Chapter 361 - Li Jue’s Choice (2/2)

The cultivation families spent more than ten thousand yuan on their children’s daily education fees.

Xiao Fanghua was very kind and considerate about the poor children. She carefully came up with a plan to ensure that the children who could only spend a couple hundred yuan per day would get a cultivation set meal that was carefully crafted with the best cost-price ratio.

When Meng Chao realized it, he felt a little frustrated.

His expression turned dark, and he stepped in front of Xiao Fanghua. “Mr. Li, it’s your freedom to decide whether your son will attend class or not. In any case, Ms. Xiao has been using her free time to help the children get extra classes.

“But Ms. Xiao never scammed even a single coin from you. She has been forking out her own money to subsidize your son, and yet you’re biting the hand that fed you and spitting on her kindness? This will disappoint her, and you might even make others unwilling to help the children in the shelters too. Isn’t this bringing harm to yourself and others?

“I’d like to give you a word of advice: Cast your sights further. The world in the future will definitely belong to superhumans. Since your child has talent for cultivation, he should cultivate properly. This is the only way for him to change his destiny!”

Meng Chao’s voice was not loud, but it was enough to make the neighbors around them understand what was going on.

Li Jue’s father’s expression turned really strange. It was as if the mask of wariness and anger shattered, revealing the incredibly frail man underneath.

He went back inside and stumbled around inside.

Meng Chao and Xiao Fanghua looked at each other before they went inside.

Li Jue’s father had sat down on a narrow folding hand and buried his head buried in his hands.

The big man’s shoulders trembled. He was weeping silently.

Meng Chao could smell a faint stench.

He looked around for the source of the smell and noticed that Li Jue’s father’s right leg was bound by a few layers of gauze and bandages. Even so, there was still suspicious liquid in shades of green and purple oozing out.

“You’re poisoned,” Meng Chao said with a frown.

“When the fog descended, I was hit by a monster’s poison. In the beginning, I went for treatment and they dug out all of the rotten flesh. I thought I was fine, but the poison had invaded my bones. After working for a few days in the ruins, the poison acted up.”

Li Jue’s father rubbed his face hard a few times before he gradually calmed down. He whispered softly, “I’m sorry, Ms. Xiao. I argued with my wife just now, so I was in a bad mood. I wasn’t thinking straight, so I said some really bad things.

“I know that you’re a good person. You’re all good people. I also know that the price for the gene medicine is already very cheap. But… no matter how cheap it is, it still costs hundreds of yuan a day. Even if I worked without sleeping in the ruins, I couldn’t afford it, let alone now that I’m in this state.”

Xiao Fanghua looked at the empty tent and asked, “Were all your belongings in your house? You didn’t bring anything with you?”

“No. Everything was burnt to a crisp. We didn’t manage to take anything out.”

“The public welfare organizations must have arranged to provide free treatment, right?” Xiao Fanghua asked hesitantly. “Your leg…”

“There’s free treatment, but we need to queue up for it. We need to wait a few days for even the simplest debriding and dressing. After all, simply too many people were hurt during the fog,” Li Jue’s father said.

“Besides, the poison has invaded my bones. It keeps on acting up, and treating it is a major problem. I’ve been thinking about acting ruthless and borrowing some money for an amputation so that I can get a prosthetic leg.

“That way, I could soon look for a job, but my wife won’t let me, and Li Jue refuses it too. In any case, it’s not easy looking for jobs now, and even if I manage to find one, the salary wouldn’t be high. I don’t know when I’d be able to return the money for the amputation and prosthetic limb, much less let Li Jue cultivate.”

Xiao Fanghua and Meng Chao fell silent for a while.

“No matter what, your son must not fall behind in his cultivation,” Xiao Fanghua said. “Mr. Li, please let Li Jue go to class for now. The teachers, volunteers from Blue Home, and I will think about how to solve the problem with gene medicine and high-calorie nutritional fluid.”

“Forget it, Ms. Xiao. You’ve helped Li Jue a lot. Our entire family is grateful to you, so we won’t be causing you anymore trouble.” Li Jue’s father smiled bitterly. “Li Jue is the one who said himself that he doesn’t want to go to class anymore.”

Xiao Fanghua was shocked. “Why?”

“He said that cultivation is not something that can be done overnight. The further you go down the path of cultivation, the more resources you need. Even if he can get your help and solve the problem of gene medicine and high-calorie nutritional fluid for the time being, what about a few months later? What about next year and the year after that?

“Even if he manages to get into a key high school, it doesn’t mean that he will definitely become a superhuman. The classes in key high schools are even more strenuous and the competition is harsher. Without sufficient resources, it’ll be very easy for him to go through spirit energy deviation and lose himself.

“At that time, he won’t be able to awaken to supernatural powers but will end up wounded instead. He won’t even be able to take up a normal job and just end up causing trouble to the family.

“Li Jue is a sensible child. We’re poor, so it’s impossible for us to support him in becoming a superhuman. He is thinking about using the time he would spend cultivating to work so that he can pay my medical fees.

“I-I’m sorry, Ms. Xiao. I’m sorry for disappointing you. Don’t blame Li Jue. If you want to blame someone, blame me for being a useless father!”