Chapter 21: Do You Know Which Aspect Senior Brother is the Best At?

After stomping the steward to death, the Divine Travel Dark Steed raised its head, two streams of hot air snorting from its nostrils.

The steward had tried to ambush it just now; fortunately, its master reacted quickly and stomped him into the ground.

Ending the steward personally now brought a sense of satisfaction to its heart.

"Senior Brother, is what he said believable?"

Wei Qingyan walked over.

"It shouldn't be fake, but we can't believe it entirely either. It's always right to be cautious."

Li Xuanfeng said after a moment of contemplation.

He had been paying attention to the steward's expressions.

Although Li Xuanfeng hadn't studied micro-expression psychology, he felt the probability of the steward lying was very small.

After all, the steward didn't have the courage to gamble, fearing that Li Xuanfeng would think he was lying and stomp him to death.

"Don't worry about anything else for now. This guy took so many Spirit Stones from me the day before yesterday; now I can finally get them back with interest!"

Li Xuanfeng picked up the longsword and then walked toward the steward's corpse.

"…"

Wei Qingyan was momentarily speechless.

Clearly such a generous person, yet he insisted on fussing over those few Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Could it be that Senior Brother is only generous toward me?

Looking at Li Xuanfeng's figure, Wei Qingyan suddenly felt her heart skip a few beats.

Li Xuanfeng was still quite interested in looting spoils of war.

After all, even if the spoils didn't catch his eye, they would surely be decent after being returned by giving them to Wei Qingyan!

"First of all, this storage ring is not bad!"

Li Xuanfeng took a silver ring from the steward's body.

A so-called storage ring was an item with an independent space that could store objects.

These items were generally crafted in the form of accessories.

For example, rings, belts, bracelets, and so on.

One could inspect the internal space of a storage ring with just a thought.

However, if the ring had a Divine Sense imprint left by the original owner, it could not be inspected.

Now that the steward was dead, the imprint he left had naturally dissipated, and Li Xuanfeng could easily inspect the internal space.

The ring's space wasn't large, about two or three cubic meters.

The items inside were neatly arranged.

There was a pile of Spirit Stones, a jade bottle, a scroll, and a Formation Plate.

This was the steward's entire net worth.

Cultivators consumed resources at a massive rate, so they generally didn't leave much behind.

However, the combined value of the steward's legacy was quite high, at least exceeding the net worth of the vast majority of Qi Cyclone Realm Cultivators!

"Everything is here!"

"Next, let's start dividing the spoils!"

Li Xuanfeng took them out one by one and laid them out with the steward's longsword.

"Senior Brother, don't divide them. These spoils all belong to you alone!"

Wei Qingyan said hurriedly.

Was she lacking resources?

Yes!

Did she want resources?

She definitely wanted them!

But there was always a hurdle in her heart.

She had received too many benefits from Li Xuanfeng; if it weren't for him, her current cultivation definitely wouldn't have reached the third level of the Spirit Aperture Realm!

Even if the Supreme Sword Physique hadn't been awakened yet, Wei Qingyan's talent could crush most Hundred Sword Mountain Disciples.

But if she had relied on herself, or on her Sword Spirit Sister who couldn't provide help with actual resources, Wei Qingyan would surely still be stuck in the Body Tempering Realm!

She might even still be considering how to break through the Spirit Aperture Realm barrier.

It was absolutely impossible for her to possess her current strength!

Li Xuanfeng had given her so many benefits, yet he had never actively asked for anything in return.

Wei Qingyan felt that she didn't deserve it.

She felt she owed Li Xuanfeng too much.

So even if she needed and wanted the resources, she was too embarrassed to accept any more!

Looking at Wei Qingyan's serious expression, Li Xuanfeng could probably guess her thoughts.

But if Wei Qingyan didn't take them, how could he obtain better resources!

Li Xuanfeng decided to hoodwink her a bit, so she would have a reason to accept the resources he gifted in the future.

"Do you know which aspect I, your Senior Brother, am the best at?"

Li Xuanfeng looked at Wei Qingyan seriously.

"Which… which aspect?"

Wei Qingyan was stunned by Li Xuanfeng's sudden question.

"My eye for people and my intuition!"

Li Xuanfeng said.

"Oh~"

Wei Qingyan nodded, half-understanding.

"Especially when it comes to spotting geniuses!"

Seeing Wei Qingyan's ignorant look, Li Xuanfeng continued.

"The first time I saw you, I felt you were definitely no ordinary person and would surely achieve extraordinary things in the future!"

"In fact, I had an intuition back then that what you are showing now is far from your full talent!"

"You still have great potential. Once the opportunity arises, your full talent will surely be unleashed, and you will soar straight up into the sky!"

"Later, when you said you had a hidden Physique that could be awakened by the Nine-Star Sword Grass, it further proved the accuracy of my intuition at the time!"

Wei Qingyan was left dazed by Li Xuanfeng's words.

"So, giving you those resources is actually me investing in you, investing in a future super-powerhouse!"

