228: Chapter 228 The Past of the Yun Family

"Sigh, it seems I have to trouble the Old Ancestor again." Pei Tianlin sighed deeply.

He had thought that reaching the Five Viscera Realm would allow him to show off his skills, but instead, he had become a clown.

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Jinhuai Prefecture, Wuyang County.

The half-month-long operation to purge the Demon officially began.

This purging operation was even smoother than Pei Qingyun had anticipated.

After a month of training, every Genius of the Pei Clan was able to consistently display their own strength.

This might seem simple on the surface.

But in reality, it was not an easy task.

Most Martial Artists who had not experienced real combat were unable to exert the strength they should have possessed.

Between two people with similar strength, some couldn't even beat a puppy, while others could kill a wolf with their bare hands.

In just a few days, more than half of the purging mission was completed.

This also elevated the prestige of the Pei Clan to another level.

In the past, the various powers in Jinhuai Prefecture only saw the strength of Pei Qingyun, the Grandmaster.

With Pei Qingyun holding the fort, the Pei Clan would not fall from being a top-tier third-rate family.

But Pei Qingyun was too old; even after achieving a Breakthrough to become a Grandmaster, how much Lifespan could he have left?

Twenty years later, when Pei Qingyun passed away.

Would the Pei Clan still be able to maintain its current prosperity?

That was a huge question mark.

Most forces held a negative view regarding this.

Over the past few hundred years, there had been quite a few newly promoted Grandmasters like Pei Qingyun, but most were just flashes in the pan.

Truly, not even one in a hundred could firmly establish themselves as a top-tier third-rate family.

If the performance of the young Pei Clan juniors in this purging operation were to be publicized, it would allow the various powers of Jinhuai Prefecture to see...

That the Pei Clan did not only have Pei Qingyun, but also had young juniors who were better than their predecessors.

Meanwhile.

Pei Clan Estate, in the ancestral house.

Listening to Pei Tianrong's report on the results of the purging operation, a satisfied smile appeared on Pei Qingyun's face.

"These brats did well. When this purging operation ends, reward each of them with a divine power pill."

"Old Ancestor, you are still too doting on these brats," Pei Tianrong said.

Although the Pei Clan's profitability was already ten times what it used to be, this did not mean that the divine power pill was cheap.

At two thousand taels each, even an Elder in the Divine Strength Realm in an ordinary third-rate family would need to save for several years to afford one.

Changing the subject, Pei Qingyun shifted the topic, "By the way, how is the situation in Longnan Prefecture? Tianlin, is there any latest news from over there?"

"Old Ancestor, you really predicted it perfectly," Pei Tianrong said with a fawning smile.

Seeing this expression on Pei Tianrong, how could Pei Qingyun not understand?

Reporting on the purging operation was a lie; this was the real purpose.

Pei Qingyun twitched his nose and said irritably, "I knew it. You never have anything good to say when you come to me. So you were waiting for this, huh? Speak, what is the situation over there?"

"Tianlin sent a letter saying the Yun Family is willing to sell Origin Qi herbs to us at market price, twenty per year, but the Yun Family has one condition."

"What condition?" Pei Qingyun raised an eyebrow, though he didn't seem very surprised.

Ever since he learned the information from Pei Tianlin, he knew that the blood origin herbs in the hands of the Yun Family were not so easy to obtain.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Pei Tianlin to have been unable to contact the Yun Family for so long.

However, this condition from the Yun Family required his personal decision.

This couldn't help but make him feel a bit surprised.

You have to know, the trading authority he had given Pei Tianlin was quite significant.

"The Yun Family needs a Grandmaster to escort them out to sea once, for approximately seven days," Pei Tianrong said cautiously.

"This Yun Family certainly has a good plan. They want a Grandmaster to escort them for free for seven days just by trading twenty blood origin herbs with my Pei Clan at a normal price? That is too wishful thinking."

"It is not free. The Yun Family steward said the payment for the escort is calculated separately," Pei Tianrong quickly explained.

"You brat, it seems you have your eyes on me again. What, are you worried that I wouldn't agree?" Pei Qingyun pursed his lips, feeling a chill run down his back.

If he couldn't still see Pei Tianrong's information, he would highly suspect that the five viscera origin-returning pill had the ability to change one's personality.

