Rebirth of the Useless Bastard Son

“You haven’t started training spiritual energy into your body at the age of nine. How could she have pulled a fat boy of thirteen out of the well? You must have made a mistake,” Cheng Qi said with determination.

The best age to introduce spiritual energy into the body was between ten and thirteen years old. How could a nine-year-old girl have had the strength to save someone?

“This…” Zhao Shubao also felt strange when he considered how Pei Yu had rescued him.

“If it wasn’t Pei Yu, then who could it have been?” Zhao Shubao frowned and murmured, “The ones who ran into that yard together at that time, besides Pei Yu and Pei Qing, were Mu Jing, Chen Feng, and a few other boys.”

However, everyone had found a place to hide. When he woke up, only Pei Yu had been around. The others arrived later, and no one mentioned it.

“Tell me, could the person who rescued you have been a boy?” Cheng Qi widened his black eyes in surprise, staring at him. If that was true, wouldn’t it mean Zhao Shubao had secretly been in a fake love for many years…?

Thinking of this possibility, Zhao Shubao’s entire face turned green. It would have been better if he had known it from the beginning. Now, after secretly thinking about that person for years, he realized that the other person might have been a man…

“Didn’t you mention this to your family?” Li Tianyan brought some meat and vegetables to Cheng Qi, successfully diverting his attention, then turned to Zhao Shubao.

“How dare I say that?” Zhao Shubao shook his head. If his parents knew about it, they would definitely arrange for more people to follow him.

But if it wasn’t Pei Yu, why had she never denied it all these years? She had even told him about it two days ago. No matter what, he still had to find out.

After thinking about it like this, Zhao Shubao looked at Li Tianyan and said with a little embarrassment, “I’m the one who invited you today, but I just talked about this and neglected you two.”

“It doesn’t matter. Xiao Qi likes to talk about little things. Just don’t blame him for being too blunt, Fellow Cultivator Zhao,” Li Tianyan said with a gentle smile.

Zhao Shubao quickly replied, “How could it be possible? If Fellow Cultivator Cheng hadn’t reminded me, I wouldn’t have thought of this now. It’s too late for me to be grateful.”

“However, I didn’t expect that you two are also alchemy masters, and your alchemy skills are superb, which makes this Zhao feel ashamed. May I take the liberty to ask who do you studied under?” Zhao Shubao couldn’t help but ask curiously.

Although he was also a Xuan-level alchemy master, the chances of refining a Xuan-level pill to produce a high-quality one, let alone a top-quality one, were very low. Compared to these two, he truly felt ashamed of himself.

“It’s not that I don’t want to say, it’s just that my master is a casual person who likes to wander around, and he doesn’t have a name,” Li Tianyan said with a mixture of truth and falsehood. It was better to keep the fact that they came from Hengwu Continent a secret.

“I see. The master’s alchemy skills must have been extraordinary. If there is an opportunity in the future, I would like to meet him.” Zhao Shubao had no doubts after hearing this but was quite curious about the master Li Tianyan had mentioned.

Cheng Qi secretly thought that Master Tian Min’s alchemy skills were taught by Li Tianyan. Before they left Hengwu Continent, he was about to break through to the Xuan-level. In Hengwu Continent, he was indeed considered powerful.

“The Zhao family is a family of alchemists. I guess Fellow Cultivator Zhao also has deep knowledge into alchemy,” Li Tianyan remarked. When he met Zhao Shubao for the first time, he had noticed the strong aroma of alchemy around him, indicating that Zhao Shubao had been immersed in the art of alchemy for many years.

“I have never been interested in cultivation since I was a child. Instead, I have been more interested in alchemy. If Fellow Cultivator Li doesn’t mind, perhaps we could have a discussion sometime so that I can see your alchemy skills,” Zhao Shubao said tentatively. He was genuinely curious about Li Tianyan’s alchemy expertise.

Li Tianyan responded calmly, “Of course, if you want, you can come to the alchemy shop to find me at any time.”

The group continued chatting while eating. After the meal, Zhao Shubao became quite familiar with the two of them, and Li Tianyan’s appetite really shocked him. Looking at the dishes on the table, which were barely left except for some soup at the bottom of the plate, the corners of Zhao Shubao’s eyes trembled uncontrollably.

“Thank you, Brother Zhao, for your hospitality. Cheng Qi is a little drunk. I’ll send him back first,” Li Tianyan said, holding the staggering Cheng Qi in his arms.

“Fellow Cultivator Li, you go back slowly,” Zhao Shubao stood up and bid them farewell.

When Li Tianyan and the others left the private room, Zhao Shubao, who was also a little drunk, sat back down, holding his forehead, preparing to sober up before leaving.

“Sir, let me ask the waiter to serve you a pot of tea,” Zhao Yu entered from outside and offered Zhao Shubao.

Before Zhao Shubao could respond, Zhao Hui’s voice came from outside the door again, “Young Master Mu, please stay.”

“I’m looking for Zhao Shubao,” Mu Jing said unsteadily, with Zhao Hui, the core formation guard, holding him up.

“My young master doesn’t want to see anyone else. Please come back,” Zhao Hui replied coldly, sensing the smell of alcohol.

“Don’t you want to know about Pei Yu?” Mu Jing saw that the door of the private room was open and sent a message to Zhao Shubao inside.

When Zhao Shubao heard about Pei Yu, he remembered what he had just talked with Cheng Qi and couldn’t help but frown.

However, Mu Jing and Pei Yu were already in love with each other. Zhao Shubao couldn’t understand why Mu Jing had come to him to talk about Pei Yu. “Ah Hui, let him in,” Zhao Shubao finally said.

This was the first time the two had met after they left Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. As soon as Mu Jing entered, he immediately asked, “Are you and Pei Yu getting close?”

It turned out that it wasn’t Ancestor Yin, but the Zhao family who had collaborated with several families to suppress the Mu family. When Mu Jing heard this news today, he realized that Chen Feng had handed him over.

At that moment, Mu Jing regretted his impulsive move from that day. There had always been people following Zhao Shubao, and since Zhao Yu and Zhao Hui had been away, he had acted on a whim. He had feared that if he did it himself, and Chen Feng later came back to testify against him, it would be disastrous. So, he borrowed Chen Feng’s hand.

Who could have predicted that Zhao Shubao was actually quite lucky and had been brought back alive?