Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Leng Tian’s Attitude
Wang Hai broke out in a cold sweat and said hurriedly, "Lord City Lord, even if you gave me ten times the courage, I still wouldn’t dare poison Commander Hei Zhuo! This Nourishing Vein Pill was purchased by the Wang family at great expense. As long as Commander Hei Zhuo takes it, he is guaranteed to make a full recovery."
Wang Hai spoke with absolute certainty, his tone incredibly sincere.
"What a coincidence for both your families. All your treasures were purchased at ’great expense.’ It seems treasures are so easy for you to come by!" Ye Xuan sneered. "Whether or not it’s poisonous isn’t for you to say. If Commander Hei Zhuo suddenly drops dead after taking it, can you bring him back to life?"
Wang Hai roared in fury, "You little bastard! Stop spouting nonsense and misleading everyone with your lies! That’s absolutely impossible!"
"You know perfectly well whether it’s poisonous or not." Ye Xuan looked at Hei Zhuo. "Commander Hei Zhuo, if you don’t believe me, feel free to take it and see for yourself."
"This..." Hei Zhuo was incredibly conflicted.
Then, Ye Xuan suddenly smiled faintly. "However, I’ve observed your condition, Commander Hei Zhuo. The problem isn’t that serious. Even without this Nourishing Vein Pill, the Celestial Heart Imperial Fruit presented by my Ye family is enough to cure you."
"What? Are you serious?" A brilliant light suddenly erupted in Hei Zhuo’s eyes.
"You can judge for yourself whether I’m serious, Commander Hei Zhuo. Let me ask you: when your cultivation was broken, were the acupoints that took the impact the Heart Well, the Opposing Gate, and the Fan Gate?"
"That’s right!"
"At first, these three acupoints just felt slightly numb. But starting over a year ago, that numbness spread to your Tiantu, Shanzhong, and Jiuwei acupoints, and it gets worse every morning, right?"
"That’s right!"
"You’ve been taking quite a few Pills to nourish your meridians, haven’t you? They worked at first, but now they’re getting less and less effective. The pain in your meridians and acupoints even worsens after you take them, right? And specifically, your Yin Qiao Meridian and Yang Qiao Meridian—a year ago, they’d ache once in the dead of night, but now it’s three times a day: morning, noon, and night?"
"That’s right!"
"Then there’s no mistake. Your Profound Vein was damaged by an impact of Profound Qi, but that’s not the primary issue. The main problem is that the damage to your Profound Vein caused your meridians and acupoints to shift out of place. Every time you circulate your Profound Qi, you damage them further, and it’s even beginning to affect your Martial Soul. If you don’t treat this now, you’ll be stuck, unable to break through to the Celestial Martial Artist realm. But over time, not only will your cultivation stagnate, it will actually regress. In less than three years, you’ll drop to the Earth Martial Artist Second Layer. In five years, you’ll fall to the First Layer. And within ten years, you’ll even regress to the Martial Master Realm."
"What?" Hei Zhuo trembled, a desperate light flaring in his eyes as he asked urgently, "Ye Xuan, you’re completely right! Is there a cure?"
"Heh, I have a cure, but why should I tell you?" Ye Xuan picked up his wine cup, took a gentle sip, and narrowed his eyes, savoring the taste.
Everyone was dumbfounded. ’Isn’t Ye Xuan being a bit too arrogant?’
Even the members of the Ye family were terrified. President Hua Luoxuan, however, was smiling, a smug look on his face. ’Now that’s Master Ye Xuan,’ he thought.
Seeing this, Leng Tian’s eyebrow twitched. He gave Ye Xuan a deep look and said, "Ye Xuan, what would it take for you to treat Commander Hei Zhuo? Feel free to ask. As long as it’s within my power, I, Leng Tian, will not refuse."
Hei Zhuo’s expression was grim as he said seriously, "Ye Xuan... no, Young Master Xuan, as long as you can cure my injuries, this is my Storage Ring. Take your pick of anything inside. Even if you take it all, I, Hei Zhuo, won’t bat an eye."
Seeing their reactions, Ye Xuan smiled faintly. "Lord City Lord, you’re too kind. I, Ye Xuan, don’t really have any demands. It’s just that my Ye family will soon be entering Blue Moon City to partner with the Alchemist Association on a Pill business. When that time comes, I hope the City Lord’s Mansion can give us some consideration. As for the treasures in Commander Hei Zhuo’s Storage Ring, I have no need for them. Please, take it back, Commander Hei Zhuo."
It wasn’t that Ye Xuan was posturing. It was just that for a powerhouse like Hei Zhuo, an Earth Martial Artist at the Third Layer, what kind of good things could he possibly have in his Storage Ring? It would be nothing more than some Profound Soldiers and secret manuals, things that were utterly insignificant to Ye Xuan.
"Commander Hei Zhuo, curing your condition is actually quite simple. Use the Celestial Heart Imperial Fruit as the primary component, supplemented by a First Grade Dingxuan Pill and a Second Grade Chong Mai Pill. Within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, your injuries will be completely healed. You may give it a try."
Leng Tian couldn’t help but ask, "Is it that simple?"
Ye Xuan replied lightly, "It was only ever a minor ailment. As long as you apply the correct remedy, it will naturally heal. What’s so difficult about it? If you don’t believe me, he can be treated right here, with everyone as a witness."
"Fine!" Leng Tian barked. "Men, bring a Dingxuan Pill and a Chong Mai Pill!"
The City Lord’s Mansion was wealthy and powerful, so they naturally had plenty of such First and Second Grade Pills on hand. A servant quickly brought them over.
