Chapter 412: Chapter 412

At the Chen house.

“Grandfather, this is a gift from Father,” Chen Xu opened the box and said.

Chen Lifeng frowned and said helplessly, “It’s very kind of him.”

He was tempted by the rare wood, but he felt ashamed because he seemed to take advantage of the Xiao family since Chen Xu married Xiao Xiaodong.

The Great Buddha Temple and Snow Mountain Sect fought fiercely for the spiritual wood, but Xiao Jinting gave it to him easily. Chen Lifeng felt a mixture of delightful surprise and embarrassment.

“Does your father tell you why he gives this to me?” asked Chen Lifeng.

Chen Xu shook his head and said, “Father says that he doesn’t need it for the time being. Besides, he can’t keep it, so he gives it to you. He asks you not to refuse.”

Chen Lifeng shook his head and smiled bitterly. “I owe him a lot. I don’t know if I can pay it back.

“Father says we are family. He asks you not to treat him as an outsider.”

Chen Lifeng patted Chen Xu on the shoulder and said, “You have a sharp eye.”

“Grandfather, you’ve said that many times.” Chen Xu smiled, feeling proud.

When he married Xiao Xiaodong, many people thought Xiao Xiaodong was not worthy of him. However, he benefited a lot from the marriage.

Chen Lifeng looked at Chen Xu’s radiant face and felt delighted. If the Xiao family didn’t value Chen Xu, they wouldn’t be so generous to him!

“Father says that the stronger you get, the safer he is,” said Chen Xu.

Chen Lifeng nodded and said, “I understand. Your father is good at causing trouble. He killed two Nascent Souls from Sacred Sect, which would target him.”

Chen Xu shook his head. “He didn’t kill both of them. He only killed one.”

“It’s the same. Although the other Nascent wasn’t killed by him, your father caused his death indirectly,” said Chen Lifeng.

…

At Platanus Sect.

Immortal Platanus sat in the secret room and sighed ruefully.

“Father, forget it,” Sun Miao looked at Platanus’ haggard face and said.

Platanus said sadly, “If I had known that it would be like this, I would have split the Heavenly Thunder Wood into four parts. In that case, we could keep one of them and ask for some compensation from them.”

In order to save half of the wood, Immortal Platanus deliberately let Heavenly Thunder Wood be stolen. Who would have thought that the Great Buddha Temple and the Snow Mountain Sect had marked the wood beforehand? He couldn’t fool them.

Thinking that they had seen through his plan at the beginning, Platanus blushed. The methods of the major sects were far beyond his imagination. He had examined the wood carefully and confirmed that there was no soul mark on it.

After Master Heavenly Lantern and Hermit Emei failed to snatch the wood from Sacred Sect, they came back to force Immortal Platanus to turn in the wood. Platanus had to give the wood to them to save his own life.

“Father, you did it for the sake of Platanus Sect. Who would expect the monk and the nun are so vicious? They have the nerve to say they have no desires for worldly things.”

Immortal Platanus lowered his head and said in depression, “I’m much inferior to them. I can do nothing about it.”

It pained Sun Miao to see the sorrowful look on Platanus’ face. “Father, I will cultivate hard and take back our treasures in the future.”

Platanus shook his hand and said, “Forget it. It’s fated. We can’t force things to go our way.”

Sun Miao nodded and said, “Okay.”

…

In the Great Buddha Temple, a young monk toyed with the Heavenly Thunder Wood with bright eyes. He had an innocent, lovely face.

“Master, the Heavenly Thunder Wood is a good thing!” The young monk said greedily.

Master Heavenly Lantern smiled and said, “Yes, of course. Unfortunately, the old witch of Snow Mountain Sect took a share of it. The Nascent Soul from Green Cloud Immortal Sect also got a piece. I have underestimated him. I didn’t expect him to be so resourceful. The piece he took might be the biggest.”

The young monk said sulkily, “Master, the old witch from the Snow Mountain Sect is ferocious, and it’s fine that she has a share. But Green Cloud Immortal Sect is small compared to us, and they dare to snatch things from us. How about I go kill him for you?”

Master Heavenly Lantern shook his head and said, “How arrogant! You are only a new Nascent Soul.”

The young monk scratched his head and gave a naïve smile. Those who were familiar with him knew he was ruthless although he looked kind.

“Master, I’m different from those who make advancement with the help of pills,” said the young monk insolently.

Master Heavenly Lantern snorted softly, “There is always someone better than you out there. Xiao Jinting is not inferior to you. Besides, we have no reason to kill him. I heard that Xiao Jinting gave the wood to Chen Lifeng to refine weapons.”

“What? Is he out of his mind? How could he give such a valuable thing to Chen Lifeng?” The young monk was shocked.

Master Heavenly Lantern said helplessly, “You forgot that Xiao Jinting and Chen Lifeng are in-laws. Xiao Jinting is closer to Chen Lifeng than Dongcheng Yang. Xiao Jinting is generous. He’s young.”

Although he was a monk, who was required to be free from desires, he had to be well-informed about the cultivators of his level.

The young monk chuckled and said, “Chen Lifeng’s grandson made a commotion when he eloped with the poor boy.”

“He is not a poor boy now,” said his master. Xiao Xiaodong was an advanced Golden Core and had a promising future. Chen Xu had a sharper eye than Chen Lifeng.