Gu Family, the head of Gu Family had a gloomy face. Although the Gu Family got what they wanted during this trip to the mansion, the losses were also greater than they had expected.
Originally, the Gu Family intended to kill two birds with one stone, using those ignorant monks to deal with the golden ring poisonous bees in the mansion, and also luring the Tian Family over to weaken their power. However, they never expected that another foundation-building cultivator would appear in the Tian Family.
"You actually didn't know anything about Tian Ru! That girl actually built a foundation!" The head of Gu Family said angrily. Tian Ru was of the same generation as his son, but now she had become a foundation-building elder like the ancestor of the family, which made him jealous and hateful.
"Father, Tian Ru left home a long time ago. It was only when she came back that we knew what sect she joined. I have heard of Tianhai Sect, but that place is far away. No one from our Gu and Lu families is there, so the news cannot get out." Gu Zhixiao felt bad. Who is Tian Ru? She is a little girl younger than him. He didn't take such a little girl seriously before, but now when he sees her again, he has to call her a senior.
"I don't think she will stay in our town for too long. She will eventually return to the sect. We should ask people to keep an eye on the situation in Tianhaimen. Who knows, she might bring a few youngsters from the Tian family with her this time." Gu Zhixiao felt some pressure. Although his son was going to enter Changxianmen, it was not easy for him to come back from Changxianmen. Even delivering a message was difficult. How depressing it would be if he could only watch the Tian family prosper.
"Boss, you are right. It seems that the family should support more young people in this Ascension Conference and find a way to send them into the sect." The head of the Gu family had to change his strategy. He could not just pile resources on one person. Sometimes distant water cannot quench nearby fire. "This time, I plan to study alchemy with several elders in seclusion, and strive to refine a batch of elixirs to ease the situation in the family. You three brothers should keep an eye on the situation outside."
Gu Zhixiao nodded and said, "Don't worry, father. As long as your and the elders' alchemy skills improve, our Gu family will prosper." The elixir business is the foundation of the Gu family. Although the Gu family miscalculated this time and could not monopolize the benefits of the legacy mansion, fortunately they got the alchemy skills, and they can use the detoxification pills in their hands to take the opportunity to recruit a group of monks.
Gu Zhixiao's wishful thinking was good, but after the head of the Gu family and several elders closed the door, the news from the market made him call the responsible manager to question him: "Are you saying that the Tian family has detoxification pills circulating? The effect of the Tian family's detoxification pills is better than our Gu family's?"
How is this possible? Even if Tian Ru brought back pills from the sect, the quantity could not be too much, so how could it be circulated?
And the quality of the Tian family's detoxification pills is better than that of the Gu family? This makes the Gu family want to make money through detoxification pills and recruit monks. How can they carry out their wishful thinking?
The steward's forehead was covered with sweat, and he didn't dare to wipe it with his sleeve. He said cautiously: "Master, there is no way to compare just by listening to what people outside say."
"Then what did they say? And you still want to hide it from me?" Gu Zhixiao wanted to kick the steward to the ground. If he wasn't his confidant, would he have the patience to listen to his explanation?
"It's like this," the steward quickly told what he knew, "Those monks said that our Gu family's detoxification needs two or three pills to completely remove the poison from the body, but the Tian family... only one pill, and..." Carefully looking at the eldest master's face, he gritted his teeth and said, "It removes it completely." Gu
Zhixiao secretly cried out that it was bad. If the situation was really like this, it would be a huge impact on the Gu family's elixirs. He hurriedly asked: "Then find out clearly, is it a rumor deliberately spread by the Tian family, or is it true? And who took out the elixir?"
"It shouldn't be false. Several monks who have been poisoned said so themselves." The steward said with a bitter face. Several monks had come to him to ask for pills, but he offered a high price, so they hesitated for a moment, but they didn't expect to show off to him a few days later. "I want to find someone to make an antidote pill so that we can compare it with our Gu family's. But the Tian family is wary of our Gu family. They will only help if the poisoned person comes to ask for the pill in person and takes it on the spot. They said that the antidote pills are not in stock, and they had to give it out to help the monks who were poisoned this time."
"What a despicable Tian family!" Gu Zhixiao kicked over the chair next to him. It was foreseeable that the reputation of Gu family's elixir would be greatly damaged by such an incident. "You go back first and keep an eye on the Tian family for me, and find a way to make a detoxification pill."
"Yes, big boss." The steward retreated in a hurry. He dared to wipe the sweat from his forehead after he went out, but immediately sighed again. How could the elixir be so easy to make? Whether the elixir was taken on the spot or not could be seen at a glance, and it could not be faked.
Gu Zhixiao asked someone to inquire about the situation and found that the situation had developed even worse than what the steward said. Some cultivators actually went to the Gu family's medicine shop to ask for a refund, claiming that the Gu family fooled them with inferior pills and demanded money. With this money, they could have bought two detoxification pills from the Tian family. Moreover, even if they spent twice the money, the toxins might not be completely eliminated. Who knows if the toxins remain in the body and will have any impact on their future cultivation.
Gu Zhixiao had to send more guards from the Gu family to protect the shop. There was no reason to return the pills that had been sold. This was a bad idea.
The Tian family has Tian Ru sitting in the siege, and Gu Zhixiao has no way to put pressure on the Tian family. He suspects that the pill was taken out by Tian Ru, so he has no choice but to knock on the door of the Gu family master's retreat and tell him the situation outside.
"It seems that we have to put the things on hand aside for now and start to refine a batch of detoxification pills." The Gu family master made a decision after thinking for a while, "Wait for this batch of detoxification pills to come out and see what the Tian family has to say. In addition, we control the materials of the detoxification pills and see what the Tian family can use to refine the pills without spiritual herbs. It would be best to find out who refined the pills."
"Yes, father."
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