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Chapter 134: Giant Bear Recruits, West of the Red Crow

When Geng Xuan walked out of the Wei family's study, he placed a heavy package on the ground in front of Luo Qing, making a dull sound.

"Go to the warehouse. When you are done, you and Wang Xi and the others can come to my place."

After giving a brief explanation, Geng Xuan turned around and went back to his room.

Luo Qing opened the box and saw that there were 400 silver bars neatly stacked inside.

Four thousand taels of silver.

After understanding almost everything he needed to know, Geng Xuan finally remembered the deposit certificate he had in his arms.

This was the spoils he gained from the Dingxingtang stronghold in Wuyou Palace.

Originally, Geng Xuan was planning to take it out when Master Fan behaved too "steadfastly and unyieldingly" in order to justify his behavior of "breaking into the Fan Mansion at night".

However, he didn't expect that the gap in strength between the two sides was even greater than he expected. Before he could even take out the item, Master Fan had already fallen down.

However, since he had already brought everything with him, there was no reason for him to return empty-handed.

When Geng Xuan handed the deposit slip to Master Fan, he didn't even ask a single question and quickly packed up and delivered the four thousand taels of silver.

As for why it is four thousand, not three thousand.

According to Master Fan, the extra thousand is the interest that has not been collected in the past few months.

Three thousand in principal and one thousand in interest, that’s four thousand taels, right?

Geng Xuan really wanted to say, I really just want to see the master's strength tonight, I have no intention of extorting money from him.

But Master Fan, without blushing or breathing heavily, stuffed the four-hundred-pound package into his hands in a serious manner.

Geng Xuan admitted that Master Fan's image had indeed become much gentler and more humble from that moment on.

……

Not long after returning to the house, Luo Qing, Wang Xun, Ding Yong and Teng Yu came over together.

Instructing the four of them to sit down, Geng Xuan asked:
"I remember you guys have been discussing the guild tokens and contribution chapters. How's that going? Have you come to any conclusions yet?"

The four of them were stunned. They didn't expect the gang leader to suddenly bring up this matter.

However, they soon reacted.

Teng Yu pulled out a booklet from his pocket, opened it, and handed it to Geng Xuan, saying:

"Boss, you see, we all think that it would be a good idea to make the token of our Giant Bear Gang into this style."

Geng Xuan took a quick look and saw the fine, precise lines. He asked in surprise, "Did you draw this?"

"Ah."

“It’s a very good painting.”

"Haha, I used to draw lines on pottery every day, so after a while I got some basic skills."

Geng Xuan nodded, took it and read it carefully.

There are patterns painted on both sides, and one side is engraved with the words "Giant Bear" surrounded by cloud patterns.

One side is engraved with the outline of a giant bear standing up, baring its fangs and claws, and roaring at the sky, surrounded by fire patterns.

What impressed people most were the giant bear’s eyes that seemed to be spitting fire and its sharp and ferocious fangs.

Just stare at it for a while and you can feel a ferocious and majestic aura blowing in your face.

Geng Xuan looked at it for a while and then put the booklet down.

Teng Yu quickly asked: "Boss, how is it?"

Geng Xuan didn't answer immediately, but asked, "Where's the contribution badge? Is it ready?"

Teng Yu said:
"Our opinion is that the style of the contribution badge should be directly based on the style of the guild token.

So, nothing has been decided yet.

Once the guild token is finalized, its design will be available immediately."

Geng Xuan heard this and nodded slightly:

“That’s fine… the design of this token is already complete.

My opinion is that it can be fixed by just tweaking some details.”

Teng Yu immediately perked up and asked hurriedly, "What do you want to change?"

Geng Xuan said, "Everything else is fine, except that this bear is a little too fierce and murderous, especially its eyes and fangs, which are full of murderous intent. It's not good.

This posture is not good either.

Baring your teeth and claws, roaring at the sky, don't do this."

“…” Teng Yu’s smiling face froze there.

Is this a minor change?
Is this a detail?
You are overturning the core purpose of this token!

After a long while, Teng Yu said, "Then...how do you think we should change it?"

“Remove the fangs and soften the look.

Don't act like you're baring your teeth and roaring at the sky.

