Chapter 18: Infernal Affairs
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Qin Houde never thought that the Zheng family would attack the Qin family's elixir master apprentice, let alone that the elixir master apprentice enshrined by the family would betray the Qin family.
Overnight, all the hair on Qin Houde's sideburns turned white, and the corners of his mouth were full of bitter smiles, the Zheng family was going to kill the Qin family.
"Could it be that the Qin family in Huan Wei City is going to be destroyed in the hands of my Qin Houde?" Qin Houde looked up to the sky and sighed, his face full of unwillingness.
Qin Houde knew that the Qin family had lost in the confrontation with the Zheng family, and it had lost completely. The Zheng family didn't spend a single soldier, but just launched a battle without gunpowder, and the Qin family lost without the ability to fight back.
"Brother Tong, Tianzong, why are you here? Brother Tong, you told Tianzong about the Zheng family...... That's it, it's all like this, and it doesn't make a difference if Tianeven if you know it or not. Qin Houde inadvertently raised his head and found two people standing at the door of the study, and a helpless look flashed on his face.
"Big brother, cheer up, the Qin family hasn't lost yet, and the Qin family won't lose, you are the backbone of the family, if you give up, the Qin family will really have no hope. Qin Tong saw that Qin Houde's eyes were gloomy, and his face changed greatly.
"Brother Tong, don't persuade me, the old man of the Zheng family hasn't moved yet, it's just that Zheng Yuanhao's little fox has played a little trick, and I have no power to fight back, what will the Qin family do to fight the Zheng family?" Qin Houde shook his head and said in a low voice: "Brother Tong, you have worked hard for you in the past few decades, as a strong man in the Gangwu Realm, you are almost invincible in the mortal family sect, but you have been nested in the Qin family for decades ......"
"I always thought that I was a congenital strongman, the Zheng family didn't dare to start a war easily, I didn't expect people to come to you at all, can we still take people to the Zheng family, isn't that self-inflicted?"
"With Brother Tong's Xuan Miao Formation Law Protection Hospital, the Zheng family can't attack the Qin family, but the family's business is completely blocked, how long can they last on the empty mountain, not to mention that the disciples of the Qin family can't stand this kind of......
Qin Houde didn't give Qin Tong a chance to speak, and said all the words in his heart in one go. After saying this, his face was full of tears, and he had already cried uncontrollably.
Qin Tong originally planned to dissuade Qin Houde, but Qin Houde didn't give anyone a chance to interject at all, Qin Tong's eyes were red and swollen when he heard it, his mouth opened and closed, closed and opened, and he still didn't say a word after all.
Qin Tianzong stood aside, quietly looking at Qin Houde's words and deeds in his eyes, and an indescribable feeling surged in his heart, because of the family's neglect of his brothers and sisters, Qin Tianzong had always had a grudge against the family in his previous life, and he was also a little unfamiliar with Qin Houde, the head of the family.
But in this life, Qin Tianzong felt Qin Houde's care and care, and found that the old man was a person with a surname, but the old man thought more about the rise and fall of the family and ignored family affection.
"Brother Tong, you go and inform a few principals, let them gather their subordinates in the front yard, since the Qin family can't continue to operate in Huan Wei City, each of them will be given a severance pay, so that everyone can disperse." After talking for a long time, Qin Houde's emotions finally calmed down, and he commanded in a deep voice.
"This ...... Big brother, I brought Tianzong here today to tell you that things have taken a turn for the better. Qin Tong didn't expect Qin Houde to dissolve the Qin family as he spoke, and he realized that he hadn't been able to explain his intention just now.
"Brother Tong, the cultivation of martial arts, talent is important, and the elixir is equally important to the improvement of strength, and the later the cultivation, the more significant the auxiliary role of the elixir becomes. There is no elixir master apprentice......" Qin Houde glanced at Qin Tong suspiciously, not knowing why Qin Tong still insisted until now.
