Rebellious Contract Beast

Manager Xiao pondered for a while and nodded to He Jianchuyun: "Since it is Master Li's request, the Chen family will definitely help with this matter. However, there are thousands of households in Jiangzhou City, at least millions of people. It is hard to imagine how difficult it is to find one person among them. So Master Li, this will take some time."

"how long?"

"The fastest is three days, the slowest is... half a month."

"This..." He Jianchuyun originally wanted to ask them to move faster, but after thinking about it, Jiangzhou City is so big, it would take a lot of manpower and financial resources to investigate and search for a person, which might seem like making things difficult for others, so he shut up and nodded in agreement.

"OK then……"

"I guess Mr. Li has something else to say?"

"Uh-huh."

"Mr. Li, you don't have to be polite. Just speak frankly."

"I want the formula of Yin Xie Dan. I wonder if you can get it?" He Jian Chu Yun asked nervously.

It's not her fault. Although the Yin Xie Dan has some righteous uses, for most cultivators, they basically have no use for the Yin Xie Dan. Generally, those who need the Yin Xie Dan are evil cultivators or demon cultivators. Such people are difficult to be tolerated by the secular world.

Sure enough, after hearing the formula of Yin Xie Dan, Butler Xiao was startled and couldn't help but look at her deeply. However, he was a wise man and didn't ask any more questions. He just said, "This is simple. Mr. Li, wait a moment."

As he spoke, he looked up at the Chen family's retainers at the other side of the door and said, "Did you understand what Master Li said? Why don't you go and do it?"

One of the Chen family's retainers nodded when he heard this, opened the iron gate and went out.

He Jian Chuyun heaved a sigh of relief when she saw this, and she relaxed as she sat on the soft chair. But at this moment, Shen Yi didn't know what he was thinking of, and said to her in a calm voice: "Hey! Old witch."

"What's wrong?"

"Ask him for one more thing."

"What is this? Is this okay?" He Jian Chuyun became worried. He asked people to help find someone and asked them for the formula of Yin Xie Dan. He had already asked for enough. If he asked for more, wouldn't it be a bit too much?
Although the other party didn't say anything, she understood one thing: some things that seem to be free actually have a price marked on them.

"Don't think subjectively. You are an alchemist. From their perspective, they really need you. It's okay to ask for more. They already have everything, so they don't need this one."

"What do you want?"

"Aren't the ghost soldiers in the ghost market puppets? Those are the best puppets. I want four of them."

"What do you want the Yin soldiers for?"

"You'll know when the time comes." In the consciousness space, Shen Yi opened his mouth slightly, revealing an extremely mysterious smile.

He Jian Chuyun frowned. This Xuan Li was a little puzzling. She didn't know what he was going to do, but he had no reason to harm her, so she simply agreed.

"Manager Xiao."

"Well, what else does Mr. Li need?"

"Emm, I do need some more things."

"Mr. Li, please go ahead."

"I also want four ghost soldiers from the Ghost Market. I wonder if you can agree to that?"

"Well..." Manager Xiao was silent for a moment, but when he saw He Jianchuyun's gaze, he suddenly smiled: "Mr. Li, you are being polite. They are just ghost soldiers. There is no question of whether I agree or not. It's just..."

His eyes began to wander, and the boy opposite him saw him like this and immediately understood what he meant. He said in a deep voice, "The Chen family treated me with sincerity, and I will certainly repay them with sincerity. I will do my best for the Chen family's affairs."

"With what Master Li said, I feel relieved. But before that, please take a look at this." Manager Xiao smiled, and a list appeared out of thin air in his hands. He held it in both hands and slowly handed it over.

“……” He Jianchuyun took it and was speechless after reading the contents.

Shen Yi opened his eyes wide and said, "Fuck! What a guy!"

There was nothing much on the paper, just some pills, but the quantity was particularly large, such as 600 ordinary Peiyuan Pills, 300 fine Peiyuan Pills, 600 ordinary Beast Yunding Pills and various miscellaneous pills, which made people jaw-dropping.

Needless to say, this is the elixir that the Chen family wants to purchase. Judging from the quantity, this has completely exceeded the normal purchase volume of a third-level family each quarter, and is double the purchase volume of other families each quarter!

Shen Yi made a rough estimate and found that the total value of all the pills on the list was at least over 150,000 taels of silver!

If an ordinary person gets this money, it would be enough for three generations to live lavishly for the rest of their lives.

"So much, can you finish refining it?" He asked He Jianchuyun in his consciousness space, and she said softly: "It's okay. If you don't eat or drink, you can deliver the goods in less than half a month. But you have to watch your mouth."

