"Hao'er!?"
Qin Tian and Yun Xiyue exchanged glances, also feeling quite surprised.
Logically speaking, Qin Feng had just proven himself with his strength. What eight-year-old child could possess such terrifying combat power?
In contrast, although Qin Hao possessed the supreme bone, which was one in ten thousand, it had not yet been activated, so no one knew his actual combat power.
Regarding this—
Lin Hao simply smiled, not offering any explanation.
His choice of Qin Hao was definitely not random; it was made after weighing the pros and cons.
As everyone knew, Qin Feng and Qin Hao were twins, and their talents wouldn't differ too much.
Seeing that as soon as the elder brother, Qin Feng, broke various records, the younger brother, Qin Hao, could immediately break them, it was clear that Qin Hao's talent was slightly higher than Qin Feng's.
Given the same education and background, he naturally leaned towards the younger brother who possessed the supreme bone.
Most importantly, there had been rumors circulating in the Archaic Era for some time that the Blood Moon Demon born eight years ago was Qin Feng, and he was also a major threat to the Great Xia imperial family.
Investing in Qin Feng was too risky. It was safer to invest in his younger brother, Qin Hao.
If something were to happen to the Qin Family one day, Qin Hao would have no choice but to align himself with their Tianxin City.
"Alright!"
Qin Tian didn't ask further. His goal was to form an alliance through marriage anyway.
As long as the two great controllers of the Great Xia's east and west joined forces, even the Great Xia imperial family and other noble families would have to consider the consequences. As long as they could buy the two little ones time to grow, their Qin Family would have won.
Finally, with the unspoken understanding of both sets of parents, a marriage alliance based on self-interest was settled.
However, the two parties involved were completely unaware of this. Lin Xin'er was currently visiting the Qin Family city, accompanied by the twins, and Lin San was also with them.
"I feel like I could die at any moment!?"
As a fated villain, Qin Feng, being with two epic-tier chosen ones, even within the Qin Family city with tens of millions of Qin Family members protecting him, still felt no sense of security.
He was afraid that their combined auras would pack up the entire family and send them away neatly.
"Wow, it's so lively here!"
Lin Xin'er exclaimed involuntarily as they arrived at the Qin Family's marketplace.
Unlike the ordinary markets where people sold vegetables, this was a marketplace for cultivators, selling items for cultivation such as immortal herbs, elixirs, and magical artifacts.
Since the Qin Family was the absolute ruler of the eastern part of the Great Xia Dynasty, the safety of the Qin Family city was beyond doubt.
Large numbers of outside cultivators came here to trade daily. The Qin Family also needed these trades to strengthen their disciples, thus gradually forming this free trade market.
"Huh!"
Qin Hao and Lin San's eyes lit up simultaneously, both their gazes fixed on a dilapidated small cauldron.
"Huh!!"
Qin Feng also perked up instantly, like a pervert unlocking a new pose.
Instead of worrying about being killed by these two chosen ones, he might as well use their unreasonable luck to find treasures. If it could attract the attention of two chosen ones simultaneously, this little broken cauldron must be no ordinary item.
"I saw it first!"
"I saw it first!"
Qin Hao and Lin San glared at each other, neither willing to give up the small cauldron.
But as they were locked in a dispute, Qin Feng, playing the role of the fisherman, asked the seller for the price.
"Originally 1000 spirit stones. If Young Master wants it, how about 888 spirit stones!?"
The stall owner cautiously stated the price, not forgetting to observe Qin Feng's expression, as if he would immediately lower the price if Qin Feng so much as frowned.
There was no other way!
As the local power, who would dare not give face to the Qin Family!?
"888 spirit stones!?"
Passing cultivators stopped in their tracks, exclaiming that the stall owner must be crazy for money.
One spirit stone alone was enough to provide a mortal with a lifetime of food and clothing. For cultivators, absorbing it was equivalent to a week of arduous cultivation. Now, a small, broken cauldron dared to ask for 888 spirit stones.
The stall owner also became nervous at this moment.
He absolutely had no intention of treating Qin Feng as a fool. The origin of this small broken cauldron was simply too extraordinary.
He was originally a minor leader in the Tiger Head Gang, which had over 100,000 members. One day, the gang leader learned of the location of a ruin and led over 100,000 gang members to excavate it.
The result was that over 100,000 gang members lost their lives, and they finally reached the depths of the ruin.
There was no glittering scene as imagined, only a small, dilapidated cauldron enshrined on a stone platform.
The gang leader, whether due to his previous severe injuries or some other reason, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and died, inexplicably making him the sole survivor.
The small, broken cauldron exchanged for a hundred thousand gang members, 888 spirit stones was already a rock-bottom price.
"Good, I'll take the 888 spirit stones!"
Qin Feng, fearing delays, had the stall owner go to the Qin Family to collect the money.
As the eldest young master of the Qin Family, the foremost aristocratic family of the Archaic Era, it was perfectly reasonable for him not to carry money when going out.
"Thank you, Young Master!"
The stall owner repeatedly thanked him happily and quickly handed the small cauldron to Qin Feng.
"You..."
Lin San was so stunned he was speechless, shocked by Qin Feng's arrogance.
He hadn't even looked at the item, nor haggled over the price, and just bought it for 888 spirit stones.
Even with money, you couldn't be this willful!
Yet, for some reason, he felt a sense of having missed out on a fortune. Although he didn't know what the small cauldron was used for, his intuition told him it was a good item, and his current success was largely due to this intuition.
"Ding dong, congratulations to the host for disrupting the Chosen One's destiny and earning a lottery chance!"
"This really is a treasure!"
Qin Feng took the small cauldron and examined it carefully, but he couldn't find anything special about it.
Damn it!!
Why such preferential treatment!?
Why could the protagonist tell it was a treasure just by intuition, while he could only see a small, broken cauldron in his hands?
He was unconvinced, the villain was unconvinced!!
"Brother, brother, can you give it to me!?"
Qin Hao started shaking Qin Feng's arm again, trying to get the small cauldron by acting cute and pitiful.
However, Qin Feng never fell for his tricks; only his younger sister could possibly make him compromise.
But he really couldn't see anything special about this small, broken cauldron. He might as well use his second brother, the Chosen One, to activate it.
"Alright!"
Qin Feng said with a serious face, "I just bought this small, broken cauldron for 888 spirit stones. As your brother, I'll cover two eights. If you pay the remaining one eight, how about I lend it to you for a few days!?"
"Brother, you're so good!!"
Qin Hao's mind clearly hadn't caught up yet, and he happily took out a cloth bag.
It was a storage bag commonly used by cultivators, containing the New Year's money he had saved over the past few years, which Qin Feng had been coveting for a long time.
Soon--
Under Qin Feng's persuasion, Qin Hao took out one eight, which was 800 spirit stones.
"Uh..."
The surrounding onlookers were utterly speechless. Anyone with a kindergarten graduation certificate wouldn't have fallen for such a trick...
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