35: Chapter 35 One old rascal and one young rascal, they make a perfect pair.

Subsequently, Li Guidai turned to Yang Qingqing and said: "I didn't have a chance to explain earlier, here is the second thing!"

"Your brother here wants to build his own Li Family! Within a month, I want to open up all four directions—north, south, east, and west—of Ganlu Town!"

He waved his hand grandly, pointing at the Mengchun Brothel: "So, this place, stop being a brothel from now on! It's too low-end and doesn't match the style of our Li Family!"

"I want to turn it into a top-tier private club featuring high-end dining, spirit tea tasting, intelligence exchange, artifact previews... in short, something so high-class it has no rivals! I've already thought of the name: 'Yuegui Pavilion'!"

The moment he finished speaking, without waiting for Yang Qingqing to recover from this grand blueprint, his storage ring flashed, and a bulging, valuable-looking storage bag was tossed at her like a rock, "whoosh" through the air.

Yang Qingqing caught it instinctively; the heavy weight made her arm drop.

"There are two million low-grade spirit stones in here!"

Li Guidai said it as calmly as if he were talking about two taels of silver: "Take it, build the framework for our 'Yuegui Pavilion' first. Expand where needed, renovate where needed—make it as extravagant as possible!"

"Two... two million?"

Yang Qingqing gasped, eyes wide, mouth hanging open enough to fit an egg. She felt like she was holding a mountain of spirit stones, not a storage bag.

"Are... are the benefits of being a live-in son-in-law this good now? Did the Zhuge Family dig up a spirit vein mine or are they worshipping you like an ancestor?"

While speaking, she eagerly probed the storage bag with her divine sense.

"Hum—"

Golden light, almost substantial, spilled out from the bag, dazzling her. Inside, there wasn't just a mountain of spirit stones, but also neat rows of jade bottles, exuding spiritual energy—clearly not ordinary items.

At this moment, Yang Qingqing's eyes were even wider, her mouth in an 'O' shape, frozen like she had been hit by a binding spell, a far cry from the fiery "Hero Yang" from before.

"Wow! This... this is a top-grade explosive qi pill! So many!"

She carefully held up a jade bottle like a priceless treasure. Then she picked up another antique-looking bottle.

"Huh? What is this?" She curiously flipped the bottle, seeing a small note pasted on the bottom, written in cinnabar with scrawled but clear handwriting:

[explosive qi pill - Contains unstable pill patterns; inputting spiritual energy and striking hard can trigger an explosion. Power equivalent to a full-force strike from a Golden Core early-stage cultivator. Use with caution! Use with caution!! Use with extreme caution!!!]

"Ex... explosive qi pill? Gold... Golden Core early-stage full-force strike?"

After reading, her hand shook violently, her face turned pale, and she almost threw the bottle away!

She fumbled to steady the bottle, fearing a big movement might trigger it, standing rigid in a ridiculous pose.

Her voice was trembling with a sob: "My dear brother! Why did you give me this thing?! This isn't a pill, it's a death warrant!"

Li Guidai crossed his arms, watching her terrified, frantic state, clicking his tongue in disdain!

He shook his head like a rattle: "Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Look at you! Scared like this by a little trinket? A country girl is a country girl, so inexperienced! How will you do big things with me later?"

"Who are you calling a country girl!"

Yang Qingqing was furious, her hair almost standing on end. Looking at the "weapon of mass destruction" in her hand that could send a Golden Core expert to heaven—and take her along—and hearing his mockery, she got desperate!

She made a move to input spiritual energy: "Li Guidai! If you 'tsk' one more time, believe me, I'll input energy and go down with it! Let your two million spirit stones and your 'Yuegui Pavilion' dream go to heaven together!"

Li Guidai saw she was serious, remembering her usual reckless nature, and suddenly felt guilty and scared. Cold sweat broke out, and he waved his hands hurriedly!

His tone switched from mockery to soothing: "Hey, hey, hey! Don't, don't, don't! Stay calm! Brother was wrong! Brother was just joking! You're an adult, be mature! Be steady!"

He moved back half a step while speaking, fearing the explosive qi pill might actually "explode on the spot."

Zhuge Yue, who had been watching quietly, seeing Li Guidai go from arrogant to backing down, and Yang Qingqing holding the "bomb" in a rage, finally couldn't hold it in!

She raised a slender hand to cover her cherry lips, shoulders shaking slightly, emitting a faint, bell-like laughter: "Pfft..."

Li Guidai finished the resource allocation, his eyes finally falling back to the figure on the ground trying to crawl into a crack.

He walked over and kicked Kuang Quanshui's calf with his toe, his tone full of mockery:

"Hey, you on the ground, stop playing dead, okay? Get up! If your treasure hasn't been kicked into an omelet by Sister Qingqing yet, get up and answer me!"

Kuang Quanshui trembled, like a cat that had been stepped on. His wail rose an octave, sorrowful and melodious:

"Waaah—!

Brother Li! Master Guidai! Dear Daddy—!

It exploded! It really exploded! Smashed to pieces, can't even put it back together! Just now, that palm of yours... no, even before you struck, just from your aura, I felt a pain in the balls... oh no, they're already shattered!

I was scared to death! B-but..." He cried with snot and tears, his face twisted, adding with a sob: "But I didn't pee! Maybe I was too scared, my little brother... it rebelled! It's stuck!"

As he spoke, finding strength from nowhere, he rolled over like a wriggling loach, pouncing to hug Li Guidai's thigh, rubbing snot and tears all over his expensive pants, wailing with that tragic face:

"Brother Li! We're brothers, aren't we! You can't just stand by and watch! Please, find a way to fix me!"

"Your little brother is still young, I haven't left an heir for our Kuang Family yet! I don't want to become a cripple~ I don't want our old Kuang Family line to end~!"

Li Guidai, feeling the sticky mess on his leg, felt disgusted and tried to pull his leg out, but the guy held on tighter than an ancient vine.

His mouth twitched a few times. Looking at Kuang Quanshui's miserable state, his eyes rolled, and he patted his head, comforting him in a tone of "I'm doing this for your own good":

"Hey, what a small matter! Look at how scared you are! Relax, okay? It's nothing!"

"Brother guarantees you, soon your dad will become like this too! Then you two, one old broken, one young broken, just a perfect pair, how nice! Doesn't it feel less lonely, maybe even a bit heartwarming?"

Kuang Quanshui was stunned.

His grip on Li Guidai's leg froze, the tears and snot on his face seemingly solidifying, his eyes wide, his brain crashing from processing such excessive information.

After a full few seconds, his pupils refocused, he blinked, and his face showed a mix of confusion, relief, and even a hint of... eerie comfort?

He spoke blankly, his voice still sobbing, but his logic was peculiar:

"Ah? My dad... also like this? Also... broken?"

He paused, seemingly thinking seriously about this possibility, then nodded heavily, as if realizing a great life truth, his tone becoming lighter:

"That... that's actually pretty good... at least... there's someone to keep me company... from now on at the dinner table, no one will make fun of how I hold my chopsticks... after all, we're the same now... not lonely anymore..."

Li Guidai: "..."

Yang Qingqing: "..."

Zhuge Yue: "..."

The crowd at Mengchun Brothel: "..."