"Made."

Shen Yi cursed and suddenly began to regret it. He felt that cooperating with the Chen family was not a good idea at all. If the old witch worked for others like other alchemists, she would have to refine some extra pills for delivery every quarter. How many fewer pills would she have to eat?
"Okay, I won't let you starve. You just need to eat your fill every day like before and do nothing. I will do the dirty work." He Jian Hatsuyun comforted, but her tone was a little sarcastic.

How could Shen Yi not hear it?

But he was too lazy to talk.

If you want the Chen family to be obedient and respectful, how can you not pay a price?

At this time, Butler Xiao asked, "What do you think, Master Li?"

"Okay, when will it be delivered?"

"It's up to you to decide." Seeing He Jian Chuyun agree, Butler Xiao's smile widened a little. The wrinkles on his old face piled up together, and his eyes almost disappeared from laughing.

"I'll decide...Okay, then, let's do it in February next year."

"February of next year...this..." Manager Xiao was stunned for a moment, and seemed a little dissatisfied, but finally he nodded. The Chen family had been waiting for this day for nearly ten years, and there were two more months left, so it would not hurt to wait a little longer.

"Then it's settled."

After waiting in Baicaotang for a while, the iron gate opened soon and the Chen family's retainer who had gone out earlier came back and handed a folded piece of letter paper to Butler Xiao.

"Manager Xiao, the work is done."

Butler Xiao nodded, only glanced at it, and handed the letter to He Jian Chu Yun, saying, "Mr. Li, above is the recipe for refining the Yin Xie Pill, please take a look."

She took it and opened it to have a look. There were quite a few ingredients written on it. Although it was her first time, her experience and intuition told her that the recipe was correct. She didn't say anything, but nodded and put it into the storage space.

At the same time, another guard also came to the table with four ghost market soldiers. Seeing this, Butler Xiao immediately introduced them, "Mr. Li, these are the second-class ghost soldiers of my Chen family. I hope you are satisfied."

Upon hearing this, He Jian Chu Yun looked up at these ghost soldiers. Each of them was two meters tall and wore heavy armor with intricate patterns on it. One could not doubt their strength, but their eyes were dull.

"These ghost soldiers have already had their sensory marks erased. If Master Li wants, you can let them recognize you as their master at any time."

"Thank you." She didn't ask why it wasn't a Class A Yin soldier. Although she had only been in Jiangzhou City for a short time, she understood that Class B Yin soldiers were already the highest level Yin soldiers that the four major families could command. As for Class A Yin soldiers, only those families with a Xuan-level Venerable in charge could provide them.

After accepting the Yin soldiers, she asked Butler Xiao for some materials needed to refine the Yin Xie Pill. After that, she did not stay long, got up to say goodbye, and returned to Mingyanyuan of the Zhu Mansion.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to see my baby."

"What treasure?" She was a little suspicious, so she followed Shen Yi and came to the northwest courtyard. She saw a very strange steamer on the ground. Water kept dripping from the bamboo tube in the middle into the bucket below. When she went out just now, she saw Shen Yi fiddling with something here. Now that he has come back, after such a period of time, some "clear water" has accumulated in the bucket. This seems to be what Shen Yi wants. But soon she saw Shen Yi shaking his head, saying that he couldn't take the first wine, and poured it out directly.

He felt a little amused but He Jianchuyun was too lazy to care about him. He went into the backyard and started to make medicine.

But not long after, Shen Yi broke into her alchemy room, said nothing, and handed her a jade bottle.

"What is this?" He Jianchuyun asked with a puzzled look after taking it.

"Try it."

After glancing at it for a while, He Jian Chu Yun slowly opened the suspicious jade bottle and smelled it, revealing a rich and clear aroma of wine.

"Wine?"

"I've told you, try it now."

"alright."

After some hesitation, she finally took a sip. As a spicy feeling surged in her throat, her little face suddenly twisted and she coughed violently.

"Ahem... What is this? Fire-forced liquor?"

"It's a hot bar." Shen Yi nodded.

"Where did you learn that?"

“I learned it in my previous life.”

"Is this what you just steamed?"

"Yeah? Yeah, how does it feel?"

"It doesn't taste good! It doesn't taste good at all."

He Jian Chu Yun shook her head and blocked the jade bottle with disgust. She didn't like alcohol, but she guessed that many people might like this kind of strong liquor that made people feel very uncomfortable after drinking. Although she didn't understand, she still found out the production method of distilled liquor from Shen Yi, and then asked Futian to take the thing to the winery and hand it over to Yang Bayuan.

