Patent Fees!

Bai Jingyan was completely stunned...

Although Bai Jingyan had never met Chu Xinghe person, she had seen Bai Jingyan Haotian Mirror's live streams...

At this moment, when she heard the person in front of her say that he was Chu Xinghe, Bai Jingyan realized what was going on.

There was nothing she could do... Just now, Chu Xinghe was leaning against the wall, looking quite relaxed, so Bai Jingyan didn't recognize her idol immediately.

But then she recognized him... the person in front of her was definitely Chu Xinghe!

Moreover, there's probably no one in the world who would dare to impersonate Chu Xinghe in front of his cousin, right?

That's suicide...

And probably only Chu Xinghe in the whole world would dare to say that he can't do anything right, and that he fails at everything he tries...

After all, if anyone else had said that, my cousin would have already sent the Ancient Specter up and smashed it into a pulp.

Before Bai Jingyan could react, Bai Wenzheng had already led the entire Bai Clan to Chu Xinghe at a brisk pace.

"Bai Wenzheng of the Bai Clan of Jiangnan pays respects to Lord Chu Xinghe..."

"Greetings, Lord Chu Xinghe..."

The entire Bai Clan bowed respectfully to Chu Xinghe.

Chu Xinghe waved his hand gently, indicating that everyone should not be so formal. He explained that he had come with his Junior Brother Ma Liang family was also Chu Xinghe family. He added that such formality made Xinghe feel uncomfortable.

"Xinghe greets Aunt... Uncle..." Chu Xinghe walked a few steps to Liu Ying and Bai Wenyuan and bowed to them with the respect due to a junior.

Seeing Chu Xinghe bow to them, Liu Ying and Bai Wenyuan were so startled that they didn't know what to do.

After all, no matter what Ma Liang's status or position was, he was still her nephew, and Liu Ying could remain calm and composed when facing Ma Liang. However, it was a completely different story when facing Chu Xinghe.

Chu Xinghe was already a legend; how could he possibly deserve Chu Xinghe's respect?

What Liu Ying thought didn't matter; at this moment, Ma Liang's eyes were already brimming with tears...

Although in Ma Liang's heart, Senior Brother Xinghe was already his closest family member, and he was definitely Senior Brother Xinghe's family member, Ma Liang still couldn't help but be moved when he saw what Senior Brother Xinghe had done today.

I, Ma Liang, have no regrets about meeting Senior Brother Xinghe in this life!

Bai Wenzheng led everyone in the Chu Xinghe Bai Clan into the Ma Liang Bai Clan's reception room.

At this moment, after Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang took their seats, only four people were qualified to sit in the entire reception room.

First was the elderly Bai Clan woman with white hair; after all, she was of a certain seniority. Although she was so shocked that she didn't say a word today, she still had the right to sit down.

The second one is Bai Wenzheng, the head of the Bai Clan. However, at this moment, Bai Wenzheng is only sitting on a third of his buttocks in the chair, his back is straight, and he looks extremely nervous.

That leaves Liu Ying and Bai Wenyuan.

Even the eldest wife of the Bai Clan could only stand beside the head of the family, Bai Wenzheng, with a smile on her face.

After taking his seat, Chu Xinghe glanced at Bai Jingyan, who was still looking him up and down.

"Little girl, stop looking. I really don't have three heads and six arms. Rumors are unreliable... Chu Xinghe is just an ordinary person."

Hearing Chu Xinghe's words, Bai Jingyan blushed deeply... This made Ma Liang was standing to the side, burst into laughter.

Senior Brother Xinghe is always like this. If you didn't know he was Chu Xinghe, you would never imagine that the legendary Chu Xinghe could be so approachable!

Just as Chu Xinghe finished teasing Ma Liang's little cousin, a commotion arose outside, and a group of people dressed in the uniforms of the Vast Heaven Sect stewards arrived at the Bai Clan's location.

"Zhou Ping'an, the Grand Steward of Xingcheng of the Vast Heaven Sect Star City, along with all the stewards of Star City, pays respects to Senior Brother Xinghe!"

"Greetings, Senior Brother Xinghe!"

