58: Chapter 58 Don't waste that fool's good intentions

The power struggle in the upper echelons of Duobao City ended with the City Lord's lineage emerging victorious.

However, the five Elders of Duobao Tower were not completely defeated.

Jin Yuchan ultimately gave the Elders some face.

Regarding Jin Fugui's requisition of goods, the first batch of Five Elements spiritual items was fully allocated, but the second batch—the supreme grade spirit cleansing pill, wood spirit, and the wood life flame—were not allocated at all.

The reason Jin Yuchan made this concession was because Duobao Tower currently did not have the supreme grade spirit cleansing pill or the wood life flame at all. Thus, it was better to simply ignore the second requisition entirely, which could also be considered as preserving the dignity of the five Elders.

As for the rewards issued, Jin Yuchan let the five Elders go back and distribute them.

But one could easily guess that the rewards would only gather dust in some corner of Duobao Tower; by handing the matter over, Jin Yuchan was signaling that she would no longer care about it.

A few days later, Jin Fugui received the news and learned about what had happened at the City Lord's Mansion in Duobao City.

He waved away the beauties in the room and sat silently on the third floor for two days and one night.

Shopkeeper Mo saw this and felt anxious, so he gritted his teeth and took out a paper crane to send a message.

The Young Master was very fond of those brothers; perhaps they could help the Young Master.

The paper crane turned into a beam of spiritual light and dived into the massive Immortal Cave in the center of Yunyin City, which was even larger than the City Lord's Mansion.

"Hah!"

Xiao Tian was swinging his heaven-shattering hammer in his courtyard. The massive hammer, wreathed in lightning, descended—

"Boom!"

A five-meter-wide crater appeared on the ground, two meters deep, its surface charred black—clearly damaged by lightning.

The area outside the crater was also affected by the shockwave, with cracks spreading across the entire training ground.

Xiao Tian's eyes were filled with excitement. He punched into the charred crater, used the force to retrieve his heaven-shattering hammer, and hovered in mid-air, holding the hammer with both hands.

Lightning flickered across his body, as if he had merged with the lightning of the heaven-shattering hammer.

Without a doubt, this strike would be even heavier than the previous one!

Just as Xiao Tian was about to bring the hammer down, a paper crane flew in front of him.

Xiao Tian's hammer, just about to strike the paper crane, swept to the side instead.

A howling wind gusted past; the paper crane struggled to withstand it and looked as if it were about to be torn apart.

A pair of large hands reached out, caught the paper crane, and shielded it from the force of the hammer's wind.

Xiao Tian landed and channeled his spiritual power into the paper crane.

After listening, he destroyed the paper crane and scratched his head. "This… I should go find Brother Xin and ask if he has any ideas!"

Xiao Tian put away the heaven-shattering hammer and took out a paper crane to send a message. "Uncle Ye, please help me clean up and rebuild the training ground. Use even harder Materials for the floor."

Ye Wang was in Immortal Cave No. 7 keeping his wife company, while his daughter had been taken by Ye Fan to his own courtyard.

Seeing the paper crane fly over, he immediately caught it.

Upon listening, he laughed.

Rong Xue asked curiously, "Did that child Xiao Tian break the training ground floor again and ask you to fix it?"

Ye Wang nodded. "It seems even hard rock isn't enough. I need to think about whether there are harder Materials. Having to rebuild it every time he wants to Cultivate is secondary; the big problem is that it prevents Young Master Tian from enjoying himself fully."

Rong Xue nodded and offered Ye Wang an idea. "Why not go check Duobao Tower? I've heard that Duobao Tower gathers treasures from all over the world; perhaps they have those hard, indestructible Materials? Otherwise, how do those Golden Core and Nascent Soul experts practice their spells and Moves?"

Ye Wang's eyes lit up. "That's right! I didn't know, but I can definitely go to Duobao Tower and ask! You're so clever; why didn't I think of that before!"

Rong Xue smiled gently. "You just haven't adjusted yet. We are no longer the helpless Loose Cultivators without any Spirit Stones we once were. But I believe you will realize it soon enough."

