Chapter 27

“Is there something you need?”

Meng Zhangqing asked in a gentle voice as he walked over.

“The Guild Master asked me to wait here and said that as soon as you woke up, you should go to the family hall to find her.”

The female clansman replied hurriedly.

“Alright, I understand. Thank you for your hard work; you may go now.”

Meng Zhangqing smiled slightly.

“Yes.”

The female clansman left respectfully at once.

After she had gone, Meng Zhangqing tidied himself up a little and headed toward the family hall.

His aunt was a very clever person.

She must have already figured out the purpose of his return to the family.

The family hall.

When Meng Zhangqing arrived, Gu Hongyu was sitting in the main seat, drinking tea while reading a miscellaneous book.

“If you hadn't come over, I would have gone to your room to check if you were still breathing.”

Gu Hongyu put down the book and said slowly.

“It’s rare to have time to get some proper rest.”

Meng Zhangqing walked over and sat down beside her.

He poured himself a cup of tea.

“That’s true.”

Gu Hongyu nodded, then pushed a jade box in front of Meng Zhangqing. “Inside are ten Grade 2 Soul-Returning Pills, suitable for the cultivation needs of a warrior in the Opening Aperture realm.”

“They were originally prepared for two of the clan elders.”

“But now they belong to you.”

“Soul-Returning Pills, are they?”

Meng Zhangqing reached out and took them.

As the son of a merchant guild, he was naturally aware of the elixirs on the market.

Once an elixir reached a certain grade, the price became quite high, let alone a Grade 2.

Among Grade 2 elixirs, the Soul-Returning Pill was considered quite precious because it was highly effective and could be taken multiple times.

It wouldn't be like other elixirs, where only the first dose had the best effect and subsequent doses became less effective—what is known as drug resistance.

Ordinary Opening Aperture warriors simply couldn't afford such elixirs.

Most were still using Grade 1s.

Only large families and major merchant guilds had the strength for this.

“Won’t the clan elders have any objections?”

Meng Zhangqing did not open the box.

“They requested it themselves.”

Gu Hongyu smiled and shook her head. “In their own words, they are already old and their aptitude is average; although taking these pills would improve their cultivation base,”

“it certainly wouldn't be significant, and it would be a waste of a precious resource.”

“And you, you are now the future of the Meng family, so naturally, all resources must be poured into you.”

“Alright.”

Meng Zhangqing didn't say much more, but he kept it in his heart.

These ten Soul-Returning Pills were likely one-seventh of the family’s entire foundation.

After all, Soul-Returning Pills were very precious.

With his current bone quality, these ten pills should be enough to cultivate to about the seventh level of the Opening Aperture realm.

The higher the bone quality, the higher the absorption speed and rate for elixirs.

He wouldn't waste too much.

If it were in the past, let alone ten, even forty wouldn't have been enough.

The speed was slow, and the absorption rate was low.

“You shouldn't be in a rush to return to the sect, right? I’ll hurry and send people out to purchase various resources over these next two days.”

“After all, your return was too sudden, and many things weren't prepared.”

Gu Hongyu said.

“I can only stay for five or six days.”

Meng Zhangqing replied.

“In such a rush?”

Gu Hongyu was somewhat surprised.

“Yes.”

Meng Zhangqing then told her about the secret realm.

“So that’s how it is.”

Gu Hongyu realized. “Then you truly must hurry back. A secret realm is a blessed land, a place of great fortune, with too many good things.”

“Getting just one thing could improve your strength.”

Watching Gu Hongyu’s reaction, Meng Zhangqing became even more certain of his previous guess.

If it were anyone else, hearing the words "secret realm" would likely have made them excited.

But his aunt was quite calm.

There were no ripples of emotion.

Only someone who had seen much would be like this.

“Let’s do this: I will urge them to speed up, and in five days, I will have everything ready for you.”

Gu Hongyu said.

“Then thank you, Aunt.”

“After being away for two years, you’ve become a bit distant,”

Gu Hongyu rolled her eyes. “Always saying thank you—we are family, what is there to thank? You are now the backbone of the Meng family, and in the future, you will likely step into the Sea Opening realm and transcend the mundane.”

“All family resources should naturally prioritize you.”

Hearing this,

Meng Zhangqing could only lightly stroke his forehead.

The logic was sound.

But this was just his habit.

Kindness must be thanked, and grudges must be repaid.

“Let’s leave it at that for now. You get some good rest these two days; there are some things I must go out and prepare for you personally.”

After saying this, Gu Hongyu stood up and left.

Leaving Meng Zhangqing alone in the family hall.

“This is the benefit of a family.”

“At least you don’t have to run around and risk your life for cultivation resources.”

“As long as you are outstanding enough, everything will gravitate toward you.”

Among rogue cultivators, why is it so hard for true experts to emerge? Besides innate aptitude, it is mostly because they waste too much time searching for resources.

But someone like him could stay in his room day and night, cultivating in peace.

Having whatever he needed.

“Cultivate!”

Picking up the jade box, Meng Zhangqing stood up and left the hall.

His cultivation base had stagnated for so many days; it was time to continue improving.

In a little over a month, the sect’s secret realm would open.

Let’s see if he can improve by a few more levels.

With the seven branches of Profound Heaven, where heroes gather, the competition would surely be incredibly fierce.