Let it sit, curl up, lie flat...anything is fine, as long as it looks natural." Geng Xuan said as he watched.

Teng Yu, who was listening carefully, suddenly said:

"Then just knock them all over and make them look like a newborn bear cub."

Hearing him say this, Luo Qing beside him couldn't help but frown.

If the gang leader hadn't been there, he wouldn't have been able to help but kick him a few times.

If you have any opinions just say it, how dare you be so sarcastic!

As he thought this, Luo Qing was already thinking about how he should smooth things over if the gang leader was unhappy.

But something unexpected happened. After hearing this, the gang leader nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile:
"It seems you already understand my thoughts."

Teng Yu pointed to the pattern on the other side of the token without knowing the consequences and said:

"Then why not just change this giant bear into a little bear or a bear cub? That would be more appropriate."

Not to mention Luo Qing was frightened after hearing this, even Wang Lu and Ding Yong's faces changed drastically.

Good guy.

Are you going to make decisions for the gang leader and turn the Giant Bear Gang into the Little Bear Gang or the Cub Bear Gang? !
The people who were listening were all terrified, but Geng Xuan just smiled and shook his head.
"This is called contrast cuteness, so there's no need to change the name, just call it Giant Bear."

Geng Xuan closed the booklet, handed it to Teng Yu, and asked, "This should be simple, right? Can it be done tonight?"

This time, before Teng Yu could speak, Luo Qing took over the conversation and promised:

"Don't worry, Boss. This is a simple matter. We can make it in time tonight."

Geng Xuan nodded and asked, "Can we make some more tokens overnight?"

"How much?" Luo Qing asked.

"Do as much as you can."

"What material is it made of?"

"A bronze order will do."

"Boss, please wait for our good news."

Soon, Luo Qing pushed Teng Yu out of the room, and Wang Lu and Ding Yong followed suit and left.

……

The next day.

November 11, morning.

Luo Qing held a heavy wooden box in both hands and placed it in front of Geng Xuan.

When the wooden box fell to the ground, you could clearly hear the clanging sound of metal collision inside.

Luo Qing opened the wooden box, revealing a box full of golden tokens.

Geng Xuan took one in his hand and as soon as he touched it, he could feel the roughness of its surface.

The cute little bear cub is clearly visible.

Luo Qing explained:

"In order to save time, we used the die-casting method and worked overnight to produce a total of 100 such bronze orders.

Because of the time constraints, there was no time for careful polishing, resulting in a somewhat rough surface. "

"Okay, that's good enough."

As Geng Xuan spoke, he tried to weigh it with his hand and said, "This is about four ounces, right?"

"Yes. For every copper order, forty to forty-two copper coins were melted down. In order to make these one hundred copper orders, a total of four ounces and one hundred and twenty copper coins were melted down."

Geng Xuan nodded and said:

"Go and call all the gang members to the main hall, including Hong Quan, Cheng Hui, Xie Hang, Wei Yang, Yu Ze, and their families. Anyone who can come, come here."

Luo Qing, who had anticipated this, still showed a flash of surprise after hearing this. He asked, "Boss, are you officially accepting Hong Quan and the others into the gang?"

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "Yes."

Luo Qing said: "I'll arrange it right away."

……

Half an hour later.

Zhang Ming was leaning against the shadow of the main hall door, holding a pair of iron rods. Beside him were other members of the Giant Bear Gang who were witnessing the incident.

Unlike before, they all had a copper token around their waists.

In the middle of the main room, there were seven people standing.

The three people in the front are Hong Quan, Cheng Hui, who have long advanced to the Bone Refining Realm, and Xie Hang, who has just broken through the Bone Refining Realm.

Behind them were Wei Yang and Yu Ze, who were at the Blood Refining Realm.

The two people at the back are Cheng Hui's second brother who is in the Flesh Refining Realm, and Hong Quan's wife who had recently broken through from the Skin Refining Realm to the Flesh Refining Realm.

Wang Xi was holding a tray with seven bronze tokens on it.

Luo Qing walked past each person and handed a bronze token to them.

Everyone looked very solemn the moment they received the bronze order.

Geng Xuan sat in the main seat and watched everything happen calmly.

