NOVEL NEXT Chapter 188.2
Pei family.
“Xiao Yu, how are you? Do you feel any pain?” Mrs. Zhen quietly opened the door and entered the room. When she saw her daughter laying on the bed, she asked with a distressed look on her face.
“It hurts, mother, it hurts so much,” Pei Yu cried with an aggrieved face when she saw her mother.
“Don’t worry, Mom will give you some medicine, and you’ll be fine soon.” Mrs. Zhen took out the medicine she brought and smeared it on Pei Yu’s bloody back.
“Mom, why did my grandparents treat me like this? They were never willing to scold me before.” Pei Yu thought about it all night but couldn’t figure out why everyone suddenly changed.
“You tell me, are you stupid? Why would you leave Zhao Shubao, who is so good, to snatch your cousin’s fiancé? What’s the good of that Mu Jing?” Mrs. Zhen saw that she was still confused and shook her head.
“Brother Mu has a single spiritual root. He may become a great cultivator in the future. What’s wrong? Can Fatty Zhao compare with Brother Mu? You see, his cultivation level can’t even compare to Chen Feng,” Pei Yu said unconvinced.
“Mu Jing’s single spiritual root is good, but we have to wait until he grows up. The Zhao family is a family of alchemists. If you follow Zhao Shubao, you won’t have to worry about anything in your life. The reason your grandparents indulged you is because Zhao Shubao likes you. If you marry him, you will become the young madam of the Zhao family,” Mrs. Zhen said with an iron heart.
“Mom, are you saying that my grandparents don’t really like me at all? It’s all because of Zhao Shubao that they treat me so well?” Pei Yu suddenly opened her eyes wide.
Mrs. Zhen looked at her sideways and said, “Otherwise, do you think Zhao Shubao will marry you after seeing you frame your cousin? The Pei family offended Ancestor Yin because of you, and you lost Zhao Shubao as your backer. Can your grandparents forgive you?”
“Then what should I do?” Pei Yu finally panicked.
“Zhao Shubao liked you so much before. If you can find a way to bring him back, the Pei family will naturally not pursue Pei Qing’s matter for the sake of the Zhao family,” Mrs. Zhen said persuasively.
The Pei family now also intended to have Pei Yu test Zhao Shubao’s loyalty. If Zhao Shubao could no longer be swayed, Pei Yu might truly become the abandoned child of the Pei family.
“But… it’s Brother Mu.” Pei Yu still couldn’t let go of her feelings.
“Mu Jing? Mu Jing can’t protect himself right now. Ancestor Yin cancelled the engagement in front of all the guests of the Mu family this morning. The Mu family lost a lot of business in just one day. Now he is outside the formation guild, begging to meet Pei Qing,” Mrs. Zhen said, not expecting her daughter to be so stubborn.
Pei Yu looked shocked when she heard that Mu Jing’s engagement had been annulled and he was now trying to meet Pei Qing. After a long silence, she said in a dull voice, “But can Fatty Zhao still listen to me?”
Seeing her daughter finally start to think logically, Mrs. Zhen struck while the iron was hot. “Zhao Shubao always thought that you were the one who saved him back then. You just need to hold on to that, beg him softly, and try to coax him. If you can get Zhao Shubao on your side, your reputation might be restored. He might even help you deal with Pei Qing.”
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Two days later, a medicinal pill shop opened quietly on Dongling Street in Alliance City. There was no fanfare or noisy gongs and drums; it was as calm as if the alchemy shop hadn’t opened at all.
“It’s really open,” the shopkeeper of a grocery store across the street commented.
“Shopkeeper, what they sell are medicinal pills. Could it be that these two are alchemists?” the clerk asked, peering across the street.
“It doesn’t seem like much,” the shopkeeper replied with a shake of his head.
The clerk asked with curiosity, “How long do you think they’ll last?”
The shopkeeper took another look at the alchemy shop, where bottles and jars were neatly arranged, and stroked his beard thoughtfully. “A month at most. I’m afraid they’ll have to move out in less than a month.”
“Hey Sister Liu, a new alchemy shop has opened here. Aren’t you going to buy Qi Condensing Pills? You don’t have to go far.” Two cultivators passed by Dongling Street, and one of the tall male cultivators pointed at the new shop.
The female cultivator traveling with him glanced at the shop but said somewhat critically, “The quality of medicinal pills in such a simple shop is probably not much to speak of.”
“I see they have a top-quality Qi Condensing Pill. It only costs two hundred spiritual stones. It’s not expensive,” the tall cultivator said, surprised as he glanced at the red paper posted at the door of the shop.
Cheng Qi, who was in charge of looking after the store, saw the two customers coming in and took the initiative to greet them. “What kind of medicinal pills are you two looking for?”
“Is there really a top-quality Qi Condensing Pill for sale here?” the female cultivator, surnamed Liu, asked with some disbelief.
“Yes, just a moment,” Cheng Qi gestured toward the container where the medicinal pills were placed, then reached out and took a bottle from inside.
The two cultivators were surprised when they saw his actions. The tall cultivator even remarked with a strange expression, “I can’t believe that such an ordinary store has a formation in the container.”
“It’s not easy to hire a formation master,” he continued, eyeing the shop with curiosity. “I wonder what the background is of the owner of this alchemy shop.”
Noticing something was off, the female cultivator changed her previously careless expression, took the bottle handed to her, and examined it closely.
“This pill is good,” the tall cultivator said, impressed as he looked at the Qi Condensing Pill in the female cultivator’s hand.
The fragrance of the Qi Condensing Pill was rich, full of spiritual energy, and the colour was bright without any impurities. It truly was a flawless, top-quality pill.