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Chapter 266 The Su Family's Abacus [Subscription Request]

No, not her!
In the wilderness, Zhou Chun looked at Su Yuzhen with doubt and after looking at her carefully, he shook his head slightly, knowing that he had made a mistake.

Although the two do look 70% alike, if you look closely, you can still see some differences.

Moreover, their cultivation levels are completely different.

However, when he thought that both of them had the surname Su, Zhou Chun immediately knew that these two were probably not mother and daughter, but should have a very close blood relationship.

"Fellow Daoist Su, I accept the concession!"

Staring at a girl is a very impolite thing to do, so when Zhou Chun realized that he had recognized the wrong person, he quickly clasped his hands together and spoke the words of a winner.

He is indeed a winner.

Just now, he had every chance to kill Su Yuzhen on the spot, but in the end he just broke Su Yuzhen's hat and stopped.

It is undeniable that he could have stopped earlier, but if he didn't even damage the corner of his opponent's clothes, how could he make his opponent willingly admit defeat!
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are indeed more skilled. I deserve to lose!"

Su Yuzhen looked at Zhou Chun with complicated eyes, then nodded frankly to admit defeat.

She just raised her hand, and the broken fragments of the hat that Zhou Chun had taken into her hand, and then flew to Su Renmei's side.

At this time, Su Renmei also recovered from Su Yuzhen's defeat.

He glanced at his niece who had returned, then looked at Zhou Chun who was putting his pet into his spirit beast bag. He could not help but sigh to Zhou Daoyi and said, "The Zhou family's python-transforming dragon technique is truly amazing. It is not unfair that Yu Zhen lost today!"

Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but smile when he heard this and said, "Fellow Daoist Su, you are too kind. Miss Su is also very strong, and Zhengchun has also tried his best!"

"Friend Su, since we have won two games in a row, can we proceed with the division of the black crystal mine according to the previous agreement?"

Li Qinghe looked at Su Renmei and spoke about business in a low voice.

Hearing his words, Su Renmei's eyes flickered slightly, and then he replied calmly: "Of course, it's just a black crystal mine, my Su family can't afford to lose!"

After that, he added: "However, if my Su family only takes 30% of the profits, then the mining manpower will also be arranged according to this ratio!"

"That's easy to say. I have no objection."

Li Qinghe nodded and agreed without asking for the opinions of You Liming and Zhou Daoyi.

"In that case, let's go back and send someone to discuss the specific matters!"

Su Renmei waved his hand, and then left the scene with the three Su family monks.

Seeing this, Li Qinghe and the other two also returned to their base with their descendants.

After returning to the base, Li Qinghe looked at You Jinyan and Zhou Chun and said, "This time, thanks to nephew You and nephew Zhou, otherwise our three families would have lost a lot of benefits. When I return to the family, I will definitely report the contributions of the two nephews to the ancestor and prepare generous gifts as a thank you!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Chun immediately responded modestly: "Senior Li, you are too polite. Our three families have always been of the same origin. This is what the younger generation should do."

Then You Jinyan also came back to his senses and nodded, "Yes, Senior Li, you are too polite. I just did what I should do, but I dare not say that to you!"

"My two nephews, there is no need to be modest. I know what I am doing."

Li Qinghe waved his hand, then looked at Li Cunhao who had been silent all the way, and said softly: "Cunhao, go back to your residence to recuperate first. Don't take the temporary win or loss to heart. Your future is definitely not comparable to that of Su Maocai!"

"I understand. I will take my leave now."

Li Cunhao looked at Li Qinghe, nodded, and then quietly retreated.

At this time, You Liming and Zhou Daoyi also asked You Jinyan and Zhou Chun to go back and rest first.

After the younger generations had all left, Li Qinghe spoke up, "Since the Su family is no longer an obstacle, let's immediately explore the black crystal vein. We need to find out the scale of the vein and start mining as soon as possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Daoyi immediately said, "My Zhou family is not good at exploring mineral veins. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, Daoist You."

"That's easy to say. You will bring people over to investigate later."

Yu Liming responded, and then said: "It's easy to explore the mineral veins, but mining requires a lot of manpower. How should this be allocated?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Daoyi immediately expressed his opinion: "My Zhou family is short of manpower, so I'm afraid I can only hire independent cultivators to do this."

