Chapter 96 - Immortal Fate Of Longevity: Starting From Taking Care of Fellow Daoist Wife

Chapter 96: The Cunning Serpent Preys on the Local Tyrant More than 1,100 Qi Gathering Pills. These were the results of Xia Changge's hard work for over three months. During these three months, Xia Changge and An Ruoshui had to successfully refine two furnaces of pills before they could rest. With such rules in place, success was guaranteed. If all the Qi Gathering Pills were sold, there would definitely be a profit of 8,000 spirit stones. But Xia Changge wouldn't sell all of them. He wanted to keep five hundred Qi Gathering Pills as educational resources for his own academy. Around one hundred pills were for his immediate family members. That is, his three sons and his Dao companion, Tan Qier. One hundred pills were to be stored in the family's inventory, mainly to provide convenience for the freelance cultivators who worked for him, to be exchanged for merits and the like. The rest would be sold. If he could make a profit of three to four thousand, Xia Changge would already be very satisfied. He had to let the Xiao family know that he could refine Qi Gathering Pills. After all, the Xiao family had provided him with the pill formula. And their current relationship did not require such secrecy. Of course, Xia Changge would definitely take the largest share of the profits. He just needed the Xiao family to help with the promotion, and giving them a one or two percent share would be enough. Xia Changge chose to sell the pills individually rather than wholesale to businesses. Although selling individually would require more time, it would ensure maximum profit. He only needed to arrange one or two servants to sell them for him. What puzzled Xia Changge was that something seemed to have happened in the Xiao family recently. Xiao Wan and Xiao Yun had both left home. Only Xiao Xuan and Xiao Lin were left at home, with Xiao Lin still in cultivation. There was nothing he could do. Xia Changge could only find Xiao Xuan to ask for the specific situation. "Your prediction was accurate. Something happened to the Ren family. The green silk fish they purchased took almost half a year to fatten up. They had just started selling them in their own restaurant and stalls when they discovered that most of the waters in our Yun'an Immortal City already had traces of green silk fish activity. In other words, the Ren family invested tens of thousands of spirit stones and have already suffered losses. Now, the three Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Ren family have come to the doors of the Yu family, ready to demand an explanation. Mother and my elder sister have already gone to watch the excitement. The town of the Yu family has already become a hot spot in Yun'an Immortal City." When Xiao Wan talked about this matter, her smile was bright, but it was also full of schadenfreude. Because the Ren family and the Xiao family were rivals. Now that the Ren family had fallen into such a big pit, Xiao Xuan was happy. Xia Changge couldn't help but feel a sense of sorrow for that Ren family. As expected, not just anyone could enter the aquaculture industry. From the beginning, he suspected that the green silk fish were not as good as they were made out to be. How could a Foundation Establishment family like the Ren family digest such a large profit industry? After all, if it was really that valuable, why didn't Xia Changge see it at the Azure Cloud Pavilion? When encountering a problem, it's always best to think things through. Once one's eyes are clouded by profit, they will most likely fall into a pit. However, Xia Changge couldn't believe that the Ren family's issue had come to light so quickly. "Is it possible that the green silk fish outside might have accidentally escaped from the Ren family's cultivation?" Xia Changge couldn't help but ask, speculating a bit more wouldn't hurt. Xiao Xuan shook her head. "It's unlikely. The place where the Ren family bred the fish is a lake below a waterfall. It has been diverted by the Ren family so that water only flows in and doesn't flow out. Even if some fish did escape, the quantity wouldn't be that large. According to estimation, there are probably thousands or even tens of thousands of green silk fish found in various water areas. They are not small and have been growing for several months. The Ren family had even spent tens of thousands of spirit stones to purchase spirit rice in preparation for a big move, but now, it's become a joke." So it was likely that it was Yu family that played a trick on the Ren family. But the Yu family had just arrived, how could they provoke a Foundation Establishment family like the Ren family head-on? It seemed that the Yu family was truly a cunning serpent, targeting the Ren family and provoking a powerful