The Invincible Strongest Student

Chapter 1172: Chapter 1172: A Steady Stream

Miaoqiu and Mei Ruyan descended the stairs, and those representatives sent by the families were anxiously waiting in the first-floor living room.

Among these people, ages ranged from forty to seventy. Even the older ones were cultivators, so their bodies were naturally in good condition. Upon seeing the two hostesses finally appear, they quickly approached them, faces filled with concern.

"Xu Family girl, how is Lin’s injury?"

"Indeed, has the prescription I provided been used? It should be suitable for his current condition."

"What about our Xv Family’s prescription? It should protect his Sea of Qi, and slowly nurse him back to health."

A large group surrounded the two young ladies, blocking Miaoqiu and Mei Ruyan right in the middle of the stairs, bombarding them with questions as if countless flies were buzzing around their ears, making them quite annoyed.

Miaoqiu, holding onto Mei Ruyan’s arm, merely stared at them without saying a word.

Gradually, everyone noticed that this Xu Family girl seemed a bit off, especially with her slightly reddened eyes, as though she had just cried, looking heartbroken and even her breathing was a bit choked.

Mei Ruyan glanced at her sister, thinking inwardly: "Such great acting skills!"

Indeed, her acting was excellent, as everyone present was deceived by her. Seeing the two hostesses silent, the crowd slowly ceased their chatter, and soon the entire hall became much quieter.

"Dear elders, it’s getting late, you all have been waiting here all day; please go home and rest," Miaoqiu said with a clear voice, and after speaking, she wiped her eyes with her sleeve.

"Xu Family girl, just how is Lin’s injury? Please give us a word," an elderly man urged anxiously; how could he go back with nothing to report?

"Yes, please stop crying," they urged.

The more they asked, the sadder Miaoqiu’s expression became, as if she was about to burst into tears.

"Ahem," Miaoqiu sniffled twice, placed her hand over her chest and slightly bowed to the crowd before saying, "Thank you all for your efforts, but Lin Tian is in a very bad state now; his inner strength is almost completely depleted. Only the Golden Core still shows some reaction. If this continues, I’m afraid..."

She stopped speaking here, but everyone understood what she implied.

"Ah, who would have thought such a rare genius of the century would face this situation..."

"Indeed, it’s truly a pity."

"Is there really no solution whatsoever?"

Miaoqiu was acting, and so were these old men. They were secretly delighted but outwardly wearing expressions of sorrow, almost as if they’d lost their own sons.

Miaoqiu composed herself slightly, then bowed again and said, "Dear elders, as long as there’s the slightest hope, we won’t give up. But Lin Tian said that if he can’t recover, he’ll go abroad to live the life of an ordinary person, no longer associating with the family elites, especially since he’s previously offended quite a few people."

Upon hearing these words, everyone raised their brows.

Lin Tian wants to go into hiding abroad? Wouldn’t that be awful?

Alchemy has been dormant for hundreds of years, and now that someone could finally produce some lost prescriptions, but this person is about to disappear, what a disaster.

If Lin Tian never appeared in the first place, it would be fine, as families have long gotten used to the scarcity of alchemical pills.

But now that there’s been a slight abundance of elixirs, having to revert to the previous deprived lifestyle, who could bear it?

"Xu Family girl, Lin isn’t serious, is he? What’s so good about going abroad? Can it even compare to our Celestial Dragon Continent? Wouldn’t it be better to find some famous mountains to recuperate?"

These words were honest; the current foreign lands pale in comparison to Celestial Dragon Continent.

"Indeed, why give up if there’s still hope? This contradicts the essence of cultivation."

Miaoqiu replied with a bitter smile, "It’s easier said than done. Lin Tian mentioned that it would require numerous herbs and alchemical pills, which might not even guarantee recovery. These herbs and pills... are really unavailable."

Upon hearing this, many people twitched at the corners of their mouths.

Shameless! Truly shameless!

This was clearly said for our ears, wasn’t it? You lack them, meaning you want us to bleed out, right?

But does Lin Tian truly lack herbs and elixirs?

No, he has plenty! Just recently at Luoyan Dock, didn’t every family hand over boxes of materials to him?

This guy possesses elixirs almost comparable to half a family’s stash, and family stocks have to be distributed to everyone, whereas Lin Tian can use as much as he wants, even gifting quite a lot.

Claiming poverty now, what else but shameless?

Those present were all astute individuals, there’s no way they couldn’t grasp the situation.

They now faced a choice, whether to bleed some resources to support them or not. If they turned away and left now, future relations with Lin Tian might be dead and gone, or they’d need to pay a greater price to obtain prescriptions from him.

If they agreed, the quantity needed would remain unknown, but certainly not small.

People found themselves frustrated and anxious, almost tearing their hair out and pounding their chests.

"Our Xv Family is willing to offer some herbs, Miaoqiu, you know the current state of our Xv Family, we can’t offer much," spoke an elder from the Xv Family whom even Miaoqiu’s mother Xv Baiping would show great respect to, calling her by name was perfectly fine.

"Our Yue Family is the same. Large quantities of herbs have been turned into elixirs, and the elixirs distributed among disciples. These are scarce resources, we wish to help but can’t offer much."

Once someone started professing poverty, everyone followed suit, each claiming poverty one after the other, almost to the point of selling pots and pans.

Of course, these old heads knew how to spin their words, stating poverty but expressing utmost support.

How much effort will be given, who could tell?

Then, everyone began quoting their offers before Miaoqiu could say anything, each family willing to contribute a certain amount.

Each offer wasn’t too much nor too little, all fairly similar.

Everyone expected Miaoqiu to haggle a bit, yet she just kept expressing gratitude, without mentioning price at all.

She kept silent, and everyone was glad to hear such, promptly bidding farewell.

Miaoqiu and Mei Ruyan escorted these old folks to the villa’s entrance, watching their cars disappear from view.

"From their looks, seems you’ve conned them not much?" Mei Ruyan tilted her head and asked, knowing well her sister’s character, ruthless and capable of great cruelty towards outsiders.

"Ever heard the phrase ’slow and steady wins the race’?" Miaoqiu smiled cunningly like a little fox, "If I scare them off now, they’d avoid us like the plague in the future."

"Smart people are terrifying!"