noffsinger Chapter 179 No Backing
Chapter 179 No Backing
As soon as Li Linger left, a group of people came to Xu Changshou's yard.
"Uncle Xu, how are you?"
"Greetings to Master Xu, and congratulations to Master Xu on his enlightenment."
"Congratulations, congratulations to Master Xu for achieving the great path of foundation building."
"Greetings, Uncle Xu..."
A group of people saluted Xu Changshou with smiles on their faces.
Xu Changshou couldn't help laughing when he saw it. It was not a stranger, but his friend from the Gengzi Academy.
Jiang Xiaochuan, Zhang Feixian, Lin Xianer, Shi Wantong, Qian Yuanbao, Su Mo, Han Zong and other seven people in total came.
Xu Changshou smiled and asked, "Why are you here?"
Jiang Xiaochuan said with a smile: "Uncle Xu, your foundation-building is such a big thing, how can we not come?"
Han Zong smiled and said, "We were waiting to attend your initiation ceremony, but after waiting for a few days, we didn't get any news, so we just came here ourselves."
Xu Changshou shook his head slightly: "I don't know anyone, so I won't do the initiation ceremony."
Jiang Xiaochuan stepped forward, took out a storage bag, and said flatteringly, "Uncle Xu, whether the initiation ceremony is held or not, we have to come. This is a small token of our appreciation, please accept it."
Xu Changshou frowned, took the storage bag and took a look. It was full of spirit stones, a total of seven hundred pieces.
After taking a look at Su Mo and Han Zong, Xu Changshou was speechless.
Some time ago, when Li Linhao held his initiation ceremony, Su Mo and Han Zong had no money at all and had to borrow money to give the gifts.
It has only been a short time since then, and they must not have paid back the money yet. How can they afford to give gifts themselves now? They must have borrowed money again.
You are just pretending to be rich. If you don’t have money, you won’t give it. Is it necessary to borrow money?
Xu Changshou was unhappy and stuffed the storage bag into Jiang Xiaochuan's hand, saying, "Xiaochuan, I'm not short of money, and it's not easy for everyone. I appreciate your kindness, but I don't want these spirit stones. Take them back."
Jiang Xiaochuan hurriedly shook his head: "Uncle Xu, no matter what, you must accept it."
"Yes, please accept it."
"Uncle Xu, please accept it. This is what we should give you."
"Uncle Xu, please don't be polite."
Others quickly followed suit.
"No, I won't accept it!" Xu Changshou waved his sleeves and refused.
Jiang Xiaochuan said solemnly, "Uncle Xu, you'd better accept it. If you don't, we won't be able to sleep or eat."
"We can't sleep or eat well..."
The others spoke in unison.
"This……"
Xu Changshou didn't know what to say.
He knew exactly what these little friends were thinking.
At the beginning, when Li Linhao was building his foundation, they all gave him gifts. They were all his friends in Gengzi Academy. If they didn't give him gifts when he was building his foundation, it would be unreasonable.
If I am narrow-minded and want to settle accounts with them, they will not be able to bear the consequences.
"You guys, why are you doing this? Okay, I'll take the money. From now on, if you have any problems, just come to me. I'll do my best to help you."
Xu Changshou reached out and took back the storage bag.
At the same time, he had his own plans in mind.
Although he took the money, he would return it to them sooner or later.
When these people retire and hold a retirement ceremony, we will return the gifts to them.
Thinking of this, Xu Changshou no longer felt any burden in his heart.
I'm afraid that Li Linhao had the same idea as me at the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have come here at night to return the favor.
"Come on, come on, everyone, please come in, let's go inside and talk."
Xu Changshou warmly invited his friends into the room and asked them about their well-being.
Seeing that Xu Changshou was not arrogant, several people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Xu Changshou and these people got together again, but there was little to talk about and the atmosphere became more and more awkward.
After chatting for a quarter of an hour, everyone felt uncomfortable and asked to leave.
Xu Changshou politely escorted them to the gate of the courtyard.
Looking at his friends leaving, Xu Changshou felt a lump in his throat. These people were originally his best friends in the world.
At this moment, there was suddenly a very thick gap between us.
Perhaps, this is the price of growing up, the price of becoming strong.
After everyone left, Xu Changshou continued to refine the elixir.
By the evening, even with all the twists and turns, a Spirit Gathering Pill was completely refined.
It actually takes less than a day and a night to refine a pill, just a little more than ten hours.
As long as you don't waste too much time and take care of some miscellaneous tasks, you can still refine a pill a day.
Just as Xu Changshou stood up, Li Linhao came in late at night with a serious expression on his face.
As soon as he came up, he asked, "Junior Brother Xu, did you offend anyone?"
Xu Changshou was confused: "No! What do you mean?"
Li Linhao said seriously, "This is so abnormal. I went to see Grandpa today and told him about you. To my surprise, he refused without even thinking about it."
"What? You said Master Li refused to let me become a celestial official?"
Xu Changshou was numb.
He rejected Leng Mei, and Li Tong rejected him.
Nima!
What is this?
The east wall was demolished, but the west wall was not repaired.
Xu Changshou was so depressed.
Li Linhao nodded: "Yes, I rejected it, and I rejected it quite decisively."
Xu Changshou spread his hands and said helplessly: "This shows that Master Li doesn't like me!"
"No!"
Li Linhao shook his head. "I know my grandfather. He usually agrees to anything I ask for. This is just a small matter. There's no reason for him to refuse. There must be a reason. I suspect someone is interfering."
Xu Changshou smiled bitterly and said, "You think too much. Who would want to offend a mere cultivator like me?"
"That's true."
Li Linhao smiled apologetically and said, "Junior Brother Xu, I'm sorry, I thought..."
"fine!"
Xu Changshou interrupted him and said, "I'm very grateful that you can help me. I think it's okay to have no backing. It's good."
Li Linhao disagreed and said, "You don't understand. If you don't have a backer, it will be difficult for you to take any step forward in the Green Immortal Sect in the future."
"what!"
Xu Changshou's face froze. He had never expected that the consequences of having no backing would be so serious.
Li Linhao continued, "Don't worry, I know a lot of great Jindan masters. I'll help you run around a lot these few days and make sure you find someone to back you up."
"Thank you, Brother Li."
In a blink of an eye, ten days passed and Xu Changshou's medicine was used up. Without the use of the Spirit Gathering Pill, his cultivation speed was extremely slow, and Xu Changshou was not used to it.
So, he gritted his teeth and bought ten more Spirit Gathering Pills.
After buying the Spirit Gathering Pill, Xu Changshou only had less than 800 spirit stones left.
If he hadn't accepted gifts from others, the spirit stones on his body would have dried up.
In the evening, Li Linhao came again.
His expression was indescribably ugly: "Junior Brother Xu, you must have offended someone."
Xu Changshou's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"
Li Linhao said unhappily, "I've asked all of the fifteen Golden Core masters these past few days, and none of them are willing to take you in."
"What???"
Xu Changshou was dumbfounded.
Completely without support.