Immortal Clan: Starting from Managing a Blessed Land.

Chapter 41: Kill the external thieves and eliminate the internal traitors!
Hu Youyuan successfully infiltrated the business world, and in the following decades the Hu family was also willing to invest heavily.

Not only did he send his own alchemy genius to the merchants, he also refined countless pills for them.

And it has been cultivated many times.

There is no problem at ordinary times, but he only lies at critical moments and when passing on important information.

In recent decades, however, merchants have repeatedly failed to establish a foundation.

Naturally, he contributed a lot to it!
For a moment, everyone was furious.

The Hu family is really good at scheming.

With just the investment of a small alchemist, he successfully made it impossible for anyone in the business world to build a foundation for decades.

A huge profit!
At this time, Shang Ting suddenly asked:

"Then how did you get in touch with the Hu family? Who was the person you were in contact with?"

Hu Youyuan answered mechanically as usual:
"The method of contact is through regular communication via [letter paper]."

"The person who was in charge of connecting with me was originally Hu Yizhi, the head of the Hu family's foreign affairs department. He was the only one who knew my true identity."

"Now I don't know who the elder who is contacting me is, because when Hu Yi died, there was also a business spy discovered in the Hu family."

"So the foreign affairs elder who took over thirty years ago asked me to conceal my true identity when I took over. Until now, even the top leaders of the Hu family only know that I am a senior figure in the business community, but they don't know my specific identity."

After hearing what he said, everyone was horrified.

No wonder no one noticed it for decades. In order to prevent intelligence leaks, they even deceived themselves!

The top leaders of the Hu family are indeed cunning!
Shang Ting pondered in his heart:

"I see. No wonder he also has bad luck, just like the rest of my business."

Because of this, even the Hu family doesn’t know Hu Youyuan’s true identity.

Naturally, they would regard the apparent 'Shang Yaoze' as an enemy as well, or even a serious threat.

The Hu family's foreign affairs patriarch who took over at that time was very clever in this move.

This move not only prevented the leakage of their own intelligence, but also inadvertently plugged the loophole in Hu Youyuan's luck!

Shang Rucai then continued to question.

As for whether there are other traitors in the Hu family, Hu Youyuan doesn't know.

In order to carry out his mission, he did not marry or have children, and lied to others that he had lost his fertility due to erysipelas.
"I see."

On the side, Shang Yue'er's face was slightly gloomy, and then a look of relief appeared on her face after she realized what was going on.

As for the Hu family, they are now asking Shang Youyuan to obtain a lot of information.

It includes detailed information on the mining front and defense deployment in the merchant city.

The most important thing, of course, is the specific foundation-building information of Shang Haoran, the second-in-command of the family!
Upon hearing this, everyone became nervous.

Fortunately, the matter was kept strictly confidential, and Hu Youyuan was unaware of it. He only knew that Shang Haoran had disappeared recently.
Hearing this, Shang Rucai stopped and said to everyone:

"I will take him away and detain him first. I need to interrogate him in detail about what information he leaked and his specific deeds."

"Yes!"

Shang Ting and everyone else received the order.

Shang Rucai looked at Shang Ting with favor.

He smiled and took out a set of golden and purple soft armor from his storage ring, handed it to Shang Ting, and said:

"Xiaoting, in the past two days, you have killed the external thieves and eliminated the internal traitors, which has made two great contributions to the family!"

"This is a first-level top-grade magical weapon, [Golden Purple Soft Armor]. Its defense is unrivaled among first-level magical weapons. I will give it to you as a reward!"

Shang Ting took it.

Everyone saw that the golden and purple soft armor was shining brightly and was quite extraordinary.

The top-level magic weapon is so dazzling that this soft armor can withstand some of the Foundation Establishment Realm treasures.

It is the ultimate in the Qi training realm, and is the treasure that countless Qi training monks dream of! For a time, everyone envied it.

This is the treasure that the master of the family once wore when he was at the peak of his Qi training!
However, Shang Ting was able to remove the traitor who was causing great harm to the merchant family with just a blood magic, which was indeed a great achievement!
Everyone looked at Shang Ting with admiration in their eyes.

When Shang Yue'er's family elder heard this, he was slightly surprised and said:
"Master, are you saying that Xiaoting killed a foreign thief in the past two days?"

Shang Rucai nodded slightly and said loudly:
"You don't know that just yesterday, the Hu family launched a surprise attack based on the mine information revealed by this thief!"

"It resulted in several casualties in our business at the beginning, and Xiaoting happened to go to the front line to kill the Hu family monks in order to get their blood."

As he spoke, he pointed to the ground and the Hu family uniform that Shang Ting had taken out.

Then he continued:

"And he happened to run into an elite cultivator of the Hu family. Not only did he save Fan Yan, Xiao Pang, and Shang Ling, he also fought one against six, killing five of them in the middle stage of Qi training and one in the late stage of Qi training!"

"Then he led the family monks to repel the Hu family's surprise attack! He saved the family mine!"

"I got the good news last night, and was about to announce it this morning when Xiaoting discovered another traitor!"

When these words were spoken, all the alchemists present were shocked.

Especially that sentence, he fought one against six and killed five people in the middle stage of Qi training and one in the late stage of Qi training!
The combat power is exaggerated.

The traitor was discovered today, and he was even more courageous and resourceful!
Shang Ting, who had been silent in the family for five years, showed his extraordinary skills today.

On the side, Shangguan Li was shocked.

Yesterday, Shang Ting only said that he was going to the front line to get blood, but who knew that he would do such a big thing that alarmed Huangyan Mountain.

After five years of living together day and night, she knew that Shang Ting was no ordinary person.

But no one expected that he had such strong abilities in fighting.

"So, Brother Ting can go to Liang State to avenge me now, right?"

Shangguan Li's heart moved.

But then he shook his head secretly:
"Now that the family is in crisis, we should wait until we are through this crisis."

Amid the surprised gazes of the crowd, Shang Ting bowed and replied:
"Thank you, Patriarch, for the treasure!"

"Haha, our business has produced another pillar of talent!"

Shang Rucai clapped his hands and laughed, very satisfied, and then said:
"Very good, everyone. I want to strike while the iron is hot today and start a campaign to eradicate traitors in the family. I will use your bloodline sensing as a means to see if there are any spies from the Hu family in the family!"

Everyone took orders:

"Yes!"

Soon, the news that the mine front was attacked and Shang Yaoze was captured spread throughout the family.

Led by Shang Ting, they launched a campaign to eliminate traitors by testing their bloodlines.

This time, with the triple protection of luck, bloodline and Hu Youyuan's intelligence, Shang Ting was able to find two more traitors in the clan.

As for the mortal spies in the Shangjia City, the city was locked down for investigation and they were all caught in one fell swoop.

Not only did they achieve the goal of eliminating the traitor, but they also got a lot of intelligence about the Hu and Yao families from the spy.

At the same time, Shang Ting’s outstanding achievements quickly spread throughout the Huangyan Mountains after a few days of fermentation.

His fame suddenly skyrocketed both inside and outside the family, and his status within the clan even more so, and he continued to rise steadily.

In the past, the elders' impression of Shang Ting was that he was a talented new alchemist.

This performance really shocked many people.

Another great benefit of this reputation is reflected on the front line of the Tiger Copper Mine.

The Hu family suffered heavy losses and failed to gain anything. They were so cautious and never dared to invade again.

Unless the foundation-building stage is taken, the Hu family elder will never let the young disciples in the Qi training stage go and fight with Shang Ting.

Coupled with the sudden loss of contact with the insider, two major incidents in succession caused the mine war to cool down instantly.
(End of this chapter)