"Father-in-law...... I'm afraid we've fallen for Xia Fan's ......"

Lin Rong looked at Liu Badao's dangerous face, felt the increasingly solidified breath in the study, and finally couldn't help but speak.

"Of course I do! I just don't understand...... How exactly did that Xia Fan do this! Even if all these things were planned by him at the beginning, the prescription he took out was real! How did this prescription come about? Even Master Han admitted that even if he was asked to configure it, it would take at least a few years to configure the kind of prescription we got from the Xia family. Although the prescription itself is not in the grade, the prescription has reached a certain extreme in the prescription that does not enter the grade, and the difficulty of concocting it even exceeds the configuration of some black iron fourth-order pills. ”

Liu Badao forcibly endured his tyrannical emotions, and continued as calmly as possible: "If it weren't for Master Han's great respect for the prescription we got, I wouldn't have directly pressed the entire family with such a big gamble!" Because according to Master Han, it is almost impossible for a better prescription than the one we have gotten to exist! ”

"Because of the ability to prescribe that kind of prescription...... They are definitely the top ones in the field of alchemists. Those beings simply can't waste time on such a prescription that is completely worthless to them. And the alchemists who are willing to waste time definitely don't have that level. Even Master Han himself, as a fourth-level black iron alchemist, he admitted that he didn't have the ability to concoct a better prescription than the one we got! ”

"Could it be that behind the Xia family, there is a top alchemist?"

Lin Rong asked.

"Absolutely impossible! If the Xia family really had the support of a top alchemist behind them, why did they spend so much effort to deal with us? With the appeal of a top alchemist, even in the face of a country, they can talk to each other as equals, and it is simply a no-brainer to clean up a family like ours. ”

Liu Badao shook his head without hesitation.

While the two were talking, Liu Yinglong, who had just left not long ago, pushed the door of the study again.

Then Shen Tianci, accompanied by the two old men and Master Han, walked in.

And after coming in, Liu Yinglong hid directly in a corner, for fear of being noticed by Liu Badao.

He originally wanted to stay outside for a while longer, and wait for Liu's domineering anger to subside a little before coming in.

But he didn't expect that just a few steps away from the patriarch's house, he ran into Shen Tianci and his party who were walking towards this side.

When there was no way, he could only accompany Shen Tianci and his party back to the study of the patriarch's house.

"Shen Gongzi, Master Han, you are finally here, the current situation is very critical, we need greater support from the Shen family!"

Seeing Shen Tianci and his party coming in, Liu Badao suddenly stepped forward from behind his desk as if he had grasped the last straw.

"I already know everything, obviously...... We were all slammed by that Xia Fan! ”

Shen Tianci said with a gloomy face.

"Yes, Rong'er and I are also discussing this issue just now. But as things stand, that's not the point. Today is the first day of our envisaged counteroffensive, and the effect that should have been achieved was to bring most of the martial arts cultivation back into our medicine house. But the Xia family released a new drug at the same time with us early this morning, and the efficacy of the new drug is significantly stronger than ours, and there is almost no difference in price, this whole day, our new medicine, within the scope of the city, only sold a total of less than 100 bottles! ”

Liu Badao continued very quickly: "And most of these sold medicines are still bought because some martial cultivators are curious about how the medicinal effects are different from the new drugs launched by the Xia family. According to this analysis, it is very likely that by tomorrow, our new drug will not be able to sell a single bottle! ”

"The most troublesome thing is that we don't have any money anymore."

Lin Rong took over Liu's domineering words, and continued: "In order to let the Xia family have no raw materials available, and also to be able to hoard a large number of new medicines, I did my best in one battle. We used all the money we had in our family and mortgaged several of our key properties. Now...... All this money was pressed on the medicine. Coupled with the cloth business that had just been taken over by the City Lord's Mansion this morning, it can be said that our Liu family was on the verge of collapse. The daily consumption of silver money can no longer be supported, if the Shen family can't immediately give us comprehensive and unreserved support, we will not have any resistance to the Xia family in the future! It won't even take a week for the Liu family to become history, I'm not alarmist. ”

Listening to Lin Rong's words, Shen Tianci's face changed for a while, he had just lost his face in the Wanhua Building last night because of Xia Fan, but he didn't expect that in just one night, his biggest purpose of coming to Qingyang City was completely destroyed in Xia Fan's hands.

This made Shen Tianci's hatred for Xia Fan almost reach its peak for a while.

"Your so-called comprehensive, unreserved support...... What does it mean? ”

Shen Tianci asked in a deep voice.

"It's not just the support of people, but also the money and resources, but also the tilt towards us. As long as the Shen family is willing to truly set foot in Qingyang City, then I believe that with the strength of the Xia family, they will definitely not be the opponent of the Shen family! Shen Gongzi, Xia Fan played with us all in applause, don't you want to take revenge? ”

Lin Rong said eagerly.

Shen Tianci's face changed, and he looked like he was about to nod his head directly.

However, before he could make a nod movement, the old man with the realm of the Nine Rank Martial Sect, who had been following Shen Tianci and almost never expressed any opinions, suddenly took a step forward, stood between Shen Tianci and Lin Rong, and said in a hoarse voice: "The Shen family will no longer have any support for the Liu family, and the cooperation between the two families will end here. ”

"What?!"

All the Liu family members in the study, including Liu Badao, widened their eyes at the same time.

Shen Tianci also looked at the old man who suddenly stood in front of him with a stunned expression, and instinctively wanted to ask, but before the words could be spoken, the old man suddenly turned his head to look at him, and said with a very serious face: "Before coming out this time, the head of the family gave me a secret order. The content is roughly that if everything goes well in this operation, then always act according to your requirements, young master. But once there is an irreversible deviation and the development of events gets out of control, then I must interrupt your right to give orders at any time, and bring back all the people in the family that I brought out this time in peace. ”

Listening to the old man's words, Shen Tianci opened his mouth a little incredulously, but he didn't say anything more after all.

It's just that compared to the Shen family's ease of advance and retreat in this matter, the Liu family led by Liu Badao all showed a look of despair.