Chapter 192: Da Chuan Pill Workshop’s Methods
Su Yan already had five fierce insects for combat.
Six-Winged Blood Centipede, Flame Armored Scorpion, Shadow Horn Spider, Gold-Eating Demon Insect, and Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust.
Even if the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust counted as half a production unit, the Blood Bee had been developed for more uses.
However, overall, the number of fierce insects for combat had not decreased too much.
Yang Kun’s proposal was actually a good direction.
His own cultivation required a massive supply of resources. If there were fierce insects that could exchange for a large amount of resources or produce enough resources on their own.
Then it would have a huge impact on improving his strength.
“Does Da Chuan Pill Workshop have its own feral beast breeding farm?”
Yang Kun was slightly stunned, then nodded. “There are two, placed on Nanyang Mountain outside the city.”
Su Yan smiled. “As long as they have them.”
Rebuilding a breeding farm would take months or even years of construction, from facilities to food sources, all needing to be set up one by one.
But if it was based on someone else’s existing foundation, it would be much easier to build.
……
Da Chuan Pill Workshop’s actions came faster than imagined. As early as the next morning, Ding Meng hurried back heavily.
“Liu Family and Ouyang Family have paused receiving goods. Other shops are also refusing to acquire our goods, saying their warehouses are temporarily full and not suitable for acquisition.”
Ding Meng was full of anger, but Su Yan remained calm. “What did Ouyang Family and Liu Family say?”
These two families were one of the eight great families, yet they were also affected. That was quite rare.
“The two families secretly passed word that Da Chuan Pill Workshop and Tian Yuan Pill Workshop have cooperation with them and have given them profit concessions.”
Su Yan smiled. Having cooperation meant they could restrain each other. Profit concessions were just one part. If they didn’t agree, slowing down the cooperation would cause losses for both families.
“They have some tricks. It seems they offered quite a bit of profit.”
If it were real threats, they definitely wouldn’t dare, but this kind of benefit exchange was something they could do.
It was true that Ouyang Family and Liu Family had Dan Qiao Realm martial artists, but the family old ancestors didn’t handle specific affairs. This decision was made by the people below.
If there was profit to be made, why not?
Wang Cang strode in, his face icy cold. “Our hunting team’s goods were robbed, and the brothers transporting them were beaten badly.”
“Damn bastards.”
Ding Meng cursed. Without a doubt, this was also Da Chuan Pill Workshop’s doing.
This was their warning. This time they could injure people, next time they could kill.
“Treat the injured brothers with pills.”
“Understood.”
“Also, stop transporting goods toward Yun Cang Town for now.”
Ding Meng was stunned. “Then won’t we have no income?”
Su Yan laughed. “They are big and powerful. What do we have to fear? Let’s see what tricks they have.”
“Yang Kun, investigate Da Chuan Pill Workshop’s operations thoroughly. You only have three days.”
“Understood. This subordinate will go right now.”
Yang Kun, Ding Meng, and Wang Cang left one after another. Since Da Chuan Pill Workshop had started acting, they needed to make preparations too.
Da Chuan Pill Workshop’s methods went beyond just cutting off goods transport. Over three days, harassment was constant, and even a True Intent Realm martial artist was sent to watch at the Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s entrance.
Wang Cang had a fiery temper. He grabbed his sword and went out, forcing the man back with one strike, which slightly suppressed their momentum.
Even so, a large amount of the Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s goods were stuck in the warehouse.
That was the key point.
Things were already like this inside the city. Outside the city, it would probably be even more unbridled.
Su Yan still held his ground, but at this time, an invitation post was delivered to the Sacred Insect Merchant Guild.
An invitation from Red Moon Pill Workshop.
“Nangong Hong Yue invites the Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s boss for a meeting tonight.”
The invitation’s content was simple, but delivering it at this time was quite meaningful.
“Finally there’s a reaction. I thought you would ignore it.”
Tian Yuan Pill Workshop and Da Chuan Pill Workshop’s actions didn’t just cut off the Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s business.
They also cut off Red Moon Pill Workshop’s pill business.
For Red Moon Pill Workshop to wait so long before reacting, there was something fishy about it.
As night fell, Su Yan dressed in a black robe and strode toward Red Moon Pill Workshop.
A maid was waiting at the entrance. She was slightly stunned, then immediately said, “Miss is already waiting for Mister in the private room.”
“Lead the way.”
The maid led Su Yan to the third floor of the pavilion.
There was only one room on the third floor, with beaded curtains hanging quietly and window patterns overlapping shadows. It was a secluded spot, with a faint fragrance wafting, unknown what kind of incense it was.
The maid stopped at the door.
“Please, Mister.”
Su Yan pushed the door open and entered. Inside the room sat a woman in a black long skirt, with long hair over her shoulders, wearing a veil, silver ornaments at her waist, and a graceful figure.
“Mister has come from afar, yet Nangong Hong Yue failed to greet you at the door. I hope Mister will forgive me.”
