Ye Qianning nodded emphatically. She wouldn’t casually take things out of her space for anyone she didn’t trust. After learning about Penglai Mountain, she had become even more cautious.

’As long as I refine the fruits into pills, no one will find out.’ After all, she still needed to accumulate blessing points by curing the sick and saving lives, and the items from her space were the fastest way to do that.

"Luo Wen, Luo Xuan, Du Yi, all of you, come in," Xiang Minghou called toward the door.

The moment he finished speaking, SWISH SWISH SWISH, three figures appeared inside the room.

"General."

"You all heard what the Young Miss just said, didn’t you?" Xiang Minghou’s voice was low and cold.

"Yes. Rest assured, General. We would rather die than reveal a word of this."

Luo Wen, Luo Xuan, and Du Yi all knelt at once, their hearts a mix of panic and excitement.

"If a single word of this gets out, you will bring me your heads."

"Yes! I swear to protect the Young Miss with my life."

"I swear to protect the Young Miss with my life."

The three men saluted, their voices loud and clear.

"I trust the men Father trained, too."

Luo Xuan, Luo Wen, Du Yi, and Du Ying had been with Ye Qianning for some time, and she trusted them and was quite satisfied with their performance.

The four of them were swift and decisive, never dawdling or questioning. They showed absolute obedience to orders—exactly the attitude a soldier should have.

Moreover, all four were skilled martial artists. In a few more years, they would undoubtedly become top-tier experts.

"I will not fail the Young Miss’s trust."

"I will not fail the Young Miss’s trust."

Hearing that the Young Miss trusted them so much, Luo Wen and the others were ecstatic.

’Our Young Miss is the reincarnation of an Immortal!’ The excitement of following someone like her was indescribable.

Xiang Minghou admonished them for a while longer before dismissing Luo Wen and the others. The memory of Prime Minister Gao’s men infiltrating the estate made him feel the security was far too lax.

"Tomorrow, I’ll transfer some men from the main camp outside the city and replace all the guards here."

"Wouldn’t transferring men just draw more attention? Father, don’t be so alarmist. You’ll make yourself sick from being so tense. You should learn a thing or two from Old Man Gu."

"Learn what from Old Man Gu?" Xiang Minghou asked, confused.

"Old Man Gu is over eighty, yet he’s as hale and hearty as they come. It’s because he lives so freely and true to himself. To use his words, you have to cherish the present and enjoy life while you can." Ye Qianning was very fond of that phrase.

’Old Man Gu is so clear-sighted and optimistic. That’s how a person should be—always positive and looking ahead.’

Xiang Minghou also held Old Man Gu in high regard, but hearing his daughter praise him so effusively, he couldn’t help but ask, "You really like Old Man Gu, don’t you?"

"Of course! I’ve already decided to make Old Man Gu my god-grandfather."

"What?"

’God-grandfather?’

Xiang Minghou thought he must be hearing things.

"I’m making Old Man Gu my god-grandfather! Didn’t he tell you? He went back to his estate yesterday specifically to prepare for it."

"This is absurd! What’s this nonsense about a god-grandfather?" Xiang Minghou scolded. ’That would throw the entire generational hierarchy out of whack!’

’And if Gu Shuo found out, who knows what kind of scene he’d cause.’

"I don’t see anything wrong with it," Ye Qianning said, blinking her bright, sparkling eyes.

"Old Man Gu’s grandson is Gu Shuo! And it’s not like you don’t know who Gu Shuo—" Xiang Minghou stopped mid-sentence. ’It seems... perhaps... the little girl really doesn’t know about her connection to Gu Shuo.’

’They hadn’t performed the blood-drop kinship test at Immortal’s Drunkenness, so he had to admit there was a possibility. But his daughter was only six; it wasn’t right to talk to her about such things.’

"Father, Old Man Gu said that after he makes me his god-granddaughter, he’ll dote on you like his own son."

"You... This is absurd! Utterly reckless! This is not happening. I absolutely refuse." Xiang Minghou still had a line he wouldn’t cross. ’What if... what if there was even the slightest possibility?’

’In any case, adopting a god-grandfather is absolutely out of the question!’