Hei Zhuo looked at the two Pills and, following Ye Xuan’s instructions, consumed them together with the Celestial Heart Imperial Fruit.
In the great hall, everyone held their breath, watching with rapt attention.
A stream of black Profound Qi began to circulate around Hei Zhuo’s body. The dark energy grew increasingly intense, and with each cycle through his system, a deep fluctuation pulsed from within him.
After the time it took an incense stick to burn, a terrifying blast of black Profound Qi erupted from Hei Zhuo. Simultaneously, a powerful wave of Soul Power radiated from his body.
"HAHAHA!"
Hei Zhuo’s eyes snapped open. His resonant voice thundered through the hall like a clap of thunder, his face filled with joy. He approached Ye Xuan and bowed deeply. "Thank you for your miraculous work, Young Master Xuan."
"Hei Zhuo, how are you?" Leng Tian asked excitedly.
"Reporting to the Lord City Lord, Young Master Xuan is truly a miraculous healer! Your subordinate’s affliction is completely cured. I’ve never felt better."
Although everyone had mentally prepared themselves, they were still stunned to hear Hei Zhuo’s words.
A sharp glint flashed in the eyes of Jiang Xun, president of the Soul Master Tower. His face was a mask of disbelief. Commander Hei Zhuo had once come to him about this very condition, but even with all his skill, he had been powerless to help.
He never imagined that an affliction that had plagued Commander Hei Zhuo for several years could be cured by Ye Xuan in the time it takes a single incense stick to burn. A method like that shook Jiang Xun to his very core.
’I originally thought someone else must have had a hand in healing Lin Xiong’s injuries, but now it seems it really was all Ye Xuan. For someone so young to possess such mastery... it’s truly unbelievable.’
’And that old fox Hua Luoxuan... we’ve been friends for so long, yet he kept this a secret from me. No wonder he’s been so close to the Ye family recently. His own strength has advanced by leaps and bounds. Could it be he’s gotten some kind of benefit from them?’
In that single instant, Jiang Xun made a decision: the Soul Master Tower had to build a good relationship with the Ye family, and immediately.
"HAHAHA, good, very good!" Leng Tian boomed, his expression ecstatic. He waved a hand. "Mu Shan!"
"Your subordinate is here."
"Doesn’t the City Lord’s Mansion own a few storefronts for rent in the heart of the trading market? Reclaim them at once. I want them transferred to the Ye family’s name by tomorrow."
"Yes, sir!" Mu Shan said respectfully.
"Lord City Lord, how can we possibly accept this?" Ye Zhanxiong and the others were stunned for a moment before hastily trying to refuse.
The trading market was the most prosperous area in Blue Moon City, where every inch of space was worth a fortune. Only the great powers and major families could own the core storefronts that City Lord Leng Tian spoke of. Ordinary factions couldn’t acquire one even if they had the money. The storefronts under the City Lord’s Mansion’s name were in the absolute best locations.
The value of these storefronts wasn’t just great; it was almost outrageously so. For the Ye family, this represented an enormous fortune.
"Now, now." Leng Tian waved a hand. "Patriarch Ye, there’s no need to be polite. You not only eliminated a menace for Blue Moon City but also cured Commander Hei Zhuo’s long-standing injury. If you don’t accept these storefronts, wouldn’t people say that I, Leng Tian, am ungrateful?"
With Leng Tian having put it like that, for Ye Zhanxiong and the others to refuse further would be a show of disrespect. So, they thanked him profusely and excitedly accepted the deeds to the storefronts.
But in truth, for the Ye family, which was about to develop its Pill business, these storefronts were indeed an irresistible temptation.
Seeing this, all the family Patriarchs in attendance looked at the members of the Ye family with unconcealed envy.
’It looks like the Ye family is about to make it big.’
During the conversation, Leng Tian suddenly turned. With a CLATTER, the bottle of Nourishing Vein Pill that Hei Zhuo was holding fell to the ground and shattered. The Pill inside also cracked apart.
Leng Tian slapped his head. "Ah, I’m getting old and clumsy. To think the Pill shattered. Mu Shan, find someone to sweep this up and throw it away. A dirty Pill can’t be eaten."
He turned to Wang Hai. "Patriarch Wang Hai, my apologies. It seems your kind intentions have gone to waste."
"Not at all!" Patriarch Wang Hai forced a laugh, but his face had turned utterly foul, as dark as a thundercloud.
The expressions on everyone else’s faces were just as strange.
City Lord Leng Tian was not even forty, yet he was a powerful Earth Martial Artist of the Second Layer. Commander Hei Zhuo, a peak Earth Martial Artist of the Third Layer, was even stronger. The idea that those two would accidentally drop and shatter a Pill was ridiculous. You didn’t need a brain to know it was impossible. They had to have done it on purpose.
This made it clear that even though the authenticity of the Nourishing Vein Pill had not been verified, City Lord Leng Tian’s actions already demonstrated to everyone that he believed Ye Xuan.
Everyone also understood that from the moment Ye Xuan cured Commander Hei Zhuo, it no longer mattered whether the Nourishing Vein Pill was genuine or poisonous.
For the remainder of the banquet, the Ye family became the center of the great hall’s attention. One by one, family Patriarchs came forward to pay their respects with sincere attitudes, creating a bustling and lively scene.
Anyone who becomes the head of a family is a smart person. After the day’s events, everyone could see that regardless of what the future held for the Wang and Zhou families, the rise of the Ye family in Blue Moon City was now inevitable.
Since that was the case, why not act early and build some goodwill?
