A martial artist at minor marrow cleansing had tenacious vitality. Su Jianye was still alive despite wounds that would long since have killed an ordinary person.
Seeing his son Su Zhe dragged back by Xu Yang, his face turned ashen. "Spare his life. He'll manage the Su Family from now on, and the Su Family will obey you." The Su Family was not a top-tier lineage in Azure Sun City, but it ranked near the top of the second tier. If a lineage like that obeyed Xu Yang... even he could not imagine the benefits. The Su Family's assets amounted to at least a hundred thousand taels.
Money was a minor matter. What mattered most were the channels for obtaining resources. Things like pure yang grass and tigerbone vine might not be available in unlimited quantities, but there would certainly be enough to support his pill refining.
There were also pill recipes and other things he had no way of obtaining.
"You've worked out quite the clever scheme. Even on your deathbed, you're still trying to play tricks on me!" Xu Yang sneered.
Anyone else would certainly have been tempted.
In truth, Xu Yang was tempted too, but after a moment's hesitation, he suppressed his greed.
He could never expose himself. In this world, he had not even glimpsed the tip of the iceberg. Exposing himself would only put him in danger. Having talent without a powerful background was like being a beautiful woman born among the lowest classes: in the end, one could only become someone else's plaything.
Besides, the lineages of Azure Sun City had deeply tangled roots and branches. He might have killed all the Su Family's experts, but would the other lineages stand by and watch him take control of it? Great lineages loved marriage alliances.