Chapter 15

They were all his own sisters, and Qin Yan did not want Qin Bi and Qin He to have unpleasantries.

Qin He's talent was considered the best in the Qin Yan Hou Fu. Qin Yan was slightly biased toward Qin He, not for any other reason, but for the sake of the Marquis Manor; the Marquis Manor had to rely on the Xue Heir Apparent and He Heir Apparent behind Qin He for everything.

Qin Bi had now tested and had spiritual roots, but it was merely having spiritual roots.

Qin Yan worried that Qin Bi did not understand that the Marquis Manor now had to rely on the Xue Prince's Manor and the Yan Guogong Fu behind Qin He.

Did Qin Bi not understand? She was perfectly clear in her heart; she just did not care about the Xue Prince's Manor and the Yan Guogong Fu behind Qin He. At the moment, Qin Bi was anxious to go to the Fourth Branch's courtyard to find her father and brother; stimulating her spiritual roots was more important than anything else.

"I am returning to my courtyard first." Qin Bi gave a greeting and walked away quickly.

Anyone with eyes could see that Qin Bi could not be bothered to pay attention to Qin He.

Qin Yan and Qin Jue breathed a sigh of relief, but Qin He was angry: "How laughable. She gives me the cold shoulder even when greeting me; what a piece of work."

Qin Yan's movements stiffened. Whether it was with outsiders or her own family, whenever Qin He encountered something that did not go her way, she would treat people as pieces of work. Qin Yan could not get used to Qin He's way of thinking; how could one's own family be a piece of work?

This was not the first time Qin He had called Qin Bi a piece of work.

Regardless of why Qin Bi married, she was now the Heir Apparent Consort of the Rong Prince's Manor. Rong Juan was a powerful official, and the Rong Prince's Manor Heir Apparent Consort was theoretically of a higher rank than the Xue Prince's Manor Heir Apparent Consort.

Qin Yan sighed: "You two don't get along; it's better to have less contact in the future."

The reason Qin Bi had previously married He Yan and then divorced was all because of Qin He.

In such a relationship, it was better not to be together if they could help it. Qin He should understand this point; Qin Bi was the one who had given up, while Qin He had enjoyed all the benefits, whether in the Marquis Manor or with He Yan.

The guards followed, and Qin Bi headed straight for the Fourth Branch's courtyard.

Before she even reached the Fourth Branch's courtyard, she saw her father, Qin Di, walking toward her from afar.

Qin Bi wondered what her father was doing. As she went to meet him, Qin Di saw her and breathed a sigh of relief, saying: "I should have sent your Second Brother to the gate to pick you up. Qin He often stays at her maiden home and frequently plays in the front courtyard with her child. You didn't quarrel, did you?"

Qin Bi froze for a moment; so her father was worried about her.

"We did," Qin Bi said.

Qin Di paused: "Stay away from her in the future."

Qin Bi scoffed. Qin Di walked back: "Qin He has ability and has the backing of the Xue Prince's Manor and the Yan Guogong Fu. The Rong Heir Apparent also opens shops with her. Our Fourth Branch is not as good as the Second Branch."

Therefore, one had to be submissive when necessary.

Qin Di did not lack children. Aside from the eldest legitimate son and the second legitimate son, he treated the other children ordinarily; he did not see them often and did not keep them in his heart. It was only because of Qin Bi's marriage that Qin Di began to care about this child.

Qin Bi could not see through her father as a person, so she asked: "Where is my brother?"

After entering the courtyard, Qin Di said: "He went out."

Qin Di was going to the main room; it was the first time his concubine-born daughter had returned to her maiden home, so she should go see her legitimate mother, Shen Shi.

Qin Bi said: "Let's go to the study."

Matters were usually discussed in the study. Qin Di glanced at Qin Bi and walked to the study. It was hot in the summer, and the study windows were open, but unfortunately, there were no clusters of flowers outside the study, only a thin bamboo tree.

Even this unremarkable bamboo tree had been given by the Old Qin Yan Hou.

"You came at the right time; even if you hadn't come, I would have had to go to the Rong Prince's Manor." Qin Di opened a drawer and took out a small plaque carved with patterns: "This is a low-grade magic tool I asked your Third He He Bo Fu to buy. Your mother and I prepared it for you; it will be useful for cultivation."

