Chapter 501

== Internal Clan politics ==
LC refuses to join the Shui family as he does not want to be drawn into their games.
After bringing profit, her family would smile happily towards him, but as soon as he caused trouble, if that trouble exceeded the profit, her family would not hesitate to abandon him. Let alone Long Chen, they wouldn't hesitate to abandon her either.
For Long Chen to join the Shui family, there were two likely conclusions: one, Long Chen would die under the Shui family's scheming, or two, Long Chen would live, while the Shui family...
Currently, Long Chen was surrounded by enemies on all sides. If he had been alone, he wouldn't be afraid. But he had others with him. The Dragonblood Legion had just been formed and had yet to mature. If they were struck now, it would be a fatal blow.
== Pill Tower scam ==
Meanwhile, the Huo family is trying to pressure Shui's supermonastery. All their medicinal pills are purchased from the Pill Tower. But a few days ago, the Pill Tower said they were low on stock and could only sell a limited amount.
LC then reveals they are a bunch of counterfeiters.
The Bone Tempering Pills sold by the Pill Tower have half the medicinal effect. However, it's impossible to tell from the outside, and since all the Bone Tempering Pills on the market are monopolized by the Pill Tower and others don't have the medicinal formula to refine their own, no one knows this secret.
He shows his own medicinal pill with the same quality as the bone tempering pills but different effects. Shui confirms but is curious how LC knew how to cultivate these pills as supposedly only the pill tower had the formula.
LC couldn't tell the truth. All he could say was that he had obtained it in the secret realm, because it was possible for any kind of treasure to appear in there. More important was Long Chen's last sentence.
Shui warns LC to be careful as if he makes the pill public, the Pill Tower would chase him down.
The Pill Tower had mostly monopolized the pill market, and the Bone Tempering Pill was one of their most lucrative pills. If Long Chen made the pill formula public, the Pill Tower would definitely launch a harsh attack. It would be impossible for them to let him off.
But LC has a different plan: selling to Huayun Sect. The only one that could face off against the Pill Tower was the Huayun Sect. Long Chen's actions were equivalent to giving the Pill Tower a vicious cut.
Long Chen detested the Pill Tower's lofty and arrogant fellows. From Huo Wufang's conduct, he had already realized the entire Pill Tower was full of arrogant people who looked down their noses at people.
== Zheng Wenlong ==
He had already given the pill formula to Zheng Wenlong. This was an extremely secret cooperation. When Zheng Wenlong had seen the pill formula, he had almost shouted in shock.
Long Chen was doing this for two reasons. One was to borrow the Huayun Sect to give a blow to the Pill Tower, revealing their contemptible scheme to sell fake medicine.
The other goal he had was to get more Bone Tempering Pills for himself. He didn't have enough time to refine that many Bone Tempering Pills, so he needed the Huayun Sect's help. After all, the Huayun Sect also had their own pill cultivators.
Furthermore, Huayun Sect's reputation was famed, and they always kept secrets confidential. No one would realize that it was Long Chen who had given the pill formula to the Huayun Sect.
Back at that time, Zheng Wenlong had already said that once they began to sell Bone Tempering Pills, Long Chen would receive a twenty percent dividend of the profit.
It had to be known that the Huayun Sect's auction houses were spread throughout the world. A twenty percent dividend was shocking.
However, Long Chen didn't really care about it. Right now, he needed two things: one was precious medicinal ingredients, while the other was Bone Tempering Pills.
To establish the Dragonblood Legion would require an ocean's worth of medicinal pills. If he refined all of them himself, he would end up exhausting himself to death. So cooperating with the Huayun Sect was the best, mutually beneficial option.
"This way, it won't be long before the matter of the Pill Tower's fake medicines becomes public knowledge. At that time, will they still have time to care about me? This time I'll borrow the Huayun Sect to give the Pill Tower a vicious blow. Those arrogant fellows really should reserve themselves more." Long Chen laughed mischievously.
Looking at Long Chen's sinister smile, Shui Wuhen was a bit speechless. For the Pill Tower to end up making an enemy out of someone like Long Chen, they really were unfortunate.
The Pill Tower might say they were neutral in the cultivation world, but they were too arrogant, and they were lacking character. No one had a good impression of them.
However, both the Righteous and Corrupt paths relied on their medicinal pills. There was no choice but to lower their heads to them.
Once the Huayun Sect delivers this blow, they should be a bit better behaved from now on. Their haughtiness should also be more restrained.
"That's right, sister, is there any news about Yin Wushuang?" asked Long Chen.