She poured tea for Su Yan and gestured for him to sit.
Su Yan smiled, walked forward, and sat across from her.
“May I know how to address Mister?”
“Insect Daoist Feng Ruohan.”
Beneath Nangong Hong Yue’s veil, a flash of surprise passed through her eyes. Such a young voice.
She hadn’t expected the person behind Sacred Insect Merchant Guild to be so young.
“Then Hong Yue will address you as Brother Feng.”
Su Yan slightly raised his gaze, didn’t drink the tea, and said faintly, “Regarding this incident, Workshop Master Nangong didn’t act properly. Shouldn’t you give me an explanation?”
Nangong Hong Yue smiled lightly and said, “Tian Yuan Pill Workshop and Da Chuan Pill Workshop are powerful. Although Hong Yue wants to help, just me and Steward Lou can’t withstand them.”
“And now?”
Su Yan understood the meaning in her words. She hadn’t acted to see the person in charge.
“Da Chuan Pill Workshop used methods on Ouyang Family and Liu Family. Red Moon Pill Workshop will step in to resolve it. Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s excess materials can be sold to Red Moon Pill Workshop at market price. Additionally, Red Moon Pill Workshop is preparing to refine a second-order Five Worm Pill, and we can deepen the cooperation.”
Nangong Hong Yue laid out her chips, her gaze flowing as she looked at Su Yan.
“For blockades outside the city, if Brother Feng lacks manpower temporarily, Hong Yue can also send a few tributes to help resolve it.”
“You also want the feral beast essence blood extraction method?”
Su Yan raised his gaze, his eyes meeting Nangong Hong Yue’s.
Nangong Hong Yue was offering too much, helping too broadly.
Her words made it seem like she would handle all of Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s troubles.
But even cooperators wouldn’t help to this extent when assisting.
“Feral beast essence blood extraction isn’t any special method. It’s just Blood Bee transformation, right?”
Nangong Hong Yue smiled brightly at Su Yan, as if she had long known the secret.
Su Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly. “It seems you know quite a bit.”
Nangong Hong Yue said, “Extracting essence blood isn’t hard. The difficulty is how to raise Blood Bees and how the mother nurtures them.”
“You want the mother?”
The Nangong Hong Yue before him seemed to be quite skilled at domesticating insects. At least her knowledge in this area was extensive.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to deduce so much just from Blood Bee remains and extracted essence blood.
Nangong Hong Yue shook her head. “Not the mother, but I want to trade with Brother Feng for a larva.”
She raised her gaze and said, “I am willing to use a third-order mid-grade pill, Seven Flower Opening Aperture Pill, as the trade. This is a opening aperture treasure pill circulating in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. If used for breakthrough in Divine Union Realm, it can increase the breakthrough chance by at least thirty percent. Even for normal use, it can nourish the Dan Qiao, increasing the chance of breaking through to Dan Qiao Realm later.”
A look of surprise flashed in Su Yan’s eyes. A third-order mid-grade pill, and one that increased breakthrough probability at that.
This pill, even if placed in Beast King Sect, would be invaluable. In Southern Sky City, the eight great families would fight over it.
He hadn’t expected this woman to have such a thing. Not simple.
“Since you also understand insect beasts, how is it that getting even one is already lucky, yet you still have a larva?”
“I have a secret technique that can use insect beast essence blood to nurture offspring, though it consumes a large amount of vital energy.”
This was the real trade: having the mother insect under Su Yan’s control consume a large amount of origin to nurture a larva for Nangong Hong Yue.
Nangong Hong Yue was extremely confident. After all, compared to her own breakthrough, any martial artist would know how to choose over domesticated insect beasts.
Especially since she sensed that Su Yan was not a Dan Qiao Realm martial artist, she was even more confident.
However, Su Yan just shook his head faintly. “I refuse.”
Nangong Hong Yue showed a surprised expression, her fine brows slightly furrowing. “Brother Feng, although the secret technique consumes origin, it won’t harm the mother’s life. After nurturing for a period, it can naturally recover.”
“I don’t like this trade.”
Nangong Hong Yue didn’t know the relationship between Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust and Su Yan, thinking it was just ordinary domestication.
But even if it was ordinary domestication, Su Yan wouldn’t allow this trade.
For no other reason, this pill wasn’t that precious to him.
He stood up and said faintly, “I don’t agree to the trade. As for whether the medicinal herb business continues, it all depends on Workshop Master Nangong’s decision. If there’s a reply, have someone deliver it to Sacred Insect Merchant Guild tomorrow.”
Nangong Hong Yue stood up, her brows slightly furrowed, knowing she had misjudged.
“It was my presumption. The trade remains valid anytime Brother Feng agrees. As for the materials trade, business as usual. If Brother Feng needs help, Hong Yue can also dispatch tributes…”
“No need to dispatch tributes.”
After refusing, Su Yan strode out of Red Moon Pill Workshop.