Foundation Establishment family like them to establish their dominance. Xiao Xuan didn't think much about it. As long as the Ren family suffered a loss, she would be delighted as well. Although there was no evidence, she felt that her pitiful situation was all the result of the Ren family's secret actions. Xiao Xuan was definitely the person with the most resentment towards the Ren family. "Yu family is quite capable. In less than half a year, they have already formed an alliance agreement with three nearby Foundation Establishment families. The Ren family can only bear this loss." The next sentence from Xiao Xuan surprised Xia Changge even more. The Yu family had wanted to cooperate with the Xiao family before and was rejected by Xiao Wan. As a result, they immediately got close to several other Foundation Establishment families. A social butterfly couldn't even compare to them! "In that case, it may really be the Yu family causing trouble. At first, I thought they were planning to use the expensive spirit rice they bought from me for their own use. After all, even if they bought the spiritual fields of the Tai family, they wouldn't have the time to cultivate them. But now it seems they might have used the rice to feed their fish." Xia Changge combined the previous events with his suspicions, and his expression became unsightly. Seeing this, Xiao Xuan asked, "What are you worried about? This matter has nothing to do with us, right? Just watch the show, it would be interesting if the Foundation Establishment families end up fighting each other." Xia Changge's expression turned serious. "I feel that things are not that simple. I remember during the auction, the people from the Yu family mentioned that the green silk fish easily demonizes and becomes a fish monster. Now that these green silk fish are causing havoc in the waters, the ordinary river fish in our waters won't stand a chance. We may soon face a disastrous situation." In the sea, almost all were monsters. Ordinary fish were just food. The battles between them were battles between monster beasts. And in the waters of Yun'an Immortal City, most of them were ordinary fish, and not even fish with aggressive traits, but the kind that regular mortals would catch and eat. Occasionally, some fish monsters appeared and were easily killed by Qi Refining cultivators. But now, there were many easily demonized green silk fish. Ordinary fish had become food for the green silk fish. Xia Changge even noticed during the auction that the green silk fish were definitely aggressive fish. Xiao Xuan was quite surprised, but then she smiled and said, "Are you worried about those river fish? It's even better if they demonize in the wild. They provide us with free food. I haven't tasted such a thing yet." Xia Changge shook his head. "I'm not worried about those fish. I'm just thinking, with so many fish monsters, I don't know how many mortal people will die in the waters they rely on for their livelihood. After eating fish monsters that devour humans, can you still eat them?" No matter how weak fish monsters were, they were still monsters. No matter how powerful ordinary mortals were, they were still ordinary mortals. Even if they were faced with green silk fish, only one or two feet in size, ordinary mortals wouldn't stand a chance. Among various monster beasts, the most difficult to deal with were those in the water and sea. They held the advantage of the land! Xia Changge felt that Yun'an Immortal City may not be peaceful in the near future. With Xia Changge's words, Xiao Xuan's smile also froze a bit. "This Yu family...is truly a disaster. I hope the Ren family can have the confidence to unite with other families and directly eliminate the Yu family." Xia Changge openly expressed his thoughts since there were no outsiders present. But Xiao Xuan didn't quite agree. "The Yu family already has three Foundation Establishment cultivators, plus they have several families allied with them. They probably have about ten Foundation Establishment cultivators in total. Even if the Ren family has the intention, they don't have the ability. How could those Foundation Establishment families who are friendly with Ren family fight the Yu family to help the Ren family? It seems like the Ren family has brought trouble upon themselves." Xia Changge also knew this, and the royal family of Zhao Kingdom had always been secretly suppressing fights between Foundation Establishment families. "Let's hope that everything is just as we imagined! But if the Yu family really has evil intentions, it will eventually reveal its true colors, and by that time, they will surely be annihilated by a joint crusade!" As of now, Xia Changge didn't have the strength to intervene and could only watch from the sidelines. 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