166: Chapter 166 The Spirit Puppet Whose Level Cannot Be Measured

"Old Hu, you must be joking. Who doesn't know that your Hu Family has been deeply rooted in the Talisman Domain for thousands of years? If we didn't wage a price war, how could my Fang Family possibly enjoy the grand prosperity we have today?"

"Why don't you, the Hu Family, sell them a bit cheaper too? After all, you produce the raw Materials for Talisman making yourselves, and you've trained a large number of Talisman Makers."

"In terms of cost, it shouldn't be at the current price. After all, even if my Fang Family sells at a twenty percent discount, there is still a considerable profit."

"You've been doing this for thousands of years; surely your costs aren't higher than ours, who are just novices?"

Hearing these words, the Hu Family Patriarch felt his blood rush to his head. If he hadn't retained a shred of sanity, he really would have disregarded everything to give Patriarch Fang Hong's old face a vicious blow!

Are these even the words of a human?!

Whose profit among those present isn't about the same? But how much can actually remain in their own hands? Not even forty percent!

Out of this forty percent, they still had to deduct some public expenditures within the Family: for instance, nurturing the next generation, or treating injured clansmen.

What everyone actually got in hand was only so much. If they really sold at a twenty percent discount like the Fang Family was doing now, not to mention how miserable the Hu Family's life would be...

Who could guarantee that old geezer Patriarch Fang Hong wouldn't keep lowering the price? If it really dropped to cost price, why would they still bother struggling for power and profit here?

Wouldn't it be better to just list them for sale online?

"Patriarch Fang Hong! Do you really want to go this far? Are you truly unwilling to yield even a single step? You should know what you are doing right now."

"If we are truly pushed to the brink with no way out, if my Hu Family has a hard time, do you think the Fang Family can survive in peace?! While things haven't reached an irreversible stage, let's both take a step back..."

So dallying around, are we going to fight or not? You already said there's no way out, so why aren't you rolling up your sleeves and getting to it?!

Fang Yuanming currently wore an eager look, his eyes staring intently at the Hu Family Patriarch and the Elders.

His previous one-eyed condition had been completely healed now that he had enough divine power points. He himself actually hadn't really wanted to heal it, since after all, that was his bond with Lord Meng!

Unfortunately, Lord Lin felt that his one eye was an eyesore, so he transferred one hundred thousand divine power points to him to heal his eye...

[That old geezer Hu Chai probably won't be yielded by the Patriarch. If we really start fighting, I'll go look for Hu Jin. That guy can be considered one of the top three in the Hu Family. He's just the right opponent for me...]

Catching a glimpse of Law Enforcement Elder Fang Liang also staring intently at Hu Jin out of the corner of his eye, Fang Yuanming couldn't help but curse secretly. His expression became even more focused: he absolutely could not let anyone beat him to it!

Feeling the bizarre gazes of the Fang Family's Elders, even Hu Chai, as a Second-order Deity, felt like he had needles pricking his back...

Just as the atmosphere in the room was gradually stiffening, the Liu Family Patriarch let out a heavy sigh. His gaze turned toward Patriarch Fang Hong, as if trying to see right through this old friend whom he had known for thousands of years.

"Patriarch Fang Hong... we have worked together for thousands of years, after all. Although we've had many minor frictions in the past, we absolutely shouldn't have reached this point."

"For the sake of our thousands of years of friendship, could you give us a hint? At least let us understand which True God we have offended."

"We can come to offer apologies, pay tribute, or even carry thorny branches on our backs to ask for punishment—just give us a chance..."

As soon as the Liu Family Patriarch spoke, the room instantly fell into a bizarre, dead silence. Everyone stared intently at the members of the Fang Family,

attempting to find some clues from their subtle reactions.

In response to the Liu Family Patriarch's words, Patriarch Fang Hong merely smiled and shook his head.

"I don't know what you are talking about. Hu Chai, if you have nothing else, please step aside. I've already said what needs to be said."

Hu Chai frowned and stared deeply at Patriarch Fang Hong for a moment. In the end, without saying a word, he stepped aside to clear the way.

Only after the Fang Family group had been gone for a while did the Liu Family Patriarch's sigh echo in the silent meeting room.

