Negotiations with the Three Sects

"Sect Master, I think it's fine to let the Truth Light Temple, Peach Blossom Mountain and the Single Sword Sect get their share of these resources as long as they buy them from the Crown Prince." Xiao Chen spat out his opinion.

"What if they are not willing to pay?" Jiang Kun asked further.

In Xiao Chen's opinion the three groups would not go so far as to ask Yin Song for resources without spending any money. As the strongest group of the white sect, these three are the role models of other sects so they won't act like robbers.

"They could get the resources without paying but in return they have to lend the support to the Crown Prince against Prince Feng's camp. It's just that I don't think the Crown Prince will be able to provide resources to the three sects at the same time even if he no longer provides resources to the twenty supporting sects as well as the other four noble families." Xiao Chen smiled bitterly.

"Chen'er, are you sure you can fulfill the resources purchased by these three groups. Their finances were arguably better than even the Han Empire's, it would be easy for the Truth Light Temple, Single Sword Sect or Peach Blossom Mountain to take out a hundred or two hundred thousand pieces of gold. Which means you have to provide three to six hundred thousand gold pieces worth of resources." Jiang Kun took a deep breath, according to him the amount of resources was extraordinary and would greatly increase the strength of any sect that obtained them.

Xiao Chen thought for a moment before replying, "Sect Master, as long as they don't have any specific requests for resources they want, I'm pretty sure they can provide them but should they want some kind of pill or other, it will take time to fulfill them."

Jiang Kun stroked his beard for a few moments before nodding slowly and leading Xiao Chen to the dining room.

Yin Song treated the three guests well, Fanzheng praised the dishes prepared by him. The monks of the Truth Light Temple did not eat meat as part of their monastic life.

Wushang seemed to have less of an appetite as his mind was still on resource matters while Sumei chose to focus her attention on the dish in front of her.

Jiang Kun approached Yin Song and whispered something to him without attracting the attention of the three great warriors. Yin Song's face became even brighter after hearing the contents of the whisper.

After finishing their meal, Wushang immediately urged to continue their previously postponed discussion, his attitude made Fanzheng smile bitterly and Sumei snort in annoyance as she felt humiliated by Wushang's attitude.

"Elders, this matter of resources, How about this…" Yin Song started to explain to the three according to Jiang Kun's discussion with Xiao Chen.

Wushang was the first to show a look of displeasure. He didn't expect Yin Song to refuse to tell the origin of the resources but instead asked him and two other people to buy resources from him.

The three of them had already realized the Han Empire didn't have this kind of resource gathering ability, they assumed Yin Song had managed to establish a relationship with a group capable of selling large amounts of resources.

The Truth Light Temple, Single Sword Sect and Peach Blossom Mountain came to Yin Song in hopes that the Crown Prince would connect representatives of these three groups with the peddler.

If Yin Song were to mediate, the three realized Yin Song would benefit from every transaction and the best resources would not necessarily go to these three groups or at least the amount of resources they got would be less than the money they spent.

Fanzheng and Sumei looked at each other, they thought this was still acceptable. Seeing the reactions of the other two representatives left Wushang speechless.

Yin Song also offers to provide resources with his own funds but in exchange the three factions support him to stop the Five Color Flag from supporting Prince Feng.

This offer was immediately rejected by Fanzheng, followed by Wushang and Sumei. The objective of the three came for resources not to start a war with the Five Color Flag.

Yin Song couldn't help but smile faintly at the rejection, at least he still managed to build a relationship with the three strongest white sect groups.

Although these three factions would not attack Prince Feng and the Five Color Flag, they would protect him to a certain extent as Yin Song was the only link between the three factions and the mysterious resource dealer.

Xiao Chen, Jiang Kun and Yin Song both breathed a sigh of relief at having handled this situation well.

Fanzheng and Sumei were planning to place one of their members at Yin Song's residence as a liaison while Wushang had yet to make a decision.

Yin Song smiled broadly, he understood that even though they only sent one warrior each, they had indirectly shown their support for him.

After the banquet, Yin Song chatted with Fanzheng while Wushang took his leave. On the other hand, Sumei took Jiang Kun to talk to him.

"Sect Master Jiang, I heard that there is a brat named Xiao Chen in the Valley of the Hundred Swords. Does this child sound familiar to you?" asked Sumei.

"Chen'er? Of course I know him." Jiang Kun called Xiao Chen over to him and introduced him to Sumei.

"Hmm? The child I'm looking for seems to be around 8 or 9 years old."

"Elders, Junior is indeed 8 years old now." Xiao Chen said as he gave his respects.

Sumei raised her eyebrows, she thought Xiao Chen was at least 14 years old. It was unexpected that he was still so young with such a physique. Sumei then stretched out her hand on Xiao Chen's wrist, checking the quality of the bone.

"Oh, young man your bone quality is very good and has high martial talent, no wonder Elder Lin chose you." Sumei's attitude changed slightly after knowing the quality of Xiao Chen's bones.

"Elder Lin?" Jiang Kun was now the astonished one.

Sumei explained that some time ago she was still on Peach Blossom Mountain and learned some interesting information, Elder Lin was referring to Lin Fan, one of the five strongest heroes of her sect.

"Elder Lin has a granddaughter who is extremely talented, many other Elders have tried to match Elder Lin's granddaughter with their descendants but Elder Lin said his granddaughter already has ties with a boy named Xiao Chen from the Valley of the Hundred Swords." Sumei said so while chuckling.

From Sumei's story, Xiao Chen caught a name quite famous among the Peach Blossom Mountain Elders. Sumei felt that even though Xiao Chen didn't have any internal strength yet, he had a bright future. Not to mention that Sumei could see Xiao Chen had a strange aura enveloping his body, making him look so dignified and dashing.

Sumei acknowledged that Lin Fan's choice was not bad, moreover that Xiao Chen seemed to be close to Jiang Kun and would become an important figure of the Valley of the Hundred Swords in the future.

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