[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls":3,"chapter-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-383":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1202593,1553,"Chapter 383: Hu Fei’s Gameplay","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-383",383,"\u003Cp>\"Master Sima Ye... I’m telling the truth...\" Lee said while he tried to sit up straight using his hand holding onto the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The truth? You think I wouldn’t suspect that those men were indeed from the Hu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And after being found out, Master Hu wanted to make peace so that the Sima Family wouldn’t pursue the matter anymore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will only believe so after you come with much more convincing evidence.\" Sima Ye said and the aura that was pressing onto Lee was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He withdrew his finger that was pointed at Lee and held his hands at his back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee lowered his head and narrowed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was much more tricky than he thought it would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he couldn’t do much now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless he could convince Sima Ye on the spot, if not, whatever Sima Ye had said was a reasonable speculation considering the history between the Sima Family and the Hu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t do much with words for now and he could only get back to Hu Fei and ask for the next step of action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee cupped his hands at Sima Ye and said, \"Master Sima Ye, I shall get back to you again soon to clear the misunderstanding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up from his seat and staggered slowly towards the entrance of the guest room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring back the gifts with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Ye’s voice sounded from behind and Lee glanced at his men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His men quickly picked up the chests of gifts that Lee had brought with him to the Sima Family Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They went back to the Hu Clan straight away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He did what?!\" Hu Fei fumed and shouted when he heard the news from Lee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cursed Sima Ye and grumbled silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Ye was playing into the script of whoever was trying to frame him willingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had to either find those men who had attacked the retail shop or figure out what the things were that Sima Ye wanted from him as compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt frustrated at being wronged all of a sudden and his anger had nowhere to be placed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he went up against the Sima Family, he would have to pay the price for it and walk into the trap laid by whoever it was that had framed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That gave him a hunch on who was behind all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t be anyone else but Ruo Zhi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had rejected her offer for alliance previously and he didn’t expect her to do something so cunning and devious like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Argh.\" Hu Fei felt pain in his chest and gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Spirit Qi was going awry when he thought about the situation he was in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was especially so when he thought about Ruo Zhi and what she had done to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Hu, are you alright?\" Lee bowed and asked when he saw beads of sweat appearing on the forehead of Hu Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Fei took a deep breath and stabilized his Spirit Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, his Spirit Qi got better after a few moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced over at Lee and said, \"Go and find out the business deals we are in competition with the Sima Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Withdraw from all of it and give them anything they want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Fei had decided to lie low for now and he would rather let the Sima Family gain some advantage than give in to Ruo Zhi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dealing with the Sima Family which was out to compete with him openly was a much preferred option to dealing with Ruo Zhi who would stab you in the back out of nowhere suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Master Hu. I will get it done.\" Lee bowed at Hu Fei and he quickly got to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went through all the documents and contracts that he was dealing with and he directed his men to withdraw from the competition with the Sima Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of Lee’s men who was in charge of the properties had something in the back of his mind but he couldn’t recall what it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he kept quiet and went through the documents with Lee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he had dinner, Lin Xuan Qi went to the lab and he tried to figure out how to set up a Formation Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was much more urgent for him now to figure it out after the warning from Sima Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted the mansion to be protected if he was away when Ruo Zhi and Lee Qing came to the mansion to seek trouble with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had the containers he had bought from Wan Shou Fang laid out in front of him while he flipped through the Daoist Five-Element Cultivation Techniques manuscript.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pages that he was reading were about the Five-Element Formation Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In it, he read about how the Five-Element Formation Array was different from the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be powered by the Five-Element Stones and the Five-Element Qi from within the Five-Element Stones would be adjusted to form different types of defense according to the layout of the containers and scriptures of the Formation Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi tried to place the containers according to what was depicted in the manuscript and drew the scriptures on the ground of the lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an Ice Formation Array with one of the containers for the Five-Element Qi pointed at the front and the other four containers placed like a square behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed one Five-Element Stone into each of the containers and took a step back from the Formation Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting more than one Five-Element Stone might be too powerful for the Formation Array as an experiment, so he decided to put only one into each of the containers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi raised his hands at the Formation Array and he chanted the words on the manuscript.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directed his Five-Element Qi from his dantian to his hands and his palms gave out a glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glow extended out from his palms to the Formation Array and the scriptures of the Formation Array gave out a blue glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the containers also emitted a blue glow afterwards, extending out to the area covered by the containers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area covered by the containers was engulfed in a blue glow before it dissipated after a few moments.\u003C\u002Fp>",1057,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.971Z",1,"novelbin.me","f66933986225f084354031ec9efa64cddcbaa37c3b9e69652bdc1b39def73d8f","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-384","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-382",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]