Chapter 450
Chapter 450
“What else do you need?” asked Xu Lingfeng.
These days, Xu Lingfeng helped Xiao Jinting purchase the resources, and he found Xiao Jinting was very wealthy. He felt a mixture of joy and worry.
He was happy that his son-in-law was a rich man, and his son would be well provided. He was worried that Xiao Jinting was not inferior to him in strength but superior to him in wealth, and he didn’t feel confident in front of Xiao Jinting.
“We are almost done,” said Xiao Jinting, glancing at the list.
“Second Uncle, there you are.” Xu Peng went up to them.
Xu Lingfeng nodded and said lightly, “What a coincidence.”
“Second Uncle, I heard that you sold a batch of spiritual herbs recently,” said Xu Peng.
Xu Lingfeng frowned. Xiao Jinting needed spiritual stones to purchase the resources, and he had to sell the herbs. Li Yi and Xu Lingfeng helped him sell some of them. As the amount was huge, Xu Lingfeng sold a small batch in his name and sold a lot more anonymously.
“Yes. What’s wrong?” asked Xu Lingfeng.
Xu Peng shook his head. “Second Uncle, you should sell them to our family.”
Xu Lingfeng felt displeased. If he sold the herbs to his family, the price would be lower than the market. However, after the pills were refined with the herbs, he would have the right to buy the pills first. That was convenient. If he owned the spiritual herbs, Xu Lingfeng didn’t mind selling them to the family, but the herbs belonged to Xiao Jinting.
“I help a friend sell the herbs,” said Xu Lingfeng.
Xu Peng looked at Xiao Jinting and Xu Muan and asked, “Have you mended the rift with Elder Xiao?”
Xu Lingfeng’s face darkened, and he said sulkily, “There was no rift between us.”
“Sorry, a slip of tongue. Second Uncle, you are quite close to Elder Xiao,” said Xu Peng.
Xu Lingfeng coldly looked at Xu Peng with a frown. It dawned on him. Although he was socially awkward, he would not have treated Xiao Jinting as his rival for no reason. Xu Peng had misled him.
After Xu Peng told Xu Lingfeng that Xiao Jinting might have an affair with Li Yi, Xu Lingfeng got angry and kidnapped Xu Muan. Xu Lingfeng blamed Xu Peng for misleading him.
Xu Peng noticed that Xu Lingfeng was angry, but he didn’t know why.
After Xu Lingfeng chatted with Xu Peng for a while, he left with Xiao Jinting and Xu Muan.
“Father, you look angry. Did that guy do something bad to you?” Xu Muan asked. He was perceptive.
Xu Lingfeng felt upset. Everyone was smart except him. He had been fooled by his son and nephews. He said, “He’s annoying.”
Xu Muan didn’t know what to say.
After a while, he asked, “Is he my cousin?”
Xu Lingfeng nodded. “Yes, but you don’t have to mind him.”
Xu Muan nodded and said, “Okay. Anyway, I’m leaving for Green Cloud Immortal Sect soon. He won’t bother me.”
Xu Lingfeng felt sad.
“Why do you go back so soon? Is it because I asked you to leave? I was joking,” said Xu Lingfeng awkwardly. Recalling that he used the Golden Dragon Scissors to bribe Xiao Jinting out of the Green Continent, Xu Lingfeng thought he was too foolish.
“Father, we have something to do there. If you have time, come to see us.”
Xu Lingfeng nodded. “Okay.”
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Xu Peng looked at the message and had a bad feeling.
He went back home and found all his brothers had come back.
“It’s confirmed that Xu Muan is the son of Xu Lingfeng and Li Yi,” said Xu Wang.
Li Rao couldn’t help asking, “Father, has it confirmed?”
Xu Wang nodded and said, “Yes. Someone heard Xu Muan call Xu Lingfeng father.”
“Since it’s confirmed, why hasn’t Second Uncle brought him back to our family?” asked Li Rao in confusion.
Xu Wang’s face darkened. He thought, “Why? Because Xu Lingfeng is guarding against me.”
He clenched his fists. Xu Lingfeng was lucky these days. Li Yi had advanced to Nascent Soul, and Xu Lingfeng had a powerful helper. And there was Xiao Jinting, who was Xu Lingfeng’s son-in-law.
Xu Muan was alive, and Li Yi and Xu Lingfeng no longer moaned over the past. What Xu Wang feared most was not that Xu Lingfeng had more helpers, but Xu Lingfeng had better aptitude than him. The disappearance of Xu Muan not only kept Li Yi from advancing to Nascent Soul but also slowed down the cultivation of Xu Lingfeng.
Xu Lingfeng had an exceptional aptitude. Even Xu Wang kept cultivating hard, he couldn’t surpass Xu Lingfeng. Now that Xu Lingfeng had found his son, he would make advancements in his cultivation.
The competition between Xu Wang and Xu Lingfeng depended on who would advance to the peak of Nascent Soul earlier.
He had calculated and worked so hard for so many years, and it seemed everything went back to square one.