Bai Ruiting invited Xie Jiuniang to the hall and asked her to sit in the upper seat.
The spiritual tea had been warmed up on the tea table, and Xie Jiuniang sat down without hesitation.
This made Bai Mudan very anxious, "Brother, this matter has already been settled."
"I don't need my sister to sacrifice for my own affairs." Bai Ruiting has his own principles and persistence.
Xie Jiuniang did not eat the food on the tea table. Instead, she took out a spiritual fruit from her storage ring and ate it happily.
Click, click.
Very weird.
This made the quarreling brother and sister suddenly fall silent.
Bai Ruiting hopes that he can survive, but he doesn't want to sacrifice his sister's future in order to survive. That would go against his original intention, and in the long run it would inevitably breed inner demons.
Once the inner demon is nurtured, it is almost a pipe dream to expect to form an elixir within a hundred years.
Bai Mudan is actually a very rational person, who won't easily reveal her emotions.
At this moment, a rare look of panic appeared on her beautiful face.
Xie Jiuniang could understand Bai Ruiting's decision, and at the same time, she could understand Bai Mudan's feelings. In fact, when it comes to accepting Bai Mudan, she really has not thought about how to enslave her. At most, she would let her help her with some chores when she is in the sect. No matter how many things there are, she can't help much with her Qi training period.
"You two siblings have a deep bond. It's really enviable."
Xie Jiuniang still looks like a thirteen-year-old girl, but her tone is like that of an elder who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, which is quite weird.
In the end, Bai Mudan gave in, after all, what Bai Ruiting said was too serious.
After a while, Bai Mudan walked out of the house.
There were only two people left in the hall.
Xie Jiuniang looked at Bai Ruiting who was kneeling on one knee in front of her.
"I give you two choices. One is to be loyal to me for a hundred years, and the other is to be loyal to me forever." Xie Jiuniang suddenly spoke solemnly.
Bai Ruiting was stunned.
The life-extending elixir lasts for a hundred years, and if you can’t break through the golden elixir… how can you talk about forever
Suddenly he thought of something, and his heart started pounding. "If I remain loyal forever, will the master provide me with the resources to break through?"
"Of course. If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass, right?"
There must be a huge difference between the two.
This determined Xie Jiuniang's attitude towards him in the future.
If he chooses the first option, he will be treated as an ordinary follower and some real secrets will not be known to him. If he decides to remain loyal, the treatment will naturally be different.
Xie Jiuniang didn't want to accept a contracted beast, but she didn't mind accepting a few followers.
After all, followers and contracted beasts are different.
For example, some daily tasks can be handled by confidants, but contracted beasts cannot solve them. Moreover, raising followers consumes much fewer resources than raising contracted beasts, and is cost-effective.
Xie Jiuniang would not do business that would lose money.
Bai Ruiting chose the latter and signed a master-servant contract with Xie Jiuniang, willingly handing over a wisp of his soul. Only such loyalty could make the master feel at ease without having to worry about betrayal.
What cultivators need most is resources.
It is normal for some people to rely on their families or powerful people for resources.
What's wrong with working for others in order to achieve immortality
The sword spirit watched the whole process and said in a weird voice, "The master has another dog."
"Shut up, where did you learn that from?" Xie Jiuniang's eyelids twitched.
"In the house next door, there is a male cultivator asking a female cultivator, saying that the female cultivator hasn't come to see him for a long time, and asked if she has got another dog?" The sword spirit imitated it vividly.
Xie Jiuniang had a dark face. She asked Bai Ruiting to stand up and gave him enough resources to practice to the late stage of foundation building. She told him to practice well when he had nothing to do and try to improve his strength.
Bai Ruiting held the storage bag and felt relieved.
With these resources, he is confident that he can improve his strength in the short term.
At this time, Bai Ruiting said: "Master, Lao He once came to me and said he wanted to see you."
"Did you say what it was about?" Xie Jiuniang was not very surprised.
Bai Ruiting said: "He said he wanted to repay his master for saving his life."
"The reward from the Nascent Soul Stage, if he really wants to repay me, let him hide his identity and protect two people..." Xie Jiuniang thought of Yun Mucheng's parents, and she was a little worried after all, "The deadline is one hundred years, as long as he agrees, I will give him a big gift."
"I will tell him about this."
"Um."
