226: Chapter 226 Longnan County

Of course, how much of that was true, and how much was mere exaggeration, was impossible to know.

Regarding this point, Pei Qingyun did not dwell on it too much.

A Martial Artist capable of founding a Great Family is, in a sense, already a protagonist of Luck in the eyes of ordinary people; it would not be an exaggeration to call him half a Child of Luck.

Viewed in this light, it is quite normal for the other party to have had some fortuitous encounters.

The only thing that surprised Pei Qingyun somewhat was the development history of the Yun Family.

The development of a Great Family is never smooth sailing; it has its ups and downs, and no Family can remain prosperous forever.

Often, for a third-rate family, unless it ascends to a second-rate Family, it is rare to see one maintain prosperity for a hundred years.

Not to mention, the Yun Family had maintained its prosperity for a full two hundred years.

From this perspective, the Yun Family was terrifyingly stable.

However, Pei Qingyun did not care about this point.

He was not concerned with what secrets the Yun Family might have.

What he cared about was the Blood Origin Grass in the hands of the Yun Family.

Ever since he successfully refined the five viscera origin-returning pill, Pei Qingyun had begun to collect Materials in large quantities.

It was a pity that the main refining Materials for Medicinal Pills above the third tier were not ordinary items.

Even if some Great Families possessed them, the quantities would not be large, as they were all consumed internally, and not many would circulate on the market.

Coupled with the monopoly from the higher-ups, even with the current strength of the Pei Clan, it was impossible to collect them in large quantities within Jinhuai Prefecture.

Not to mention, the Qian Clan and the Lü Clan were eyeing them covetously.

For this reason, Pei Qingyun had also let the Yuanhang Trade Caravan acquire them freely.

At the same time, he also contacted the in-law Families that had marriage alliances with the Pei Clan, as well as some Great Families on good terms with the Pei Clan, but unfortunately, the results were minimal.

Let alone the main refining Materials, even the auxiliary Materials were not very abundant.

Only second-rate families like the Chen Clan and the He Clan had some.

Given his friendship with Chen Yuanba, the Chen Clan and the He Clan would at most trade one or two portions with him.

Any more than that, and it was impossible for the Chen Clan and the He Clan to trade them to him.

Therefore, Pei Qingyun simply did not ask.

After a month, he had only collected two portions of Materials.

This was far from enough for the Pei Clan.

With two portions of refining Materials, given his forty percent success rate in refining the five viscera origin-returning pill, whether he could successfully refine a pill was an unknown.

Moreover, even if he truly succeeded in refining one, it would merely be a drop in the bucket.

To this day, the Pei Clan already had five Five-Viscera Martial Artists. In the coming years, this number would expand further.

What the Pei Clan lacked was not one or two five viscera origin-returning pills, but the need to satisfy internal demand, and even form an industrial chain.

If the wealth earned by the Pei Clan could not be converted into resources to enhance strength,

then this wealth would not only fail to become an asset, but would easily become a source of disaster.

He certainly did not want the Pei Clan to become a buffet for other forces.

It is often said that the bottom layer is the object of exploitation.

But are third-rate families not also exploited by higher-level Great Families? In a sense, the interactions between Great Families are even more bloody.

Although there are constraints from established rules, who can guarantee that the other party will not violate them in secret?

The Qian Clan is a very good example.

Rather than pinning one's hopes on the opponent following the rules, it is better to strengthen one's own power.

With his thoughts returning, Pei Qingyun raised an eyebrow and continued to ask, "Then have you found out clearly why the Yun Family refused to meet with our Pei Clan?"

"The specific reason is not yet very clear. However, Elder Tianlin has already made contact with the Yun Family's steward, and news should be sent back in a few days," Jiu said.

Pei Qingyun nodded and did not ask further.

Meanwhile.

Longnan Prefecture.

One of the six major prefectural cities in the Beilong Continent.

This place was once the largest prefectural city in the Beilong Continent. It was not until the Great Jing Dynasty established its rule over the world and designated Jinxiu City as the capital that a large number of Great Families left, which caused Longnan Prefecture to gradually step down from its throne as number one.

To this day, Longnan Prefecture is no longer what it used to be.

But even so, for these past few hundred years, it has still firmly sat on the throne as the second largest prefectural city in the Beilong Continent.

Every year, tens of thousands of Martial Artists from other prefectures come to this prefectural city. Among them are those who come to study, do business, seek refuge, or even visit relatives, but more come to pay their respects to this former capital of the Beilong Continent.

As the former largest prefectural city in the Beilong Continent, Longnan Prefecture is far from what Jinhuai Prefecture can compare to; the three guard cities surrounding it alone are not much smaller than Jinhuai Prefecture.

Not to mention the main city of Longnan Prefecture, that massive city spanning hundreds of miles from north to south, its tall walls like two endless Dragons, its scale not inferior in the slightest to the capital, Jinxiu City.

Martial Artists who arrive here for the first time are all awestruck by its heavy atmosphere.

Many legends have circulated about these city walls; some say that an Innate once bled here, and others say it was the fall of a Flood Dragon that gave it such might.

What the truth actually is, is impossible to know.

In the northwest corner of the inner city of Longnan Prefecture, carriages bearing the Water Sunflower emblem sped along until they entered a grand complex of buildings.

If one were familiar with Longnan Prefecture, they would know that this is the ancestral grounds of the Yun Family, and the Water Sunflower is the emblem of the Yun Family.

It is said that over two hundred years ago, the ancestor of the Yun Family was searching for the Water Sunflower when he accidentally ate an Innate Origin Qi fruit.

To commemorate this experience, the ancestor of the Yun Family made the Water Sunflower the symbol of the Family.