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Not hiding anything, Chu Chengzhou directly opened the gift box and handed it to Tang Xiao.
As the gift box opened, a faint emerald green light blossomed instantly. Everyone looked over and saw that the box contained an emerald-green soul bone, and beside this soul bone lay a stack of golden cards.
This torso soul bone was none other than the one Chu Chengzhou had previously replaced, carrying the healing-type soul bone skill: Everlasting Life.
"A torso soul bone?"
The moment they saw this emerald-green soul bone, Tang Xiao and the five Hao Tian Sect elders beside him couldn't help but exclaim in unison.
Earlier, even through the gift box, the six had sensed that this soul bone's cultivation years weren't low—at least over fifty thousand years.
A soul bone over fifty thousand years—this betrothal gift was absolutely quite substantial.
After all, the current Hao Tian Sect wasn't the former number one sect in the world, and although Tang Yuehua was a direct descendant of the Hao Tian Sect, she wasn't some heavenly prodigy—she was merely a Level 9 soul trainee who couldn't even become a formal soul master.
Honestly speaking, even as the bride's relatives, Tang Xiao and the other five felt this betrothal gift was too generous from Chu Chengzhou.
But they never expected that this soul bone wasn't just an ordinary high-cultivation-year soul bone—it was a torso soul bone with cultivation years as high as sixty thousand!
Setting aside the strength of the soul bone skills, different soul bone positions had different values even with the same cultivation years, especially the relatively rare head soul bones and torso soul bones.
Soul bones were extremely valuable, and hundred-thousand-year soul bones were even harder to obtain. Generally speaking, eighty to ninety thousand-year limb soul bones were the inherited soul bones of major powers across the continent.
For head and torso soul bones, the requirement for cultivation years was much lower. Once the cultivation years exceeded fifty thousand, they could be listed as inheritance soul bones, with value surpassing ordinary eighty to ninety thousand-year limb soul bones, second only to hundred-thousand-year limb position soul bones.
This was because head soul bones were the only ones among the six normal positions that could enhance spiritual power, while torso soul bones contained energy and improved the soul master's physical constitution after refinement far more than limb soul bones of the same cultivation years.
Without a doubt, the sixty-thousand-plus-year torso soul bone Chu Chengzhou presented as betrothal gift was sufficient to become one of the Hao Tian Sect's foundational treasures.
"Brother-in-law... this..."
Looking at this torso soul bone before him, along with that stack of golden gold cards, Tang Xiao couldn't help but hesitate.
At this moment, Tang Xiao was truly shocked by Chu Chengzhou.
Originally, he had thought Chu Chengzhou was just an ordinary handsome young man, but unexpectedly, he was actually a deeply hidden expert!
Being willing to give a sixty-thousand-year torso soul bone as betrothal gift—even using one's toes to think, one could tell Chu Chengzhou wasn't simple.
"Eldest brother-in-law, just accept it! In my heart, a sixty-thousand-year torso soul bone and eight million gold soul coins aren't worth one ten-thousandth of Yuehua. I can't let her be wronged!"
"Oh, and this torso soul bone carries a healing-type soul bone skill."
Seeing Tang Xiao hesitate, Chu Chengzhou said firmly.
Don't think Chu Chengzhou didn't have a proper occupation—he was unemployed, but he was extremely wealthy.
He had seized the opportunity to thoroughly fleece Star Luo. In terms of personal assets, even Ning Fengzhi, known as the continent's number one tycoon, couldn't compare to him.
Chu Chengzhou: Thanks to my Star Luo bros for their generous gifts!
Of course, Chu Chengzhou's pockets weren't as full as before now. Besides gold soul coins and soul bones, the gifts from his Star Luo bros—such as the numerous treasures from the Star Luo imperial treasury, gold cards issued by the Star Luo Empire, and so on—had all been given to Qian Renxue, who wore empress robes and knelt singing conquest.
