“We will see.” Cheng Xiao Xiao did notagree right away but gave an obscure answer.
Deacon Bai was a bit surprised, but didn’tsay anything. They couldn’t afford to offend the Cheng’s.
They sold them the 300 mythical animalsraised in the ranch, loaded them all into 5 separate horse-drawn carriagesalong with 100 jin of rice. Theyreceived 8,000 taels of silver. Not too low, but not too high either.
Seeing them off, Cheng Biyuan patted thestack of bank notes he had put away in the inner pocket and smiled happily.Mrs. Cheng smiled tenderly and Cheng Xiao Xiao smiled lightly.
With these bank notes, they could nowafford anything they needed.
“What? Is that true?” Old man Ning almostjumped up from his chair. His eyes widened in disbelief.
Ko Yang nodded with a helpless look, “Yes,it’s true. I saw it with my own eyes. Innkeeper Zhu brought people with himtoday to the Cheng’s and purchased all of their mythical animals, almost 300 ofthem filling 5 carriages!”
“They….” Old man Ning had another commentto make but he stopped himself.
If they didn’t completely destroy therelation with the Cheng’s, they could certainly be able to claim some of thosemythical animals. He would be lying to say he didn’t regret. But what goodwould regretting do now?
The Ning’s was pretty much on the Cheng’sblack list!
Naturally, Ko Yang could see the regret onhis master. He sighed inwardly and felt unresigned. But what could he do? Theiryoung master was so ridiculous that he thought he could just storm in and tookthe Cheng’s properties. That wouldn’t have been easy.
Both the master and the servant feltunresigned. Ko Yang struggled with himself before he gritted his teeth andsaid, “Master, are we just going to back off like this?”
“Ugh…” Old man Ning looked up, he was abit surprised by Ko Yang’s words, “What else could we do other than waiting forthe representatives from School of Divine Condor?”
“Master, has it ever occurred to you dowhat good will it do for us when the representatives from School of DivineCondor gets here? Are they going to split the mythical animals with us? Or toprop up the Ning’s?”
“Whatever do you mean?” Old man Ning stilldidn’t get what Ko Yang was trying to tell him.
“Master, you know that mythical animalsare in high demand for anyone who is cultivating. There are tens and thousandsof teachers and students at School of Divine Condor, how many of these mythicalbeasts do you think they’d need? On top of that, words that the Cheng’s canraise mythical beasts would spread through the entire continent. Then all the n.o.blefamilies will be going after them. What do you think our odds will be then?”
After these words, Old man Ning fellsilent. They were the first who discovered these rare gems. They couldn’t justwalk away, so they had to put their hops on the School of Divine Condor.
Not much, they only need enough forthemselves.
After listening to Ko Yang’s a.n.a.lysis,putting their hopes on others would be like trying to scoop up water with aweaved basket – simply impossible.
He had to think this one through!
After thinking for a while, Old man Ningcouldn’t make up his mind, or that he wasn’t able to come up with anything. Hehad no choice but to ask the one in front of him, “Ko Yang, any idea?”
“Master, I have an idea. Just not sure ifit will work!” Ko Yang frowned and was a bit worried.
Old man Ning’s eyes brightened, heshouted, “Do share, quickly!”
“Master, have you forgotten about Mr. Linand the lot?” said Ko Yang slowly.
“You mean to notify them?”
Old man Ning went silent. Ever since theyhave found out about the mythical animals, they never informed their oldfriends. Or, it had never even occurred to them.
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