Ever since taking the five viscera origin-returning pill, Pei Tianrong's skin had become much thicker than before.

"Old Ancestor, what are you saying? Who would dare to plot against you?" Pei Tianrong said with a cheeky grin.

"Alright. Since the Yun Family wants to talk, they need to show sincerity. Twenty blood origin herbs a year is too little. Tell Tianlin to change the quantity to fifty per year. If the Yun Family can agree to this condition, I will go there personally to discuss the specific details," Pei Qingyun snorted, speaking irritably.

"Old Ancestor, I will write back to Tianlin right now." Having received Pei Qingyun's promise, Pei Tianrong beamed with joy.

"Get lost."

"Understood. The Old Ancestor still dotes on us juniors," saying this, Pei Tianrong ran off in a flash.

"This personality change is just too drastic," watching Pei Tianrong's retreating figure, Pei Qingyun muttered.

He did not understand that no one could escape the law of "true fragrance."

However.

After returning, Pei Tianrong made a small change to Pei Qingyun's original words.

Since there was a transaction, there would inevitably be bargaining.

It was quite reasonable for him to make a change in advance.

Several days later, Pei Tianlin received a reply from Pei Tianrong.

The letter read.

The Old Ancestor will come to Longnan Prefecture in person. If the Yun Family wants the Old Ancestor to agree to their condition, then the Yun Family needs to provide a market trading share of one hundred blood origin herbs per year.

Seeing this, the heart that Pei Tianlin had been holding finally settled down.

Since the Old Ancestor himself was going to take action, one hundred blood origin herbs per year was quite reasonable.

At the same time.

Inside the Yun Family Estate.

Following the failure of the yunfan no. 2 to go out to sea, the upper echelons of the Yun Family fell into anxiety.

This time they went out to sea, let alone landing on Tianyuan Island.

Under the leadership of Patriarch Yun Donglai, the yunfan no. 2 had only sailed out to sea for about a hundred miles before encountering an attack by pirates.

If it were not for his Full-Circle Five-Viscera Realm cultivation, it would not have been an easy task for the yunfan no. 2 to return intact this time.

Upon returning to the clan, Patriarch Yun Donglai thought back and forth, and he could feel all sorts of things that were not right.

What the hell kind of pirates?

What kind of pirates have a Full-Circle Five-Viscera Realm cultivation, bring along several Five Viscera Realm leaders, and specifically target Yun Family merchant ships to plunder?

If one said it was the Yunfan No. 1, it might have been possible to call it an accident.

Then the encounter of the yunfan no. 2 could absolutely not be an accident.

He chose to set sail at midnight, yet he ran into a pirate attack.

Rather than saying it was an accident.

What he found more convincing was that someone had set their eyes on the Yun Family port.

This was the only way to accurately intercept his Yun Family merchant ship in the middle of the night.

And the people who were eyeing his Yun Family likely had people from the Great Families of Longnan Prefecture involved.

After thinking it over, he had no good solution for the time being.

It was rumored in the outside world that his Yun Family ancestors were fishermen, and their luck at sea was good because they obtained an Innate Origin Qi fruit, awakened their Bloodline, and that was how the current Longnan Yun Family came to be.

Actually, this was not false.

It was just that only the first half was circulating outside.

The Innate Origin Qi fruit awakened the Bloodline, allowing the Yun Family ancestor to cultivate to the Six Viscera Grandmaster realm. However, for a top-tier third-rate family to continue, what was needed was not just one Grandmaster, but also an endless stream of excellent juniors.

Given the foundation of the Yun Family ancestor at that time, being just a fisherman, even if he had awakened his Bloodline and cultivated to the Grandmaster realm, he was already fifty years old; how could he guarantee that the Grandmaster Legacy would not be broken?

The reason the Yun Family was able to establish such a large foundation in Longnan Prefecture was because they discovered an Origin Qi fruit tree at the place where the Innate Origin Qi fruit was born.

The Origin Qi fruit tree was born after being tainted by the aura of the Innate Origin Qi fruit.

The Yun Family ancestor discovered that the Origin Qi fruit tree was naturally compatible with the Yun Family's Bloodline. After the Yun Family juniors consumed the Tianyuan fruit produced by the Origin Qi fruit tree, their Bloodline Power would increase by a small margin.