Originally, according to his idea, he just needed to gather all the people who needed to be summoned and then distribute the bronze order.

But Luo Qing thought that although the rules of the Giant Bear Gang were still in their infancy and there was no perfect etiquette for joining the gang, even if it was simple, the necessary procedures still had to be followed, and it wouldn't take up much time anyway.

Geng Xuan finally agreed.

When Luo Qing and Wang Xie came to the third row, next to Cheng Hui's second brother and Hong Quan's wife, and handed the bronze order to them, Geng Xuan couldn't help but pay more attention.

Originally, in his plan, the only five people who would join the gang this time were Hong Quan, Cheng Hui, Xie Hang, Wei Yang, and Yu Ze.

After knowing that they were about to be officially accepted into the Giant Bear Gang, Hong Quan and Cheng Hui both hoped to include family members of appropriate age and with a certain level of cultivation in the initiation ceremony.

Geng Xuan was also very clear about what the two were thinking.

Since you're already on this pirate ship and can't get off, and your family is here with you, just try to gain as much immediate benefits as possible.

What is the difference between one person on a pirate ship and two people on a pirate ship?
The biggest difference is probably reflected every time you collect your monthly allowance.

This is to get more wool.

Although he understood this, Geng Xuan did not reject it at all.

No matter what the intentions of a gang member are, he has only one principle.

The more the merrier.

After distributing all seven bronze orders, Luo Qing and Wang Lu retreated to Geng Xuan's side.

Luo Qing shouted: "Greet the gang leader!"

Hong Quan and Cheng Hui bowed down immediately. Xie Hang next to them was a beat slower, but he caught up with them when the two of them were crawling on the ground.

The four people behind them also bowed deeply.

"Gang leader!"

Originally, according to Luo Qing's original suggestion, a jar of wine should be prepared, and each new member of the gang should inject some of his or her own blood into the wine, and then everyone should drink the blood wine together.

It means that from now on, everyone will be like real brothers.

This is also a regular part of many gang initiation ceremonies.

However, Geng Xuan rejected this suggestion immediately.

"Let's keep it simple and skip all the fancy stuff."

"Okay, everyone, get up. From now on, we are all brothers."

As he spoke, Geng Xuan glanced at Hong Quan's wife.

For special reasons, the Giant Bear Gang was composed entirely of men before today.

Today is a record-breaking day, as the first female "brother" finally appeared.

However, perhaps because the practice of the Fifth Stage of Body Tempering requires too much of the body's basic qualities, men have an advantage over women.

Of course, there may also be the vast majority of practitioners here who have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of supporting the entire family, or even the rise and fall of multiple families, and they also have to go out to fight frequently, walking on the edge of life and death.

Under the influence of these factors, the entire group of practitioners shows a clear situation of more yang than yin.

In terms of the ratio of male and female practitioners, it is about 70:30.

Moreover, compared with male cultivators, the overall level of female cultivators is lower.

But what’s interesting is that once a woman’s cultivation level breaks through to the level of blood refining, the proportion of her advancing to bone refining and even marrow refining is far higher than that of men.

This may be due to the many thresholds in the early stages, which have enabled a woman who can reach this level to already have all the necessary conditions to "fly high".

It is also possible that after entering the blood refining realm, the requirements for basic physical qualities are lowered, and women have more advantages than men in meeting the threshold for future body tempering.

Geng Xuan was thinking about this while he said to Luo Qing:
"Let's take advantage of this opportunity today to distribute this month's allowance."

The members of the Giant Bear Gang, who had been watching quietly, suddenly cheered.

"The gang leader is wise!"

"The gang leader is wise!"

"..."

Accompanied by the cheers of the crowd, flattery came like a tide.

When distributing money, the boss is not only wise, but also charming and handsome.

Geng Xuan had a clear understanding of this.

Amidst the flood of praise he received in exchange for 242 blood-replenishing pills and 2,420 taels of silver, Geng Xuan returned to his room.

As early as when Hong Quan and others took over the bronze order and bowed to him, Geng Xuan had obtained "Ten Points of White Luck".

Almost at the same time, the 172 points of bad luck originally attached to him suddenly decreased by 10 points to 162 points.

