Chapter 110: Blackmail. Luminary Paste
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
No matter how much of a popinjay these four great young masters were, they knew fully well that they could not win against the strong enemy. Just as they were worrying over this, they quickly retreated upon hearing Yun Yang’s voice, as if receiving the holy decree.
Mi Kongqun’s icy gaze landed on Yun Yang again, feeling inexplicably exasperated.
It’s this fellow again!
This man had suggested a brawl to solve the problem when they were dominating the situation with their larger number of people; now that he saw so many of them could still not put him down, he sprung out to be the peacemaker.
Minister Mi could not help but feel that this child's shamelessness was comparable to Qiu Jianhan’s despite his young age.
What a f*cking talent!
However, Mi Kongqun wanted to put an end to this event too.
Things would really get out of hand if it went on. Seeing that the opposite party had stopped, he followed suit and pulled himself out.
"All of us here are people with status after all!" Yun Yang moved to the center of the circle they made and said earnestly, "How can we brawl and kill each other so barbarically?"
Mi Kongqun and the four young masters rolled their eyes together.
You were the one to say everyone was from the martial arts world and to solve everything with a fight. Your words were still resounding but you turned everyone into a person of status once you saw that the situation was going awry.
This guy could really say anything he wished.
"We can just explain ourselves face to face if there’s any problem or misunderstanding. Why must we use violence?"
Yun Yang continued his mediation efforts, "Young Master Qiu, it’s better to make friends than foes. We’ve fought for so long, any anger should already subside. Why let’s talk about it in peace!"
Qiu Yunsan thought to himself, "My anger is still here, it’s just that I can’t win against them."
Mi Kongqun thought, "My anger is still here too but there really isn’t any benefit for the fight to go on…"
"Keeper Mi…" Yun Yang looked at Mi Kongqun. "I’ve heard about the cause and effect of this incident too. You’ve just made a wrong move with harmless intention… and caused Young Master Qiu to be in trouble. A more severe trouble, am I not right?"
Then he turned to Qiu Yunsan. "While Young Master Qiu, you are young and reckless. You have too much pride, isn’t it? It’s definite that we have to find our honor once it’s lost, don't you agree?"
Both sides nodded their heads.
"Therefore, I shall provide a solution for both sides’ consideration." Yun Yang continued, "Young Master Qiu, first, you need to send everyone you’ve ‘invited’ back. I believe you don’t have the intention to seize or kidnap them, you were just joking with Minister Mi... Give a hundred silver taels to each person as compensation for frightening them. This shouldn’t be much for you, should it?"
"And for these three eunuchs, you must not skimp on them; a thousand silver taels each for their medical fee!"
Yun Yang said, "If so, Young Master Qiu’s side is done!"
He turned to look at Mi Kongqun. "As for Minister Mi, how you handled things left much to be desired. Since Young Master Qiu has agreed to let things go, Minister Mi should show your sincerity by compensating with some imperial household’s Luminary Paste."
"Imperial household’s Luminary Paste!" Mi Kongqun’s pitch took a sharp turn, his eyes stared wide at Yun Yang. "Are you being a peacemaker here? This is obviously daylight robbery, you’re demanding too much!"
Qiu Yunsan’s eyes glinted as he said, "Boss is right. As long as Minister Mi could offer five Luminary Pastes, we shall forget everything that’s happened here today!"
"Think of it as never happening!"
Dong Tianleng and the other three young masters’ eyes shone as well. "Brother Qiu is right. We are friends with Keeper Mi anyway, why are we hurting each other’s feelings? As long as there are five portions of Luminary Pastes, let’s forget our grudges and make peace!"
Mi Kongqun laughed with an increasing sense of rage. "What is the good of counting chickens before the eggs hatch! This is impossible!"
Imperial household’s Luminary Paste was Yutang royalty’s rare secret medicine. Its effects were powerful and significant.
It was said that the founder emperor of Empire of Yutang had acquired the corpse of a legendary mystical beast, Yin Yang Ophidian, by chance. It was also because he had eaten the flesh of the Yin Yang Ophidian that he had obtained mystical skills that were peerless.
His conquests were the stuff of legends as he expanded his territories, gradually building his dominance towards the Empire of Yutang.
The current Empire of Yutang was an empire built from scratch with the founder’s bare hands.
This showed how powerful the Yin Yang Ophidian was.
However, its strongest aspect was not its flesh but its internal core.
This internal core was the sole recognized top mystical beast, Yin Yang Ophidian’s internal core, in the entire Tianxuan Continent. Not one cultivator could ingest it to strengthen their cultivation base; even when it was a highly skilled expert of a grandmaster’s level, only the bursting of one’s body entailed once the core was ingested!
A gem that could not be utilized would only be useless no matter how rare and precious it was – this super internal core was even reduced to a symbolizing treasure for some period of time!
By chance then, someone from Yutang royalty discovered that this internal core that could not be ingested could be marinated in wine; the wine upon margination would be greatly improved too!
