Cultivation in a Family: Starting as a Reincarnation of a Core Formation Master

In Qinghefang, due to rumors, the business of more than a dozen shops owned by the Liu family plummeted. Some people even went into the shops not to buy anything, but just to see the Liu family make a fool of themselves.

Some long-term major clients have also been affected; a few have proposed terminating their partnerships, and most of the remaining clients have also suspended their collaborations.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. Liu Qingshi did the math and realized that he had lost nearly a thousand spirit stones because of this message.

It should be noted that this is Qinghefang Market, where every inch of land is extremely valuable. It has never been heard of anyone holding a shop and still losing money. He has truly made history.

On this day, in the reception room of the Liu family shop.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, let's postpone our cooperation for now."

A female cultivator with delicate features glanced at Liu Qingshidao out of the corner of her eye.

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingshan tensed up and quickly said, "Fellow Daoist Mu, our two families have been negotiating for months to reach an agreement on this cooperation. If we postpone it now, all our previous investment will be wasted—that's two thousand spirit stones!"

"Yes, I know your Liu family spends a lot of money, so what I said was to temporarily suspend the cooperation, and we can restart it later."

The female cultivator surnamed Mu chuckled lightly, completely unconcerned.

"Heh, reboot?"

"I, Liu, have been the manager for ten years. Why do you use childish words to fob me off, Fellow Daoist Mu? Perhaps you've already found a new owner?"

Liu Qingshi's face darkened, and his tone became icy.

For the sake of cooperation between the two families, the Liu family contributed both manpower and effort, investing more than two thousand spirit stones. They even said they would postpone the cooperation. What did they take the Liu family for?

"Since that's the case, let's just get straight to the point," the female cultivator surnamed Mu said, her tone lowering slightly.

"My Huanhua Sword Sect doesn't care about your collusion with thieves and robbery of merchant caravans, but your Liu family has a bad reputation for lax family management, treating female cultivators as playthings, and even fathers and sons engaging in incest, violating human ethics. How can my Sword Sect cooperate with you with such a reputation?"

"After all, most of the women in our Sword Sect are unmarried female cultivators. We can't afford to ruin our reputation."

In an instant, Liu Qingshi felt a chill. Just two days ago, it was "one dragon, two phoenixes, and many people together," how did it turn into a father and son having sex?

This damn rumor is getting more and more outrageous!

But having spent years navigating the world, he quickly regained his composure and feigned indifference, saying, "These are just baseless rumors. You wouldn't believe them so easily, would you? Clearly, these are just common, underhanded tactics."

"There's no smoke without fire. If your Liu family really had no problems, these rumors wouldn't have spread so quickly and so widely."

The female cultivator surnamed Mu gently shook her head.

As an outer sect steward of the Huanhua Sword Sect, she was able to verify the authenticity of the information. Indeed, most of the rumors circulating about the Liu family were false.

However, if even one or two of these rumors are true, people will subconsciously believe that all the rumors are true and will fuel the fire, making them spread more and more rampant.

After all, the cultivation world is still mostly made up of low-level rogue cultivators, and these rogue cultivators love to see these "big forces" make fools of themselves. In addition, Liu's reputation is not good, and this time the Liu family is in a terrible predicament.

"Fellow Daoist Mu, my Liu family will handle the rumors ourselves, and they will not affect our cooperation. In addition, my Liu family can offer a 50% discount on this cooperation. Furthermore, I would like to offer you a second-grade Youth Preservation Pill as a token of my appreciation."

Liu Qingshi gritted his teeth and said.

With a 50% discount and the two thousand spirit stones already invested, the Liu family won't make any profit this time, and may even suffer a slight loss, not to mention the second-tier Youth Preservation Pill, which is second only to the Foundation Establishment Pill.

For no other reason than that the Huanhua Sword Sect is a powerful force no less than the Yunxia Sect, and if we can establish a connection through this, it would be a long-term business.

"Sigh, let's just forget about it."

The female cultivator surnamed Mu sighed, shook her head, and turned to leave.

After the other party left.

Liu Qingshi's anger had finally reached a breaking point. Because of these rumors, his Liu family had lost so much business, and this was only in the short term; in the long run, the damage would be immeasurable.

"Thump."

With a wave of his hand, he smashed the valuable spirit teapot to pieces.

But he was still not satisfied, so he kicked the chair made of red pear wood next to him, intending to smash it.

Unexpectedly, with a "thud," it was as if he had kicked a metal plate. The powerful impact bounced back, and in an instant, he felt unbearable pain and lost control of his foot.

next moment.

"Ta-da!"

A member of the Huang family ran in and shouted, "Shopkeeper, look carefully! That guy surnamed Mu went to Zhuque Street. I guess he's going to find the Li family."

He then paused for a moment, only to see Liu Qingshi standing on one leg, holding the other leg with both hands, "hopping" back and forth, which was quite comical.

"Shopkeeper?"

Liu Qingshi's face darkened, and he instinctively said, "Get out."

But as soon as he said that, he immediately changed his mind, saying, "Forget it, let's talk about the Li family. These rumors must be their doing. Have you found out exactly who did it?"

The Huang family member quickly said, "It should be Li Defu. I heard that he used similar methods to threaten Ma Jin of the law enforcement team."

"Very good, it really was him."

Liu Qingshi said, as expected.

"I can't destroy the Li family in a short time, but I can handle you too."

Liu Qingshi gave a cold smile, then gave instructions to the Huang family member.

"You need to do three things right now."

"First, confirm that the man surnamed Mu went to the Li family. Once confirmed, inform me immediately. You should know that the reason my Liu family can cooperate with the Huanhua Sword Sect is because True Person Liu Shitian has already communicated with the Yunxia Sect, but the Li family has not."

Therefore, as soon as the Li family reaches an agreement with the Huanhua Sword Sect, I will immediately report it to the Yunxia Sect and teach this traitor a lesson.

Liu Qingshi spoke angrily, completely disregarding how much effort he had put into cooperating with the Huanhua Sword Sect. He was a professional at applying double standards.

"Second, I remember Li Defu has an illegitimate son, whom he's raising outside the market. We'll find a way to control him, then lure Li Defu out and kill him, dismembering him into eight pieces!"

"Finally, I'll find a few storytellers to make up stories about the Li family for me. The more erotic and sensational the better. I want them to know what it's like to be falsely accused."

Liu Qingshi said angrily.

"Okay, I'll take care of it right away."

Without saying a word, the Huang family member immediately nodded.

Despite his outward appearance, he was not entirely convinced of Liu Qingshi's plans.

If the Li family fails to reach a cooperation agreement with the Huanhua Sword Sect, and Li Defu doesn't take the bait, thus failing to lure the market out, then the first two conditions will be rendered useless.

As for the final option of "an eye for an eye," he was even less optimistic.

The rumors about the Liu family spread so widely for two reasons: first, the information was a mix of true and false; second, the merchant guild that was hostile to the Liu family, as well as the Li and Huang families, fueled the flames.

Neither of these two points applies to the Li family, since they don't have any information about the Li family's internal situation. If the rumor is obviously false, then it's meaningless.

Furthermore, Li Defu is very capable. After taking charge of the Li family's shops, he has built good relationships with many chambers of commerce and has few enemies except for the Liu family.

All things considered, this is simply a waste of effort.

The rumors about the Liu family continued to spread, quickly reaching the entire Longnan Prefecture and even the Yunxia Sect thousands of miles away.