After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

Xu Qingman looked at Xu Qinghe and asked him to explain what was going on.

Seeing her sister's expressionless face, Xu Qinghe steeled herself and pulled the girl to her side.

He knew that if he told his sister after they met, she would be very angry, but since it was his parents' request, he, as their son, had no choice but to accept it.

"Sister, brother-in-law, this is the girl who is going to become my sworn sister, Ding Mengling. You can just call her Mengling."

"Lingling, this is my sister and brother-in-law."

Although the young girl was a little shy, she still greeted everyone in a graceful manner, "Hello, sister, hello, brother-in-law, I am Ding Mengling."

Xu Qingman gave the little girl a gentle smile and took out a storage bag and handed it to her.

"Mengling, this is a gift from your older sister. It's nothing special, but take it and play with it."

Xu Qingman smiled on the surface, but inwardly she was cursing her younger brother for being so inhuman.

"The girl is really young. Judging from her bone age, she's no more than fifty. How could Xu Qing and that kid bring themselves to do that? It's like an old man eating young grass."

He's over two hundred years older than that young girl, he's utterly shameless.

After finding out the time of Xu Qinghe's marriage ceremony and the situation of Ding Mengling's family, Xu Qingman ignored him.

"Sister, brother-in-law, there are still five days before the auction starts. You can take a stroll around the area around Sifang City these few days. I'll take Lingling back first, and then come over tomorrow to invite you for tea."

After escorting Xu Qingman and Ding Mengleng to the Xu family's small courtyard in Sifang City, Xu Qinghe left with Ding Mengleng.

Xu Qinghe knew that her sister must have something to ask her, but she couldn't say it because Ding Mengling was around.

Actually, Xu Qinghe was wrong. Xu Qingman wasn't angry at all. She knew her parents' personalities better than Xu Qinghe did.

He was just afraid that his cultivation level was too low and that the woman would look down on him, so he actually conspired with his son to keep it a secret from his daughter.

As for whether Xu Qinghe would also look down on his parents, Xu Qingman hadn't thought that way. She had practically watched her younger brother grow up, and Xu Qingman was confident that he wasn't that kind of person.

However, Xu Qingman was determined to show him some respect, since he dared to keep it from her.

On the way back, Ding Mengling pursed her lips and looked at Xu Qinghe.

"Brother Qinghe, is your eldest sister angry with us? Why don't we go back and bring your parents over before holding the ceremony?"

“No need. My parents said they wouldn’t come, and they really won’t. We’ve already made our schedules. It’s too late to go back anyway. After the marriage ceremony, I’ll take you back to Xu Family Village to stay with them for a few years.”

Xu Qinghe patted the little girl's head and said with a smile.

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On the day of the auction, Xu Qinghe arrived as promised to pick up Xu Qingman and her husband.

"Sister, brother-in-law, the auction is about to start. I'm here to pick you up."

Xu Qingman glanced at him expressionlessly. "Let's go. Lead the way."

Xu Qinghe quickly replied softly, "Yes, this way."

Sigh, he's having such a hard time. Why is his sister still angry? Didn't he come all the way over a few days ago just to get a scolding from her? Why isn't she giving him a kind look?

Xu Qinghe knew in her heart that her parents didn't want her to tell them, so what could she do? The reason her parents wanted her to keep it a secret from her sister was because they were afraid that her sister would insist on them coming.

Seeing his brother-in-law's submissive demeanor, Yu Jinchen transmitted his voice to his wife: "Manman, why aren't you letting this kid off the hook? Didn't you say you weren't angry anymore?"

“I’m not angry, but he’s the one who kept it from me, so I’ll make him suffer.”

Xu Qinghe prepared two VIP tickets for them, in a small room of about five or six square meters on the second floor.

The view from inside is excellent; you can see the auction stage below very clearly.

Of course, it's definitely not as good as the more luxurious rooms on the third floor.

However, it was much more comfortable than the lobby on the first floor. Not only was there spiritual tea to drink, but there were also several small plates of spiritual fruits and pastries.

About fifteen minutes later, the first item of the auction was placed on the auction stage: a spirit-grade sword.

The first item is so good, no wonder Xu Qinghe said that there are many good items at this auction.

The first item was sold for 80,000 high-grade spirit stones to the head of the Leng family, a renowned cultivation family in Sifang City.

The Leng family is the largest family in Sifang City. It can be said that apart from the Jiuyang Sect, the Leng family is the largest family in Sifang City.

The Leng family head, Leng Aofeng, is at the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, but since he is already 2,800 years old, ascension is impossible for him.

It is said that the Leng family has been desperately searching for a longevity elixir for many years. If the Leng family cannot find such an elixir within a hundred years, they may face decline.

Among the Leng family patriarchs, he is the one with the highest cultivation level. The other members of his generation either have too low a cultivation level or are nearing the end of their lifespan, just like him.

Only one of the tenth generation descendants of the Leng family head has a relatively good spiritual root, and it is said that he has already reached the late stage of the Integration Realm at the age of five hundred.

However, most of the major families in Sifang City have members at the Integration Stage. If the Leng family head cannot advance to the Void Realm when his lifespan ends, then the Leng family will be doomed.

For the past few hundred years, thanks to the existence of their own ancestor who had transcended tribulation, they have been able to reign supreme in the Four Directions City, while other families have been bullied terribly.

Many good resources have also been taken away by the Leng family. Once the Leng family's ancestor who has undergone tribulation is gone, and the only Nascent Soul cultivator fails to advance to the Void Realm, those families that have been suppressed by them for a long time will definitely join forces to take revenge.

For this reason, the fifth item, a Tianyuan Fruit, was sold to the Leng family for a staggering eight million.

Upon hearing the price, Xu Qingman felt completely devastated.

When they first arrived in Lingchuan Continent, they accidentally obtained more than a dozen Tianyuan Fruits in the Dragon Hidden Mountains. They sold one of them to a shop in Dragon Hidden City for 10,000 high-grade spirit stones.

Later, although I knew that a single Tianyuan Fruit would cost much more than that, I hadn't planned to sell it and hadn't inquired about it beforehand. Who knew it would be so expensive?

Xu Qingman felt her heart bleeding. "I've lost so much! I've lost so much! I've really lost a lot!"

"Manman, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"

Seeing her husband's anxiety, Xu Qingman replied with a bitter face, "The Tianyuan Fruit is actually so valuable, we've been ripped off."

Yu Jinchen breathed a sigh of relief. So that's why. Actually, he already knew he had been tricked, but he didn't take it seriously since it was something he hadn't spent any money on.

After this experience, I'll just be more careful next time.

Seeing her regretful expression, Yu Jinchen smiled and advised, "Don't be upset. We're not short of spirit stones. Didn't we pick seven more in the Yunjing Mountain Secret Realm? Why don't we put one up for auction and sell it for a high price?"

Xu Qingman made the decision, "Okay, let's order one then. We'll also give one to my sister-in-law's ancestor later. Didn't Qinghe say that my sister-in-law's ancestor doesn't have much time left? Giving this is better than giving anything else."

The bell rang, signaling someone to take away the Tianyuan Fruit they had consigned for auction, and the two men's thoughts returned to the auction stage.

This time, the item up for auction was a Soul-Born Flower. As soon as it was brought to the auction stage, the bidding erupted in waves, each bid more excited than the last.

In the end, someone even called out an outrageously high price of 110,000 top-grade spirit stones.