After packing up Widow Liu's belongings, Lin Jingge led Liu Yan home.
I ran into Ms. Qian at my doorstep; we had arranged to pick grapes today.
"Where did you kidnap this little kid from?" Qian Suisui was very outgoing. When she saw the child Lin Jingge was holding, she couldn't help but reach out and pinch the child's cheek.
After being attacked in the face by a stranger, Liu Yan shrank behind Lin Jingge.
“This is my adopted child. She’s a little shy, so don’t tease her.” Lin Jingge protectively hid Liu Yan behind her back.
Seeing this, Qian Suisui dared not tease the child any further and withdrew her outstretched hand.
Lin Jingge led Liu Yan into the house, with Qian Suisui following closely behind.
The servants that Qian Suisui brought also followed her into the house carrying baskets.
I didn't notice anything from a distance before, but now that I'm closer, the spiritual energy is much stronger than in the city!
"These grapes are really good." She walked closer, her eyes shining as she looked at the bunches of deep red grapes hanging on the vine, and subconsciously swallowed.
She had seen the grapes Lin Jingge had taken out before and was quite surprised, but now, looking at so many high-quality spiritual fruits in front of her, she was somewhat numb.
Yes, grapes with such a high concentration of spiritual energy can be classified as spiritual fruits. These are spiritual fruits grown by wood-elemental cultivators!
Although the Qian family of Beicheng is one of the top families in Lingyun City, Qian Suisui can't have everything she wants. She doesn't eat many spiritual fruits of this grade.
The main reason is that all the wood-type cultivators are arrogant and few are willing to put in the effort to cultivate.
"Pick them, I'll sell them all to you." As soon as Lin Jingge finished speaking, Qian Suisui waved her hand, and the servants behind her carrying baskets immediately took scissors and deftly picked the grapes.
Qian Suisui followed Lin Jingge into the main room.
Looking at the dilapidated house in front of her, she still showed her disdain as always.
"Speaking of which, since your family has a wood-element cultivator, you wouldn't be living like this even if you just joined any other family, right?" Qian Suisui sat at the table, resting her hands on the table, cupping her face, and tilting her head to look at Lin Jingge sitting opposite her.
Lin Jingge didn't reply immediately. Instead, she handed the washed grapes on the table to Liu Yan and asked her to take them to Grandma Lin's room. After giving the instructions, she looked up at Qian Suisui after Liu Yan left.
"You don't mean to make me pledge allegiance to your Qian family, do you?" Lin Jingge raised an eyebrow, looking at Qian Suisui, whose entire being seemed to say, "I have money, come and pledge allegiance to me quickly," and was both amused and exasperated.
"What, is it beneath you to rely on my Qian family?!" Qian Suisui raised an eyebrow and said angrily.
Although Lin Jingge didn't have much contact with Qian Suisui, she knew her temperament quite well, and seeing her like this, she knew she was joking.
"I'm not wronged, I'm not wronged," she said with a smile and a wave of her hand.
How could they feel wronged? Ever since the city lord of Lingyun City went to the imperial city, four families have stood in a tripartite balance of power in Lingyun City, and the Qian family is the number one family among the four.
She and Granny Lin were just two half-baked wood-element cultivators, so it was indeed not a disgrace for them to be able to enter such a family.
"Then why don't you join my family? I'll have my father find you a good job. Even if it's not the best job, it's still better than being in a place like this."
"No way," Lin Jingge quickly refused. "I prefer to be free and independent, and my grandma is too old to handle all that."
"How could there be any trouble? My father plans to resign from his position as clan chief and separate from the second branch of the family. You can rest assured that I'll protect you and there will be no trouble at all."
When she got excited, Qian Suisui couldn't help but lean closer to Lin Jinge, put her arm around her shoulder, and acted like they were best buddies.
"Well, we'll see when the time comes."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Lin Jingge, Qian Suisui had no choice but to give up. She wanted to say something else, but then she heard a gasp from outside the door.
"Ah—a snake, a snake!" The servants outside the door were picking grapes, but before they had picked more than a few bunches, a snake that was similar in color to the grapevines suddenly appeared.
The snake lunged at him.
The servant lost his balance, the shelf he was standing on wobbled, and he fell to the ground, missing his target.
Hearing the shouts outside the door, Lin Jingge and Qian Suisui quickly ran out.
"It's actually a second-tier demonic beast! My God! How can your family have a second-tier demonic beast?!" Qian Suisui exclaimed in surprise as she sensed the aura emanating from the snake.
You should know that the combat power of demonic beasts is much stronger than that of cultivators. A second-tier demonic beast can be compared with a mortal cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Master level!
At this moment, Granny Lin also came out.
The snake originally intended to bite the servant who had disturbed it, but after Granny Lin came out, it immediately attacked her.
The second-tier snake was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye it darted in front of Granny Lin.
Grandma Lin was fighting with the snake.
"Gege, this snake looks like it's looking for something. Quickly think of anything in the house that might attract it. None of us here can beat it!" Xiaoshi's voice rang in Lin Jingge's mind.
It analyzed the snake's fighting ability and concluded that even if everyone present joined forces, they would not be able to defeat the snake.
Moreover, Lin Jingge is a cultivator with damaged meridians. It doesn't matter if she plants some things, but if a fight really breaks out, she will be the one who suffers.
The snake and Granny Lin fought for a while, neither gaining the upper hand. But Granny Lin's actions seemed to anger it, and the snake's body suddenly swelled to the thickness of an adult's neck.
It looked like Granny Lin was about to be defeated.
"I'll help you!" Qian Suisui drew the fire-elemental whip coiled at her waist and struck the seven-inch mark of the demonic snake.
The snake looked thick, but it was very agile. It dodged effortlessly, and Qian Suisui's whip missed its mark.
After dodging the whip, the snake's tail swept towards Qian Suisui, sending her flying until she crashed into a banyan tree outside the courtyard before landing.
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