LoserQueen

Chapter 45 An Exception

Dugu Xiao was stunned. He looked at Dugu Muyou, feeling that she was totally a different person. He had been waiting for a chance to laugh at Dugu Zhong. Of course, he knew that Dugu Zhong had a notorious daughter.

In the past, Dugu Muyou was timid and self-abased. People called her the "good-for-nothing" while she didn't say anything about that, thinking it was the truth. Even when she was bullied, she would not fight back. She used to be a week person scorned and bullied by everyone. Sometimes even her servants would treat her badly.

But now it looked like that she was not afraid at all. She was confident and would respond to whoever dared to provoke her. Had the cultivation done all that to her?

Dugu Xiao looked at her curiously, feeling that she must have some secrets that might be useful to him.

Seeing Dugu Muyou's movement, Dugu Qinglan chuckled. Liu Pianpian, who had been unhappy, also looked better.

"Even if I'm not as strong as her, you can't just destroy my cultivation. Father, do you still remember who cleared my meridians?" Dugu Muyou said indifferently.

Dugu Xiao and Zhao Xue had no idea what did that mean, but Dugu Zhong did. He recalled the person immediately and turned pale.

"Are you threatening me?"

"No. He's bad-tempered though. He cleared my meridians because he wanted me to do something, which is still not finished. And if something happens to me, he won't be happy about that. The consequence is much more serious than what you think."

Dugu Muyou felt better when she saw her father's terrible look. She had never seen such a dad as him who treated his daughter like a dog. She wondered how the former owner of this body managed to survive from all of this.

Blood Fox, in the Yuehua Diamond, giggled and told Nangong Xun everything that Dugu Muyou had just done.

The latter was reclining on a cozy chair, reading an old book, with his hair hanging freely and the collar slightly open.

"A fox can never be a tiger."

He said so in a distant way in response to Blood Fox's words. After that, he continued reading the book, though the smile in his eyes had exposed his thoughts.

Blood Fox could get him, but it hated what he said.

"What's wrong with the fox? I'm way more powerful than a tiger. Humph!"

Dugu Muyou heard its words, but she only thought Blood Fox was just doing that for nothing again.

The green spiritual qi began to disperse, as she had stopped manifesting it. She clapped and said, "Now I've proved that I'm qualified to have the core cultivation method. Do you have anything to say? If you don't, we're going back. We've planned to celebrate it, but now we're still here."

"You still remember it?" teased Madam Liu.

Dugu Muyou smiled at her in a naughty way.

Zhao Xue looked depressed. All she wanted was to let her daughter have the method. She had found Dugu Muyou only because she wanted to humiliate her in front of everyone. But now the plan had been broken. Dugu Muyou was already in the green rank. She couldn't believe it. The very thought of the core cultivation method made her feel awful.

Dugu Xiao darted a look at Zhao Xue, Liu Pianpian, and her daughters. Suddenly, he stopped them.

"I have a plan," said him suddenly. He turned to Dugu Zhong, against the looks of everyone, "I've known Piaopiao since she was a little girl. She's gifted, though she's just the daughter of a concubine. If she has the support of the family, she will achieve something great."

Both Zhao Xue and Dugu Zhong felt the same way. They knew what it meant to their beloved daughter, especially today when they had a fight because of this.

Zhao Xue seemed to see hope. She asked, "Your plan..."

Hoping for someone else to help her was the last thing she could do now.

However, Dugu Zhong didn't trust his brother, thinking Dugu Xiao must be up to something.

Seeing that they were interested, Dugu Xiao continued.

"It's a pity if Piaopiao's left behind like that. I think we can give her a chance. After Qinglan comes back, we will launch the family competition. If she performs good, we can let her have the core cultivation method. How about that?"

Dugu Zhong was surprised at his words. He asked with doubt, "But the rules..."

Dugu Xiao waved at him, "The rules can be changed. We can make an exception. The prosperity of our family is on the shoulders of these children. It's always good to give them more chances. You are the patriarch. It's time to make some changes."

Dugu Muyou looked at Dugu Xiao, confused, wondering what he was up to. She could tell that he was a bad person, which was why she would always be serious before him.