Nangong Hong Yue muttered to herself, “Trouble. Could the Blood Bee’s mother be his contracted beast? That’s why he won’t agree.”
Besides this reason, Nangong Hong Yue couldn’t think of any other reason why a martial artist would resist the temptation of breaking through to Dan Qiao Realm.
“Five Insects Heart Casting Gu is still missing one high-grade exotic insect. This Blood Bee’s essence blood extraction ability is so powerful. If the mother is even more powerful, it would be perfect. If not, I’ll have to think of another way.”
A sharp glint flashed in her eyes. Although she didn’t want to, in the martial world, some things couldn’t be avoided just by saying no.
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“Workshop Master, Red Moon Pill Workshop has made a move. They invited Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s boss over to talk.”
In Da Chuan Pill Workshop, Tong Tian Dong bowed and reported to a man the news just transmitted by his subordinate.
Ye Lechuan’s gaze lifted, flashing with a fierce light. “That woman Nangong Hong Yue also wants to get her hands on the essence blood extraction technique?”
“Most likely.”
Tong Tian Dong said, “Nangong Hong Yue has always been skilled at refining pills with beast materials. Now she’s still sticking to only refining first-order Blood Yuan Pill and Blood Bone Pill. If she gets that secret technique, she could figure out extracting second-order essence blood, and probably develop several more second-order pills. At that time, it won’t be good for us.”
“Hmph, greedy enough.”
Ye Lechuan’s face turned cold. “If we master the essence blood extraction secret technique, it’s more than just pill refining. As long as feral beasts are raised properly and extracted regularly, that’s the biggest business.”
Spirit Herb Treasure Plants were hard to plant, with too high requirements for environment, temperature, spiritual energy, and more.
A large portion of spirit herbs couldn’t be planted on a large scale.
Raising feral beasts was simpler, mainly about selecting breeds.
If this secret technique could be promoted, it could truly form a large-scale raw material supply.
“Do you think that Sacred Insect Merchant Guild will agree?”
“They will.” Tong Tian Dong said firmly. “The person behind Sacred Insect Merchant Guild hides their face, but they’re not old. Although their aura is stronger than mine, at most it’s Condensing Momentum Stage cultivation.”
“Now they can’t compete with us head-on, so they can only rely on that woman Nangong Hong Yue. I guess there will definitely be action in the next couple of days, handing the secret technique or the Blood Bee raising location to her.”
He said with a sinister gaze, “Workshop Master, this is our chance. Once they move, we can follow the vine to find that place.”
“Tian Yuan Pill Workshop will probably make a move too.”
Ye Lechuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, still having concerns.
“This…”
Although Tian Yuan Pill Workshop hadn’t used overt methods like them, they had already tacitly made their move.
Without Tian Yuan Pill Workshop acting, Da Chuan Pill Workshop couldn’t achieve even a small-scale market blockade.
“Go invite Tian Yuan Pill Workshop’s East Workshop Master over. Say I have something to discuss.”
Tong Tian Dong’s eyes brightened slightly, asking softly, “To join hands?”
“Mm. If it’s really as we speculated—raising Blood Bees and extracting essence blood—this thing might tempt Ouyang Family and Liu Family too. They all have Dan Qiao martial artist old ancestors. If we tear faces, we can’t match them. Only by joining hands do we have a chance. Moreover, that woman from Red Moon Pill Workshop isn’t simple either. She’s probably a Divine Union Stage martial artist.”
“Understood. This subordinate will arrange it right now.”
Amid the undercurrents of this meeting, Ye Lechuan had already secretly decided to smash this uncooperative Sacred Insect Merchant Guild.
A country bumpkin’s thing. Slightly understanding some insect raising methods and daring to call it Sacred Insect Merchant Guild. So shameless.
On Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s side, after one night, Su Yan gathered Yang Kun and the other two.
Then he said, “Dismiss the people under you. Have them return in three days.”
Ding Meng and Wang Cang were stunned. “Lord, why?”
“Fishing.”
A faint light flickered in Su Yan’s eyes as he said, “Da Chuan Pill Workshop and Tian Yuan Pill Workshop want to force us out of the city. Then we’ll go out for a stroll and let them see.”
“Pack your things and follow me.”
“Yes.”
The three immediately nodded and each dismissed their subordinates.
In less than half an hour, they took their weapons, prepared their bags, and hurriedly followed Su Yan out of the city.
The watchers in the distance saw this and immediately urged their companion to report.
The remaining one followed Su Yan and the others’ footsteps out of the city.
Su Yan’s group of four hurried along, with Yang Kun leading the way.
Their pace wasn’t slow. Once out of the city, they headed straight for Yun Cang Town.
Crossing mountains and ridges, in just one hour, they had entered the deep mountains and steep ridges.
Hurrying along the way for about half a day, at this time, several cyan eagle figures had appeared in the sky, following them step by step like shadows.
Behind them, urgent hoofbeats sounded. Finally, in a mountain valley, they stopped.
