Forty billion taels... and he called that fucking limited funds?
Everyone in the Xiao Lineage turned to stone. The heavens had been turned upside down-since when had these small frontier kingdoms become so rich?
Even a great lineage like the Lan Family would have trouble putting up forty billion taels of silver all at once!
Although the Xiao Lineage was unquestionably a top power in the Fragrance-Hearing Kingdom, in the Northern Spirit Realm, it was a small-to-medium lineage through and through. It barely had time to look after itself, so how could it spare any to keep an eye on affairs in the frontier kingdoms?
As for Tingxiang's Reach the Summit, it had even less way of knowing about it.
After consolidating the Fragrance-Hearing Kingdom's pill market, Du Shu had directly ordered the Alchemy Masters to break into the pill markets of several other kingdoms. With unstoppable momentum, they had swiftly bitten off huge chunks of market share, amassing considerable wealth in a short time.
And when Du Shu came, he had brought all their money with him, which was how he had forty billion taels of silver available.
"Rest assured, Young Master Du. We'll give you an itemized bill first thing tomorrow morning," Xiao Buyu said, feigning calm.
"Then sorry for the trouble, Family Head Xiao. Please continue your meeting. I'll take my leave.
"Oh, and the medicinal ingredients are urgently needed. If you can't gather everything at once, you can supply the rest later. Prepare what you have first." Du Shu smiled and bid everyone farewell.
"Of course, of course..." Xiao Buyu nodded rather mechanically, as though he had fallen into a dream. Only after Du Shu disappeared did he drop into his chair.
"Oh dear, I actually forgot to see Young Master Du out! Why didn't any