An alchemy furnace fell from the sky

"Don't do it!"

Just as Ji Qinglu rushed out, the palm lightning in her hand suddenly dissipated, and she stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Xu Fu reacted quickly and stopped her.

"These are our own people!"

Xu Fu quickly introduced Wu Sanmei.

"you……"

Ji Qinglu breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly realized something.

"Are you...well?"

Ji Qinglu's hands groped Xu Fu's body, then she pinched her own face to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

"All right!"

As Xu Fu spoke, he untied Shi Jiu'an.

Why don't you untie it for me first?

When Shi Jiu'an first met Xu Fu, he was overjoyed, but Xu Fu's "favoritism" quickly dampened his spirits.

As a well-mannered young lady, she rarely expressed her emotions so openly. However, after being bound for so many days, her worries about Xu Fu grew day by day. Yet, Xu Fu, that heartless man, was the first to untie others. How could she not be heartbroken?

"Because we're closer!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Qinglu immediately took Xu Fu's arm, looking quite pleased with herself.

"Brother Shi Niu, is what she said true?" Shi Jiu'an asked somewhat aggrievedly, now addressing her by a nickname only the two of them knew.

"What 'Brother Stone Ox'? Who is your 'Brother Stone Ox'?" Ji Qinglu asked angrily upon hearing this.

"Guess who it is? That's who it is!"

Shi Jiu'an was in high spirits after winning a point.

"I……"

Ji Qinglu was not to be outdone and brought up her experience of becoming acquainted with Xu Fu through a fight at Chuncai Lingyuan.

Shi Jiu'an, not to be outdone, said it was a matter within the Shi family.

Seeing the two women arguing heatedly over Xu Fu, Wu Sanmei felt a pang of envy. She had once been just as passionate and daring, but now that she was "older," she no longer had that spirit.

"Uh...uh..."

Seeing that everyone had forgotten about him, Ji Guan could only desperately squeeze out a sound from his throat.

"Who is this...?" Xu Fu quickly interrupted the two women and asked, pointing to Shi Guan'er.

"This is my great-grandfather!"

Ji Qinglu then remembered that her great-grandfather was still tied up, and hurriedly went over to untie him.

"You heartless brat! You've forgotten your master now that you have a man! I'm so old and I still have to come out and have fun with you, getting tied up like a dumpling. If word gets out, where will I put my face?! You only have eyes for that scoundrel..."

As soon as Ji Guan'er opened his mouth, he began to complain incessantly about Ji Qinglu.

"Master!"

Ji Qinglu blushed and became angry at Ji Guan'er's words.

Upon seeing this, Ji Guan'er immediately shut his mouth and quickly changed his expression to coax Ji Qinglu.

"Thank you, senior!"

When Xu Fu learned that the patriarch of the Ji family had also risked his life for him, he quickly thanked him profusely.

"A couple of words of thanks are enough?"

Ji Guan'er had already adopted the air of a "senior master".

"I will never forget your life-saving grace!"

"I won't make things difficult for you. You can just marry into the Ji family later."

"Bring-in-law?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present was taken aback, and Ji Qinglu blushed even more.

"This... I'm really sorry, I can't accept your offer!"

One sentence caused everyone's expression to change again.

"You are a dignified man, standing tall and upright. How could you not repay the life-saving grace?"

Seeing Ji Qinglu's unfriendly expression, Ji Guan immediately questioned her angrily.

"I also owe a debt of gratitude for being saved!"

When Shi Jiu'an saw that Ji Guan'er was "coercing" Xu Fu with his words, he immediately stepped forward.

"Then how about this! You marry two, my granddaughter as the elder and her as the younger, is that alright?"

"Why should we?" the two women exclaimed in unison.

"It's perfectly normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines!"

"There are two of us, and you're just one. We deserve the lion's share of this life-saving favor!"

Ji Guan'er immediately explained to the two women.

Xu Fu couldn't get a word in edgewise and looked embarrassed, while Wu Sanmei, seeing Xu Fu's expression, almost burst out laughing.

"Stop arguing! If we're talking about the debt of gratitude for saving my life, there's still one person to share it with!"

