Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen was eavesdropping when the door suddenly opened, and Meng Hongchen's head slammed straight into his nose.
"Ah!"
"Who's there?! Why are you blocking the doorway?! Are you... huh? Xiao, it's you?"
He screamed and fell to the floor. Xiao Hongchen clutched his head. Meng Hongchen had been about to curse at whatever idiot was lurking silently outside the door, only to discover that it was her dear older brother.
"Ow... Meng, what are you doing? What if you'd ruined your brother's handsome face?"
Holding his nose, Xiao Hongchen climbed to his feet. Only after seeing that her clothes were neat and nothing looked out of place did he relax.
"Stop being so full of yourself. Anyway, I've got something to do. I'm off!"
Meng Hongchen was still thinking about Su Miu. She hastily said goodbye, not forgetting to take a jab at her brother, then ran off to find Jing Hongchen.
"Meng?! Hey! Where are you going now?!"
Xiao Hongchen froze for a moment, then chased after her again to make sure his sister stayed out of trouble. Watching the Hongchen siblings leave one after the other, Su Miu withdrew his gaze and closed the door.
Jing Hongchen was probably the most bewildered of all right now. He had been researching thousand refinement metal when his darling granddaughter knocked on his door and asked the old man to cough up some cash for her dear Su Miu.
After she explained, Jing Hongchen understood. Once he learned that the 10,000-year profound ice marrow was a top-tier natural ice treasure that could benefit his granddaughter, he did not hold back.
And so Su Miu gained two more Level 9 Soul Tools: another Level 9 Close-Combat Soul Tool Jing Hongchen had made over the past six months, the Frost-Ice Spear,