In an elegantly decorated room, Du Juan was sitting quietly at the desk, tightly holding a jade slip in her hand, concentrating on absorbing the appraiser's knowledge contained therein.
As one of the only two supervisors on the first floor of the Sihai Business Alliance's Xihai City shop, she has very few matters to handle personally on a daily basis. Her main responsibility is to stay here and maintain the normal operation of the shop.
Du Juan is now 120 years old. Time has carefully carved out the charming style of a mature and royal sister on her face. However, it is regrettable that her cultivation has only stagnated at the middle stage of foundation building.
Although her own qualifications are quite good and she has a certain potential to achieve the Golden Elixir, unfortunately, the resources she has for cultivation are limited.
If the current situation continues, it will probably be an unattainable luxury for her to successfully break through to the Golden Core Realm in this lifetime.
Because of this, Du Juan had to make careful adjustments to her training plan.
She made full use of every night, devoted herself to practicing, and tried to improve her strength as much as possible under limited resources.
During the day, when she has free time, she will devote herself to the in-depth study of various knowledge of the world of immortal cultivation, and try her best to increase her knowledge and understanding of various materials and spiritual medicines.
She plans to become an excellent appraiser part-time.
In her opinion, if she could achieve this goal, she would be able to often go to the bustling places where the independent cultivators set up stalls and wander around.
Who knows, at some unexpected moment, with his increasingly refined eyesight and luck, he might be able to successfully pick up a bargain and purchase at a very low price those precious elixirs or magical magic weapons that were ignored and unknown by casual cultivators.
In this way, one's own cultivation resources may be effectively supplemented and improved.
Just as Dujuan was immersed in the ocean of knowledge, a crisp knock on the door suddenly sounded.
She moved her spiritual sense slightly, and instantly she clearly sensed that it was her niece Du Xiaoyue who had come.
Du Xiaoyue walked into her aunt's room happily with a brisk pace and a smile as bright as the spring sun on her face.
"Aunt, I have great news that I can't wait to tell you, hehe!"
Du Xiaoyue said loudly with excitement.
"Didn't I tell you before? When you're in the shop, you have to call me Manager Du. Otherwise, others will inevitably gossip about me, which will have a negative impact on both you and me.
You look so happy, what kind of great news is this?"
Du Juan just casually glanced at Du Xiaoyue out of the corner of her eye, and then quickly focused all her attention back on the jade slip in her hand.
"Haha, Auntie, I received a very wealthy client today. The quantity and amount of items he purchased were too huge. My authority is simply not enough to handle such a major matter, so I must ask you to step in.
And there is an even more surprising news, I got married! Hehehe! "
Du Xiaoyue said with a beaming expression.
"what!"
When Du Juan heard the news, she was struck by a bolt from the blue and instantly stood up from her seat.
The calm and composed expression on his face disappeared in an instant, replaced by a look of shock and disbelief.
She widened her eyes, staring at Du Xiaoyue intently, and questioned word by word:
"You said you were married? Who was it? Which family's son?
What is his level of cultivation? When did you start dating? Why do I know nothing about this?
"Um, Auntie, please don't get so excited, you scared me.
In fact, I myself also feel that all this happened very suddenly.
It's Uncle Qingmu, the lucky outer sect steward of Baiyun City you mentioned a while ago, the foundation-building cultivator the Chu family promised would be promoted to the Golden Core stage!"
Seeing that her aunt's expression was extremely abnormal, Du Xiaoyue couldn't help feeling a little flustered, and hurriedly told her aunt all the detailed information about Qingmu.
"Aoki, Aoki, so you were talking about him!
How did you two meet? How come I've never heard of this?
Getting married is the most important event in your life. How can you make the decision without discussing it with me?
You have to know that most men rely on sweet words to deceive girls.
Are you sure that he truly likes you, and is not just coveting your vital energy and wanting to replenish your cultivation?
I have seen too many such ugly situations in the world of immortal cultivation.
