Zero Soul Master

Chapter 26 The Xiao Family's Dilemma

In just half a month, the Xiao family's business has shrunk by nearly two-thirds.

This is quite an exaggeration, and for the current Xiao family, it is a fatal blow!

Most of the Xiao family's economic income comes from the major shops in Xiamu City, as well as sources from the Xiao's market.Originally, the Xiao family's economy was not very good. Compared with the Arites family and the Faller family, it was almost in the same breath.

Now, it's even worse!
"Patriarch, this is not going to work. If this continues, some of our shops will be closed within a month. As for the news from the market, there were still some businessmen who were still thinking about their old love, but now they are ready to move. "

Xiao Guofeng's originally fierce appearance was even more terrifying now.The flesh on his face was completely twisted together, his brows were deeply frowned, and it could be seen that he was in a very bad mood at the moment.

In the past few years of the Xiao family, it is not that Xiao Guofeng has never thought of revitalizing the family.However, his abilities are limited, but in terms of soul power talent, he is not bad. He stepped into the land-grade stage when he was less than 30 years old, and for a while, the entire Xiao family prospered.It's a pity that he knows his own situation. Now that he is in his early forties, the growth of his soul power is getting slower and slower. It has almost stagnated in the past two years.

The only hope is that the eldest son Xiao Li also disappeared three years ago without any news, and his life and death are unknown.

"Could it be innocent to kill my Xiao family?"

Xiao Guofeng looked up to the sky and sighed, he knew exactly who was behind the scenes in this series of things.But so what?He has the entire Xiao family behind him, he can't be impulsive!

Regarding the plight of the Xiao family, Xiao Bailian only found out more than ten days after the incident.

It's not because he didn't care about the family, but because Xiao Guofeng blocked the news, and at the same time he was unwilling to let Xiao Bailian know about this kind of problem.After all, this matter is not something that Xiao Bailian can intervene in.

Facing Xiao Bailian's dissatisfaction after knowing about it, Xiao Guofeng only answered a word lightly.

"My lord, it's my lord's responsibility. I'll take care of this matter. You kid can move faster with peace of mind. When you can get rid of that girl next to you, then it will be the best reward for the family!"

For this, Xiao Bailian was speechless.

Yes, how can he?After knowing everything, even if he has the advantage of being a traverser, he has no way to deal with it at all.If it was before, he might be able to use the advanced management concept on the earth to upgrade the entire industrial chain of the Xiao family and expand the scope of business.

He is confident, if it lasts for half a year or if it stops for three months, it will definitely be effective!At that time, even if other people steal the teacher, at most they will follow the Xiao family to drink soup, and the meat must be exclusive to the Xiao family!

The so-called first person to eat crabs must take the biggest advantage!

But this sudden change made Xiao Bailian completely unaffected.

"Soul alchemy, soul alchemist, unless there is also a soul alchemist in the Xiao family, even higher than the soul alchemist of the Arites family, there is no way to reverse the current situation."

Xiao Bailian is not stupid, after thinking about the events before and after, he can clearly see the key issues.

Now the Arites family is dealing with the Xiao family, but it is different from the secret conspiracy and tricks of the past, and it is also different from the small tricks in the market last time.This time the Arites family made it clear, this is different from a conspiracy, this is a naked conspiracy!
It is just to let you know, but you have no way to deal with it.

Just as Xiao Bailian thought, Xiao Guofeng understood better than him.

Now unless the Xiao family can find a soul alchemist who is no worse than the Alitus family to join in a short period of time, or someone in the family suddenly becomes a soul alchemist, only in this way can the current plight of the Xiao family be saved.

"Soul Alchemist..."

Xiao Guofeng could only smile wryly, the alchemist of the soul has a quite detached status in the fantasy soul continent.

Because the summoner, whether it is a high-ranking heaven-rank summoner or a low-level summoner below the ninth rank, needs to consume soul power.Summoning requires soul power, and maintaining summoned creatures in this world also requires soul power!
However, it is very difficult to replenish the exhausted soul power. One is to recover by oneself, but the speed is very slow.Second, it is supplemented by various soul pills!
It's like in the game, after the magic point MP is consumed, the magician can sit quietly to replenish it slowly.But more, still need to drink the blue bottle to speed up the recovery speed.

The soul power of a summoner is like the MP value of a magician, and the soul pill is like a blue bottle.

Different from the inexhaustible blue bottles sold in the system store in the game, in the Fantasy Soul Continent, only soul alchemists can refine soul pills!And soul alchemists are not machines, and it is impossible to make alchemy 24 hours a day, which will inevitably make the number of soul alchemy very scarce.

