Afterward, Xu Changqing and the others were invited into the bamboo house.
The moment Linglong entered, she latched onto Zhu Fuxian, calling him "Grandpa" over and over.
At first, he was not used to it. But the longer she kept it up, the more he enjoyed it. In the end, he could not stop grinning.
For the first time in ages, he felt the joy of family again.
Xu Changqing and the others were not his family, yet at that moment, they felt closer than family.
Zhu Fuxian did not normally keep any snacks around. But with three children here, and Linglong especially attached to him, he thought it over and brought out some spirit plant seeds.
They were triangular and emerald green.
Each was no bigger than a fingernail.
Xu Changqing stared in surprise. "Azure Pupil Crystals?"
They were the seeds of a rare spirit plant.
Their outer shells were thin as cicada wings, and inside was a little clear liquid containing a faint trace of Life Force.
Because they resembled the eyes of an Azure Luan, they were also called the Eye of the Azure Luan. At current market prices, one went for around five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
There had to be at least twenty or thirty in that handful, worth no less than ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
People outside would have fought madly over them, yet Zhu Fuxian had brought them out as snacks for the children.
"Delicious! They're sweet!"
"They taste like candy, but they're not too sweet!"
"They really are good. Too bad there aren't many!"
The three little ones ate happily, with no idea how precious the seeds were.
Xu Changqing watched, tempted. He picked one up and popped it into his mouth. At a light press of his teeth, it cracked