"I don't care about you all. Anyway, I'll do whatever I like." Xiaoyao said indifferently. "Going to sleep!"
"Wait!" Third Master spoke.
"What now? Can't you say everything at once?" Xiaoyao frowned.
"I've been wanting to speak for a while, but you didn't give a chance. Sigh, as a father, I have so little status. How pitiful, how lantable..." Third Master began to feel sorry for himself.
"..." Xiaoyao looked at Third Master, then silently turned and walked away.
"..., Stop right there! This is serious business. Co with to see the family head." Third Master could only beco serious.
Xiaoyao stopped and looked at Third Master, asking, "What's the matter?"
"I'm not entirely clear, but it seems soone needs you to treat them. The family head only recently learned that you cultivate the Divine Farr's Art. Why didn't you ntion before that you cultivate the Divine Farr's Art?" After explaining the matter, Third Master casually asked.
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"What's there to say about that? Saying it would only cause trouble. Look, now trouble has already co knocking. Besides, they didn't ask either." Xiaoyao replied.
"..."
Indeed, this kid deliberately didn't say anything, letting people mistakenly think he was just an ordinary martial artist, naturally not alarming the family head.
Of course, Xiaoyao was also innocent. This couldn't really be called deliberately not saying—when those people didn't ask, he was too lazy to say more to avoid trouble.
"Co, go with to see the family head." Third Master pulled Xiaoyao along, not caring whether Xiaoyao was willing or not—dragging him away first.
"Can we go tomorrow instead? I don't have much energy today." Xiaoyao asked, though knowing this possibility was very small, asking at least gave him a chance.
"Go now. Do you think the family head is soone you can et whenever you want?" Third Master said irritably.
"What does that have to do with ? He wants to see , not the other way around." Xiaoyao replied directly.
"..."
This statent seed correct. Now it was the family head who wanted to see Xiaoyao, not Xiaoyao wanting to see the family head. The initiative was in Xiaoyao's hands.
But the problem was, being able to et the family head could increase one's status in the family head's heart and get better treatnt. Who would refuse to et the family head? Usually, after being summoned by the family head, people would imdiately drop everything to see him. Even if they had no energy, they would imdiately perk up.
"Don't tell you don't want to go?" Third Master said irritably.
"Yes, preferably not!" Xiaoyao nodded very naturally. His purpose for coming here wasn't to contribute to the family or for status within the Luo family—it was rely to verify his background.
Now that his background was confird through Yinping's appearance, he had verified his origins. What remained were just so questions and details. He no longer had urgent feelings about approaching Luo Yuntian.
Originally, Xiaoyao's attitude toward his background was just that if he could find it, he would; if he found it, he would continue searching. But if there were other matters, he would do other things instead of prioritizing finding his background.
This had always been Xiaoyao's way—it hadn't changed.
"..."
Third Master hadn't expected Xiaoyao to refuse so straightforwardly. He thought it was good he ca this ti, otherwise Lingjiu and the others probably couldn't handle this kid either.
"It's better to go once. Don't slight the family head—that's not good for you or us. Besides, calling you there is also a good thing. You can get so rewards." Third Master said. Although he didn't know who needed treatnt, whoever it was, the family head would definitely reward Xiaoyao.
"Calling there ans there's sothing for to do. What reward is that? It's what I should get." Xiaoyao said directly.
"You talk too much. Fine, just don't speak carelessly when we get there, or even I can't protect you." Third Master said irritably.
"No need. At worst I'll leave. If this place won't keep , there are places that will!" Xiaoyao still had a nonchalant attitude, making Third Master furious.
If he could, he really wanted to kick Xiaoyao a few tis. But he couldn't—their relationship wasn't good yet. If he kicked now, wouldn't that make their relationship even worse?
Forget it, endure for now. There would be chances to get even!
"You're Third Brother's son Xiaoyao?" When the family head saw Xiaoyao, he asked a question he already knew the answer to. This was just an opening line, but he didn't expect soone wouldn't cooperate.
"No!" Xiaoyao shook his head, denying it.
"No? Your na isn't Xiaoyao?" The family head was stunned, thinking he had the wrong person. Maybe this was soone Third Master brought to discuss other matters.
"My na is Xiaoyao." Xiaoyao shook his head.
"Then what do you an by 'no'?" The family head frowned. Are you mocking , kid? Do you know you're offending the most powerful person in the Luo family? Be careful I trip you up.
"I am Xiaoyao, that's correct, but I'm not your third brother's son. This point must be made clear." Xiaoyao said seriously.
"Third Brother, what's the situation?" The family head was stunned again and asked Third Master.
