Rebirth of the Useless Bastard Son

“Didn’t young master say that he was going to the Formation Guild? Why don’t you go in?” Zhao Yu couldn’t help but remind him when he saw that Zhao Shubao had been standing at the entrance of the guild for most of the day, attracting many pedestrians who stopped to whisper.

“Forget it, I’ll do it next time.” Zhao Shubao had been thinking over and over again, and when he got there, he still hadn’t figured out how to talk to Pei Qing. He shook his head, turned around, and left.

Zhao Yu and Zhao Hui looked at each other, neither understanding what was wrong with their young master. It seemed that something had been off ever since they met the young master of the Mu family.

Zhao Shubao wandered around the streets of the city and suddenly remembered that he had other things to do that day. He walked toward Dongling Street. Finally, at the entrance of the alchemy shop, he happened to bump into the woman he did not dare to face.

“Young Master Zhao, you’re here too,” Pei Qing said when he saw Zhao Shubao, greeting him with a smile.

“Pei… Pei Qing, why are you here?” Zhao Shubao nervously spoke when he suddenly saw Pei Qing’s figure.

Pei Qing was still dressed in her smart and heroic outfit, her face fresh and natural, without any makeup. It was obviously no different from before, but to Zhao Shubao, she seemed to have a slightly different aura.

“I heard from people at the Formation Guild that the owner of this alchemy shop has a ghost slave in the core formation stage. I guessed it was Fellow Cultivator Li and the others, so I came to take a look,” Pei Qing explained.

“I see. The alchemy shop is indeed run by Fellow Cultivator Li. How about I accompany you inside?” Zhao Shubao said incoherently.

“Isn’t Young Master Zhao here to see Fellow Cultivator Li?” Pei Qing asked, confused.

Pei Qing had also heard that Zhao Shubao came to help when the alchemy store encountered trouble two days ago, so he was not surprised to see Zhao Shubao there. But from his words, it seemed like he came just to accompany her.

“Yes, I also want to find Fellow Cultivator Li,” Zhao Shubao scratched his head and responded with a smile.

“You two made an appointment to come together?” Cheng Qi poked his head out of the store and looked at the two outside, a sly smile on his face.

Pei Qing heard the voice, turned to look at Cheng Qi, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, “Fellow Cultivator Cheng, we meet again.”

“Nice to meet you. Since you’re here, let’s go to the back room and have a cup of tea together,” Cheng Qi invited with a smile.

“If it doesn’t trouble you,” Pei Qing did not refuse. After saying that, she walked into the store with Cheng Qi. When she saw the familiar core formation ghost in the store, she bowed again.

Zhao Shubao waved to the two guards behind him, asking them to find a place to wait, and then quickly followed inside.

“Where is Fellow Cultivator Li?” After following Cheng Qi into the small courtyard connected to the alchemy store, Zhao Shubao looked around curiously.

Although the small courtyard wasn’t very spacious, it had been decorated very delicately by the two of them. The courtyard was not only filled with ornamental spiritual values but also had several thousand-spirit trees that released spiritual energy, making people feel comfortable in it. Zhao Shubao hadn’t noticed it before, but Li Tianyan was such a person with delicate taste.

“The young master is refining alchemy in seclusion. I’m afraid he won’t be able to come out to receive you two at the moment,” Cheng Qi led them to sit down in the courtyard and skilfully boiled water to make tea.

“The protective formation in this courtyard was also set up by the two fellow cultivators?” Pei Qing, who had recently started to learn formation art, immediately noticed the large formation covering the courtyard as soon as she entered. It was no lower than the Xuan level, and she asked in surprise.

“The young master arranged it. The formation is too difficult, and I’ve never been able to learn it,” Cheng Qi muttered in distress. Li Tianyan had also taught him formation spells, but unfortunately, he still only knew a little bit about it and couldn’t learn it thoroughly.

“Fellow Cultivator Li is a formation master?” Zhao Shubao was also surprised this time. He had always thought that the formations on the shelves outside were just formation disks used by the two of them, but it turned out they were Li Tianyan’s handiwork.

“Well, the young master is very powerful and knows everything,” Cheng Qi nodded proudly.

Seeing Cheng Qi praise his Taoist companion so immodestly, Pei Qing felt a little dumbfounded, but Li Tianyan was indeed outstanding.

“My grandpa is obsessed with formations. I’ll bring him here to get to know Fellow Cultivator Li some other day,” Pei Qing said to Cheng Qi with a smile.

“I heard that Fellow Cultivator Pei’s Grandpa is a Tian-level formation mage, so we should pay him a visit,” Cheng Qi replied humbly.

Since the ancestor had returned, many senior formation masters had gone to some imperial mausoleum to search for the ancient formation. Li Tianyan seemed quite interested, but the young master had said that now wasn’t the time. If they could meet that ancestor, they could ask him about the imperial mausoleum.

“Actually, grandpa said today that he wanted to come together, but I still couldn’t confirm whether it was you, so I decided to come alone. I thought I’d say hello to you two first to avoid being rude,” Pei Qing explained.

Zhao Shubao, who had been standing next to them, took the opportunity to speak, “Speaking of which, I haven’t gone to the Formation Guild to visit Ancestor Yin yet. Pei Qing, will Ancestor Yin be free tomorrow?”

“Grandpa has had nothing to do recently. If you want to come, you can come at any time,” Pei Qing replied directly without thinking too much.