Xiao Xiaodong followed his gaze and said, âItâs grand.â
He had thought the celebration for his fatherâs advancement to Nascent Soul was good enough, but he felt the wedding held by the Li and Xu families was much grander.
âThe Xu and Li families are powerful, and itâs normal that they hold a grand wedding,â said Xiao Jinting.
âI heard that there is a Deity Transformation cultivator in the Xu family,â said Xiao Xiaodong.
Xiao Jinting nodded and said, âThatâs what I heard too.â
He found Deity Transformation cultivations weird, who didnât like to come out although they were powerful. The Deity Transformation cultivator in the Xu family hadnât made any moves for several hundred years.
â¦
When Xu Lingfeng left Li Yiâs courtyard, he met Xu Yuanchang.
âFather, why are you here?â asked Xu Lingfeng.
Xu Yuanchang looked at Xu Lingfeng sullenly. âDid Li Yi drive you out again?â
Xu Lingfeng scratched his head and said awkwardly, âYi treats me much better than before. I think he will forgive me in a few years.â
Xu Yuanchang looked at him and said sulkily, âYou said the same thing several decades before. Iâm fed up with it.â
Xu Lingfeng creased his brows and said seriously, âI mean it this time.â
Xu Yuanchang said, âWe have the best blood in the family, but I have only two sons. You donât get along with your brother and cause trouble. If Li Yi canât come back to you, you should have a few concubines.â
Xu Lingfeng frowned and said, âFather, what are you talking about? If I have concubines, Yi wonât forgive me. This is a bad idea.â
Xu Yuanchang said in anger, âOkay, my idea is bad. What good idea do you have? Li Yi is only a Golden Core, and you are a Nascent Soul, but you look like a slave in front of me. How shameless.â
Xu Lingfeng lowered his head and said in depression, âIf it werenât for me, Yi would have advanced to Nascent Soul. Itâs my fault.â
Xu Yuanchang sighed and said, âYou have to move on. Li Yi failed to advance to Nascent Soul, and he is getting old. I see that the Li family doesnât favor him as before.â
Big families were realistic. The better the descendent performed, the more resources they got. After Li Yi failed in the advancement to Nascent Souls, his family didnât think he was likely to make it at the second attempt, so he got fewer resources than before.
Xu Lingfeng said indignantly, âFather, I didnât marry Li Yi because of his family.â
Xu Yuanchang said sullenly, âI know. You love each other, but itâs useless. You have separated for almost one hundred years. Do you want to be alone for the rest of your life?â
âFather, youâve got to have some faith in me. Iâll get Yi back soon,â said Xu Lingfeng.
Xu Yuanchang didnât believe him because he had heard the same promise too many times. âI heard that Li Yi bid a pendant at an auction. Is it related to your son? If yes, you mightâ¦â
Xu Lingfeng shook his head in dismay. âYi told me that the pendant looked similar, and it didnât belong to my son.â
Xu Yuanchang sighed. âOh, I see. By the way, I heard that you kidnapped Xiao Jintingâs spouse. What were you thinking? Although we are not afraid of Green Cloud Immortal Sect, we donât have to make an enemy of them.â
âItâs been solved,â said Xu Lingfeng.
Xu Yuanchang asked sulkily, âWhat do you mean?â
Xu Lingfeng replied lightly, âI said itâs solved.â
Xu Yuanchang looked at Xu Lingfeng helplessly.
He asked, âWhatâs wrong with you and your brother. You didnât go to his sonâs wedding. You are Xu Wanâs uncle.â
Xu Lingfeng said indifferently, âIs only his sonâs wedding. Xu Wang has so many sons, and there are so many weddings. If I have to attend every one of them, Iâll be too busy.â
Xu Yuanchang said sulkily, âItâs an excuse. You are not out of town, and you should go to the wedding.â
Xu Lingfeng nodded and said, âI hate my brother, so I donât want to attend the wedding.â
Xu Yuanchang looked at Xu Lingfeng and breathed heavily. He sighed eventually.
âDo you hate your brother so much?â he said helplessly.
Xu Lingfeng frowned and said, âFather, you made a mistake. He hates me.â
Xu Yuanchang looked at Xu Lingfeng and sighed again. âBoth of you donât listen to me. Take care of yourselves.â
â¦
At the Xu house.
âFather, Grandfather said that the pendant doesnât belong to my cousin, but it looks similar,â said Xu Peng.
Xu Wang narrowed his eyes and said, âReally? Itâs weird that the pendant showed up from nowhere.â
âSecond Uncle doesnât bother to pretend at all. He didnât attend Xu Wanâs wedding when he was in town,â said Xu Peng sullenly.
âHe doesnât care about anything. He acts as he likes,â said Xu Wang.
Xu Peng nodded and said, âThatâs true. Itâs a pity that Xiao Jinting is a coward. His spouse was caught by Xu Lingfeng, and he didnât get angry. What a pushover.â
âLi Yi is weird. I heard that he was helping Xiao Jinting cultivate the Golden Bee Queen without holding back,â said Xu Wang.
Xu Peng said, âDoes Li Yi want to have the royal jelly from the queen bee? It is good for the advancement to Nascent Soul.â
Xu Wan echoed, âLi Yi failed once. His last attempt exhausted all his strength. The Li family had been paying less attention to Li Yi. If he wants to advance to Nascent Soul, he has to get help outside the family.â