The Ning Shen Dan was a miraculous pill capable of enhancing comprehension and boosting strength.
Even the Sun family might not possess such a pill.
The Sun family had to seize the initiative before the Qin family and the other three families.
"Old Sun, do you know the value of the medicinal ingredients required to refine the Ning Shen Dan?" Elder Fang asked Old Sun slowly.
Old Sun shook his head. "I am naturally aware of how rare this item is, but I am indeed unaware of the specific ingredients."
Elder Fang sighed. "I just ask you, can an alchemist succeed in refining every single pill?"
"No!" Old Sun replied with absolute certainty.
"This is not a joke. If every pill could be successfully refined, then the Ning Shen Dan wouldn't be so desperately sought after. Even Zhou Xuan said he only succeeded in opening his furnace this one time."
In fact, this was all Zhou Xuan's deception of Elder Fang.
For such pills, he could refine them if he had enough materials, and mass-produce them in minutes.
The problem lay solely with the materials.
"However, there are currently no alchemists capable of refining the Ning Shen Dan, and the price of the Ning Shen Dan has already been driven to astronomical figures."
"You must understand, I inquired, and refining the Ning Shen Dan is a monumental task. It is as difficult as climbing to heaven to successfully refine even one Ning Shen Dan per day!"
"Therefore, I must regretfully decline."
"However, if you, Old Sun, truly encounter any problems in the future, I can make an exception and part with one to save your life." Elder Fang said with a smile.
With the Ning Shen Dan in hand, he wasn't afraid of these old foxes defecting to the Qin family.
At least he would have time to prepare his comeback.
Old Sun knew he had no choice but to approach the Fang family.
Furthermore, he couldn't afford to offend the Fang family.
Otherwise, given the Fang family's resources, they would likely feed the pills in their possession to dogs rather than hand them over to their rivals, the four great families.
At that point, no matter how capable they were, they wouldn't be able to obtain them.
Thus, the Ning Shen Dan was a must-have!
Just then, a bodyguard beside Old Sun handed him his phone.
"Patriarch, something is wrong! The treasures you hid in the secret chamber have been stolen!"
"What?"
"Who dares?"
"Who on earth is so audacious! To dare to steal from my Sun family!"
Old Sun couldn't attend to the matter at hand and said to Elder Fang, cupping his hands, "I have an urgent family matter to attend to. I shall take my leave for now and visit again tomorrow."
Elder Fang could only escort Old Sun, who was leaving in a hurry.
He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If the standoff continued, the two of them might have come to blows.
Sun Family.
It turned out that Sun Zhibiao found himself unable to approach Zhou Xuan to retrieve his treasure and teach him a lesson.
This was simply impossible.
Firstly, he was staying at the Fang family's residence. Secondly, that fellow was powerful.
Finally, Sun Zhibiao could only employ a strategy of retreating to advance, using his grandfather to intervene.
Sun Zhibiao, the fatty, feigned winking and signaling to his subordinate not to say anything, indicating that he would save him later.
However, Old Master Sun's beating was too formidable. The subordinate confessed after less than two blows.
Sun Zhibiao was so enraged that he was furious beyond measure.
"You scoundrel, how can you be so stupid? Why couldn't you hold out longer!"
The subordinate said aggrievedly, "But... but Boss, it hurt too much and I couldn't bear it!"
Hearing this, Sun Zhibiao almost slapped him to death. He thought, "Fortunately, I'm clever and hid for a few days, otherwise..."
Sun Zhibiao was furious. He kicked over the coffee table and pointed at the subordinate, scolding him, "Speak! Who instructed you to say this?"
The subordinate was startled and quickly said, "Young Master, Young... Young Master, didn't you tell me to give it to Zhou Xuan? Why are you saying this?"
"What? Zhou Xuan?!"
"Yes, the young master merely said a few words about Zhou Xuan, and Zhou Xuan held a grudge. Then that fellow kidnapped Young Master Sun."
"That fellow then threatened Young Master Sun to return the items, and forced Young Master Sun to give him all the ancient artifacts!"
After hearing this, Old Master Sun was so angry that he was panting heavily. "My dear grandson, how can you be so insensible and not even realize you were being deceived!"
This was far from the truth.
In reality, he had stolen it himself to save his own life.
"Grandfather, why are you saying this now? It's all that Zhou Xuan's fault, he's too cruel!"
"He also threatened to kill me if I didn't hand over the items. I had no choice..."
The fellow shamelessly stated, leaving even the subordinate dumbfounded.
"Found it, found it!" someone rushed in.
"Patriarch, the small cauldron and the Fu Bao Bo and other treasures are indeed in Zhou Xuan's hands. Among them, the small cauldron was given to Elder Fang by Zhou Xuan as a gesture of goodwill!"
"Hmph! Very good, this is a golden opportunity!"
"With some careful maneuvering, I will make the Fang family willingly hand over two hundred Ning Shen Dan this time!" Old Master Sun narrowed his eyes and struck the table fiercely.
Sun Zhibiao, seeing that his crisis had been resolved, servilely went to help his grandfather massage his legs.
"Grandfather, look, it's Zhou Xuan who beat me. See how serious it is! You must avenge me!"
"You brat, I'll spare you for now."
Old Master Sun, burdened by his incompetent grandson, seemed to have grown even whiter hair from worry.
If my Sun family's descendants were capable and talented, why would I have to shamelessly cooperate with the Qin family?
Alas, it's all fate.
Look at Qin Huaiyu, she truly is a woman who doesn't yield to men.
Zhou Xuan was helping the Baili family repair the Baili Manor.
Not long after.
He received an invitation from the Qin family.
"Polo?"
"Yes, Elder Qin of our family deeply regrets the events of the last birthday banquet and sincerely requests Mr. Zhou to attend."
Zhou Xuan held the invitation, muttering in his heart.
What does this old fox Qin want?
"We'll see."
He did not indicate whether he would go or not.
After the subordinate delivered the message, he left.
Zhou Xuan returned to Baili Yuntian's room.
At this time, Baili Yuntian and Baili Lie had already recovered more than half of their health after being treated by Zhou Xuan.
"What do you think the Qin family's intentions are?"
"Qin Zhantian refuses to discuss the matter of dealing with the Baili family, yet he invites me to a polo match?"
"What do you think?"
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Baili Yuntian said with difficulty, "Master. The Qin family has always been adept at covering things up. Their doing this only proves that they desire something."
"If they could, killing you would be as easy as flipping their hand."
"Their current show of goodwill is likely a banquet of Hongmen."
Baili Lie had a different opinion.
"So what?"
"The Master's strength is evident. If it were me, I would absolutely not let such a powerful person not belong to me."
"The Qin family must be coveting the Master's abilities, perhaps to recruit him."
Baili Lie was indeed straightforward.
Baili Yuntian knew what this meant.
However, he did not voice it.
Once Zhou Xuan abandoned them, it was possible that he would temporarily submit to the Qin family.
After all, they were unaware of Zhou Xuan's deep-seated vendetta.
Zhou Xuan smiled faintly, "They want to exploit my weakness."