"Besides, the resources I give you are all things I can't use. Instead of throwing them away or exchanging them for other dispensable resources, it's better to give them all to you, who needs them!"

As Li Xuanfeng spoke, he noticed the expression on Wei Qingyan's face gradually changing.

From dazed to bewildered, and then from bewildered to a sudden realization.

"So Senior Brother is investing in me!"

While Wei Qingyan realized this, she also felt a bit disappointed in her heart.

"So when I give you resources, just take them, and don't refuse anymore!"

"Only sufficient resources can support you in becoming strong quickly. Once you become a true powerhouse, you'll be able to help me in many ways!"

Li Xuanfeng continued.

"I understand, Senior Brother!"

Wei Qingyan nodded.

The invisible hurdle in her heart had completely vanished.

Becoming strong quickly was the first thing she needed to consider. Once she became a true powerhouse one day, there would be many ways to repay her Senior Brother.

"Once my strength grows and I personally take my revenge, if I owe Senior Brother too much, then I will serve by his side for the rest of my life!"

Wei Qingyan thought silently in her heart.

Only after seeing that Wei Qingyan had come around did Li Xuanfeng nod in satisfaction.

"I have a spatial storage device, so this spatial ring is useless to me. It's yours!"

Li Xuanfeng handed the spatial ring to Wei Qingyan.

The latter reached out and took it.

[Ding! Wei Qingyan received a Three-Cubic-Meter Spatial Storage Ring. Hundred-fold return triggered: You have obtained a three-hundred-cubic-meter storage ring!]

After the System prompt finished, a brand-new ring appeared in the System space.

Although Li Xuanfeng had the System space, it only stored items returned by the System.

It was still better to have a separate storage item for other objects.

A three-hundred-cubic-meter storage ring was more than enough for him to use.

"I don't lack Spiritual Artifacts. Your Whistling Wind Sword is only a Grade 2 Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact, while this longsword is Grade 3 Medium Grade. You can replace it now!"

Li Xuanfeng handed the longsword to Wei Qingyan.

[Ding! Wei Qingyan obtained the Grade 3 Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact, Red Radiance Sword. Hundred-fold return triggered: You have obtained one hundred Grade 3 Medium Grade longswords!]

"This time it's actually a quantity return?"

Li Xuanfeng was somewhat speechless in his heart.

If it were a quality return, it would likely be a Grade 4 Spiritual Artifact.

But now it had returned one hundred Grade 3 Spiritual Artifacts to him; for a moment, Li Xuanfeng didn't know what to say.

"This scroll records a Mortal-Grade High-Grade Martial Skill. I took a look, and it's quite decent!"

Li Xuanfeng stuffed the scroll into Wei Qingyan's hand.

[Ding! Wei Qingyan obtained the Mortal-Grade High-Grade Martial Skill 'Nine Kills Sword Technique'. Hundred-fold return triggered: You have obtained the Earth-Grade Low Grade Martial Skill 'Ninety-Nine Combined Sword'!]

When the System prompt sounded, a brand-new Earth-Grade Martial Skill appeared in the System space.

Li Xuanfeng scanned it with his Divine Sense and roughly understood how to use this Martial Skill.

'Ninety-Nine Combined Sword' was an extremely special Martial Skill. Among Martial Skills of the same grade, if its lethality ranked second, no other Martial Skill would dare rank first!

But this Martial Skill had one drawback: executing it required many longswords of the same grade!

If practiced to Perfection, one would need to use ninety-nine longswords simultaneously!

And just now, the System had happened to return one hundred Grade 3 longswords to Li Xuanfeng!

"Good, good, good!"

Li Xuanfeng was overjoyed in his heart.

These two returns complemented each other perfectly!

They gave him sufficient conditions to practice this Martial Skill, which was claimed to have the greatest lethality among those of the same grade!

"Keep this pile of Spirit Stones as well!"

Li Xuanfeng threw the Spirit Stones to Wei Qingyan all at once.

[Ding! Wei Qingyan obtained ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, three hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and four hundred Spirit Stone Fragments. Hundred-fold return triggered: You have obtained one thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and forty thousand Spirit Stone Fragments!]

The hundred-fold return directly made Li Xuanfeng a fortune in one go.

In the System space, the Spirit Stones had already piled up into a small mountain!

"From now on, I bid farewell to a life of financial straits!"

Li Xuanfeng rejoiced inwardly.

Spirit Stones had many uses; he could use them to buy resources, for cultivation, and to provide energy for Formations.

In short, they had many uses!

"There are two items left!"

Li Xuanfeng looked at the jade bottle and the Formation Plate.

"This jade bottle contains about a quarter of Hundred Flowers Nectar; it's the resource best suited for you to absorb, so it's all yours!"

"And this Formation Plate, named the Maze Formation Plate, can directly set up a Grade 3 Maze Formation. I'm giving this to you as well!"

When Li Xuanfeng handed over the jade bottle and the Formation Plate, Wei Qingyan's expression had already become somewhat strange.