The Leftovers I Didn't Want

Qin Guan smiled, then took out a pill. "Come on, Father-in-law. Take this pill, and you'll have the strength to get up."

When the Nan Family members saw the pill in Qin Guan's hand, their eyes widened. It was the famed healing medicine, a second-grade Primordial Return Pill!

Second-grade Pills were sold in limited quantities at Luyun City's Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, with only five available each month. Each one cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Qin Guan must have struck it rich to casually take out a second-grade Pill like that.

At the sight of the second-grade Primordial Return Pill by his lips, Nan Yunqi clenched his teeth and shut his mouth, shaking his head furiously!

He felt that using a pill worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins to heal his injuries was a terrible waste. He didn't deserve such an expensive pill. He'd rather grit his teeth and sell it to fund the Nan Family's development!

"Father, why aren't you eating it? Hurry!" Nan Rou urged anxiously.

"Eldest Young Lady, the Family Head can't bear to eat it. A Primordial Return Pill sells for at least three hundred thousand gold coins. He must think it's too extravagant," Jia Quan said from nearby.

Hearing Jia Quan's words, everyone looked at Nan Yunqi with sympathy, especially the dozen or so Nan Family disciples. They were right to follow a Family Head like him.

"Mm! Mm!"

Just then, Qin Guan pinched Nan Yunqi's cheeks apart, forcing his mouth open. "Which matters more, money or your life? Eat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Guan tossed the Primordial Return Pill into Nan Yunqi's mouth.

Gulp!

The pill slipped down Nan Yunqi's throat and into his stomach, and a rush of warm energy surged through all his limbs and bones.

Before even the time it took to drink a cup of tea had passed, Nan Yunqi's complexion had clearly improved. He looked at everyone, deeply regretful.

"This old man is useless. I couldn't hold on to the high-grade Yellow-tier saber technique I got my hands on!"

"Father, the Song Family members snatched my mid-grade Yellow-tier dark-element cultivation technique!" Nan Qiao said indignantly from nearby.

"What? A dark-element cultivation technique? Cough, cough..."

When Nan Yunqi heard that a dark-element cultivation technique had been stolen, he nearly choked.

"Family Head, this subordinate was useless. With all those treasures in the Secret Realm, I didn't manage to get a single one."

Jia Quan lowered his head in shame. At his words, the other dozen or so men lowered their heads too. Clearly, they hadn't gotten so much as a scrap, and had been beaten up badly besides. The worst part was that the Nan Family didn't have a single ally...

"Son-in-law!"

Nan Yunqi hurriedly turned to Qin Guan and grabbed his hand. "Quick, get those things back!"

Everyone looked at Qin Guan, especially Nan Qiao. At that moment, she truly hoped he could get her dark-element cultivation technique back.

Qin Guan rubbed his nose and smiled. "Forget it. Those were all things I didn't want."

"What!"

At Qin Guan's words, Nan Yunqi sprang to his feet from where he lay on the ground.

"Qin Guan, what exactly did you mean just now?" Nan Yunqi asked, staring at him.

"I mean those were all the things I left behind. I never wanted them in the first place, so there's no point going back to fight over them now."

Hearing Qin Guan, the Nan Family members all sucked in a sharp breath. All those top-grade treasures that people had fought tooth and nail over were things Qin Guan hadn't wanted?

What a waste!

"My son-in-law, why didn't you want all those treasures? You... Wait, the things you left behind?"

As Nan Yunqi spoke, he suddenly realized what Qin Guan meant. If those were the things he'd left behind, then he'd taken all the better ones?

Qin Guan gave a slight nod.

Seeing this, Nan Yunqi hurriedly turned to the others. "Let's all go home. We're not fighting over anything."

Just then, Chen Guanxiang came over with several disciples from the Cloud Mist Sect, a broad smile on his face.

"Young Hero Qin, you must come visit my Cloud Mist Sect when you have time. Our gates are always open to welcome you!"

"Heh, Elder, you're too kind. When I have time, I'll be sure to pay your sect a visit," Qin Guan replied with a smile and a nod.

Chen Guanxiang was taken aback. He hadn't expected Qin Guan to show him such respect. He immediately smiled and said, "Then this old man will await your visit at the Cloud Mist Sect, Young Hero Qin!"

"Step forward!"

Just then, Nan Qiao stepped out. She glared angrily at the Cloud Mist Sect disciples. Earlier, she and her sister had nearly been violated by the sect's disciples. The memory filled her with rage. Now that Qin Guan was here, she felt emboldened and wanted him to help them vent their anger.

Seeing Nan Qiao's frosty expression as she glared at his people, Chen Guanxiang furrowed his brow, perplexed.

"Qiao'er, don't act recklessly!"

Seeing his daughter provoke the Cloud Mist Sect, Nan Yunqi hurriedly shouted to stop her. The Nan Family had already offended the powerful Spirit Sword Academy. If they offended the equally powerful Cloud Mist Sect too, their entire clan would be wiped off the map!

"Miss Qiao'er, is there some misunderstanding? If my sect's disciples stole something from you, this old man will have them return it at once!"

As Chen Guanxiang spoke, he looked toward the Cloud Mist Sect disciples.

The disciples frowned and exchanged puzzled glances. They hadn't had any conflict with Nan Qiao.

"There's no misunderstanding. Earlier, in the Secret Realm, two of your Cloud Mist Sect disciples tried to... tried to assault me." At the end, Nan Qiao's voice grew hesitant with shame and anger.

Hearing this, Chen Guanxiang's eyelid twitched. He hurriedly glanced at Qin Guan and saw that his expression was indifferent, with no sign of anger. Then he turned to look at the disciples behind him.