Cui Xueyong

Tang Tiansong waved his hand. "Jin Can is, after all, our cousin. Let's give him another chance."

We, the Tang Household, would never kill our own relatives!

"Brother, you spend most of your time either collecting and selling Wulingzhi or helping the Miao Household Stronghold in the west defend against the invasion of the Western Rong savages. You don't know that you spend little time in Dangwu Village."

My second uncle has three sons: Tang Miao, Tang Jincan, and Tang Jin Feng.

The eldest son, Tang Miao, is the same age as my second sister, only one month younger. He is gentle, kind, and honest.

The second son, Tang Jincan, is fifteen years old this year. He is gluttonous, lazy, cunning, and ruthless.

The third child, Tang Jin Feng, is ten years old this year. Although he is kind-hearted, he is slightly timid and cowardly.

I don't know what my second uncle and aunt were thinking, treating Tang Miao like a beast of burden, while completely ignoring the second son's willful behavior.

I've seen Tang Miao secretly wiping away tears several times.

Tang Jincan not only frequently cheated Tang Miao Miaoge out of the money he had worked so hard to earn, but he also often bullied Jin Feng.

The former, Tang Jincan revealed that our father is a cultivator, and now he's spying on our house.

This person is a real scoundrel; he shouldn't be allowed to live.

"If you don't believe me, ask my second or third sister." Tang Tiandong's face was cold.

Tang Tiansong sighed softly, "I'm older than all of you."

Of course I know about Jin Can bullying Tang Miao and Jin Feng.

But he is, after all, our second uncle's own son, and his bad personality traits are also due to the fact that our second uncle spoiled him.

Because our father was away from home most of the year, our grandmother loved and relied on our second uncle very much.

Our grandma and dad both love our second uncle very much. If we kill Jin Can, grandma and second uncle will be heartbroken, our father will be heartbroken, and our mother will be heartbroken as well.

In a little while, I'll go to the back mountain and carry Jin Can down, so that he won't be harmed by the wolves in the mountains.

I'll give Jin Can a good talking-to later. Besides, now that we've become cultivators, immortal cultivators, how dare Jin Can act recklessly again?"

"Fine." Tang Tiandong sighed dejectedly.

"Although cultivating immortality requires seizing every minute, you are still growing."

Furthermore, sitting cross-legged in this backyard is indeed somewhat inappropriate.

You should all go and rest tonight; I will be the only one cultivating here.

In any case, our Tang Household must have a cultivator who can hold their own.

Tianlan, you are bold and meticulous; you take care of your mother at home.

"Tianzi, Tiandong, tomorrow the three of us will go to the cultivator market in Huai'an City to hire cultivators to help us kill the demon rats," Tang Tiansong instructed in a low voice.

"The demonic rats at the foot of the mountain are at the Meridian Opening Sixth Layer, the Lower Yang Stage."

We need to invite at least one cultivator at the Meridian Opening Seventh Layer of the Linking Vessel Gathering Stage.

But I heard that to invite a cultivator who Meridian Opening Seventh Layer, at least three Spirit Stone are needed.

"Of the Spirit Stone Father gave us, nine can be used flexibly. We'll have more than enough to hire a Spirit Stone at the Meridian Opening Seventh Layer," Tang Tiandong said with a smile.

"To be on the safe side, I plan to hire Qi Refining Stage cultivator to kill the demon rats." Tang Tiansong frowned and gently rubbed his forehead. "But hiring Qi Refining Stage cultivator, I heard, requires at least ten Spirit Stone..."

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned. "Does this mean that to kill the demon rat, we should disobey Father's orders and use those one hundred Spirit Stone?"

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, someone knocked on the gate of the Tang Household's courtyard.

Knock knock knock.

"Tiansong, it's me."

Cui Xueyong, the sixth son of the Cui Household family in Cui Household Village.

"I caught two golden carp yesterday, and I've come to pay my respects today, hoping to learn some martial arts from Tiansong." A man dressed in brocade robes, with a sword at his left hip and a jade flute at his right, said this.

He was carrying two golden carp, a half-eaten piece of pork on his shoulder, and a small cloth bag on his back.

A handsome young man with a smile on his face knocked on the gate of the Tang Household's courtyard.

"Cui Xueyong, you are at the Meridian Opening First Layer stage, a cultivator at the Conception Vessel Opening realm."

"I'm just an ordinary martial artist, what kind of martial arts do you want to learn from me?" Tang Tiansong opened the courtyard gate, both amused and exasperated.

"What's wrong with cultivators? Aren't cultivators also originally mortals?"

