Chapter 25 Two Hundred Years of Wealth (Revised Edition)
Song Baiyu had no intention of visiting the Li family immediately. After all, his strength is limited now, and he is like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth when he arrives at the Li family, and is full of dangers. However, after accepting Li Cuntie's favor, Song Baiyu was embarrassed to refuse the invitation from the Li family again.
The Li family's grandparents and grandchildren are open-minded and upright in their lives. They should not be detrimental to themselves. If they are really hypocrites, wouldn't they have the means to save their lives?
Along the way, Song Baiyu calculated the various possibilities he might face. Under the guidance of Li Cuntie, he soon arrived at the Jinsha Villa Garden in the western suburbs of Shacheng.
When he walked to the door of the only five-story villa in the villa garden, an old man with white hair and beard was already standing at the door to welcome Song Baiyu. This old man was the person Song Baiyu had seen in a black market trading activity, and Li Cuntie called the Grand Master.
"My friend, you are finally here. I'm waiting for a while." After seeing Song Baiyu, the old man walked to Song Baiyu in three steps. He grabbed Song Baiyu's hands and said excitedly.
"Senior loves you, younger people are afraid." Song Baiyu couldn't understand why the old man's attitude towards him suddenly changed. In the black market, this old man was still lukewarm to him, so why did he suddenly treat himself as a guest?
Not to mention that Song Baiyu couldn't understand, even Li Cuntie beside Song Baiyu was stunned. What's wrong with his great master today? He had never seen him so excited when he met the chief of the central government before. Could this boy named Song have a big background? Li Cuntie thought about this in his heart, but he was secretly glad that he invited Song Baiyu back, otherwise he wouldn't know how the great master would punish him.
"Cuntie, please ask the club to prepare the food and drinks well. We said that we have distinguished guests today. I will go to the study to discuss something with this friend first." The old man did not explain his doubts about Song Baiyu, but greeted Li Cuntie loudly, and then pulled Song Baiyu into the villa.
"Is this old guy trying to steal my land grass?" Song Baiyu thought maliciously, but seeing the old man currying to him, he hid the suspicion in his heart very well.
"Can you tell me if you are a master or a master from a cultivation family?" After entering the study, the old man asked politely.
"Wan Yao Sect!" When the old man mentioned the words of the cultivation family, a trace of aftertaste flashed in Song Baiyu's eyes, and he said softly.
"Wan Yao Sect?" The old man muttered in a low voice several times when he heard this, but he really couldn't remember such a sect in the cultivation world. He couldn't help but shake his head. Perhaps he knew too little.
The old man is just a secular head of a family of cultivation, and strictly speaking, he is not a person in the world of cultivation.
The cultivation families in the secular world can only be regarded as the most marginal supporting roles in the path of cultivation. The reason why they can exist and continue to this day is mainly because those cultivation sects that have emerged from the world need someone to provide them with various products from the secular world.
"Old Li Chenmu, I bought many herbs such as water keels on the black market today. I realized afterwards that it was my friend who commissioned the auction, so I took the liberty to invite my friend to come here. Please don't be surprised." The old man politely bowed to Song Baiyu, which explained the whole story.
In fact, Li Chenmu's words were not true. After seeing Song Baiyu buying Dinancao, he only wanted to get to know Song Baiyu and see if he could buy Dinancao from Song Baiyu. However, after learning that Song Baiyu was able to consign a large number of herbs of age, he might also come from the cultivation world, and his attitude towards Song Baiyu was not as casual as before.
After hearing Li Chenmu's explanation, Song Baiyu breathed a sigh of relief. Li Chenmu's attitude towards him changed from casualness just now, which made Song Baiyu secretly say he was lucky.
"If I just replied that he was alone, I guess the other party would treat him with a different attitude." Song Baiyu didn't believe that just those ordinary herbs with age would make a cultivator who has a much higher cultivation level than him so polite to him.
"I don't know if my friend went down the mountain this time to experience or do things for the mountain gate. How long will he stay in the secular world?" Li Chenmu continued to ask with respectfully making a cup of tea for Song Baiyu.
"I'm here to experience the world this time, and I don't have a accurate amount of stay time." Song Baiyu replied softly, "I'm afraid that the senior invited me to the house is not just because of the medicinal herbs that are old?"
Song Baiyu is not a long-winded person. He was afraid of Li Chenmu's strength before, so he hid his questions in his heart and did not dare to reveal them. At this time, he saw that Li Chenmu was afraid of his identity and his attitude towards him changed drastically, but he didn't want to continue playing Tai Chi with Li Chenmu.
"Hey, our Li family is in trouble..." Li Chenmu sighed and told his own experience when he heard Song Baiyu's words.
Although the Li family is a cultivation family, it has not been in contact with the cultivation world for two hundred years. The reason is very simple. The leader of the Li family, Jidan Sect, was blocked by a mountain due to an accident two hundred years ago. As the agent of Jidan Sect in the secular world, the Li family naturally could no longer obtain the help of Jidan Sect.
"...Two hundred years have passed, and we have used up all the elixirs given to us by Jidan Sect by us, and the skills passed down by Jidan Sect have become incomplete. Therefore, the Li family now looks very powerful on the surface, but in fact it is just a paper tiger. I don't know how many people are secretly thinking about it. Maybe the day when the old man returns to the west is the time when the Li family falls." After speaking, the old man looked depressed.
