229: Chapter 229 No Choice

This emotion came quickly and went just as quickly.

Patriarch Yun Donglai composed his thoughts and went straight to the point, "Pei Clan, what other conditions are there?"

"The Pei Clan requests one hundred blood origin grass every year." Steward Yun lowered his head and spoke softly, not daring to look Patriarch Yun Donglai in the eyes.

"One hundred blood origin grass... Is the Pei Clan crazy?"

Patriarch Yun Donglai opened his mouth wide and exclaimed.

As one of the Great Families that Cultivates blood origin grass, the Yun Family naturally understands the value of blood origin grass. Besides being the main ingredient for refining the five viscera origin-returning pill, blood origin grass is also an auxiliary ingredient for refining some High Grade Medicinal Pills.

In particular, the cultivation steps for blood origin grass are complicated, and it is not easy to keep alive. Except for those second-rate families, among all the third-rate families in Longnan Prefecture, only the Yun Family can Cultivate it.

But even so, the quantity of blood origin grass in the Yun Family's medicinal garden is not large.

It only amounts to a little over one hundred stalks a year.

Because the Yun Family has no Alchemist capable of refining third-grade Medicinal Pills.

Therefore, the Yun Family uses the vast majority of the blood origin grass every year to trade for five viscera origin-returning pills, with only a very small portion sold in the market.

As for the second-rate families in Longnan Prefecture, they don't even have enough for their own Family members, so how could they sell it?

"This is the condition from the Pei Clan." Steward Yun said helplessly.

"Do they know the value of this blood origin grass? One hundred blood origin grass every year, this is impossible. Just a mere newly ascended Grandmaster, yet they dare to make such exorbitant demands of my Yun Family; they truly do not hold my Yun Family in any regard." Patriarch Yun Donglai said angrily.

At this moment, Steward Yun did not dare to make a sound, standing to the side like a cicada in late autumn.

On the side, Yun Zhaoting just watched quietly. He did not interrupt, waiting silently for Patriarch Yun Donglai's decision.

After a long while, Patriarch Yun Donglai's anger gradually subsided.

If it were any other day, even if he heard something even more outrageous, he would not be this angry.

It is really because of the accumulation of various negative emotions during this period, with various forces surrounding them like a pack of wolves, and that feeling of having something stuck in one's throat, unable to vent.

Now, it all poured out at once. He only felt his mind clear up a bit, and his tone became calmer, "Besides this, does the Pei Clan have any other conditions?"

"No." Steward Yun said.

Patriarch Yun Donglai gave Steward Yun a look, signaling him to withdraw.

Steward Yun understood that this was Patriarch Yun Donglai deliberating.

After Steward Yun left, Yun Zhaoting spoke up, "Donglai, this condition from the Pei Clan is too harsh. Our Yun Family's medicinal garden only produces about one hundred twenty to one hundred thirty stalks of blood origin grass per year. If it is a bad year, the yield will drop by another twenty percent. If we sell all the blood origin grass to the Pei Clan, it will be difficult for our Yun Family to purchase five viscera origin-returning pills."

As one of the High Grade Medicinal Pills for the Five Viscera Realm, five viscera origin-returning pills are sold in every prefecture across the entire Great Jing Dynasty.

But the quantity is extremely scarce, and the price is exorbitantly high.

The reason for this is that many second-rate families use the Medicinal Pills for Five Viscera Realm Cultivation as one of the tools to harvest resources from third-rate families.

Imagine, since they want to harvest the wealth and resources of the lower-tier families, they naturally have to control the quantity.

The fewer there are, the higher the price naturally becomes.

At the same time, it can control the power of the lower-tier families. Otherwise, if there are many in the Five Viscera Realm, it is inevitable that many Grandmasters will be born.

Of course, another important reason is that second-rate families also need a large number of Medicinal Pills to Cultivate their own Family Martial Artists.

If there is no third-grade Alchemist in a Great Family, the Yun Family's method of exchanging the main ingredients of third-grade Medicinal Pills for the pills themselves is undoubtedly the most cost-effective.

