Chapter 333

"Junior brother, junior brother?"

Why is Junior Brother Ye spacing out again?

Song Yun felt apprehensive, unsure whether his request was impolite; after all, anyone else seeking to buy the Song family's pill formula would normally have to pay a hefty price.

Even the family's newly developed medicinal pills must be strictly regulated in terms of sales volume and distribution channels, to prevent them from falling into rival alchemy families' hands and being reverse‑engineered to reveal the formula.

For the next hundred years, the major alchemy families will be mutually wary of each other regarding the new pill.

The foundation‑building pill of Junior Brother Ye's family is astonishingly potent; its formula must surely be a clan treasure.

If he bluntly demands to buy the foundation‑building pill and admits he wants to research the formula, he might provoke them—what if he could no longer even afford cola someday…?

Song Yun already regretted having spoken.

Ye Fan snapped out of it and said to Song Yun:

"Senior Brother Song, we've worked together many times; my family's elder likes trading with you, so this foundation‑building pill is certainly no trouble—how much do you need?"

After Ye Fan's words, Song Yun couldn't help but feel shocked.

This is too smooth; isn't it too rash?

"Don't you need to check with your family's elder? Can you decide on your own?"

Ye Fan waved his hand and smiled, saying:

"No need; my family's elder is broad‑minded and won't fuss over this. Still, Senior Brother Song should first ask his own elder what to offer in trade—preferably spiritual tea."

"The spiritual tea you gave last time was much appreciated by my family's elder."

After Ye Fan's words, Song Yun's thoughts began to race.

I never thought the other party's elder wouldn't care about the pill's formula—could it be that the formula has some special trait others can't figure out, which is why they're so willing?

But soon Song Yun dismissed those thoughts, feeling ashamed of his idle conjecture.

No matter how the other party behaves, since they agreed to sell the foundation‑building pill, we ought to be grateful.

Thus Song Yun pondered and said:

"Junior Brother Ye, please wait for my update; if your family's elder only wants spiritual tea in exchange, I must first consult the clan, as our spiritual tea reserves are low and we may need to procure more."

"But don't worry, the trade amount will certainly not put your family's elder at a disadvantage—please be sure to wait for my word!"

After speaking, Song Yun hurried off.

He had to hurry to Yun Tian City to find the clan's lodging there to report, since a sound‑transmission array was located there.

Suddenly, Song Yun remembered something odd.

The last time he gave Ye Fan some spiritual tea, he had been watching Junior Brother Ye closely and had never seen him interact with his family's elder—Junior Brother Ye always kept to himself.

He had also tried to sound out where that mysterious elder of Junior Brother Ye resided, but Ye Fan claimed his family lived far away from the Yun Tian Sect.

Since it's so distant and he usually has no contact with anyone, how did Junior Brother Ye get the spiritual tea to his family's elder?

The boiled eggs are the same: Ye Fan claimed they were sent by his family's elder, but there's no sign of any contact between them, as if they materialized out of nowhere.

Song Yun set aside his doubts for now, merely noting in his heart that the elder Ye Fan mentioned was growing ever more mysterious…

After Song Yun departed, Ye Fan quickly informed Lin Meng of the outcome.

Lin Meng began to anticipate it.

"This spiritual tea is quite good to drink; it's a shame I can't grow spiritual tea with such rich spiritual energy here, otherwise I could cultivate my own."

Lin Meng could only reflect that growing spiritual herbs and medicines still demands ample spiritual energy to nurture them.

In a place like Earth, lacking any spiritual energy, spiritual herbs would probably die instantly if planted—much less spiritual tea, which requires even greater spiritual energy.

Listening to the Immortal Sister's words, Ye Fan felt a pang of doubt.

The Immortal Sister's present realm seems rather special: it can yield top‑grade spiritual rice rich in spiritual energy, but not spiritual tea—what sort of wondrous place could this be?

Could it be the sort of plane rumored to be filled with various restrictions?

Ye Fan kept his doubts to himself, knowing that some matters concerning the Immortal Sister were not for him to inquire about.

In short, "Immortal Sister, as soon as I get word from Senior Brother Song, I'll let you know immediately."

The Immortal Sister loves spiritual tea, so he should figure out how to obtain some for her.

Ye Fan resolved to do so, said goodbye to Lin Meng, and turned his attention back to the core disciples' assessment.

After Lin Meng and Ye Fan lost touch, she stretched, intending to lounge at home, doing nothing for a few days.

But before she could find a proper show to watch with her meal, she got a call from an unknown number.

The other party is the person Yang Zhong referred to, the one who was initially in full charge of the Lin Lin Jia Cun Cun medicinal herb base construction.

Hello? May I speak with Ms. Lin Menglin?

Lin Meng responded politely, and the other party immediately replied enthusiastically:

"Great, finally got in touch with you, Ms. Lin. My name is Cai Zhongyan, I'm the chief engineer responsible for the renovation of the Lin Lin Jia Cun Cun medicinal herb base project. Elder Yang asked me to contact you, saying you could recommend a few locals to help with the construction. I don't know when we could have someone come over."

Upon hearing this, Lin Meng was taken aback; she didn't expect President Yang's side to be so proactive, with such high efficiency, and even the chief engineer himself came to find her.

So Lin Meng said:

"Engineer Cai, I'll go there myself."

After hanging up, Lin Meng immediately booked a flight to Yun City and then hurried to Lin Lin Jia Cun Cun.

On the way back, she contacted Zhang Yufan, asking him and the village head to meet at Lin Lin Jia Cun Cun.

Upon arriving at the entrance of Lin Lin Jia Cun Cun, the sight before her left Lin Meng stunned.

It had only been a short while, yet the entire Lin Lin Jia Cun Cun had been leveled, with not a single house left standing.

The speed of this demolition is absolutely the fastest in history, which shows that the higher authorities truly value this medicinal herb base project.

Lin Meng knew well what kind of people lived in Lin Lin Jia Cun Cun; many villagers are hard to please, and they would not readily agree unless offered a satisfactory price.

Now every household has moved out neatly, with not a single holdout in the whole village, indicating that everyone left satisfied.

Lin Meng gazed at the village, which held few memories for her, thinking of the village head, Grandma Wang's family, and the three left-behind elderly households behind the village.

Of course, she also thought of her uncle's family.

Wang Fang ran off, Lin Haocheng went to jail, the uncle ended up paralyzed in bed, a good-for-nothing, the brat left behind is also a handful, and the only one who could shoulder responsibility, Lin Qianqian, is even less reliable.

I don't know how the demolition compensation and housing for the uncle's family in this village's redevelopment turned out.

Lin Meng naturally wasn't concerned about the uncle; she merely felt that things have changed and people are different, and she had a few sentimental thoughts.

As for the demolition compensation and housing, Lin Meng could easily imagine that eighty percent of those benefits would be taken by Lin Qianqian.

The uncle and Wang Fang originally had ulterior motives, and the children they raised are each selfish and deceitful.

Lin Qianqian is not one to endure hardship; she loves vanity, enjoys eating and hates work, so she naturally cannot bear a difficult life.

She could take the business money recovered from the second and fourth uncles by helping with the lawsuit in the village, and then also seize the demolition compensation and housing.

This is all karmic retribution, something the uncle's family brought on themselves.