Chapter 9: Chapter 9

Lan Yan Huan Ling left a trace of power in Su Xiaomei's body, helping her suppress the anger in her body.

Then he returned to Li Fan's sea of knowledge.

In just such a short time, Li Fan felt exhausted.

"Ming Ling Huan Gong" had not yet cultivated to the late stage of Qi Refining, and the newly born Huan Ling was still a bit weak.

And he had to concentrate and carefully control the output of Huan Ling, so as not to cause damage to Su Xiaomei's young body.

It was not an easy thing for Li Fan either.

Fortunately, it was a close call.

This time he could keep her safe and sound for ten years.

If Li Fan could retreat from Yun Shui Tian Gong in this life and get the "Yun Shui Tu Luo", he would come to find her in advance.

If Li Fan encountered an accident, she could also go to the cultivation world with Su Changyu and others after ten years.

After recovering a bit of energy, Li Fan walked out of the basement.

The Da Li nobles were still waiting outside.

After telling them that Su Xiaomei had been cured, Li Fan let them go away.

He only left Su Xueshi and asked about Su Xiaomei's situation.

Su Xueshi's face turned red and hesitated for a long time before he stuttered and told the whole story.

It turned out that Su Xiaomei was not Su Xueshi's daughter, but Su Xueshi's younger sister, Su Yuqing's daughter.

Su Yuqing was much younger than Su Xueshi. When she was pregnant with Su Xiaomei last year, she was only sixteen years old.

At that time, her inexplicable pregnancy caused a huge uproar in the Su Mansion.

Because she was not married yet!

Unmarried pregnancy was already an undisputed scandal. What made Su Lao Ye even more angry was that Su Yuqing refused to tell who the father of the child was.

She insisted that she had never done anything unfaithful. She just felt tired one day while playing in the garden and took a nap.

She noticed something wrong with her body soon after waking up.

But she was a girl who stayed in her boudoir. How could she tell anyone about this?

It wasn't until her belly grew bigger and bigger that she couldn't hide it anymore.

This absurd explanation was naturally unbelievable to the Su family.

Su Lao Ye angrily wanted to abort the child.

But feeling the heartbeat of the fetus in her belly, Su Yuqing showed the strength of being a mother.

She refused to abort the child no matter what, and even threatened with her life.

Su Lao Ye was furious, but he wouldn't really kill his daughter along with it.

He could only lock Su Yuqing in the room and not let her go out, so as not to leak the news.

In this way, they finally waited until the day of delivery.

It took a lot of effort to give birth to Su Xiaomei.

Su Yuqing's body was weak, and she had not received good care since she was pregnant.

After such a toss, her body couldn't bear it anymore.

So she died a few days after giving birth to Su Xiaomei.

Before she died, she begged the Su family to take good care of Su Xiaomei.

The Su family were not heartless people.

After Su Yuqing died, they all loved this little girl who had lost her parents since childhood. They hoped that she would be safe and happy as she grew up.

Who would have thought that Su Xiaomei would get sick soon after she was born?

Her body was burning hot, and even needed to be constantly cooled with ice packs.

The Su family invited all the famous doctors in the capital, but they couldn't cure her.   

Until Li Fan arrived.

...

Li Fan listened to Su Xueshi's narration. He looked up at the sky of this world and pondered.

"Born by heaven's will, maybe this can explain why Su Xiaomei has such a high talent."

"But according to the original historical trajectory, even if she has such a talent, she can't escape death in front of calamity."

"In the entire cultivation world, how many people are like Su Xiaomei with such talents, but also die unknown like ordinary people?"

"From this point of view, heaven is really fair."

After finishing this matter, Li Fan sighed and summoned Tai Yan Zhou. He left quickly.

It didn't take long before he returned safely to Liu Li Island.

As He Zhenghao said before, it took about twenty-five days back and forth.

And until now, the concealment talisman he had activated earlier was still working.

"As long as you don't fight with others, a concealment talisman can last so long. It's really cheap and good. When I get back to the island, maybe I can buy some more." Li Fan thought.

Inside the Mountain River Star Array, Li Fan handed the storage ring to He Zhenghao.

He Zhenghao was absent-minded. He just glanced at it and put the storage ring away.

His attention was focused on a simple mirror in front of him.

It looked similar to Tian Xuan Jing.

Li Fan followed He Zhenghao's gaze and saw a line of small characters on the mirror.

"Ling Wu Grass: Current price is fifteen points of contribution per plant."

The number fifteen kept changing, sometimes becoming sixteen, and sometimes quickly becoming fourteen.

"Rise, you have to rise!" He Zhenghao stared at the mirror, as if he was possessed, and kept repeating in his mouth.

"He Dao You, what are you doing?" Li Fan asked curiously.

"Ah, Dao You, you don't know." He Zhenghao didn't move his eyes away. He sighed and said gloomily.

"Some days ago, not long after you left, I received reliable news. The island where Ling Wu Grass was planted was attacked by a strange beast in the sea. Most of the Ling Wu Grass on the island was destroyed."

"I told you before that Ling Wu Grass is the main material for making concealment talismans. It is very rare. Now that so much has been destroyed, the price will definitely skyrocket."

"At that time, this news had not spread yet. I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and make a fortune. So I spent a lot of money in Tian Xuan Jing and hoarded a lot of Ling Wu Grass..."

This operation sounded familiar. Li Fan looked at He Zhenghao and was puzzled: "Isn't that a good thing? Why do you look so depressed?"

"Ah, it's a good thing, but I was happy too early." He Zhenghao didn't leave his eyes from the mirror and sighed.

"At first, the price of Ling Wu Grass did rise a bit, from 20 points per plant to 25 points per plant. But who would have thought that before I had time to sell the Ling Wu Grass in my hand, its price suddenly plummeted."

"It plummeted from 25 points to 13 points, almost halved!" He Zhenghao was heartbroken.

"Fortunately, the price has rebounded recently and rose back to around 15 points."

...

Li Fan listened to He Zhenghao's words and couldn't help but say: "Then why don't you take the opportunity to sell all the Ling Wu Grass in your hand? At least you can get some money back."

He Zhenghao shook his head quickly: "That won't work. I have invested my savings for nearly a hundred years in it. I have to wait until it rises back up before I sell it..."

He stopped halfway through his words and exclaimed: "How come it's falling again? Thirteen? Twelve? Ten? Eight?..."

"It's still falling?!"

In the blink of an eye, the price of Ling Wu Grass collapsed from fifteen points per plant to six points per plant, and barely stabilized.

"It should... rise back up, right?"

After a long silence, looking at He Zhenghao who was distraught and lost, Li Fan could only comfort him like this.