Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 255 - 117: Holy Fire Fifth Grade Elder, Blood Gold, Silent Infiltration into Beijiang
Li Yuan gestured and said, "Please!"
Only then did the messenger ride away.
At Li Yuanβs fingertip, a strand of invisible thread suddenly shot out, entangling the messenger.
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when this messenger crossed the Long Sleep River,
he... also crossed it.
...
As spring began, the Red Ant Commerce Association came as usual.
It was still an old acquaintanceβSteward Wei.
Li Yuan clapped his hands, said nothing, and smiled as he gestured for the maid to present a small box filled with gold.
Steward Wei didnβt look, just smiled and said, "Elder Li, as usual, without Blood Gold, the Sixth Grade product catalog wonβt be shown."
Li Yuan raised his hand and placed a pouch of Blood Gold on the table.
Steward Wei paused, took a piece of Blood Gold, felt it, and then looked at Li Yuan in surprise.
However, he didnβt ask, "Where did the Blood Gold come from?" nor did he say anything silly like, "How can you have Blood Gold?" Instead, he quietly took out a small booklet from his chest and said, "This is the Sixth Grade product catalog."
Li Yuan smiled and said, "Canβt see the Fifth Grade ones?"
Steward Wei quickly said, "Elder Li, just a heads up, to see the Fifth Grade ones, you need to become a VIP guest of our association. At that time... our associationβs president will personally issue a VIP Guest Token. With that token, you can see the Fifth Grade product catalog."
Li Yuan wasnβt surprised, as the product catalog itself contained a lot of information.
He took over the Sixth Grade product catalog and carefully examined it.
The catalog was divided into several sections.
The first section, Sixth Grade Demon Beast Meat, where the price for 30 jin of Sixth Grade Demon Beast Meat is 20 taels of Blood Gold;
The second section, Sixth Grade Skills, single book prices ranged from about 100 to 300 taels of Blood Gold;
The third section, Sixth Grade Weapons, ordinary ones were around 30 taels of Blood Gold, better ones required 100 taels of Blood Gold;
The fourth section, Sixth Grade Puppets, the puppet prices were extremely expensive,
with the cheapest being six or seven hundred taels of Blood Gold,
and the regular ones being a thousand taels of Blood Gold,
they even offered custom services, where the customer makes requests and gets what they pay for, with the last line being particularly conspicuous, the high-end custom Sixth Grade Puppet for three thousand taels of Blood Gold.
Li Yuanβs pupils contracted, he somewhat missed Tang Nian...
Li Yuan looked at the catalog for a while and said, "I want the Sixth Grade βLou Jin Dog Taming Skillβ from this book."
After speaking, he weighed it and then pushed 140 taels of Blood Gold in front of Steward Wei.
After some thought, he decided to first improve his Beast Taming Skill.
...
That day, Li Yuan rode to the Martial House.
Martial House disciples all saluted him as he walked straight ahead.
Before reaching his destination, he heard a chorus of voices.
"The Ancestor is here."
"Tang Nian, your foster father is here."
The sound was akin to "playing with a phone in class when someone says the teacher is coming, the teacher is coming..."
Li Yuan found it somewhat amusing.
But he did not slow his steps and walked to the thatched hut where Tang Nian resided in the Martial House.
As soon as he arrived, the courtyard of the thatched hut erupted into a commotion.
Li Yuan looked over and saw several female disciples with the scent of alcohol emanating from them, and in the middle, a girl in a bright red robe, with ink-like long hair, leaning backward and still pouring wine into her mouth... who else could it be but his adoptive daughter?
Tang Nian suddenly sat up straight, staring wide-eyed at her foster father who had walked in.
The scene was a bit awkward...
Tang Nian suddenly ran her wet fingers through her hair, tilted her body to the side, propping her chin with a flirtatious smile and said, "Foster father~"
Li Yuan glanced at the female disciples around, and they scattered like birds, Tang Nian couldnβt stop them.
Li Yuan closed the courtyard door behind him and sat next to Tang Nian.
He looked at Tang Nian.
This girl, sixteen this year, has unknowingly grown up. Although somewhat bold, she indeed has a few hints of a drunken revelerβs style.
Tang Nianβs cheeks blushed, her body teetered, her boot kicked off, leaving her bare white foot swinging in the air...
Li Yuan coughed lightly.
Tang Nian actually raised her foot, nudged Li Yuan, and said, "Foster father, have a drink~"
Li Yuan said, "The weather isnβt warm yet, arenβt you afraid of catching a cold? Put your shoes on."
Tang Nian spun her body around, giggling: "No way... When I was little, foster father wouldnβt let me drink. Now that Iβm grown, canβt I drink?
When drinking, the whole world becomes blurry, everyone becomes so easy to befriend... Niannian, is very happy.
Such a good thing, why didnβt foster father let me drink sooner?"
A scene from the past flashed in Li Yuanβs mind, of Tang Chouβs death, and how this child had seen her father drink before he died, so... she wanted to taste that feeling too.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Then your foster father will drink with you."
With that, he picked up the wine jar from the ground, poured himself a cup, and drank it.
Tang Nian snatched the wine jar, poured a cup, and drank it up.
Then it was Li Yuanβs turn.
One jar finished, then opened a second one.
After the second, open a third.
Before long, Tang Nian, drunk, fell backward, but the Faceless Puppet behind her caught her with both hands.
Tang Nian hummed a tune, fell to the side, and drifted into sleep.
Li Yuan looked at his adoptive daughter, picked up the boot, carefully put it on for her, then ruffled her hair, and softly patted the puppet, regardless of whether it understood, saying, "Take good care of her."
Lately, his matters were overwhelming, and after sending Tang Nian to the Martial House, he saw her only a few times each year. This visit was somewhat out of self-interest.
After all... he didnβt expect that after the Sixth Grade, puppets turned out to be incredibly valuable.
But now that Niannian has friends here, let her continue to grow. Itβs better than bringing her back to Baihua Manor, where sheβd end up as a "reclusive research fanatic."
