18 Chapter 18 (1/2)
Years ago, when the Alchemy Association collapsed, the elder council tried to sell the land and assets of the association to at least settle their accounts, and retire comfortably on. They did not expect Yang Xin to turn up at the auction and try to suppress them.
She held a grudge for the many manipulations of the higher-ups in the Association. As a beautiful woman, many tried to extort 'favours' for a helping hand rising through the ranks. They didn't foresee she would have the skill and ability to achieve it on her own.
So when the Hong Yue Family auction was about to start, she walked onto the stage and made a declaration.
”Anyone who bids on any of the items today will become the enemy of my Immortal Elixir Guild.”
She then returned to her seat, waiting patiently for the auction to start. The crowd did not miss the three men standing to the side of the auctioneer platform with quills and parchment ready, nor the Immortal Elixir Guild robes they were wearing.
Some Families decided to ignore the blatant threat. They did not have enough sense to fear the one responsible for destroying what they were about to bid on. Or Maybe they thought themselves untouchable.
Regardless, the majority decided not to piss off the only place to buy pills used for cultivating, healing and everything in between. They stayed to enjoy the show and to see which idiots will soon be joining the commoners. Even the Hong Yue Family, owners of the auction house, dared not to criticize her.
Soon the different farms and assets belonging to the Alchemy Association were sold off piece by piece. The Sacred Family, secure with the knowledge that they could use the Dark Guild as support, started bidding. The Silver Tiger Family and the Chu Family seeing this, also joined in.
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Although Yang Xin had enough money to buy everything, she decided to make these Families pay a high price. In the end, the Sacred Family took the lion's share, with the Chu Family taking all the alchemy equipment. The Silver Tiger Family picked up a couple of farms near their land.
Throughout this Yang Xin raised the price to the max her competition would pay and then stop bidding. She had not acquired a single item. Just when the three Families were patting themselves on the back, she once again stepped onto the stage.
”The Sacred Family, the Chu Family and the Silver Tiger Family, will be blacklisted from my Guild. We will not buy or sell anything to them. If a Family is caught selling our pills to these Families, they will also be blacklisted. If anyone is caught purchasing and then trading these Family's products to my guild, they will also be punished.” After this proclamation, Yang Xin and her guild members left.
Everyone present was looking at the three Families with schadenfreude, they had practically isolated themselves from the rest of Glory City. Did they forget that the Celestial Brotherhood and Heavenly Crafting Guild might share a connection?
Two years later and only a much diminished Sacred Family had survived. The Chu Family was alchemy orientated and only able to produce the same pills as the now extinct Association, they soon followed it. The Silver Tiger Family was an aristocratic house under the Noble Hong Yue Family. After the debacle in the auction house, they lost that backing and could only swap their lucrative herb crops to supplying the City with food.
The Sacred Family tried to used the Dark Guild to attack the Immortal Elixir Guild, but unfortunately, this was accounted for. After the auction, Yang Xin had contacted Shen Yue secretly and asked for his advice.
Knowing the details behind the power of the Sacred Family, he immediately dispatched his guards to capture any Dark Guild members that attacked, interrogate them with the Soul Refining Technique, and destroy all members present in Glory City. Thanks to this, not only did Shen Yue 'buy' the Dark Guild's property, but he also de-fanged the Sacred Family's power.
After losing the Dark Guild's backing, Shen Hong could only sell off all the properties he had purchased for alchemy. This financial attack coupled with Shen Yue destroying his Dark Guild forces demoted the Family back to Noble status.
With the pressure from the Immortal Elixir Guild, these Families lost their wealth and were forced to auction their property to survive. This time nobody bid when Yang Xin made her announcement, buying them for a pittance of their worth. Although her plans to pauper the Association fell through, she still gained their assets cheaply, it just took longer than expected.
After finally acquiring the Alchemy Association's old headquarters, Yang Xiu destroyed it and then rebuilt a grand compound dedicated to her alchemy guild's needs.
Looking around the show of power and wealth, Shen Yue was more than pleased with Yang Xin's performance. He was looking forward to seeing the beauty again as they had kept contact to a minimum.
Following the same problem that had happened at the gates of the Brotherhood, thirty minutes of waiting and he was finally shown into Yang Xin's office.