"Ding dong, congratulations to player Liu Xiaoyuan for killing two Qi Refining mid-stage cultivators and gaining 3000 experience points!" The system's voice rang in Liu Xiaoyuan's mind.
To be honest, Liu Xiaoyuan was even a little tempted to go find those novice cultivators to level up, because these cultivators had particularly high experience points, so leveling up would naturally be faster.
Damn it, this is completely encouraging me to kill those cultivators whose cultivation level is not as high as mine, so that my cultivation level can be rapidly improved in a short period of time.
However, Liu Xiaoyuan was not the kind of murderous demon who took pleasure in killing. In Liu Xiaoyuan's view, while killing cultivators certainly yielded high experience points and allowed for relatively rapid leveling up, he was not the type to kill.
However, one shouldn't be so unscrupulous, killing every cultivator regardless of their character. While Liu Xiaoyuan isn't a saintly hypocrite, he wouldn't do anything so utterly depraved.
Therefore, in Liu Xiaoyuan's view, those who deserve to be killed should be killed without mercy. Those who don't deserve to be killed should not be killed indiscriminately.
Liu Xiaoyuan returned to Tan Lingshan and her daughter's side. He saw that the two women were hugging each other tightly. After all, in this desolate wilderness, even two men would be scared, let alone two women.
Upon seeing Liu Xiaoyuan return, Tan Lingshan and her daughter immediately separated and walked towards Liu Xiaoyuan.
"Brother Liu, thank you so much for tonight. If it weren't for you, my mother and I would be dead," Tan Lingshan said.
Tan Lingshan's mother also said, "Mr. Liu, thank you so much! Thank you for saving Lingshan! Thank you!"
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "No need for thanks, let's go back."
Tan Lingshan's mother, Zeng Xi, handed the small cauldron in her hand to Liu Xiaoyuan and said, "Mr. Liu, you saved Lingshan, so this small cauldron is for you."
Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "Auntie, I didn't save Lingshan for this little cauldron. I only did it because of Murong Yuyan."
Liu Xiaoyuan said this because he didn't want Tan Lingshan to be grateful to him, because once a woman is moved by a man, she is very likely to fall in love with him.
Liu Xiaoyuan already has enough women around him. If Tan Lingshan were to have some unclear relationship with him, it would be a rather troublesome matter.
Therefore, Liu Xiaoyuan felt it was better to keep a certain distance from Tan Lingshan.
Hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's words, Tan Lingshan felt inexplicably uncomfortable. Perhaps it was because of his statement that he only acted because of Murong Yuyan that Tan Lingshan felt her life was less important than a single sentence from Murong Yuyan.
Zeng Xi said, "Mr. Liu, whatever the reason, you saved my daughter and me tonight. We have no way to repay you, so we can only give you this small cauldron. I know that you are not an ordinary person, and you would not care about such worldly things as money. This small cauldron is definitely not simple, so please accept it, Mr. Liu Xiaoyuan."
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "This small cauldron is the treasure of your Tan family. Your husband said that this small cauldron is the treasure bowl of your Tan family. If this small cauldron is lost, the Tan family will also be finished."
Zeng Xi said, "Mr. Liu, you don't believe in such superstitions, do you? For a family or an individual to succeed, luck and opportunity are indispensable, but the most important thing is one's own efforts. If you don't work hard, even if you are given many opportunities, it will be of no use."
Liu Xiaoyuan didn't expect Zeng Xi to be more insightful than Tan Jianye. Yes, luck and opportunity are important, but the most important thing is one's own efforts. There are no free lunches in the world, and even if there were, only those who get up early would be able to pick them up.
Most people understand this simple principle, but Tan Jianye, a big entrepreneur, ignored this most basic principle and instead became superstitious about this small tripod.
Liu Xiaoyuan still didn't want the small tripod, saying, "Auntie, I don't want to see you two quarrel over this. You should take the tripod back. Don't let this cause any conflict."
That's what they say, but Liu Xiaoyuan knew that when Zeng Xi took the small cauldron to rescue Tan Lingshan without Tan Jianye's permission, Tan Jianye and his wife had already sown the seeds of future trouble.
Zeng Xi smiled and shook his head, saying, "Mr. Liu, this little cauldron is a menace to our Tan family. Now that people know our Tan family has such a cauldron, there will definitely be a lot of trouble in the future."
Zeng Xi is right. The news that the Tan family has something good must have spread outside, otherwise two groups of people wouldn't have come to cause trouble for the Tan family in one night.
Looking at the small cauldron in Zeng Xi's hand, Liu Xiaoyuan wanted to take it, but he was too embarrassed to, since it was still uncertain whether the cauldron was a good thing or not.
If this small cauldron is truly a valuable item, why are all the cultivators at the Qi Refining stage coming instead of those at the Foundation Establishment or Core Formation stages?
This situation is like someone with little money having to eat fast food and buy cheap clothes. Meanwhile, business owners naturally dine at luxury hotels and buy designer brands.
Therefore, Liu Xiaoyuan suspected that this small cauldron was not a good thing. If he took it, the Tan family would think that he had also come for the cauldron.
Seeing Liu Xiaoyuan hesitate, Tan Lingshan also persuaded him, "Brother Liu, just accept this little cauldron. Anyway, it's just a nuisance in my house. Without this little cauldron, my family can live a peaceful life."
Zeng Xi immediately said, "Mr. Liu, Ling Shan is right. This little cauldron is a menace to our family. So, please help us, Mr. Liu."
As she spoke, Zeng Xi handed her small cauldron to Liu Xiaoyuan. Liu Xiaoyuan took the cauldron, opened the cardboard box, and saw a three-legged round cauldron inside. This round cauldron was very small, about the size of an incense burner.
Liu Xiaoyuan took out the round tripod. The tripod had an ancient shape and some patterns on it, but he didn't know what these patterns were because he knew nothing about them.
Looking at the round tripod in his hand, which had a profound sense of history, Liu Xiaoyuan felt that this small tripod was not simple. He estimated that if it were auctioned, it would be worth at least tens of millions.
"Mr. Liu, please accept it," Zeng Xi said again.
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "Auntie, although I don't know much about antiques, if this ding (a type of ancient Chinese cooking vessel) were to be auctioned, I think it could fetch tens of millions of yuan with its excellent condition."
Zeng Xi smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, you saved Ling Shan's life tonight. In my heart, my daughter Ling Shan's life is priceless. No matter how much gold and silver you use, it is not even one ten-thousandth of my daughter's value."
This is motherly love! In a mother's heart, her daughter is always the best, the most outstanding, and the most wonderful!
(End of this chapter)
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