In the following days, she and Shen Yi did not go anywhere and stayed at Mingyan Courtyard. Their days were leisurely and boring. If there was anything to say, it was that she spent more than four days refining the best and finest Peiyuan Dan. Then someone from the winery came over with good news. After getting rid of the mud worms in the basement, the wine brewed in the winery no longer had any peculiar smell. Now they just had to wait for the opening of the business, and then the Zhao family's wine business in Jiangzhou City could operate normally.

But it was not good to stay in the courtyard all the time without going anywhere. On this day, He Jian Chu Yun ordered Zhu Hong to buy some gifts outside and came to Qing Shui Song Yuan to visit her aunt. However, when she saw the steward Sheng De, he said, "Miss, go back. The mistress is not here."

"Then where is she?"

"I left early in the morning. Come back another day."

Sheng De directed his servants to replace the old families in the courtyard, speaking without turning his head.

He Jianchuyun frowned, and without staying any longer, he said, "Well, Zhuhong, let's go."

As they left Qingshui Songyuan, Zhuhong said worriedly on the way, "Miss, something must have happened to the Madam. Do you want me to ask Futian to take us over to take a look?"

He thought what he said was believable, but then he shook his head and said, "Forget it. If we go over there, we will only cause trouble for her."

"Okay then miss."

The two stopped talking. He Jianchuyun lowered his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

When she arrived at the gate of Mingyan Courtyard, Zhuhong suddenly shouted, "Who are those two people?", interrupting her thoughts.

When she looked up, she saw two people standing in front of the gate. She thought they were sent by Yang Bayuan from the winery, but when she looked closely, she found that they looked unfamiliar and she had never seen them before.

"Who are you?"

Hearing Tsurumi Hatsuun's voice coming from beside them, the two men were startled, turned their heads to look, then clasped their fists and bowed and said, "Ms. Tsurumi, we are from the Tiger Gang."

"The Tiger Gang!" Zhu Hong who was beside him was startled, stepped back and turned pale.

After hearing the words "Zhonghu Gang", He Jian Chu Yun thought for a while and soon understood something. He asked, "Did Qu Ye send you here?"

"Yes, Hall Master Qu sent the two of us to bring you a message."

"What is it? Tell me."

"Hall Master Qu said that he has prepared everything you want to do. Tomorrow morning, not only will the heads of the six major halls come to the Peng Mansion, but our gang leader will also be waiting for you."

"What time?"

"After the hour of Chen, I hope you won't forget it."

"I understand, please go back."

"Yes."

The two Tiger Gang disciples nodded, clasped their fists and said goodbye.

As soon as the two of them left, He Jian Chu Yun said, "Zhu Hong, you go and get busy first."

"Ah."

Sending Zhuzhuhong away, Shen Yi immediately transformed into a ball of light and squeezed out from her forehead. After landing on the ground and revealing his true form, he muttered, "This Mingyue needs to be disciplined. Give it seven days, it really dares to come on time."

He Jian Chu Yun rolled his eyes at him and said, "Come on, it's good enough that you can get the job done." After that, he walked towards the direction of the alchemy room, leaving him with only his back.

Shen Yi thought for a while and did not follow. Instead, he went into an uninhabited room and fiddled with something.

……

Jiangzhou City, Peng Family Mansion.

Today's weather is a bit gloomier than usual. The sky is covered with dark clouds, so thick that it makes people feel suffocated, as if they will collapse at any time.

The cold wind was blowing, and a beggar was curled up in the corner. People nearby couldn't bear to watch and went forward to drag him away, but when they got to him, they found that the beggar's body had already become stiff and frozen like iron.

"Forget it, leave him alone."

Seeing that moving the corpse was too troublesome, the man shook his sleeves and asked his men to retreat. He stood in front of the red gate and looked out, as if he had just woken up, treating the huge mansion as his own home.

At this time, a gust of wind blew, blowing up the thin snow on the ground. He just took a look, raised his hand casually, and knocked the flying snow aside.

Snow fell, and accompanied by the neighing of horses, a luxurious carriage stopped in front of him. Looking up, he saw a man in a black robe with a gloomy face standing in front of the carriage, looking down at him.

"Master Qu, I haven't seen you for a long time. When I saw you today, you looked really radiant."

"I can't say his face is rosy, but Brother Xu... oh, I forgot, I should call him Brother Peng, doesn't it sound better?"

"..." (End of this chapter)