Mining is a very dirty and tiring job. In the past, the Zhou family cooperated with the Wang family and other families to mine the Chiyao iron ore. However, many Zhou family cultivators were fed up with the mining tasks and complained about it a lot.

It’s just that the Zhou family was really short of spiritual coins at the time, so they could only ask their clansmen to overcome the difficulties.

Now the Zhou family is not only rich, but also seriously short of manpower. Zhou Daoyi naturally does not want to let his clansmen do this kind of dirty and tiring work anymore.

"It's also good to use independent cultivators. Mining is not something that should be done by people like me."

Youliming nodded slightly, agreeing with what Zhou Daoyi said.

Li Qinghe naturally didn't want a member of the Jindan family to become a miner, so he quickly agreed.

After the three of them discussed it one by one, they basically decided on the general matters of mining the black crystal stone mine.

Then You Liming took two You family foundation-building monks to explore the scale of the black crystal stone vein.

On the other side, after Zhou Daoyi returned to the courtyard where he lived with Zhou Chun, he quickly called Zhou Chun to his room and explained what had just been agreed upon.

Now Zhou Chun is the patriarch of the Zhou family, so these things must have Zhou Chun's consent before they can take final effect.

After hearing the results of the discussion, Zhou Chun nodded in agreement and said, "I agree that the four families should share the mined black crystal ore in proportion. Our Zhou family can reserve more of it. It will be an excellent material for cultivating family refiners in the future."

"I think so."

Zhou Daoyi smiled faintly and thought the same thing as Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun showed a hint of hesitation at this moment, but he couldn't help but say, "Don't you think that Miss Su today is very similar to Senior Su Yunniang who hosted the auction in Xianyun Market?"

"Now that you put it like that, it really is like that."

Zhou Daoyi nodded thoughtfully, and then whispered to himself: "It seems that even if the Su family has become independent, they still have deep connections in the Yuelun Sect!" The fact that Su Yunniang was able to host such a major auction shows how highly she is regarded.

The fact that the Su family can have such a person in the Moon Wheel Sect naturally shows the influence of their family.

Coincidentally, just as Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi were talking about the extremely similar appearance of Su Yuzhen and Su Yunniang, Su Renmei was also talking about him with Su Yuzhen in the Su family stronghold.

"How do you feel about fighting in person today, Yuzhen?"

In a quiet room, Su Renmei looked at the charming face of her niece with a gentle expression, and asked her in a low voice about her opinion on today's fight.

Su Yuzhen understood what he meant. After hearing this, a blush immediately appeared on her face. She said in a weak voice: "His gold-type skills are indeed very domineering and sharp, and his gold energy is vigorous and compelling. He should meet the requirements."

After saying that, he couldn't help but mutter to himself: "But even if he meets the requirements, as the head of the Zhou family, can he really accept that kind of thing?"

Hearing her words, Su Renmei couldn't help but smile and shook her head, saying, "Yuzhen, you are still too young. If you can really marry into our Su family, what does a little face mean? Can their Zhou family still refuse a Jindan family's marriage?"

At this point, he continued slowly, "Besides, as long as we don't tell them and they don't tell us, who else would know?"

"But, but..."

Su Yuzhen's face turned red and she pursed her lips, wanting to say something but unable to really speak it out.

But Su Renmei understood what she meant.

He immediately straightened his face, looked at her sternly and said, "There is nothing to be ashamed of. Since you chose to practice this "Su Nu Xuan Gong" in the beginning, and you practiced it to this level very well, you are destined to find a Taoist partner who can practice with you to help you break the calamity!"

"Besides, my family and my ninth uncle are doing this for your own good. If you can't practice spiritual and sexual cultivation with a suitable Taoist partner before you open up your Purple Mansion, when the emotional calamity comes after you open up your Purple Mansion, you won't just be the one who gets hurt!"

Hearing his words, Su Yuzhen couldn't help but lower his head and said nothing more.

She actually knew that now that she had cultivated to this point, it was too late to say anything.

It was all her fault that she didn't think it through at the beginning, and chose to practice the top-level martial arts "Su Nu Xuan Gong" for some unknown reason, and she successfully practiced it all the way to the late stage of foundation building.

Now she and the Su family can only "make the best of a bad situation" and pay for the serious consequences of this technique.

"It's settled. After the matter of the black crystal stone mine is settled, I, the ninth uncle, will personally discuss this matter with Zhou Daoyi. Zhou Chun is a junior he cultivated and promoted, so he should listen to him!"

