The issue was resolved, and Ye Tianying’s smile never once faltered throughout the event.

The first and second ladies of the house, who never showed themselves, ended up as mere supporting roles in the entire banquet.

Li Guanqi also saw Ye Feng’s two brothers; although they were in the Qi Refining stage,

their family dealt in Spirit Herb business, yet they were only at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

It seemed that their talents were far from matching Ye Feng’s, not by just a little bit.

However, after observing, Li Guanqi noted that these two brothers only had sycophancy in their eyes, though still tinged with jealousy.

They dared not harbor too many thoughts, for being born into a great clan, they knew how to measure their actions.

Clearly, the current situation left no room for them to entertain any other thoughts.

At the family banquet, Su Xi was the only one standing beside Ye Tianying the whole time.

The woman was dressed exceptionally lavishly today, with a touch of makeup and graceful demeanor.

She outshone the heavily adorned official wives by far.

Ye Feng kept urging Li Guanqi to drink with him, and a slightly tipsy Ye Feng couldn’t help but say,

“Guanqi… if it weren’t for you… I really wouldn’t know what to do!”

“Today! I’ll decide!”

“I’ll betroth my sister to you, from now on, you’re my brother-in-law!”

As he spoke, he pulled Li Guanqi towards Ye Qing’er, who was not far away.

Ye Feng’s voice was loud, and even Ye Qing’er, who wasn’t at the same table, could hear him clearly.

The young girl’s face flushed with embarrassment, her hands clutching the hem of her dress, standing there somewhat at a loss.

But the girl did not run away; she just stood there with her cheeks burning red.

Li Guanqi quickly pulled Ye Feng away.

The night at Qiongtai Villa was bright with lights everywhere, the atmosphere cheerful and harmonious.

Li Guanqi and his companion took to Sword flight and leaped onto a high mountain, overlooking the entire Qiongtai Villa.

Atop the mountain peak, with the breeze blowing, Ye Feng sobered up quite a bit.

He simply put the wine jar behind his head and lay down.

Looking at the starry sky, Ye Feng murmured, “Li Guanqi, do you know?”

“Ever since I was young, I felt that father didn’t like me, that he neglected our family.”

“But after this incident, I suddenly realized that I might not understand him at all.”

Li Guanqi had nothing much to say about such topics.

Even if he wanted to say something, he couldn’t come up with any consoling words.

After all…

Overlooking the lights of the world below, Li Guanqi said softly, “Your father was willing to scatter all his wealth and compensate with millions of Spirit Stones, which shows he does care about you.”

Ye Feng whispered, “Yeah… I thought he would choose to sacrifice Qing’er to save the Ye family.”

Li Guanqi smiled and looked at him, “Are your resentments gone?”

Ye Feng’s lips curved slightly, and he whispered, “Some of it is gone, it depends on how he behaves in the future.”

After a long silence, Ye Feng whispered, “Thank you.”

The next morning, everyone prepared to leave.

Before departing, Ye Tianying prepared a green storage ring for Ye Feng.

He handed it over and said softly, “With Elder Tu as your Master, your path to immortality will be smooth.”

“Don’t worry about home, just focus wholeheartedly on your cultivation.”

“There’s a jade bottle inside the storage ring, give it to your friend later; he helped us a lot, we can’t let him leave empty-handed.”

Ye Feng nodded and said softly, “Dad… be nicer to my mom.”

Then Ye Feng bid farewell to his parents, and Li Guanqi followed the others back to the Great Xia Sword Sect.

Upon returning, they found the Sect bustling with a warm and harmonious atmosphere.

Li Nanting said with a chuckle, “Because of you two, the Sect has gained two trial secret realms.”

“Recently, we’ve been preparing for the proper placement of the secret realms, and soon the Sect will select a group of disciples for exclusive access.”

“It should be ready in about seven days.”

Li Guanqi nodded with a smile, thinking to himself, “With such a great contribution, they shouldn’t charge me points, right?”

“As a hero, it would be rather mercenary to charge me.”

Ye Feng followed Li Guanqi on a Sword flight to Heavenly Thunder Peak.

Li Guanqi said irritably, “Are you a pest? We’re back, why don’t you go home?”

Ye Feng hugged Li Guanqi’s arm and nuzzled his shoulder, cooing in a flirtatious voice, “Brother~ how can you be so heartless, turning your back on me as soon as we return?”

“Ugh…”

Bang!

Li Guanqi shook him off and kicked him far away, nearly kicking him off the flying sword.

Disgusted, he scolded Ye Feng, “Scram, scram, scram, don’t disgust me.”

“If you really fancy that sort of thing, I’ll find you some stronger guys later.”

Ye Feng looked at Li Guanqi with a mournful gaze, twisting his head and mimicking the courtesans of Drunken Flower House, “Hmph, men are all the same~”

“I was going to give you the thousand-year-old white jade marrow my father gave me~”

The two of them made their way back to Heavenly Thunder Peak’s guesthouse, joking and bickering.

As soon as they entered, Yu Sui’an eyed them and muttered, “Li Guanqi, why did you beat him up?”

Li Guanqi said with a dark face, “He asked for it.”

Behind him, the golden-haired Ye Feng with dark circles under his eyes made faces at Yu Sui’an.

Then he tossed the jade bottle to Li Guanqi, “Drink it quickly, it’s especially effective for increasing cultivation.”

Li Guanqi took it and asked softly, “You don’t want it?”

Ye Feng turned away nonchalantly, waving his hand, “I have better stuff from my Master.”

Swoosh!

Ye Feng flew away on his sword, and Yu Sui’an quickly climbed onto Li Guanqi’s back, saying, “Fly, fly, fly, take me for a spin.”

“I’ve been so bored without you here.”

It was then that Li Guanqi suddenly asked, “You reached the second level of Qi Refining??”

The little girl nonchalantly replied, “I don’t know what happened, but one day while running, I suddenly felt green light spots around me, so I grabbed them and stuffed them into my mouth.”

“And then… I was in the Qi Refining stage.”

Li Guanqi was inwardly shocked, not expecting the little girl to have such a talent for cultivation, and she wasn’t even seven years old!

He thought to himself, “What do you mean ‘running and then Qi Refining’…”

After flying around with Yu Sui’an for a while and putting her to sleep, Li Guanqi checked the backyard.

Then he took off alone from Heavenly Thunder Peak on his sword.

Above Heavenly Sword Peak, several Elders were transporting huge rocks through the air.

Li Guanqi then headed straight for the back of the Sword Sect.

The mountain range behind the Great Xia Sword Sect was also known as Thousand Peak Mountain.

Here, pillar-like peaks stood in abundance, roughly numbering over a thousand.

Many disciples chose a solitary peak as their place of seclusion after reaching Foundation Establishment.

Soon, Li Guanqi saw a peak rising over five hundred feet tall.

Through the clouds, he saw that the summit was exceptionally flat, with a naturally formed pool.

Swoosh!

Li Guanqi landed gently on the peak and, checking the jade slip, found that this peak, named Jade Flask Peak, had no disciple’s mark.

He promptly marked this place as his cultivation peak.

The flat summit was over a hundred feet in diameter, with a pool about ten feet wide at the edge of the peak.

Occasionally, mist surrounded the summit, and the cries of birds could be heard.

Standing on the summit, Li Guanqi was very satisfied with the location and murmured, “Tomorrow I’ll have someone come over to inscribe a Gathering Spirit Array.”

“Then I’ll build a small wooden hut, and from then on, I can practice swordsmanship, martial arts, and cultivate in seclusion here.”