The marinating process was simple – leaving the internal core in a bowl full of wine for one full day and night. The wine would automatically condense into a half solid paste form, forming only a layer on the bottom.
Consuming this layer could make one invincible and increase the sexual capacity of men.
However, this was only a secondary effect. The main thing was If there were an expert by the side, fully assisting to deliver mystical Qi, someone naturally gifted might be able to awaken another chakra upon cultivating to break through after consuming this Luminary Paste!
This was where the Luminary Paste was truly unbelievable!
Although awakening another chakra was only a possibility, it was still the only way to break through innately gifted chakras in the entire Tianxuan Continent!
Besides, such good stuff was only available in Yutang’s palace in this whole world.
Now that Yun Yang wanted five of these things in one go, how could it still be considered as an exorbitant demand? It was an absolute daylight robbery!
How could Mi Kongqun agree to such a condition?
"This is absolutely impossible!" Mi Kongqun was unhesitant.
"Luminary Paste is a secret medicine of the Imperial Household, it’s even under His Majesty’s supervision. Not only are you making this extremely hard for me, you don’t even have the intention to make peace by offering such conditions! Otherwise, how would you request for such impossible feat!"
Mi Kongqun was the Minister of Imperial Household after all. Even when he was at a disadvantage and even when he already had the mind to compromise, he was still firm and resolute in rejecting such harsh terms.
Would you exchange a few thousand silver taels for Luminary Paste? Is this not over bargaining? It’s you folks who kidnapped my people first too!
Even the greediest robbers in this world would never make such request!
Qiu Yunsan smiled chillingly. "Others might really not be able to do it but Keeper Mi surely has your own way. Besides, even if Keeper Mi has no ways to do it, you have to think of a way anyway! There’s no other way out!"
Mi Kongqun replied, "All of you have regarded me too highly, don’t you think? I’m the Minister of Imperial Household but I’m still a servant with a missing body part after all. How could I obtain something so heavenly like the Luminary Paste? If young masters have to put me in such a tough spot, I’ll just go along with it! It’s only inevitable that both sides will be destroyed!"
Had Yun Yang not mentioned the Luminary Paste, Qiu Yunsan and gang might still be frightened by what Mi Kongqun had said about both sides being destroyed.
However, such considerations did not exist right now.
What was echoing in their ears was only the name Luminary Paste!
To these men who were immensely weakened by playing popinjays for so long, no other gem in this world could be more tempting that the temptation of Luminary Paste!
With such temptations at stake, it was worth it to gamble with their lives!
Chun Wanfeng scoffed and said, "Is this Keeper Mi’s oath to fight with your life? Too bad the four of us have never been afraid of this, we’ve not grown up being scared all our life anyway. If Keeper Mi insists, then we shall really kick the fuss up here tonight."
Xia Bingchuan chuckled coldly. "Right you are! Perhaps we couldn’t seize Keeper Mi with our manpower but, not one family member of Keeper Mi can wish to stay alive. Even if Keeper Mi is able to get out of this alive, I can’t guarantee how much of your life will be left. Perhaps a tenth?"
"Even if you’re lucky to get away, so what? We’re irreconcilable after this, sworn enemies. Four families will definitely hunt you down, not giving up until you’re dead!"
Dong Tianleng lifted his head in a gentlemanly manner. "I can guarantee that you’d be found by us before your injuries could recover and death shall greet your soul then!"
"The four of us are willing to make oath to the heavens, promising such words with all our might!" Qiu Yunsan said.
"There’s nothing to talk about if Keeper Mi is unwilling to offer the Luminary Paste as a sign of sincerity." Chun Wanfeng continued, "Even if you refuse to fight, we won’t let you go too!"
All four of them chorused before the luring temptation, words harsh and direct, a complete display of noble family’s young master’s insolence and roguish ways.
Mi Kongqun was in despair and burning rage but the feeling of being wronged more so than the other two emotions. He said angrily, "You are asking for Luminary Paste! Is it something so simple? That’s the top secret medicine of the royalty! The internal core of Yin Yang Ophidian could make Luminary Paste but it could only afford to make ten of them! Any more and there won’t be such effect… I can still think of a way with one or two, perhaps there’s room for discussion, but you guys want five? What is this if not imposing a difficult task for me!"
"We don’t care!" Dong Tianleng was unreasonable. "There’s only one condition. If you agree to it, we shall shake hands to make peace; if you don’t, our next meeting calls for life and death!"
The flame was threatening to spew from Mi Kongqun’s eyes, the man glared hard at Dong Tianleng. He was quiet for quite a long while.
After a while, he turned abruptly as three cracks resounded. The three eunuchs behind him were struck to their deaths at an alarmingly rapid pace. All of their heads had burst open, the men dead on the floor.
"Alright. Five Luminary Pastes it is. This ends here.a" Mi Kongqun emphasized each word he spoke, "The goods will be delivered to the Cirrus House within three days!"