Aunt, Could You Lend Me a Few Bone Tempering Pills?

The moment he heard the voice, Su Ye frowned, knowing who had arrived.

Aunt Wu Qian.

His father ranked third among his siblings, with an older brother and an older sister.

This aunt, Wu Qian, was narrow-minded and loved taking petty advantage of others.

His own parents, however, were honest people, poor at refusing or making excuses.

Su Ye vaguely remembered that ever since he was little, whenever the family had any old items, this aunt would rush to take them away. Yet trying to get even a bit of advantage from her was harder than climbing to the heavens.

A few years ago, she had borrowed seventy thousand from their family to buy a house. The debt was already two years overdue, yet she had not paid it back.

"Sister-in-law, there's no need to discuss this any further. My Xiao Ye needs those Bone Tempering Pills too. Even if he hasn't broken through yet, there are still a few days left. Maybe he'll break through then!"

His mother Wang Yuerong's resolute voice came through the rusty iron door.

"There are only a few days left!"

"Your Su Ye clearly doesn't have the talent! He should honestly study liberal arts! He'll still have a chance to chase his martial arts dream after graduation! My Ling'er is the one who lacks this medicine right now!"

"Yuerong, martial arts isn't something you can succeed at through hard work alone. It depends on talent!"

Wu Qian spoke earnestly, trying again and again to persuade her.

The next moment, as if changing faces, she instead demanded, "Or do you think we won't pay you back?"

"Are you looking down upon our family?"

Turning guest into host!

This left the tongue-tied Wang Yuerong struggling to respond.

If she brought up the money they had borrowed to buy their house years ago and still had not repaid, it would be tantamount to tearing their faces apart.

Su Ye's eyes narrowed. He immediately took out his key, unlocked the door, and pushed it open.

"Xiao Ye!" Hearing the sound, Wang Yuerong turned around.

Su Ye looked around the small home.

On the yellowed sofa, a restless girl sat with one leg crossed over the other, playing on her phone.

This was his cousin, Su Ling'er.

His mother and Wu Qian were standing nearby, arguing fiercely.

"Bone Tempering Pills? I've already taken them all."

Su Ye spoke indifferently, showing no respect for this aunt of his in name only.

"What?!"

Wu Qian instantly exploded like a cat with its fur standing on end. "Su Ye, you're joking, right?"

Su Ye said coldly, "I'm not joking!"

"You don't need to come borrow from our family anymore. There aren't any left!"

"And the money your family borrowed from mine to buy that house a few years ago still hasn't been repaid."

Wu Qian's face shifted from green to red. Embarrassed into anger, she snapped, "This is adult business. What does it have to do with a child like you?"

Su Ling'er, who had been sitting on the sofa playing with her phone, also lifted her head to look at this cousin of hers with a trace of contempt.

Before senior year of high school, everyone had been limited by their age and bone age, and none had studied martial arts.

Su Ye's grades had often ranked among the top five in the year, while she had ranked near the bottom.

But now? The tide had turned!

She had heard that her cousin's martial arts talent was terrible, that he had not even tempered a single Martial Bone!

"If you don't practice martial arts, that's one thing."

"But if you do, you'll discover that the gap between people is even greater than the gap between humans and dogs!"

Though she said nothing on the surface, a sense of superiority at having overtaken her cousin surged within her.

She let out a casual, disdainful laugh.

"Cousin, ordinary people can only take one Bone Tempering Pill a day. Any more than that, and their bodies can't take it."

"You only bought them a few days ago. Even if you took some, there should still be quite a few left, right?"

Wu Qian's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly. "Right, right! My Ling'er is exceptionally gifted in martial arts."

"When Ling'er enters the Martial Arts Key Class and strives for a prestigious university, once she makes it big in the future, you'll get a share too!"

"We're family, after all!"

Wang Yuerong hurriedly replied, "Sister-in-law, one thing is one thing, and another is another!"

Su Ye suddenly smiled, rubbing his chin. "Is that so?"

