"What have we done wrong?"

  The female disciple in red ughed at these words and waved her hand:

  "We are not here to subdue demons, but t this young man, Xu Taiping, up the mountain."

  "Up the mountain?"

  Everyone, including Xu Erniu, still looked fused.

  "Xu Taiping has spiritual bones and has beeered as an immortal. We are bringing him up the mountain today to join the Qingxua."

  The young man expined calmly to everyone.

  "To join... the Qingxua, does that mean... does that mean he will bee an immortal? Our Xu family... will have an immortal?"

  Upon hearing this, Xu Erniu was struck dumb, standing still in pce, muttering to himself.

  The male and female disciples of the Qingxua ighe vilgers and reached out their hands to Xu Taiping.

  "Little Taiping, e with us. From now on, you will be our junior disciple on the Seventh Peak."

  The female disciple in red smiled sweetly and spoke softly to Xu Taiping.

  Upon hearing this voice, Xu Taiping inexplicably felt warmth in his heart, as if he had regaihe feeling of being with his family.

  "Wait!"

  Just as Xu Taiping was about to shake hands with the female disciple, his sed aunt grabbed his arm and stopped him.

  "Two... two immortals, you... you 't just take my Taiping away like this. He is the pilr of our Xu family, and iure, he will bee the top schor in the imperial examination, bringing glory to our Xu family."

  His plump sed aunt smiled and looked at the two disciples of the Qingxua, her eyes filled with reluce.

  Upon hearing this, Xu Taipi aronger chill in his heart.

  From childhood to adulthood, his sed aunt had always treated him as an unprofitable business, an unlucky person. When had she ever had expectations of him bringing glory to the family?

  The two disciples of the Qingxua were unaware of the situation and thought that the sed aunt was genuinely relut to let Xu Taiping go, which was why she said that.

  "A mere worldly top schor, how you pare with us disciples of the Qingxua? But since you are Taiping's retives, this golden bowl will serve as a gift for our meeting."

  The young disciple of the Qingxuaook out a golden bowl from his sleeve and ha to Xu Taiping's sed aunt.

  "No..."

  "This immortal!"

  Xu Taiping was about to expiruth to the disciple of the Qingxua, but the steward of the Bai Family suddenly jumped off the carriage, grabbed his arm, and held up the tract of selling oneself, shouting loudly, "This Xu Taiping has already been sold to our Bai Family. It is clearly written in bd white. He is already a member of our Bai Family, so this golden bowl should belong to us!"

  Who wouldn't be tempted by a gift from an immortal?

  Upon hearing this, the male and female disciples of the Qingxua frowned.

  "Two immortals, he is talking nonsense. I only sent Taiping to work for the Bai Family, not to be sold as a sve!"

  His plump sed aunt was furious, defending herself as she tried to snatch the tract from the steward's hand.

  "That's right, my nephew is already an immortal disciple. This tract with your Bai Family is null and void!"

  Xu Taiping's sed uncle joihe struggle.

  "Stop it!"

  Seeing the chaotic se, the male disciple of the Qingxua couldn't help but scold.

  As he spoke, an invisible pressure spread from him, making him look like an angry tiger, frightening Xu Taiping's sed aunt and the Bai Family steward into silence.

  "Taiping, is it true that you have been sold to the Bai Family as a sve?"

  After the crowd quieted down, the female disciple in red walked up to Xu Taiping and asked with in her voice.

  Xu Taiping g the female disciple and nodded:

  "Yes."

  As soon as he spoke, he suddenly felt a sense of liberation, as if the shackles araints on him had been lifted.

  After hearing Xu Taiping's reply, the female disciple looked at him with a hint of pity and sympathy in her eyes.

  "You white-eyed wolf, how you speak suonsehese years..."

  "Let go."

  Xu Taiping's plump sed aunt was about to grab him, but the female disciple in red waved her sleeve, sending a strong gust of wind that pushed the fat woman away.

  "You... you immortals, shouldn't you be reasonable? I... I..."

  The woman was clearly frightened by the supernatural power of the female disciple in red. Although she tiue, she kept retreating.

  "Immortals, both of you, I have the tract that Xu Erniu signed with me. It is written in bd white with a red handprint. Xu Taiping is now a member of my Bai Family, and this tract should belong to us!"

  The greedy steward of the Bai Family handed over the tract.

  The young disciple of the Qingxuaook the tract, g it, and then smiled coldly at Xu Taiping's sed uncle and sed aunt:

  "As disciples of the Qingxua, are we only worth thirty taels?"

  Upon hearing the young man say that they sold Xu Taiping for a mere thirty taels, Xu Taiping's sed uncle and sed aunt were speechless. The female disciple in red beside them couldn't help but pout.

  "You, as a couple, sold your own nephew for a mere thirty taels, and now you dare to ask for pensation from us? I think you are asking for a beating!"

  The fiery-tempered female disciple couldn't stand injustid was about to wave her sleeve again.

  "Spare us, spare us, Immortal!"

  Xu Erniu and his wife quickly begged for mercy.

  "Sister, don't fet Master's instrus."The young man in the green robe patted the girl's shoulder, looking deeply into her eyes.

  Upon hearing his words, the girl, although still showing anger on her face, withdrew her hand.

  "Sihis tract of Selling Oneself is not false, how much silver do you think is appropriate for our Qingxuao redeem the person?" The young man in the green robe asked, holding the trad looking at the steward of the Bai Family.

  "This...this..."

  The steward of the Bai Family stuttered aated for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and raising three fingers, "Three...three huaels!"

  "Is a disciple of the Qingxua only worth a mere three huaels?"

  The young man s his words.

  With that, he took out a bulging cloth bag from his sleeve and casually tossed it to the steward of the Bai Family.

  "This!..."

  The steward of the Bai Family ope to find that the bag was full of solid gold ingots, and he was immediately dumbfounded.

  The vilgers, including Xu Taiping, Sed Uncle, and Sed Aunt, all gasped in surprise when they saw the bag of gold ingots.

  "Is it enough?"

  The young man asked with a smile.

  "Enough, it's more than enough. These gold ingots are worth three thousand taels of silver!"

  The steward of the Bai Family, holding the bag of gold ingots, nodded excitedly.

  Upon hearing this, the faces of Xu Erniu and his wife turned pale instantly.

  They were not well-educated, but they khe differeween three thousand taels and thirty taels.

  "Immortals, this silver shouldn't be given to the Bai Family. We...we only received a mere thirty taels from them!"

  Sed Aunt, a plump woman, lu the young man, but he seemed to be able to teleport, causio fall ft on the ground.

  "Taiping, Taiping, quickly tell the immortals that the three thousand taels should belong to Sed Uncle!"

  Seeing Sed Aunt fall ft, Xu Erniu quickly pulled Xu Taiping forward.

  "Whoosh!"

  Uedly, Xu Taiping was led by the girl in red. With a fsh, he retreated four or five feet.

  Seeing that they couldn't get the money from this side, the money-eyed couple, Xu Erniu and his wife, turo the steward of the Bai Family, shouting "The silver is ours," and started to tussle with the steward and his two servants.

  "Taiping, your Mue has ended. Are you willing to follow us to the Cloudy Pavilion and seek your Immortal Fate?"

  The young disciple of the Qingxuaore up the tract of Selling Oneself in his hand and theended his hand to him.