"Grandpa, it's hard to find an elixir master apprentice, but that doesn't mean there isn't. Tianzong's master is a great pharmacist, and Tianzong also became an elixir master apprentice under the teaching of his old man, but his old man has always refused to let me say it. After being silent for most of the day, Qin Tianzong finally spoke up.
It's just that after Qin Tianzong finished saying this, the study fell into a deathly silence.
Whether it was Qin Houde or Qin Tong, they all looked at Qin Tianzong with round eyes, and their eyes emitted a scorching light.
"Tianzong, what did you just say, you say it again!" Qin Houde grabbed Qin Tianzong's arm heavily and asked in a trembling voice.
And Qin Tong also looked at Qin Tianzong with excitement on his face, although he guessed that the master behind Qin Tianzong might know the elixir, but he didn't expect that the master behind Qin Tianzong was actually an official elixir master, and he was also a great pharmacist, and Qin Tianzong himself was a pharmacist apprentice.
"Grandpa, you're scratching me. The full strength of the Innate Realm made Qin Tianzong almost hear the sound of his bones shattering, he gasped and shouted.
"Ah, I'm damned, I'm confused......" Seeing Qin Tianzong's sweaty appearance, Qin Houde hurriedly withdrew his hands, his face full of shame and self-blame.
"Grandpa, I originally planned to go to the family's elixir hall to practice my hands, but since you plan to dissolve the family, then I will accept my master's suggestion to go to the elixir valley. Qin Tianzong rubbed his bruised arm and muttered dissatisfiedly.
"Ah...... Tianzong, you are a disciple of the Qin family, how can you go to the Divine Medicine Valley, grandpa just said nonsense, you just didn't say it. Qin Tianzong's muttering sound reached Qin Houde's ears, and Qin Houde was immediately dumbfounded, and hurriedly dissuaded.
Hearing the words of the Divine Medicine Valley, Qin Tong's eyes flashed with disbelief, and then he was surrounded by a huge surprise.
The Divine Medicine Valley is the paradise that the Elixir Master yearns for, and only the Divine Medicine Valley can cultivate the Medicine God. There are almost no people on the Martial Spirit Continent who have not heard of the Divine Medicine Valley, but there are only a handful of people who know where the Divine Medicine Valley is. Tianzong is actually the person who is favored by the Divine Medicine Valley, doesn't that mean that Tianzong's future is limitless?
Seeing that his grandfather had become helpless because of his words, he had completely lost his usual seriousness and rigidity, and Qin Tianzong's little resentment because of being scratched immediately disappeared without a trace.
"Grandpa, I'm just joking with you, the Zheng family's affairs started because of me, how could I be helpless. Even if I really want to go to the Elixir Valley, I will ask Shizun to train another elixir master apprentice for my family. Qin Tianzong said seriously.
"Okay, okay, with this sentence, I am completely relieved. Hearing Qin Tianzong's words, Qin Houde's hanging heart was completely relaxed, "As long as there is an elixir master apprentice, how can my Qin family be afraid of the Zheng family!"
"Master, our Qin family now not only has an elixir master apprentice, but also a great pharmacist supporting the Qin family, no matter how powerful the Zheng family is, can they withstand a finger of the great pharmacist?" Qin Tong also said with relief on the side.
Hearing the good news brought by Qin Tong and Qin Tianzong, Qin Houde was not worried about the bad news mentioned by the two of them, the poison of the two elixir master apprentices could still stump a great pharmacist, isn't this a desolation of the night?
In fact, the little poisonous surname in the elixir really couldn't stump Qin Tianzong, after all, the Qin family still had an innate powerhouse in charge, and those two elixir master apprentices didn't dare to be too presumptuous.
"Grandpa, even if I can refine the elixir, I will detoxify, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, all the herbs in the family's several herb shops have been burned, and there are no extra herbs in the house......" Qin Tianzong saw his grandfather's excited face, his face was full of puzzlement, could it be that grandpa forgot about the burning of the family's medicinal herbs?
