Anthony who was busy wolfing down his meal had no idea of what transpired. The energy was still very much present in his body. However, it wasn't running riot like before. Rather, he felt a warm, soothing steam of energy permeate every part of his body. The excess energy was immediately absorbed by one of his hidden primordial veins, sealed near his golden core.

"This food is too much for five people, and the spiritual energy in them are simply too strong. However, rejecting them will be letting down his good will." Anthony whispered self righteously, and picked up the cup of fruit wine full of spiritual energy. The thick medicinal aura oozing out of it permeated into his pores, soothing his body. The pores on his face absorbed it, becoming more beautiful, firm and smoother. His organs were also strengthened, his body and bloodline purified. He belched at that moment, letting out all the impurities that were extracted from his body.

"I won't be able to finish this food." He whispered again, moaning in ecstasy. Such delicious food that warmed both body and soul was truly rare. Not taking advantage of it would be the greatest sin ever.

Anthony reached into the plate but found it empty. He frowned and shifted his hand to the next bowl. But each bowl he touched was empty, nothing to be grabbed. He immediately opened his eyes and looked down. His eyes widened in shock.

"They're gone. Where did they go? I didn't even eat that much."

His mouth watered again. He wanted to eat more, but the shame of asking for extra after he was served such huge meals was too much for him.

"It doesn't matter. Lan Xuanyu is the king of shamelessness. No matter what I do, I will never reach his degree of shamelessness." He muttered, and touched the statue.

"Big brother!"

"Hey! Why are you rubbing oil on me? Wipe it off immediately." Lan Xuanyu growled, surprisingly Anthony.

He let go in shock. After a while, he humphed and crossed his hand on his chest.

"Is he giving me attitude right now? Acting like some over pampered young mistress." Lan Xuanyu muttered and scoffed, watching Anthony through the mirror formation. Unable to bear it anymore, he sent out a strand of white light which wiped off the oil palm print from the statue, and coiled around Anthony's hand, establishing a connection.

"An'er, don't be angry. Big brother was wrong, alright?" Lan Xuanyu whispered, like one soothing a child.

Anthony humphed and ignored him.

"Go away, don't talk to me."

"I was wrong, I was wrong. What do you want? Big brother will give it to you."

Anthony gave the statue a side eye and pushed the tray towards it.

"Add more food." He whispered coyly and slightly tilted his chin. This face of his was truly thick. He was an adult who was good at taking responsibility, being strong all his life, and always taking care of others. But with Lan Xuanyu, he always had this uncontrollable urge to act like a spoiled child, pouting and throwing tantrums. With him, the childhood he never had became possible, and he could whine all he wanted, knowing there was someone to tolerate and protect him.

"You want more food?"

Anthony kept silent, but his face said it all.

"That's good, that's good. Kids need lots of nutrition to grow and develop properly."

The pout on Anthony's face disappeared. He had been married and divorced. Ge would have had babies if Priscilla was a good woman. Yet someone was calling him a child. What child could do the things he did?

"Kid? Look here, I'm…"

"Alright, alright. Children always hate being told they're young. I agree, you're an adult. Here, eat some more." Lan Xuanyu said indulgently and swapped the empty tray with a new one filled with food. Indeed, compared to the ageless Lan Xuanyu who was past a thousand years but still looked like a twenty years old man, Anthony was still a babbling baby.

Anthony frowned deeply.

'Have I been acting childish? Is that why this perverted god is looking down on me thinking I'm a child? I need to be tough to avoid ruining my reputation.'

"Will that be enough? Are you still angry with your big brother?" Lan Xuanyu asked softly.

"Humph! I will forgive you this time." Anthony huffed and quickly continued to eat, not realizing he acted like a spoiled child again.

Hua Cheng stood behind Lan Xuanyu who was watching Anthony with a smile through the mirror formation, also watching Anthony.

"People born with just one primordial vein are already considered heaven defying geniuses who can soar to the heavens in one leap. Cultivation won't be hard at all, making primordial veins sought after treasures that appear only once in thousands of years. Having just one is already a miracle but this kid has two. If anyone discovers it, everyone will be rushing to kill him and take it away. His journey will be pretty tough." Hua Cheng muttered.