Your parents passed away early, and I raised you with great difficulty. You are well aware of the hardships and difficulties involved.
Now, we are the only two lonely women left in the Du family. You must talk to me about this matter. I need to find someone to thoroughly investigate his background first!"
After Du Juan tried to calm herself down a little, she decided to face Du Xiaoyue as gently as possible, intending to slowly ask her about the whole story.
“Master Qingmu and I met by chance two years ago.
When he came to our shop to buy something, the first impression he gave me was that he was very gentle. He is the most kind-hearted foundation-building cultivator I have ever seen, except for you, my aunt.
When I saw that he had already reached the foundation-building stage, but was still wearing ordinary magical weapons, I felt that it was a little inappropriate.
So I recommended the two Thunder Beads in the grocery room to him.
Today he came to me specifically to tell me that the two Thunder Beads saved his life at the critical moment.
He came here this time, on the one hand, to process some materials, and on the other hand, to express his gratitude to me. He even said he would give me a Foundation Establishment Pill as a reward!"
Du Xiaoyue's face was filled with a happy smile as she vividly described the detailed process of her acquaintance and friendship with Qingmu.
"Oh? The Thunder Bead saved his life. This must be closely related to the series of events that happened to the Chu family this time.
However, judging from his actions, this person can be regarded as a man of character. He actually took the trouble to come here to thank you and even gave you such a precious foundation-building pill, haha.
However, I still don’t quite understand why you decided to marry him so easily?
Didn’t you say he was going to give you a Foundation Establishment Pill? Where is that Foundation Establishment Pill now? Show it to me!
When Du Juan heard Du Xiaoyue's description of Qingmu, she couldn't help but have some recognition of Qingmu's character, thinking that he was at least a person who knew how to be grateful.
"Master Uncle hasn't given me the Foundation Establishment Pill yet! He said..."
"What? I haven't given you the Foundation Establishment Pill yet?
Humph! I knew that what he said must be deceiving you. No man is a good thing.
Let me tell you, when my aunt was young, the brothers who pursued me were all outstanding inner disciples, and I..."
"Stop, Auntie, I've heard so many of your love stories that my ears are almost callused. I can even recite them by heart.
Please listen to what I have to say first! However, before that, you have to open the soundproofing in the room first."
Du Xiaoyue really couldn't stand her aunt telling her those melodramatic stories that she was already tired of hearing. She didn't know how many times she had been forced to listen to them since she was a child.
In her opinion, she has not been able to find a suitable Taoist partner for all these years, and these stories of her aunt have had some negative impact on her to a certain extent.
Du Juan snorted in displeasure and angrily activated the soundproofing in the room.
"Okay, go ahead and tell me what new ideas you can come up with.
I've been through this before, and men are all about sweet talk. Their goal is to trick you into getting you, and once they're tired of playing with you, they won't hesitate to pursue those new junior sisters!"
"Hehe! Auntie, please don't be angry for now. Come sit down and have some tea to calm down."
So, Du Xiaoyue told Wang Bin everything about why he asked her to buy the pregnancy pill and why he wanted to develop his family.
"What? You said that Qingmu already has four companions, and you're still willing to follow him. Are you out of your mind?
Did cultivation damage my brain? By comparison, those senior brothers who pursued me before were truly rare good men!
No, I will never agree to this marriage, humph!"
Du Juan was both angry and amused by her niece's behavior. She felt that Qingmu was simply overestimating his own abilities. He even tried to develop his family and casually found a few mortals with five spiritual roots as his companions.
She secretly blamed herself in her heart, blaming herself for protecting this silly niece too well, so that she was so easily deceived by the man's sweet words and was even willing to marry such a man.
Fortunately, I discovered it in time. It seems that there is no need to continue to temper her temper. The most urgent thing is to take out some resources from my savings to help her successfully build the foundation.
Xiaoyue is already fifty years old now. Maybe it is because she is too eager to build her foundation that she is so easily deceived by men!
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