"A storm is coming... I wonder which old friend will leave us this time."

What the Liu Family Patriarch meant by leaving was not necessarily death. It could also mean that after their Family declined, they would completely leave the top-tier circle of Anping County...

In the eyes of some, this situation was actually not much better than death.

After Patriarch Fang Hong left the Chen Family's territory with a face full of smiles, his expression immediately collapsed. He cautiously sent a message to Lin Xiao.

"My Lord, this is bad! It looks like they are going to unite. Should we soften our attitude just a little bit?"

"After all, I can feel that many of them are actually willing to admit their mistakes and yield..."

Although his Lord had the support of the County Magistrate, this was, after all, a coalition of all the top wealthy families and forces in Anping County.

Patriarch Fang Hong was still somewhat anxious. What if his news caused some loss to his Lord or the Temple?

He would truly die of regret then.

At this moment, Lin Xiao was inside his Divine Kingdom. The two [True God Spirit Puppets] had already arrived yesterday.

From appearance alone, Lin Xiao could not tell at all that these two were Puppets. The [True God Spirit Puppets] not only had a completely Human Race appearance (after all, they were indeed refined from the corpses of Intermediate Gods),

but also possessed normal thinking and logic. They could not only fight autonomously, but could even answer some questions regarding Cultivation.

They could even provide certain answers to questions regarding the Temple.

The moment the two Puppets arrived, Lin Xiao couldn't resist having Magistrate Mei Fang act as a sparring partner to test them out. This was already the strongest subordinate currently by his side.

As for Commander Zhou Huai, the Intermediate God who had signed a Death Contract, on one hand, he was simply too far away from Anping County, and on the other hand, he was currently undergoing treatment.

After waiting anxiously for three days, when he saw that the 2.2 billion divine power points had indeed successfully entered his Divine Kingdom,

Commander Zhou Huai finally let out a long sigh of relief. After that, not daring to delay for a single moment, he immediately contacted the Life Domain Intermediate God he had inquired with before.

In about a week, Commander Zhou Huai would be completely healed.

So, the result of this experiment could be said to be both expected and unexpected.

After all, these two Puppets were on par with Intermediate Gods. That Magistrate Mei Fang couldn't resist them was already within the expectations of both.

Yet the result still exceeded their expectations. Swift! It was simply too swift! From the moment Magistrate Mei Fang indicated he was ready to when Lin Xiao said start,

the entire process took less than 0.1 seconds. It even felt as if before Lin Xiao's command could land, the Spirit Puppet had already appeared in front of Magistrate Mei Fang, lifting him up by the throat with one hand as if carrying a chick.

If Lin Xiao hadn't repeatedly instructed before starting that this was only a drill and that he absolutely must not hurt Magistrate Mei Fang, Anping County might have had to change its County Magistrate by now.

Lifted up with one hand, Magistrate Mei Fang only felt as if the Divine Power all over his body had completely vanished. Not only could he not mobilize it, he couldn't even feel it anymore.

It was as if, at this moment, he had completely become an ordinary human.

Although he had long known that the gap between himself and an Intermediate God was no ordinary one, actually facing it still made Magistrate Mei Fang choke with a sense of despairing powerlessness.

And the opponent was merely a Spirit Puppet!

The result of the test could be considered a success, yet it also seemed like a failure. After all, neither of them knew what kind of level this Spirit Puppet actually belonged to.

After all, they had no way of finding an Intermediate God to come and spar with them.

When he received Patriarch Fang Hong's message, Lin Xiao was standing under the Life God Tree in his Divine Kingdom with the two Spirit Puppets.

This thing was something he had bought at an auction when he went to the Gods Graveyard previously. Because it had its own defects, the price was much cheaper than ordinary Divine Artifacts.

After Lin Xiao had recently poured life law fragments into it regardless of the cost, the divine tree had finally recovered completely.

At this moment, Lin Xiao stood under the tree, flanked by the two Spirit Puppets. He smiled, looked up at the divine tree, and spoke softly.

"Having lived in someone else's home for so long, and with your injuries having cost me who knows how many life law fragments, shouldn't you introduce yourself?"