20: Chapter 20 Yuelai Tower

Yuelai Pavilion. Third Floor, Private Room No. 8.

Seeing Second Master Qi Zhenglu walk into the room, Fu Yihang looked at him with great surprise, then turned his head slightly to look at the dark, thin man beside him, Huang Qiang, with confusion.

Seeing his shifty eyes, Fu Yihang realized instantly that Huang Qiang had sold him out.

"As long as you agree to join our Qi Family, we can double the conditions mentioned last time. Apart from the promised 100,000 Spirit Stones, we can also provide you with six Low Grade Tier 3 spirit ascension pills and one Medium Grade Tier 3 soul nourishing pill every year." Seeing that Fu Yihang was slow to respond, Second Master Qi Zhenglu increased the previous conditions twofold to increase his persuasiveness.

Hearing the conditions offered by Second Master Qi Zhenglu, Fu Yihang pursed his lips. To say he wasn't tempted would be a lie; the conditions offered by the Qi Family were already very superior.

In particular, that Tier 3 soul nourishing pill was a temptation no Tier 3 Martial Master could resist. Taking it long-term had a certain probability of allowing one to achieve a Breakthrough in Mental Energy.

Seeing Fu Yihang's micro-expression, Second Master Qi Zhenglu smiled secretly in his heart, then revealed an even more shocking piece of news: "The Grand Elder also promises that if you make special contributions to the Family, a Pill for Breaking the Ancestor Realm is not impossible."

Hearing Second Master Qi Zhenglu's words, Fu Yihang looked at him in shock.

A Pill for Breaking the Ancestor Realm?

Although it sounded like a blank check, it was hard not to overthink things, and he held a glimmer of fantasy in his heart. What if?

Even the Qi Family disciples who followed Second Master Qi Zhenglu were shocked; it was clearly the first time they had heard the Grand Elder actually offering a Pill for Breaking the Ancestor Realm to recruit an outsider.

Fu Yihang took a deep breath, cupped his hands at Second Master Qi Zhenglu, and said, "Many thanks for the Qi Family's kindness, but I am afraid I cannot afford it. My apologies, I will take my leave."

After speaking, he walked out of the room without even glancing at Huang Qiang.

Qi Wenbiao, behind Second Master Qi Zhenglu, flashed over to block Fu Yihang's path and shouted, "Kid, our Second Master Qi invited you to a meal; do you think you can just leave whenever you want?"

"Brother Fu, you should just stay. The Qi Family's conditions are already very generous, and the Fu Family has no hope left," Huang Qiang advised at this moment.

"What, does the Qi Family want to make a move in Yuelai Pavilion?" Fu Yihang ignored the two of them and stared at Second Master Qi Zhenglu instead.

"Wenbiao, let him go," Second Master Qi Zhenglu waved his hand.

"Yes, Second Master." Qi Wenbiao stepped aside and bowed in response.

Yuelai Pavilion was not a place where they could act wildly.

Yuelai Pavilion had seven floors in total, corresponding to martial cultivation stages one through seven.

Coming here to spend money required not only Spirit Stones but, more importantly, strength.

The first-floor lobby only had five hundred tables. Private rooms started from the second floor, and the construction above the fifth floor was like a palace.

The higher one went, the fewer seats were set up.

After Fu Yihang left, Qi Wenbiao said indignantly, "Second Master, Fu Yihang is too ungrateful. Does he really think his Nine-Star Martial Master cultivation makes him someone important? Bah, our Qi Family could crush him with a single finger."

"If someone refuses a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, then it depends on whether he can stomach it," Second Master Qi Zhenglu ate a bite of food and sneered.

"Not every Tom, Dick, and Harry is qualified to refuse the Qi Family."

"Brother Huang, stop standing. Come, come, let's eat. Don't waste this table of good food; this meal wasn't cheap," Second Master Qi Zhenglu enthusiastically invited Huang Qiang to take a seat.

Although Huang Qiang couldn't compare to Fu Yihang, he was a genuine Seven-Star Martial Master and could still play a significant role.

Qi Wenbiao also greeted, "That's right, Brother Huang Qiang. The Second Master spent three thousand Spirit Stones on this table of food. Let's eat. Come, let's drink."

"Many thanks for the Second Master's hospitality. If there is anything you need from this little brother in the future, just say the word, and I will definitely do my best," Huang Qiang hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

"Now that you mention it, there is indeed one thing I would like Brother Huang Qiang to help with," Second Master Qi Zhenglu said with a smile.

