Realizing that their fortune had not increased in the slightest, Laozi and Yuanshi froze on the spot.
Xu Tong stood calmly to one side.
"If you have no other business, brothers, please head back. I still need to continue my secluded cultivation."
Feeling his own fortune grow, Xu Tong fought to suppress his laughter.
Hearing Xu Tong show them the door, Laozi and Yuanshi exchanged a glance, each seeing the confusion in the other's eyes.
Clearly, they were both facing the same problem.
The fortune they should have received a share of had not increased at all. Instead, it had declined considerably.
How could they possibly accept leaving just like that?
After hesitating again and again, Laozi finally spoke.
"Third Brother, now that the three of us bear the name of the Three Pure Ones, have you noticed anything unusual?"
Laozi did not ask Xu Tong outright why his own fortune had declined.
Yuanshi pricked up his ears beside him.
Both wanted to know exactly what was going on.
Xu Tong smiled at their expressions.
"Oh, nothing unusual, brother. I just feel that my fortune has grown a little."
"Isn't that perfectly normal? You two are Sages, after all, and you both have such large sects behind you."
"My cultivation is low, and I have no sect behind me. Now that we three have returned to our standing as the Three Pure Ones, you two are sharing a little fortune with me. That is the Heavenly Dao's will, too."
Xu Tong spoke as though it were only natural.
Laozi and Yuanshi stared wide-eyed at his words.
What? Sharing our fortune with you?
Weren't you supposed to share your fortune with us?
You have such an enormous fortune golden dragon, yet you still want a share of ours?
Laozi could scarcely