The System Arrives: Leading My Clan to Become the Strongest

79: Chapter 79 Father and Daughter Visit”Then I’ll take this wood carving. Thirty Low-Grade Spirit Stones, right? Here, keep them.”

As Jiang Chen spoke, he took out thirty Low-Grade Spirit Stones and handed them to the Little Girl.

The Little Girl took the Spirit Stones and handed the Jade Rabbit wood carving to Jiang Chen.

”Big brother, here is your Jade Rabbit.”

Jiang Chen took it, soared into the air, and headed toward the Jiang Family estate.

Watching Jiang Chen fly away, the Little Girl’s eyes were filled with envy.

Looking at the thirty Spirit Stones filling her hands, the Little Girl stopped manning her stall. She packed up and pulled her cart toward her home with all her might.

Before long, she pulled her stall to a courtyard.

”Is Xinxin back?”

A voice full of the vicissitudes of life came from inside.

”Yes, Daddy, I’m back.”

Lu Xin replied to the room while dragging the stall under the eaves of the house.

After tidying up, Lu Xin entered the room. At that moment, a man with a face full of stubble was lying on the bed. He looked at Lu Xin and asked,

”Xinxin, why are you back so soon?”

This man was named Lu Jun, at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining. He lived in the city with his daughter, Lu Xin.

Later, hearing that the Qingyun Market had been established here, he brought his daughter Lu Xin along.

However, just a few days ago, he followed a group of Hunters into the Great Desolation and encountered a Foundation Establishment Realm Desolate Beast. Although the group of Hunters also had Foundation Establishment experts, he was still caught in the aftermath, and his thigh was crippled by the Desolate Beast.

Fortunately, after using some medicine, he would be able to walk again in a few months.

But because he spent all his Spirit Stones on the medicine, even survival had become an issue.

That was why he returned to his old trade: carving.

”Daddy, I sold a Jade Rabbit today for thirty Spirit Stones! Look!”

After Lu Xin finished speaking, she pulled thirty Low-Grade Spirit Stones from her bosom and laid them out before Lu Jun’s eyes.

”This...”

Seeing so many Spirit Stones, Lu Jun was stunned.

One must know that he usually carved ordinary toys, which typically sold for only one or two Low-Grade Spirit Stones. That Jade Rabbit had taken two days to carve and was only finished today.

He had carved the Jade Rabbit just for Lu Xin to use as a toy, but when Lu Xin asked him how much it should sell for, he casually said thirty. He never truly thought anyone would buy it.

As it turned out, someone really did spend thirty Low-Grade Spirit Stones to buy that Jade Rabbit. Looking at his daughter, Lu Jun’s heart was suddenly filled with a mix of emotions.

Reasonably, as a Cultivator, his daughter should also be a Cultivator, but until now, his daughter still could not sense spiritual energy.

In this world where even ordinary people could become Cultivators as long as they had enough resources, it was unacceptable to him that his daughter could not sense spiritual energy.

His trip to the Great Desolation was also in hopes of finding Spirit Medicine that could allow Lu Xin to Cultivate.

Lu Jun’s fingertips trembled as he brushed over the thirty lustrous Low-Grade Spirit Stones. His rough finger pads rubbed against the patterns on the stones’ surfaces, and his eyes instantly reddened.

He had thought this Jade Rabbit lamp was just a small toy to make his daughter happy. When he casually quoted thirty Spirit Stones, he did so with the mindset that ’no one would buy it.’ He never expected someone would actually be willing to pay that price.

”Xinxin, what kind of person bought the lamp?”

Lu Jun’s voice carried an imperceptible sob. He gripped a Spirit Stone, his fingertips turning slightly white from the force.

Lu Xin tilted her head and thought for a moment, a bright smile blossoming on her small face:

”It was a very handsome big brother. The fabric of his clothes was very smooth, and he spoke very gently.”

She chattered away, and a smile appeared on Lu Jun’s face as Lu Xin spoke.

”After the big brother bought the lamp, he flew up into the sky all of a sudden. Daddy, is he very powerful?”

”To be able to fly through the air...”

Lu Jun muttered to himself, a flash of shock crossing his eyes.