"Is it about that Fu Yihang..." Huang Qiang asked tentatively.

"Brother Huang Qiang is truly a clever person. I like dealing with smart people," Second Master Qi Zhenglu praised and laughed.

Huang Qiang thought to himself: As expected, it is this matter. There is no free lunch in the world. Since I have joined the Qi Family, there is no turning back.

Brother Fu, don't blame me for being disloyal. Isn't it better to join the Qi Family together? Taking Spirit Stones, sharing Medicinal Pills, and even that possible Pill for Breaking the Ancestor Realm.

Isn't that a hundred times better than guarding a dilapidated Fu Family?

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Second Floor, Private Room No. 237.

Uncle Jiefu and Ye Yiguang walked in quickly from outside. The two picked up the Heart-Cleansing Tea on the table and gulped it down. Ye Yiguang complained, "Crouching at the staircase for so long, I was dying of thirst."

The first to third floors of Yuelai Pavilion had no privacy to speak of. Although the second and third floors seemed to have private rooms, they couldn't stop determined people.

People probably couldn't be bothered to go through the extra trouble anyway.

Below the fourth tier, everyone is an ant.

"Thirteenth Young Master, I saw it clearly. Second Master Qi Zhenglu was hosting Fu Yihang of the Fu Family, as well as the Loose Cultivator Huang Qiang."

"It seems the Qi Family had a falling out with Fu Yihang. Shortly after Second Master Qi Zhenglu went in, Fu Yihang left. Only a few people from the Qi Family and Huang Qiang remained in the room to continue eating and drinking," Uncle Jiefu told Ye Yisong what he had just seen.

"The Fu Family?" Ye Yisong asked doubtfully.

Although he had basically stayed in Luomu Mountain to Cultivate for the past ten years and didn't often come to Cangjiang Prefecture City, he still understood a thing or two about the forces within the Cangjiang Prefecture area in his spare time.

In this Cangjiang Prefecture City, to be called a "Family," there usually had to be a Tier 4 Martial Ancestor expert in the clan to hold the fort.

He hadn't heard of any Martial Ancestor surnamed Fu in Cangjiang Prefecture?

"It's like this. The Old Ancestor of the Fu Family was a Two-Star Martial Ancestor. Thirty years ago, he went to explore the East Sea's Chaotic Coral Islands with a few Tier 4 Loose Cultivators. Unexpectedly, he went for thirty years and never returned. Up until now, if it weren't for the fact that the soul lamp in the Fu Family clan hasn't extinguished, the Fu Family would have likely been gone long ago."

"Fu Yihang is the most outstanding disciple of the Fu Family in these few generations. The current Fu Family can be said to be using the strength of the entire clan to support his Cultivation. The shops in the city and the clan fields outside the city have basically all been sold, just hoping he can Breakthrough to the Martial Ancestor realm and shoulder the banner of the Fu Family again."

"The Qi Family wants to recruit him as a son-in-law and have him participate in the upcoming Martial Examination in the name of the Qi Family."

"Hmph, if Fu Yihang wasn't someone whose conscience had been eaten by dogs, he would absolutely never do it," Uncle Jiefu said while eating, telling Ye Yisong and the others the information he knew.

"The Qi Family is recruiting sons-in-law?" Ye Yisong asked.

"Thirteenth Young Master, you didn't know? It's spread throughout the clan. The Qi Family has been frantically recruiting sons-in-law for these past few decades. Their Martial Examination points have reached over three thousand, closing in on our Ye Family's total points," Uncle Jiefu continued to add, also mentioning the news he had heard in these past few days.

"This damn Qi Family. The Family didn't pay attention for a moment, and we were almost plotted against by them," Ye Yifan said angrily.

When Ye Yisong and the others heard this news, they couldn't help but feel a sense of tension. Everyone clearly knew what this meant.

If they were surpassed by the Qi Family, then the Family's Cultivation resources for the next century would shrink significantly. This related to the martial destiny of every single person in the entire clan.

"Fu Yihang is indeed a good seedling if taken out separately—a Nine-Star Martial Master cultivation, a Tier 3 Low Grade Spirit Planter. No wonder the Qi Family would seek him out," Uncle Jiefu analyzed.

"That grandson Second Master Qi Zhenglu of the Qi Family has very wild methods. The Fu Family probably won't have an easy time from now on."