Chapter 690: 690 Thunder Spirit Pearls
Everyone was looking at their booth, wanting to know who the fool inside was.
Tan Shaoting took out a storage bag and placed a thousand and one mid-grade spirit stones inside, waiting for the delivery.
Before long, the door was knocked open. A person came in carrying a tray.
Tan Shaoting squinted his eyes. This was a cultivator at the Golden Core Middle Stage. Was he here to test them?
He gave the three children a look, which was what they had planned earlier.
"Friend, here is the Thunder Spirit Pearl you bid on."
Tan Shaoting took it, glanced at it, and saw the round pearl with purple lightning flickering inside.
"Indeed. Friend, here are the spirit stones for you to check."
At this time, the three children gathered around.
"Qi Hong, this is for you. I don’t know what you need it for. Now that it’s in your hands, you can’t even use it."
"I just wanted to see what a Thunder Spirit Pearl looks like."
"Second Brother, now you’ve seen it. From now on, you can only keep looking at it."
"Isn’t that true? I thought after father bid, someone would follow." Qi Hong looked truly regretful.
"Alright, put it away. As long as you like it, that’s enough," said Qi Yan from the side.
"Okay, you two have seen it. I’m putting it away now."
The cultivator at the Golden Core Middle Stage who came over was an elder from the Duobao Pavilion, and he was here to take a look on orders.
The three children were still too young. He didn’t believe they would lie. The elder imagined that the children wanted it, so they bid, but didn’t expect no one else would follow, resulting in this situation.
"The number of spirit stones is correct. Please, carry on, friend." With that, the person carrying the tray also left.
The auction was now concluded. The father and his three children didn’t rush to leave. Qi Hong handed the Thunder Spirit Pearl to Qi Yan, and the faces of the three siblings were all smiles.
With this, Qi Hong and Qi Wen felt no pressure. They had been taught since childhood to share good things among the three of them.
The two of them both had spiritual pearls, but the big brother didn’t. Now it’s fine, everyone had one.
Tan Shaoting watched the children from the side, really thinking they were wonderful. He hoped they would live the rest of their lives like this.
Qi Yan put away the Thunder Spirit Pearl, feeling very excited, not jealous of his younger siblings having spirit pearls, but envious. He wanted one too but knew this kind of thing was a rare find. And now, he had one.
Tan Shaoting called the children over to eat the Spirit Fruit, knowing that whenever they left, they would be monitored.
So, half an hour later, he swaggered out of the booth with the three children.
The Duobao Pavilion was quite considerate. Even though the father and children stayed in the booth the whole time, no one disturbed them.
Walking on the street, they noticed many divine senses watching them. He gently squeezed Qi Wen’s hand.
"Father, I want to buy a hairpin with defense capabilities. Can I?"
Following this, Qi Yan spoke. "Sister, father has no more spirit stones. The spirit stones used to buy the Spirit Pearl for Qi Hong were most of the family’s wealth.
Wait until brother completes a task, then the leftover spirit stones will be yours."
"Father, is it true? Did my Second Brother use up all the spirit stones?"
"Qi Wen, I still have some. Let’s go, I’ll take you to buy it."
"Father, but if we buy that hairpin, how will we cultivate and return? The flying boat also needs spirit stones to start."
Tan Shaoting thought their acting was really remarkable.
"Father, I don’t want it anymore. I won’t spend spirit stones," the young girl said with grievance.
Tan Shaoting sighed, "Qi Wen, when we return, I’ll take a task and surely buy you the hairpin you like."
The young girl didn’t lift her head or speak, just nodded in agreement.
Qi Hong looked at the Spirit Food House on the side of the road, swallowed his saliva, but didn’t say he wanted to eat.
The father and his three children headed towards the Shushan Sect’s base, with Tan Shaoting comforting his daughter all the way.
He sensed that fewer divine senses were following them.
He knew that this wouldn’t dispel some people’s suspicions. But since this matter was already out in the open, this was all they could do.
The father and children returned to the base to see Zheng He smiling at them.
"Junior Brother Tan, any harvest this time?"
"Uncle Zheng, it was my second child who wanted the Thunder Spirit Pearl, and I got it."
"Haha, good eye. It’s a great thing, even if not usable."
"The kids wanted it, so I tried, not expecting it to work," Tan Shaoting said with a bitter smile.
"Well, it means it’s fated for the children."
"Uncle Zheng, did you gain anything?"
"No, I didn’t have the strength for what I liked. There’s a trade fair tomorrow, lasting five days. I’ll try my luck then.
If you run out of spirit stones, you can get some here first, and repay when you head back for tasks."
"Thank you, Uncle Zheng. I currently don’t need anything. In the secret realm, I sold the demon beast from the last mission, so I still have some spirit stones.
These spirit stones were reserved in advance. Thanks for Uncle Zheng’s kindness."
"No problem, no problem, there will definitely be good things these five days."
"Yes, it’s a rare opportunity. I also want to take the kids to look around."
In the evening, everyone dined together. The other five cultivators at the Qi Cultivation Stage looked at Tan Shaoting and his children with peculiar expressions.
The three children still ate sweetly, even if it was just spirit rice porridge, and they weren’t picky.
After dinner, the father and his three children returned to their room.
After activating the array, "Qi Yan, go into the space and refine the Thunder Spirit Pearl."
It’s best to make good things your own as soon as possible.
The young one was very calm, but after all, being a four-year-old child, he still had a look of longing.
Now, only the father and his two children were left outside. They lay on the bed without cultivating, still holding the two children.
"Dad, how many people do you think will still be suspicious of us?"
"At least the big sects will still suspect.
You don’t need to worry about it, it’s fine."
"Dad, does this mean we won’t be able to go out in the future? Only staying in the sect?"
"No, when we get back, we’ll go on tasks together, giving you all a chance for real combat."
Children would be very lonely if they were always confined to the sect.
If it’s truly too dangerous, he’d stay with them in the sect.
It was only in the dead of night that Tan Shaoting let Qi Yan out.
Seeing his eldest son’s smiling face, Tan Shaoting also smiled.
"Dad, I did it."
"Good, as long as there’s no danger. Do you want to cultivate or sleep?"
"Dad, I want to cultivate. I want to stabilize myself." The little one was still in high spirits.