In the northern part of Windless Canyon, more than a thousand miles away from Windless City, on a very majestic mountain, a dark red castle lies quietly, like a crawling monster that may suddenly attack and kill people at any time.

This is Hujiabao, the headquarters of the Hu family, the most powerful of the five major families in Windless Valley.

It was late at night, and the lights in Hujiabao were sparse, except for a flower hall deep in the fort that was brightly lit. The small flower hall was filled with the most powerful figures in the Hu family. Sitting in the middle was the current head of the Hu family, Hu Baichuan.

Hu Baichuan, with his burly figure and whiskered face, exudes a strong air of elegance and refinement, just like a well-educated scholar. One cannot tell at all that he is the helmsman of a powerful spiritual family.

He held the teacup and drank the fragrant tea slowly and leisurely, with every move exuding a strong sense of grace.

Compared with Hu Baichuan, the two tiger clan leaders, Hu Bailin and Hu Baiyuan, who were sitting on his left and right were like two tigers ready to pounce. Their aura was domineering and fierce, and it seemed as if there were two volcanoes hidden in their bodies that could erupt at any time.

"Qianshan, you have made a great contribution this time. Mr. Xiaotian's thousand-year-old pills have been appraised by the elders of our five families. Every one of them is a top-quality pill... No, they are simply top-quality pills!" Hu Baichuan put down the teacup and nodded to Hu Qianshan with a smile: "What's more, he has a good character. He actually gave us such a top-quality longevity pill at the lowest price on the market."

Hu Qianshan chuckled, grabbed the teacup beside him, and swallowed the tea leaves and the tea in one gulp.

"Dad, Mr. Xiaotian is a cautious man, but he is a good young man. You said that his thousand-year-old pill is a top-grade product. If it were in Master Qiao's hands, he would be a ghost if he didn't double the price!"

"That's right, Mr. Xiaotian, our Hu family must work hard to make friends. At least, we can't be worse than the other families." Hu Baichuan tapped the tea table beside him with his fingers and said softly, "I'll leave this matter to you. Are you doing a good job?"

Hu Qianshan's eyes lit up slightly. He thought for a while and nodded slowly: "As for Mr. Xiaotian, I'm afraid I don't have much to say to him. Although he is young, he is very thoughtful. If I get too abrupt and intimate, I'm afraid it will cause him to misunderstand."

Without waiting for the tribesmen to ask, Hu Qianshan continued, "It's just that Mr. Xiaotian's elder brother Hu Dali and I hit it off right away. Hehe, that tiger cub is very wild, but he's a straightforward person... Well, those who can drink from a jar and never refuse are all straightforward people!"

Hu Baichuan grinned, and Hu Bailin and Hu Baiyuan laughed at the same time.

"Then, you will take up the job of shipping manager of our family... You have been running around outside all these years. Throughout the year, can you live in Hujiabao for a day? This is not good. Many of the nephews and nieces below don't know that they have an elder like you. This is not good." Hu Baichuan tapped the tea table with his fingers and said softly: "You have made enough contributions over the years, so you can be the foreign affairs manager of our family for the time being!"

Hu Bailin and Hu Baiyuan remained silent, but the expressions of the clan members of the same generation as Hu Qianshan who were sitting next to him changed slightly at the same time.

The chief steward of foreign affairs of the Hu family is also in charge of shipping affairs.

Hu Baichuan said that he let Hu Qianshan take the job of general manager of shipping of the family. In fact, he was promoted to a higher level and had more power in his hands.

The lifeline of Windless Canyon is the extremely developed ocean trade. Shipping is not only lucrative, but those who are qualified to know it also know that Hu Qianshan, the shipping manager, also has the spies and informants sent by the Hu family stationed outside in his hands.

This is a good position with both money and power.

Without waiting for the tribesmen present to think or say more, Hu Baichuan gently asked, "Is there any movement in Windless City?"

With a sneer, Hu Baichuan said softly, "If you compare Windless City to a pond, even if there is no wind, there will be waves three feet high. Who knows how many turtles, bastards, and filthy things are hidden under the water... Mr. Xiaotian's big rock suddenly fell from the sky, so it must have alarmed a few old guys, right?"

A sturdy man sitting next to Hu Qianshan stood up and said in a muffled voice, "Master Qiao went to the Alchemist Guild early in the morning. He used a pot of blood soup made from the essence of the human-faced python and made some plans with the alchemists he was close to."

This man told them everything in detail, without making a single mistake, about what Master Qiao and the other alchemists had discussed in the main hall of the Alchemist Guild. He focused on the fact that Master Qiao had used the Black Sweet Pill to test Chu Tian, ​​and he also explained in detail the vicious effects of the Black Sweet Pill to the members of the Hu family present.

"I thought Master Qiao was just greedy and lustful, but I didn't expect that he had such a vicious mind?" Hu Baiyuan sneered at the side: "If this black sweet pill is used to plot against someone, hehe... who would think of such a thing if they are a serious and conscientious alchemist?"

Hu Bailin clenched his fists, and wisps of red flames gushed out from between his fingers, rising more than three feet high.

"Damn it, this bunch of old guys, they colluded with each other and made our Windless Canyon a mess. The price of this elixir is getting higher and higher. If not for..." Hu Bailin snorted coldly, his teeth chattering.

"If it weren't for the fact that sometimes there are some rare elixirs that are not available on the market, and we have to order them from them... we really shouldn't spoil them like this." Hu Baichuan sighed heavily: "But there is no other way. Purchasing elixirs in large quantities from them will cost a lot. It is better to have a skilled alchemist in our own territory than to have none at all."

Slowly stretching out his hands, the flesh on Hu Baichuan's palms suddenly turned red and transparent, and faintly visible chains formed by real red runes were rapidly shuttling between his flesh and blood. Inexplicably, the temperature in the flower hall rose straight up, and the tea in the teacup boiled with a hiss.

"Let's wait and see. Let Master Qiao and the others take action to test Mr. Xiaotian's true quality."

"Perhaps, Mr. Xiaotian just stole a bottle of elixir from his master and came to Windless Valley to live a carefree life?"

"Anyway, let's wait and see. As long as Mr. Xiaotian can pass Master Qiao's test, we can allocate more than half of the resources we have wasted on Master Qiao over the years to Mr. Xiaotian."

"Qianshan and Hu Dali are familiar with each other... It's good to be familiar with each other, and it's easier to talk to acquaintances."

"Qianshan, you should have a few more drinks with Hu Dali these days. Find out more. If the Millennium Pill was really made by Mr. Xiaotian himself, then based on this Millennium Pill, his status should be higher than that of Master Qiao."