Chapter 3387 — What Sorts of Gifts
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"Yes, Elder Brother—and not only me. This precious granddaughter of yours is the same as I am, and she's a great consummation expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank of the external school besides!" Song Xianghua said with a chuckle. "Even I wouldn't dare claim I could best her!"
"What?! Xiao Rui? You too are a great consummation expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank? And of the external school?" Song Xiangwen said in alarm.
"I'm sorry, Grandfather. I kept it from you before—it's the organization's rule that we can't freely reveal such things to our families..." Song Lingwei stuck out her tongue a little sheepishly. "Second Granduncle is the Grand Elder of the Overseas Cultivators' Association, and I'm a guest elder of the association as well, so only he knew..."
"Oh? Then you two now..." Song Xiangwen was slightly taken aback. "Does that mean you still have to go back?"
"Well... the truth is, we've come back now precisely because of our strength! The organization behind us doesn't dare offend us lightly!" Song Xianghua explained. "Especially since Xiao Rui and I are bound by blood—we're one family. Two great consummation experts at the peak of the late Heaven Rank joining hands is enough to overawe the overseas cultivation world, so they don't dare say a word against our coming back now. Until it comes to an outright falling-out, they won't do anything to us; we need only return for a stretch each year, and we may spend the rest of our time here."
"That's wonderful!" Song Xiangwen said joyfully. "By the way, Second Brother, that you could become a great consummation expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank doesn't surprise me—you've been a martial fanatic since you were small, and every day was spent in cultivation. That I understand. But Xiao Rui, how did you become a top-tier expert too? And a top-tier expert of the external school at that? I've heard that external-school experts rarely manage to cultivate to great consummation at the peak of the late Heaven Rank—at least, your grandfather here has never heard of it."
"I suppose it was a stroke of luck..." Song Lingwei paused to consider, but did not give the reason. Too much lay behind it all, and the fewer who knew, the better! She did not want to bring trouble down upon her family. Though the matter seemed to have died down for the moment, who could say whether those people might settle accounts afterward?
Song Xiangwen assumed she was constrained by the rules of the organization behind her and so did not press further. "So long as you're home, so long as you're home. Our Song family has truly been blessed twice over! It's only a pity your elder sister isn't at home—if she were, she'd surely be overjoyed!"
"I'll give her a call right now. I hear she's found a brother-in-law? This time I'll have her bring my prospective brother-in-law home with her—I want to see just what sorts of gifts this fellow has, to deserve being Song Lingwei's brother-in-law!" Song Lingwei said, rubbing her hands together eagerly.