I Borrowed the Money with My Own Ability, Why Should I Return It?

"Option one: Honestly donate it to the family, reward: [Honest Person] title, effect of wearing the title: 100% chance of taking over."

"Option two: Swallow the Qi Gathering Powder on the spot, reward: Level up by one!"

"Option three: As the Demon Brother Who Dotes on Younger Brother, choose to throw the box to Xiao Yan, reward: Unlock the Alchemy System, unlock the Qi Gathering Powder pill formula."

After seeing these three options, Xiao Lang directly locked onto the third one.

He couldn't help but want to complain about the first option. What kind of "Honest Person" title effect is a 100% chance of taking over?

Your whole family wants to take over!

As for the second option, it not only wastes the Qi Gathering Powder but also has a meager reward. Only the Second Elder would choose that!

But option three was different. It directly unlocked the Alchemy System and the Qi Gathering Powder!

This meant that as long as he had the materials, he could refine pills using the system!

This completely solved his problem of only having water-attribute Dou Qi, preventing him from becoming an alchemist.

This way, he could use the system to refine Qi Gathering Powder and then sell it at the auction house!

"Wait, if the pills are refined by the system, will it fail?"

Xiao Lang suddenly thought of this. If the system could fail, he would have to reconsider.

After all, Qi Gathering Powder was a fourth-grade pill, and its materials were unusually expensive.

Xiao Lang recalled that the materials for Qi Gathering Powder required four Ink Leaf Lotuses aged fifty years, two ripe Snake Saliva Fruits, one Spirit Gathering Grass aged around twenty years, and one level two water-attribute Demonic Core. The total cost would be over fifty thousand gold coins!

Then he looked at the money he had on him...

Fifty gold coins...

Xiao Lang's head spun.

It seemed he had to go borrow money.

Xiao Lang's mind subconsciously conjured Xiao Xun'er's image. After all, Xiao Yan had borrowed money from Xiao Xun'er at the beginning.

The thought of Xiao Xun'er having a Five-Patterned Purple Gold Card made him instinctively feel a desire to protect his sister's New Year's money.

However, he immediately suppressed that thought.

I, Xiao Lang, would rather starve than use a woman's money!

He had brought honor to his father by breaking through to Dou Practitioner. Surely his father wouldn't refuse to lend him money because of those past incidents?

"No! I don't have a single cent!"

When Xiao Zhan heard Xiao Lang coming to him for money again, the smile on his face instantly froze.

He remembered that a year ago, Xiao Lang had borrowed money from everyone in the family, and then said, "I borrowed it with my own ability, why should I return it?" This had caused the entire Xiao family to come to him to complain, demanding that he, as the father, repay his son's debts.

If Xiao Li and Xiao Ding hadn't held him back, he would have broken Xiao Lang's legs on the spot out of anger!

"I paid back a hundred thousand gold coins back then! Did you spend all that in one year?" Xiao Zhan glared at Xiao Lang and asked.

"No." Xiao Lang took out his pocket and said, "I still have five hundred gold coins left."

"Damn it!"

Xiao Zhan almost couldn't resist the urge to uphold justice and kill this unfilial son with a single slap.

"One hundred thousand gold coins, and you're left with only five hundred in a year. What have you been doing?" Xiao Zhan finally held back.

After all, this brat reaching Dou Practitioner overnight was the future of the Xiao family.

He would just consider the hundred thousand gold coins as wasted.

"Third Brother used the money he borrowed to buy me cultivation resources."

At this moment, Xiao Yan stepped forward and said:

"If Third Brother hadn't used a hundred thousand gold coins to buy me resources, I wouldn't have been able to cultivate so quickly. Father, please don't blame Third Brother."

After speaking, Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Lang and said, "Third Brother, if you're short on money, I'll sell this Qi Gathering Powder."

Saying that, he was about to open the box containing the Qi Gathering Powder.

Seeing this, Xiao Lang grabbed Xiao Yan's hand and said, "Brother, what are you talking about? What I gave you is for you. It's your guarantee for becoming a Dou Practitioner. How can you sell it?"

"Promise me, brother, that you won't open this box until... no, until after you fail to condense your Dou Qi Vortex for the first time, because I believe you can succeed on your own!"

"Okay, Third Brother!"

Although Xiao Yan found it a bit strange, he was mostly touched.

After all, he was a transmigrator. He didn't have much attachment to this family at first, but seeing everything Xiao Lang had done for him, he truly felt that having a brother was wonderful!

At first, he wondered if the other party had ulterior motives, but giving him a hundred thousand gold coins and Qi Gathering Powder so readily... if he still thought that way, he wouldn't be human!

"Alas, I wronged you, father. Tell me, how much money do you still need?" Xiao Zhan was very moved by this scene.

As a father, what could be more important than seeing his sons live in harmony?

Seeing this, Xiao Lang immediately held up one hand, showing all five fingers.

"Five thousand gold coins? I thought it would be more. Father will get it for you from his room right away." Seeing that it was only five thousand, Xiao Zhan breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid the brat would ask for fifty thousand gold coins.

"Dad, it's not five thousand, it's five hundred thousand," Xiao Lang said with a sheepish look.

After all, the cost of one Qi Gathering Powder was fifty thousand gold coins, and it could be sold for between one hundred and fifty thousand and two hundred thousand. If he were to refine them himself, he would definitely refine ten at once, which would earn him at least one million gold coins!

With this one million gold coins, he could replicate the process and make money with money.

"What? Five hundred thousand?! Kid, how could you even ask for that?" Xiao Zhan's mouth twitched. He thought he had misheard.

"Dad, I have an urgent need. Once it's done, I'll not only return the five hundred thousand to you, but I'll also return the one hundred thousand you previously helped me pay back,"

Xiao Lang said with full confidence.

"Really? Are you sure you won't say that thing about borrowing it with my own ability so I don't have to pay it back again?"

Seeing Xiao Lang's confident demeanor, Xiao Zhan remembered that his son had become a Dou Practitioner overnight. There must be a big secret about this kid.

But if he didn't say it, he, as a father, didn't need to ask further.

"Dad, look at you. You don't even trust your own son. Who else can you trust?" Xiao Lang said with a wronged expression.

"Alright, I can give you this money, but you need to know that five hundred thousand gold coins is not a small sum. This is me using family funds to lend to you. If you can't pay it back, I won't be able to explain it to the three elders, and the consequence could very well be my removal as patriarch."

Xiao Zhan clearly explained the pros and cons to Xiao Lang, letting him understand the gravity of the situation.

After all, his son was, most of the time, a bit of an idiot.

If he dared to trust him, was he himself also having problems?

"Don't worry, old dad. Just wait and see the Xiao family become stronger and greater under my leadership, reaching new heights!" Xiao Lang vowed, patting his chest.

Then, Xiao Zhan gave all five hundred thousand gold coins to Xiao Lang and said:

"Son, here's the money. Dad just hopes you can cultivate well! Consider this money as my investment in you."

"Don't worry, old dad. I'll strive to become a Dou Grandmaster by next year!" Xiao Lang promised, patting his chest.

Immediately after, he went to the Mitel Auction House, ready to negotiate a big deal.

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