Raising the Price
A powerful sound of rushing wind! Xiao Yan grabbed an iron rod and swung it straight at Liu Xi's pale face.
With Xiao Yan's physical strength, even without using fighting skills, this strike would smash Liu Xi's head like a shattered watermelon.
Sensing the deadly intent of the rod, Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning stood frozen in place. Xiao Yan's decisive nature to kill without hesitation completely overturned the gentle image they had of him.
Xiao Yu never imagined that the boy who usually teased her and took advantage of her would be so ruthless when he turned fierce.
Without any mercy! Just as the rod was half an inch away from Liu Xi, Xiao Yan's soul force sensed an incoming danger. He hurriedly abandoned the attack and dodged to the side. A streak of cyan lightning flashed past Xiao Yan's forehead, cutting off two strands of hair that slowly fell to the ground.
"Xiao Yan-gege!" Xun Er's heart was in her throat, and she only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xiao Yan dodge.
After dodging the attack, Xiao Yan supported himself with his left hand and, with a burst of strength from his fingers, performed a one-handed handstand. The moment his feet landed, he twisted his body and threw the rod in his right hand, shooting it straight at Galio, who was standing there in a daze.
Since he couldn't kill Liu Xi, he would kill Galio of the Galio Clan, that little idiot.
With a *snap*, a ruthless iron hand reached out from behind and firmly grabbed the flying iron rod. Galio looked at the iron pipe that almost pierced his eyeball, and his legs went weak, causing him to fall to the ground, trembling.
Even though Xiao Yan had applied the Eight Extremities Collapse, it was still caught by that hand.
There was no way around it; the difference in cultivation between the two sides was too great. Even a Mystic Rank high-level fighting skill at its peak couldn't bridge this enormous gap.
"Such a vicious heart at such a young age!"
After shattering the iron rod with force, two figures appeared from behind Liu Xi and Galio with a sneer.
It was Galio Bi, the head of the Galio Clan, and Oba Pa, the head of the Oba Clan, both Da Dou Shi!
"Whether my son is vicious or not is none of your business. I just like my son to be like me. What are you going to do about it?" Xiao Zhan walked out from behind Xiao Yan with the three elders and a group of guards.
Xiao Zhan patted Xiao Yan's shoulder and gave him a thumbs up in praise, "Well done."
Xiao Yan shrugged, with a dissatisfied expression, and said, "It's a pity I didn't smash their heads into watermelon juice."
Hearing these two father and son singing in harmony, Galio Bi's face turned extremely gloomy. After all, his son had almost died just now!
Xiao Zhan looked at Galio Bi's gloomy face and said, "What? You want to fight? My Xiao Clan is ready to accompany you at any time."
"You!"
Oba Pa grabbed Galio Bi and shook his head. Although their two families had formed an alliance, it was only an economic cooperation alliance. Even if their combined strength was stronger than the Xiao Clan, and they had more Da Dou Shi, it was impossible to start a war with the Xiao Clan.
After all, if they really fought to the death, this alliance would inevitably fall apart, with each side scheming against the other. And most importantly, if they killed Xiao Zhan or destroyed the Xiao Clan, Nalan Jie would definitely come to take revenge.
The matter of Nalan Yanran's annulment of the engagement had been kept secret, and no outsiders knew about it.
Neither of their families could withstand the wrath of a Dou Wang.
"Good, good, just wait, Xiao Zhan!" Galio Bi laughed in anger, left a harsh word, and turned to leave.
When passing by Liu Xi, looking at his frightened appearance, he was speechless to the extreme. How did this person become an Alchemist, such a sacred profession!
Taking a deep breath, he suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Liu Xi, let's go."
"Uh? Ah? What about that girl?" Liu Xi, like a pig, still looked at Xun Er unwillingly.
Galio Bi and Oba Pa's eyelids twitched violently. They almost wanted to slap this brainless idiot to death on the spot. Galio Bi clenched his fists tightly, and after a moment, he forced himself to show an ugly smile: "This matter, let's discuss it at length after we go back. This is not a place to stay for long."
"Oh, oh, then okay." Liu Xi had no choice but to nod reluctantly, and then reluctantly followed Galio Bi away from the Town Market.
At this time, Liu Xi did not notice that there was a strange killing intent hidden in the depths of Xiao Yan's eyes.
Xiao Yan looked at the departing Liu Xi and others and asked, "Father, how did things go?"
Xiao Zhan and the three elders heard Xiao Yan's words, and their faces suddenly became gloomy.
The four of them shook their heads at the same time in confusion. Xiao Zhan sighed and said, "Alas, it failed. We only received a small amount of medicinal herbs from the Mittel Auction House. The other major medicine merchants all said they needed time to consider before giving us a reply."
The Great Elder said, "The major herb-collecting teams in Wutan City are also the same. I estimate that the Oba Clan and the Galio Clan have done something."
Hearing this, contrary to everyone's expectations, Xiao Yan not only did not feel frustrated, but his eyes lit up, with a confident look.
"Yan Er, you guessed it long ago?"
"It's not really guessing. Let's go back and wait first. It shouldn't be long before the major medicine merchants and herb-collecting teams in Wutan City will come to us. We'll just wait," Xiao Yan said confidently and calmly.
Sure enough, that night, the largest medicine merchants and herb-collecting teams in Wutan City came to the Xiao Clan's meeting hall as if they had agreed, to meet with Xiao Zhan to discuss the matter of medicinal herbs.
"Brother Xiao Zhan, I'm really sorry this time. I'm afraid we can't sell the medicinal herbs to you."
Xiao Zhan frowned and said in a deep voice, "These medicinal herbs are not very precious, they are all the lowest-grade medicinal herbs. Our Xiao Clan not only needs a large quantity, but also offers a price that is 20% higher than the market price. I really don't understand why you won't sell them?"
Everyone looked at each other, naturally not wanting to offend Xiao Zhan. After all, the Xiao Clan was the strongest family in Wutan City, and no one wanted to offend them.
"Is it because you went to the Galio Clan and the Oba Clan at noon and told them about our acquisition of medicinal herbs? They offered higher prices, right?" Xiao Yan scraped the tea leaves with the lid of his teacup, and said softly with his head lowered.
The major medicinal herb merchants present swallowed. Although this kind of behavior wasn't wrong, it wasn't good to say it out loud, as it could easily offend people.
Pang! Xiao Zhan slammed the table, the aura of a Da Dou Shi filling the entire hall. Behind him, the faint image of a cyan lion's head appeared, imposing without anger.
"No wonder you only came tonight after we visited you this morning. So you went to the Galio Clan and the Oba Clan in between."
One of the medicinal herb merchants said with a wry smile, "Brother Xiao Zhan, it's not easy for us to do business either. Half a year ago, Clan Head Galio Bi and Clan Head Oba Pa came to us and asked us to provide them with medicinal herbs every month. Moreover, they were willing to pay 30% higher than the market price, so we..."
Just as Xiao Zhan was about to get angry, Xiao Yan interrupted his father and said, "Everyone, don't panic. Our Xiao Clan is also in business, so we naturally understand your difficulties. Buying things has always been about whoever offers the higher price."
"How about this? Our Xiao Clan will offer another price, 50% higher than the market price, and we will sign an agreement with you. Within three years, we will take as much of these four medicinal herbs as you have, and we can give you 10% of the deposit in advance."
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