This time, the number of people joining the gang was a little smaller.

But because of the presence of three people in the Bone Refining Realm, the overall quality exceeded those previous times.

Therefore, Bai Yun’s harvest this time exceeded any previous one.

"It's not just the joining of Hong Quan and the others. It's also probably because Luo Qing and the others have significantly improved their cultivation and strength with the help of a large amount of resources during this period.

Even without Hong Quan and the others joining, their individual strength and the cohesion of the Giant Bear Gang have significantly improved compared to a month ago."

And now Geng Xuan is most curious about one thing.

In what form will these diluted ten points of bad luck eventually explode?

At this moment, Geng Xuan suddenly realized another wonderful thing about his "visit" to Master Fan last night.

"This basically eliminates the possibility of an outbreak originating from him... In this case, there don't seem to be many such outbreak points."

……

What Geng Xuan didn’t know was that it happened just three days ago.

That was the morning when Wei Wanzong and others returned with the news of Santongji.

There is also a story happening in Anle Collection.

In the lobby of Anle Pavilion, the chief abbot Wu Yi, who had stayed in Baiyuanji for nearly a month, returned to Anle Pavilion.

Not long after returning to Anleji, he brought his beloved son Wu Youxin, two members of the Wu family who had broken through to the marrow refining realm with his generous financial support, and five marrow refining masters who had been completely loyal to the Wu family and were closely tied to the Wu family in various ways, to the avenue outside the east gate of Anleji and waited.

About half an hour later, with the sound of horse hooves and flying dust, a team of more than ten people appeared on the avenue outside the east gate of Anleji.

"Control——"

When the group of fast horses were more than 20 steps away from Wu Yi and others, they suddenly stopped.

Among the four people in front, the one on the far left suddenly squeezed the horse's belly lightly, and the Xuanyou horse under his crotch slowly walked out, closing the distance between the two sides.

This person was Lin Feiyu, who left Kangleji with Wu Yue, Cao Duo, Zang Zigao and others that day.

When he rode his horse to a few steps away from Wu Yi and others, he dismounted, threw the reins to an Anleji guard, and then went to greet Wu Yi with a smile.

"Brother, why did you come here in person to greet me? You could just wait in the hall. Why are you so polite?"

Wu Yi took two steps forward, clasped Lin Feiyu's hands tightly and shook them. His whole body, from inside to outside, revealed the joy of meeting an old friend again.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Lin Feiyu led Wu Yi to the front three people of the team and introduced them:

“This is the Left Envoy of our Wuyou Palace and my boss, Xi Hanyue.

This is our Right Envoy Xiang Ling and Right Deputy Envoy Xu Hao."

Wu Yi felt a chill in his heart. Although he had anticipated that the Wuyou Palace would come with a big scene this time, he had not expected it to be so grand.

The left and right envoys of Wuyou Palace actually came.

He quickly bowed to the three of them and greeted them one by one: "Fairy Xi, Mr. Xiang, Mr. Xu."

He couldn't help but take a few more glances at the stunningly beautiful icy beauty Xi Hanyue, the left envoy.

In response to his greeting, the "Xi Fairy" merely lowered her eyelids slightly, which was considered a greeting. However, the Right Envoy Xiang Ling and the Right Deputy Envoy Xu Hao reacted more clearly to his greeting.

Xu Hao on horseback even smiled and bowed to him in return.

The group immediately rode their horses into Anleji and went straight into Anle Pavilion.

The dozen or so people from Wuyou Palace all entered the Anle Pavilion hall. The two envoys on the left and right were placed in the main seats, and Wu Yi and the two deputy envoys Lin Feiyu and Xu Hao sat on the side to accompany them.

Other people from Wuyou Palace, Wu Youxin from Anleji, other marrow refiners from the Wu family, and the marrow refiners from Anleji were all accompanying them.

Soon, a man in his fifties or sixties, dressed somewhat shabbily and smelling strongly of medicine, walked in from outside the door.

He glanced around the room, then handed a book to Wu Yi and said,

"Master, everything you want is here. I still have the last dozen or so furnaces of medicinal powder to refine, so I won't accompany you."

After saying that, he immediately slipped away.

