85: Wu's Discovery

Xiaoyao City, Wu Family.

"Are you certain that Wu Ming's death is related to the force established by this person called Luo Fei?"

"The business he runs can earn thousands of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones a month?"

Wu Gaoqi asked a Lianqi 9th Layer Cultivator of the Wu Family in a calm tone.

He was not very sad about the death of his grandson, Wu Ming.

After all, he had thirty or forty grandsons, and Wu Ming's Aptitude was not good; reaching Cultivation Level 8 was already the absolute limit.

He did not care at all about such descendants who had no possibility of reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage and yet threw their weight around using his name.

However, he was very interested in Luo Fei's business.

Although he was a Foundation Establishment Elder of the Xiaoyao Sect, the shops and street locations allocated to him were not very good.

Over the course of a month, he could earn at most a few hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Even adding the two hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones the Sect provided fixedly every month, it still did not total one thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

If he could control a business that could earn thousands of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones every month, he would naturally want to get involved.

"I cannot be certain yet, but based on Luo Fei's monthly expenses, it should be that much."

"I have been sending people to investigate in secret for the past half year, but this person Luo Fei is extremely cautious, and there hasn't been much progress so far."

"Father, why don't you take action yourself and call Luo Fei over to question him?"

"Presumably, he would not dare to disobey your order."

The Lianqi 9th Layer Cultivator of the Wu Family suggested.

"I cannot take action yet!"

"You continue to investigate and see if this Luo Fei has any Foundation Establishment Cultivator supporting him in secret."

"Also, investigate the specific situation of his business clearly for me."

"Do not let Cultivators from other Foundation Establishment Families discover this."

Wu Gaoqi directly rejected the proposal.

His Realm was only Foundation Establishment First Layer, and he had only joined the Xiaoyao Sect because the Chang Sheng Sect was defeated.

At this time, he must be a bit more low-key.

Before the matter was completely investigated, he certainly could not act rashly.

If Luo Fei happened to be related to other Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect, and he moved against Luo Fei, it was very likely to cause dissatisfaction from that Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

At that time, there might be significant trouble.

"Father, then I will go continue the investigation."

The Lianqi 9th Layer Wu Family Cultivator did not dare to disobey Wu Gaoqi's order and quickly said respectfully.

"Remember, it must be conducted in secret; you must neither attract Luo Fei's attention nor the attention of Cultivators from other Foundation Establishment Families."

"If, because of the investigation, you attract the attention of Cultivators from other Foundation Establishment Families and cause unnecessary trouble, you will bear all the consequences yourself."

Wu Gaoqi instructed in a very serious tone.

"Father, rest assured, I will act carefully; if any problems arise, I will take responsibility."

Watching his son, who was the most likely to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, leave, Wu Gaoqi could not help but sigh in his heart.

His own Aptitude was not very good; he only reached the Lianqi 9th Layer in his sixties, and it took him twenty years to Cultivate to the Lianqi 9th Layer Great Perfection. Originally, he had no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage himself.

It was just that he happened to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill and, holding a wait-and-see attitude, took it.

Unexpectedly, his luck was quite good, and he directly reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Now he was one hundred and twenty years old, yet he was still only at the Foundation Establishment First Layer.

Even after Cultivating a new Cultivation Technique, in this lifetime, he could at most Cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer, barely becoming a Medium Grade Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

It was precisely because of this reason that after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, he began to crazily raise offspring.

Unfortunately, heaven did not grant his wish; after spending a significant price to raise over a dozen sons and thirty or forty grandsons, only three had Cultivated to the Lianqi 9th Layer.

Among them, after two had Cultivated to the Lianqi 9th Layer, their Cultivation stopped progressing due to their own drug resistance to Medicinal Pills.

Only this youngest son was still progressing and had the possibility of Cultivating to the Lianqi 9th Layer Perfection and taking a Foundation Establishment Pill to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage.

In order to better raise this youngest son, his requirements in all aspects were very strict.

At the same time, he trusted this youngest son the most, basically handing over all important matters to him to handle.

As for the other sons, or the grandsons without talent, they could only degenerate into tools for reproduction.

Adding bricks and tiles to the Wu Family's offspring.

Preparing to improve quality through quantity.

However, doing this also had a very big problem.

That was, as the offspring kept increasing, expenses also became larger.

With the Wu Family's current situation, they were almost unable to support it.

He could only reduce the expenses of most offspring.

Wu Gaoqi was very clear that if it continued like this, problems would definitely arise, so he was very concerned about any business that could earn Spirit Stones.

If it weren't for the fact that he had just joined the Xiaoyao Sect not long ago and could not appear too high-profile, lest he cause dissatisfaction among other Foundation Establishment Elders, he would definitely have taken action himself.

"Lin Ying, besides the Kang Family Cultivators increasing their secret investigation into the Utility Disciples, are there any other abnormalities?"

"Has there been any big movement on the Wu Family's side?"

After Lin Ying arrived, Zhang Qingxiao immediately brought him to his study and asked.

"Boss Zhang, besides the possibility that the Kang Family Cultivators are secretly investigating our business, we haven't discovered other Outer Sect Disciple forces or Foundation Establishment Family Cultivators noticing us for the time being."

"As for the Wu Family, there is no movement."

"After Wu Gaoqi left seclusion, he came to Xiaoyao City from the Xiaoyao Sect; he neither went to find the Enforcement Hall Disciples nor sent anyone to investigate the matter of Wu Ming being killed."

"..."

Lin Ying explained the Wu Family's situation in detail.

"Although Wu Gaoqi has not sent anyone to investigate the matter of Wu Ming being killed, we must still remain vigilant against the Wu Family; once you discover anything wrong, you must report it to me immediately."

After knowing the Wu Family's situation, Zhang Qingxiao also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Understood, I will keep sending people to watch the Wu Family."

"Brother Zhang, in this recent period, I discovered that the Kang Family Cultivators secretly killed some Outer Sect Disciples and Utility Disciples."

"According to the information I gathered, these Outer Sect Disciples and Utility Disciples should all be people who went to the wilderness during the two days when Kang Jian was killed, or people who had a grudge against Kang Jian."

"They might also secretly take action against Brother Zhang, so please be careful, Brother Zhang."

Lin Ying hesitated for a moment, but still spoke out this not-entirely-accurate information.

It had been nearly two years since the Kang Family incident, and quite a few Cultivators had almost forgotten about this matter.

If it weren't for the fact that one of his subordinates happened to have gone to the wilderness with several Cultivators during the time when Kang Jian was killed and had a deep memory of it,

plus the fact that two Cultivators who had gone to the wilderness with his subordinate back then died in the wilderness for no reason a few days ago,

it would not have attracted his attention.

After some inquiries and investigations over the past few days, he discovered that over a dozen Utility Disciples and Outer Sect Disciples who had gone to the wilderness during those two days had died one after another.

It was just that the Kang Family did this very secretly, and he did not have solid evidence, which was why he did not report it to Zhang Qingxiao immediately.