night.

There is no moon tonight, and three layers of extremely faint blue, yellow and purple rays of light cover the sky, setting off a beautiful contrast with the stars in the sky.

It is truly a world blessed by nature. Every star in the sky is so bright and dazzling. The starlight descending from the sky is like running water. No, it is even thicker and more viscous than running water. It pours down like porridge, covering the sky and the earth.

On the huge body of the old golden osmanthus, green leaves inlaid with faint golden edges stand upright comfortably, and clusters of osmanthus flowers hidden among the branches and leaves emit rich fragrance. The starlight falls on the tree canopy that now covers an area of ​​more than a thousand acres. It can be seen that the starlight is constantly being absorbed into the body of the old golden osmanthus.

The whole old golden osmanthus was emitting a bright light, and countless silver spots of light like fireflies were slowly rotating around the old golden osmanthus, like a silver tornado.

Most of Hancui Cliff is illuminated by the old golden osmanthus. The Li family manor near the old golden osmanthus does not even need to be lit. Even the elderly with poor eyesight can see the tiny handwriting on the book without the help of lights.

Li Linger held a huge brass basin filled with hot water in both hands and walked to Li Mofeng's study in small steps.

Putting down the foot basin, Li Linger punched Li Mofeng hard on the knee, then knelt on the ground and took off Li Mofeng's shoes and socks.

Li Mofeng reluctantly grasped the thick pharmacopoeia in his hand, one eye fixed on the book, the other sideways looking at his precious daughter: "My dear... about this matter of washing feet..."

Li Ling'er had a gloomy face and said in a cold voice: "As for washing feet, Ling'er is not living at home, but Daddy has not washed his feet for several days!"

Li Mofeng's old face turned slightly red and he laughed dryly a few times.

After taking a few fierce glances at the pharmacopoeia, Li Mofeng put down the book, turned sideways, and let Li Linger pull off his shoes and socks and put his feet into the foot basin. The hot water poured from the alchemy furnace was so hot that it soon scalded Li Mofeng's feet red.

He murmured, "Those who practice cultivation have no impurities in their bodies... Daddy and you practice the same technique, so your body is clean and dust-free. What's the big deal if you don't wash your feet for three to five days?"

Li Ling'er didn't say anything, but took out an old loofah and scrubbed Li Mofeng's feet vigorously. After practicing the Nine Deadly Black Turtle Technique, Li Ling'er's hand strength was very strong, and the loofah was rubbed into pieces in just a few strokes. She flipped her palm, and a small steel wire brush used to brush the fur of Han Cuiya's monster mount suddenly appeared.

Li Mofeng was grinning as Li Ling'er brushed him with the sound of "Shua". He looked at the gloomy Li Ling'er and laughed dryly: "Ling'er...you are worried! Hey, Daddy knows that you are old, but I like you..."

Li Linger put down the wire brush and took out a small spiritual knife which was usually used to cut the stems of certain hard medicinal herbs, and was about to cut the calluses on Li Mofeng's heels!

"Well, is it because of that old bastard Master Qiao?" Li Mofeng quickly changed his tone. He looked at Li Ling'er seriously and said in a deep voice, "I really can't believe it. It's brilliant, too brilliant. Awesome, too awesome!"

Li Linger put away the knife and used a wire brush to scrub Li Mofeng's feet vigorously, just like she and Chu Yaya usually brushed the fur of the demon leopard mount that Chu Yaya raised.

She raised her head, looked at Li Mofeng and said in a deep voice: "Daddy, are you saying that the old thief is very clever? Very powerful? Humph, he is just shameless!"

Throwing the steel brush into the foot basin fiercely, Li Ling'er's face flushed with anger: "That old and shameless thief, why did Master accept him as an elder? Back then, he colluded with several elders and forced Dad to give the ancestral alchemy book to that old thief, and also forced Ling'er to worship him as a master... That old thief has no shame!"

"Shameless?" Li Mofeng intertwined his fingers. He leaned back, staring at the ceiling of the study, and muttered to himself slowly: "Master Qiao is quite shameless... But, no matter how shameless he is... After suffering such a big loss, he spent a lot of money to collude with bandits and assassinate the Heavenly Master. This is possible..."

Li Linger's expression changed slightly.

"To say that he can lose face, throw away that old face, take the initiative to worship Han Cuiya, swear such a poisonous oath and let others drive him around... It's impossible, it's impossible!" Li Mofeng narrowed his eyes and said softly: "The powerful and brilliant that Dad said is about your master, the Heavenly Master!"

"Eh?" Li Ling'er looked at Li Mofeng inexplicably: "Master is wise? Awesome? Why did he accept that old thief?"

Li Linger recalled the years when she was a disciple in Bailuogou. She remembered how Master Qiao often looked at her sensitive parts from behind. She also remembered the various obscene behaviors of Master Qiao and several of his senior sisters that she had witnessed in the flower forest, under the corridor, and in the woods of Bailuogou.

Those were truly nightmare years!

Li Linger had no doubt that if she had not been too young at that time, she might have already become like those senior sisters, a piece of tender meat in the mouth of the wolf, for him to feast on!

Li Linger only felt disgust and fear towards Master Qiao, and there was absolutely no relationship between them as a master and a disciple!

She understood very well what kind of person Master Qiao was, so she couldn't understand why Chu Tian wanted to take him in.

"Ling'er, first of all, you have to understand that Master Qiao will definitely not voluntarily become a disciple of the Heavenly Master and let him command you." Li Mofeng looked at Li Ling'er gently and said softly, "Secondly, Dad has helped the Heavenly Master manage all the internal and external affairs over the years. He knows exactly how many elixirs Han Cui Cliff sells out every year, how many elixir furnaces and spiritual crystals it gets in exchange, and how much spare money the Heavenly Master has in his hands."

"How much spare money does Master have? Dad, why do you care how Master spends money?" Li Linger gave Li Mofeng a displeased look.

Li Mofeng smiled and pointed out the window: "This 3,800-li territory is almost free. But the price of these two mountain protection formations that easily cover thousands of miles of territory is not cheap. If you calculate it, it is several times more expensive than the alchemy furnaces in the hands of your more than 18,000 junior brothers!"

Li Linger's eyes widened: "So expensive?"

Li Mofeng nodded, and he pondered, "The Heavenly Master doesn't have much spare money, and he used it all to buy the furnace and various raw materials for alchemy... Especially the hundreds of thousands of acres of medicinal fields opened up in the past three years, how many materials to assist the growth of spiritual medicines were buried in them?"

"The spare money that Tianshi has is not even enough to buy these two mountain protection formations. Where did he get the money from?"

Li Mofeng smiled lightly: "That's why Dad said that the Heavenly Master is really powerful and smart... This money is probably from the filial piety of Master Qiao and others... He took their money and made them willingly sell themselves into slavery. This method is... powerful and smart!"

Reaching out his hand, he gently patted the stunned Li Ling'er's head, and Li Mofeng said softly, "You are so unfathomable, Ling'er."

"The Heavenly Master who can use Heavenly Power to easily grant cultivation to you and me, father and daughter, is unfathomable. You and I, father and daughter, just need to sincerely follow him... Master Qiao is not worth mentioning... Dad is still curious now, is Master Qiao really still Master Qiao?"