Why should I repay money I borrowed fair and square?

"Option One: Donate it honestly to the clan. Reward: [Honest Person] title. Title effect: 100% increased chance of becoming a cuckold."

"Option Two: Swallow the Qi Gathering Powder on the spot. Reward: One level increase!"

"Option Three: As a Demon Brother Who Dotes on Younger Brother, choose to throw the box to Xiao Yan. Reward: Unlock the Alchemy System and the Qi Gathering Powder formula."

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

He was utterly speechless about the first one. What the hell was that Honest Person title effect? A hundred percent chance of becoming a cuckold?

Your whole family wants to be cuckolded!

As for the second option, it not only wasted the Qi Gathering Powder, but the reward was also too small. Only the Second Elder would choose that!

But the third option was different. It directly unlocked the Alchemy System, along with the Qi Gathering Powder formula!

In other words, as long as he had the ingredients, he could use the system to refine pills!

This completely solved the problem of his Dou Qi being limited to the Water Attribute, making it impossible for him to become an alchemist.

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

"Wait, if the system is refining the pills, can it fail?"

Xiao Lang suddenly thought of this. If the system could fail, then he would need to think things over.

After all, Qi Gathering Powder was a fourth-grade pill, and its ingredients were far from cheap.

Xiao Lang recalled that the ingredients for Qi Gathering Powder required four fifty-year Ink Leaf Lotuses, two mature Snake Saliva Fruits, one Spirit Gathering Grass around twenty years old, and one second-tier Water Attribute magic core. Altogether, they cost more than fifty thousand gold coins!

Then he looked at how much money he had on him...

Fifty gold coins...

Xiao Lang immediately got a headache.

Looks like he could only borrow money.

Xiao Xun'er's figure instinctively appeared in Xiao Lang's mind. After all, Xiao Yan had initially borrowed money from Xiao Xun'er.

The moment he thought of the Five-Patterned Purple Gold Card in Xiao Xun'er's possession, he could not help feeling an urge to protect his little sister's New Year money.

However, he immediately suppressed that thought.

Even if I, Xiao Lang, starve to death, I will never use a woman's money!

His breakthrough to the Dou Zhe realm had brought honor to his father. Surely his father would not refuse to lend him money because of those past incidents, right?

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

When Xiao Zhan heard that Xiao Lang had come to borrow money again, the smile on his face instantly froze.

He recalled how, a year ago, Xiao Lang had borrowed money from practically everyone in the clan. In the end, he had said, "Why should I repay money I borrowed fair and square?" The entire Xiao clan had then come to complain to him, demanding that the father repay the son's debts.

If Xiao Li and Xiao Ding had not held him back, he would have been so furious that he would have broken Xiao Lang's legs on the spot!

"I paid back a hundred thousand gold coins for you back then! You spent all of that in a single year?" Xiao Zhan glared at Xiao Lang.

"No." Xiao Lang rummaged through his pockets. "Isn't there still five hundred gold coins left?"

"Fuck me!"

Xiao Zhan nearly could not restrain himself from upholding justice by killing his own unfilial son with a single slap.

"You spent a hundred thousand gold coins until only five hundred remained in one year. What the hell did you do with it?" Xiao Zhan finally held himself back.

After all, this brat had reached the Dou Zhe realm overnight. He was the future of the Xiao clan.

He would just treat those hundred thousand gold coins as money thrown into the sea.

"Everything Third Brother borrowed went toward buying cultivation resources for me."

At that moment, Xiao Yan stepped forward and said,

"If Third Brother hadn't spent a hundred thousand gold coins buying resources for me, I couldn't have cultivated this quickly. Father, please don't blame Third Brother."

After saying that, Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Lang again. "Third Brother, if you need money, I'll just sell this Qi Gathering Powder."

As he spoke, he moved to open the box containing the Qi Gathering Powder.

Seeing this, Xiao Lang grabbed Xiao Yan's hand. "Little brother, what are you saying? Once Third Brother gives you something, it is yours. This is your guarantee for becoming a Dou Zhe. How could you sell it?"

"Promise Third Brother that you won't open this box for the rest of your life... no, until your first attempt at forming a Dou Qi Vortex fails. Because Third Brother believes you can succeed on your own the first time!"

"Okay, Third Brother!"

Although Xiao Yan found it somewhat strange, he was even more moved.

After all, he was a transmigrator and had felt no attachment to this family at first. But after seeing everything Xiao Lang had done for him, he sincerely felt that having an older brother was wonderful!

At first, he wondered whether Xiao Lang wanted something from him. But Xiao Lang gave him a hundred thousand gold coins without hesitation and gave him the Qi Gathering Powder just as freely. If he continued thinking that way, he would truly be less than human!

"Sigh, I wrongly blamed you. Tell me, how much more do you need?" Xiao Zhan was deeply moved by the sight.

What could be more important to a father than seeing his sons get along as brothers?

Xiao Lang immediately held up one hand with all five fingers extended.

"Five thousand gold coins? I thought it would be more. I'll go back to my room and get it for you." Seeing that it was only five thousand, Xiao Zhan breathed a sigh of relief. He had been afraid that this brat would ask for fifty thousand gold coins.

"Dad, not five thousand. Five hundred thousand." Xiao Lang said awkwardly.

After all, the cost of one Qi Gathering Powder was fifty thousand gold coins, while it could sell for between one hundred fifty thousand and two hundred thousand. If he was going to refine them, he would naturally make ten at once. That way, he could earn at least a million gold coins!

With that million gold coins, he could repeat the process and make money from money.

"What? Five hundred thousand?! How do you have the nerve to ask for that?" Xiao Zhan's mouth twitched. He thought he had misheard.

"Dad, I urgently need it. Once this is done, not only will I repay the five hundred thousand, I'll also repay the hundred thousand you covered for me before."

Xiao Lang said confidently.

"Really? Are you sure you won't say that line again about why you should repay money you borrowed fair and square?"

Seeing Xiao Lang looking so confident, Xiao Zhan remembered that his son had become a Dou Zhe overnight. This brat must have some great secret.

Since he did not want to say it, there was no need for him, as his father, to pry.

"Dad, look at you. If you don't even trust your own son, who can you trust?" Xiao Lang said resentfully.

"Fine. I can give you this money, but you need to understand that five hundred thousand gold coins is no small sum. I am diverting clan funds to lend it to you. If you can't repay it, I won't be able to explain myself to the three elders. The consequences could very well be my removal as Clan Leader."

Xiao Zhan laid out the pros and cons clearly for Xiao Lang, making him understand the gravity of the matter.

After all, his son had something wrong with his brain most of the time.

If he dared to trust him, did that mean there was something wrong with his own brain too?

"Don't worry, Dad. Just wait for the Xiao clan to grow stronger and greater under my leadership, and rise to glory once more!" Xiao Lang declared, thumping his chest.

Xiao Zhan then gave Xiao Lang all five hundred thousand gold coins and said,

"Son, the money is yours. I only hope that you cultivate properly! Consider this money an investment from your father."

"Don't worry, Dad. I'll strive to become a Da Dou Shi next year!" Xiao Lang promised, thumping his chest.

He then immediately headed to the Mitel Auction House, preparing to negotiate a huge deal.

Why wasn't there even a single recommendation vote? Don't you love me anymore?