Cooperation

"I know about the deal between you and Qian Jun. But the Breaking Clan isn't short of money. I can return the money to you, and the deal between you can be called off. How does that sound?"

Yang Wudi took the seat of honor.

With Sword Douluo beside him, Yang Wudi did not put on an overbearing manner. Instead, he spoke to Li Xun in a negotiating tone.

"Senior Yang, the Medicine Manual was actually only a secondary reason for my visit this time." Li Xun shook his head.

"Oh? Other than our pharmaceutical skills, what else does the Breaking Clan possess that could catch the eye of your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

Yang Wudi was somewhat puzzled.

The Breaking Clan's most valuable asset was undoubtedly its pharmaceutical expertise, yet this child before him claimed it was unimportant.

Could there be something precious within the Breaking Clan that even he did not know about?

"Before I came here, my Teacher gave me a task: to discuss a potential cooperation with Senior Yang."

Li Xun paused thoughtfully. "Of course, the specific details will still need to be discussed in person between Senior Yang and my Teacher."

Yang Wudi frowned slightly. "There's no need for cooperation. Because of Clear Sky Sect's betrayal, we single-attribute clans no longer wish to have anything to do with the Upper Three Sects."

Ever since Clear Sky Sect fled and sealed off its mountain, the Single Attribute Four Great Clans had endured difficult times.

No one knew what ultimately became of Clear Sky Sect, but their four clans had suffered no small amount of targeting from Spirit Hall. In the end, they had no choice but to relocate from the Heaven Dou Empire to the Star Luo Empire.

When they first arrived, they were unfamiliar with the Star Luo Empire and had to remain constantly wary of Spirit Hall.

For a long time, they had struggled merely to survive.

If not for his skill in making medicine, their fate would not have been much better than that of the Crane Clan.

That was also why he had been unwilling to sell the Medicine Manual.

If those prescriptions spread, his clan's situation would become far more difficult.

"Senior Yang, you worry too much. The cooperation I speak of concerns pharmaceutical matters." Li Xun grinned.

He had never expected to pull the Breaking Clan into his camp with just a few words. After all, they had experienced betrayal before and were particularly sensitive about such matters.

"Medicine-making? Then speak, boy." Yang Wudi's brow relaxed.

He had initially thought the other side wanted the Breaking Clan to become an affiliate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but the direction of the conversation did not seem to point that way.

Could they truly be here to discuss business?

"Senior Yang, ever since this junior obtained the Medicine Manual, I have studied it often. I know well the extent of your pharmaceutical skills—even my Teacher has praised your craftsmanship without end."

Li Xun smiled and cupped his hands toward Yang Wudi. "My Teacher's intention is for the Breaking Clan to make the medicines, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect distributes them across the continent.

Let both our sides advance together."

Before coming here, Li Xun had been considering the matter of the Breaking Clan.

He believed that only benefits could bind people tightly together. And if the binding was not tight enough, it simply meant they were not earning enough money.

Yang Wudi stroked his chin and sank into thought.

He knew of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's financial strength and understood that they truly had the means to sell his medicines everywhere. Yet for them to approach him so directly made the whole matter feel unreal.

Yang Wudi had lived for many years, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. "At first glance, this matter does indeed benefit both sides. But how do I know that, once your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect learns how to make medicine, you won't cast the Breaking Clan aside?"

"And can a junior like you truly negotiate with me on behalf of Sect Leader Ning?" As Yang Wudi spoke, his gaze turned toward Sword Douluo.

"Xiao Xun can indeed make the decision in this matter."

When Sword Douluo Chen Xin saw Yang Wudi's questioning look, he forced a smile.

He knew nothing about this matter, and the conversation between the two had greatly surprised him as well.

However, this was clearly not the time to investigate it.

Seeing Chen Xin nod, Yang Wudi's expression grew solemn, and Li Xun's standing in his mind rose several levels at once.

"Please hear me out, Senior Yang."

Li Xun's expression turned serious. "The cooperation between our two sides naturally involves more than just medicine. While the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has commercial methods, we do not actually have many Soul Masters we can send out when trouble arises."

"For that reason, my Teacher proposes that the Breaking Clan serve as the Security Advisor for our medicine sales, specifically handling such troubles."

"Security Advisor?"

Yang Wudi turned the term over in his mind several times before understanding its meaning.

He sneered. "Isn't this still just asking the Breaking Clan to become an affiliate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

"It isn't the same. Ours is a cooperative relationship. Both sides are doing this for their own benefit, aren't they?"

Li Xun smiled. "Senior Yang, we are not like Clear Sky Sect. Asking you to be Security Advisors is merely to look after our own business. To put it plainly, I'm even worried that when something happens, you'll be the first to run."

Yang Wudi frowned and pondered for a moment. "Even so..."

"Senior Yang, we will provide seventy percent of the raw materials for making medicine, and you provide thirty percent. The profits will be split evenly. Every year, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will also pay an additional sum as wages for the Breaking Clan's work as Security Advisors."

Seeing that Yang Wudi still seemed worried, Li Xun quickly spoke up.

If he did not have to consider the sect's dignity, he would have wanted to give Yang Wudi sixty percent. After all, what he wanted were fighters, not money.

Money could be earned at any time, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect did not lack it.

But the crisis of the Soul Hunting Operation was constantly drawing closer. If he could avoid it, all the better; if not, one more person meant one more source of strength.

"I've read through all of your formulas. By my rough estimate, if the medicines recorded in the first volume were distributed through proper channels, the annual profit alone would be no less than two million Gold Soul Coins."

Li Xun looked at Yang Wudi with a smile. "That kind of money isn't a small sum even for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"Are you threatening me, brat?" Yang Wudi's expression darkened as he snorted coldly.

The first volume of the books he had written mostly covered medicines for sale, while the second volume detailed the preparation of poisons.

If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect bypassed them and sold them independently, it would deal a tremendous blow to his clan's livelihood.

"This junior absolutely has no intention of threatening you. Why do you always take things the wrong way?"

Seeing that Yang Wudi's expression was off, Li Xun hurriedly explained, "What I mean is, wouldn't you be willing to earn one million Gold Soul Coins a year?"

"..." Yang Wudi frowned, his fingers trembling slightly before quickly steadying again.

He had not expected there to be such enormous profits involved.

One million Gold Soul Coins was enough to support over ten thousand people who did not engage in production for an entire year.

"Spirit Hall—"

Before Yang Wudi could finish, Li Xun quickly cut him off. "Senior Yang, once you stand on our side, it means the Breaking Clan will no longer have any ties to the Clear Sky Sect. Spirit Hall naturally won't trouble you anymore, and my Teacher will mediate with Spirit Hall on your behalf."

"Besides, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect isn't weak now."

"Poison Douluo has also been discussing becoming a consecrated elder with my Teacher recently. With your Breaking Clan added to the mix, given our strength, I doubt Spirit Hall would dare do anything to us."

There were still some things he did not say.

In truth, Spirit Hall did not care about the Four Great Clans at all.

"Poison Douluo is joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?" Yang Wudi froze.

As fellow experts in poison, he was naturally no stranger to Dugu Bo. But he had never expected such a lone Titled Douluo to choose to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

If that was the case, wouldn't the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have three Titled Douluo?