Counterattack

Under Xiao Yan's, the Young Clan Leader's, command, everyone in the Xiao Clan acted as if they were blind, completely ignoring the two types of pills launched by the Oba Clan and the Galio Clan that were taking away the Town Market's business.

All the Xiao Clan disciples continued with their daily routines, still cultivating, gathering herbs, and hunting Magical Beasts for Magic Cores every day.

Two months passed in this way, and the Xiao Clan's Town Market business plummeted. The once bustling Town Market, full of people and traffic, now only had ordinary people coming to buy daily necessities. Because of the pills, all cultivators had moved from the Xiao Clan's Town Market to the Ao Jia Market.

The allure of the pills naturally drove the flow of people and boosted the turnover of other shops, making the daily turnover of the Ao Jia Market several times, even ten times, higher than that of the Xiao Clan.

"Xiao Yan-ge, the Clan Leader wants to see you. He wants you to go to the Meeting Hall," Xiao Mei said, running up to Xiao Yan as he returned from his cultivation outside.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "I know, I'll go over now."

Xiao Mei followed Xiao Yan, her eyes fixed on his back. She suddenly asked curiously, "Xiao Yan-ge, the Canaan Academy will start recruiting in two months. Will you participate in the Canaan Academy's recruitment?"

Xiao Yan thought for a while, then, with his back to Xiao Mei, said, "I don't know. I'll tell you later."

Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei went straight to the Meeting Hall. As Xiao Yan expected, not only was Xiao Zhan there, but the Three Elders were also present. However, the Three Elders were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, pacing back and forth.

Seeing Xiao Yan's arrival, the Third Elder, who was the most anxious, hurriedly grabbed Xiao Yan and asked, "Xiao Yan, it's been two months. How long do we have to wait?"

"Damn it, I really can't take it anymore. In these two months, our clan's profits have dropped by at least 60%. If this continues, all of our Xiao Clan's industries will go bankrupt. Half of the shops in the Town Market have already closed and moved to their side. If this continues, we won't even need to rent out the shops in our Town Market. We can just close it down," the Second Elder said angrily, his face full of ferocity.

"Indeed, we can't delay any longer," the Great Elder said slowly, exhaling. "Although Master Gu Ni of the Mittel Auction House has refined hundreds of bottles of healing medicine for our clan, that's too little and can't attract enough customers. Now, the remaining shop owners in the Town Market are all panicking."

Xiao Zhan's face was equally unsightly. Although he had always believed in his son, it had been two months. The Galio Clan and the Oba Clan were making more and more money, and those two kinds of pills were selling more and more expensively, but the more expensive they were, the more people bought them. They were sold out every day.

"Yan'er, how much longer do we have to wait? I'm afraid the clan won't be able to hold on."

Xiao Yan slowly sat down, turning the Storage Ring on his right middle finger with his left hand. After thinking for a while, he said, "Time will tell."

"Xiao Mei, go to the Town Market now and compile a list of all the shop owners who have moved from our Xiao Clan's Town Market to the Ao Jia Market in the past two months. The rent for these people and their direct relatives to rent shops in our Xiao Clan's Town Market will be increased by half, and they can only be given short-term leases. From now on, all the rent for the shops that are still in our Town Market will be reduced by half."

Xiao Mei was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, Xiao Yan-ge."

Xiao Yan looked at the Three Elders and took out a list of medicinal herbs, saying, "Three Elders, please go to the west, south, and north of the city tomorrow morning and buy all the low-level medicinal herbs on the list at a price 20% higher than the market price. Also, raise the price and issue a purchase list to acquire the herbs found by the folk herb-collecting groups."

The Three Elders glanced at the list of medicinal herbs. No one questioned Xiao Yan's decision, and they all copied a list.

"Dad, tomorrow you go to the Mittel Auction House and discuss with Ya Fei-jie that our Xiao Clan wants to buy low-level medicinal herbs. We want as many as the Auction House has, and the price can be 20% higher than the market price," Xiao Yan said slowly.

Xiao Zhan frowned and asked doubtfully, "Yan'er, do you want to monopolize the raw materials for pill refining from the source and prevent them from refining pills? But how did you know the pill formula of their First-Rank Alchemist?"

Xiao Yan smiled and said nonchalantly, "These low-level medicinal herbs are the ones whose prices have soared in the past two months. The only explanation for the soaring prices of medicinal herbs in the entire Wutan City is that someone is buying them in large quantities. And the only one who needs so many low-level medicinal herbs is the pills refined by that First-Rank Alchemist."

Everyone suddenly understood. It could be done like this.

Xiao Zhan waved his hand and said, "Everyone, do as Yan'er says. Remember to be discreet."

"Yes, Clan Leader!"

The next morning, the Xiao Clan was still the same on the surface, but undercurrents were surging in the interior. The Three Elders and Xiao Zhan had also disappeared early in the morning.

At this time, in the Xiao Clan's Town Market, Liu Xi, the First-Rank Alchemist who was one of the culprits of the whole incident, was very excited. Because not far away, he had just met the object of his love at first sight.

Liu Xi made no attempt to hide the greedy expression in his eyes, and his eyes swept over Xun Er wantonly.

With a *thud*, Xiao Ning exchanged a palm strike with one of the other party's guards. Xiao Ning, who had only recently reached the level of Dou Zhe, suffered a disadvantage in combat skills and was knocked back a few steps.

"Tch, a mere one-star Dou Zhe dares to stand up for others."

Mocked by Liu Xi, Xiao Ning's face was flushed, and he glared at him with red eyes. Xiao Ning, who had completed the military order and obtained the Gathering Qi Pill, had already broken through to Dou Zhe. But he was still too young and not a match for those guards at all.

Xiao Yu, who was on the side, had an icy expression and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Ning, come back. You're still too weak."

Xiao Ning walked to Xiao Yu's side, full of unwillingness. As Xiao Yu said, he was still too weak. Dou Zhe was only just beginning to enter the threshold of cultivation.

You must know that a First-Rank Alchemist needs at least the strength of a Dou Zhe to purify medicinal herbs. The object of comparison for first-order Magical Beasts is also Dou Zhe, which means that the Dou Qi stage is not a formal cultivator and still belongs to the category of ordinary people.

Liu Xi's eyes lit up slightly and lingered on Xiao Yu's sexy and slender legs. He couldn't help but praise, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, those legs. It seems that my luck is really good today. I wonder if you two are interested in going out with me for a while. If I'm happy, I might reward you with a pill."

Liu Xi deliberately showed off the First-Rank Alchemist badge on his chest.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning frowned. A First-Rank Alchemist? Wouldn't that be the person who refined the Spring Returning Pill and the Little Dou Qi Pill, causing the Xiao Clan to be in a mess? Xiao Yu sneered and said, "A mere First-Rank Alchemist. I've seen even more advanced ones. Xun Er, let's go."

Just as she turned around, several burly men emerged from the crowd, blocking her path with malicious smiles.

Xiao Yu's pretty face sank, and she turned back to Galio and said coldly, "Blocking us in our clan's Town Market? Are you looking for death!"

Galio, who was on the side, said with a smile, "Hehehe, with your current situation, your Xiao Clan's Town Market will be ours soon. I'm just here to take a look at our property in advance."

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