Su Xin looked straight into Yan Qingxue's eyes. He had already explained the pros and cons to Yan Qingxue. Now it was up to her to decide.
Being stared at by Su Xin, Yan Qingxue felt as if her heart was being seen through by Su Xin. She couldn't help but panic.
However, Su Xin's words echoed in Yan Qingxue's heart. Should she fight for it?
If she didn't fight for it, Yan Zhongheng and the others wouldn't tolerate her. If she fought for it, she would have to fight with her half-siblings.
But if she didn't fight for it, she wouldn't be the only one who would be implicated.
Lü Li, the servant girl who had grown up with her and treated her like a sister, Uncle Liang, the elder who had taken care of her as she grew up, Chi Rang, who had wholeheartedly protected her like a simple and honest brother, and those subordinates who had been willing to follow her. If she had implicated them, how could she not feel guilty?
Yan Qingxue let out a long sigh and said with difficulty, "I want to fight for it!"
Hearing her answer, Su Xin smiled. "It's good that you know the answer. Don't worry, Miss Yan. I will give you a satisfactory answer tomorrow."
Yan Qingxue left with a bit of melancholy. Su Xin started to think about his next plan.
It wasn't that simple to help Yan Qingxue get the position of the City Lord.
Yan Qingxue's starting point was too low. He had to plan well.
Moreover, his enemy wasn't Yan Zhongheng and the others. They were just some small fries. His true enemy was the entire Xiangnan Pugilistic World.
Shangshan City stood in the middle of Xiangnan. It was the biggest city in the entire Xiangnan. Whether it was the monthly business profits or the large number of martial artists in the city, it made all the major forces in Xiangnan jealous.
In the past, when Yan Huangjiu was around, they could only cooperate with him. Moreover, Yan Huangjiu wasn't stupid. Shangshan City didn't lean towards the Xiangnan Pugilistic World, nor would it lean towards the imperial court.
Now that Yan Huangjiu was in his twilight years, the major sects in Xiangnan were determined to get the new successor of Shangshan City. He had to fight with them sooner or later.
At the same time, Uncle Liang was called over by Yan Huangjiu to report what happened today.
Actually, Yan Huangjiu had already learned about today's situation from the spies. However, it was definitely not as real as what Uncle Liang had seen up close.
After listening to Uncle Liang's explanation, Yan Huangjiu nodded. This Meng Qingze was not bad. He knew that making a name for himself through a battle would bring benefits to Yan Qingxue. However, Yan Qingxue's current strength was still too weak.
"When you go back, take these elixirs with you. Give the high-tier elixirs to Meng Qingze, and use the low-tier elixirs to recruit warriors." Yan Huangjiu waved his hand and someone immediately brought over a big box. Inside the box were cultivation pills of various grades.
With Merchant Mountain City's financial resources, Yan Huangjiu wasn't lacking in some precious herbs. These few years, he had also managed to snare a few alchemists and spent a large sum of money to buy pill formulas from some sects in Xiangnan. He refined these pills himself. Although the output wasn't much, at least he didn't have to spend a large sum of money to buy from those big sects like before.
Uncle Liang's face immediately revealed a pleasantly surprised expression. Yan Huangjiu gave him these cultivation resources. Didn't that mean that even he was leaning towards the Young Miss?
However, Uncle Liang naturally didn't dare to say this out loud. The thoughts of those in power were always the hardest to guess. He just had to obediently follow orders.
"Sigh."
After Uncle Liang left, Yan Huangjiu sighed. He also felt that his previous decision was wrong.
Could Yan Zhongheng and the others really protect Merchant Mountain City? Perhaps when they had just ascended to the position of City Lord, Merchant Mountain City would become the vassal of those Xiangnan sects.
Early the next morning, Su Xin had just woken up when Yan Qingxue sent someone to invite him over.
When Su Xin rushed to the living room, he saw Uncle Liang and the others surrounding a box and excitedly talking about something.
Seeing Su Xin come over, Yan Qingxue smiled sweetly and said, "Young Master Meng, I feel a little apologetic for using a painting to trick you over to my place. It just so happens that these can be considered as compensation."
Yan Qingxue pushed over a few bottles of medicinal pills. Su Xin took a look at them. They were actually medicinal pills used for cultivation. He secretly entered the system and confirmed that the evaluation was two stars. Not bad.
"There's no need to trick or not. That painting is worth me making a move. However, I'm curious about where did these medicinal pills come from?"
Uncle Liang explained, "These were given to me by the City Lord yesterday. Among them, there are a few bottles of high-grade medicinal pills that the City Lord specifically wants to give to Young Master Meng. The other medicinal pills are used to recruit other martial artists."
Su Xin nodded. He didn't show any emotion and directly kept the medicinal pills. "Then it would be impolite for me to refuse."
A bottle of two-star medicinal pills cost over a hundred anti-faction points. These few bottles of medicinal pills weren't cheap. Of course, Su Xin wouldn't pretend to be kind and refuse.
However, he was surprised that Yan Huangjiu had actually changed his temperament and was actually secretly supporting Yan Qingxue.
Of course, this was a good thing. As long as Yan Huangjiu maintained his neutrality and didn't lean towards the various martial arts factions of Xiangnan, his plan could continue.
