Chapter 209

Magic City (Shanghai), outskirts.

Inside a luxurious manor covering several li.

Basement level one.

There are sci-fi mechs, there are ancient animal hides, hung all around.

At this moment, the burly Dian Hu stood respectfully beside a white-haired middle-aged man.

Dian Hu put down the phone, his eyes bloodshot, and growled in a low voice: "Big brother! Xiao Qin is dead!"

All personnel in Sichuan Province related to my Dian clan have also been completely purged.

Furthermore, the Three Great Families of Sichuan Province have also been utterly exterminated!

This Qin Yu has the gall of a dog, daring to act against my Dian clan; if we don't kill him thoroughly, are we letting our thousand-year-old clan eat vegetarian?

Big brother, what should we do now?

Dian Hua's eyelids twitched slightly, but his expression remained calm; even though his son had died, he did not show his anger outwardly.

Dead is dead.

Useless thing.

With so many resources and connections given to him within the clan, even against the Sichuan Chen clan he could still put up a fight, yet he couldn't even take down the son of a research institute professor?

This time… if nothing unexpected happens, it's the high echelons of Great Xia using Qin Yu as a pretext to strike at us.

Holding a clan conference, continuing to drag this on like this is not a solution.

Dian Hua wore a sharp suit; despite his age, he naturally bore an air of dignity.

Compared to Dian Hu, he possesses even greater deterrence.

Good.

Dian Hu said nothing more, quickly taking control of the basement's various sci-fi equipment.

Moments later, on a round table lay more than ten mechanical discs, with faint silver light flowing across them.

Faint silhouettes were projected.

There was a youth in a luxurious suit, his figure tall and straight, like a young business magnate.

There was also an elder in a Zhongshan suit, seated on a redwood chair, displaying the authority of a superior, with a notable aura emanating from him.

The twelve people present were all top-tier clans of Great Xia.

Among them were two of the Four Great Families of Magic City (Shanghai).

Four of the Seven Great Noble Houses of the Imperial Capital.

Also present were members of the Sichuan Chen clan, among others.

For example, the Sichuan Wu Family and the Yan clan, etc., basically lacked the qualifications to participate in such a high-level discussion.

This is the highest-level meeting of the capital clans.

Every order issued will stir up tremendous waves across Great Xia, capable of changing people's livelihoods, regional construction, and so on.

It involves every industry.

"Calling an early meeting, does the Dian clan have some matter?" An old man in ancient Hanfu, his eyelids slightly lifted, his face covered in yellow spots, yet his words were full of authority as he directly questioned.

Dian Hua cupped his fists toward the heads of the great clans: "Greetings, all clan leaders."

My Dian clan's unworthy offspring, as well as the affairs of Sichuan Province's Three Great Families, I believe you clan leaders have already heard of.

This move by the Ministry of Revenue's Qian Yi is clearly ordered by the higher-ups, aiming to suppress our great clans.

Furthermore, they may have indeed found a low-cost blood-qi pill.

So, they called an early meeting to ask for your opinions.

Many clan leaders fell into deep thought.

Because they couldn't tell, did the high echelons of Great Xia really manage to grasp a low-cost blood-qi pill so quickly?

If that's the case, why haven't their informants on this side received any news?

Quite strange.

A burly old man, resembling Chen Taihang by three parts, spoke in a deep, muffled voice: "This matter, my Chen clan will not participate."

Immediately, he directly turned off the projection.

"Heh, Chen Taihang of the Chen clan is close with Qin Shangwu; it seems the Chen clan will also become Great Xia's lackey, abandoning its thousand-year glory." Someone sneered, full of contempt.

At this moment, the youth who first appeared like a business magnate in a suit adjusted his glasses and spoke eloquently.

"First, Minister Qian personally came to Rongcheng and found Qin Yu; then… this child is indeed a very key person."

"According to the information I've received… Yan Hai of the Nanshan lineage, who had never met Qin Yu, went together with him to the Nanshan Medical Clinic this morning, acting respectfully; there is definitely something fishy here."

"I have a friend who works in patent review; he told me that this morning there was a top-secret-level patent application he couldn't investigate, but he knew it was in the pharmaceutical category."

"So, this very likely has something to do with Qin Yu."

"Or rather… it's very likely related to Qin Shangwu, who, in order to protect his son, handed over the formula of the newly developed blood-qi pill to Qin Yu!"

"Only in this way could Qin Yu earn the high regard of the upper echelons."

"It's very likely that the mastermind behind all this is Qin Shangwu; even though he is far away in the earth's depths, he still controls the overall situation."

Many clan leaders, upon hearing this, nodded slightly.

Qin Yu is just a little brat, only eighteen years old; his records are practically worn out, and they haven't found anything particularly impressive about him.

Let alone studying pharmaceutical arts.

This theory coincides with their thoughts.

"Being able to make Minister Qian personally mobilize, reducing costs by at least ten percent, would be a deadly blow to our clans."

"If Qin Shangwu can develop a new blood-qi pill today, then there is also a way to suppress the cost of other pills."

"Initially we could rely on equal-price competition, but… continuing like this, we would still be losing money."

One Blood Qi Pill loses a few thousand, a day loses several tens of millions up to a hundred million.

Even aristocratic families, it won't be long before they suffer losses.

The most profitable items now are consumables such as Blood Qi Pills for martial artists.

"We will join forces, with hundreds of billions of funds, and pour it in first."

"First we will preserve our reputation, relying on the strength of our eleven families, within a few months we will definitely get hold of the prescription!"

The yellow-spotted old man shouted loudly, very confident.

Thirty years ago, they obtained the prescription in this way.

Therefore, they remain unafraid.

"Good!"

"I agree with what Old Huang said."

"The Jiangnan Hai clan agrees."

"..."

The heads of the aristocratic families spoke one after another.

It was decided in an instant.

It's only a few billion; we can afford to lose it.

A few months will pass if we endure.

It's nothing.

"The time is about right."

"Then let's see what medicine the Nanshan lineage's Hulu Village is selling."

At that moment, Dianhua checked the time, picked up the remote, and turned on the projection.

Nanshan Medical Clinic today announced, on the short-video app, creating an exclusive live-stream room.

The eleven heads of aristocratic families.

At this time.

They looked toward the projection video.

Inside was Yan Hai, wearing a white Daoist robe, radiant and full of spirit.

At this moment, it was already 7:59.

The number of people in the live-stream room, and countless netizens were flooding the screen.

"Revere Old Yan."

"Revere the legend..."

Yan Hai is one of the Four Great Divine Doctors, able to appear personally in the live stream, which draws even more attention; after all, in the eyes of countless netizens, how low can the price of Blood Qi Pills possibly go?

After all, over the years the great families have also been constantly promoting, but the price difference has never been large, used merely as a gimmick to draw traffic.

However, the number has already reached the tens of millions level.

The short-video app immediately increased its servers.

To prevent a crash.

"New Blood Qi Pill, officially announced."

"This item is exclusively crafted by our Nanshan lineage."

"And a patent has been applied for today."

"Price: seventy thousand Star Coins!"

Old Yan didn't waste words, directly throwing out a bomb.

The netizens flooding the screen were stunned: "Did they really develop it?"

The eleven calm and composed heads of the aristocratic families were stunned.