Striking It Rich, One Month Later...
The Mittel Family.
In the bedroom of the Small Courtyard.
Xiao Yan sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the sleeping Puff Medusa, and touched his nose. "You're still punishing me? You're going against the Heavenly Gang."
He covered Medusa with the blankets and quietly left the room.
Upon arriving in the courtyard, he summoned a servant of the Mittel Family and instructed him to inform Hai Bodong.
A short while later, Hai Bodong arrived in the courtyard.
"Young friend, I've finished everything you asked me to do."
Hai Bodong took out four mid-grade Storage Ring and handed them to Xiao Yan: "These contain the Medicinal Herbs you asked me to retrieve."
Xiao Yan took the Storage Ring and frowned slightly. "Why are there four? Does the Misty Cloud Sect have that many Medicinal Herbs?"
Hai Bodong shook his head and explained, "The Misty Cloud Sect naturally doesn't have that many resources. Only one of these four Storage Ring contains resources from the Misty Cloud Sect."
Hai Bodong glanced at them and pointed to one of them.
Xiao Yan noted it down, then asked about the other Storage Ring: "What about the other three?"
Hai Bodong said, "Of the other three Storage Ring, one was sent by that old fellow Jia Xingtian. It contains most of the Medicinal Herbs accumulated by the Imperial Family, and he asked me to give it to you."
"He told me to tell you that, considering how much his Misty Cloud Sect helped you, you absolutely must accept this Storage Ring."
Xiao Yan shook his head and smiled, "Jia Lao, really. Then I'll accept it."
He didn't think there was anything wrong with Jia Xingtian asking him to accept the Medicinal Herbs out of gratitude.
After all, his acceptance of the Medicinal Herbs meant one thing: the Jia Ma Imperial Family would become his power.
With his Heaven-Swallowing Talent and strength, coupled with his alchemy skills, his potential is self-evident.
To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Jia Xingtian had a high opinion of him, he really wouldn't care about these Medicinal Herbs.
"Elder Hai, what about the remaining two? Let's talk about them together," Xiao Yan said.
Hai Bodong smiled and pointed to the Storage Ring, saying, "Hehe, the remaining two Storage Ring, one belongs to our Mittel Family. Apart from some that are kept for auctions, most of the Medicinal Herbs are stored in this Storage Ring."
After all, even that old fellow Jia Xingtian is so generous, our Mittel Family can't be stingy."
Xiao Yan smiled and put away the Storage Ring representing the Mittel Family.
Hai Bodong's eyes lit up with joy, and he continued:
"The last one, and also the one with the fewest quantity, is Medicinal Herbs from the Mu Clan."
"Ever since you placed the bounty on the Mu Clan, Mu Clan power has been rapidly diminishing. Our Mittel Family has absorbed most of their assets."
"Until a few days ago, the last Dou Ling of the Mu Clan was crippled, and we then took all of the Mu Clan's resources."
"However, the Mu Clan doesn't primarily focus on business, and their power is inferior to that of the Misty Cloud Sect and the Jia Ma Imperial Family, so naturally, they have far fewer Medicinal Herbs."
Xiao Yan nodded in satisfaction, accepting the last Storage Ring without any psychological burden.
Seeing that Xiao Yan had accepted all four Storage Ring, Hai Bodong said, "Young friend, you can sort through these Medicinal Herbs yourself. I need to go help with the takeover of the Mu Clan's assets, so I'll be leaving now."
"Take care, and don't bother seeing me off." Xiao Yan waved his hand, eager to start organizing his Medicinal Herbs.
"Good."
After Hai Bodong left, Xiao Yan immediately checked the four Storage Ring.
The Mu Clan's Storage Ring indeed contained fewer Medicinal Herbs than the other three Storage Ring.
The other three Storage Ring contained roughly the same amount of Medicinal Herbs.
The Mittel Family is a prominent business family with extensive connections and the most interaction with the outside world. Their Storage Ring contain the widest variety of Medicinal Herbs, including all types and of high quality.
The Imperial Family family has the greatest power, but there is no need for them to collect low-grade Medicinal Herbs. Therefore, their Storage Ring contain the fewest Medicinal Herbs, but they are mostly high-grade Medicinal Herbs.
The Misty Cloud Sect has the longest history, but because of its large number of members, its reserves of Medicinal Herbs are not much larger than those of the Jia Ma Imperial Family, although the quality and variety are relatively comprehensive.
Each of the three Storage Ring holds an astonishing amount of Medicinal Herbs.
With the three Storage Ring and the Medicinal Herbs he had previously obtained from the Snake-People Tribe, Xiao Yan felt that even if he refined medicine continuously for a year, he still wouldn't be able to use up all the Medicinal Herbs.
"These Medicinal Herbs are enough to refine many high-value pills like the Imperial Extreme Pill or the Dou Ling Pill. If we refine more, we can use them to exchange for Beast Flame in the Black-Corner Region, which will be a huge boost." Xiao Yan planned in his mind.
But before that...
Xiao Yan turned to look at the bedroom and smiled, "Until then, let's enjoy this rare moment of leisure."
Time passed slowly.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye.
For the first seven days, Medusa stayed here to be intimate with him and ask him about his past.
Xiao Yan concealed some details, but still told Medusa most of them.
He didn't hide the existence of Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, in particular.
Medusa knew he already had a lover, but she never expected that besides Yun Yun, he actually had two more.
This really stirred up Medusa's jealousy, making her extremely angry.
Medusa gets angry, Xiao Yan will be in trouble.
He had to take on the responsibility of venting his anger, and was constantly awaiting Medusa's challenge.
Having mastered the Eight Extremities Collapse Dou Skill, his combat ability was greatly enhanced, and he always won easily against Medusa.
Medusa initially refused to accept defeat, but she fought and fought again despite repeated losses.
They finally conceded defeat, leaving under the pretext that the Snake-People Tribe could not be without a king for even a day.
With Medusa gone, Xiao Yan focused all his energy on refining pills.
He refined the most pills that could enhance cultivation, such as the Dou Ling Pill, the Imperial Extreme Pill, the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, and the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill. He also refined some necessary healing pills.
In addition, he used the remaining Ice Spirit Cold Spring, as well as the Ice Spirit Cold Spring stored in the Misty Cloud Sect's Storage Ring, to refine another Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill.
After some further consideration, he used his influence to get Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, and others to collect monster corpses for him.
With the capabilities of the Imperial Family and the Mit family, they successfully helped him collect a considerable number of monster corpses.
Using the corpses of these magical beasts, he rediscovered his earliest self-created medicinal formula and refined a total of five Myriad Beast Blood Pill.
Although this pill is useless to him, it can directly enhance the physical strength of others to the level of Third Rank or even Tier Four Magical Beast. It is perfect for cultivators with low cultivation levels and its value is no less than that of the Imperial Extreme Pill.
Xiao Yan felt that if he auctioned this pill after it arrived in the Black-Corner Region, it would definitely cause quite a stir.
However, don't be fooled by all the preparations he made for going to the Black-Corner Region.
His next destination is not the Black-Corner Region, but the Chu Yun Empire, which was already planned!
He had longed for Xiao Yi Xian for a long time.
Cough... Of course, the Nether Poison Flame is also quite tempting.
After all, his physical strength has been stuck at the level of Half-Step Tier Seven Magical Beast for quite some time, and he's just missing this one Heavenly Flames.