"Clan Uncle Jinhuan, what exactly happened?" Huangfu Deyun's heart pounded uneasily. He had a bad feeling.
There had been far too many changes lately, each one catching them off guard.
"Hmph. See for yourself!"
Huangfu Jinhuan's expression was exceptionally ugly as he handed the secret letter to Huangfu Deyun.
After reading it carefully, Huangfu Deyun's face changed at once. "No wonder the Ping'an Wang Clan dared to join forces with the Changning Xu Clan against us. They had already made tremendous breakthroughs in silk-reeling and weaving technology."
"Although the price of raw silk has risen to more than triple its original price through both sides' competition, their technological breakthrough still lets them earn a tidy sum. No wonder, no wonder they still dared to compete with us! Damn it!"
He panicked at once.
This time, they had staked everything on their cooperation with the Ji Clan. Though the Celestial Huangfu Clan had secretly taken the lead, the Qianma Huangfu Clan had also placed immense hopes on it and invested nearly all its funds.
Should they fail, the Qianma Huangfu Clan would surely suffer grievous losses. The family fortune painstakingly accumulated over a hundred years would vanish in a single day.
And that was not even the worst part.
The worst part was that the two clans had not only joined forces themselves, but had also brought in the Jinsha Xu Clan.
Jinsha Town originally had a tributary river. Since the river sands around Jinsha Town contained gold, it had once drawn many clans and Rogue Cultivators there to pan for gold.
That place had once been extremely chaotic, with countless conflicts. But after several centuries, Jinsha Town's gold had long been exhausted. Combined with its barren land, most of which was unsuitable for farming, the town gradually became desolate.
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