Before Dugu Zhong said something, Zhao Xue was touched.

"Please give her a chance, Zhong," begged her.

"Then what do you think we should do?" asked him.

"The daughters of concubines are not allowed to have the core cultivation method. If we're going to change that, there should be some conditions. If she defeats Muyou, then she should have the method. If she fails, then we'll never talk about it again."

Dugu Xiao turned to look at Dugu Muyou while he was speaking, "How do you think?"

Dugu Muyou slightly twitched her lips. Dugu Xiao was trying to start a civil war, or else it didn't make any sense for him to do that. The conflict between his brother's children was favorable to him.

Fearing that she would say something against her, Zhao Xue added at once, "Zhong's the one to be asked, not her. How do you think, Zhong?"

"Muyou's gifted. If Piaopiao can defeat Muyou, then she's powerful enough for us to make an exception."

Dugu Zhong said that after pretending to struggle for a while. It was wonderful that Dugu Xiao proposed that, not himself.

Dugu Muyou cursed them in her heart. They used to call her the good-for-nothing, but now they said she was gifted. They would do whatever they could as long as it was to their advantage. This was ridiculous. Why wouldn't they treat her like that?

Unfortunately, she would not let them get what they wanted, though they had a perfect plan.

"I get it, Father. I will do whatever I can do to make you feel better."

Dugu Zhong was astonished. After these days' conflicts, her obedience made him uncomfortable. He wanted to commend her for show, but what he heard next shocked him.

"Please be at ease, Father. I will try my best to make sure that the rules remain the same." Dugu Muyou smiled in a childish way. "If we're talking about conditions, then I have one, too. If I win, I need a reward, too. We're both your daughters, right?"

"What is it?"

Dugu Zhong went serious, realizing that she was going to say something terrible again.

"If I win, please let me use the materials in the warehouse for dan cultivation."

"That's it?" asked Dugu Zhong in disbelief, feeling that it was too simple.

"That's it," confirmed her while nodding.

Dugu Zhong looked at her, wondering what had happened to her. However, he didn't see anything unusual on her face.

"If so, you don't need to do it after the family competition. Whatever you need, you just go and take it. You're one of the family, so you don't need my permission to use materials just for dan cultivation," promised him after weighing up the pros and cons for a while.

Dugu Muyou's eyes brightened, "Thank you, Father."

"It's all settled then." He waved at others, tired, "Go back and prepare for the family competition. There are only three days left."

After Madam Liu and her daughters got back, Dugu Qinglan gave Dugu Muyou a bottle of pills.

"Eh?" Dugu Muyou took a look at it and gave it back. "I won't take it. Keep it, Sister Qinglan."

"Aren't you short of pills?" asked Dugu Qinglan.

"Yes, I am. But those materials in the warehouse should be enough," explained Dugu Muyou, giving her a wink.

Dugu Qinglan still couldn't get it, but she took the bottle back and said, "If you need any, just say it."

Dugu Muyou nodded in agreement.

She proposed the condition for a good reason after deep consideration. After reading the books given by her mother, she found something.

The Yuehua Diamond devoured things. She had been feeding it Magical Essences for spiritual qi all the time. However, the Magical Essence was not inexhaustible. If she didn't do anything, the expense would be huge. As she was thinking about it, the pills came to her mind. So, she ran a test.

She fed the Yuehua Diamond an inferior Pill of Qi-Enriching. As she drove it, the pill was melted and transformed into spiritual qi that she could use.

The spiritual qi was not as much as that from devouring the Magical Essence, but the pill was much more cost-effective. The materials for pill cultivation were not expensive, either. It was much better to replace the Magical Essence with pills, which ensured a stable supply of spiritual qi.

Besides that, she found something else.

Eating the Pill of Qi-Enriching could also provide her with spiritual qi, though feeding it to the Yuehua Diamond was much more effective.

Now, with her father's promise, she didn't need to worry about spiritual qi anymore. She planned to make piles of Pills of Qi-Enriching for cultivation with the materials in the warehouse.

As for the consumption of materials, she didn't care about it.