Wu Sanmei, always eager to stir up trouble, chimed in with a comment.

Xu Fu was taken aback, and then realized that Wu Sanmei was referring to Mu Bing.

Everyone looked at Xu Fu, waiting for his explanation.

"This one……"

Xu Fu felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information and didn't know where to begin.

"Let's go first! We can talk as we walk," Xu Fu said with a helpless sigh.

"It's all about human relationships!"

Xu Fu felt a heavy weight in his heart. This trip had left him with a lot of favors, and they were all "big favors".

"Brother Shi Niu, I was just saying that in anger. I didn't expect you to repay me. If anyone should repay someone, it should be me repaying you," Shi Jiu'an said softly, his face flushed.

Xu Fu nodded slightly, forcing a smile, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "This young lady of the Shi family is truly a considerate person, as if she can see right through people's thoughts."

"I...I'm not either...Oh dear!"

Upon hearing Shi Jiu'an's words, Ji Qinglu hurriedly tried to explain, but she didn't know where to begin. Her original intention in saving Xu Fu was not to ask Xu Fu to repay her favor. It was all her grandfather's fault for talking nonsense and leading her astray.

Seeing that Ji Qinglu was giving him a cold shoulder again, Ji Guan'er was a little confused. What had he done wrong this time?

After they left the cave, Wu Sanmei cured the three of the miasma poison, and their spiritual power and physical strength were quickly restored to most of their former state.

The spirit boat the three of them had come in was not far away, but no one in the Stone Tribe knew how to use it, so it was abandoned on an open ground like trash, becoming the new home of a few wild rats.

Xu Fu was overjoyed to see the spirit boat and hurriedly chased away the wild rats inside.

Having been outshone by Shi Jiu'an earlier, Ji Qinglu was very proactive this time, being the first to jump up and inject spiritual energy into the spirit boat.

Once the spirit boat slowly rose, Ji Qinglu looked at Xu Fu as if seeking credit.

"You can't stay in college if you're a female student!"

Seeing his great-granddaughter, who was always "arrogant," become so "fawning," Ji Guan'er dared not say anything and could only shake his head and sigh.

"Third sister..."

As soon as Xu Fu boarded the spirit boat, he said goodbye to Wu Sanmei.

"I didn't sleep well last night, I'm going back to sleep!"

Before Xu Fu could speak, Wu Sanmei turned and left.

"Remember the dates, one month!"

As Wu Sanmei spoke, she disappeared into the woods.

Without the sorrow of parting, Xu Fu felt only an urge to return home.

"Brother Stone Ox, do you have any water?"

Shi Jiu'an sat in the spirit boat and asked Xu Fu.

Xu Fu then remembered that the group had been tied up for several days. Although they were high-level experts and wouldn't starve or die of thirst, they hadn't yet reached the level where they could "abstain from grains," so they still felt hungry and thirsty.

"Have!"

Xu Fu responded and hurriedly took out wine, meat, and rice from his Qiankun bag.

"Oh my! Is this a Qiankun bag? How did it end up in your hands?"

Ji Guan'er exclaimed in surprise, then sat down beside him without any hesitation and began to "enjoy" the meal.

"This was given to me by Dean Ma of the Vermilion Bird Upper Spirit Academy," Xu Fu replied with a smile.

"Brother Shi Niu, what's been going on these past few days? I think that witch clan member has been treating you quite well," Shi Jiu'an asked curiously while taking small bites of dried meat.

"I helped them win the battle against the sorcerer god."

Xu Fu felt there was nothing to hide about what had happened in the past few days, so he casually told him.

"A battle between witch gods? What's that?" Shi Jiu'an's eyes lit up as he asked again.

"Master!"

Seeing the three of them sitting together eating and drinking, making her look like a maid, Ji Qinglu immediately complained.

Ji Guan'er hurriedly took water and meat to Ji Qinglu.

"You come!"

As Ji Qinglu spoke, she pushed the rudder of the spirit boat into Ji Guan'er's hands and then sat down next to Xu Fu.

"The world is declining!"

Ji Guan looked up at the sky and sighed deeply.