Ye Wang nodded heavily. "I really should change my mindset. Duobao Tower, for me now, is not all that high and mighty."

"I'll go to Duobao Tower and ask right now."

Rong Xue stood up. "I will go with you."

"Alright!"

...

On the other side, Xiao Tian was also planning to go out to Duobao Tower.

Accompanying him were Su Xin, Ye Fan, and Ye Fan's sister, Ye Xuner.

Ye Xuner was wearing a veil.

Ye Fan now had enough Spirit Stones to buy Medicinal Pill to remove Ye Xuner's scars, and Luo Yunkai did not restrict how he spent them.

But Ye Fan still had reservations in his heart and was unwilling to touch that sum of Spirit Stones.

Ye Xuner knew her brother very well, so she took the initiative to say that she didn't want to buy a scar-removal pill; she wanted a scar-removal pill refined by her brother himself.

Therefore, the scar on Ye Xuner's face had not healed yet, and she would wear a veil whenever she went out.

Ye Xuner, on the contrary, did not mind her appearance; she happily held Su Xin's hand with her left and Xiao Tian's hand with her right.

She particularly liked these two big brothers!

As for her own brother Ye Fan, he was left behind.

"Brother Ye Fan, hurry up and keep up with us!"

"Brother Xiao Tian, Brother Su Xin, you haven't told Xuner where you are taking Xuner and Brother yet!"

Ye Fan followed behind the three of them, his gentle face mixed with helplessness. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly. "You don't even know where we're going, so why are you making such a fuss about going out to play together?"

Ye Xuner lifted her chin haughtily. "Well, Brother Xiao Tian and Brother Su Xin came to find us to play. If we didn't agree, how sad they would be!"

Xiao Tian couldn't help but ruffle the little girl's hair; this little girl was just too cute.

"Oh, Brother Xiao Tian, you're annoying! You messed up my hair!" Ye Xuner pouted and stomped her feet unhappily, shaking off Xiao Tian's hand and hiding behind Su Xin, hugging his arm tightly.

"Brother Su Xin, look at him!" she said, tattling.

Su Xin was a gloomy and ruthless person, but he had one exception: he was helpless against women and had a very high tolerance for them.

"Brother Tian, Xuner is going out with us. It's indeed not appropriate for her hair to be messy. You should be careful."

Xiao Tian clicked his tongue, grabbed the slow-moving Ye Fan, draped his arm over his shoulder, and leaned half his weight onto him.

This is called the brother paying for the sister's debt!

Ye Fan's expression remained gentle. Even though he was being "bullied," he didn't make a fuss and let Xiao Tian lean on him.

Ye Xuner was so angry she jumped up and down. She came over and tugged at Xiao Tian. "Brother Xiao Tian, you are not allowed to lean on my brother!"

Xiao Tian grabbed Ye Xuner, ruffled her hair fiercely, then let go and darted away.

Ye Xuner froze, looking at the few strands of hair that had fallen in front of her face. She let out an "Ah!" and chased after him.

"Brother Xiao Tian, give me back my hairstyle!"

Watching the big and small figures running away, Ye Fan didn't rush to chase them, his face filled with helplessness. "Brother Tian is really something. Why does he love teasing Xuner so much? Every time, he teases her until she's wailing."

A smile slowly spread across the corners of Su Xin's mouth as he watched the two figures ahead. His eyes were as gentle as Ye Fan's beside him—so gentle that it didn't seem like him.

"That fool once lived under someone else's roof. He knows what that taste is like, so he doesn't want Xuner to experience it too."

"Of course, he is doing this likely for your sake as well; he doesn't want you to be caught in the middle and feel conflicted. And even more so for our philandering, romantic father—he wants to help him maintain family harmony."

Ye Fan was slightly stunned and stopped in his tracks.

Su Xin didn't turn his head. "Do not waste that fool's good intentions."

Ye Fan silently quickened his pace to walk side-by-side with Su Xin.

At this moment, he suddenly understood the meaning of brotherhood.

It was not just the complete protection of Xuner, nor was it Xuner's wholehearted reliance on him.

This feeling of being carefully cherished, he still...

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