Wu Yi took the book and looked at the other party, who was running away as if he had entered a snake den. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly and explained to Lin Feiyu next to him:
"Master Qiao has this temper, haha."

He thought Lin Feiyu would be unhappy, but unexpectedly, Lin Feiyu was easy to talk to, and nodded with a smile:
"As for Master Qiao of Honghui Hall in Yuanjing, I know that he has been obsessed with alchemy all his life. He avoids all other mundane affairs as much as possible and doesn't want to be involved in any of them.

The Grand Master was able to invite Master Qiao to come and take charge. I am actually looking forward to it."

Wu Yi nodded and smiled:

"He actually didn't want to come at first, until I told him I had a huge amount of medicinal herbs for him to use, and then he agreed to make the trip."

As he spoke, he handed the book in his hand to Lin Feiyu.

Lin Feiyu nodded slightly, took the book, and began to read it with Xu Hao beside him.

This book contains detailed statistics on the types and quantities of various medicinal materials, as well as the number of various finished medicines.

Lin Feiyu and the others, who had been looking forward to the contents of the book because of their meeting with Master Qiao, had their joy faded significantly after seeing the quantities of various finished medicines.

Wu Yi, who had been paying attention to the changes in the expressions of the two people, felt his heart gradually tighten at this moment, but he did not say much.

After Lin Feiyu and Xu Hao glanced through it, they handed the book to someone who had followed the team and said, "You all take a look too."

After taking it, the man immediately gathered with a few others and began to read it carefully, word by word.

After a long time, one of them suddenly shook his head and said, "No, no, the number of herbs is wrong."

Lin Feiyu raised his eyebrows, looked at Wu Yi, and asked, "Brother, could it be that Master Qiao was busy and missed some of the statistics?"

Wu Yi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "It's not a statistical problem. The situation is like this..."

Then, Wu Yi, with a heavy face, confessed the whole story of the convoy murder that took place outside Baiyuanji.

"...My cousin Wu Yue, the chief minister Cao Duo, Zang Zigao who came from Kangle Village, and my thirty-four elite guards from Anle Village were all killed there.

The murderer also chopped off all their heads and piled them up at the Lu family's house.

The entire fleet of medicinal materials purchased from Kangleji also disappeared.

We have tried every possible means to find it these days, but we haven't found any clues."

Having said that, Wu Yi looked at Lin Feiyu, whose expression did not change much, and said softly:
"Wuyou Palace has always been well-informed, and this matter has caused a lot of buzz in the area. Before Brother Lin came here this time, didn't he hear anything at all?"

Lin Feiyu shook his head and said:

"I have been busy with other things during this period, and I just heard about this from you now... But now that the accounts don't match, what are you going to do?"

Wu Yidao:
"Brother Lin has also seen that we, Anleji, are also victims, and our losses are far more severe than yours.

However, I will never let my friends suffer any loss.

The caravan that went to Kangleji carried a total of 320,000 taels of silver for purchasing medicine, half of which was considered an investment from Wuyou Palace.

We will compensate for the loss of 160,000 taels!"

Lin Feiyu was startled, and seemed a little surprised, "Brother, you want to compensate us in cash?"

"Yeah." Wu Yi nodded.

Lin Feiyu said in embarrassment: "But we don't need silver, we just want medicine."

Wu Yi's expression remained unchanged, but his heart sank.

Seeing the two of them "pushing the cloud hand" here, the right envoy Xiang Ling sitting in the main seat seemed not to hear anything and continued to drink tea quietly. However, the "Iceberg Fairy" Xi Hanyue on the side showed impatience on her face.

"Mother-in-law, just follow what you said in the beginning.

The attack on the Anleji convoy is another matter, and the two things cannot be confused.”

Xi Hanyue, who said this, glanced at Wu Yi with a cold and indifferent look.

No matter how many people died or how much damage the Anleji team suffered, they didn't care at all.

Xiang Youshi, who was drinking tea quietly next to him, suddenly put down his teacup and looked at Wu Yi.

Visible and invisible pressure instantly filled the entire room.

Wu Yilian could no longer maintain the calmness on his face.

