The Moon waxes and wanes

"There is no such thing as the Underworld of Yama, these are all Spirit Qi pearls."

Chen Xia spit out the undrunk boiled water, explaining.

Pan Dadao was even more stunned, "You used three thousand Spirit Qi pearls that cost one each to make this?"

"What else?" Chen Xia raised his eyebrows, "Do you have any better use for them?"

Pan Dadao was speechless for a moment, shook his head slightly, "I really don't."

After all, Spirit Qi pearls were famously luxurious items in the Great Heaven, and ordinary people could not afford them, nor did they need to use them.

Those who could afford them actually did not need to use them either, their main value was in collecting and showing off.

The function of Spirit Qi pearls was not very big, their preciousness lay in the rarity of such pearls.

Even if you have a lump of dog shit, as long as it is the only one in the world, it would also be worth tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

Chen Xia shrugged his shoulders, and his body leaning on the doorframe stood up straight. He asked doubtfully, "Why are you looking for me?"

Only then did Pan Dadao remember what he had come for, and hurriedly said,

"Many reserve disciples have been beaten up, and their Spirit Stones have been forcibly taken away. Now they are all gathered in the central area to complain."

Chen Xia frowned, "Are they waging guerrilla warfare against me now?"

"Go take a look, they do have some grievances now, although they don't say it out loud, but if it accumulates, it will cause more trouble later."

Pan Dadao advised, speaking with great concern.

Chen Xia nodded, "Well, let's go take a look, I'm bored anyway."

It was hard to say whether he went to take a look because he was bored, or because something had really happened.

Many cultivators had already gathered in the central area of the reserve disciples, many of whom had bruised faces, and even more miserable ones were lying half-slumped on the ground.

Most of them complained to each other while waiting for Chen Xia to come and vent their anger.

After all, Chen Xia had said before that it was protection money, so he must protect them.

However, some disciples who had grabbed Spirit Stones did not come. These disciples mostly came from wealthy families, and they did not care about these Spirit Stones anymore. It was better to spend money to avoid trouble.

Two extremely fast figures rushed over, led by a figure in cyan clothes.

The discussions among the preparatory disciples quickly stopped, and they looked at the leading figure in cyan with excitement, but still held back without saying anything, waiting for Chen Xia to speak first.

"Who got robbed?"

Chen Xia glanced sideways, standing on the platform, asking downwards.

"Me!"

"Me...me!"

Raising hands and shouting one after another, noisy and extremely chaotic, the preparatory disciples clamored to speak first.

Chen Xia pressed down with his hand to stop the shouts, his plain expression became somewhat serious, and he said,

"I may be a little unconventional at ordinary times, but I will definitely keep my promise to you guys. Since I said I collected protection money, I will naturally protect you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the preparatory disciples below jumped up excitedly and shouted loudly.

"Brother Xia, my brother Xia, awesome!"

"Master Xia, too domineering, it's hard not to love!"

"So handsome, f**k, is this Master Xia?!"

These were some slightly over-the-top words, Chen Xia didn't say anything when he heard them, but he didn't expect even more over-the-top words.

"Dad!"

It was hard to tell who shouted this, full of energy.

It made Chen Xia frown.

"Register how many Spirit Stones you guys lost, I will compensate you for the Spirit Stones later."

"Fill in the real amount, if I ask later and find there is not as much, you will have to compensate me ten times."

As soon as he said this, the preparatory disciples could no longer hold back, and jumped up excitedly.

"Brother Xia is too awesome, you made me swoon!"

"Master Xia as domineering as this, it's hard not to love!"

"Master Xia, you are my own dad!"

When Chen Xia heard this, he really couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Damn, the generations are all messed up.

The subsequent registration of the preparatory disciples went smoothly, queuing quietly without quarreling. Everyone used Divine Mirrors to record images, which served as evidence.

Chen Xia then took back the Spirit Stones and returned them according to the numbers stated in the images.

The entire preparatory area was filled with a joyous atmosphere, which was really hard to say compared to the sadness before.

The preparatory disciples were also more respectful and admiring of Chen Xia.

The three words "protection money" were really not misnamed, it really was protection money, he would take care of things when something happened.

They had worried before that Chen Xia would not be able to handle this matter, and would beat them up again and collect money again.

If this continued, the preparatory disciples would really become ants in the cracks of the soil, with everyone coming to step on them.

Fortunately, Chen Xia really got things done, he did not disappoint them.

With Chen Xia's promise, this matter was temporarily dropped for the time being.

But Pan Dadao was very worried, frowning all the time, sighing from time to time.

How would Chen Xia get back the Spirit Stones that were robbed? Would he go directly to those formal disciples and elders to ask for them?

But both sides had already torn their faces apart over this matter, could they really get them back?

Then the only way would be to fight it out.

But there was another problem. Since the formal disciples had acted secretly to avoid Chen Xia, they certainly would not confront Chen Xia head-on, let alone fight head-on.

It would be very difficult to get the money back.

If it was brought up to the highest level, Chen Xia had collected the most money anyway, no matter how you looked at it, Chen Xia would still be the big villain.

Pan Dadao was reluctant for complications to arise, and found Chen Xia under the cover of night to discuss softly.

"I'm afraid it would be hard for you to get back their Spirit Stones. I still have a few thousand left, why don't you take them to pay them back."

"No." Chen Xia sat in the pavilion and shook his head. "Since I said I would take them back, then naturally I have a way."

"Oh oh." Pan Dadao hurriedly nodded, rubbing his hands together, his hunched body looked a little restrained under the moonlight, and he didn't know what else to say, so he could only chuckle.

"Don't you care when giving me money, why are you always so generous with me?" Chen Xia suddenly became curious and asked.

He remembered that when he had borrowed money before, this little elder Pan had also given him a lot, and had not asked him for it until now.

Pan Dadao lowered his head, probably revealing a wry smile that Chen Xia did not see clearly.

"I'm alone without family, and my talent is only this much. I can't cultivate supernatural powers and techniques either, so there is not much use keeping it, it just looks nice at home."

"Don't you want to buy anything?" Chen Xia asked curiously again.

"Yes." Pan Dadao nodded, "I wanted to buy a cyan gold engraved dragon coffin, but cyan gold is too precious, so I gave up on that idea later."

"I bought a purple gold coffin now, the material is also extremely good, then I really have nothing else I want to buy, haha."

Pan Dadao laughed, rubbing the corners of his clothes with his hands, still bowing his head, "In fact, what I have wanted in this lifetime is to take a stand, but...but..."

He paused clumsily, and continued in a complicated tone.

"But I never got to take that stand, and swallowed countless grievances instead."

Pan Dadao looked up, his clouded eyes looking at Chen Xia under the moonlight, biting his dry lips, and said forcefully.

"I think...this is life."

Chen Xia just gazed at the moon in the sky, and only spat out a sentence after a while.

"The moon waxes and wanes."

This was meant to comfort.

"But it can also be overcast for long periods." Pan Dadao closed his clouded eyes, not wanting to see anything.

The bumps that some people encounter in life are indeed much greater than ordinary people.

Getting through it does not necessarily bring benefits, but not getting through means never getting past it.

The long road of life, feelings through the ages.