”At least at the Foundation Establishment Stage.”

Ordinary Qi Refining Cultivators can at most ride on objects, but only Foundation Establishment experts can soar into the air relying solely on their own spiritual energy.

He looked into his daughter’s sparkling eyes, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

Thirty Spirit Stones might be nothing to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, but for him now, it could solve an urgent need—buying his daughter some good food so she wouldn’t have to go hungry with him anymore.

More importantly, that Cultivator clearly saw the Jade Rabbit lamp wasn’t worth the price, yet he still bought it at the quoted price and even helped his daughter out. This kindness sent a warm current through Lu Jun’s heart.

”Do you know which way that big brother flew?”

Lu Jun asked again, thinking that once his leg healed, he must go and thank the man.

”He just flew up that way?”

Lu Xin pointed toward the summit of Qingyun Mountain and looked at her father in confusion, wondering why he was asking.

There!

Looking in the direction his daughter pointed, Lu Jun understood. It was someone from the Jiang Family.

At this thought, he became conflicted. How could he even thank an existence like the Jiang Family? They wouldn’t care for anything he had.

Over this period, he had learned that the Jiang Family now had several Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and the Clan Chief was even a Golden Core Immortal Master. A mere Qi Refining Stage nobody like him was nothing in their eyes.

However, looking at his daughter before him, he suddenly made a decision!

On the other side.

Jiang Chen returned home. Jiang Siyao was standing at the door looking out constantly. Beside her, the maid Xing Lan kept trying to persuade her to go inside, but Jiang Siyao turned a deaf ear.

When Jiang Chen walked into the courtyard, Jiang Siyao’s eyes instantly lit up.

”Brother!”

After saying that, Jiang Siyao flew toward Jiang Chen’s embrace.

The maid Xing Lan hurriedly followed behind, terrified that Jiang Siyao might fall.

”Little Young Miss, slow down!”

Xing Lan shouted anxiously while chasing after her.

In the next moment, Jiang Siyao was in Jiang Chen’s arms. Looking at his sister in his arms, Jiang Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

”Clan Chief.”

Xing Lan ran up to Jiang Chen and bowed.

”Mhm, go and rest. I’ll take care of things here.”

Jiang Chen said to Xing Lan, carrying Jiang Siyao inside.

”Yes.”

Xing Lan bowed and walked toward a side room.

Entering the hall and seeing the quiet scene, Jiang Chen wondered if letting his parents Cultivate was a good thing.

”Come, look what brother bought for you.”

He placed Jiang Siyao in a seat and then took out the carved Jade Rabbit.

Jiang Siyao’s eyes lit up instantly, like they were filled with summer night stars.

She reached out her chubby little hands and carefully took the wood-carved Jade Rabbit, her fingertips gently stroking the smooth wood surface, even slowing her breathing slightly.

”Wow! What a cute rabbit!”

She hugged the Jade Rabbit to her chest and looked up at Jiang Chen, her mouth curving into a sweet crescent moon smile.

”Thank you, brother! This is the most beautiful gift I’ve ever received!”

Seeing her joyful look, Jiang Chen’s heart softened as well.

He reached out and rubbed his sister’s head, his voice gentle:

”I’m glad you like it. The moon this rabbit is holding has a Moonlight Stone hidden inside, so it can glow at night. You won’t have to be afraid of the dark when you sleep in the future.”

”Really?”

Jiang Siyao’s eyes widened even more. She hurriedly brought the Jade Rabbit close to her eyes to look carefully. Sure enough, she saw a faint glow within the moon the rabbit held, and she cried out in surprise.

”Brother, look! It really glows!”

Jiang Chen nodded with a smile. Watching his sister play with the Jade Rabbit, unable to put it down, the tenderness in his eyes deepened.

As he was thinking, he suddenly noticed a small character ’Xin’ carved on the inside of the Jade Rabbit’s ear. It was likely the name of the Little Girl at the stall.

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow slightly but didn’t take it to heart, treating it as just a child’s idle doodle.

The next day.

A clan member came to report.

”Clan Chief, a middle-aged man with a Little Girl is asking for an audience!”