Chapter 329: Rewards

When Li Luo returned to the House of Luolan, he immediately sought out Jiang Qing'e to tell her everything about his conversation with the Princess.

"She actually spoke to you with such candor?"

Jiang Qing'e was slightly surprised by this. Among the women she had encountered, the Princess was surely at the top of the list when it came to being calculating and inscrutable. In their usual interactions, both appeared cordial while actually harboring a degree of wariness; for someone like the Princess to speak so candidly was no small feat.

Yet, the things the Princess had said to Li Luo this time clearly crossed that boundary.

"Perhaps it's because I can treat the little King's congenital defect..." Li Luo laughed.

Jiang Qing'e nodded slightly and said, "I hadn't expected the infighting within the Royal Court to be so white-hot. Looking at it this way, half a year from now really is a pivotal moment where winds and clouds will surge."

"The landscape of the Great Xia might even change because of it."

Li Luo sighed. He also felt a sense of a storm approaching. The Great Xia had been peaceful for so many years; could it really continue to remain stable this time?

"Will the Regent be willing to hand over power?" Li Luo asked.

Jiang Qing'e's eyes narrowed slightly. "I haven't had much contact with him either, but that man is a true hegemon. I remember hearing Master and Mistress speak of him; he is not a kind soul."

"Then if we get so close to the Princess, won't we be resented by him? And I have a feeling he might already know that I can treat the little King's congenital defect," Li Luo mused.

"Knowing doesn't matter. In this matter, the Princess will do her utmost to protect you. Besides, this is a legitimate affair; if the Regent tries to obstruct you, it will only reveal his ulterior motives, and the internal conflicts within the Royal Court will become even more intense," Jiang Qing'e said.

"And..."

Jiang Qing'e's eyes turned cold. "As I mentioned before, if there was a problem with the life-and-death lots that Master and Mistress drew, then if you really calculate it... this Regent is likely one of the biggest suspects."

Li Luo nodded gently. Whoever could manipulate the life-and-death lots must possess immense power in the Great Xia, and those who fit this criteria were indeed few and far between.

"Although I haven't seen the Regent make any overt moves against the House of Luolan over these years, we must still be on our guard," Jiang Qing'e said.

"So, if the Princess can keep the Regent in check, it is actually good news for us."

Li Luo nodded.

"However, external forces are just that—external. Everything must rely on oneself. In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies are useless."

"Regardless of whether the transfer of power in the Royal Court goes smoothly in half a year, the catastrophe facing the House of Luolan can only be resolved by us. If we can hold it, the House of Luolan will naturally remain stable; if we can't... perhaps the House of Luolan will truly be destroyed," Jiang Qing'e said slowly.

The two looked at each other, both seeing a hint of coldness in the other's eyes. They had poured so much heart and blood into protecting the House of Luolan, so that scene was absolutely something they would not allow to happen.

"In the next two days, those students from the Resonance Tempering Institute will arrive at Xiyang House one after another. Although Lingqing is coordinating things there, it should be quite troublesome at the start, so you will need to assist," Jiang Qing'e said, changing the subject.

Li Luo agreed. The top students coming out of the Resonance Tempering Institute were all arrogant. If Xiyang House were a top-tier spiritual liquid and light house like the Heavenly Palace House, there would naturally be experienced resonance temperers to suppress these newcomers, but Xiyang House clearly wasn't. The highest-ranked among them were four-star resonance temperers like Tang Yun; it was clearly impossible for them to suppress these newcomers, so some friction between the two sides at the beginning was inevitable.

But he believed that with the abilities of Yan Lingqing and Cai Wei, plus his own assistance from the sidelines, it shouldn't be much of a problem.

"Also, I have already handed the Emperor Flowing Plasma to Uncle Biao. He said that refining the 'God-Supplementing Paste' should take some time, so you should just wait quietly."

"Alright, it's not urgent for now anyway."

"And there is the matter of the Golden Dragon Dojo; you should also make some preparations."

"I know... uh, Sister Qing'e, the way you nag sounds a bit like my mother."

In the cooling autumn day, on the corridor scattered with golden ginkgo leaves, the two's idle conversation suddenly stopped.

Li Luo looked at the faint smile slowly emerging on Jiang Qing'e's exquisite and moving face, and he immediately wanted to turn and run.

But before he could turn, a slender jade hand had already landed on his shoulder.

"Sister Qing'e, what are you doing?"

"If it were Mistress... then there would still be one step missing."

"Uh, can we not?"

"Let's go. Since you're bored, come to the training ground and play with me."

The tall, graceful figure of Jiang Qing'e dragged Li Luo away, and then the door to the training room was tightly shut, with strange sounds vaguely emanating from within.

Over the next two days, Li Luo devoted more time to Xiyang House. After all, with the recruitment of some top students from the Resonance Tempering Institute, the scale of Xiyang House had begun to return to its peak, and in terms of the quality of resonance temperers, it was much higher than when Han Zhi was there.

