Published: March 8, 2025
CHAPTER 100: Is It Worth It to Exchange Gold for Steamed Buns?
"After that incident, not long later, I was besieged. My elder brother was injured while trying to help me, and our family nearly perished..." Young Master Wei's expression turned nostalgic as he said, "This piece of amethyst jade marrow isn't really a treasure, but I keep it here because... looking around the Nine Heavens, he was the only one who helped me back then!"
"I keep it here as a token of friendship," Young Master Wei said slowly.
"I see." Chu Yang's throat felt dry, and he realized he seemed unable to say anything else today, repeating only this phrase: I see.
So unexpected!
So... astonishing!
So... incredibly... coincidental!
Looking at this guy's youthful face, appearing to be no older than thirty, he had no idea how many years he had actually lived... Damn it, a great-grandson?
Does that mean this guy is actually of the generation of my great-grandfather?
"Uh... Brother Wei..." Chu Yang chuckled awkwardly.
"Hmm?" Young Master Wei looked at him with confusion in his eyes, "You want this?"
"No, no, no... Brother Wei... cough cough, Brother Wei... Brother Wei..." Chu Yang called out several times, thinking, damn, I could take advantage of this title... Calling him like this a few more times is better than being forced to call him Grandpa Wei later, right? What is going on here...
"What’s the matter?" Young Master Wei asked, puzzled.
"Cough cough... Brother Wei, what I mean is... haven’t you gone back to see them all these years?" Chu Yang asked casually.
"I want to go back and take a look... but my cultivation level isn’t sufficient." Young Master Wei sighed deeply. "If I went back, it would probably really bring disaster to my brother's family. How could I dare go back!"
"I have changed my appearance to hide for three days just so they won't be implicated by me! The family of the Three Heavens Rulers isn't easy to deal with..." Young Master Wei seemed a bit melancholy.
"If they knew I had fallen to such a state but could still recover... This is a secret that those ruling families would dream of! If I were discovered to be that person from back then... heh heh..."
"Oh... I see." Chu Yang understood, surprised that this seemingly carefree Young Master Wei had such a careful mind when it came to others.
"Unfortunately, I haven't seen my elder brother in all these years, and I do miss him." Young Master Wei seemed lost in thought.
"We should look at the third treasure now." Chu Yang felt a chill when he heard him mention his elder brother, rubbing his nose uneasily. Damn, trying to take advantage of me? No way...
In his mind, even though the Sword Spirit was currently frustrated, it couldn’t help but chuckle.
"This is the third treasure!" Young Master Wei looked at the third lotus flower, a white snowflake floating above it, his voice filled with eagerness. "But this thing... even if you want it, I can't give it to you. I have great use for it. I need to keep it to break through to the supreme level when I reach my limits!"
He gazed deeply at the snow-white snowflake and said, "This is a piece of Sky Snow. Its only purpose is to break through!"
"Well then..." Chu Yang shrugged, "Since you won’t give it... what else is there to say? Next one."
Chu Yang truly had no interest in this Sky Snow. Because... this thing is used to break through to the supreme level. How much longer until I reach the supreme level? Though this thing can be preserved with Young Master Wei, once it gets into my hands, it might fuse into my body before I even have the chance to put it into the nine calamity space.
And this thing can help a saint level ninth rank break through to the supreme level, how much energy must it contain? I’m afraid even the Sword Spirit wouldn’t have time to extract its power before I exploded...
If that happened, I would become the first nine calamity sword master in history to die from greed.
"The fourth item is the real gift I have prepared for you." Young Master Wei smiled and said, "This is a piece of Sun-Moon Ointment!" He smiled again and said, "I originally promised you the Amethyst Core, but I really don't have that here. I wanted to replace it with amethyst jade marrow, which is much more precious than the Amethyst Core, but when it came down to it, I found I just couldn’t bear to give it to you... because it represents a sentiment."