Returning What Was Owed, Severing Ties, Lying Low

Er Family.

Outside the elegant pavilion where Fang Shu had previously waited, Er Daiyuan stood silently with her head lowered, guarding the door without taking a single step away.

One or two hours later, as the sun tilted westward and was about to set, a soft sigh finally came from within the pavilion:

"Girl, come in."

Er Daiyuan let out a quiet breath. She immediately pulled open the pavilion door, hurried inside, and bowed deeply to the beautiful middle-aged woman within.

"Daiyuan greets Aunt."

The middle-aged beauty sat cross-legged on a couch, looking at her helplessly as she spoke. "Why put yourself through this? That child Daiyang acted in a fit of anger and broke a few rules. I have already punished her.

Why are you still here, blocking my door?"

Er Daiyuan raised her head. "I ask that Aunt rescind your order and cease obstructing Fellow Daoist Fang's bid for the inner sect."

These words made the middle-aged woman's formerly smiling expression change at once.

She said coldly, "Do not pin such a charge upon me. These are originally Er Family shops. We have not refused to supply that Fang fellow, nor have we cut off all dealings with him. It is merely that Daiyang acted willfully and ordered our family shops not to give that man any discounts.

How does that count as obstructing him?"

The middle-aged woman sneered. "Must we give away all the cultivation resources of our family's noble daughters for free before it does not count as obstruction?"

It turned out that according to the Immortal Seed agreement between Fang Shu and Er Family,

Fang Shu was not only permitted to enter Er Family's library once every month, but also received a thirty-percent discount at Er Family's stores and shops, whether purchasing spiritual materials, exchanging