Feeling down, Ye Xiruo quickly found information about the four major families and began to carefully read through it, after all, knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory.
Xuan, Chi, Qing, and Bai are the surnames of the four major families. The current heads of the families have stepped down and handed over the reins to the younger generation.
The Xuan family's most outstanding disciple is Xuanji, twenty-two years old, with a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation; the Bai family's best is Bai Ye, twenty-one years old, a seventh-grade alchemist; the Chi family's is Chi Qiong, twenty-three years old, with a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation; and the Qing family's is Qing Ming, twenty-two years old, a seventh-grade alchemist. If we exclude the few prodigies from the Pill King Palace, these so-called four great families are indeed excellent. However, compared to a behemoth like the Pill King Palace, they are far inferior. Even if all four families were combined, they couldn't compare to the Pill King Palace; at most, they could only cause some minor trouble. And they, using the Pill King Palace's name, have reaped considerable benefits over the years.
Ye Xiruo couldn't understand it at all. Had the Qing family head, or rather, the head of one of the four great families, lost his mind? With such a powerful patron, why would he want to run off and establish his own power base? Didn't he consider that once he lost the protection of the Pill King's Palace, wouldn't other forces let him off the hook? Besides, could an ordinary person withstand the wrath of the Pill King's Palace?
Ye Xiruo quickly finished reviewing the information on the four major families, marking a few people she needed to pay close attention to. Fortunately, this incident was indeed caused by some hot-headed individuals within the four families; the people she cared about were not involved.
Besides, in their view, this was just a minor squabble that shouldn't hurt their feelings. Unfortunately, this time they encountered Ye Xiruo and Hua Rong.
If the young master of the Hua family really wanted to settle scores with them, he wouldn't have used Ye Xiruo's name. To put it bluntly, Hua Rong was unwilling to do hard labor for Ye Xiruo and insisted on causing trouble to give Ye Xiruo a headache. Ye Xiruo dared to guarantee that the people from the four major families absolutely did not know Hua Rong's true identity, which is why they dared to come and cause trouble without any restraint. They probably didn't even gain anything.
This matter has caused quite a stir, and everyone in Danwang City definitely knows about it.
Ye Xiruo had a headache. Hua Rong had made her offend the four major families all at once, but she didn't want to confront them so soon. She also didn't want to expose the restaurant, so she had no choice but to trouble her second senior brother to make the trip.
Within a year, Hua Rong will not be able to get a single cup of the spiritual wine from me.
As Hua Rong was drinking tea, she felt a chilly wind blow past her back and couldn't help but shiver.
With Si Hao's public intervention, the matter was finally brought under control, and the restaurant's renovations gradually returned to normal. However, the shop was registered under Ye Xiruo's name. Ye Xiruo wanted the shop, that was true, but it was currently a hot potato, untouchable. Ye Xiruo ultimately decided to leave it. Since she couldn't resolve it, she'd leave it to her master. Once her master emerged from seclusion, he could do whatever he wanted with it. She believed the four major families wouldn't dare, or rather, wouldn't have any objections.
She couldn't be bothered with Qian Tu's matter anymore. These self-important alchemists would never realize just how weak they were. They couldn't even handle this small matter, yet they planned to make a living in the martial world—how naive! Ye Xiruo was thinking that from now on, she would issue some mandatory missions every year. If a mission failed, the monthly allowance would be directly deducted. She refused to believe that these hothouse flowers could live a comfortable life forever under the protection of the Pill King's Palace.
The people in the Danwang Palace were unaware that Ye Xiruo had prepared a great gift for them, a gift that no one could refuse.
In a restaurant not far from the cloth shop in Danwang City, in a private room by the window on the third floor, an elegant young man in white and a refined young man in blue sat at a table. The food on the table was exquisite, which was quite in line with their status.
"Young Master Bai, why are you in such a good mood today?" After all, the act of goodwill has already been performed, hasn't it?
"Little Qingqing, this is related to your man, how can you not be interested?"
"That person holds a high position and is in seclusion every day, so ordinary people would never see him. Besides, given his status, there's no need for him to bother with them."
"You seem to know that person quite well?"
We've met a few times.
"how?"
"It's very special; it can easily evoke both new feelings of goodwill and despair."
Bai Ye drank a glass of wine, his star-like eyes flickered a few times, and then returned to calm.
"She doesn't seem to have much interest in vying for power. As long as you behave yourselves, she probably won't target you. Of course, if you come to her willingly, she won't hesitate to eliminate you completely."
In terms of personality, Ye Xiruo and Jing Li are somewhat similar, both pursuing nothing more than doing as they please. As long as you don't cross their bottom line, they are quite gentle and harmless.
"Don't worry, Qingqing, no one is as foolish as the Qing family head. Now is our time."
"Has the matter with that shop been resolved?"
"Those idiots have been locked up, and the apology gifts have been sent in. Hopefully, that person is satisfied."
"That's good." It turned out that the man in blue was Xu Qing from the Danwang Palace.
Xu Qing and Bai Ye met and became close friends in their youth. Because they lived relatively close by, they often got together to enjoy tea, wine, and antiques.
Bai Ye wouldn't tell Xu Qing about the troubles of the Bai family, and Xu Qing wouldn't reveal any of the core secrets of the Pill King Palace. The two got along very well.
This matter is considered settled today, but I never expected to see someone I know.
"If I'm not mistaken, that's Second Senior Brother—Si Hao." Bai Ye was somewhat shocked. Si Hao was cold and ruthless, and his title of cultivation maniac wasn't given lightly. To actually see Si Hao now, could something extraordinary have happened?
Xu Qing nodded: "That's right, it's Second Senior Brother."
"Let's see why he has shown up."
Behind Si Haosheng followed a group of people. Although they weren't dressed in the robes of the Pill King Palace, their expressions were solemn, their steps were powerful, and their formation was impeccable, clearly indicating they had undergone rigorous training. Therefore, although some people were curious along the way, they all consciously made way and watched from the sidelines.
Si Hao led a group of people directly into the cloth shop. The shopkeeper had already left with the spirit stones, and the shop was still piled with a lot of cloth and finished clothes.
Si Hao led this group of people to deal with these clothes and fabrics, and to clean up the fabric shop and put on the Danwang Palace label.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com