The border of Great Wei.
Ding Camp.
"Captain Xu, there's a letter from home for you, and a parcel."
"Sorry for the trouble."
After returning to his tent, Xu Mingxuan opened the letter first and read it, a smile playing at his lips.
"To think Xueji and Yunnu both managed it. What a pity I still can't go home."
Then he found the four black porcelain bottles tucked discreetly inside the bundle, opened one, and tipped a pill into his palm.
"One little sniff tells me this is indeed a Qi-Inducing Pill. The quality seems excellent, too."
Xu Mingxuan had once received a Qi-Inducing Pill as a reward from Ge Xuanhong and taken it, so he was certain.
"Ten in a bottle, four bottles... has the family struck it rich?"
"What happened during all these years I've been away?"
"Forget it. Why overthink things? Second Brother probably found another way to make money, swelling the lineage's wealth, and secured a source of Qi-Inducing Pills."
"I'll break through to Xiantian first, then give the extras to Li Zhi and the others."
Xu Mingxuan felt no burden over it.
Things his family had worked hard to obtain naturally went to their own people first. Only the surplus would go toward helping other families.
Giving up his own chance to break through to Xiantian to help someone else instead would be foolish.
"Still, only Li Zhi has reached the Houtian peak. Brother Daniu and Cousin Bai Hui are only second-rate martial artists. I hope they'll receive focused training once they go home. Only then will they have a chance of reaching the Houtian peak."
Xu Mingxuan put everything away, then went out to patrol the mining district.
After becoming one of Ge Xuanhong's personal guards, his duties had grown much easier. He no