270 Striking a Deal (1/2)
”We would be happy to provide any herbs we have,” Gu Bing'Er and Yuan Bailong both promised. ”Gold is also no problem as we can provide you with a handsome amount of wealth. We'd be happy to give you our support too; we are grateful for this deal after all.
”But these are something that our families can provide, not something from our Rising Sun Association, so what should our association provide you with in return?”
”Merits,” Xue Wei grinned. ”Here, merit points are everything, so we have a great need for many merits;naturally, we will need to get our hands on as many as we can.”
”Merits are not impossible,” Yuan Bailong affirmed with a nod. ”I am sure that the entire Yuan branch is willing to trade all their merit points to become much stronger. Those who do not wish to use their merits don't need to, but they should not expect to get a piece of the pie then.”
Hearing his decisive answer, Xue Wei was initially surprised, but he soon smiled and felt much better. He had been worried about how he should get his hands on the merit points to provide for himself and the others, but now it seemed that it was more than possible.
”Well then, go home and discuss with your families,” Xue Wei smiled at them. He was aware that the families would not go against the wishes of these two young people, but he also understood that they could not make the final decision as they did not have the authority to speak for the entire family.
They nodded their heads in response and finished the last of their tea. ”We will return to our families right away and hand over your proposal. We will return tomorrow morning with an answer.”
Although they were not in the same families, the relationship between the Yuan and the Gu family appeared to be good, and their families worked similarly, so they were naturally in agreement with the other's response.
Xue Wei nodded his head and led the two guests out the door. There were still many waiting outside, and when they saw them exit the house, they exploded into a huge uproar.
Many could piece together that they had managed to come to some sort of agreement, and they were all curious to know exactly what kind of agreement it was. However, neither Gu Bing'Er nor Yuan Bailong said anything, both of them instead gathered the men and women they had left outside the courtyard and exited right away, aiming to return to their families as soon as possible.
It did not take long before the rumors about Xue Wei meeting those two spread, and everyone started to wonder what the deal they could have made might be.
But while the rumors started circulating, Xue Wei was busy in the pill refinement room, refining batch after batch of Qi Purity Pills.
They were not difficult to create, and the herbs needed to make them were plentiful in his storage treasure. Unfortunately, because they were not difficult, he did not gain much benefit from refining them either, his spiritual energy level not rising by anything noteworthy.
Still, it did not make him any less focused while refining pills. His eyes never left the cauldron, and his movements were fluid and smooth; clearly, he was now much more experienced with the refinement process and was capable of creating quite a few pills rather quickly.
He concocted pills for the entire day and night, not stopping until the sun had started to rise.
Although the difficulty of refining the Qi Purity Pill was rather low, it still required spiritual energy to control and use the flames, so by the end, he had consumed all the spiritual energy within his mind palace, it was now completely empty.
Returning to the room, he found some pills that replenished spiritual energy and sat down to cultivate while circulating the medicinal energy in his body, slowly feeling how his drained out mind was slowly becoming alive again.
His Golden Dragon had lost much of its luster when he had used all his spiritual energy, but it was quickly returning to its dazzling shade of gold that it usually had, making him feel refreshed and renewed within a few hours.
The morning came and together with it was Gu Bing'Er and Yuan Bailong. Both of them were there early, yet not too early, as they feared that they would trouble Xue Wei and the others.
When they arrived, it was around the time for breakfast to have finished, and they quickly entered the house with excited expressions on their faces.
As soon as they entered the guest room, both of them began recounting what happened after they had left the previous day.
”When we left, we went straight for our families' homes in the courtyard,” Yuan Bailong said with a smile on his face. ”I requested a meeting with the grand elder and the patriarch, and after telling both of them about the situation, they were eager to know more about you.
”When they heard that we could potentially become a more prominent family due to the advantages you described about becoming more powerful Qi cultivators, they were especially eager to try it out. Not long after, they called all the elders to a meeting to decide whether or not we should accept this offer or let it go.
”There were a few elders who do not believe that humans should bother with Qi cultivation, and a few who were worried that splitting our attention would cause us to become weaker.”
Yan Bailong had started to appear concerned as he was recounting, but he could not help his lips curling into a smile as he finished, ”but even so, the majority were eager to try it out, and in the end, we received permission to continue this business deal with you.”