Chapter 62: Family Mission
"Ninth Brother!" Coming out of the school, just about to return to his cave dwelling, suddenly a voice came from behind. Su Fan turned his head.
A young man in his thirties was walking toward him.
"Big Brother!"
The person who came was called Su Qiren, the eldest of their generation, the grandson of the Fifth Elder.
He had some doubts in his heart, but he still greeted him with a smiling face. Su Qiren, as the big brother of their generation, was a good person and had taken care of them since they were young.
Su Fan still remembered that five years ago, the other party gave him two spiritual stones. One had to know that these spiritual stones were quite important.
Of course, the reason why the two were close was also a reason. His grandfather and the Fifth Elder were own brothers.
His parents and grandfather were all cultivators, but unfortunately, they had already died.
And it was for the family business that they died.
Since he was a child, Su Fan had been taken care of in the family. His salary was even a little more than other disciples with spiritual roots, which was also a reason for compensation.
"Big Brother, when did you come back?"
Su family cultivators, once they reached adulthood, must accept the tasks issued by the family's Business Elder. After all, you have enjoyed rights before, which is not okay, and you still need to do things for the family.
Su Qiren had the talent for weapon refining, plus his spiritual roots were gold, fire, and wood three spiritual roots, which were not too bad. Now at thirty-eight years old, he was already at the seventh layer of Qi Refining.
The reason why he cultivated so fast was that he had an elder grandfather, plus he himself was a first-tier middle-grade weapon refiner and could already go out to make money.
Every time he refined a first-tier middle-grade magic tool, he himself could make a profit of at least ten spiritual stones.
In one year, at his weapon refining speed, he could refine at least three or five pieces, and he could also have an income of fifty spiritual stones every year.
Plus the family's salary, seventy or eighty spiritual stones, which was already not low.
Alchemy masters were about the same.
"Hehe! Big Brother, I don't know if I have this talent." Su Fan smiled.
"Big Brother believes in you."
"Big Brother, are you looking for me for something?"
Su Fan was actually very confident in himself. With the careful teaching of family elders and his own experimental practice in the evolution space, he believed that he would absolutely have no problem becoming an alchemy master.
It was just that now, naturally, he needed to be humble.
"Oh! It's Grandfather looking for you. You have also reached adulthood and should go down the mountain to accept the family's commission."
Su Qiren said seriously.
"So that's it. Big Brother, I understand. I'll go over right away."
Su Fan had long been prepared. Family cultivators generally go down the mountain when they reach adulthood. Su Fan was sixteen years old, which was considered adulthood, and his cultivation was not too bad, at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, so he could take over some simple tasks.
And he had been waiting.
"Don't rush to leave first. Big Brother has something for you."
Seeing Su Fan about to go up the mountain, Su Qiren hurriedly grabbed him, and then took a square box from his waist, turned his hand, and suddenly ten or so spiritual stones appeared in his palm. At the same time, there were a few things like bird eggs in his other palm.
"Here, I know you kid, you like to use spiritual stones for cultivation. Now I'm afraid you don't have a single spiritual stone. After going down the mountain, you always need a few spiritual stones to protect yourself."
Taking out ten or so spiritual stones, Su Qiren was considered very generous. One had to know that outside, loose cultivators would often fight to the death for these few spiritual stones.
Su Fan saw this, and his heart was also warm. Su Qiren had not been bad to him since he was a child, and he secretly decided in his heart that he would repay the other party well in the future. He was indeed short of spiritual stones now.
Therefore, he didn't refuse, and at the same time, he had a rough guess about Su Qiren's net worth.
That box was a storage box.
Storage box, as the name suggests, is a storage thing in the immortal cultivation world. Before, Su Fan thought this thing was very common. After all, he read immortal cultivation novels in his
Seeing this, Su Fan felt a warmth in his heart. Su Qiren had never treated him poorly since he was a child, and he secretly decided to repay him well in the future. He was indeed short of spirit stones right now.
Therefore, he did not refuse, and at the same time, he gained a rough estimate of Su Qiren's net worth.
That square box was a storage box.
A storage box, as the name implies, is an item for storing things in the cultivation world. Su Fan used to think this was a common item; after all, in the cultivation novels he read in his past life, things like storage rings were a dime a dozen.
But only when he truly understood it did he realize how precious this storage box was. Su Fan knew that a storage box with an internal space of only a few cubic meters was priced above a first-grade high-tier artifact.
Generally, the price of a first-grade high-tier artifact is between three and five hundred spirit stones.
Su Qiren's storage box was not that large, but its value was definitely not low.
He himself only possessed a first-grade mid-tier Green Bamboo Sword.
"Thank you, Big Brother. I am indeed short of spirit stones here."
"Big Brother, what is this?"
"Oh! I bought this from a loose cultivator at the Liuyun Market. This is an egg of a first-grade low-tier monster, the Black Fire Chicken. This Black Fire Chicken egg contains quite a bit of fire spirit power. Since you practice the
Su Qiren placed all these into Su Fan's hands, then patted Su Fan on the shoulder and said, "Grandfather is still waiting for you there; don't keep him waiting anxiously."
After saying this, he strode away.
Seeing this, Su Fan nodded. After glancing at the former, he walked quickly up the mountain toward the Business Hall.
The Fifth Elder, Su Shaoquan, was sixty-eight years old this year.
Of the Su family's 'Wan' generation, only the Ancestor Su Wanjun remained, and of the 'Shi' generation, only a few remained. Among them were three elders: the Great Elder Su Shi'an, who was at the Foundation Establishment stage, while the Second and Third Elders were both cultivators at the ninth layer of Qi Refining.
The remaining five elders were all of the 'Shao' generation.
Originally, Su Fan's grandfather was also an elder, but unfortunately, thirteen years ago, when he led a team to Taihe Mountain, they were ambushed by demonic cultivators and the entire unit was wiped out.
Su Fan's parents also died during that incident.
"Fifth Elder!"
Walking into the Business Hall, only the Fifth Elder was inside.
"Call me Grand-Uncle; your grandfather and I were own brothers." Although the Fifth Elder was over sixty, he was very robust. His skin was somewhat dark, which only made him appear more spirited. Moreover, as he was in charge of family business, he had cultivated an imposing aura.
"Yes, Grand-Uncle."
Su Fan respectfully stepped forward to greet him.
He didn't actually feel much closeness to the Fifth Elder; after all, before he was eight, he only had memories, and in the eight years since, he had seen the man very few times—only a handful of occasions.
He couldn't feel much closeness, but having lived three lives, he didn't need to be a Hollywood actor; at the very least, his outward display of respect looked absolutely sincere.
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