Chapter 1117 - 613: Li Zhibai Is Very Wealthy (Double-Length Part 2)

Capturing Fairy Li?

Miss Lu looked at Zhu Pingniang, who was just sulking but now had her eyes shining at the mention of Li Zhibai, and couldn’t help but sigh.

Fairy Li doesn’t even need to make a move; her own sister is already about to be captured.

By that time, not to mention getting any benefits, she fears that she and the girls at Flower Moon Building will have to be thrown in as well.

"Jokes aside, Ms. Zhu... is Fairy Li really that wealthy?" Miss Lu was very curious, "You can’t tell just by looking at her."

People with wealth and status in the mortal world usually possess an indescribable elegance and nobility, let alone someone from the Immortal Sect?

But Li Zhibai... not only lacks nobility, she instead exudes a kind of warmth, that kind of temperament is more akin to a product of time, steady, calm, and natural...

Well, she’s just like a Daoist nun.

Very much like someone cultivating the Dao.

"Not just you; when I first met Ah Bai, she was staying with ordinary Daoist nuns in the mortal world, eating the same vegetarian meals, doing the same work, wearing the same clothes every day..." Zhu Pingniang reminisced, "Even if Ms. Gu had told me she’s the most... person in today’s Cultivation Realm, I would have found it hard to believe."

"But later on..." Zhu Pingniang recalled the time she once saw some of the inexplicable collections of Li Zhibai. Her lips couldn’t help but tremble a little.

Someone who considers an Immortal Sword just a trivial thing, perhaps only Li Zhibai has that kind of qualification.

Never mind that Li Zhibai can’t take out even a single Spirit Stone; sometimes she even needs to refine elixirs for the Hundred Herbs Garden, but that’s her lifestyle. When it comes to collections, Li Zhibai is likely the wealthiest woman in the entire Chaoyun Sect—bar none.

The Sect Leader won’t do; the Sect Leader is literally like an Immortal God, anything useless is discarded like refuse. Collection...?

How could that be possible?

The Sect Leader wouldn’t have any collections, not even Spirit Stones; she only cares about Dao Rhyme, even her clothes are specially made by Muyu Peak.

If you throw away Dao Rhyme, and really want to find the poorest person in the Chaoyun Sect, it might just be the Sect Leader.

"Well... after all, the whole Chaoyun is hers." Zhu Pingniang mumbled, then quieted down, holding Miss Lu’s hand, "Actually, part of her treasure’s origin, I can understand. If I had not advanced further previously... maybe, my things would also be given to him."

Miss Lu: "..."

Miss Lu didn’t understand, but her heart skipped a beat. She placed her hand over Zhu Pingniang’s hand and said softly, "What you say, sister, I don’t understand... it’s meaningless."

"Indeed." Zhu Pingniang stretched lazily and resumed her not-so-serious smile.

If she hadn’t reached her current realm back then and couldn’t break through the lifespan limit at the time, she probably would have returned to the earth. In that case... to whom would she entrust her ’treasure vault’?

Hehuan Sect?

No, it would be Li Zhibai.

She would hand everything over to Li Zhibai.

Therefore, not to mention Li Zhibai’s own collections, one doesn’t know how many of her old acquaintances... those who admire her entrusted their most precious belongings to her when they were about to meet their end...

This includes emotional reasons, as well as expectations from the likes of the Profound Sword Bureau, hoping that after they leave, this Hidden Immortal would take good care of the sect...

Accumulating over time, how much wealth would this amount to?

"But Ah Bai doesn’t care about these externalities, so... Chang’an is the lucky one." Zhu Pingniang hummed softly.

Because Li Zhibai doesn’t care, whenever Xu Chang’an needs anything, Li Zhibai can readily and without hesitation take treasures out for him to use.

"It’s a pity the young master is not a greedy man." Miss Lu nodded, "Otherwise, with Fairy Li’s attitude towards him... like a mother, the young master wouldn’t have to work so hard."

"Chang’an always feels he owes Ah Bai too much and can’t repay it... So unless absolutely necessary, he doesn’t want to ask for her help." Zhu Pingniang pouted, glancing at Yun Qian, who had been occasionally looking their way from the start, and chuckled, "But in reality, what he owes Ah Bai is already hard to repay; what’s the harm in owing a little more? Ah Bai hopes he never fully repays it."

