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Chapter 3454: The Wu Family is Very Short of Money

A young master of this generation of the Wu family and two Wu family elders clearly didn't know how to answer Lin Moyu's question.

Lin Moyu realized his question wasn't appropriate and changed his approach. "Is the Wu family short of money? Wu Jiuyuan, you answer!"

Wu Jiuyuan said, "Yes, the Wu family is very short of money."

Lin Moyu was clearly surprised by this answer. The Wu family needing money was one thing, but how could they be short to this extent?

From what was currently known, the Wu family's money-making speed, at least in the Rift Wind Cliff area, was even faster than the Lu Feng Chamber of Commerce.

"Explain how you're short of money," Lin Moyu pressed.

At this point, Little Mei also pricked up her ears, listening attentively.

Wu Jiuyuan said, "I don't know exactly how we're short of money, but I know the family is very short of money. Every expenditure has to be carefully accounted for, and money that shouldn't be spent definitely isn't spent. All the cultivation needs of the younger generation are very precisely calculated. Not even one extra pill would be given."

Lin Moyu looked at Wu Xingguang. "You continue."

Wu Xingguang said, "The family is indeed short of money. Every month, we're given a fixed amount. It's enough, but there's definitely no surplus."

"Moreover, the family head often says that the family doesn't have enough money and we need to spend frugally."

Lin Moyu looked at Wu Bingchuan. "Do you have anything to add?"

Wu Bingchuan replied, "Many things in the family are only known by a few elders. Even the family head isn't very clear. The total annual expenditure of the family is handled by Elder Lingxu. How much money can be spent in a year is also directly given by him."

Little Mei found this more and more intriguing. It was the first time she had heard of such a thing.

She understood the principle of saving, but saving to this extent wasn't called saving anymore, it was called being stingy.

There would always be some waste in pill materials, but the Wu family could be stingy to the point of not wasting even a single pill.

If this was really the case, the Wu family shouldn't be short of money. Yet the Wu family was still very short of money.

To be precise, they were short of Origin crystals.

Every year, the Wu family would take many treasures to exchange for Origin crystals at the Lu Feng Chamber of Commerce, and these Origin crystals would ultimately disappear to an unknown destination.

After listening, Lin Moyu had already locked his target on Rift Wind Cliff.

He felt that the reason for the Wu family's situation must be related to Rift Wind Cliff.

Rift Wind Cliff was divided into two areas: the core and the periphery. Only Wu family members could enter the core area, and each Wu family member only had one chance to enter after becoming a Dao Venerable.

Unless they could become a ninth-level elder, they would never be allowed to enter a second time in their lifetime.

This was an iron rule of the Wu family. It was the same for Wu Xingguang, Wu Jiuyuan, and even Wu Xingchen, who was currently designated as the next family head.

They had all only entered Rift Wind Cliff once. Wu Bingchuan and Wu Jiuyuan didn't gain any benefits from it, only Wu Xingguang obtained the Heaven-Seeking Seal mark, which was considered some benefit.

Wu family members all knew that there were many treasures in the core area of Rift Wind Cliff, but not everyone had the fortune to obtain them.

As for the peripheral area, that was used by the Wu family to make money.

As for how they made money, they weren't very clear. The Wu family's business was handled by dedicated people.

After this round of questioning, Lin Moyu had a preliminary impression of the Wu family.

This was a family with strict rules, almost to the point of having no human touch, everything oriented towards profit.

Everyone had to contribute to the Wu family. Once they lost their value, they would become discarded pieces, becoming tools of the Wu family, spending the rest of their lives seeking benefits for the Wu family.

After putting the three back, Lin Moyu smiled and said, "Alright, in a couple of days we'll go to Wind City. Then we'll enter Rift Wind Cliff and see if we can solve the mystery of the Wu family's greed for money."

Little Mei was quite interested. "Great! With Teacher here, we'll definitely solve the mystery."

Her eyes were burning with curiosity, her face full of interest.

Two days later, Lin Moyu and Little Mei boarded the Wu family's warship heading to Wind City.

The warship was full of people, about a thousand in total.

This was just the number from Wind One City. Besides this, there were Wind Two City, Three City, and so on.

The Wu family had a total of eighteen satellite cities like Wind One City, and the warships made several round trips every day. One can imagine how many people entered and left Wind City every day.

The warship's flight route was fixed. Lin Moyu discovered that the warship was actually flying within a formation group.

This formation group was very large. If one didn't fly along the fixed route, they would trigger the formation group and be attacked.

The Wu family used this method to turn Wind City into a paradise isolated from the world.

After flying for an hour, Wind City appeared in view.

It was a huge city, the entire city wrapped in fierce winds, sealed tightly.

To enter or exit, one could only use specific routes. Otherwise, they couldn't get in or out.

If one tried to force their way in, even a Dao Venerable would be killed by the formation.

The warship steadily stopped at the gate of Wind City. Everyone disembarked in an orderly manner. When passing through the city gate, everyone was given a token.

The token had a number on it, which wasn't fixed but would constantly decrease.

Every hour, the number would decrease by one. When everyone first received the token, the number was ten.

This meant they could stay in Wind City for ten hours.

If they wanted to stay longer, they could pay Origin crystals through the token at any time to increase the time.

To stay an extra hour in Wind City, one had to pay a third-grade Origin crystal, which was very expensive.

This also meant that most of the people who came here were cultivators at the Heavenly Venerable realm or above. Ordinary cultivators simply couldn't afford it.

If one didn't pay Origin crystals, they had to leave Wind City before the number reached zero. Otherwise, they would be attacked by the formation.

This method fully demonstrated the Wu family's greed for money.

At first, Little Mei didn't understand why so many people wanted to come to Wind City when it was so expensive.

After entering Wind City, she realized that a large part of those people came for various materials in Wind City.

There were many shops in Wind City, most of them run by Wu family members, selling various materials related to the Wind Great Dao.

There were also various wind-related spirit foods and pills, many of which couldn't be bought elsewhere.

The entire Wind City could be said to be a holy land for those comprehending the Wind Great Dao.

Moreover, comprehending the Wind Great Dao in Wind City had a twice-the-result-with-half-the-effort effect, so people came no matter how expensive it was.

Some people had deep backgrounds and wealthy families. They could stay in Wind City for many years, both for cultivation and for seeking treasures.

This time, with a large number of precious treasures appearing in Rift Wind Cliff, plus those coming to seek treasures, the number of people was even greater.

The Wu family controlled the number of people entering Wind City. They only let in as many as left each day, maintaining good order in Wind City.

Lin Moyu and Little Mei went directly to the Lu Feng Chamber of Commerce in the center of Wind City. Lin Moyu revealed his high-level membership status and was quickly led to a private room on the second floor.

A moment later, the door of the private room opened, and an old acquaintance walked in.

Lu Zeng greeted Lin Moyu, "Mr. Lin, long time no see!"

Lin Moyu smiled and said, "Congratulations, Elder Lu, on your great progress in cultivation, becoming an eighth-level elder!"

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