205: Cooperation completed

"I had people inquire about this before. The current Li Mansion was built by Family Head Li himself right after he took control of Jade Emperor City!"

"Besides, think about it carefully. We had never heard of Jade Emperor City before, let alone Family Head Li!"

"To be able to rise so rapidly in such a short time—do you really think a person like that would be satisfied with an abandoned residence?"

Zhuge Qing spoke at length, his tone earnest. As for whether the others could grasp his meaning, that depended on their own way of thinking.

After speaking, Zhuge Qing immediately accelerated and left, leaving behind only one sentence.

"If you figure it out, come find me at the Zhuge Family anytime!"

The remaining three looked at each other, seemingly pondering Zhuge Qing's words, and simultaneously began to take Li Mu seriously.

Previously, when they decided to become a subordinate family of the Li Family, they had been at their wit's end. They had merely heard that Li Mu possessed great strength and thought they would try to see if they could obtain his protection.

Or, to put it bluntly, before Zhuge Qing said those words, each of them had more or less harbored some selfish motives and did not truly want to become a subordinate family of the Li Family.

"It seems our vision was too short-sighted!"

Gongsun Ye lowered his head and spoke slowly. Then, seemingly having made up his mind, he said, "My Gongsun Family will go all out to build the mansion for the Li Family in Leshan Prefecture!"

After speaking, he looked at the other two, seemingly waiting for them to make a decision.

The other two frowned, constantly weighing the pros and cons in their minds. In the end, Gongsun Ye did not get the answer he wanted.

The other two spoke one after another: "My Cheng Family cannot afford to gamble, so we will take our leave!"

"My Hua Family also does not want to gamble. The current situation is too complex. At worst, my Hua Family will withdraw from Leshan Prefecture! Farewell!"

After speaking, the two flew directly towards their Family's direction. Gongsun Ye let out a long sigh and said, somewhat exasperatedly, "You all! Your vision is still too short-sighted!"

But the two had already flown far away and could not hear what Gongsun Ye said.

Only Gongsun Ye was left on the spot. After much thought, he went straight to find Zhuge Qing, intending to quickly discuss matters regarding working for the Li Family.

Meanwhile, at the Li Family, after the four had left, Li Mu did not go directly to the main hall. Through the exploration of his Spiritual Sense, Li Mu knew that after he had left, Zhong Wencheng had also left shortly after.

Now, only Zhong Lecheng and Li Lei were negotiating in the main hall. Zhong Lecheng was doing his utmost to secure enough benefits for the Zhong Family, while Li Lei was holding onto the purse strings tightly, not wanting to give away a single bit.

Things had not yet reached a fever pitch, so Li Mu thought he would wait until the matter reached its climax before going in to mediate.

Zhong Wencheng's actions also made Li Mu somewhat displeased, which caused Li Mu to further shrink the benefits he had originally planned to give them.

After waiting for a while in the side hall, with every move inside the main hall within the range of his Spiritual Sense, Li Mu saw that it was time for him to appear. He no longer waited and slowly walked out of the room.

"Brother Zhong, don't be so anxious!"

Li Mu walked into the main hall and saw that Zhong Lecheng was already flushed, his voice extremely loud.

Seeing that Li Mu had finally returned, Zhong Lecheng seemed to have found a savior. He quickly came to Li Mu's side and said excitedly, "Brother Li, come and take a look. Is Elder Li Lei a miser? He is truly stingy!"

Upon hearing this, Li Mu let out a chuckle. He did not expect Li Lei to have forced Zhong Lecheng to say such words.

"Brother Li, why are you laughing? My father previously proposed satisfying the needs of two shops, but now it has been reduced to less than one!"

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate, Brother Li!"

Li Mu knew that Zhong Lecheng was genuinely agitated. Moreover, he only had some grievances with Zhong Wencheng; as for Zhong Lecheng, with whom he had a good relationship, Li Mu still regarded him as a good friend.

Li Lei, who was standing nearby, wanted to speak, but was promptly stopped by Li Mu.

"Li Lei, you don't need to say anything more. I have my own plans."

"You've worked hard. Go ahead and take care of your business first!"

After hearing Li Mu's words, Li Lei did not say anything further and turned to leave the main hall.

"Brother Zhong, don't be anxious. I will make the decision and agree to provide you with the demand of one shop, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, although Zhong Lecheng was somewhat dissatisfied, he knew that this was likely the maximum benefit Li Mu could give to the Zhong Family.

"Fine, but Brother Li, you must give me more of those low-quality Medicinal Pills!"

Although he could no longer fight for Medicinal Pills that could satisfy Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation Cultivators, Zhong Lecheng knew that the Li Family currently produced a large quantity of low-quality Medicinal Pills, so getting more shouldn't be a problem.

One must know that Zhong Lecheng represented his Family, and the Disciples within his Family also needed to Cultivate; low-quality Medicinal Pills could satisfy a large portion of the needs of the Disciples in his clan.

Li Mu did not care about this request at all. Even if Zhong Lecheng hadn't brought it up, Li Mu would still have prioritized giving some to the Zhong Family.

There were already quite a few Alchemists in his clan now, and the reserves of such low-quality Medicinal Pills were still very abundant.

"No problem. On top of the original basis, I will make the decision to provide the Zhong Family with double the amount of low-quality Medicinal Pills. How does that sound, Brother Zhong?"

Li Mu simply went with the flow, taking the opportunity to do the Zhong Family another favor.

Having received his answer, Zhong Lecheng was overjoyed. He took a large gulp of tea, wiped his mouth, and then said, "Brother Li is indeed straightforward. When I was talking with Elder Li Lei earlier, he wouldn't give anything at all!"

Li Mu couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time upon hearing this. It seemed that this time, Zhong Lecheng had come to resent Li Lei.

However, the current result was exactly what Li Mu wanted to see. If he had argued here himself, it certainly wouldn't have had the same effect as Li Lei, and it might even have affected the relationship between the two families.

Now, not only was the relationship unaffected, but he had also done them a favor while going with the flow, solving the matter perfectly.

Having obtained what he wanted, Zhong Lecheng did not want to stay here any longer. He needed to hurry back and report this matter to Zhong Wencheng.

"Brother Li, you go ahead and get busy. I will take my leave now!"

Li Mu exchanged a few perfunctory pleasantries and let Zhong Lecheng leave. He then notified Li Lei of the decision he had just made, asking him to prepare the goods for the next delivery to the Zhong Family.

Now that all matters had been resolved, Li Mu could finally breathe a sigh of relief and prepared to see if his new wife had rested well.

Who would have thought that just as he walked out of the main hall, he would see Hua Qingyue rushing towards him in a hurry.

Seeing this, Li Mu instantly thought of something. His figure moved, and when he appeared again, he was already beside Hua Qingyue...