Once the supply of five viscera origin-returning pills is lacking, although Five-Viscera Martial Artists can still Cultivate normally, the speed is absolutely agonizingly slow.

This is also the reason why the vast majority of ordinary third-rate families only have one Five-Viscera Martial Artist, and only at the Early stage of Five Viscera Realm.

Naturally, there is the influence of Aptitude in this.

However, Aptitude also needs resources to be manifested.

Can the Cultivation speed of the same person at sixty compare to their Cultivation speed at thirty?

Just the Bottleneck alone is a chasm that a sixty-year-old body cannot cross.

This decision not only concerns the future development of the Yun Family but is also a major problem right now.

Because it concerns the interests of everyone in the Yun Family.

Especially those clansmen and Elders in the Five Viscera Realm, they will inevitably oppose it.

Patriarch Yun Donglai explained, "Third Uncle, I understand what you mean. I naturally cannot agree to this condition of one hundred blood origin grass per year. But if we refuse the Pei Clan, without a Grandmaster's help, we simply cannot safely land on Tianyuan Island."

"I am thinking about whether there are other compromise solutions. Since the Pei Clan needs blood origin grass and has the intention to cooperate, then we can talk. Furthermore, I will also meet this Pei Clan Grandmaster to see what gives them the confidence to make such exorbitant demands of my Yun Family."

Seeing this, Yun Zhaoting also understood the attitude expressed in Patriarch Yun Donglai's words.

Unless he could solve the Family's predicament, there was no reason to object.

All the words he wanted to say were stuck in his chest.

What could he do, and what could he change?

Without reaching the Grandmaster level, it was not something he could shake.

At this moment, his face also seemed to look a bit older.

After a brief silence, he took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Donglai, since you have already thought it through, then make the decision early. Opportunity waits for no one; Third Uncle supports you."

"Good." Having received a definite answer, the slight hesitation in Patriarch Yun Donglai's heart vanished.

An invisible storm was also unfolding within the Yun Family.

...

Longnan Prefecture.

Inside a separate courtyard, Pei Tianlin received the invitation to the appointment from Steward Yun.

It was just that the target of this invitation was not him, but Pei Qingyun.

"I don't know how much longer it will be before the Old Ancestor arrives." Pei Tianlin leaned on a stone chair, his gaze fixed on the distance.

As early as when he received the reply, he had already received the news that Pei Qingyun had set off.

These past few days, his body was idle, but his mood was anxious.

In the end, he had not handled the matter well.

...

On a main road several dozen miles from Longnan Prefecture, a Dragon Scale Horse carriage engraved with the Pei Clan's emblem was slowly driving towards the city gate.

Sitting in the carriage was none other than Pei Qingyun.

It had been four days since they set off from Wuyang County.

Along the way, the carriage stopped and went.

Whenever it was near sunset, Pei Qingyun would find a place to rest.

This also made the carriage's travel speed appear not very fast.

The journey that was originally three days was forcefully extended by one day.

Compared to rushing on the road, Pei Qingyun preferred this rhythm.

During this period, the Dragon Scale Horse carriage that Pei Qingyun was riding in had also encountered several attacks.

Except for one time when it was bandits, the others were all Vicious Beasts.

The Pei Clan has some fame in Jinhuai Prefecture, but in other prefectures, it is just a drizzle.

Especially in the territory of Longnan Prefecture, the number of Great Families is several times that of Jinhuai Prefecture.

This also makes the strength of the bandits generally much stronger.

Although there were no Five-Viscera Martial Artists among the bandits, there were still several in the Divine Strength Realm.

After all, bandits who dare to rob a Great Family's carriage must have some strength and discernment.

A carriage with the emblem of an outside Great Family like the Pei Clan is exactly the target they love to rob the most.

It's just that running into Pei Qingyun can only be considered their bad luck.

Who could have imagined that a Grandmaster would be sitting in the carriage?