The father and daughter stared intently, simultaneously drawing a sharp breath.
Inside the jade box, ten jade bottles were neatly arranged.
Li Qiuyun picked up one bottle with trembling hands, pulled out the stopper, and poured out a round, full pill.
The pill was crystal clear, with distinct cloud patterns, emitting a faint glow.
"This... is..."
Li Yanfeng’s eyes widened, exclaiming in shock,
"Top-grade Qi Nourishing Pill?!"
Moreover, it’s not just one, but ten bottles in total! Each bottle contains ten pills, making it a hundred pills!
Common Qi Nourishing Pills in the market are usually lower or middle grade, with upper grade being hard to find.
These top-grade Qi Nourishing Pills not only have several times the efficacy of ordinary pills, but crucially they have almost no erysipelas!
For Qi Cultivation cultivators, these are priceless treasures, stepping stones leading to Foundation Establishment!
"This... this is too precious..."
Li Qiuyun’s hand shook, almost dropping the pill on the ground. She hurriedly and carefully put it back, her face flushed red,
"Uncle Chen... why did he give me so many?"
You must know that a single top-grade Qi Nourishing Pill often commands an unmatched price in the market, and the value of these hundred pills is simply immeasurable, even more precious than ordinary Second Tier magical treasures!
For someone like her, a Qi Cultivation cultivator, their value far surpasses Second Tier magical treasures.
With a hundred top-grade Qi Nourishing Pills, Li Qiuyun is confident she can establish her foundation within a year!
Li Yanfeng also showed a complex expression, looking at the pile of pills, sighing after a long while,
"Brother Chen truly hopes you can establish your foundation."
He only knew before that Chen Ye was good with spirit plants, but didn’t realize his alchemic prowess was also so formidable.
Upon seeing these pills,
Li Yanfeng felt a bit envious of his daughter. While his talent was decent, he didn’t have the support of a father as an instructor on Purple Cloud Peak during his youth.
In his middle age, the accumulated resources were given to his daughter for cultivation.
Now he’s only at Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer and estimates it will take another five years to barely establish his foundation, exhausting all his potential.
"Girl, this kindness is too heavy. The sooner you establish your foundation, the longer your path will be. In the future, when you establish your foundation, you must repay this kindness."
Li Yanfeng sighed.
Even Li’s mother, hearing the commotion, came out and was startled to speechlessness upon seeing these pills.
Li’s mother said with surprise,
"It’s strange. Although Guardian Chen is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, these hundred top-grade Qi Nourishing Pills are not a trivial Spirit Stone expense, moreover, he is of loose cultivator origin and not wealthy, why give them to Qiuyun..."
The more she thought, the stranger it seemed.
Even if she were a friend’s daughter, such a gift was excessively valuable.
More importantly, when did her husband form a life-and-death bond with Chen Ye? Their friendship isn’t particularly deep.
"Tsk..." Li’s father almost pulled out his own beard, secretly thinking, "Could it be Brother Chen has taken a liking to my daughter? Such mixed feelings..."
"Mother, stop it..." Li Qiuyun listened to her mother’s analysis and had thoughts she shouldn’t have, biting her lip she said, "Uncle Chen... Uncle Chen just wants to support the younger generation."
Li’s mother snorted coldly: "I know these men. With such a big gift, clearly he has thoughts, just secretly testing. Qiuyun, although Guardian Chen is good, he... he’s not quite suitable for you. With your talent and beauty, finding a true inheritor in the future won’t be a problem."
She did not despise Chen Ye, but out of love and concern for her daughter she advised such.
While Chen Ye is currently in the limelight, he is still amidst a whirlpool... In the cultivation realm, falling is common, rather than temporary glory, she prefers her daughter find someone like her father, an honest man, and live a safe life in the sect.
Additionally.
If her daughter were with Chen Ye, she would at best become a concubine...
"This..."
Li’s father hesitated, glanced at his Dao partner, and laughed,
"Let Qiuyun decide for herself. Don’t control her. Besides, you know Qiuyun’s temperament, don’t you?"