"If a mortal's martial arts skills improve, it will greatly benefit a cultivator." Cui Xueyong walked into the courtyard on his own.

Acting as if they were old friends, Cui Xueyong put the golden carp into the pool, placed the pork next to the stove, and sat down at the stone table, looking around.

There was no other way; ever since Tang Tianzi went to Huai'an City last year to study the art of Qimen Dunjia for three days and met Cui Xueyong...

Cui Xueyong had to make two trips a month to the Tang Household to see Tang Tianzi.

The Tang Household all knew this, and Cui Xueyong also frankly admitted that he liked Tang Tianzi.

Although Cui Xueyong may seem a bit stubborn, he is indeed the legitimate son of the Cui Household.

The Cui Household is an obscure Lineage of cultivators, and the Tang Household, being mortals, must give them face regardless.

Furthermore, Cui Xueyong must have been truly in love with Tang Tianzi; he was quite devoted, always bringing large bags of gifts whenever he visited the Tang Household.

Whether speaking or acting, Yanran has the air of a future low-key son-in-law of the Tang Household.

Upon seeing Tang Yuan's wife, Miao, he practically called himself "son-in-law." Upon seeing Tang Tiansong, he practically addressed him as "brother-in-law."

"Tianzi is still asleep. Should I go wake her up?" Tang Tiansong smiled helplessly.

"No need, no need, beauty sleep, beauty sleep."

"Let Tianzi sleep a little longer, so Tianzi look even more beautiful," Cui Xueyong said in a low voice, pointing to the small cloth bag with a smug look on his face. "Tiansong, there's a bag of maltose candy in here for Tianya and Tianshu to eat, and there's also about five catties of spirit rice."

Although none of you are cultivators, this spiritual rice still has the effects of prolonging life and nourishing yin and yang for mortals.

"You didn't steal this spirit rice again, did you...?" Tang Tiansong's lips twitched slightly.

Spirit rice is for cultivators and needs to be grown in special spiritual fields. Don't be fooled by the Dangwu Yuan tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, but it doesn't have a single spiritual field.

Most cultivation Lineage have spiritual fields for planting, but a significant portion of the harvested spiritual rice is offered as tribute to the cultivation sect that manages them.

Spirit rice, while not priceless, is certainly something that ordinary people simply cannot afford.

"Hey... Tiansong..."

This sacred rice was grown by the Cui Household family, and I am the eldest son of the Cui Household.

"How can taking a little bit of spirit rice be considered stealing?" Cui Xueyong said dismissively.

"How much spirit rice does your Cui Household harvest in a year? Can you say that?" Tang Tiansong smiled.

"What's there to hide?" Cui Xueyong took out a fan and fanned Tang Tiansong attentively. "The Prosperous Dragon Lake, spanning hundreds of miles, is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Azure Origin Sect."

Our Prosperous Dragon Lake is a vast desert, with nothing there.

There are no spiritual materials, precious medicines, spiritual minerals, or spiritual products around Prosperous Dragon Lake. Only some areas can be considered spiritual fields, producing some spiritual millet and spiritual rice.

Our Cui Household manages these seven villages and twelve hamlets, totaling approximately 20,000 people.

The annual production of spirit rice is about two hundred catties, but every three years, five hundred catties of spirit rice must be presented to the Azure Origin Sect.

"Based on this calculation, you only have about thirty catties of spirit rice left over each year, and the five catties of spirit rice you took already account for nearly twenty percent of that."

Xueyong, I know you like our Tianzi.

As the elder brother, I shouldn't interfere in your romantic relationships; it's a matter between the two of you.

Taking some fruits, candies, and tea is one thing, but this spirit rice is far too precious.

In any case, our Tang Household cannot accept it.

"If you insist on giving it away, then don't ever come to the Tang Household again." Tang Tiansong rubbed his forehead: Sure enough, the son sells his grandfather's land without a care.

Seeing that Tang Tiansong was serious, Cui Xueyong had no choice but to say that he would take the spirit rice back.

After all, these five catties of spirit rice are indeed of extraordinary value. When the price is high, thirty catties of spirit rice can sell for one Spirit Stone.

Even his own father wouldn't eat it; he only gave it to Cui Xueyong's older brother.

If his father found out that Cui Xueyong had stolen five catties of spirit rice and given it to mortals to eat, his father would definitely confine Cui Xueyong to his quarters for three years.

Cui Xueyong pinched his fingers together to create a small soundproof enclosure, and said with a serious expression, "Tiansong,"

I've found the cultivator you were looking for who killed the demonic rat that plagued your village.

"It doesn't cost any money, and he's Qi Refining First Layer cultivator, even more powerful than my father."...