Song Baiyu was silent when he heard this. As the dependants of some sects in the cultivation world, their identities were very embarrassing. On the one hand, they could appear strongly in front of the secular world and enjoy all their wealth. On the other hand, they were not recognized by the cultivation world, and even abandoned them like grass. Once they were abandoned by the sects in the cultivation world, it would mean the arrival of their doomsday.
Now the Li family is obviously facing this dilemma. Before Jidanmen closed the mountain, they separated from the Li family. In name, the Li family was still a cultivation family, but in fact they were just surviving and could be annexed by other cultivation families at any time.
"If I remember correctly, I will only meet for the second time. Don't you know the taboos of having a Qianyanshen?" After a while, Song Baiyu asked vigilantly.
Li Chenmu laughed when he heard this, "I and my friend hit it off today, and my words are almost known to everyone. How can I be regarded as having a simple and profound sentence?"
Song Baiyu curled his lips and almost wrote the word "disbelief" on his face, but he was very clever and did not expose the old man's lies.
Seeing this, Li Chenmu turned red, picked up the teacup and sipped it. Then he coughed twice, looked at Song Baiyu with longing, and asked sincerely: "The Li family has not had any contact with the cultivation world for two hundred years. I wonder if I can tell the recent situation of the cultivation world, so that I can open my eyes?"
Song Baiyu rolled his eyes when he heard this, thinking that I want to know more about the cultivation world than you, but he knew that he would probably cause trouble as soon as he asked this sentence. He said seriously: "I have been devoted to practicing, but I don't know much about the cultivation world. I'm afraid I will disappoint my seniors."
Li Chenmu's face flashed with a moment of loss when he heard this. He lost his mouth and praised: "No wonder my friend's cultivation is as superb as this."
"Senior praise!" Song Baiyu responded modestly, not even more dissatisfied with the old man's words. He was obviously only in the early stage of Qi training, but the old man actually praised his excellent cultivation and did not know what he was thinking.
Seeing that Song Baiyu was well-founded in speaking, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, Li Chenmu felt like he could not speak in the face of a hedgehog, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. In fact, what Li Chenmu said to Song Baiyu just now was not well known to everyone. Some of the contents were secrets of the Li family for two hundred years. However, when he was just said, Song Baiyu pointed it out. Li Chenmu said that even though he was embarrassed.
Holding up the fragrant teacup and taking a sip, Song Baiyu accidentally found an ancient book scattered on the table in the study, and there was a picture on the page that was flipped on the book, which looked like the grass in the south. Song Baiyu's heart jumped and his eyes immediately floated elsewhere.
"I wonder what I think of this tea?" Li Chenmu clearly saw Song Baiyu's little move, and did not point it out, but asked in a soft voice.
"The buds and leaves are first unfolding, flat and smooth. The taste is sweet, fresh and mellow, the aroma is elegant and clear, and the good tea!" Song Baiyu responded casually.
Li Chenmu was a little surprised to see that Song Baiyu could actually tell the beauty of this tea in full. You know, even senior officials at the provincial and ministerial level could hardly drink this limited-supply top-supply tea. The Li family has obtained these limited-supply tea because they have produced many imperial doctors for hundreds of years.
"My friend has such eyesight. Have you ever drunk this tea before?" Li Chenmu asked in surprise.
"Well, I have to drink it almost every day. I have been studying for several months just by tasting tea."
"No wonder my friend speaks and does things without any leakage. It turns out that the noble disciples are so strict." When Li Chenmu heard Song Baiyu's words, he felt solemn in his heart. He took it for granted that Song Baiyu's way of tasting tea was learned from Wanyao Sect, but he didn't know that Song Baiyu's way of tasting tea was completely learned from home.
Song Boyu knew that the old man had misunderstood him again, but he was not interested in pointing it out. He was bored in talking to the old man, and he didn't know when it would be. Naturally, he took the initiative to ask for help and would not raise the topic.
"I think my friend is buying medicinal materials on the black market today, but he is very unfamiliar with the underground black market. Although the Li family has not had the same power in the past two hundred years, it has a complete business network all over the world and can participate in many trading markets that ordinary people cannot access. If you need it, you might as well tell me, maybe I can help you."
When Song Baiyu heard Li Chenmu's words, he was very moved. He had a large number of medicinal materials and elixirs in his hands to sell, and he also needed to buy some medicinal materials he needed. He was worried that there would be no channels in this regard. Li Chenmu's words made Song Baiyu feel like someone would give him a pillow if he wanted to be sleepy.
"Senior, I really feel ashamed of being so kind." Li Chenmu's words changed Song Baiyu's attitude towards him. After Song Baiyu was moved, he bowed deeply to Li Chenmu.
"It's just a matter of raising hands, why should you be so polite? If the little friend is willing to connect with the Li family and Wan Yaomen, what's wrong with the Li family giving all the wealth accumulated over the past two hundred years." Seeing that Song Baiyu was finally caught by him, Li Chenmu was overjoyed. He joked that he really made the real purpose of his conversation with Song Baiyu.
Chapter completed!