Chapter 90
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Chapter 90: Making a Little Profit as a Middleman
After thinking for a moment, Li Xiaojun said to Liu Qingping, "You don’t know about the conflict between me and your sister. After I was resurrected, your sister quickly captured me…"
Li Xiaojun shared the situation.
Listening to Li Xiaojun’s words, Liu Qingping felt a bit embarrassed. She hadn’t expected her sister to treat their biological father in such a way.
However, she could also understand her sister Liu Hongxia.
After all, although Li Xiaojun was officially their father, they had never seen his appearance since they were born. He had only given them life and hadn’t fulfilled any of the responsibilities of a father.
So, it was understandable that, with her sister Liu Hongxia’s personality, she wouldn’t recognize this father.
It’s like growing up without a father and later finding out that someone claims to be your biological father. Would you be willing to recognize him?
Even if you agreed, would you treat him as the closest person? Definitely not.
Liu Qingping knew her sister’s nature well.
Therefore, she could easily imagine how Liu Hongxia would treat their father Li Xiaojun.
It could only be said that Liu Hongxia’s character and her way of handling things were somewhat reckless.
If it were her, she would treat her biological father with the best food, drinks, and accommodation, making the effort to establish a good relationship first.
Once their bond was strong, she would arrange for beautiful female cultivators to take care of him.
She wouldn’t tell her father, "Dad, you should have more Immortal spirit root children."
Instead, she would say, "Dad, being all alone is too lonely, and I can’t be with you all the time, so I’m arranging for a few trusted people to look after you."
She wouldn’t believe that her father could resist the temptation of beauty.
Even if he did, she could allow the women caring for him to be affectionate.
If they were affectionate and her father could still withstand it, she could find an excuse to leave and instruct the women to be more forceful with him, pretending not to see it. If her father became angry, she would just feign punishing the women who were too forceful.
With this series of measures, wouldn’t it be better than forcing her father to do such things?
Liu Hongxia’s rough approach would only lead to her father disliking her.
Conversely, if she did things this way, her father might say she handled things well and was a good daughter.
Of course, these thoughts were merely fleeting ideas in Liu Qingping’s mind.
After hearing their father’s complaints about her sister, Liu Qingping quickly apologized to Li Xiaojun.
"Dad, what Hongxia did is really excessive. Once she ascends to the Immortal Realm, I will definitely help you teach her a lesson and get back at her."
Liu Qingping said to Li Xiaojun, "Here, I sincerely apologize on behalf of my sister: I’m sorry!"
Hearing Liu Qingping’s apology, Li Xiaojun waved his hand. "Let’s not talk about her for now; tell me about you. What is your situation in the Immortal Realm?"
After considering Li Xiaojun’s words, Liu Qingping shook her head and said, "Things are less peaceful in the Immortal Realm. There haven’t been any ascended beings. Dad, please tell them not to ascend!"
"Why?" Li Xiaojun asked knowingly.
"Because the Immortal Realm is controlled by the beast tribe. As soon as our Human Race’s ascenders arrive in the Immortal Realm, they will be captured and made into slaves…"
Liu Qingping’s explanation was almost identical to Li Yuting’s.
"Then what is your situation now? Have you been captured by the beast tribe?" Li Xiaojun asked Liu Qingping.
"At first, I was captured, but later I managed to escape. Now, I’m constantly hiding everywhere. The Immortal Realm is so hard, and if I had known it would be like this, I would never have ascended," Liu Qingping said to Li Xiaojun.
Hearing Liu Qingping’s words, Li Xiaojun felt a bit disappointed.
He thought that if Liu Qingping was arranged to mine like Li Yuting, he could find a way to trade immortal essence stones with her.
But now, since his daughter was hiding everywhere, what good could she bring him?
"Well, Qingping, I’ll hang up for now," Li Xiaojun said to Liu Qingping.
"Don’t, Dad, please don’t," Liu Qingping quickly interrupted.
"What’s wrong?" Li Xiaojun asked hurriedly.
"Dad, can you talk with me a bit longer? I haven’t spoken with anyone for tens of thousands of years. I’m so bored," Liu Qingping said to Li Xiaojun.
The main reason she accepted Li Xiaojun’s call without hesitation was that she was just too bored.
After tens of thousands of years of hiding, without saying a word to anyone, now that she had the opportunity to talk, how could she let it go?
"But, maintaining this call consumes immortal essence stones. It costs one immortal essence stone per minute," Li Xiaojun said to Liu Qingping.
"How could you have immortal essence stones?" Liu Qingping was surprised.
"I got them from my eldest daughter Li Yuting…"
Li Xiaojun briefly explained the situation to Liu Qingping.
Hearing Li Xiaojun’s words, Liu Qingping’s eyes lit up.
"Dad, can you help me get some immortal essence stones from my sister too? I won’t take them for free; I can trade her some spiritual herbs," Liu Qingping said to Li Xiaojun.
"Spiritual herbs? Are they used for alchemy?" Li Xiaojun asked.
"They can be used for alchemy, and they are also very useful to increase cultivation," Liu Qingping replied to Li Xiaojun.
"In that case, why don’t you use them yourself?"
Li Xiaojun didn’t understand why, if the spiritual herbs could increase cultivation, she wouldn’t use them herself. Using immortal essence stones for cultivation was also to increase her level, so why take extra measures?
Hearing Li Xiaojun’s question, Liu Qingping explained, "Dad, you don’t understand. Although spiritual herbs are good, if you eat too many, they lose their effectiveness."
"I’ve eaten too many spiritual herbs worth one thousand immortal essence stones each, but now they might be less useful than one hundred immortal essence stones to me."
After a pause, Liu Qingping continued to explain, "Where I am is a place rich in spiritual herbs, but I’m stuck here. While this has kept the beast tribe from finding me, it also means I can’t get out.
If it weren’t for the spiritual herbs here, I probably wouldn’t even be able to reach the Late Human Celestial level…"
"So, if you could teleport items between us, I hope to exchange some immortal essence stones with my sister," Liu Qingping said to Li Xiaojun.
Hearing Liu Qingping’s words, Li Xiaojun thought for a moment and said, "First, give me some spiritual herbs, and I’ll ask your sister."
"Okay," Liu Qingping nodded happily.
Soon, following Li Xiaojun’s instructions, she teleported over ten spiritual herbs.
On the other side, Li Xiaojun received the spiritual herbs sent by Liu Qingping.
Curious, he took out one of the spiritual herbs.
The moment he did, he felt countless energies pouring out from the spiritual herb, quickly forming a phenomenon in place.
In this situation, Li Xiaojun hurriedly returned the spiritual herb to the system space.
Once the spiritual herb was back in the system space, the phenomenon immediately disappeared.
Although the phenomenon vanished, it startled many people in the Empress’s palace.
Soon, Ni Xiaotang, who was currently in charge of the Empress’s palace, flew over right away.
"What happened? What was that phenomenon just now?" Ni Xiaotang asked Li Xiaojun.
"I don’t know," Li Xiaojun pretended to be clueless.
He certainly wouldn’t tell others he had spiritual herbs.
According to Liu Qingping, such a spiritual herb could sell for over ten thousand low-grade immortal essence stones in the Immortal Realm.
Since Liu Qingping had given him ten herbs, that was equivalent to one hundred thousand immortal essence stones.
This value was about the same as what his eldest daughter Li Yuting had given him in immortal essence stones.