"Good brother-in-law!"
Hearing this, Tang Xiao smiled broadly and gave Chu Chengzhou a warm hug.
Don't mention that sixty-thousand-year torso soul bone sufficient to serve as an inheritance soul bone—even those gold cards totaling eight million gold soul coins were good things.
One must understand that the current Hao Tian Sect wasn't the prosperous Hao Tian Sect of the past. When the sect sealed its mountain and retreated from the world, it completely lost its economic resources.
Moreover, the Hao Tian Sect had always been famous for its strength, with its industrial scale far smaller than the generous Seven Treasures Glazed Sect. Although there were savings left when they sealed the mountain and retreated, they weren't much.
With over two hundred direct disciples, plus numerous affiliated and outer disciples, the sect didn't engage in production at all except for the meager farmland in the forward outpost village. They focused wholeheartedly on cultivation, and these past dozen years they had been steadily depleting their already limited savings.
Plus the daily maintenance costs of the sect's simulated cultivation fields—the economic problem had always troubled him as sect master.
So much so that in recent years, Tang Xiao had no choice but to order the sale of some of the sect's previously accumulated soul bones that were of poor quality and low cultivation years just to get by.
But now it was good—the good brother-in-law had brought eight million gold soul coins. No need to sell soul bones anymore. As long as they didn't spend recklessly, even if they just sat and consumed their savings, it would last a long time.
Not only was the eldest brother-in-law Tang Xiao happy—even the five elders and everyone present from the Hao Tian Sect were all smiling broadly, finding this young man Chu Chengzhou increasingly pleasing to the eye.
The nephew-in-law (sister/brother-in-law, uncle-in-law, grand uncle-in-law) looked truly handsome!
'Good brother, about the betrothal gifts—you didn't discuss this with me beforehand?'
Tang Yuehua hooked her arm through Chu Chengzhou's and asked through transmitted sound.
Anyone could see the deep affection in Tang Yuehua's eyes as she looked at Chu Chengzhou.
Chu Chengzhou didn't reply verbally. He smiled at his older sister, turned to face her directly, and tightly embraced her.
"Ooh~, great-auntie, great-uncle, kiss each other!"
At this moment, a sweet-looking little girl with two braids in her hair started teasing.
"Yes yes yes, my little Tiantian is right! Second aunt, second uncle, you two kiss each other!"
A gray-robed burly man standing behind the little girl laughed and echoed.
"Kiss! Kiss!"
Immediately, the courtyard erupted like a boiling pot, with voices of agreement rising and falling continuously.
"Yuehua~"
Hearing the continuous voices of agreement reaching his ears, Chu Chengzhou looked at Tang Yuehua and said softly, unable to refuse such heartfelt enthusiasm.
Seeing this, Tang Yuehua's face reddened slightly. She leaned her head forward a bit and closed her eyes.
Without hesitation, in front of one hundred sixty to seventy people from the Hao Tian Sect, Chu Chengzhou kissed those fresh, moist crimson lips.
After a long moment, their lips parted. Tang Yuehua shyly buried her head in Chu Chengzhou's chest.
"Ooh, great-auntie is shy—do it again!"
Little girl Tang Tiantian, small but mischievous, teased again.
"Tang Tiantian, if you keep teasing, you won't get any red envelopes in the future!"
Tang Yuehua lifted her head and pretended to be angry and embarrassed.
"Ah~, great-auntie, nooo!"
Tang Tiantian immediately showed a bitter melon face—no red envelopes for children? Great-auntie was too mean!
"Don't worry, Tiantian, right? Even if your great-auntie doesn't give you any, your great-uncle will give you some!"
Chu Chengzhou said with a smile.
"Mhm mhm, great-uncle is the best!"
Tang Tiantian hurriedly nodded her head seriously.
"Hahahaha..."
Immediately, laughter filled the entire venue.
Hmm, perhaps... some people were celebrating too early?
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