"Tianzong, do you think that the Zheng family secretly moves his hands and feet, and grandpa will only be beaten passively? I am not as vicious as that little rabbit cub of the Zheng family, to buy their elixir master apprentice. But just in case, for more than ten years, I have successfully bribed the three subordinates of the Zheng family, and these three subordinates now happen to hold a lot of power in the Zheng family's herb shop......"
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Hearing Qin Houde's words, Qin Tong and Qin Tianzong were full of astonishment, and they couldn't say a word. Qin Houde gave them the impression that he was serious and rigid, and he had nothing to do with conspiracy and intrigue, but Qin Houde actually secretly completed a spy cultivation plan.
"Big brother, I always thought that you were just better than me, and today I am completely convinced. Even we couldn't have imagined that you would do anything to buy the Zheng family's subordinates, and it is estimated that the Zheng family would not be able to think of it. After being silent for a long time, Qin Tong sincerely admired.
Qin Tianzong looked at his grandfather quietly, but there was a little more smile on his face, he felt that his grandfather was becoming more and more interesting.
Qin Tianzong originally planned to go to the Vientiane Firm when he had no choice but to use his identity as an elixir master to ask the Vientiane Firm to help the Qin family. With the help of the Vientiane Trading House, the Qin family naturally did not have to worry about medicinal herbs. Unexpectedly, grandpa unexpectedly gave himself a surprise, allowing himself to avoid exposing the identity of the elixir master, and also saved a great favor.
"Grandpa Tong, my master has just researched a new elixir that can allow a high-level Gang Martial Realm martial artist to break through the bottleneck one hundred percent and step into the innate realm, if you can get the herb to refine the mixture, I think our Qin family will have another innate realm martial artist. Remembering that Qin Tong was assassinated by the Zheng family in advance in his previous life, which caused the Zheng family to break into the Qin Mansion as if it were no one, Qin Tianzong felt that he needed to help this old man who was loyal to the Qin family.
"What are you talking about? Tianzong, are you telling the truth? Is there really an elixir that can make a high-level martial artist break through the bottleneck one hundred percent and be promoted to an innate powerhouse?" Hearing Qin Tianzong's words, Qin Tong looked at Qin Tianzong with excitement on his face, he originally wanted to grab Qin Tianzong's arm, but he stopped in time after seeing Qin Tianzong's dodging action.
It's no wonder that Qin Tong is so excited, although there is only one word difference between an acquired martial artist and an innate martial artist, but no matter how powerful the acquired martial artist is, he is only invincible among mortals, and only a martial artist in the innate realm can be regarded as truly embarking on the path of cultivation.
Qin Tong had been stuck in the realm of Gangwu Realm for eight years, and he had taken countless elixirs, and he had not been able to break through the bottleneck of cultivation for a long time, which made him a little desperate, and when he suddenly heard that he still had hope of breaking through, he would naturally lose his temper.
Qin Houde also looked at Qin Tianzong with surprise on his face, if the Qin Mansion could really have one more innate realm powerhouse, then Huan Wei City would really change the sky.
"Grandpa Tong, you have always taken good care of our brothers and sisters, I joke with anyone, but I can't joke with your old man, otherwise Aunt Cheng and Yue'er won't clean me up." Qin Tianzong replied respectfully.
Zheng Yuanhao, since you are going to be the first year of junior high school, don't blame me Qin Tianzong for being fifteen.
Qin Tianzong clearly remembered that if he was not mistaken, Zheng Yuanhao would accompany Ling Fei'er to the Qin family within a few days, and when Ling Fei'er was coerced, she had to indifferently propose to the Qin family to dissolve the marriage contract.
Thinking of the scene where Zheng Yuanhao humiliated himself in the living room of the Qin Mansion in his previous life and made Aunt Cheng vomit blood so angry that he fainted, Qin Tianzong's fists were clenched tightly, and a burst of murderous intent burst out in his eyes.