Yan Qingxue checked the number of medicinal pills and calculated. She said, "With these medicinal pills, I can roughly recruit around twenty Houtian Great Perfection martial artists and around a hundred Houtian Middle Stage martial artists. However, it's impossible to recruit Xiantian Realm martial artists."
Xiantian Realm martial artists were considered experts in the entire Merchant Mountain City. It wasn't that easy to use medicinal pills to make them choose sides.
However, Xiantian Realm martial artists were the most important martial force in the fight for the position of City Lord.
Yan Zhongheng and the others were currently suppressed by Su Xin to the point where they didn't dare to raise their heads. The one or two Xiantian Realm martial artists under them weren't Su Xin's match at all. However, this wasn't all of their trump cards.
Yan Zhongheng and the others still relied on the power of the sect behind them. They had a lot of Xiantian Realm martial artists under them.
Su Xin said indifferently, "I've said it before. Leave these to me."
Uncle Liang said in astonishment, "Young Master Meng, it's not that I doubt you, but there really aren't any Xiantian Realm martial artists in Merchant Mountain City that we can recruit.
Right now, most of the Xiantian Realm martial artists in Merchant Mountain City are with the City Lord. The rest have been recruited by Eldest Young Master and Second Young Master. There's almost no one left. "
Su Xin said with a light smile, "That's not necessarily true. The Xiantian Realm martial artists on the Wind and Cloud List aren't all recruited by them, right? There must be some left. "
Uncle Liang said, "But it's impossible for us to recruit those martial artists. Those people don't like to be restrained by others. Therefore, whether it's the City Lord personally recruiting them or Eldest Young Master and Second Young Master recruiting them, these people won't agree."
Su Xin stretched out his fist and shook it in front of them. "It's very simple. If they don't agree, I'll beat them until they agree."
Everyone was instantly dumbfounded. Was this still the chivalrous Young Hero Meng who saw injustice? Why was he like a bully?
Yan Qingxue said hesitantly, "But isn't this a little bad?"
Lü Li also said softly, "That's right, Young Master Meng. If you do this, others will say that you're overbearing. You're not worthy of your chivalrous name."
A faint smile appeared on Su Xin's lips. "Do you remember what I told you before? A great chivalrous person is for the country and the people. I've never considered myself a chivalrous person.
It's too tiring to be a hero. My master isn't a hero, and neither am I. At most, I'm just a pugilistic person who likes to meddle in other people's business.
That day, I saw Yan Zhongheng and the others bullying Miss Yan, so I couldn't stand it and took action.
But if the one being bullied that day wasn't Miss Yan, but a burly man who was digging his feet … Hehe, I wouldn't care even if he was beaten to death. "
Hearing Su Xin's amusing words, Lü Li burst out laughing. Yan Qingxue also couldn't help but laugh.
"That's why if you want to be chivalrous and stand up for injustice, you have to look at who you're dealing with. Of course, I, Meng Qing Zeping, wouldn't bully ordinary people, but I don't feel any psychological pressure when facing these warriors.
Leave this matter to me. I guarantee that I'll bring the person back within three days. "With that, Su Xin walked straight out.
Looking at Su Xin's back, the few of them looked at each other in dismay.
However, seeing how confident Su Xin was, he must have a certain degree of certainty to do so. After experiencing Su Xin's shocking battle last time, they even had some blind trust in Su Xin.
After walking out of the house, Su Xin first went to the inn to find Fang Hao.
This fellow had stayed in Merchant Mountain City for many years and knew the people and matters of Merchant Mountain City like the back of his hand. It would be more convenient to bring him anywhere.
Inside the inn, when Fang Hao saw that Su Xin had arrived, he immediately revealed a bitter expression. "Young Master, I thought you abandoned me."
Su Xin pretended not to see his mischievous behavior. He only said in a low voice, "It was for your own good that I didn't bring you yesterday. You saw that I was going to help Yan Qingxue, so Yan Zhongheng and the others would become enemies.
Let's not talk about this now, there will definitely be a lot of trouble in the future. That's why I didn't bring you back to Yan Qingxue's house yesterday.
Now, I'll give you a choice. Are you going to continue to follow me or leave?
If you leave, I won't take back the bottle of pills. Also, you don't have to worry. You were with me yesterday, so no one saw it. Yan Zhongheng and the others won't hear about it. "
Yan Zhongheng and the others were infamous in Merchant Mountain City. Following Su Xin and joining Yan Qingxue's side naturally meant that there was no need to elaborate on the risks involved.
However, Fang Hao thought about his current situation. After cultivating for more than ten years, he was still in the middle stage of the Acquired Realm. Every day in Merchant Mountain City, he was living a miserable life. Even if he wanted to join Yan Zhongheng and the others, they wouldn't look at him.
It wasn't easy for him to rely on his thick skin to climb up to Young Master Meng, who was ranked on the Mortal List. If he left because he was afraid of trouble, he was afraid that Young Master Meng would look down on him.
Therefore, Fang Hao only hesitated for a moment before he said righteously, "I, Fang Hao, am not a despicable person who goes back on his word. Since I've taken your pill, I'm now your subordinate. Even if you want me to climb a mountain of swords or jump into a pot of boiling oil, I'll do it!"
The corner of Su Xin's mouth revealed a trace of a smile. Although Fang Hao was usually glib, he could be considered a smart person.
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