Qin Lao squatted in the corner, gnawing resentfully on the top-grade restorative medicine he had obtained from Ze Fang, while glaring at Ze Fang who was boiling medicine nearby. Deceitful, shameless, actually using bribery to pry information from him!
"When Little Man'er wakes up, I'll tell her you tricked me!"
Ze Fang glanced at him. "Grandpa, I'll tell Man'man that you tricked me into eating spirit medicine."
Qin Lao was instantly choked, patting his chest repeatedly. Shameless, truly shameless. Qin Lao floated in front of Ze Fang, scrutinizing him carefully. "Are you truly a child?"
"Grandpa, don't I look like a child?"
Qin Lao scratched his head. Were children these days so precocious? As cunning as little foxes. Not only did he fail to extract any useful information from Ze Fang, but he had been completely emptied of his secrets by this little brat.
"You confess honestly, why are you pestering my Little Man'er?"
Ze Fang lifted the lid, looked at the medicine, still needing a bit more time. He added more firewood. "I won't harm her."
"If you won't harm her, then why is she lying there?" Qin Lao felt both angry and vexed when this was mentioned.
"This is a spatial artifact, isn't it?" Ze Fang changed the subject. "A spatial artifact that can hold living people, and has birthed a spirit. It's enough to drive Nascent Soul stage cultivators mad."
Qin Lao retreated two zhang, looking into the room. Xiao Man was still asleep. Should he seize the opportunity to kill this brat to silence him? This brat was by no means a simple child, and his ability to identify a spatial artifact was something that absolutely could not be revealed, or Little Man'er would be in danger.
"Are you thinking of killing me to silence me while Man'man is asleep?" Ze Fang glanced at Qin Lao. "If you dare to touch me, I guarantee that when Man'man wakes up, she will fight you to the death."
"Even if I kill you, she can't do anything to me. I am her ancestor!"
"In Man'man's eyes, I am her son." Ze Fang's innocent face carried a sly smile. "As you've seen, to save me, she even disregarded her own life. Are you sure that after you kill me, she won't turn you to dust?"
Qin Lao was furious, floating back and forth around Ze Fang. He wanted to beat him to death but didn't dare to act. He, who had a reputation for a lifetime, had never been so stifled!
"Brat, back in the day, this old man was..."
"A Nascent Soul stage cultivator."
"How do you know?" Qin Lao asked in shock. Could this brat divine the future?
"A spatial artifact that can hold living people, as far as I know, there is only one." Ze Fang said unhurriedly. "That is the Tongtian Pagoda, refined by the Qin family ancestor Qin Aotian with his life's energy a thousand years ago. When the Tongtian Pagoda was completed, it was struck by three heavenly tribulations, and the Qin family ancestor sacrificed himself to become the spirit of the Tongtian Pagoda."
Qin Lao swallowed. "You... did Little Man'er tell you?"
Ze Fang looked at Qin Lao. "So, Man'man is of the Qin family's direct bloodline. You asked me to use strong liquor to clean her wounds to prevent me from discovering her Myriad Poison Golden Body inheritance, correct?"
Qin Lao's heart pounded. Had this brat become an actual spirit?
"What exactly do you want?" Qin Lao abandoned his flippant demeanor, contemplating whether he could kill this peculiar child in his current state, with Xiao Man unconscious.
"Qin Lao, all I want is for her to be safe." The medicine was ready. Ze Fang poured it out, waiting for it to cool before taking it in. "I want to stay by her side, I want to watch her smile, watch her fool around. Only by staying by her side..."
Ze Fang pressed his chest. "...will this place not feel so empty."
"I understand!" Qin Lao finally understood. Having lived for a thousand years, he was quite perceptive. "You like my Little Man'er."
"Yes, I like Man'man and want to stay by her side forever." Ze Fang answered affirmatively. Being by Xiao Man's side made him feel incredibly happy.
"Unfortunately, she is already married. She has a husband."
Ze Fang's face was calm. "Impossible. If she had a husband, he should be dead by now."
"What do you mean?"
"Myriad Poison Golden Body." Ze Fang looked at Qin Lao with a composed expression. "Not just anyone can be her husband if they possess the Myriad Poison Golden Body inheritance. An ordinary person who becomes her husband will inevitably be harmed by her Myriad Poison Golden Body. Did Qin Lao not tell Man'man about this?"
Qin Lao suddenly realized. That was right, he had forgotten about this. Any direct bloodline of the Qin family who inherited the Myriad Poison Golden Body could not marry anyone other than someone from the Feng family before reaching the Golden Core stage. Because a Myriad Poison Golden Body inheritor below the Golden Core stage was essentially a walking poison!
"Don't forget, it's also possible to marry if the Myriad Poison Golden Body is abolished."
"But Man'man did not abolish her Myriad Poison Golden Body." Ze Fang tested the medicine, it was no longer hot. He immediately carried the medicine into the room and fed it to Xiao Man. Qin Lao followed, floating in and circling Ze Fang.
"You want to be Little Man'er's husband?" Qin Lao inquired. "But you're still a little kid. When you grow up..."
"Cultivators have long lives. By the time I grow up, her appearance will be the same, unchanging. Ten years, twenty years, for a cultivator, is but a blink of an eye." Ze Fang's voice was childish and lacked conviction, but Qin Lao understood that he was speaking the truth.
"Have you forgotten that in her heart, you are just her son? Do you think she would be with her own son?"
"Xiao Qi is the son in her heart, not me." Ze Fang glanced at Qin Lao, his smile unchanged. After feeding Xiao Man the bowl of medicine, he carefully tucked her in, collected the bowl, and went out. Su Dan Fiction Network.
Qin Lao continued to follow. "So, you are determined to be her husband?"
Ze Fang thought carefully. "If only by being her husband can I stay by her side, then I will be her husband."
"You can also stay by her side as a friend." Qin Lao quickly said. He realized that this brat didn't understand his feelings for Xiao Man; he just wanted to stay by her side.
"As a friend, will she like me?"
"Yes, look at her friends, Poisonous Woman, Shan Yun, Xiang Jian, Xi Wen, she likes them all."
"No." Ze Fang felt something was wrong. He understood that Xiao Man liked her friends, but the liking he spoke of was different. The liking he desired was unique, hers alone.
"Where is it wrong?"
"The liking I want is that she only likes me, and I only like her." Ze Fang stated with certainty. "I don't want anyone else to share her liking for me! The thought of her liking being shared with others makes me feel very uncomfortable, as if someone is hammering my chest with an iron hammer."
Ze Fang clenched his fist and pounded his chest. "It's very uncomfortable, so I want to be her only one."