Su Renmei looked at the shy niece in front of her and decided the matter immediately.

The Su family didn't have to wait any longer. With Youliming's personal involvement, the scale of the black crystal stone mine was quickly detected.

According to the detection, the black crystal stone mine should be a medium-sized vein with a large storage capacity and good quality.

If fully mined, it should be able to produce nearly 100,000 spirit coins worth of black crystal stone ore every year, enough for continuous mining for more than 30 years.

Calculated in this way, even after deducting the costs such as miners' wages, this mine should be able to generate a net income of more than 70,000 spirit coins each year.

After dividing it among the four families, the Su family will probably get more than 20,000 spirit coins, and the other three families will also earn nearly 20,000 spirit coins. It can be said that the profit is huge!
The four major families were all quite satisfied with this result.

Therefore, a general cooperation agreement was quickly signed by the four parties.

As for the subsequent specific mining matters, they will naturally be arranged and handled by the patriarchs of the four families.

After reaching a general cooperation agreement, Li Qinghe and You Liming took their people back to their families to report to their respective family ancestors.

Zhou Daoyi received Su Renmei's message and deliberately moved a step later.

"Fellow Daoist Su sent a message to ask Zhou to come over. What can I do for you?"

In the Su family's stronghold, Zhou Daoyi, who came alone to the appointment, faced Su Renmei who entertained him alone, and asked the other party's intentions without any hesitation.

Before he came, he was already full of doubts. He didn't understand why Su Renmei would invite him here alone when this was the first time they met and they had no friendship before.

Facing Zhou Daoyi's question, Su Renmei smiled and waved her hand, saying, "Don't worry, Daoist Zhou. Since I invited you here, I must tell you the reason."

As he spoke, he clapped his hands lightly, and Su Yuzhen immediately pushed the door open and came into the quiet room carrying a pot of steaming spiritual tea. He brewed a cup of hot tea for Zhou Daoyi and Su Renmei.

Upon seeing this, Su Renmei immediately raised his hand and said to Zhou Daoyi, "Come, Brother Zhou, please have some tea first. This is the magical tea picked from a thousand-year-old tea tree in our Su family. Even the Jindan-stage cultivators praised it for drinking it. I only have a mere one or two ounces of it in stock!"

Normally, Zhou Daoyi would never drink tea from a cultivator he had just met for a short time.

But the Su family is a prestigious Jindan family, Su Renmei's previous behavior was also very magnanimous, and the spiritual tea produced by the thousand-year-old spiritual tea tree does have an extraordinary appeal.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhou Daoyi still couldn't refuse the other party's enthusiasm, so he could only raise his hand to pick up the steaming hot tea in front of him, nodded slightly and said: "Since Fellow Daoist Su is so enthusiastic, then I will be disrespectful to refuse it."

Then he took a sip of the boiling hot tea.

The body of a Purple Mansion cultivator is so strong that the temperature of the boiling hot tea in his mouth is just right.

The unique tea aroma of the spiritual tea produced by the thousand-year-old spiritual tea tree and the special power of tea to cleanse the mind made Zhou Daoyi feel greatly benefited and enjoyed it very much.

He closed his eyes for a long time before opening them in amazement and exclaiming, "This is really good tea. If I could drink this tea often, what a pleasure it would be!"

Just with that sip of tea, he felt that the soul in his purple palace had been baptized, and seemed to have become a little stronger.

This is not tea, it is clearly a holy medicine that strengthens the soul!

Su Renmei seemed to understand what he was thinking, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and waved his hand, saying: "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you misunderstood. The effect of this tea on strengthening the soul is only effective in the first few times of drinking. After that, it's just for the taste!"

Hearing this, Zhou Daoyi was slightly stunned, and then showed a look of regret.

But he did not suspect that Su Renmei was lying to him.

If this effect of strengthening the soul can really be useful forever, then even a Jindan family like the Su family will definitely not be able to keep such a spiritual object.

He then raised his hand and drank the remaining tea in the cup. After tasting it carefully again, he opened his eyes and looked at Su Renmei and said, "Now, fellow Daoist Su, can you tell me the reason why you asked Zhou to come here today?"

The training course will end tomorrow afternoon, and I should be able to resume updating twice a day the day after tomorrow!
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