Xiao Jingting nodded and said “Great, these are exactly the things that we are lacking right now.”

Xiao Jinfeng gave all jades to Xiao Jingting. He felt that drinking spiritual wine was much more effective than absorbing Spiritual Jade. He really did not understand why Xiao Jingting was so obsessed with the jades “Second brother, don’t you want to keep a few pieces?” Xiao Jingting asked.

“Just leave two jars of wine for your second brother and squeeze more grape juice for your second sister-in-law.” Xiao Jinfeng faintly said.

Xiao Jingting nodded and said “That is OK.”

“By the way, when I went out this time, I met our eldest brother.” Xiao Jinfeng said.

Xiao Jingting raised his head and said thoughtfully “Eldest brother should be doing well. Even if he lost the protection of our parents, he is still a student of Bifeng Academy. Moreover, grandfather is very optimistic about him, so he should not treat him badly.”

“Other than being frustrated in his pursuit of the Marquis family concubine’s miss, he should be doing well.” Xiao Jinfeng said. After the accident of Xiao father and mother, Xiao Qingyan’s status in the academy declined a lot. However, it was still much better than Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng’s previous situation where they were surrounded by enemies.

“Brother, didn’t he have a main wife? He has a wife, and he is still chasing after the miss from the Marquis family?” Xiao Jingting asked.

Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said “There is one, eldest brother probably just wants to enjoy a happy and prosperous life.” 

Xiao Jingting touched his nose. Xiao Qingyan always advised the original body owner not to act too arrogantly, but as a result, he acted even more untrustworthy. Even if she was the daughter of concubine, the Marquis household was not something that could be easily provoked.

Xiao Jingting vaguely remembered that Zheng Pei’er, Xiao Qingyan’s wife, was a very fierce woman. This woman gave birth to two sons for Xiao Qingyan, and the original owner’s parents liked her and were very good to Zheng Pei’er. The two sons of Zheng Pei’er were treated very highly in the Xiao family. But from his impression, Zheng Peter’s two sons did not have a very good relationship with his two boys.

Zheng Peter’s youngest son seemed to have pushed Xiao Xiaofan into the lake, and Xiao Xiaodong also fought with the two of them. But rather than fighting, Xiao Xiaodong was unilaterally beaten.

After the accident of the original owner’s parents, Zheng Pei’er took her two children back to the Zheng family.

“Second brother, did eldest brother say anything to you?” Xiao Jingting asked.

Xiao Jinfeng lowered his head, took a deep breath, clenched his fist, and then said ” Elder brother asked me to leave quickly. He felt that I would be embarrassing him and didn’t want to have anything to do with me.”

“Elder brother, I also feel that I am ignorant and embarrassing. Well, since the eldest brother doesn’t want to pay attention to us, we should not ask him for anything. He is also a practitioner of fifth level, so he won’t die of hunger.” Xiao Jingting said cheerfully.

Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said “That’s right.”

“I hate uncle.” Xiao Xiaofan puffed his cheek, and said gloomily.

Xiao Jinfeng looked at Xiao Xiaofan and asked “Why do you hate uncle?”

“He gave birth to two big villains, who always beat Xiaofan and brother. Grandpa is also bad, it was obvious that the villains were in the wrong but he always scolded Xiaofan.” Xiao Xiaofan said melancholily. 

Xiao Jingting rubbed Xiao Xiaofan’s head, his heart flashing with pity. Xiao Qingyan was raised as a prince in the Xiao family. Xiao Qingyan’s two sons were spoiled and were very domineering at a very young age. In the impression of the original owner, he seemed to bump into his two nephews bullying his son many times, but the original owner did not take Xiaodong and Xiaofan seriously and naturally did not give his two sons a chance to stand up.

Thinking of what the original owner did, Xiao Jingting’s heart was full of bitterness. The original owner was too bad, and his own sons did not know how to defend themselves. “Xiaofan, you should eat more and practice more so when you meet those two big villains again, you will be able to beat them into a meatloaf.”

Xiao Jinfeng couldn’t help smiling. He thought Xiao Jingting wanted to persuade Xiaofan not to hold grudges, but it turned out to be like this.

As if inspired, Xiao Xiaofan raised his fist and said “Xiaofan will grow up to be strong and will defeat those two bastards in the future.”

“Idiot.” Xiao Xiaodong said gloomily.

Hearing Xiao Xiaodong’s words, Xiao Xiaofan looked at Xiao Xiaodong with some frustration.

………

Xiao Jingting went into the room and took out five glasses of water “This is the water from 20 days ago, this from 15 days ago, this from 5 days ago and this one is from today, try it.”

Xu Muan took a sip of the water in turn and said “The spiritual energy is getting stronger and stronger. It seems that using Spirit Jade to enhance the quality of the spiritual spring is really working.” Originally, the spirit spring water could only be useful for cultivators at third level of Qi Practice, but now it also had a considerable effect on the fourth level Qi Practitioner.

Xiao Jingting sighed lightly and said “That is right, but the cost of the spirit jade is too high.”

Xu Muan patted Xiao Jingting on the shoulder and said “Yes! However, as your strength increases it will become easier and easier to earn money. “

Xiao Jingting nodded and said with bright eyes “Right.”

Xu Muan looked at Xiao Jingting and thought to himself: This Xiao Jingting seems to be very easy to coax.

“I want to buy more land and connect the fields together.” Xiao Jingting said.

Xu Muan nodded and said “That’s good, but it will be tiring.”

“The chores are all done by you and second brother, so it would be fine for me to just cultivate the land.” Xiao Jingting said.

Xu Muan nodded and said “Fine, but if you feel tired, don’t be reluctant to tell me.”

Xiao Jingting nodded and said “I know.”

…………

 

Xiao Jinfeng was full of excitement as he drank the wine, his eyes full of admiration.

“The wine brewed by Jingting is really delicious, the wine I used to drink was not so mellow. Earlier, I also thought the wine from a poor village tasted good but now I can’t get used to it.” Xiao Jinfeng shook his head.

“The wine brewed by Muan has a lot of wonderful uses and has rich spiritual energy. I always feel that there is something wrong with the water used to brew this spiritual wine.” Mu Shuyu said.

Xiao Jinfeng waved his hand and said “A person must have some secrets. Jingting is my brother. As long as he doesn’t harm me, I will do my best to help him.”

Mu Shuyu nodded and said “Previously, I heard rumors that your big brother was a heroic, promising young man. While your youngest brother could only drink, eat and was stupid. Only when I came into contact with him, I learned that the rumors were false. Sun Miaomiao is really blind to let go of such an excellent partner for nothing. While your big brother is nothing more than that.”

His brother is bullied, and the other party did not know how to help out, but instead acted as if he was avoiding plague. How could this kind of person be trustworthy?!

“Isn’t this good now?” Xiao Jinfeng said.

Mu Shuyu nodded and said “Indeed, the quality of this spiritual wine is very good. If you drink it like this for three or four months, I think you can advance to the fifth level of Qi Practice and catch up with your big brother. It is time to find a formula to conceal your cultivation. If you advance to fifth level, you will attract unwanted attention.”

Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said “I know. I have this formula.”

Mu Shuyu was surprised as he said “You have it? That’s great! It will save us some silver.”

Xiao Jinfeng smiled. In the Barbarian Continent, strength was respected so there were very few people who would hide their cultivation. The Hidden Qi Technique was rarely practiced, so this was just perfect for them to practice.

 

Edited by: Tetsu

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