"Alas!"
Li’s mother also thought it made sense.
If her daughter had a compliant nature, why would she have gone to Yunxi District back then?
As for Li Qiuyun, she remained silent.
She didn’t want to pay attention to the ramblings of Li’s mother and disappeared into the cultivation room with the jade box.
"Alright, stop dazing."
Li’s mother stepped forward, though still nursing grievances inside, she could not hide the joy in her eyes, while tidying tea sets on the table, she said,
"Regardless of Guardian Chen’s intentions, these pills are real. Our daughter has such fortune, in future..."
Before she finished her sentence, her movements suddenly halted.
On the side of the tea table where Chen Ye sat earlier in an unremarkable corner, another jade box was quietly resting.
"What is this?"
Li’s mother was confused, subconsciously reaching for the jade box.
Li Yanfeng turned his head at the sound, seeing the jade box in his wife’s hands, his pupils shrank abruptly.
"Why is there another one?"
He swiftly stepped forward, exchanged a glance with his wife, and saw incredulity in each other’s eyes.
Li Yanfeng took a deep breath, hands trembling as he lifted the lid.
"Buzz—"
The familiar medicinal fragrance dispersed again.
Inside the box, again there were ten neatly arranged jade bottles.
Among them, two bottles even contained Purple Sun Pills!
"Crash!"
The teacup in Li’s mother’s hand slipped, shattering into pieces on the ground, but she didn’t care about them at that moment, just stared at the jade box, lips trembling, unable to say a word.
"Is... is this meant for us too?"
Li Yanfeng felt his mind buzzing, his chest felt blocked, hot and burning.
He instantly understood Chen Ye’s intention.
If Chen Ye had presented both such generous gifts earlier, with Li Yanfeng’s temperament, he might accept one for his daughter, but certainly wouldn’t accept a second for himself.
Chen Ye worried about him refusing, so he left the gift quietly while their focus was on their daughter.
"Younger brother... you’re going to make a fool of this old brother!"
Li Yanfeng’s eyes grew red, hands trembling holding the jade box.
He had been stuck at Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer for years, lost hope in cultivation, only remaining resources to support his daughter’s future.
But now, seeing these pills, the ambition that was once extinguished reignited, burning fiercely again!
With these pills, he not only could quickly establish his foundation, but might even reach the middle period of Foundation Establishment, becoming a sect’s Peak Master-level figure! Far more promising than a mere ordinary Foundation Establishment First Layer.
"Old man..."
Li’s mother looked at the jade box, then at her husband, who was excited beyond control, her expression became extremely complicated.
Shocked, ashamed, grateful, confused... a blend of emotions leaving her at a loss.
Earlier, she had cynically suspected Chen Ye intended to use the pills as a bride price, wanting to take their daughter as a concubine.
But now, it seems...
"I... I really..."
Li’s mother opened her mouth, her face burning with embarrassment,
"I was so foolish... Guardian Chen... he truly is loyal and righteous."
Recalling her previous assumptions flooded her with guilt.
"Old woman, it seems you’ve misjudged him."
Li Yanfeng carefully closed the jade box, sighing deeply,
"Younger Brother Chen’s actions are upright, sincerely hoping for our Li family to thrive. This grace... we might never be able to repay it in our lifetimes."
Li’s mother was silent for a long time, finally sighing, her eyes turning complicated:
"Unrepayable as it may be... as long as he sincerely cares for us. Going forward... if Qiuyun truly has feelings, I... I won’t restrain her."
She indeed changed her view.
To casually produce two hundred excellent pills, yet consider another’s dignity, one with such meticulous thoughts and wealth, even with companions, is indeed the best match her daughter could find.
However.
Primarily it was these pills... far too substantial, enough to influence the Li family’s future.
"Haha! Why ponder so far ahead!"
Li Yanfeng laughed heartily,
"Right now, priority is cultivation! Since brother gave me this chance, I won’t let him down! Old woman, starting tomorrow, I’m going into seclusion! Our Li family will make a bold attempt this time!"