He finally figured out why Wuyou Palace had mobilized such a large force this time. Not only did the left and right deputy envoys come, but even the left and right envoys, whose cultivation was in the late stage of marrow refining, "condescended to take charge" and participated in this operation.

This is basically to put pressure on him and the entire Anle Group.

Originally, Wu Yi, whose mentality had changed significantly due to the successful annexation and digestion of Baiyuanji, was instantly reduced to his original form.

"...Okay." Wu Yiqiang suppressed the anger in his heart and finally chose to bow his head.

Lin Feiyu immediately burst into laughter, breaking the oppressive silence in the hall, patted Wu Yi on the shoulder, and kept saying "brother" left and right.

……

A few hours later, in the afternoon.

Lin Feiyu and others refused Wu Yi's request to stay, drove carriages loaded with various precious medicines out of Anleji, and embarked on the road to quickly return to Yuanjing.

Until the group of people had completely left, Wu Youxin, who had always been silent, quiet, obedient and sensible, immediately exploded.

He yelled:
"A whore who has been ridden by thousands of men and fucked by tens of thousands of people, how many people have heard her moans and seen her slutty side?

After being called a fairy for a few years, do you really think you are a fairy?! "

Wu Yi, who was looking off into the distance with a sullen face, suddenly turned his head to look at Wu Youxin and shouted, "Shut up!"

Wu Youxin shut his mouth, but his face showed dissatisfaction and indignation.

Wu Yidao:
"If you have the courage, you can say this to her face.

If she gets angry, I will stand with you even at the risk of my life.

If you say this again now, it will only show your extreme incompetence!"

Having said that, he flicked his sleeves and returned to Anleji.

……

Back at Anle Pavilion, Wu Yi asked a man next to him, "Wu Hui, what's going on?"

Wu Hui is one of the two members of the Wu family after Wu Yue who were forced to reach the marrow refining level by him using resources.

Wu Hui immediately whispered:
"Brother, in order to raise funds to purchase medicine, we have mobilized a total of more than four million taels of silver, although half of it is the contribution of Wuyou Palace.

However, the part of the investment made by Wuyou Palace was mostly in Yuanjing's houses and shops, and part of the cash was also invested by us in the operation and management of those shops.

Although we unexpectedly obtained Baiyuanji this time, you insisted not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, and we didn't get much cash. Instead, due to the frequent transfers of personnel on both sides, these have to be counted as additional actions outside the normal monthly routine.

Moreover, we have gained such a huge benefit this time. If we don’t distribute more actual benefits to the lower levels, many old friends will have a lot of complaints.

As a result, our inventory is basically empty.

If we don’t find a solution, we won’t even be able to pay the monthly allowance to the guards of Anleji and Baiyuanji by the end of this month.”

Listening to the report from his cousin Wu Hui, Wu Yi's face turned gloomy.

At some point, Wu Youxin had already come to their side.

He interrupted, "Now everywhere around here, the prices of all kinds of medicines have risen sharply. We just need to sell some of them and we can get a lot of cash back, right?"

Wu Hui glanced at Wu Yi and said nothing.

Wu Yi said, "I have other arrangements for this matter."

Wu Youxin suddenly turned his head and looked at Wu Yi, his eyes wide open, with confusion and bewilderment.

Wu Yi waved to Wu Hui, signaling him to leave.

Wu Hui backed out of the room.

"Dad, without consulting me, you used over two million taels of silver to go to Yuanjing and buy a bunch of shops and houses that were impossible to move or even buy.

This means that Wuyou Palace can easily exploit our weaknesses. Isn't this a deep enough lesson?
...What are you planning this time? Can we just run Anleji peacefully?!"

When the father and son were the only ones in the room, Wu Youxin immediately started questioning.

Wu Yi shook his head and said:

"How naive! Running Anleji peacefully and peacefully?
Don’t you know that the scale of Anleji we have run to now has reached its peak?
If you continue to operate, to what extent do you want to operate it?
"Swallow a few more markets? Or simply let you swallow up all seventeen surrounding markets?"

"That's not a bad idea." Wu Youxin said.

Wu Yi sneered:
"Are all the people in this world blind, that they will just watch you accomplish this?

Believe it or not, if we take one more step forward, we will face catastrophic disaster!"

