ATPnovel Chapter 116 Another New Year
Chapter 116 Another New Year
The spirit stone in Shen Taozhu's hand was about to be touched by Xue Pan.
She paused for a moment, then suddenly withdrew her hand, leaving Xue Pan empty-handed.
For no apparent reason, she recalled what her mother had told her when she was still alive: to always keep a close eye on the spirit stones in her hands and not let others cheat her out of them.
Xue Pan was none other than herself, but she instinctively withdrew her hand.
Shen Taozhu forced a smile, about to explain.
Xue Pan's expression changed several times before he smiled gently and said, "If Tao Zhu wants to keep it, that's fine too. Silly girl, I'm not trying to take the spirit stones from you. I'm just too impatient and eager for Father to agree."
Xue Pan affectionately tapped Shen Taozhu's forehead.
Shen Taozhu nodded blankly and followed Xue Pan into the Xue residence.
The servants arranged a room for her next to Xue Pan's courtyard.
The Xue residence was naturally much smaller than Lu Qingyun's mansion on Dongshan Mountain.
However, the atmosphere here is much more lively and bustling.
The steward exchanged a glance with Xue Pan, knowing Xue Cheng's instructions, and directly assigned the most beautiful maid in the Xue household to her as her maid.
Shen Taozhu finally felt a little relieved.
Xue Pan escorted her to her room and settled her in.
They immediately went to find Xue Cheng.
"Father, it seems that Master Yunxuan still cares about Shen Taozhu. Even though he has already sent her away from the manor and has not said a word about her marriage, he gave her a mid-grade spirit stone fragment worth one hundred spirit stones."
"Perhaps we should pay more attention to her. I have instructed the steward to arrange a superior room for her. We should also reconsider Father's attitude."
"Neither be enthusiastic towards her nor cold towards her. Just say that our marriage still needs to be discussed. It won't be too late to make a decision after we find out Yunxuan's attitude in a while."
"Not bad! As expected of Xue Cheng's son."
"I'll do everything you say. I'll give her some hope, but I'll keep her hanging on. To be honest, a hundred spirit stones isn't much for a high-grade talisman master, but it's not a small amount for us either."
Xue Cheng nodded in satisfaction.
His biggest fear was that Xue Pan would care about a woman's feelings, but now that he has handled things so well, it's clear that his worries were unnecessary.
Unfortunately, my child has no spiritual roots.
Otherwise, how wonderful it would be to enter the imperial court and inherit one's official position!
Shen Taozhu was naturally unaware of this.
For the next month or so, she received considerable treatment at the Xue residence.
Every day, Xue Pan would come to see her and say sweet words.
As for Xue Cheng, she had met him, but he only allowed her to stay at the Xue residence and was unwilling to immediately agree to her marriage with Xue Pan.
Whenever she thinks of this, a hint of worry always appears in Shen Taozhu's eyes.
Fortunately, Xue Pan's constant comforting words put her at ease.
Time flies by so quickly.
Spring has gone, and winter has come.
That year, snowflakes fell from the sky.
"Cultivation knows no time. I have now mastered most of the [Spirit-Seizing Wood] technique, yet so many years have passed in this world."
Lu Qingyun walked out of the quiet room and stared blankly at the white expanse before him.
Before he gathered all the necessary materials and went into seclusion, he never imagined that this seclusion would last for another ten years.
The letters in front of the mansion were already overflowing; in these ten years, many things had happened in the Great Yun Kingdom.
The stalemate with the Demonic Sect was broken when the Demonic Sect developed a type of Gu poison, which allowed them to breach the formation and capture three border cities.
It should be noted that Yunxia City is protected by only seven cities.
Fortunately, the Taoist priest of Jinhua found a solution, and thus regained control of the two cities.
Lu Qingyun scanned the remaining jade slips. There wasn't much important information; they were mostly secrets from the Great Yun Kingdom over the past ten years.
However, Lu Qingyun frowned when he saw the jade slip that had been delivered recently.
"I never imagined I'd misjudged Xue Pan. The Xue family actually treats Shen Taozhu so harshly?"