Novel Full Chapter 254: Farewell Delay
Chapter 254: Farewell Delay
"Indeed." San Tu did not give anyone a chance to refuse.
After speaking, he immediately teleported away.
Seeing this, the others hurriedly followed.
Tian Mingxue had no choice but to stop talking and join them.
Tao Lin let out a breath of relief and also left.
Finally, Qing Shuang bowed to Tushan Qing and said, "Dao Lord, this junior takes his leave."
After seeing Tushan Qing nod, he also departed.
Soon, only Xiao Shou, Fu Young, Gou Guangming, and the others remained with Tushan Qing.
At that moment, Tushan Qing’s gaze seemed to pause briefly at a spot in midair before he turned to Xiao Shou with a doting expression.
"My dear, come here."
"Grandfather?" Xiao Shou walked over while looking at him in confusion.
At that moment, he suddenly felt fortunate that this man was his grandfather by blood.
If not, considering Tushan Qing’s nature, the thought alone was chilling.
Before he could react, Tushan Qing somehow produced a ring with a soft moonlight sheen.
He suddenly cut Xiao Shou’s finger to let a drop of blood fall onto the ring and then placed it onto his finger.
After putting it on, Tushan Qing spoke in a slightly aggrieved tone, "Be good. This is a gift from me to you. Keep it safe. Sigh. I did not dare give it to you in front of them earlier. I was afraid they might take advantage of a moment of inattention and bully you to snatch it away."
"A storage ring? The things inside... I cannot accept this. Please take it back." Xiao Shou had just internally complained that there was nothing Tushan Qing would not dare to do, but the moment he sensed what was inside the ring, he was completely stunned.
Inside were three small mountains formed from piles of high-grade, mid-grade, and low-grade spirit jade, the merit sphere Tushan Qing had just stored away, numerous treasures that was radiating brilliance including magical artifacts and spiritual treasures, a wide variety of high-level materials for alchemy and forging, dozens of high-level formation plates, thousands of high-level talismans, and a large number of jade bottles filled with various medicinal pills.
After sensing all this, Xiao Shou suddenly realized that the wealth he once prided himself on was nothing compared to Tushan Qing’s.
When he looked at the treasures that filled half the space of the ring, he had to grit his teeth to force himself to refuse.
Facing his rejection, Tushan Qing blinked his fox like eyes. He then raised his own storage ring and moving it toward Xiao Shou’s as if to connect them.
"Is the gift too little? Wait a moment, I will take out more for you. That is right, a proper gift should fill the entire storage ring. How can it only be half full?"
"Uh... that is not it. It is already more than enough. No, it is too much, which is why I am asking you to take it back." Xiao Shou spoke with a helpless smile while avoiding Tushan Qing’s ring.
What a scheming fox.
How was he supposed to refuse like this?
Tushan Qing’s gaze seemed to pause briefly at the same spot again before he said, "How could this little amount be considered too much? You are my dear one. Do not be polite with me."
"Grandfather, my name is Xiao Shou."
Please stop calling me that, alright?
Anyone who overheard would think something improper was going on.
Xiao Shou rubbed his forehead helplessly and not noticing anything unusual about Tushan Qing.
After saying this, he realized that returning the gift was no longer possible.
Fu Young, however, noticed Tushan Qing’s odd behavior.
A trace of red flashed deep within his pupils before quickly fading.
No one else noticed this subtle change.
Tushan Qing also seemed unaware about it. He just smiling kindly as he said, "I know, my dear."
"Grandfather, now that everything here has been settled, would you like to visit Duke Zhenguo?"
Since he completely out of other options, Xiao Shou shifted his thoughts and decided to redirect the trouble.
Let this eccentric man go call his 300 year old son "dear" instead.
He would not accompany him.
When Tushan Qing heard this, he nodded repeatedly. "Alright. Let us go together."
"Uh... I will not be going with you. I still have matters to attend to." Xiao Shou nearly broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly came up with an excuse.
Tushan Qing looked aggrieved after hearing that. "What kind of matter is so important that my dear does not even have time to accompany me?"
"I need to go pick up two other clan members who have spiritual roots. They would surely want to pay their respects to you," Xiao Shou said, racking his brain to come up with an excuse.
However, Tushan Qing only smiled and replied, "That is fine. Where are they? I can take you there directly."
"Uh... it is not just that. I also have some personal matters to handle. Grandfather, you should go ahead first." Xiao Shou knew Tushan Qing was difficult to fool, but he did not expect him to be this difficult.
His words came out with some effort.
At that moment, Fu Young’s dark eyes shifted slightly.
His expression instantly turned somewhat sorrowful as he said to Tushan Qing, "Dao Lord, the reason my master does not wish to go with you is because Duke Zhenguo has some misunderstandings about him. He... he... does not allow my master to return. If you bring him back so abruptly, my master will surely suffer grievances again..."
"Oh? Is that so?" Tushan Qing looked half convinced.
Xiao Shou had not expected his disciple to step in and help him out.
Seeing Tushan Qing hesitate, he immediately followed the act.
Just like how Yao Heng doing it, he took out a handkerchief from his storage bracelet and wiped the corners of his eyes while putting on a pitiful expression.
"Wuwu... Grandfather, you do not know... Duke Zhenguo... since the day I was born... I have never even had the right... to call him father..."