UGB Chapter 31 Selecting Family Guards
Chapter 31 Selecting Family Guards
"I wonder if Youke has any plans to return to the Su family in Xiankeng Bay?"
"My brother and I can vouch for you," Su Zhengwu said sincerely, looking into Su Qingyan's eyes.
Upon hearing this, Su Qingyan felt a little flustered.
Brother, can you please not be so enthusiastic?
He's doing very well in Yaxi Village. Now there's a spiritual spring in his house, and he's growing Crimson Blood Ginseng in the woods. He'll be able to go back soon and hatch spirit fish eggs to raise spirit fish.
There is also a spirit beast and a spirit beast egg in the house.
With the help of his cheat code, as long as he has time to develop, surpassing the scale of the Su family in Xiankeng Bay is no problem at all.
As the patriarch of the family, Su Qingyan was very comfortable, as the entire family had to listen to him.
If he were to return to the Su family of Xiankeng Bay and be recognized as a member of the clan, they would seize all his spiritual springs, spiritual herbs, spiritual beasts, and spiritual fish, confiscating them for the family's use. Su Qingyan would be at a loss for words.
After all, it's easy to find a reason.
As a member of the clan with only five spiritual roots, you have no future prospects on the path of cultivation. It's a waste to occupy so many resources. Why not contribute these resources so that talented members of the clan can go further on the path of cultivation and make the clan stronger?
Sacrifice the individual for the greater good.
Dedicate yourself to your small family, and contribute to the development of your entire clan.
Thinking of this, Su Qingyan shook her head in her mind and immediately organized her thoughts, politely declining, "I'm used to living here, and I'd feel awkward in a different place."
"Moreover, with my five spiritual roots, I certainly won't go far on the path of immortality. I can't contribute much to the family, and I'll waste the family's resources on cultivation. Even if I return to the family, I'm afraid I'll be the subject of gossip and cause unnecessary trouble for you two brothers."
"I think I shouldn't go back to the family."
"However, if any of my descendants have good spiritual roots, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you two fellow Daoists to act as guarantors. After all, without family support, it's too difficult for independent cultivators to survive."
Su Qingyan's words were reasonable and well-founded, giving face to the Su brothers, Su Zhengwu and Su Anwu, as well as the Su family of Xiankeng Bay. The Su brothers, Su Zhengwu and Su Anwu, could not say anything more on this matter.
"Fellow Daoist, you have always been considerate of us brothers in the matter of returning to the family. You are a brother worth befriending. If you need anything in the future, just come to Xiankeng Bay to find us. We brothers will never refuse to help if we can." Su Zhengwu patted his chest heartily.
At this moment, Su Anwu slowly walked over and said in an apologetic tone, "I misunderstood you. Here, take this as my apology."
As he spoke, Su Anwu took out a booklet from his storage bag and tossed it to Su Qingyan.
Su Qingyan took the booklet and saw the five large characters "Xianwan Breaking Waves Technique" on the cover. He instantly understood that this was a cultivation technique.
Su Anwu continued, "You and my Su family of Xiankeng Bay share the same lineage, so there's nothing wrong with giving you a copy of our Su family's cultivation techniques."
"Moreover, the Su family of Xiankeng Bay has a bloodline with mostly water-attribute spiritual roots, so you and your descendants will definitely find this cultivation technique useful."
Su Qingyan glanced at the cultivation manual in his hand, then at Su Anwu in front of him, and thought to himself: This kid is clear about his grudges and favors, and he's not a bad person.
After this incident, his prejudice against Su Zhengwu lessened considerably.
He immediately expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, fellow Daoist. I will remember this kindness."
The misunderstanding has been cleared up, and with the communication reaching this point, the two Su brothers are also willing to leave.
Su Zhengwu said, "Now that the demonic cultivator has been killed, my brother and I should go back. Fellow Daoist, you must come to our Immortal Pit Bay when you have time, and the three of us brothers can have a few drinks."
"Definitely!" Su Qingyan nodded in agreement.
