Chapter 199: Chapter 198: Nervous as Home Approaches

Turning his horse around, he departed, behind him Lan Ting persisted relentlessly,

"You brought eight Treasure Gourds? Why did you leave only one for Fourth Uncle? And it's even unusable now? Could it be…"

Hou Niao slowly turned his head back, "In my actions, Hou Niao, I need not explain to anyone; having known each other for a time, you should understand the attitude of a Quanzhen Sword Cultivator toward material resources; if I wanted to disadvantage your Wen Family's resources, would I resort to such a foolish method?"

He slowly rode away, never looking back; behind him Lan Ting still wanted to say more, but was stopped by Lan Re,

"Little sister, stop talking. You can doubt anything, but not this! Our father is straightforward, never caring much about resources, always taking care of the two of us with anything good he has. Where would he have any extra wealth to store elsewhere?