Chapter 25 The Great Filial Daughter, Sikong Qianluo
“Daughter, that brat Jiang Che is most likely lying to you...”
“In all my years, I’ve never seen an alchemist. Such people are incredibly rare.”
“How could Jiang Che possibly know how to refine pills?”
With a heartfelt tone, Sikong Changfeng tried to convince his precious daughter to see reason.
“Don’t speak ill of Brother Che!”
Sikong Qianluo pouted her little mouth and directly retorted.
Sikong Changfeng’s face darkened, and frustration bubbled in his heart.
What kind of spell had his daughter fallen under?
Why was she so infatuated with that kid Jiang Che?
Seeing her father’s vexed expression, Sikong Qianluo’s big eyes sparkled mischievously. She immediately wrapped her arms around his and began pleading coquettishly.
“Daddy, pleeease.”
“I really, really want those herbs...”
“Fine, fine, you can go...”
As a doting father, Sikong Changfeng couldn’t resist his beloved daughter’s charms.
Faced with her expectant gaze, he couldn’t bring himself to say no.
With a soft sigh, he reluctantly handed her a set of keys.
“These are the keys. Take no more than one of each herb—you mustn’t overdo it.”
Sikong Changfeng passed the keys to Sikong Qianluo and sternly reminded her.
Knowing her playful nature, he genuinely feared she might empty the entire treasury of medicinal herbs.
“Hehe, don’t worry, Daddy. I’ve got it under control.”
“You can get back to work; I won’t bother you anymore.”
With the keys in hand, Sikong Qianluo didn’t linger and skipped off joyfully.
“Don’t worry; I’ll guard the treasury while you’re gone.”
Sikong Qianluo waved dismissively, unconcerned.
“Well...”
“All right, I’ll leave it to you, Young Mistress...”
Elder Feng, not suspecting anything, agreed without further doubts.
“All disciples, hear my command!”
“Follow me to the Northern District and capture the Dark River scum!”
Elder Feng, filled with righteous fervor, led over twenty disciples out in a rush toward the Northern District.
Once Elder Feng’s figure disappeared from sight, Sikong Qianluo revealed a sly grin of triumph. She wasted no time opening the treasury doors.
But when the doors opened, she was stunned.
Looking at the rows of herbs on the shelves, the little girl felt dazzled.
The hundreds of herbs Jiang Che had asked for—she couldn’t even recognize most of them!
“Well, Father doesn’t need these herbs anyway. I might as well give them all to Brother Jiang...”
Muttering to herself, Sikong Qianluo quickly made up her mind.
Jiang Che had said the more herbs, the better—there was always a risk of failure when refining pills.
So, Sikong Qianluo decided to take everything!
After all, these herbs aren’t gathered by me. Why should I feel heartache?
Rather than letting them lose potency over time, it’ss better to send them to Jiang Che for alchemy.
Once Jiang Che finished making pills, I can give some extra ones to my father as compensation!
“Everyone, pack all these herbs up and send them with me to the Jiang residence!”
The servants accompanying her swiftly packed the herbs into pre-prepared boxes.
Once everything was loaded, and she confirmed nothing was left behind, Sikong Qianluo closed the treasury doors and headed to Jiang Che’s residence.
Thus, the herbs that Li Changsheng and Sikong Changfeng had spent years collecting were completely emptied by Sikong Qianluo...