Xie Jiuniang gave him a strange look and said, "Don't call yourself a slave. I don't treat you as a slave. Practice well."
"Thank you, Master. I will practice diligently."
I have to say that both siblings are smart.
This is probably because people living at the bottom of society understand best how to survive.
Resources are not so easy to obtain. If you want to get something, you must pay for it.
Xie Jiuniang gave him a stack of sound transmission notes and left, leaving Bai Mudan and Bai Ruiting together.
After leaving, she went to the house in the market town, and found that her second uncle was still the one who ran the shop.
Uncle Xie was surprised to see Xie Jiuniang appear. His eyes swept over the disciple uniform she was wearing, and the smile on his face became even wider: "Xiaojiu, you look more and more like a grown-up girl—"
I was just trying to be polite, but looking at Xie Jiuniang's childish face with a little bit of baby fat... I just couldn't say anything!
Xie Jiuniang found his expression very funny and stepped forward to pay respects as a junior, "Hello, Second Uncle."
"Okay, okay, come here quickly." Uncle Xie took her to the back hall.
After not seeing each other for a long time, it is inevitable to exchange pleasantries and ask some questions.
They don’t ask about privacy, they just talk about daily matters and treat it as the elders’ concern for the younger generation.
Xie Jiuniang answered every question in a very proper manner. At the same time, she learned about her parents' recent situation from Uncle Xie Er, and also received a letter from her parents.
Uncle Xie is very happy recently.
The reason was that the only daughter successfully established her foundation and went to the inner sect.
This is indeed a great joyous event.
Today, the family is thriving, having shaken off its previous decline, and good things are happening all the time.
Xie Jiuniang left a jar of spiritual wine as a filial tribute to her second uncle, and then went to the market to buy a batch of spiritual jade.
He left the market in a hurry.
At the entrance of the market town, Bai Mudan was seen waiting again.
Bai Mudan wanted to say something, but Xie Jiuniang raised her head to stop her, saying, "If you have anything to say, let's go back to the sect. There are too many people outside."
There was no one watching her when she went out.
The sword spirit had already reminded her that someone was watching her.
Those who came out this time were not at the foundation-building stage or below, but those above the golden elixir stage.
The two returned to the sect together.
As soon as he flew back to the foot of Zhengyang Peak, he saw Xie Xu and Shi Qi being blocked outside the peak.
The people who blocked them were Qiao Shuijuan and the Tian brothers.
"What happened?" Xie Jiuniang glanced at Qiao Shuijuan and the other two.
Qiao Shuijuan seemed to have not expected Xie Jiuniang to appear. Her expression was slightly stagnant, and she said dryly: "Junior Sister Yuan Xi, they said they received a mission from the sect. I, we didn't receive any news, so..."
"You're just going to stop my people? Who gave you the qualifications?"
Xie Jiuniang was fed up with such people, but she had to remain calm. "Alright, you don't have to come again. As for the harvest from the remaining spiritual fields, haven't you already collected a lot? Deduct it from that amount. If you have any more dissatisfaction, go find Senior Sister Qiao San. I believe she will pay you your wages."
"… "
Qiao Shuijuan and the other two left in shame.
Tian Feng and Tian Lin couldn't raise their heads.
They didn't want to stop anyone, but Qiao Shuijuan insisted on stopping them.
Now, they have lost both their reputation and face, and have also offended the disciple of Master Chaoyan. Who knows if they will be bullied in the future? The two brothers regretted it very much at this moment...
Xie Jiuniang led the three into Zhengyang Peak.
Xie Xu asked in a low voice: "Xiaojiu, aren't they disciples of Zhengyang Peak?"
"Did they tell you that they were disciples from Zhengyang Peak?" Xie Jiuniang asked back.
Shi Qi couldn't help but say, "That's not the case, it's just that the posture he put on is like the master..."
"Tsk! That woman's name is Qiao Shuijuan. She has a sister who is a disciple of the sect master. She used to manage Zhengyang Peak and made a lot of money. Now I'm here..."
Xie Jiuniang told them the interests involved without hiding anything so that they could be mentally prepared for the future.
After all, they have to take care of Zhengyang Peak in the future, and they might run into Qiao Shuijuan and others again in the future.
Now everyone understands.
It turns out that it’s all about profit…
(End of this chapter)