Watching the Su brothers walk away, Su Qingyan quickly patted Little Grey's wings and said with lingering fear, "The cultivation world is too dangerous, let's go home quickly."
"If you're not careful even slightly, you could die if you're unlucky."
"I will never leave the house again until I reach the third level of Qi Refining."
The man and the beast quickly found the packhorse tied to the crooked willow tree outside Plum Blossom Village. Looking up, they saw a large group of disheveled mortals surrounding them, chattering and arguing about something.
"Could this packhorse have been left behind by that demonic cultivator?"
"I just saw that the immortal who came to eliminate the demon has left. He left very calmly, which means he must have successfully killed the demonic cultivator who massacred the village."
"Since the immortal doesn't want this packhorse, then... since it's closest to my yard, it should belong to me. That's perfectly reasonable."
"This belongs to the immortal; how dare you take it for yourself?"
"Yes, this was left to the village by the immortal. As the village chief, it is most appropriate for me to keep it."
"You'll keep it safe?"
"I think you're the one who wants to keep this packhorse for yourself!"
"..."
"How dare they try to take my packhorse! Little Grey, go and teach them a lesson!" Su Qingyan said, pointing to the group of Plum Blossom Village villagers surrounding the packhorse.
chirp——
Little Grey, who had just been holding back his anger at the two Su brothers, rushed out like an arrow upon hearing Su Qingyan's command.
Just as a roguish-looking middle-aged man was about to reach out to untie the ropes binding the packhorse, a huge black shadow descended from the sky and instantly pinned him to the ground.
"ah--"
A scream rang out from the middle-aged man; a hole had been pierced through his arm, the flesh torn open, and blood gushing out.
Little Grey stepped on the middle-aged man, looked around, and terrified the villagers so much that their legs trembled and they dared not utter a sound. Some of the more timid ones even collapsed to the ground.
"This packhorse is mine, the demonic cultivator was killed by me, and the spirit beast in front of you is also mine." Su Qingyan spoke slowly from a distance as he walked over to the middle-aged man's head, looking directly at the surrounding villagers of Plum Blossom Village. "If I had come any later, you would have stolen my packhorse."
"I risked my life to help you kill the demonic cultivator, and you want to steal my packhorse."
"The folk customs of your Plum Blossom Village are truly—"
Seeing that Su Qingyan was about to get angry, the old man who had just claimed to be the village chief of Plum Blossom Village immediately knelt down, prostrated himself on the ground, and cried out loudly, "Immortal, spare my life!"
"How could we dare to steal your things, Immortal Master? We just thought you didn't want this packhorse anymore, so we thought we'd leave it in the village."
"After all, our Plum Blossom Village has been ravaged by demonic cultivators, and we need some money to rebuild it. That's why we coveted the packhorses left behind by you, Immortal Master."
"Please, Immortal Master, have mercy on us this time."
"Our Plum Blossom Village will worship your name for generations to come, to thank you for your great kindness and virtue in saving our Plum Blossom Village!"
"That's not necessary." The packhorse is still here and hasn't been stolen. Su Qingyan just wanted to teach these Plum Blossom Village villagers a lesson. Injuring one person and scaring them would be enough.
Moreover, Su Qingyan looked around and saw that among the survivors were many young laborers and underage children.
Considering that all the servants in his family had run away after being threatened by the Chen family, leaving only a few, the new house was so empty and needed to be filled with people.
Furthermore, tending to those red ginseng and such every day would take up too much of my cultivation time.
This kind of thing can be easily delegated to servants.
Not long ago, the three Chen brothers sneaked into the new house and even managed to get to the cultivation room, which is a huge hidden danger.
If there were guards at home, this group of people would have been discovered long ago and wouldn't have been able to get very far.
Taking all the above into consideration, Su Qingyan decided to recruit some servants and guards from among the survivors of Plum Blossom Village, which could be considered as providing these survivors with a new way to survive.
Of course, those guys who tried to take his packhorses for themselves were wicked and greedy, so they definitely couldn't be taken.
Su Qingyan had already memorized their names and eliminated them ahead of time.
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