Wu Youxin paced back and forth in the room anxiously, like a trapped beast in an iron cage.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Of course, we should go out and look further. There are more to the world than just these 17 markets around here.

Everyone thought we were going to continue causing trouble after swallowing Baiyuanji, and now countless eyes are watching us..."

At this point, Wu Yi shook his head and said:

"This is actually a trap. We should just quietly digest Anleji and Baiyuanji.

Our future focus will not be around here, but Yuanjing."

Wu Yi looked at Wu Youxin and said:
"Your future is not here, but in Yuanjing. You must remember this!
I have found you a very good teacher. When you are done with this, you can go to Yuanjing. There is nothing here worth your nostalgia."

"but I……"

For a moment, Wu Youxin was confused and didn't know how to respond.

But soon, he remembered the purpose of staying this time.

He stared at his father and said in a deep voice:

"No, we were just talking about that batch of medicine.

Although we did not get the expected amount of finished drugs, the quantity is so large that we cannot use it all ourselves.

The prices of various medicines out there are so high now, we only need to sell a small part to make back all our investment this time.

There is such a good thing right in front of us, why not do it?
Don't tell me you're not interested in money now!"

Wu Yi looked at Wu Youxin, and Wu Youxin stared at him intently, as if to say that if he didn't explain clearly, this matter would not be over yet.

"Do you know why Wuyou Palace requires that 80% of the blood-replenishing pills be refined into Xuanyou pills for horses?"

Wu Youxin curled his lips and said:
"What else could it be? Perhaps they're planning another expedition somewhere in another state.

...It's always like this. Whenever there's war in other states, our Yuanzhou's medicines and food will become scarce, and their prices will rise accordingly.

They all use our Yuanzhou as a warehouse."

From a geographical point of view, Yuanzhou, located in the center of the world, is a "neighbor" of the other eight states with adjacent borders, and Yuanzhou has been "undefended" over the years.

When a military town in a certain state has additional needs for food and medicine, isn't Yuanzhou the first one that comes to mind?

With the help of those internal forces who only care about their own selfish interests and not the public interests of Yuanzhou, it is easy to get what you want.

As for the turmoil this will bring to Yuanzhou, who cares about this?

As for those who died of starvation or disease, it has nothing to do with the people who made a fortune from it.

Wu Yi said, "Do you know where the troops are going to be mobilized this time?"

Wu Youxin said, "Who cares where it is? What does it have to do with us little bastards from Yuanzhou?"

Wu Yi shook his head and said, "This time, it does matter."

Wu Youxin was stunned for a long time before he looked at Wu Yi: "Where?"

Wu Yi did not answer but asked, "Where is our west?"

"Chiwu Mountain." Wu Youxin said.

"What about further west?" Wu Yi asked again.

"...Haozhou."

Wu Youxin murmured in a low voice, but he was already stunned. After a long time, he looked at his father Wu Yi and said in shock: "Haozhou is going to use force?"

Even when the father and son were alone, Wu Youxin would lower his voice very low, as if he was afraid of disturbing anyone.

"Yeah." Wu Yi nodded.

Wu Youxin looked incredulous.

Haozhou and Yuanzhou are separated only by the Chiwu Mountains that runs through the north and south!

Although the Chiwu Mountains are full of ravines and valleys and difficult to travel through, I have never heard of any roads in the surrounding area that can lead to Haozhou.

But if war breaks out in Haozhou, which is only across the mountain, how can he feel at peace?
He couldn't help but whispered:
"For more than a hundred years, hasn't there been dozens of military leaders fighting each other in Haozhou, and no one can do anything to anyone?

Has any remarkable figure emerged in Haozhou in recent years?!"

Of course Wu Youxin knew about Haozhou, which was only separated by a mountain.

Haozhou has so many military commanders that it ranks among the top among the eight states.

Although you hit me and I hit you often, no one can do anything to anyone else.

Even if one or two are killed successfully, it will not have any impact on the overall situation in Haozhou. Soon a new military leader will be born to fill the vacancy.

Gradually, Haozhou turned into a "quagmire".

Even the military leaders and their generals became perfunctory and would not risk their lives to fight when attacked.

Bear it if you can.