Qin Bi was moved and wanted to cry again. She was not steady in her heart, which was the only bad thing about her—she wanted to cry at the drop of a hat. No, she would not cry, nor would she take the magic tool; instead, she took out a small porcelain bottle and handed it to her father.

"I refined a type of medicinal pill. Rong Juan says it is a Spirit-Condensing Pill. Father, see if it is."

Qin Di was startled. With Qin Bi's talent, she could not refine anything, let alone a Spirit-Condensing Pill. However, Qin Di still took it and opened the porcelain bottle to see two medicinal pills inside.

Qin Di froze, poured out the pills, and stared at them nervously to examine them.

"It is a Spirit-Condensing Pill." Qin Di asked excitedly: "Did you refine this?"

Qin Bi nodded: "I refined it while making things to eat."

Qin Di held the Spirit-Condensing Pill, his eyes red with excitement. He had been an ordinary person since birth and was destined to be unable to cultivate. It was fine when he was young, but later he realized the gap between those who could not cultivate and those who could.

In the eyes of those who cultivated, mortals were like ants.

With the Spirit-Condensing Pill, he could stimulate his spiritual roots.

With two Spirit-Condensing Pills, he could give one to his eldest legitimate son, Qin Tang. Qin Di's heart swelled, and he said to Qin Bi: "Good, good... You child, your father and brother have benefited from you."

Qin Bi felt a pang in her heart and reminded him: "Call my eldest brother back."

Qin Di then came to his senses, left the study, and ordered a servant to find Qin Tang and Qin Xun. Returning to the study, Qin Di sat behind the desk with a vacant gaze, and Qin Bi knew that this stimulation had been too great.

Qin Tang and Qin Xun returned quickly. Qin Xun had spiritual roots, and his talent was the same as Qin Bi's—the color of low talent could not even be seen—but Qin Tang was an ordinary person who had tested and had no spiritual roots.

When the two met, they were puzzled as to why their father was in such a rush to call them back.

After entering the study, Qin Di's vacant gaze focused, and he excitedly took a Spirit-Condensing Pill and gave it to Qin Tang: "Qin Tang, this Spirit-Condensing Pill is for you. Take the Spirit-Condensing Pill, and you will be able to stimulate your spiritual roots."

Qin Tang's pupils shrank: "Where did this come from?"

Thinking of his mother Shen Shi's dowry, they could afford a Spirit-Condensing Pill, but the problem was there was nowhere to buy one. Cultivators needed spirit stones, and silver could not buy medicinal pills at all.

"Your sister refined it." Qin Di did not doubt it for a second.

Qin Tang excitedly took the Spirit-Condensing Pill. This pill to stimulate spiritual roots was too important to him. As for how Qin Bi refined it, Qin Tang had no heart to think about such things now.

Qin Xun had been dazed the whole time. From the moment he saw the two Spirit-Condensing Pills, this Marquis Manor young master's brain had stopped working.

Qin Bi saw this and felt complex emotions, saying: "I have one more Spirit-Condensing Pill. I want to give it to Third He He Bo Fu's family. Back then, when He Yan would no longer be engaged to me, I was in an awkward position staying in Jingcheng. It was Third He He Bo Fu and Third Aunt who took me away from Jingcheng."

Upon hearing there was one more, Qin Xun stopped being dazed and was shocked: "You have another Spirit-Condensing Pill?"

Qin Bi did not hide it from her father and brother: "I refined three. I was making things for the child to eat, and I don't know how, but I refined Spirit-Condensing Pills. If Rong Juan hadn't said they were Spirit-Condensing Pills, I would have eaten them as sugar pills."

Qin Xun could not imagine how making things for a child to eat could result in Spirit-Condensing Pills, and he was dazed again.

Qin Tang had lingering fears: "It's fortunate you didn't eat them as sugar pills."

Qin Di calmed his excited mood and said: "Go send it to your Third He He Bo Fu. In a few days, your Third He He Bo Fu's family will be leaving. It is rare that you could think of your Third He He Bo Fu's family."

Qin Bi went to the Third Branch, and Qin Di took his two legitimate sons to the Old Qin Yan Hou's courtyard.

The Old Qin Yan Hou saw the Spirit-Condensing Pill that Qin Di took out and was overjoyed: "Hurry and take the Spirit-Condensing Pill."