In contrast, how many summoners are there in the entire Phantom Soul Continent?
Although there are few heavenly and earthly rank summoners, there are as many summoners below ninth rank as dogs!

Rare things are precious, so soul pills have always been something that many summoners can't ask for.Most summoners rely on their own slow recovery speed.

And the soul pill has always been the patent of many high-level summoners, or summoners with strong backgrounds.

Now, suddenly there is a shop selling soul pills in Natsume City, how can this not make people crazy?You must know that there are at least 5 summoners in the entire Natsume City!
Although most of them are low-level summoners who are not in the mainstream, but low-level summoners are also summoners!
In just half a month, not only the summoners of Natsume City, but even several nearby cities knew about it, and thousands of summoners rushed towards Natsume City immediately.Even some people who were not summoners came here because of their reputation, and all of a sudden, the whole Natsume City was very lively.

"Father, can't our Xiao family hire a soul alchemist?"

Looking at Xiao Guofeng's increasingly haggard face due to worry, Xiao Bailian couldn't help being very puzzled while he was worried.

Even though the Xiao family was in decline, at any rate they had a good time back then.Even a family less than a hundred years old like the Arites family can have this strength, he doesn't believe that the Xiao family can't invite them!

"Even if those high-level soul alchemists can't do it, it's okay to invite a few low-level soul alchemists?"

Xiao Bailian has not been idle for the past two days, but secretly investigated the situation in the shops belonging to the Arites family in the city. At this moment, he took out a porcelain bottle from his body, and then poured out a grain of good quality. It's not very good, and even the shape of the medicine is somewhat irregular.

"Father, this is the soul pill sold by the Arites family during this period. After investigation, it is only a first-grade soul pill. Although it has a certain effect on the summoner, it is not great. It is only better than the summoner himself. The recovery is just a little bit faster.”

Of course, the Soul Pill sold by the Alitus family is not limited to this type, there are also other types, such as the Jinchuang Pill that is also effective for trauma.

But without exception, they are all the lowest-level first-grade soul pills.The price is not expensive, like the Vitality Pill that restores the summoner's soul power in a small amount, the price only costs 20 gold coins.As for the Jinchuang Pill that is effective against trauma, it only needs 5 gold coins.

Forget about the Yuan Qi Pill, the Jinchuang Pill is almost equivalent to the ancient dog skin plaster on the earth!The ones used to treat wounds can be sold so expensive!

This had to surprise Xiao Bailian, but he was not surprised after he learned that there is no so-called doctor in Huanhun Continent, and those who know a little about herbal medicine are all soul alchemists.

"You think I don't want to? But you know what the hell! Are soul alchemists so easy to hire? Not to mention the current Xiao family, even at your grandfather's time, it would take a lot of effort to hire a soul alchemist Work hard! And that's the kind of low-level soul alchemist below the fourth rank. Now?"

Saying that, Xiao Guofeng shook his head with a wry smile.Today's Xiao family is no longer as strong as it used to be.

"But how did the Arites family succeed? Although they are indeed powerful in Xiamu City now, they are still not as good as our Xiao family back then, right?"

While lamenting that soul alchemists are so popular and precious in this continent, other puzzles also arise from this.

"Actually, I was also wondering about this. I sent someone to investigate the soul alchemist of the Arites family. Unfortunately, the Arites family attached great importance to that soul alchemist, so they couldn't find any news. I only know that it is Not long ago, it suddenly appeared in the Arites family."

Xiao Guofeng didn't seem to have taken countermeasures, but it was obvious that the Arites family had expected to encounter such a thing.He did a very good job of keeping that soul alchemist a secret.After all, not only the Xiao family, but other forces such as the Fale family will also be secretly investigating the appearance of the soul alchemist.

It was only later that Xiao Bailian learned from Xiao Guofeng how few soul alchemists were in the entire Illusory Soul Continent.Don't miss high-level soul alchemists, even those low-level soul alchemists who don't have much level, once they appear, there will be a rush, and countless forces rush to confess you as an ancestor.

As for what kind of shit luck the Arites family had to be able to invite a soul alchemist, this is an unsolved mystery.

"Even though the soul alchemist of the Arites family is only the lowest first-rank soul alchemist, even so, it still makes it difficult for our Xiao family to move forward."

The plight of the family troubled Xiao Bailian endlessly.

"Recently, why are you so absent-minded?"

A certain girl was the first to notice his changes.

Although he knew that even if he told her, it would not help the family's plight in the slightest, but Xiao Bailian still said it, even if it was a complaint, it would always make people uncomfortable to hold it back.

"What is a soul alchemist?"

But after listening to it, the girl's blank expression almost made Xiao Bailian stumble.

(End of this chapter)