At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.
Nine dragon-shaped pillars were neatly stacked on the back of an earthquake demon, and they will be transported to Kyoto next.
Qiao Chuyang looked at the nine dragon-carved pillars with burning passion in his eyes, as if he saw the hope that the Qiao family could surpass the other three major families.
As the dragon pillar moved further away, Qiao Chuyang's expression gradually returned to calm.
"I never expected that there would be more than one opportunity at the Sacred Lake of Tianshan!" Qiao Chuyang muttered to himself, then turned to look at Qiao Suinian. "You did a good job with the Dragon Pillar; now let's talk about the other one!"
"What?" Qiao Suinian frowned.
Qiao Chuyang stared into Qiao Suinian's eyes and said, word by word.
"Great Fortune! Bone of Heavenly Power!"
"I have already met with the King of Zhenxi. He said that you have already taken the Heavenly Bone of Great Fortune! Hand it over!"
Qiao Suinian suddenly revealed a cold smile, then pointed to his ribs.
"I have already fused with the Heavenly Bone of Great Fortune. If you want it, just take it."
"Do you think I wouldn't dare?" Qiao Chuyang's gaze sharpened, and he was about to take the bone directly.
But a large hand suddenly clamped down on him, preventing him from advancing an inch.
"Brother, don't go too far!" Qiao Chuxu said through gritted teeth. "Suinian has already done us a great service by letting us discover the secret of the Panlong Pillar. Aren't you afraid that treating a meritorious person like this will alienate the rest of the Qiao family?"
As soon as Qiao Chuxu finished speaking, many people in the Qiao family began to look at Qiao Chuyang with strange expressions.
"Heh... You're trying to coerce me by using righteousness as leverage, aren't you? Fourth brother, you're really something, you've learned everything I've taught you over the years very well!"
Qiao Chuyang glared coldly at Qiao Chuxu.
"You should understand that the reason why my Qiao family was able to rank among the four major families is because the Qiao family members were united and worked together."
"But Qiao Suinian not only refused to listen to any discipline, but also did his own thing. He was a sophisticated egoist. Such a person entering the Qiao family was like a rotten apple spoiling the whole barrel."
"The Panlong Pillar can only be said to be making up for his mistakes with his merits! Moreover, something like the Hongyun Qitian Bone is enough to protect the entire Qiao family! By taking it for himself, he is undoubtedly harming the interests of the entire Qiao family!"
"As long as Qiao Suinian is willing to hand over the Hongyun Qitian Bone, I will naturally include him in the Qiao family's genealogy. The Qiao family will support him for the rest of his life and will never mistreat him."
"Fourth brother, I'm only explaining this to you because we're brothers. I'll give you three days to think it over. After three days, whether Qiao Suinian is willing or not, I will take action to retrieve the Hongyun Qitian Bone. If you still insist on stopping me then, we can't be brothers anymore!"
"Walk!"
After saying his piece, Qiao Chuyang left with his men, leaving behind only Qiao Chuxu and Qiao Suinian, their faces grim, standing in the vast white snow.
"Sui Nian, I'm sorry, Dad is a useless person."
Qiao Chuxu sighed, looking as if he had aged more than ten years, utterly listless.
"It's alright, Dad. Uncle is right. Only by handing the Auspicious Bone over to the family can we maximize its benefits. I was too selfish, trying to keep such a treasure for myself," Qiao Suinian comforted him with a smile.
"You...you really think so?" Qiao Chuxu was a little stunned.
“Of course! The connection of family blood is more important to me than anything else!” Qiao Suinian nodded heavily. “Although forcibly using the Qitian Bone would turn me into a cripple, my uncle said that the family will take care of me.”
Qiao Chuxu pursed his lips, then hugged Qiao Suinian tightly.
"Child, I'm so sorry you had to go through this!"
Qiao Chuxu's embrace was warm, but perhaps because they were in the snow, Qiao Suinian suddenly felt very cold, a cold that came from the inside out.
A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth, a smile that contained a hint of self-mockery.
"Dad, tell Uncle that as long as he acknowledges to the whole world that I, Qiao Suinian, am a member of the Qiao family, I will hand over the Heavenly Bone of Great Fortune!" Qiao Suinian said.
"Okay!" Qiao Chuxu nodded emphatically. "And you?"
"I...I want to see someone. After all, I'm a cripple now that I've handed over the Heavenly Bone of Great Fortune. I want to see her one last time."
Qiao Suinian's face suddenly turned red, and she looked a little shy.
"You're going to meet a woman, aren't you? You little rascal, you've got a bit of my style back in the day! Don't worry! If my son, Qiao Chuxu, takes a fancy to any girl, that family is incredibly lucky!"
"You go first, and I promise you'll marry her in style and honor as a member of the Qiao family!" Qiao Chuxu promised with a smile.
"Okay! Thanks, Dad!"
Qiao Suinian also smiled, and this scene of fatherly love and filial piety was the envy of many.
Only after Qiao Chuxu left did Han Yueling, Jiang Ping, and Bei Daiku emerge from the shadows.
"Are you really going to take the bones and hand them over to the Qiao family?" Han Yueling asked, frowning.
"I don't know. Actually, I already have the answer in my heart, but I need one more thing to make me completely decide." A bitter smile appeared on Qiao Suinian's face. "In the end, it was all just a mirage, a pipe dream..."
"Come with me. Yueling, you all go back to Dingtianque first. I still have things to do, and it will be too late if we don't go now."
Qiao Suinian waved his hand and left alone, without even taking Beidaiku with him. Sometimes, you don't have to kill people to solve problems. He was prepared to find an answer to the Qiao family's matter himself, or more accurately, to find a reason that could convince himself.
Having always been an orphan, he suddenly encountered kinship, much like a great mage who always tries to enlighten himself suddenly meets a beautiful girl who is willing to play cards with him.
Qiao Suinian won't die from losing her family, and the Grand Magister won't die from losing this girl either; it's just that everything will go back to the way it was before.
But how could someone who has already experienced happiness willingly go back to the past?
For example, if you were the Archmage, and you discovered that the girl who was willing to play cards with you might not actually like you that much, and that she had ulterior motives for approaching you, would you be able to cut ties with her immediately?
So even though she had already noticed something was wrong, Qiao Suinian kept convincing herself not to think too much about it and to believe that everything was true.
This is similar to how all the "Boys" try to convince themselves that their goddess has a place in her heart by providing various pieces of evidence; in the end, it's just a form of psychological comfort.
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