The Vast Heaven Sect is a large and powerful family. It owns properties in every city in the Blazing Sun Continent and even the Vast Heaven Sect Demon Star Continent.

When the Ancient Specter was discovered in Star City, we knew it was Ma Liang... but as soon as we arrived at the Bai Clan's place, we found that not only Ma Liang was there, but Senior Brother Xinghe was also there...

The moment Zhou Ping'an saw Senior Brother Xinghe, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!

Unbelievable wealth! Unbelievable wealth, my friends!

This time, it's our Star City's turn to be showered with immense wealth...

I, Zhou Ping'an, have the chance to become so incredibly wealthy in my lifetime!

Therefore, Zhou Ping'an disregarded everything else and directly led all the managers to pay their respects to Senior Brother Xinghe.

At this moment, Zhou Ping'an's thoughts are unknown, but the Bai Clan members were truly amazed to see the excited Vast Heaven Sect stewards.

Although the Heroic Martial Ancestor is the number one power in Star City, it is common knowledge that wherever the Vast Heaven Sect has assets, the Vast Heaven Sect will be excluded first when selecting the number one power.

After all, if you don't exclude the Vast Heaven Sect, then the Vast Heaven Sect's businesses will be the number one power no matter where they are located. Isn't that too unfriendly to the other factions?

The first thing Heroic Martial Ancestor, the new sect leader of Qu Yingcheng, did upon assuming power was to visit the various managers of the Vast Heaven Sect in Star City with generous gifts, hoping that they would take good care of him in the future.

If he went the next day, it would be disrespectful to the Vast Heaven Sect.

It is said that even so, Zhou Ping'an, the chief steward of the Vast Heaven Sect in Star City, did not personally receive him, but only sent one of his stewards to meet him. This was already giving Heroic Martial Ancestor of Qu Yingcheng enough face.

In Star City, the name Zhou Ping'an has another meaning... it means to protect you and keep you safe.

No matter who you've offended, as long as you can find Zhou Ping'an, and with just a word from Zhou Ping'an, absolutely no one in Star City will dare to touch you.

Although the Bai Clan was considered somewhat powerful in Star City, Bai Clan strength was nothing compared to Zhou Ping'an's.

Bai Wenzheng, the head of the family, didn't even have the right to request an audience with Zhou Ping'an.

Therefore, for Bai Wenzheng, someone like Zhou Ping'an was already the pillar of Star City.

But look at how excited Star City was when he saw Chu Xinghe, his face turned red and his neck bulged...

After bowing to Chu Xinghe, Zhou Ping'an, along with many stewards, bowed to Ma Liang as well.

Then, without further ado, Zhou Ping'an personally introduced Senior Brother Xinghe to the various industries of the Vast Heaven Sect in Star City.

Listening to Zhou Ping'an's introduction, Chu Xinghe was pleasantly surprised. It turned out that the main industry of their Vast Heaven Sect in Star City was also weaving?

And they even have some small collaborations with the Bai Clan?

Hearing this, Chu Xinghe spoke up, "Patriarch Bai Clan, Xinghe 've come here to do business with the Bai Clan. I want the Bai Clan's Spirit Pattern Cloth."

Upon hearing Chu Xinghe speak, Bai Wenzheng paused for a moment... then a bitter smile appeared on his face.

So Chu Xinghe came here also wanting the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth... Oh well... Spirit Pattern Cloth shouldn't be something a small power like the Bai Clan could control in the first place.

Even a powerful force like the Heroic Martial Ancestor couldn't protect the Spirit Pattern Cloth from the Bai Clan, let alone the Vast Heaven Sect...

Bai Wenzheng knew that this time, the Bai Clan would not be able to keep the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth.

So Bai Wenzheng didn't say much and directly took out the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth that he had prepared for Heroic Martial Ancestor.

"This is the secret formula for the Bai Clan's Spirit Pattern Cloth, and my Bai Clan is willing to offer it to the Vast Heaven Sect free of charge."

Bai Wenzheng spoke, he had already delivered the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth to Chu Xinghe.

