Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 241 Gift Pill
Li Xiangming's haste to return to Tailai Peak was out of necessity.

First, regarding the cooperation discussed by the Geng family, we need to have a detailed discussion with the family head and elders.

Secondly, the spiritual herbs from Green Cloud Cave also require the approval of the clan elders.

He also needed to categorize and verify all the information he heard at the wedding.

Li Xiangming enjoyed more benefits and resources from his family, but he also had to shoulder more responsibilities.

Therefore, he spent almost the entire first month of his marriage at Tailai Peak.

The only consolation is that, as the decision-maker, he doesn't need to do everything himself.

During this month, the Li family and the Geng family held secret negotiations and launched several cooperative projects.

This includes the purchase of demonic beasts, Purple Cicada Spirit Sand, and a small amount of Five Yin Pills, as well as the sale of pills and talismans.

The Li family was very cautious when it came to magical artifacts and formations.

The formation itself goes without saying; what the Geng family wants to buy is simply the pre-made formation plate.

However, this thing takes a huge amount of time and effort to make.

The Li family is not a family specializing in array formations. Although they have an array room, the number of array plates they produce each year is still limited. Moreover, most of the array plates are custom-made according to the family's needs, so they naturally won't sell them.

As for the ritual implements, the Li family's considerations were even more far-reaching.

For cultivators, magical artifacts are equivalent to weapons for ordinary people.

Ordinary people can become soldiers as long as they pick up weapons, and soldiers can organize armies to fight the enemy.

What if there are no weapons?
Even the most powerful army will crumble and be easily defeated.

The same applies to monks.

What determines a cultivator's combat strength is their magical power, and what determines the quantity and quality of their magical power is their cultivation realm.

But a certain level of attainment cannot be sought.

More than 90% of cultivators in the cultivation world are still at the Qi Refining stage.

Similarly, the cultivation world has countless mysterious and powerful methods, such as runes, spirit pets, and curses.

However, for the vast majority of cultivators, these external forces are still unattainable.

Throughout history, the most widely circulated and trusted by cultivators, and often playing a crucial role at critical moments, is the magical artifact.

Magical artifacts not only provide powerful offensive and defensive capabilities, allowing cultivators to possess power beyond their own realm, but also reduce mana consumption, essentially making them a cultivator's second life.

To kill a cultivator, one must first overcome the opponent's magical artifact.

Therefore, the quality and quantity of magical artifacts are directly related to the life and death of cultivators.

It also relates to the survival of a cultivation sect.

If the Li family continues to provide magical artifacts to the Geng family, it is tantamount to supporting the Geng family in their war effort, putting them on the brink of war even before the fighting begins.

The Li family is currently completely unable to see what this war means for Danggui Mountain.

Therefore, the Li family chose to be cautious and suppressed the Geng family's request to purchase the magical artifact.

The Li family even declined the service of repairing damaged religious artifacts.

The Geng family was not surprised by this.

The Li family is not known for crafting magical artifacts, so even if they wanted to purchase magical artifacts in large quantities, they would not consider the Li family as a target.

The reason for making these demands was simply to test the Li family's attitude.

Although the Li family refused to sell the ritual implements, they agreed to other transactions.

In particular, the two hundred demonic beasts that the Geng family painstakingly captured have a market, and that's enough.

The Geng family can use these spirit stones to do even more.

Li Xiangming participated in the entire negotiation process with the Geng family.

Together with Geng Shiheng, he drafted most of the details of the cooperation.

To avoid trouble, the Li family did not want outsiders to know about their cooperation with the Geng family.

Therefore, all interactions between the two families took place in Puyin Mountain.

As the head of the animal trapping facility, Li Xiangming took full responsibility for the matter.

However, Li Xiangming did not personally visit Puyin Mountain, but remotely controlled the event from Tailai Peak.

He didn't even have the animal trapping house come forward.

Instead, they demanded that the Mad Lion Demon Hunting Team liaise with the Geng family. Half of the elite members of the Mad Lion Demon Hunting Team were Li Xiangming's men.

He was not worried that Lü Mao would betray him.