Xiyang House was the money bag of the House of Luolan, and it was also his own money bag, so the importance of Xiyang House was beyond doubt.

And just as Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e had expected, this batch of high-quality new resonance temperers caused some friction after entering Xiyang House. This was inevitable, but Li Luo's method of solving it was very simple: he directly took out the first batch of eighth-grade purity secret source water, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they no longer had any interest in engaging in petty squabbles between the old and new staff.

In just two days, Xiyang House became orderly, with high morale and a thriving appearance.

The rapid recovery of the atmosphere in Xiyang House made Cai Wei and Yan Lingqing very happy, and they unanimously decided to reward the Young House Master that night.

Under the moonlight, the headquarters of the House of Luolan was quiet and cool.

Inside the stone pavilion, Li Luo sat, accompanied by the three beauties: Jiang Qing'e, Yan Lingqing, and Cai Wei, with the table full of delicious food.

The four drank lightly and chatted, the atmosphere harmonious.

"With the scale of Xiyang House growing so much this time, the Young House Master deserves the most credit. If you need any reward, feel free to ask," Cai Wei said with a playful, charming laugh.

Li Luo looked at the beautiful woman with charming eyes before him, his spirit instantly lifted. "Any request is fine?"

Cai Wei said charmingly, "You can try asking."

"You vixen, daring to flirt in front of his fiancée?" Yan Lingqing said with disdain.

Jiang Qing'e tasted the food lightly, smiling without a word.

Over there, Li Luo looked at the luscious Cai Wei with burning eyes, licked his lips, and then, under her seemingly encouraging gaze, said excitedly, "Sister Cai Wei, I want..."

"Can you purchase five bottles of seventh-grade spiritual liquid and light for me every month?!"

The charming smile on Cai Wei's pretty face instantly froze. Then, her emotions retracted, and she said expressionlessly, "Young House Master, actually, this meal tonight is mainly a farewell dinner. Being the head steward of the House of Luolan is too bitter; I can't do it anymore. From now on, let's go our separate ways."

Li Luo was speechless. Your face-changing speed is too fast.

Beside him, Yan Lingqing clutched her stomach, burying her head and patting the table with her palm, suppressed laughter constantly coming out.

Jiang Qing'e couldn't help but curl her lips as well.

"Sister Cai Wei, didn't you say any request was fine?" Li Luo said indignantly.

"Seventh-grade spiritual liquid and light costs about 300, 00 Heavenly Amount Gold per bottle. Five bottles is 1. million, and over a year, that's over 10 million Heavenly Amount Gold."

Cai Wei couldn't help but grit her teeth and said bitterly, "Even if you count all the profits from the growth of Xiyang House this year, it still won't fill this bottomless pit of yours!"

"You can't expect me to sell off the House of Luolan's assets every day, can you?!"

Li Luo paused and laughed dryly, "It doesn't necessarily have to be five bottles every month; isn't this something we can discuss?"

Cai Wei rubbed her smooth brow, no longer in the mood to tease Li Luo. However, she didn't truly refuse him, because she naturally understood that the assets of the House of Luolan were meant to support these two little ancestors, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e. She just wanted to make the House of Luolan as strong as possible so that it could better provide the resources they needed.

"For seventh-grade spiritual liquid and light, we can only purchase one bottle per month for now. We can still provide a small amount of fifth and sixth-grade spiritual liquid and light," she said after calculating the House of Luolan's monthly income.

"Once Xiyang House grows larger later on, perhaps we can increase it to two bottles of seventh-grade spiritual liquid and light per month."

"Young House Master, seventh-grade spiritual liquid and light is completely different from sixth-grade. The number of resonance temperers in the entire Great Xia who can refine this level of spiritual liquid and light is practically countable on one's fingers, so its value and rarity are several times higher than the sixth grade," Cai Wei said earnestly.

"Fine, then let's go with Sister Cai Wei's suggestion: one bottle of seventh-grade spiritual liquid and light per month." Li Luo sighed in his heart. As expected, raising his acquired resonance to perfection was a long and arduous task. If seventh-grade spiritual liquid and light was already this hard to obtain, what about later on—the eighth and ninth grades?

Only at this moment did Li Luo truly begin to experience what kind of bottomless pit this acquired resonance was. Even he felt a tremor in his heart, let alone Sister Cai Wei, an outsider who didn't understand the situation.

It seems he will have to slow down on the seventh-grade water-light resonance for now and invest more spiritual liquid and light into his second resonance, the "Wood-Earth Resonance." After all, the "Wood-Earth Resonance" is only fifth-grade, so the room for improvement will be faster.

If he could raise the "Wood-Earth Resonance" to the seventh grade in the next half year, his strength should also be able to obtain a huge boost.

A dual-resonance with two seventh-grades should still be able to go toe-to-toe with a single ninth-grade resonance, right?

Li Luo sighed to himself, but now that Xiyang House was on the right track, he would have to make a trip to the Golden Dragon Treasury tomorrow. Calculating the time, it was almost time for the so-called "Golden Dragon Dojo" to open...