Chu Bai Wenzheng had no idea what Chu Xinghe was thinking, but what did Chu Xinghe mean by "just give it away to our Vast Heaven Sect for free"?

Did I, Chu Xinghe, not make myself clear? I'm here to discuss business... or am I here to steal your Spirit Pattern Cloth formula?

You offer nothing without a second thought; have you considered my feelings, Chu Xinghe?

Seeing their patriarch offer up the Spirit Pattern Cloth, many members of the Bai Clan knew that the die was cast. However, offering it to the Vast Heaven Sect was better than offering it to the Heroic Martial Ancestor...

Just as many Bai Clan were lamenting that the Bai Clan ultimately couldn't keep the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth, Chu Xinghe spoke up, "Does Patriarch Bai Clan look down on my Vast Heaven Sect? My Vast Heaven Sect is a righteous sect, how could we do such a thing as forcibly seizing it?"

"Our Vast Heaven Sect does indeed need this secret formula for Spirit Pattern Cloth, but we are not taking it from the Bai Clan for free. Instead, we intend to cooperate with the Bai Clan."

Chu Xinghe didn't waste any words and directly stated his thoughts.

Chu Xinghe first explained to the Bai Clan what a patent is.

They then stated that the Vast Heaven Sect wanted the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth, but the Vast Heaven Sect would never take advantage of the Bai Clan. Instead, the Vast Heaven Sect would buy the exclusive production formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth from the Bai Clan by purchasing a patent.

The robes were then handed over to Zhou Ping'an to manufacture Spirit Pattern Cloth disciple robes for the sect's disciples. For every Spirit Pattern Cloth disciple robe made, the Spirit Pattern Cloth Vast Heaven Sect would pay the Bai Clan a patent fee of 10% of the robe's value.

Furthermore, the Vast Heaven Sect guarantees that it will never reveal the secret formula of the Spirit Pattern Cloth without the Bai Clan's permission.

Furthermore, if the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth is leaked due to reasons attributable to the Vast Heaven Sect, the Vast Heaven Sect will personally handle the matter.

As Chu Xinghe explained, the entire Bai Clan reception room fell silent.

Bai Wenzheng and everyone in the Bai Clan were completely dumbfounded as they looked at Chu Xinghe.

Because everyone understands what this patent thing is all about... isn't this just handing money over to the Bai Clan?

In other words, as long as our Bai Clan hands over the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth to the Vast Heaven Sect, we don't have to do anything else; we can just sit back and make money?

Because the Vast Heaven Sect pays the Bai Clan 10% of the cost of producing the Spirit Pattern Cloth.

How much Spirit Pattern Cloth did the Bai Clan produce in a year in the past? The Bai Clan was already very wealthy thanks to Spirit Pattern Cloth.

What is the current strength of the Vast Heaven Sect?

Is the Vast Heaven Sect going to make disciple robes made of Spirit Pattern Cloth for everyone in the sect, including even the lowest-ranking servant?

This is an enormous undertaking... and it needs to be replaced every year?

Bai Wenzheng considered himself quite good at arithmetic, but at this moment Bai Wenzheng admitted that he couldn't quite figure out how much the Vast Heaven Sect would spend in a year, let alone how much the Bai Clan would receive!

Bai Wenzheng thought that Chu Xinghe also wanted to take the secret formula for the Spirit Pattern Cloth, but at this moment, Bai Wenzheng realized that the outside world always said that Chu Xinghe was unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness, and that the Vast Heaven Sect was unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness.

Chu Xinghe is truly unparalleled in his benevolence and righteousness...

After all, given the small Xiaobai family, if Chu Xinghe had simply asked for Spirit Pattern Cloth, the Bai Clan would have had no choice but to offer it up for free. Yet, not only did Chu Xinghe not forcibly take it, he was even willing to increase his own expenses by 10% to give back to the Bai Clan...

Looking at Chu Xinghe before him, Bai Wenzheng finally understood what it meant to have the demeanor of a great clan and what it meant to be a legend!

This is Chu Xinghe, this is the Vast Heaven Sect!

They would never bully the Bai family just because they were insignificant or from a small Lineage; they genuinely treated the Bai Clan as equals in negotiations...