Chapter 305: 303. A wealthy person who casually has 1000 White Crystals (4/4)
Just as he was about to step up, Zhantian Ye spoke.
"Grandpa Liangping, you think too much."
"You little girl."
Ji Liangping laughed and scolded, not taking the words too seriously, just thinking Zhantian Ye was joking.
Before he could continue to speak, Zhantian Ye ran off, and he had to lower his raised hand.
On the other side, Zhantian Ye ran wildly and caught up with Wen Ping, who was already at the top of the Thousand Layers Steps.
"Sect Leader, my grandmother’s friend is here with something urgent, wants to see her... Can I bring him over?"
Wen Ping was about to speak, but he saw Zhantian Ye’s lively, sparkling eyes, and smiled helplessly.
This girl, if she asks anyone else, no one would really want to refuse.
But, he’s not swayed by pretty girls.
Wen Ping responded, "Alright then, let him sit there, don’t let him wander around, and you go call your grandmother over."
After speaking, Wen Ping pointed to the stone table on the plaza’s edge.
Uncle Wang was sitting there, fiddling with the carving skills he had just learned from Carpenter Wang in Cangwu City.
"Okay!"
Zhantian Ye glanced over and nodded, not particularly disappointed with the result.
Immediately after, Zhantian Ye went down the Thousand Layers Steps to bring Ji Liangping up, then went to call her grandmother out from seclusion.
But when Zhantian Qingxuan was called over, Ji Liangping seemed a bit disgruntled.
Because there was an old codger sitting beside him.
Although he was old too, at least he was at the Divine Profound Upper Realm, while the guy next to him was just talking to himself.
Zhantian Qingxuan saw this and smiled, knowing that Uncle Wang’s hearing was not good again, but he didn’t explain anything and straightforwardly said, "Brother Liangping, don’t worry, I’ll make that batch of Vortex Maps for Celestial Academy as soon as possible. You can come back to pick it up in a while."
"Hmm, this time I’ve come with something to tell you. I need to add 3 more, and I’ve brought the materials with me." With that, Ji Liangping hurriedly took out a new storage ring from inside his storage ring, "The delivery time is still the same as before, though it may be a bit rushed, I hope it hasn’t troubled you."
"No problem."
Zhantian Qingxuan smiled and nodded, accepting the storage ring.
Ji Liangping chuckled and said, "The Mitian Sect suddenly has seven or eight youngsters under 30 in the Lower Profound Realm, and they’ve cultivated Yellow Level Middle Grade Vein Techniques to perfection. I don’t know where they found these people. They’re really going all out to win against our Celestial Academy, aren’t they afraid of going bankrupt?"
"Haha."
When it came to the Mitian Sect, Zhantian Qingxuan didn’t know what to say.
The Mitian Sect is like a tangle, everyone has a connection with them.
She just remembered, her big brother here is a sworn enemy of Mitian Sect – the dean of the Inner Courtyard of Celestial Academy, a vendetta older than the feud between the Immortal Sect and Mitian Sect.
"Asking me to make 10 Vortex Maps, spending 1000 White Crystals, Brother Liangping, you really are generous."
"It’s a disgrace if we don’t win, even if it means selling off everything, we can’t lose again, we’ve been losing for ten years already. To lose again would mean losing face altogether."
Zhantian Qingxuan chuckled, then continued, "Alright then, Brother Liangping, I’ll finish them as soon as possible. I’ll deliver them myself when they’re ready, but today I won’t keep you, let’s meet again another day."
She had just figured out some tricks from the Two-Star Vortex Map Creation Book and really didn’t want to delay her cultivation for any reason.
Though he was a guest once, today is just not the day.
A guest is not quite a guest anymore.
Ji Liangping nodded without saying much.
Then, suddenly hearing Zhantian Ye whisper, "Grandma, before you go back into seclusion, maybe you should have something to eat."
...
In the kitchen.
Wen Ping was just about to serve rice when he found the wooden basin was already scraped clean. Yun Liao and the others each had three bowls, finishing the entire basin.
No way around it, Wen Ping had to take a bowl downstairs to serve more.
When the lid was opened again, steaming white mist poured out.
An aroma filled the air!
...
"What’s that smell?"
Ji Liangping, just getting up from the stone table, paused for a moment, his nose twitching as he looked around. But the first possibility that came to his mind was - Celestial Materials maturing. Because when some special Celestial Materials mature, they emit a unique fragrance, intoxicating those around.
Zhantian Qingxuan couldn’t help but remark, "Yeah, what scent is this, it smells wonderful."
Zhantian Ye responded, "Grandma, it’s the Sect Leader making breakfast. Elder Yu wanted me to call you out to eat, but since you said you were going into seclusion, I didn’t bother you."
"Breakfast."
Zhantian Qingxuan murmured, then immediately prepared to leave.
However, Ji Liangping beside her had an odd expression, unknowingly having walked a few steps forward. Just as Zhantian Qingxuan was about to call him, Ji Liangping suddenly turned back and asked, "Qingxuan, with such a special aroma, it should be some Celestial Material maturing."
By saying this, he meant to take Zhantian Qingxuan to have a look.
Apparently, he hadn’t heard what Zhantian Ye just said.
Zhantian Qingxuan smiled helplessly, "Brother Liangping, this aroma is merely the cuisine of our Immortal Sect."
"Cuisine?"
This special aroma is just from cuisine?
He didn’t usually care much for food, but such fragrant cuisine stirred his curiosity to go see.
Ji Liangping instantly said, "Can I join for a meal?"
"You’d need to ask our Sect Leader, incidentally... I’ll take you to meet him, you two might hit it off." With the deep feud with Mitian Sect, there’s a saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
"This..."
Ji Liangping hesitated.
He didn’t want any interaction with the Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader.
But as he hesitated, Zhantian Qingxuan had already walked on, leaving him no choice but to follow, ready to play it by ear, maybe issue a warning later.
As the three of them approached the kitchen, Wen Ping happened to be passing by with a bowl of rice, and immediately saw the person behind Zhantian Qingxuan, "Elder Zhantian, is this your friend?"
Wen Ping immediately summoned the system to pull up Ji Liangping’s personal information.
But after a glance, he didn’t pay much attention to the so-called Divine Profound Upper Realm.
As long as there’s no trouble, it’s all good.
Zhantian Qingxuan quickly introduced, "Sect Leader, this is the dean of the Inner Courtyard of Star Academy, and also my friend."
After speaking, Zhantian Qingxuan glanced at Ji Liangping beside her, who was unresponsive.
Ji Liangping, meanwhile, was looking at the Moonlight Trees lined up on either side, lost in thought.
Moonlight Trees planted in rows?
This sect is overly extravagant, isn’t it?
Ji Liangping remarked with a smile, "Interesting... No wonder you’d join such a tiny sect, there’s no shortage of funds here."
Zhantian Qingxuan smiled helplessly, "Brother Liangping, this is our Sect Leader."
"Sect Leader, so young?"
Ji Liangping glanced over, not particularly concerned.
His gaze fell on the bowl in Wen Ping’s hand, the source of the aroma.
This fragrance even sparked a stirring in his Spirit Body.
Like a starving wolf.
Just as he was about to inquire, Wen Ping glanced at Ji Liangping, similarly unconcerned, and merely said to Zhantian Qingxuan, "Elder Zhantian, have your friend not wander off, and leave on time in an hour. Oh, there’s one last bowl of breakfast, if you want it, it’s in the pot. After eating, open the Thousand Layers Steps."