20: My sister-in-law borrows money (repair)

"How much?" Qingyuan dug at his ear.

"One hundred thousand taels!" Yan Shi said righteously.

"What do you need it for?"

"Stop with the nonsense, just tell me if you have it or not?"

"Then no!"

Qingyuan chuckled.

One hundred thousand taels, of course he had it.

Counting the inventory he had accumulated over the years, after converting it to cash, let alone one hundred thousand.

He even had ten million.

But he couldn't hold onto it!

Money, for him, was just enough to get by.

Did she not know the purchasing power of one hundred thousand taels?

Compared to Blue Star, it was hundreds of millions.

First-rate Immortal Families could produce ten thousand Spirit Stones, but they couldn't produce one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Yan Shi thought she might have been a bit excessive.

She scratched her head awkwardly.

"Really don't have it?"

"No, you at least have to tell me what you need it for, right?"

Qingyuan pretended to have a headache as he spoke.

He had no choice; this fit his persona of only having a small business.

Don't think one hundred thousand taels of silver is a small amount; it's over six tons of silver, requiring sixty large chests to hold it all, enough to fill an entire room.

He shook his head: "Little aunt, you truly don't know the suffering of the common people, sigh..."

"If I give you one hundred thousand taels, all my shopkeepers will starve to death," Qingyuan said, feigning misery.

"That is a bit much, huh!"

Her tone paused, then she began to sound tempting again.

"My father, your grandfather, was a military man back in the day and had mastered quite a few combined attack battle formations!"

Saying this, she patted her chest.

"I am the person in charge of the Martial Artist section of the Immortal Family!"

"Military martial arts only consume ordinary herbs and mountain goods, like ginseng and ganoderma, and don't necessarily require Cultivation resources like Spirit Medicine or Spirit Stones."

"After years of effort, my team is basically formed, and now is the time to expand our achievements!"

"If I can truly train three thousand Innate Martial Artists, combined together, they could contend with even a Qi Refining Stage - Late Phase Cultivator, and even resist a Qi Training Completion Cultivator."

"Most importantly, the wild demonic beasts in the territory are a continuous source, so it's a sure profit, no loss."

"It's only one hundred thousand taels of silver; I'll be able to return it to you eventually, even double it wouldn't be a problem."

"Tap!"

"Tap..."

Qingyuan's fingers tapped on the armrest as he listened, and he suddenly fell into deep thought.

Cultivate Martial Artists?

Control a troop?

Isn't this the model of the Wei Warriors?

Eight direction battle banners, thunder rumbles; one hundred thousand Wei Warriors slay Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

The Great Wei Kingdom's slogan was deafening, but the actual battle record was one for one.

Was it worth it?

The Great Wei Kingdom boasted a million-strong army.

However, only the three thousand Tiger and Leopard Camp Body Cultivators were worth a look.

The only thing worth mentioning was their battle formation techniques.

"Three thousand, it's not impossible, how many do you have now?" Qingyuan asked, puzzled: "From your tone, the team is already formed, eight hundred? Or one thousand?"

"This..." Yan Shi extended five fingers.

"Five hundred?"

"Fifty."

Qingyuan fell silent.

Fifty? You spoke as if it were two thousand five hundred?

"Do you really understand military battle formations? Training Wei Warriors?"

"How confident are you?"

"I originally only had thirty percent confidence."

Yan Shi's eyes brightened again upon hearing this, and she smiled mysteriously: "But now, with your A'Da, I have fifty percent!

It's like getting a pillow when you're sleepy.

I asked the old man many times for this person, but he wouldn't let go.

Then he just gave A'Da, this talent, to you."

Qingyuan ignored her complaints, his eyes narrowed slightly: "I won't act with fifty percent."

Yan Shi extended her fist upon hearing this, smiling confidently: "Then it depends on how much money you can put in!"

"You provide the money, I provide the effort, and after it's done, we split the profits equally!"

...Qingyuan didn't agree immediately.

He even wondered if this was the old man's idea.

Was his little aunt acting on the old man's instructions?

Low-level battle formation techniques weren't complicated, but they wouldn't work without specialized training methods.

How could it be such a coincidence that as soon as he came out, his little aunt was waiting outside?

He didn't agree immediately.

But Yan Shi smiled confidently and flew off without even taking the wine.

Next, all she had to do was quietly wait for the result.

What the future held for the Immortal Family, wasn't it all in these matters?

She didn't favor the eldest, but she felt Qingyuan could do it.

As she expected, Qingyuan was indeed conflicted.

"It's only one hundred thousand taels of silver, which is just one hundred Spirit Stones. At worst, I'll ask my father for help to exchange for them."

"The key is still the collection of herbs; ginseng, ganoderma, and these mountain goods cannot be supplied steadily..."

"An ordinary Family, if they had this much effort, would focus their energy on their own Cultivation, and wouldn't invest in such things."

"So, it's acceptable for the Immortal Family to do this; it can somewhat protect the Family territory."

"The benefits outweigh the drawbacks!"

Qingyuan pinched his brow.

The old man gave me A'Da, and then my little aunt was waiting outside. What exactly does this mean?