110: Chapter 110 The Origins of Mingyuan Trading Company

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Pei Qingyun had also returned to Wuyang from the prefectural city.

During these days in the prefectural city, Pei Qingyun was not just sightseeing; he had optimized the Family industries to a certain extent.

With his experience from his previous life, Pei Qingyun, while not necessarily like a fish in water, was at least more adept than the Pei Family's previous management methods.

Additionally, Chen Yuanba was about to be transferred away from Wuyang.

It could be said that the reason the Pei Family was able to develop so quickly was partly due to their own strength, but Chen Yuanba's support was also inseparable.

Although the two were mostly in a mutually beneficial relationship, it was undeniable that Chen Yuanba's role in the Pei Family was far greater than the Pei Family's role for Chen Yuanba.

Looking back at the Pei Family, they had only really been of help in the matter of suppressing Demons and pursuing Ling Ziwen.

At the same time, Pei Qingyun took this opportunity to ask Chen Yuanba about the identity of the new Chief of the Evil Suppressing Department coming to Wuyang.

Of course, Pei Qingyun was not afraid.

Getting things clear was never a bad thing.

The Evil Suppression Bureau hall.

Pei Qingyun and Chen Yuanba were each sitting in a chair, sipping hot tea and recounting the recent situation to each other.

Pei Qingyun took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Brother, in a few days you will be transferred to the prefectural city's Evil Suppression Bureau. Do you know who the candidate for the new Chief of the Evil Suppressing Department is?"

Chen Yuanba naturally knew Pei Qingyun's concerns and immediately explained, "Brother, you don't need to worry about the candidate. I have long since inquired about the new Chief of the Evil Suppressing Department. It is He Yuyang, from a direct line of the He Family. I know this person relatively well. As long as you do not openly violate the Dynasty's laws, he will not make things difficult for the Pei Family. Of course, the necessary tributes cannot be lacking."

Upon hearing this, Pei Qingyun felt reassured.

The relationship between the Chen Family and the He Family was self-evident.

Since Chen Yuanba had said so, there shouldn't be any major problems.

In fact, as long as it wasn't someone from the Qian or Lü Families serving as the Chief of the Evil Suppressing Department in Wuyang County, he had absolutely nothing to worry about.

"With your word, brother, I am relieved. However, there is one thing I don't understand. Half a month ago, you gave me a token, and after I finished purchasing at the Mingyuan Trading Firm, Xu Jianyin took this token back. If I want to go to the Mingyuan Trading Firm to purchase Medicinal Pills in the future, what should I do?" Pei Qingyun asked.

"So that's what it is. I forgot to tell you in the letter last time. Actually, this kind of token is a one-time consumable, valid only for the first time. Getting such a token is actually very simple; you just need to exchange it for one thing." Chen Yuanba slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing.

Pei Qingyun looked curious and pressed, "What thing?"

Chen Yuanba said in a deep voice, "demon spirit pearls."

Pei Qingyun looked surprised, "demon spirit pearls?"

In his view, demon spirit pearls were not mainly used for making jade talismans. For ordinary people, these jade talismans were very precious and could save lives in critical moments.

But for Five-Viscera Martial Artists like Pei Qingyun, the effect of jade talismans was negligible.

The restraining effect on Demons was even far inferior to his own Yang Force.

A manager on the second floor of the Mingyuan Trading Firm was already a Six Viscera Grandmaster. If one said they needed to use demon spirit pearls to make jade talismans, it just didn't make sense.

Seeming to see Pei Qingyun's confusion, Chen Yuanba explained, "Brother, you should know that only when a Tier 3 Demon dies will a demon spirit pearl be produced. It's just that the vast majority of Martial Artists are unaware of the specific uses of demon spirit pearls and only think they can be used to refine jade talismans."

"In fact, refining jade talismans is just the most insignificant use of demon spirit pearls. For example, in the Demon source area lockdown Formation, the core Materials are high-tier demon spirit pearls. Besides that, demon spirit pearls can also be used to refine some special Medicinal Pills. In short, the uses of demon spirit pearls are far more than you imagine."

Pei Qingyun asked, "Then how many demon spirit pearls are needed to exchange for a token?"

Chen Yuanba smiled, "The lowest-level token requires ten Tier 3 demon spirit pearls or one Tier 4 demon spirit pearl."

"Ten demon spirit pearls, that is too many." Pei Qingyun opened his mouth slightly.

To get ten Tier 3 demon spirit pearls, one would either have to buy them on the market or personally slay ten Tier 3 Demons.

Whether it was the former or the latter, the difficulty was actually about the same. On the market, demon spirit pearls were basically priceless.

The demon spirit pearls circulating on the market were basically refined into jade talismans. Every Family always had a few spendthrifts or cowards.

As for the difficulty of slaying ten Demons, needless to say. Ordinary third-rate Families basically had no possibility of slaying Tier 3 Demons.

Only senior third-rate Families had this ability.

But even so, senior third-rate Families would need a certain amount of time to accumulate ten demon spirit pearls.

Looking at it this way, ordinary third-rate Families indeed did not have the qualifications to enter the second floor of the Mingyuan Trading Firm.

At the same time, Pei Qingyun also realized the preciousness of the token and felt some regret for having used it so hastily.

If he had waited until the Liu Family's compensation of 500,000 taels was in hand and then spent it all at once, that would have been the correct decision.

Since the matter had already happened, thinking about it more was futile.

After the Demon suppression operation two months ago, he also had three Tier 3 demon spirit pearls in his possession.

With his strength, getting demon spirit pearls in the future would not be a big problem.

Chen Yuanba's expression turned serious, and he said sternly, "Originally, the token exchange required at least twenty demon spirit pearls. Ten Tier 3 demon spirit pearls is already the Mingyuan Trading Firm relaxing the conditions. However, this matter actually involves the Dynasty's control over resources. The specific reasons are a bit long to explain."

Pei Qingyun had long known about the Dynasty's control over resources.

Why many Medicinal Pills on the market could not be purchased at all. It was not just because these Medicinal Pills were rare, but a bigger reason was the restrictions from the Dynasty.

Although the Dynasty could bestow titles upon Families, it was also wary of the growth of Families.

Resource restriction was precisely one of the Dynasty's means to deal with Families.

In the Great Jing Dynasty, only some low-Rank Medicinal Pill and potion refining methods existed among the people. Any Medicinal Pill or potion refining method above the Five Viscera Realm was basically held in the hands of the Imperial Family and the top few major Families.

And the reason they didn't wipe out some low-Rank potion and Medicinal Pill refining among the people was not because the Dynasty was benevolent.

But because the vast territory of the Great Jing Dynasty, spanning tens of thousands of miles, needed Martial Artists to defend it, and after Demon invasions, Martial Artists were needed to suppress them.

When it came down to it, the significance of their existence as lower-level Families was exactly this.

On this point, it was actually the consensus of many Families.

What Pei Qingyun was surprised about was not this point.

All along, Pei Qingyun had thought that the background of the Mingyuan Trading Firm came from the prefecture.

Now it seemed that he had underestimated the strength of the Mingyuan Trading Firm.

The Mingyuan Trading Firm could make the Dynasty relax its conditions.

Just from this point alone, the Mingyuan Trading Firm was far more mysterious than he had imagined.

Pei Qingyun looked at Chen Yuanba, "What do you mean by that?"

Chen Yuanba paused for a moment before saying, "The Mingyuan Trading Firm is an external force."

This answer caused Pei Qingyun's heartbeat to involuntarily skip a beat.