Gu Lan watched their retreating figures and asked Gu Bei how he had come to know them.
In front of his sister, Gu Bei naturally held nothing back, and he lavished every sort of praise on Nie Li. After all, Nie Li already possessed an eighth grade Heavenly Spirit Root, had mastered such extraordinary medical skills, and had cured his sister. His impression of Nie Li could hardly have been better.
Gu Lan was astonished as well. With such exceptional talent and such profound insight into medicine, there was no telling what heights he might reach in the future.
On the way back, Lu Piao asked with a grin why he had not taken it all. Had he suddenly grown thin-skinned?
Nie Li said that a gentleman loved wealth, but acquired it through proper means.
The bond between Gu Bei and his sister Gu Lan was exceptionally deep. Those fifteen hundred Soul Stones were everything he owned, while five hundred would already last them a long time.
After thinking it over, Lu Piao found that perfectly reasonable. After all, students with Heavenly Spirit Roots received only five a month.
Nie Li tossed him a hundred outright, telling him to use them for now and not squander them.
When they returned to Xiao Yu's Separate Courtyard, Xiao Yu finally relaxed at the sight of them. Then Nie Li handed him a bag containing a hundred Soul Stones, giving him quite a fright.
Xiao Yu held the bag in both hands, staring at the Soul Stones inside in bewilderment. Where had they gotten so many Soul Stones?
Lu Piao grinned and said they were all brothers, so why stand on ceremony? They had earned more than five hundred today.
He had just reached out to pat Xiao Yu's shoulder when Lu Piao