Jialie Bi's Scheme

Although he already knew their identities and had guessed why they had come, Su Yun still cupped his hands.

"May I ask why you two have come looking for Han? If there's nothing important, please make way. Han still has matters to attend to."

Jialie Bi and Aoba Dun exchanged a glance, bitterness on their faces.

They knew full well that this middle-aged man before them was the one who had driven their families into a desperate situation.

But they did not dare put on airs in front of him. If they truly offended a Fourth Grade Alchemist, they might as well take their respective families and flee Wutan City.

The two of them forced what they thought were amiable smiles onto their stiff faces and said to Su Yun,

"I am Jialie Bi."

"I am Aoba Dun."

Su Yun nodded, his expression calm, then nodded again.

"So the patriarchs of Wutan City's two great families stand before me. Forgive my lack of manners."

Su Yun's tone was extremely perfunctory.

He was cautious, but what youth was not arrogant? They were only two Da Dou Shi.

He knew both of their backgrounds clearly. With his current strength and influence, he was not afraid of them getting desperate and taking reckless action.

One could even say he did not need to act personally.

Many forces in Wutan City would be happy to deal with them and have Su Yun owe them a small favor, such as Ya Fei of the Mitel Auction House, or Luo Qianchen of the Alchemist Guild.

It was no exaggeration to say that right now, he was the biggest local tyrant in Wutan City.

"Is there something?"

Su Yun pressed.

The two had clearly discussed this before coming. Jialie Bi stepped forward and cupped his hands.

"Master Han, we have reserved a banquet at an inn. Why not allow us to invite you over, and once we arrive, we can speak at leisure?"

Su Yun waved his hand. He did not want to waste time on these two cannon fodder characters, and his expression turned impatient.

"Say it here. I'm in a hurry."

Seeing this, the two looked even more bitter.

They exchanged another glance, then Aoba Dun stepped forward with a solemn expression.

"In that case, we will speak frankly.

"We would like Master to refine some pills for our two great families as well, to be sold in our marketplaces. Whatever the Xiao Family is willing to give you, our two great families can give as well."

Over the past two years, their two families had truly been suppressed to the point where they could barely go on.

Because of Su Yun's pills, the profits from their marketplaces had plummeted, and hardly anyone was willing to come.

At the beginning, by lowering the prices of other goods, they had still managed to hold on and draw some people back.

But as time went on, the Xiao Family had also begun lowering prices recently.

That pulled the customers right back again. For the past few months, they had been operating at a loss, and they truly could not hold out any longer.

Thus, after the two families discussed it, they decided to start from the source, pool the resources of both families, and see if they could win this Fourth Grade Alchemist over to their side.

Su Yun understood.

The false news he had previously released in the Xiao Family, that he had once been saved by Xiao Lin, had been guarded tightly by Xiao Zhan and the others.

Only then had these two developed the idea of winning him over.

Su Yun shook his head and walked straight past them, not answering them at all.

The two looked at each other, not daring to go up and press him.

"What do we do now?"

Aoba Dun asked.

"At this point, there's only one way."

Jialie Bi hardened his heart.

"Are you planning to..."

A trace of shock flashed across Aoba Dun's face, followed by a hint of retreat.

"Idiot! What are you afraid of? Do you think we still have a way out?"

Jialie Bi's face was full of anger at his failure to meet expectations.

"Things have reached this point. Either he dies, or we perish! If this continues, our two families will die without question."

A struggle flashed through Aoba Dun's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he felt that Jialie Bi was right. He took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind.

"Fine. Let's do it!"

A trace of relief appeared on Jialie Bi's face, his expression seeming to say the boy was teachable.

"Come on. We've already paid for the inn. It'd be a waste not to eat. We'll talk while we eat."

Jialie Bi took the initiative to put his hand on Aoba Dun's shoulder, looking like a good brother.

Aoba Dun felt that made sense too, nodded, and walked toward the inn together with Jialie Bi.

Only, he did not notice a strange and ruthless look flash across Jialie Bi's face.

At night, in a courtyard within the Jialie Family.

"Patriarch, are we really going to join forces with the Aoba Family and intercept and kill a Fourth Grade Alchemist?"

In the courtyard, several elders of the Jialie Family and Jialie Bi were discussing matters.

One of the Jialie Family elders spoke.

"Idiot!"

Jialie Bi cursed at that elder, just as he had during the day, his face full of anger at his failure to meet expectations.

"This..."

That elder was stunned by Jialie Bi's scolding, not knowing what Jialie Bi meant.

"How transcendent is the status of a Fourth Grade Alchemist?

"If we dared lay even a finger on him, there would be no need for that Han Li to act personally. Every force, large and small, in Wutan City would join hands to please him and tear us apart."

Jialie Bi held his forehead with both hands and sighed.

One had to know that on the Douqi Continent, an alchemist's grade was generally considered one level higher than a Dou Zhe's.

A Fourth Grade Alchemist could be completely matched against a Dou Wang.

This was not the so-called fairy equation from his previous life, where a girl with a junior college degree equaled a guy from a first-tier university, and a bachelor's degree equaled a Double First-Class university.

This was genuine influence, and genuine value that could be created.

To a family, the value of a Fourth Grade Alchemist was in some aspects even higher than that of a Dou Wang.

How could he truly go and intercept and kill a Fourth Grade Alchemist?

This elder, just like that Aoba Dun, was an out-and-out idiot.

Jialie Bi sneered at that elder.

"Intercept and kill a Fourth Grade Alchemist? With what? On what basis?

"Just because your brain is bigger and can hold more water?"

That elder was rebuked by Jialie Bi until he could not say a word, so he simply lowered his head and played dead.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that elder play dead, Jialie Bi snorted coldly.

"Patriarch, then why did you discuss intercepting and killing him with Aoba Dun today?"

Another elder could not help asking.

"Trash. You're all a bunch of trash."

Who would have thought that Jialie Bi not only did not answer, but continued cursing instead?

The elders exchanged glances, not knowing what madness had seized Jialie Bi.

"Hmph. What nonsense about joining the Aoba Family to intercept and kill Master Han? It was clearly Aoba Dun who harbored evil intentions and attempted to murder Master Han, and even wanted to drag us down with him!"

After Jialie Bi cursed for a while, his anger subsided, and he spoke.

Hearing Jialie Bi say this, the elders' eyes lit up, and they could not help nodding.

Brilliant plan. A brilliant plan!

"Yes, yes, yes.

"Patriarch is right. That Aoba Dun has the heart of a wolf and the ambition of a cur, actually daring to act against Master Han, and even intending to drag our Jialie Family down with him.

"How could our Jialie Family ever be willing to join them in their filthy deeds!"

The elder who had just been rebuked by Jialie Bi until he was speechless immediately raised his head and hurriedly spoke.

Jialie Bi stroked his beard. The boy was teachable.

"Not only are we unwilling to join the Aoba Family in their filthy deeds, we must even report them!"

"Yes, report them. Uh... speaking of which, how should we contact Master Han?"

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