"He still doesn't acknowledge . There's nothing I can do." Third Master said with a bitter smile.
"I see. No wonder the child doesn't acknowledge you—what you did back then was indeed despicable." The family head understood. He knew his third brother well. Although they weren't blood brothers, they had grown up together and their feelings were like real brothers.
This family head and Third Master didn't have the sa father. The situation was similar to Luo Yuntian—they were cousins with the sa grandfather. Luo Yuntian and the family head were also cousins.
"Child, you've suffered all these years. Tell your uncle what you need—if uncle can do it, he'll definitely satisfy you." The family head said with a smile, very kindly.
"I want to refine pills and forge weapons, and be able to use any of the Luo family's materials. Of course, I'll provide things of at least equal value in return." Xiaoyao straightforwardly stated his idea. This was what he wanted.
The family head looked at Xiaoyao strangely. Why would Xiaoyao propose such conditions? And it seed these conditions weren't profitable for him—he just wanted materials to refine pills and forge weapons, and would give back things of equal value. This actually wasn't a very difficult problem.
However, the family head was afraid that if he agreed, and Xiaoyao wasted those precious materials, it wouldn't be worth it. The Luo family didn't collect materials for people to waste, and so things would be very hard to find again if lost.
The family head hesitated. After all, he had heard about Xiaoyao's dical skills, but not his pill refining skills. As for forging, he also hadn't heard about that. If he agreed directly now, he wouldn't be sitting in this family head position.
"Big Brother, I can vouch for this kid. This will only benefit our Luo family, not harm it!" Third Master spoke up. At this mont, he took the opportunity to support Xiaoyao to gain so goodwill.
Besides, he had witnessed Xiaoyao's pill refining skills and naturally didn't think there would be problems.
"How so?" The family head asked Third Master.
"Xiaoyao can refine high-level pills, and can even refine high-grade ones." Third Master said. He believed this one sentence would make the family head imdiately agree.
"What?! You're not joking with , are you? He can actually refine high-level pills, and high-grade ones too?" The family head was surprised. The Luo family wasn't without people who could refine high-level pills, but there were only one or two such people. Having one more would imdiately add much more.
"Yes, how could I joke with you? Wasn't he recently in seclusion refining pills? Initially I thought he was casually refining so pills, but I didn't expect he was actually refining High-Grade Essence Cultivation Pills, and quite a few of them, with high-grade ones too." Third Master said.
"High-Grade Essence Cultivation Pills? These are much harder to refine than Qi Gathering Pills. Even our pill refiners don't have much confidence refining them—they only have so every so often. You also said he refined quite a few. Where are the pills?" The family head imdiately forgot about other matters, only wanting to see the pills.
It seed these Essence Cultivation Pills were even more difficult, further demonstrating the rarity of Xiaoyao's pill refining skills.
"They're all at my place. This kid planned to sell them for money to continue collecting materials. These materials were all purchased by him, so however he wants to handle them is his business—I can't stop him either. Here's a bottle of pills this kid gave —they're middle-grade." Third Master explained while recounting how Xiaoyao had purchased materials himself. This way, the family head would have no right to reclaim the things in others' hands, because they weren't Luo family property.
He had to consider his daughters. He wasn't so great as to contribute even his daughters' things to the family.
At the sa ti, he took out his own. Since they were his own, surely the family head wouldn't force him—he needed these pills to accelerate his cultivation too.
"Indeed Essence Cultivation Pills. The grade seems better than low-grade—should be middle-grade." The family head was indeed well-inford, quickly seeing what was inside and even determining so of the grade. Of course, if they were high-grade, he would say the sa thing.
Because he couldn't tell the difference between high-grade and middle-grade. He had never seen high-grade High-Level Essence Cultivation Pills, so how could he judge the difference between the two?
He had seen quite a few high-grade High-Level Qi Gathering Pills, but for High-Level Essence Cultivation Pills, at most he had seen middle-level ones. Generally, people who could refine High-Level Essence Cultivation Pills went on to refine top-level pills.
The Luo family still didn't have anyone who could refine top-level pills. All top-level pills needed to be purchased, and such top-level pill refiners existed only in a few major pill refining sects—just one or two even within their own sects. They were treasures within their sects, let alone outside.
The Luo family being able to find one or two pill refiners who could refine high-level pills was already quite good—no worse than the Xuanwu family.
"Did you refine this?"
"Yes!" Xiaoyao nodded.
"Good, I allow you to use those materials, as long as you can provide corresponding pills. Rember, don't take too much for yourself—leave more for the family as contributions. The family really needs these." The family head made this decision, and he also understood that Xiaoyao would definitely take so for himself.
(End of Chapter)
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