1431 Getting A Share of the Action (2/2)

Mui Hua was so angry that blue veins were twitching on his face, yet he did not dare disobey Mui Shan's order. He apologized stiffly before glaring at Mui Nujiao, as if he was putting the blame on her.

”Either way, Mo Fan is just an outsider. It's our clan's business. We won't allow his Fanxue Mountain to intervene!” Mui Hua said after he was done apologizing.

”I think you all know what I'm capable of, and I have a Flame Belle as my Contracted Beast. If you're willing to let me take part in it, we can discuss the details further. If you don't want me to interfere with your business, I promise I won't mention it to anyone else,” Mo Fan answered easily.

”What do you mean by that? You're asking to get a share of the action?” Mui Hua grunted.

”Mui Hua, calm yourself!” Mui Shan warned him again.

Mui Nuxin hesitated for a moment before looking at Dongfang Lie, as if she was asking for his opinion.

Dongfang Lie was overjoyed. He did not expect his soon-to-be-wife would be willing to listen to his words so quickly.

Dongfang Lie was the one who had invited Mo Fan over, and was utterly convinced of Mo Fan's capabilities. He said to Dongfang Mo, ”Uncle, Mo Fan was my classmate, and we were also teammates during the World College Tournament. I'm very familiar with his strength. I don't think anyone is a more suitable candidate than him... Besides, Fanxue Mountain is about to become a main district of the Feiniao Headquarters City. I believe we can consider working with them; that way, we won't have to rely on the military so much!”

Even Mo Fan was dumbfounded by Dongfang Lie's words.

Mo Fan was only planning to take part in the operation himself. He did not want to involve Fanxue Mountain, but Dongfang Lie seemed quite willing to cooperate with Fanxue Mountain. It was quite a surprise for him.

”I believe it's necessary to sit down and discuss it,” Mui Nuxin said.

”I didn't mean something so complicated...” Mo Fan was about to explain himself when Zhao Manyan stopped him by looking him in the eye. Mo Fan realized what Zhao Manyan was trying to tell him, and immediately shut up.

”How about this? Let's focus on the marriage for today, and you can come to Fanxue Mountain as our guests some other day to have a tour around and check the place out. We don't have to come to an agreement right away, but we can still keep in contact with one another. Fanxue Mountain was established quite recently. We might need the help of renowned clans like yours in many areas... Of course, if you aren't willing to share the fire vein, we won't pry into it either, but I believe Fanxue Mountain is capable enough to take on the job,” Zhao Manyan said on behalf of Mo Fan.

”Mm, that's reasonable,” Mui Nuxin nodded.

Dongfang Lie nodded in agreement, too.

The elders clearly had to discuss the matter further. They exchanged glances with one another and smiled, agreeing to pay a visit to Fanxue Mountain sometime.

”It's supposed to be a day of celebration. Let's not waste our time on some serious matters. We shall let the young ones go have some fun, and the rest of us will enjoy some tea and have a casual chat here,” Mui Shan's wife said.

”That will do!”

”Yeah, it's a good day today.”

Mui Nujiao and Mui Nuxin led Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, Qi Shan, and the others to another hall.

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Back in the main hall, Mui Shan sat down closer to Dongfang Mo. The two obviously had no intention to leave the topic for another day. They immediately started discussing it again.

Mui Shan was the first to ask, ”Brother Dongfang, what do you think?”

”Mo Fan has the extremely rare Flame Belle as his Contracted Beast. I believe the odds of the operation succeeding are extremely low without the Flame Belle's help. Most importantly, Mo Fan is very strong, and the Fire Element is his primary Element! He's even stronger than my nephew Dongfang Lie. Also, you know how reputable he is now. He's even comparable to a Councilman. It's a wise choice to cooperate with him,” Dongfang Mo replied thoughtfully.

”I think so too, and Fanxue Mountain is a fleshy piece of meat, too...” Mui Shan exclaimed.

”I'm not too familiar with Fanxue Mountain; you will have to explain it to me,” Dongfang Mo said.

”Fanxue Mountain has great potential, and it's a fresh piece of land. It has unlimited opportunities, but they weren't able to find any reliable business partners because of the Mu Clan's intervention. The Mu Clan has been annexing a lot of the smaller clans to drive renowned clans that aren't willing to submit to them, like us, away. We won't have to be worried about what the Mu Clan thinks anymore. Why don't we just cooperate with Fanxue Mountain instead?” Mui Shan said.

”But the Mu Clan...”

”Brother, do you really think the Mu Clan will give up on the thought of annexing us if we compromise?” Mui Shan said.

”They are a bunch of greedy assholes. They are clearly trying to eradicate every potential threat.”

”Exactly, if we don't find another way under the current circumstances, we are seriously going to find ourselves heading for a downfall. Besides, the Mu Clan wouldn't dare do anything reckless, considering how reputable Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue are. They would at most trouble Mu Ningxue a little, but they wouldn't dare touch Mo Fan at all. We are working directly with Mo Fan. I won't believe Mu Gong would bother troubling him if it's going to ruin his reputation. Even the Mu Clan's pet dog, the Dali Clan, is about to exceed us; it's time to make a decision!” Mui Shan said.

Dongfang Mo hesitated for quite some time. He finally nodded and said, ”I won't let our Dongfang Clan become the Mu Clan's dog!”

”Isn't it the same for our Mui Clan, too?”