I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 223: 1.7 Million Spirit Stones?

Elder Meng's first half of the sentence is not wrong. After losing those two mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivators, the Bai Bao Tower suffered heavy losses. Placing two mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivators in any power would be considered an unacceptable loss, and it would require a great deal of effort to cultivate them. For the Bai Bao Tower, which has ambitions to expand, this loss is even greater.

As for the latter half of the sentence, Lin Qing feels that it's not the elders who want to change their minds, but rather the current situation in Shangyun Province.

The Yan Kingdom and the Wei Kingdom are both of great importance to the Bai Bao Tower, much more so than the Zhao Kingdom. The beast tide in these two countries has been going on for decades, and the Bai Bao Tower has likely suffered significant losses. It's not so much a change of heart as it is the only option they have.

Elder Meng continued, "Master Lin, after the Bai Bao Tower decided to return to its original direction, the Xuan Yu Pavilion and several veins that came with it have become a burden. We need to send manpower and invest resources, but the Bai Bao Tower will not gain enough to make it worthwhile. I won't hide it from Master Lin, we want to dispose of these benefits we obtained."

"This..."

Lin Qing made a thoughtful expression. He understood Elder Meng's meaning. By saying this, they wanted the Lin family to take over.

"Master Lin, your Lin family's prosperity grows day by day, and combined with Master Lin's strength, we feel that the Lin family is now dominant in the Zhao Kingdom. The other two sects can't compare when added together." Elder Meng smiled as he spoke.

"Haha, Elder's words are too exaggerated. How can my Lin family compare to the other two sects? Please don't say such things." Lin Qing also smiled, but he thought that Elder Meng had ulterior motives.

Elder Meng smiled again, "Since Master Lin doesn't want to say more, then I won't either. But everyone can see your strength. I won't beat around the bush. Master Lin, the Bai Bao Tower is willing to give the Xuan Yu Pavilion and several veins to the Lin family. As long as the Lin family provides some spirit stones, these things will belong to the Lin family. We won't take a single cent of the benefits obtained by the Lin family in the future. I wonder if Master Lin is willing."

Lin Qing didn't rush to speak. He glanced at Elder Meng, who picked up the tea that had already been prepared.

Before drinking, Lin Qing suddenly asked, "I wonder how many spirit stones the Bai Bao Tower wants my Lin family to provide."

Upon hearing this, Elder Meng's face lit up. He forgot about the tea and said, "Not many, not many. We have calculated that the Xuan Yu Pavilion is built on a second-grade lower-level spirit vein. Although there aren't many cultivators there now, the various buildings are well-preserved. We only need 250,000 spirit stones. In addition, there are seven veins, all of which are popular mining types. Besides the Wuji Sect, which has mined some, we found that the total value of these seven veins is approximately 2 million spirit stones. If Master Lin is willing, we are willing to give the Xuan Yu Pavilion and these veins to Master Lin for a total of... only 1.7 million spirit stones."

"1.7 million spirit stones!" Lin Qing exclaimed in surprise, then immediately shook his head.

"Elder Meng, even if I sell my Lin family, I can't come up with that much. Why don't you try asking the Qingfeng Sect or the Xianxia Sect, or maybe the Chiyang Immortal City?"

"Well... well," Elder Meng was momentarily speechless.

After a moment, he looked at Lin Qing and said, "Master Lin, don't rush to refuse. We are here to negotiate after all. Since it's a negotiation, there should be give and take. If my offer is too high, Master Lin can counteroffer. Without a counteroffer, how would you know if the price is suitable?"

"Haha."

Lin Qing shook his head and laughed. Elder Meng was indeed straightforward.

However, at this moment, his heart grew cold. The Bai Bao Tower was truly treating him like a fool. With the intelligence from the One-Rank Pavilion, Lin Qing knew that the beast tide between Yan Kingdom and Wei Kingdom was about to end. After that, the beast tide would target his Zhao Kingdom. In this situation, the Bai Bao Tower wanted to sell this market and mine to him, making a good plan to sell these things that would take a long time to recover at a fixed price. They were treating his Lin family as a fool.

If his Lin family bought it, the Bai Bao Tower would escape in time. His Lin family wouldn't know when they could recover these spirit stones, and if the beast tide continued for several decades, or even if Zhao Kingdom couldn't resist, it would be all over.

At this time, his Lin family should be contracting their defenses. How could they think of expanding their territory?

As long as people were present, no one could take away their territory. If people were gone, no matter how much land there was, it would be left for others.

"Master Lin, name your price." Elder Meng said, his tone filled with enthusiasm.

Lin Qing's heart moved. He knew that even if he cut it in half today, the Bai Bao Tower would agree. Thinking of this, he spoke, "Elder, our Lin family is really lacking in spirit stones, but I don't want to refuse the goodwill of the Bai Bao Tower. How about I propose a method?"

"Please speak, Master Lin." Elder Meng made a gesture of listening attentively.

Lin Qing smiled, "Elder, if the Bai Bao Tower is unwilling to develop this market and mine, our Lin family is willing to help. As for the spirit stones, let's forget about them. In the future, we can split the profits sixty-four to thirty-six. Our Lin family will contribute manpower to manage the market and the spirit stones produced from the mined ores. How about that?"

"This..." Elder Meng didn't expect Lin Qing to say this.

"Master Lin is willing to do this, why not just make the purchase right away? This time frame is too long, and our Bai Bao Tower can't afford to wait. In my opinion, it's better to give everything to the Lin family. Our Bai Bao Tower won't drag it out." Elder Meng's thoughts were simple at this moment. If what Lin Qing said was true, and they could split the profits later, not to mention whether the Bai Bao Tower could wait or not, it was uncertain if there would even be a Lin family in Zhao Kingdom by then.

"Master Lin, we don't want it to be like this. Since we want to focus on the Chamber of Commerce, we want to handle all these things together. Please name your price, we are very sincere."

"Oh." Lin Qing made a surprised expression, but in his heart, he thought that the Bai Bao Tower wouldn't agree. They were clearly planning to leave Zhao Kingdom, the place that would face a large number of beast tides next.

Thinking of himself, the Bai Bao Tower could leave, but his Lin family couldn't. Now that the Bai Bao Tower was doing this, did it mean that the beast tide was much more severe than he had imagined? Lin Qing felt a bit worried out of thin air.

"Master Lin?" Seeing Lin Qing's worry, Elder Meng asked.

Looking up at Elder Meng, Lin Qing spoke, "Elder, our Lin family needs spirit stones in too many places now. We really can't come up with much. At most, twenty thousand."

"Twenty thousand?" Elder Meng couldn't believe it. A family with two Purple Mansions could only come up with twenty thousand spirit stones. Wasn't that a joke?

However, thinking of the current development of Lin Family Mountain, Elder Meng somewhat believed the number Lin Qing casually mentioned. After all, Lin Family Mountain's scale was too large now, and the expenses were too high. The Lin family probably didn't have many spirit stones.

"Twenty thousand, twenty thousand." Elder Meng kept pondering.

(End of this chapter)