After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 93 A Boy's Self-Esteem

"Young Master Shen, I was bewitched, but I really can't produce five hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills!" Tian Hai knelt before Shen Xu, tears streaming down his face, pleading repeatedly.

"Young Master Wu, you must save me! If I lose these five hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills, I won't be able to continue this battleground. How will you come here to have fun in the future? Even Yu Meng will be left to wander the streets!" Seeing that Shen Xu still didn't react, Tian Hai began to cry to Wu Qi.

"You reap what you sow! Didn't you think of this when you accepted my friend's bet? Didn't you realize that you could outmaneuver someone who could produce those Nourishing Yuan Pills? You fool!" Wu Qi shouted angrily.

“Shen Xu, five hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills is indeed too many. Even if he sells the battlefield, he might not be able to raise enough. Do you think there is any other way?” Wu Qi pleaded on behalf of Tian Hai.

"How much can you afford?" Shen Xu asked.

"At most one hundred and fifty! And we'll have to use Qi-Nourishing Pills to replace some of them," Tian Hai said with a bitter face.

"Three hundred pills. Give me the Nourishing Essence Pill, give the Nourishing Qi Pill to Wu Qi, and I want that child. Bring him here to see me after he wakes up," Shen Xu said calmly, sitting on the soft bed that belonged to Tian Hai.

"Three hundred pieces, this is..."

"Get out of here!" Wu Qi said sternly.

"Please don't be angry, gentlemen. Three hundred coins, three hundred coins will definitely be delivered," Tian Hai said as he left.

After Tian Hai left, Wu Qi immediately lay down on Tian Hai's soft bed. "Shen Xu, I'm truly impressed by you. Your real goal is that child, isn't it? You haven't even seen the child yet, how do you know he will win!"

"Gambling naturally involves winning and losing; I was just a bit lucky!"

"I believe you ghost!"

“That child is probably no ordinary person; his final dodge and speed were simply incredible. Moreover, Tian Hai said he only cultivated for a month and was already able to use Qi possession, so his cultivation talent is probably very high. However, you shouldn't let such a young child cultivate anymore; it will cause great harm to his body,” Wu Qi advised.

"I plan to have him stay with Uncle Wang. I'll think about whether Uncle Wang should stay at your house. I hope you can talk to Senior Brother Wang about it after I leave."

"Why? Don't you say the Shen family might retaliate against him because of you?"

"After all, Uncle Wang has lived in the Shen family for many years and has many old friends there. If I bring him to your house, I'm afraid he won't be comfortable."

So I need to go back to the Shen family first to see if he really wants to leave. If he doesn't have much attachment to the Shen family, I will bring him to Qingzhu City. If he is deeply attached to life in the Shen family, I will respect his choice.

As for the Shen family, as long as I'm here, they won't dare do anything to Uncle Wang.

"As long as you've thought it through, even if you leave the Green Bamboo Mountains one day, I will still visit Uncle Wang on your behalf," Wu Qi said with a smile.

"Wu Qi, thank you!" Shen Xu said sincerely.

"Haha, Shen Xu, when did you become so mushy?"

After a while, Tian Hai brought in a boy who had clearly washed and groomed himself.

"Young Master Shen, here are the Nourishing Essence Pills you requested. As for Young Master Wu's Qi Nourishing Pills, I've left them in the carriage outside." Tian Hai handed Shen Xu a small box.

"See that young master over there? He'll be your new master from now on," Tian Hai said, nudging the boy.

"Could you buy my sister too? She can't survive here without me, otherwise I wouldn't go with you," the boy said to Shen Xu very seriously.

"You have a younger sister?" Shen Xu couldn't help but ask.

The boy nodded emphatically.

"What's the price of his sister?" Shen Xu asked Tian Hai.

"She's just a little girl. Since Young Master Shen wants to give her to him, then so be it!" Tian Hai said with a fawning smile.

"I don't like owing favors to others. How many Nourishing Yuan Pills do you want?"

"Young Master Shen is so generous! One hundred Nourishing Essence Pills, and you can take the person with you!"

"Tian Hai, you did this on purpose, didn't you!" Wu Qi was unusually angry.

“Young Master Wu, this is a fair transaction. Young Master Shen wants to buy and I want to sell. Why are you interfering?” Tian Hai said helplessly.

“Okay,” Shen Xu said.

He took two porcelain bottles out of the box and placed them in the boy's hands, then whispered to him, "I'll lend you a hundred Nourishing Essence Pills. Go and redeem your sister yourself."

The boy stared into Shen Xu's eyes, as if trying to etch his face into his memory.

"Thank you." The boy lowered his head and clenched the porcelain bottle in his hand.

However, he quickly raised his head and straightened his body, then turned to Tian Hai and solemnly said, "I want to redeem my sister!"

Looking at the boy's upright posture, Tian Hai suddenly had a feeling that this child might one day become a great figure that he would have to look up to.

"Yu Meng, bring her in!" Tian Hai clapped his hands, and then Yu Meng brought in a beautiful little girl, about five or six years old.

As soon as the little girl entered the room, she broke free from Yu Meng's hand and threw herself into the boy's arms, sobbing softly. The boy stroked the girl's hair with one hand and gently comforted her.

"Can you give me the things now?" Tian Hai held out his hand to the boy.

The boy took the girl's hand and placed her next to Shen Xu, then walked forward alone and handed the porcelain bottle he had been clutching to Tian Hai.

Tian Hai took the porcelain bottle from the boy's hand with a slightly annoyed expression. "Young Master Shen, now we're even. I'm about to close up shop, so I won't keep you for dinner. Yu Meng, see you out!"

"Young masters, please don't make things difficult for me!" Yu Meng's tone was pleading.

Shen Xu smiled and then led the group out of the underground battle arena with Yu Meng.

When they returned to the streets of Qingzhu City, it was already dark, with a bright moon and a few stars in the sky.

The boy held the girl's hand, staring at the dim sky for a long time, unable to come back to his senses.

“You’ll see it every day from now on! I prefer the morning sun to the night moon.” Wu Qi touched the boy’s messy hair.

……

Inside the carriage, as the vital energy circulated within the boy's body, Shen Xu was somewhat surprised to find that even the heavy blow from the burly man had not caused the boy much injury.

Moreover, the width of his meridians was not like that of a child, so much so that simple circulation of vital energy did not have much impact on his body.

On the True Origin Continent, most people start cultivating around the age of fifteen or sixteen. At that age, their meridians have already reached a certain width, allowing for the simple circulation of vital energy. However, some geniuses have meridians wide enough to circulate vital energy at just a few years old. The boy is probably one of them. Coupled with the many strange behaviors of the boy, Shen Xu felt that the boy probably had a big secret hidden inside.

"There's nothing seriously wrong with your body. You'll be almost fully recovered after a few days of rest," Shen Xu said to the boy.

"It looked quite serious, but I didn't expect him to be so unharmed." Wu Qi couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"What do you need me to do?" the boy asked, looking at Shen Xu.

"It's very simple, just help me take care of an old man."

"That's all?" The boy was clearly incredulous.

"Because I'm often not around him, I'm asking you to go and keep him company. Just treat him like your own grandfather."

"What kind of person is he?" A sudden jolt made the boy quickly hug the girl next to him.

"A very kind old man." Shen Xu smiled.