Chapter 1806 — Worries (Part One)

Otherwise, if Heaven Stage experts were to come out into the world, what chance of survival would the hidden aristocratic families have? This was like the Cultivators Association—every level had its own rules.

Although the great elder of the Cultivators Association was no longer around, it was still better if Heaven Stage experts from hidden aristocratic families did not set foot in the mundane world at will. After all, this touched upon the covenants of the Ancient level. The Profound Pill Sect was not yet dominant enough to act alone; if any Ancient sect took a dim view of them, it was entirely possible they would destroy this hidden aristocratic family with all their might.

For hidden aristocratic families, though, Earth Stage experts being able to come and go in the mundane world was already more than enough. In their view, only a handful of families possessed Heaven Stage experts, and aside from coming forward in major events, those experts spent the whole year in seclusion, hoping to make further progress along the path of martial arts.

After all, the increase in lifespan granted at the initial Heaven Stage differed from that at the peak of the late Heaven Stage. With every step up, lifespan grew accordingly. And the longer a Heaven Stage expert lived, the longer his family could thrive.

The ancestors of these hidden aristocratic families might not dare to chase the higher realm of the Heavenly Dao, but reaching the peak of the late Heaven Stage was their ultimate goal.

"It's true..." Tang Yun's voice carried a hint of bitterness. "But how did you know?"

"Over here... word is already spreading like wildfire..." Lai Fatty said, caught off guard. "You're telling me the news didn't come from you all?"

"No..." Tang Yun shook her head. "We've been keeping it secret, not even telling you, precisely out of fear that word would leak..."

Lai Fatty thought about it and could only concede the point. If Tang Yun hadn't even told him, how could she possibly have told anyone else? Then where had the news come from?

"Sigh... so it really is true..." Lai Fatty let out a sigh; the grief in his heart was beyond words. Heaven truly willed it so. It seemed Guan Dafu Pharmaceutical's bankruptcy was already irreversible. If Wei Zhao had qi deviation, how could he help the company ride through the crisis?

Yet for all the pain and regret inside him, Lai Fatty also knew that the most important thing now was how Wei Zhao dealt with his qi deviation. If Wei Zhao could not overcome this trouble, then the company would never have a chance to turn around in the future.

"Mr. Lai, do you have one billion yuan? I'm planning to buy a spirit medicine for Wei Zhao, something that can cure his qi deviation—but the seller is asking one billion..." Tang Yun had no idea how the news had gotten out, but since it was out now, waking Wei Zhao had become all the more urgent.

"One billion..." Lai Fatty smiled bitterly. A month ago—even half a month ago—if he could not produce it himself, he could still have borrowed it from the Liu family. But now, the Liu family and he had both become paupers, with enormous debts still hanging over their heads...

"Is there a problem?" Tang Yun felt her heart tighten at the tone of his voice.

"Big Sis... the reason I was rushing to call the boss earlier was that the company had run into trouble..." At this point, Lai Fatty no longer tried to hide anything. He told Tang Yun everything that had happened during this period in full detail. Only at the end did he say, with deep guilt, "I'm sorry. I failed the boss's trust and drove the company into bankruptcy..."

"It's not your fault..." Having heard his account, Tang Yun naturally could not blame him. But she felt utterly helpless inside. Why did the company have to go bankrupt at precisely this moment? With Lai Fatty now not having a single cent to his name, how were they supposed to obtain the Ice Spirit Sacred Fruit?

"Big Sis, don't worry. I'll go figure something out—I'll go ask the Wu and Sun families for loans. One way or another, we have to scrape together the money..." Even as he said this, Lai Fatty knew perfectly well that he was in no position to borrow even one hundred million right now, let alone one billion.

Tang Yun was no fool; how could she fail to hear the lack of confidence in his words? She smiled bitterly, never imagining that all these misfortunes would converge at once. But to keep Lai Fatty from worrying too much, she could only say, "It's all right... I'll think of something else..."

After hanging up, Tang Yun stared blankly at Gu Mengyao and Xiao Shu, unable to speak.

Why was heaven so unfair, making every disaster arrive at the same time? Before, one billion had been a great deal of money for Wei Zhao, but raising it had been far from impossible. But now...

Tang Yun thought of the hidden Tang family, then swiftly shook her head. How could the hidden Tang family possibly take out one billion for her? Her biological father was probably wishing Wei Zhao dead, wasn't he?

That's right! Tang Yun suddenly remembered her elder sister, Bingtang. Bingtang was the palace master of the Ice Palace—surely she could produce one billion? But how was Tang Yun supposed to contact her? The only person who knew where the Ice Palace was had been Wei Zhao. Back then, even Old Master Wei had apparently been unaware of its location; Wei Zhao had searched for nearly half a month before he finally found the Ice Palace.

And now the Snow Valley and the Ice Palace were at opposite ends of the country, north and south. Even if she returned, managed to learn the Ice Palace's location, borrowed the money from Bingtang, and hurried back, whether Wei Zhao could hold out until then was completely unknown.

Because ever since they had left Xixing Mountain Village, Wei Zhao's body temperature had risen with every passing day. At first, the change had not been obvious, but as time wore on, even Xiao Shu began to find it hard to bear. Fortunately, although Xiao Shu feared heat more than anything, she had a heat-resistant, heat-conducting constitution, which was the only reason Wei Zhao had been kept stable up to now.

Tang Yun could hardly imagine what would happen if this continued to be delayed.

When Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu learned that Guan Dafu Pharmaceutical had actually been squeezed into bankruptcy by the Kang Shenyi Medical Group, helplessness and frustration appeared on both their faces at the same moment. Why did all these troubles have to pile up together?

The funds on her father's side could not be withdrawn, Guan Dafu Pharmaceutical had to go bankrupt right at this time, and Wei Zhao had to suffer qi deviation at this same time!

The three of them truly could not think of anyone else to borrow money from. These young ladies, who had never been short of money from childhood to adulthood, felt for the first time the troubles that came with having no money...

"Grandpa Lin is Wei Zhao's master. Could he possibly have some prescriptions that can stand up to that Kang Shenyi Medical Group?" Xiao Shu suddenly thought they should not let the Kang Shenyi Medical Group get off so easily.

"Even if he did, it couldn't be put into production right away. Grandpa Lin seems to have some unspeakable difficulty—he can't leave Xixing Mountain Village. Without him personally preparing the medicines and giving guidance, relying on just a few prescriptions to revive Guan Dafu Pharmaceutical is not very realistic..." Gu Mengyao shook her head.

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