The day after Eldest Senior Sister's birthday, once the merriment was over.
At the Sect, beside the stone chairs by the Deep Pool.
As Chen Baiqing brewed tea, she watched her master, who currently wore a thoroughly ingratiating smile.
Chu Xingchen looked warmly at Bai Xuanling and said:
"My dear sister... surely we can talk things over."
Bai Xuanling narrowed her eyes and answered decisively, "There's nothing to discuss. What do you take me for, brat?"
With righteous conviction, Chu Xingchen declared firmly:
"The light illuminating the road ahead, of course, and the sister who cherishes her little brother most in my heart."
"Heh..." Bai Xuanling looked somewhat disdainful.
"You think a few flattering words will get you favors from me? Are those lips of yours made of Spirit Stones, or is it your tongue?"
Chu Xingchen did not answer that. Instead, he said, "My sincere heart toward you is worth far more than Spirit Stones, Sister!"
Even Bai Xuanling had to concede defeat before Chu Xingchen's sheer thick skin at this point.
She also understood perfectly well that this brat really was willing to wear her down.
Though she very much wanted to sweep her sleeves and leave, she had to consider their future pill business.
After all, she no longer needed to do anything else. Simply holding exclusive sales rights to the pills Chu Xingchen refined was enough to cover Bai Xuanling's expenses.
From ancient times to the present, monopoly had always meant getting rich.
Occasionally, it went hand in hand with crime too, but naturally, Chu Xingchen's pills did not.
Still, Spirit Stones were only part of it. After all, as a powerhouse at the Tribulation Transcendence stage with the Heavenly Derivation Sect behind her, Spirit Stones were no longer particularly important.
The main thing was that