Chapter 82: Drinking Ingredients
"Of course not. As long as Miss Xiao Qing doesn't mind, I would be happy to do so." Qin Ziling explained hurriedly. He thought to himself, I was already thirty years old in my previous life, and old man Li Mo is even older. Even if he is only nineteen years old now, his combined age makes him more than enough to be her brother, and it's not like he's taking advantage of her.
"Then Qing'er will offer a toast to big brother." Xiao Qing's worry turned into joy and he raised his glass to toast.
Qin Ziling also quickly raised his glass and clinked it with Xiao Qing's, and then they both drank it together.
The two drank a few glasses of wine. Xiao Qing, who was in a good mood, thought of his current situation and gradually calmed down. He looked at Qin Ziling and said, "Brother Qin, what you said just now is right. My current situation in the family is indeed not very good.
Now the business is still in my hands. If I don't let it go, others can't do anything about it, but I have to let it go eventually.
So before the New Year, if you need any medicinal herbs or meat, even domesticated beast meat, you can tell me now and I will try my best to arrange it for you. After the New Year, I am afraid that I will not be able to decide on all this. "
"I once heard a friend say that you built up these businesses yourself, so why are you handing them over to someone else now?" Qin Ziling was moved and felt sorry for Xiao Qing when he saw that she was still thinking about him at this time, so he asked with a frown.
“We are born into big families and have been nurtured by our families since childhood. Our subsequent development has more or less relied on the family’s resources and protection. How can we have any business that truly belongs to us?
If you are strong, you will naturally have a lot of say in the family, and the family will not dare to easily touch your personal interests. But if you are not strong, how can you make the decision yourself? You still have to obey the family's arrangements for everything!"
At this point, Xiao Qing smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Forget it, saying these things will only add to my troubles. I see that Brother Qin was able to catch and kill the cloud-patterned white tiger and the blood-haired bear this time, and brought them to me to sell. It seems that Brother Qin should have broken through to the realm of strength, so he did not hesitate to sell these beasts that replenish blood and energy in order to buy more suitable tonic medicines.
However, the tonic meat and medicinal herbs that are truly suitable for consumption by powerful martial artists are generally not sold to the outside by various forces. Even if they are available, they are only sold in the martial artist circle or at auctions, and the prices are very high.
Of course, the Xiao family is one of the five major families in Fangqiao City, and I also have a lot of channels for cultivation resources, so if Brother Qin needs anything, you might as well tell me now, and I will try my best to arrange it for you. "
Qin Ziling looked at Xiao Qing, and he no longer hesitated about how to deal with the young Eight Desolate Green Python. He thought for a while and said, "I don't need your help at the moment, but I heard that you were already at the level of Yun Jin seven years ago, but because you were seriously injured by a master of the Netherworld Sect, your foundation was damaged, and you had no choice but to disperse your strength. I wonder if it's true?"
"Of course it's true. The young lady was only sixteen years old at the time. Not only was she already a Yun Jin martial artist, she was also only one step away from entering Hua Jin.
If she hadn’t been so loyal and righteous that she refused to escape alone, and was severely injured by the Netherworld Sect’s masters, losing her strength and falling to become an iron-skinned martial artist, she would probably have become a great bone-refining martial artist by now. How could the family dare to…” Xia Yan couldn’t help but interrupt indignantly when she heard this.
"Xia Yan, it's all in the past, why bring it up?" Xiao Qing interrupted Xia Yan, not allowing her to continue.
Qin Ziling glanced at the indignant Xia Yan, and instead of asking further questions, he changed the subject and asked, "Is there no way to recover your cultivation?"
With his current status and strength, he has no right to interfere in the Xiao family's affairs, so it would be useless to ask.
The key to the problem still lies in Xiao Qing's strength. As long as Xiao Qing recovers her strength, she will naturally have an important position in the family, and no one dares to suppress her easily.
Xiao Qing shook her head, but Xia Yan hesitated and took over the conversation, "Yes, there is, but it is too difficult. If the old man were still alive, he loved the young lady very much, maybe there would be some hope."
"What do you mean?" Qin Ziling asked immediately.
"Miss, if you want to restore your cultivation, you need to eat the Eight Desolate Green Python. The Eight Desolate Green Python is a third-grade exotic beast that lives deep in the Wuyang Mountain. It is dangerous and difficult to just go deep into the Wuyang Mountain to search for it. And to hunt and kill a third-grade exotic beast, at least a bone refining master or several energy-transforming masters must work together to succeed." Xia Yan explained.
"Does it have to be an adult Eight Desolate Green Python?" Qin Ziling asked.
Seeing Qin Ziling asking about the Eight Desolate Green Python, Xiao Qing couldn't help but look at Qin Ziling strangely, but still started to explain.
"That's not the case. I was injured by a master of the Netherworld Sect back then, and the Netherworld death energy invaded and attached itself to my strength. I couldn't get rid of it, so I had no choice but to disperse my strength.
The reason why I need the Eight Desolate Green Python to restore my cultivation is because it is a third-grade wood-type exotic beast with a powerful vitality hidden in its body, and it fits the power attribute of my Xiao family's Qinglong Xuanmu Jin, not because of the Eight Desolate Green Python's powerful blood energy, otherwise I could have replaced it with other exotic beasts.
So, in fact, the vitality and wood energy in the body of a newly born baby python are purer, which makes it easier for me to condense my strength again.
However, the young Eight Desolate Green Python is more difficult to find, and even if you find it, there will definitely be a mother python guarding it, and the beasts guarding their cubs are even more ferocious! "
After explaining this, Xiao Qing paused, raised his glass with a forced smile and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Since Brother Qin doesn't need my help right now, it seems that I won't have a chance to repay Brother Qin for his gift of poetry. I can only toast you with another glass."
"The wine is good, but the side dish is a little bit bad! Qing'er, I was lucky enough to get a very good wild animal recently. It's rare that we two brothers and sisters get along so well. Wait for me for an hour, I will get it for the side dish, and we two brothers and sisters will drink to our heart's content." Qin Ziling raised his glass and drank it all, then put down the glass, stood up and said.
"Brother Qin, if you feel unsatisfied, I will take you to Zuixiaolou in the inner city to have a good drink. There are all kinds of wild animals there, and there are special chefs to cook for us. The taste is guaranteed to satisfy you. Why would you need to go back to get wild animals?" Xiao Qing couldn't help but laugh when she saw that Qin Ziling thought the food was not good enough and wanted to go home to get wild animals.
"Qing'er, at our level, why would we really care about wine and condiments? What matters is the thought and the artistic conception!"
"We agreed that you wait here for an hour and I will go get it! If you are leaving, then our brother-sister relationship will come to an end!" After Qin Ziling said this, he turned around and strode away.