"I trust him to defeat all challenges. He's special. Having two primordial veins is already a miracle but he actually had two: the negative yin vein, and the positive yang vein, forming the great primordial energy vein combination. Having two yin or two yang veins is also an unprecedented miracle. But he actually has one of each type, which means that he can absorb any type of energy, no matter how malicious, or how intense. Dual cultivation will also be beneficial to him." Lan Xuanyu muttered.

"Don't tell me you will teach him dual cultivation. Lan Xuanyu, have you gone crazy? It's true that the method gives twice the result with half the effort. But it will make him a playboy, keeping multiple partners to level up faster." Hua Cheng whispered in shock.

"Who said I will teach him such things? He's too innocent to agree. I will simply allow him to discover it himself. If he wants multiple women, alright. As long as he doesn't invest his emotions in any of them." Lan Xuanyu whispered with a smile, making Hua Cheng speechless. This kind of heartless partiality; was Lan Xuanyu still an immortal or a demon?

"A'Xuan, I always knew you were ruthless. But I didn't realize how cruel and selfish you can be. You want your brother to benefit. But what about those girls? They're people's sisters too. It's true that women hurt him in the past, but it doesn't mean he should treat the next ones he will meet like mere items. Lan Xuanyu, why do you disappoint me like this?" He whispered, and turned to leave.

Lan Xuanyu went speechless. He always knew that Hua Cheng was the upright type, unable to stand any evil, or watch people being taken advantage of. He spoke carelessly, making him think that their love was nothing to him.

"A'Cheng, I was just joking. I won't actually do it. Look here, A'Tian is innately kind, he won't mistreat any of his women. It's just that…"

"You don't need to explain. I understand what you mean. As long as the people you love are safe, the rest could burn to ashes. You have always been that kind of person. I thought you changed after experiencing tragedies over the years. But the moment you thought you saw your brother, your innate selfishness surfaced. Go ahead and attend to him, I'm not upset." He whispered and picked up his jade flute to play.

Lan Xuanyu sighed and palmed his face.

"A'Cheng, I thought we have gone past the stage of misunderstanding and quarreling? I never hurt people. I save strangers whenever I can, I always do the right thing and only attack the people who went against my interest. At the end of the day, everything comes down to him. I won't teach him anything unnecessary, I will let him figure out things on his own."

****

Anthony, who was resting after eating, didn't realize the quarrel going on because of him.

"An'er, I have a gift for you." He heard Lan Xuanyu's voice, making him open one eye.

"Touch the puppet, come closer."

Anthony nodded and scooted closer, placing his left hand on the statue.

A purple bracelet with tiny purple bells encircled his wrist in a flash of bright light. An invisible string immediately tied the first bracelet Lan Xuanyu gave Anthony to the second one, making it into one bracelet with two strings/ layers.

"What's this?" Anthony whispered, checking out the tiny markings on them.

"This is a miniature bianqing. It can be used for sound attack and defense. It also stores space portal formation techniques, space mastery techniques, and a few cultivation manuals. As long as you think about what you want, if a similar technique is stored in it, the knowledge will automatically assimilate into your brain. The techniques in it are not much, but the bracelet can help you out in numerous ways. You only need to discover it as you go."

Lan Xuanyu was downplaying the true ability of the soul sucking bell which had the ability to suck in people's souls, bewitch them and make them do the master's bidding, turn one into a fool or emit antagonizing auras that could drive an enemy crazy. It was a first grade immortal ranked artefact with both holy and darkness attributes, something most gods didn't have access to. High gods will murder each other to get such an artifact, but the clueless Anthony, a little boy, was casually holding it. Having a powerful relative was indeed nice. However, Lan Xuanyu fully understood that a weak person having treasures that were too powerful only attracted trouble. So he performed a few operations on it. First was binding it to Anthony's soul sea, making it such that only him would be able to use it. Once it leaves his possession, it will turn useless and seal itself. The second was making it such that it will never come off his hand, camouflaging some of its abilities, and hiding the artifact's aura as an immortal tool. Any master inspecting it would see a low grade spirit tool, not a first grade immortal ranked artefact. For this matter, Lan Xuanyu had truly put in lots of thoughts into preparing a parting gift for Anthony.

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