Especially... Zhu Pingniang knows that Li Zhibai now feels very guilty about Xu Chang’an’s ’over-cautiousness.’ Nowadays, not to mention being a bit arrogant, even if Xu Chang’an truly acted rashly and went looking for trouble everywhere, Li Zhibai would undoubtedly indulge him.

If Xu Chang’an could seriously ask Li Zhibai for something, then... whatever it is, as long as she had it, she would certainly give it to him.

This is the transformation of Li Zhibai.

From a strict teacher, she has directly turned into a guilty and worried ’mother,’ and the ’master-disciple’ relationship in between, the formal apprenticeship ceremony hasn’t even started, this relationship jumped right past it.

The so-called strict teacher producing outstanding disciples, and indulgent mothers producing undisciplined children, she doesn’t know what Li Zhibai is thinking.

She smiled, and Zhu Pingniang squinted her eyes.

"However, knowing Chang’an’s personality won’t be endlessly greedy like you is what makes him likable."

"Sister is talking about me again," Miss Lu lightly poked Zhu Pingniang unhappily, then she also smiled, "Well... it really makes one happy."

Having someone like Fairy Li as his backer always makes her feel at ease.

The feeling of having someone’s backing, of being pampered, is something Miss Lu, who has been cared for by Zhu Pingniang until now, knows all too well.

Even though she runs around daily for Flower Moon Building and it’s not easy, just the thought that no matter what predicament she faces, she can complain to Zhu Pingniang, and get her help...

She feels infinitely reassured.

The young master must feel the same.

Even though cultivation is arduous, as long as there is a guiding light ahead and a wife accompanying him by his side...

How wonderful.

"Apprenticeship ceremonies..." Miss Lu spoke with some anticipation, "I want to attend the young master’s apprenticeship banquet too."

"You?" Zhu Pingniang laughed mockingly, "If I take you, Ah Bai is certain to have you sit with her, letting people recognize you as a courtesan, what face would my Ah Bai have left?"

"I don’t have to sit with Fairy; just join the fun," Miss Lu wasn’t going to get upset over such a small thing. After all, Ms. Zhu is also from the brothel; about this, she won’t be hurt.

"Ah Bai wouldn’t allow it; as her niece-in-law, can she let you stay on the sidelines?" Zhu Pingniang snorted.

"... Is that so," Miss Lu also laughed, thinking Fairy Li is indeed a wonderful person.

Jokes aside.

Miss Lu was still somewhat concerned about the apprenticeship issue. When she thought about it, if Zhu Pingniang said one day she wanted to take her as a disciple...

How strange.

Clearly, she and Zhu Pingniang are ’mother and daughter,’ ’sisters,’ incredibly close... a relationship where she’s willing to give everything, even life for her... but if asked to bow as a disciple one day, would it feel like... the relationship suddenly downgraded?

For example, if Xu Chang’an and Yun Qian suddenly said one day they wanted to become sworn siblings like Jin Lan, how strange would that be?

Does the young master and Miss Li feel the same way?

It’s irrelevant to her.

However, if Zhu Pingniang truly said she wanted to take her as a disciple one day... then for the apprenticeship gift, she’d definitely want to prepare it well.

The young master surely thinks the same.

"Ms. Zhu, what kind of apprenticeship gift should the young master prepare to be worthy of Fairy Li’s status?" Miss Lu asked with great concern, "It won’t be too arduous, right?"

Zhu Pingniang thought about it, indeed there was a rule for the Six Rites of Gift.

The so-called Six Rites of Gift are the six kinds of gifts a disciple gives to their master, namely:

Celery (symbolizing diligence and hard work, expertise through diligence).

Lotus seeds (the bitterness of lotus seed hearts symbolizes the painstaking effort in teaching).

Red beans (symbolizing luck and prosperity).

Red dates (symbolizing early success).

Longan (symbolizing complete merits).

Dried lean meat strips (to express the disciple’s intentions).

Thus: a vessel of wine, a bundle of gifts, a dog is offered, and after the master receives these gifts, he gives back green onions, celery, and other presents in exchange, meanwhile leading Du Qi to recite the "First Chapter," symbolizing the acceptance of the significant responsibility of "imparting knowledge, teaching skills, and resolving doubts."

That is how it should be.