Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Collecting Interest First

With things said to this point, Wei Ling Yue could only agree to let Yun Xi stay with the Feng Family for the time being.

After that, Wei Ling Yue left the space to the two of them and went to Concubine Du’s courtyard with a grim face.

At this moment, Du Ruo Lan was calming the crying Wei Yun Qing. Being able to give birth to the eldest daughter before Feng Jia Yun, she naturally had her tricks. Besides her bright, seductive beauty and graceful figure, she also had the fact that she and Wei Ling Yue had grown up together. If the Wei Family hadn’t needed a marriage alliance, she would have been the undisputed Madam Wei.

Right now, Du Ruo Lan’s face looked a bit twisted. Hatred churned in her heart. Just because she wasn’t Madam Wei, even though First Master doted on her more, she was still beneath others, and now her daughter had to suffer along with her.

When Du Ruo Lan saw Wei Ling Yue enter with a dark face, she immediately straightened her lotus-pink dress and adjusted the low-grade defensive hairpin in her hair. Wearing a bright smile, she went to greet him.

Wei Ling Yue didn’t care at all that there were maids in the courtyard. He scolded her harshly the moment he opened his mouth, “How did you teach Yun Qing? You taught her to snatch Yun Xi’s things? And in front of the Feng Family, no less!”

Concubine Du’s smile stiffened. She immediately crouched and saluted, looking full of remorse as she said, “I didn’t teach Yun Qing well. She’s young and doesn’t understand. She won’t do it again. If Master wants to punish someone, punish me. Don’t punish Yun Qing.”

After lifting his robe and sitting down, Wei Ling Yue said impatiently, “Stop thinking about Zhuo Hua Courtyard. Choose another courtyard. Zhuo Hua Courtyard will stay for Yun Xi.”

Concubine Du hid the hatred in her eyes, lowered her gaze, and answered obediently, “Yes. I’ll listen to Master.”

Wei Ling Yue leaned back in the chair and spoke flatly. “Ruo Lan, you were too impatient this time. The head of the Feng Family was standing right beside me. Even if I wanted to favor Yun Qing, I couldn’t. For you to smoothly become Madam Wei, you’ll have to swallow this loss.”

After hearing that, Concubine Du actually felt a little better. At least Wei Ling Yue’s heart was with her. She was only one last step away from becoming Madam Wei, and even if it were poison, she’d swallow it.

So she immediately adjusted her expression, smiled, and agreed. Her tone was full of self-blame with not the slightest resentment. With gentle, submissive words, she coaxed Wei Ling Yue until his mood turned good. He left Hai Tang Courtyard and even promised to make it up to Yun Qing with an artifact.

After Wei Ling Yue left, Concubine Du went back, gathered her daughter into her arms, and softly asked what had happened.

Wei Yun Qing was three months older than Wei Yun Xi, and she spoke clearly. Even though she rambled and her words weren’t very connected, Du Ruo Lan still understood.

Even though she only had Qi Refining Level Three cultivation, she knew some things about cultivation. She felt that Madam Wei’s residence in Zhuo Hua Courtyard should hold a chance meant for her daughter.

On this point, her thinking was the same as her daughter’s. Neither of them considered that it was Madam Wei’s residence. Even if there was a chance, it would have been left to Madam Wei’s own daughter. What did it have to do with a concubine like her?

But now Wei Yun Xi had already grasped the chance that had always been hers. She had her cheap uncle help her, collecting every item in her mother’s courtyard into a storage pouch.

Feng Jia Qing swept his divine sense over everything and found that the hidden compartment in the white jade bed was empty. His eyes darkened, and mockery flashed in them.

Then he walked around the room, pried up a floor brick in the corner, and took out a filigree white jade box from inside. He handed it to Wei Yun Xi. “Yun Xi, this should be something your mother left you. Keep it well. Only you can open this box.”

Wei Yun Xi pretended to be blank and nodded, then obediently placed the box into the storage pendant at her waist. The storage pendant was something even a little kid who couldn’t cultivate could use, and it was also a gift Feng Jia Qing had given her.

In truth, Wei Yun Xi’s heart wasn’t calm at all. She remembered a part of the novel: Wei Ling Yue had given a filigree jade box to Wei Yun Qing as a gift for successfully taking a master, and inside it was a portable herb garden that provided Wei Yun Qing with a lot of help. Now it seemed that this thing had originally belonged to Wei Yun Xi.

Holding Feng Jia Qing’s big hand, Wei Yun Xi walked on the road to the Feng Family. In her heart, she silently sent an MMP to her trash father. Now that she was here, no one was allowed to steal the chances that belonged to her – not even a single hair.

Seeing that his niece’s spirits were good and that she didn’t resist going to the Feng Family, Feng Jia Qing felt much more at ease.

Back then, his younger sister had become Wei Ling Yue’s cultivation partner for the sake of family stability. He also knew very well that there had been no feelings between them. Now Yun Xi had become the link binding the Wei Family and the Feng Family. So he still needed to watch over her more and, if possible, win the little girl over to the Feng Family’s side.

Wei Yun Xi didn’t know what her cheap eldest uncle was thinking, but even if she did, she wouldn’t mind. At least her existence still had value, and someone was willing to protect her a little.

The night Wei Yun Xi moved into the Feng Family, Feng Jia Qing took her to the Feng Family’s Soul Lamp Hall. Pointing to a soul lamp whose light was very faint, he said, “Yun Xi, that’s your mother’s soul lamp.”

Wei Yun Xi froze. She wasn’t a real five-year-old. With her experience of reading immortal-cultivation novels online, if the soul lamp wasn’t extinguished, it meant the person wasn’t dead. So why had Wei Ling Yue said her mother had fallen?

But she still pretended to be confused and asked, “Uncle, that soul lamp is Mother’s? Why is it about to go out?”

Since Feng Jia Qing wanted to win his niece over, there were things he had to tell her even if she didn’t understand.

“Yun Xi, your mother’s soul lamp is faint because she’s very far away and can’t find the road home for now. I hope you can help your mother.”

Wei Yun Xi thought for a moment, then asked with a little frown, “Uncle, didn’t Daddy say Mother passed away? That’s why he wants Concubine Du to be Yun Xi’s mother. But Uncle says Mother went somewhere far away and can’t find the road home. Yun Xi is confused.”

Feng Jia Qing chuckled. “Yun Xi, because you’re still young, there are some things Uncle can’t tell you yet. Even if I told you, you wouldn’t understand. When you step onto the path of cultivation, you’ll naturally understand what Uncle means. For now, you only need to trust Uncle. Uncle won’t harm you.”

Wei Yun Xi didn’t agree with Feng Jia Qing handling it that way, but she understood that in the Cultivation World, some things really weren’t for a five-year-old child to deal with. So she nodded obediently. “I’ll listen to Uncle.”

After getting Wei Yun Xi’s agreement, Feng Jia Qing formed a hand seal, drew a drop of blood from the pad of his niece’s finger, and let it drip into his younger sister’s soul lamp. The faint soul flame seemed to be injected with life. It struggled and flickered once, no longer as weak as before, and Feng Jia Qing finally let out a breath.

Wei Yun Xi stared at the soul lamp for a while. After confirming it wouldn’t go out right away, she turned to Feng Jia Qing and asked, “Uncle, does this mean Yun Xi can help Mother like this?”

“Of course. Your existence is your mother’s support.”

After finishing, Feng Jia Qing didn’t immediately lead his niece out of the Soul Lamp Hall. He brushed a finger over the storage ring on his hand, and a Spirit-Testing Disc appeared in his palm.