He abruptly asked, "Aunt, didn't you just say I couldn't get into the Martial Arts Class?"

Amid everyone's stunned expressions.

Wang Yuerong suddenly seemed to think of something, and a flash of delight passed through her eyes.

Su Ye looked at Wang Yuerong, smiled, and nodded. "Mom, I forgot to tell you."

"I've actually already tempered Martial Bones."

His breathing shifted, and part of his aura burst forth. He had clearly already tempered Martial Bones!

Everyone's expressions changed. Su Ling'er and Wu Qian's faces changed even more drastically, turning ugly.

Wu Qian knew that this trip would likely end with her unable to get those Bone Tempering Pills out of Su Ye's pocket!

"Xiao Ye!" Wang Yuerong was overjoyed.

But Su Ye did not stop. Instead, he looked at Wu Qian and Su Ling'er and said blandly:

"I'll get a share when you make it big in the future?"

Wu Qian nodded again and again. "That's right! Su Ye, you'll only get into an ordinary class, while Ling'er is—"

Su Ye sneered. He no longer concealed anything and fully erupted!

"What?! Five Martial Bones?!!"

Su Ling'er's expression abruptly changed. She stared at Su Ye in disbelief, shocked and dumbfounded!

Five Martial Bones!

In past years, tempering Martial Bones within a month was generally enough to enter the Martial Arts Class.

With four to five Martial Bones, one could enter the key class!

Didn't that mean Su Ye already had one foot in the Martial Arts Key Class?!

Even as shock and jealousy filled her heart, a trace of anger rose within her!

This cousin's family must have deliberately concealed it, only to watch them make fools of themselves now!

"Looking at it now, it seems I have the brighter future?"

"How about it, Aunt? Could your family lend me a few Bone Tempering Pills? Once I make it big in the future, I'll definitely repay my cousin."

Su Ye let out a cold laugh.

"Xiao Ye, don't joke around!" Wu Qian's face stiffened as she recovered from her shock.

Su Ye did not look at Wu Qian or Su Ling'er. Instead, he looked at Wang Yuerong, whose eyes were filled with joy and even reddened around the rims, and said:

"Mom, didn't I sign up for a tutoring class for Extreme Shadow Swordplay before?"

"Because I learned quickly, they chose me as a promotional student and awarded me ten thousand yuan. I'll transfer it to you now."

Su Ye directly took out his phone and scanned his mother's QR code.

[Pay-All received, yuan]!

The payment notification rang out in the small living room.

Su Ye looked at Wu Qian and Su Ling'er. "My family is going out for a gathering later. Aunt, are you two coming?"

Wu Qian and Su Ling'er had no mood for that. With ugly expressions, they left!

After stepping outside and hearing the door slam shut behind them, both were nearly furious enough to explode!

"That little bastard! How come I never knew he could be so sarcastic and sly!"

"What a damn brat! He has no respect for his elders at all!"

Wu Qian's defenses nearly shattered, and she almost smashed her phone!

Su Ling'er's expression was equally ugly. Unwilling to believe that Su Ye's martial arts talent surpassed hers, she looked at Wu Qian and said:

"Mom! He must have taken more pills!"

"I'm at a critical stage of striving forward right now. You have to buy me Bone Tempering Pills!"

"Let's go find Auntie. She's a ranked alchemist, so she must have some extra, right?"

Wu Qian thought of something, her expression flickering between light and dark.

Back at home.

Wang Yuerong looked at her son as though she were looking at an entirely different person. Her delight carried a trace of reproach.

"You child, hiding it all this time and giving your father and me such a huge surprise!"

Clearly, she too believed that her son had concealed his cultivation. It was impossible that he had broken through just these past few days, wasn't it?

Su Ye rubbed his nose. He really had wanted to give his parents a surprise.

Wang Yuerong soon smiled with blissful joy.

"This truly is a tremendous surprise!"

"It's enough if you can enter the Martial Arts Class! It's enough if you can get in!"

Then she froze and looked at Su Ye. "Xiao Ye, tell me honestly, where did those ten thousand yuan come from?"