When they couldn't bear it anymore, they scattered and soon raised their flag in another place and recruited their old subordinates.

When attacking others, he also dares not use all his strength and kill them.

I am afraid that the other party will do something desperate and the rabbit will bite me when it is cornered.

It was an easy victory, but ended up with a miserable victory. Why bother?
Second, they are afraid of appearing too aggressive, being out of tune with the overall environment, and being easily targeted by the group.

——Others are willing to kill and show mercy, but you insist on beating me to death. How can we have fun together in the future? If not you first, who else should we deal with?

This atmosphere lasted for more than a hundred years, and Haozhou was completely plunged into a quagmire.

There is absolutely no hope of competing for the nine provinces of the world.

Wu Yi shook his head and said, "Haozhou is still the same Haozhou, but why are you only staring at Haozhou? Look further north!"

"North?... You... Youzhou?... Dong Guan, the ruler of Xuanyou and Youzhou? One hundred thousand Xuanyou cavalry?!"

Wu Youxin's voice went from trembling to shrill, his face was full of disbelief, and his body was shaking slightly.

Finally, Wu Youxin looked at Wu Yi and said with a trembling voice:
"Dad... this... this kind of thing, how could you... you possibly know? You... you must be guessing!"

His trembling was not fear.

Instead, he suddenly realized that Dong Guan had already taken control of the two states of Xuan and You many years ago.

If he really led his troops south, a hundred thousand Xuanyou cavalry would surge into Haozhou like a tide.

He really couldn't imagine that Haozhou, who treated war as a joke, could stop the attack of 100,000 Xuanyou cavalry!

Once Dong Guan successfully takes Haozhou into his arms, he will own three states and one third of the Nine Provinces.

Yuanzhou was surrounded by him from north to west.

It was like a giant beast opened its mouth, and Yuanzhou was completely in the mouth!
This gave Dong Guan complete the foundation to swallow up Yuanzhou.

If this step comes true, Dong Guan will own half of the nine provinces in the world.

Even if facing siege from all over the world, he still has the strength to fight.

If you lose, everything will be over.

But if they win, the Nine Provinces that have been divided since Emperor Yuan will be unified again.

Kyushu will welcome a new master!
However, it is not easy to complete each step.

But even if there is only a 10% chance of this happening, it is enough to make young talents like Wu Youxin, who occasionally fantasize about the world of Kyushu, feel moved and intimidated.

Wu Yi shook his head and said:
“Do we still need to guess?
Wuyou Palace is such a cunning person, when would they fight to the death for the foreign state army?

Where did they get the formula for Xuanyou Dan?
Where do so many Xuanyou horses come from?
You have raised a Xuanyou horse for a while. It must be difficult to raise one, right?
How much do you earn? You're under so much pressure that you want to sneak out and cause trouble every few days.

Think about Dong Guan again, with his 100,000 Xuanyou cavalry, it's very impressive.

But have you ever thought about how heavy a burden it is to keep raising a child like this?
Do you think he will continue to hold on to these Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, which are clearly capable of conquering the world, until the day he dies of old age?
A sharp sword that has been sharpened with countless efforts is just destroyed like this?

Dong Guan is almost sixty years old now. No matter how powerful he is, how many years can he maintain his peak combat power?
If you were him, what would you do?"

"If I were him, what would I do?"

Wu Youxin murmured, and then couldn't help but shiver again.

He put himself in Dong Guan's shoes and thought about it. On the one hand, he was getting older and his life was going downhill irreversibly.

In the days ahead, with each passing day, I will grow older and weaker.

And "I", who owns two states and has carefully managed them for decades, has forged a sharp blade that can make the whole world tremble.

If I were him, what would I do?
Of course, I would turn his world upside down!
After a lifetime of painstaking effort, I finally managed to build up such a huge fortune. Am I going to quietly take all of this to my grave?!
Wu Youxin was stunned for a long time before he slowly said, "Is your decision not to sell this batch of herbs related to all this?"

"Ah."

"Wait."

"wait?"

"They would go to Wuyou Palace to buy medicine, why wouldn't they come to me?

I have medicine in my hand now, I don’t believe no one will come to my door!”

(End of this chapter)