The little girl pursed her lips tightly, and a stubborn look appeared on her chubby cheeks, which made her look very cute: "Sister, is your secret important? If you don't even tell your parents, how can you guarantee that you won't get hurt again?"

"Believe me, sister. No one in this world can hurt me!" Wu Niang raised her chin slightly, full of confidence.

Ever since she had revised the Nine Revolutions Divine Art, her cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds. In just a few months, she had leapt from the first level of the twelfth level to the fourth level.

She clearly realized that at this rate, breaking through to the twelfth level was only a matter of time.

In the world in her memory, even if one only practices the "Nine Revolutions Divine Art" to the tenth level, it is enough to allow one to run rampant in the world.

Wu Niang knew very well that although the trend of practicing martial arts was no longer popular in the Great Chu today, the long-term peace in the country had made the martial arts world gradually become a legendary existence, and even the few remaining martial arts forces seemed to have disappeared.

After several silent trials, she discovered that her "Nine Revolutions Divine Art" had reached the fourth level. In Chengguan County, almost no one could defeat her, unless she was fighting against her mother at home, which was a different story.

Therefore, Wu Niang was full of confidence and promised Xiao You Niang: "Don't worry, in Chengguan County now, Sister is definitely the strongest!"

Little Youniang blinked her big eyes. Although she didn't quite understand the word "martial arts", seeing her sister so confident, she still applauded and cheered enthusiastically, and praised again and again: "Sister is great!" Wu Niang's cheeks blushed at her sister's innocent praise. She quickly comforted the excited little Youniang, and then skillfully climbed out the window again and returned home.

She quickly changed the bloodstained clothes, and everything returned to normal, as if the night's adventure was just a dream.

As for the well-behaved young girl, since she had solemnly promised to help keep the secret, she would not easily break her oath, and would not rush to reveal to Xu Liyun the interesting things that happened today.

She just walked quietly, like a lithe cat, carrying a full milk basin that smelled of warm milk, and tiptoed to the corner where Xiaobai was.

When Xiaobai saw the milk basin, he seemed to be finally blessed after a long drought. He leaped up suddenly, and stuck his whole body tightly to the edge of the basin. His tender but sharp little claws clasped the edge of the basin tightly. His little head rose and fell quickly in the milky white world like pounding garlic, and a satisfied and slightly greedy gurgling sound came from his throat.

In a short while, the milk basin was completely emptied, and even the soft and fine fur on its chest was splashed wet, as if it had just experienced a milky white rain.

At this time, Xiao Youniang pulled out a handkerchief embroidered with elegant little flowers from her sleeve and patiently and gently wiped the milk stains off Xiaobai's body again and again. The scene was so warm that it seemed like a carefully painted painting.

As for the children's laughter, scolding, and chasing each other, Xu Liyun always maintained a mother's unique tolerance and understanding and did not interfere too harshly.

She believed that these carefree little guys, in their innocent world, had their own ways of getting along with each other and resolving conflicts. Even the young white tiger seemed to know how to maintain a delicate and harmonious boundary with its companions.

Xu Guishan, who has been coveting the mysterious treasure, has been feeling uneasy and on pins and needles these days.

Finally, when he learned that Zhang Laoer had returned home with his youngest son, he almost ran there, looking eager to show off.

He hurriedly stepped forward to take the luggage from the Zhang father and son, and kept praising Zhang Siwa's cleverness. His hospitality was so obvious that it made others laugh.

Zhang Laoer and Xu Liyun only need to exchange glances to understand each other.

Seeing Xu Liyun nod slightly, Zhang Laoer understood that the strategy they had discussed earlier had already been quietly implemented.

So, Zhang Laoer deliberately put on an angry look and adopted a lukewarm attitude towards Xu Guishan's overly enthusiastic actions. No matter how Xu Guishan smiled, he just pursed his lips and didn't even raise his eyelids.

It was not until Xu Guishan, helpless, cast a look at Xu Liyun for help that Xu Liyun, who had remained calm, intervened casually: "Second brother, you see Guishan brought a gift today to apologize, and he looks so sincere. How about you be magnanimous and forgive him this time?"

Zhang Laoer snorted when he heard this, and said sarcastically, "Humph, bringing a few small things is considered sincerity? I think he is sincere in trying to take advantage of us and wants to exchange our heirloom for a few small coins."

Upon hearing this, Xu Guishan quickly waved his hands to explain, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead: "Brother-in-law, you misunderstood, how could I dare to have such an idea. I know this treasure is hard to come by. If you are willing to part with it, I promise to give you a fair price and will never let you suffer a loss!"

After hearing this, Zhang Laoer raised his eyebrows, obviously waiting for Xu Guishan to reveal his cards.

Xu Guishan thought for a moment, then hesitantly stretched out five fingers: "Five taels of silver!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Guishan felt a little regretful.

You have to know that Zhang Laoer bought the earthenware jar with only a few dozen copper coins, and five taels of silver is more than dozens of times that!

However, when Zhang Laoer heard the offer, he turned around and went back to the house without saying a word, as if the negotiations were over.

Seeing that this rare opportunity was about to slip through his fingers like water, Xu Guishan didn't care about the money and quickly stood in front of Zhang Laoer. After a fierce ideological struggle, he gritted his teeth and said, "Ten taels of silver, this should be enough, right?"

"Fifteen taels of silver, this is my bottom line. If you don't agree, you can leave now and just pretend we never said anything. Tomorrow I will go to the city by myself, sell this thing, and then take your sister to the city to choose a house."

Seeing that Xu Guishan was being fussy, Zhang Laoer simply got straight to the point and left no room for negotiation.

These fifteen taels of silver were exactly all the savings that Xu Liyun brought back to her parents' home that year. Putting aside the daily expenses for food and clothing, this money should logically belong to Xu Liyun. It was time for it to be returned to her name.

Although Xu Guishan didn't know what Zhang Laoer was thinking, he couldn't help but gasp when he heard the number fifteen taels. The distressed feeling made the muscles on his face twisted.

He wanted to bargain, but when he saw Zhang Laoer's iron-clad expression, he knew there was no room for negotiation.

"Think about it carefully. If I don't see the silver after tomorrow noon, then you will really have no chance of getting this treasure."

Zhang Laoer said this and waved his hand to signal Xu Guishan that he could leave. He even refused to accept the gifts he had brought and asked Xu Guishan to take them back intact.

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