At the same time, having the Mad Lion Demon Hunting Team replace the Beast Catching Room in the operation would greatly reduce the risk of the Li family being exposed.

Even if Lü Mao and the others met with an accident, for the Li family, it would only mean the loss of some spirit stones and supplies.

In addition to dealing with the Geng family's affairs, Li Xiangming also introduced Zhang Min to Li Qianxiong.

Zhang Min has matured a lot. In front of the Li family head, she is neither humble nor arrogant. She first talks about the old friendship, then about her current predicament, and finally begs the Li family to buy half of the spiritual herbs that Green Cloud Cave has squeezed out.

But who exactly is Li Qianxiong?
How could they possibly waver in the face of family interests?
For the Li family, the Green Cloud Cave, located far away in Hao County, was no longer of any value.

Even if the Li family wanted to acquire spiritual herbs on a large scale, they would only look for partners in Pu County.

This avoids the risks of long-distance transportation and reduces the loss of personnel and materials.

After all, spirit herbs can be bought in cartloads for just a dozen spirit stones, unlike pills which can be stored in a storage bag.

Li Qianxiong's firm refusal left Zhang Min feeling very unwilling.

She hovered between Li Jiadian's guest room and Li Xiangming, still hoping to seize an opportunity.

Li Xiangming couldn't bear it, so he introduced Li Chenglu to Zhang Min.

If the elders can be persuaded, it will undoubtedly influence the patriarch's decision.

However, Li Chenglu's attitude was exactly the same as Li Qianxiong's.

In the end, Zhang Min's efforts of more than half a month were all in vain.

After staying at Danggui Mountain for several more days, Zhang Min finally bid farewell to Li Xiangming: "Thank you for your hard work, Junior Brother Li."

Li Xiangming sighed, "I am ashamed that I have failed to serve my sect."

"It's not your fault, it's just that our two families are too far apart."

Zhang Min shook her head; the Li family did not look down on the spiritual herbs of Green Cloud Cave.

In fact, after she repeatedly lowered the price, both Li Qianxiong and Li Chenglu were tempted.

However, adhering to their regional principles, neither of them was willing to invest in Zhangning Prefecture.

Zhang Min was helpless in this situation.

Seeing her so disappointed, Li Xiangming hesitated for a moment, then took out a white jade porcelain bottle and handed it over, saying, "Although the transaction failed, our sect has suffered a calamity, and I should express my gratitude. This pill is my token of my appreciation. I hope you will take it to Master safely, Senior Sister."

"This is... the Yellow Dragon Pill?"

Zhang Min took the pill, both surprised and delighted.

"Yes, Huanglong Dan."

Li Xiangming nodded in agreement, admitting that he had specifically sought out and purchased the Yellow Dragon Pill from the Green Sheep Taoist.

In fact, the Li family also had Yellow Dragon Pills in reserve, but the conditions for exchanging them were very strict. Not only did they need a lot of merit points, but they also needed to verify the injuries.

Li Xiangming wasn't injured, so how could he exchange it?
Moreover, the Li family's Yellow Dragon Pills are becoming increasingly rare, and he originally didn't want to touch these treasures.

So they sent someone to Qingyang Temple to inquire.

Although Qingyang Daoist was not a second-level alchemist, he had been involved in the alchemy field for many years and had his own collection of treasures.

This Yellow Dragon Pill is one of them.

Hearing that Li Xiangming wanted to buy it, Qingyang Daoist gave him face and sold it to Li Xiangming for the low price of 700 spirit stones.

Even 700 spirit stones was a huge burden for Li Xiangming.

Fortunately, he received many congratulatory gifts on his wedding day.

After discussing it with Cao Yanjun, he sold all the unimportant or unnecessary items to his family.

That's why they had the confidence to buy Huanglongdan.

Li Xiangming also struggled with whether to give the valuable Yellow Dragon Pill to Green Cloud Cave.

But in the end, he still made his choice.

Regardless, Green Cloud Cave was his sect.

Green Cloud Fairy was his master, with whom he had spent ten years of his life.

(End of this chapter)