Chapter 1426: Find the Ye Family's Great Elder

Lai Piqiu was surprised when he heard what Henry Zhang said: "How long has it been since she was controlled? The survival rate of the spiritual medicine she is cultivating should still be maintained at 40%."

"It is indeed maintained at 40%, but the Ye family may have forcibly controlled Fairy Ling Chen to prevent her from escaping. She is not allowed to see anyone, nor is she allowed to communicate with the outside world."

"How do you know this?"

"I sent her a sound transmission note, but she didn't reply. I went to the Ye family to look for her, but I didn't see her either. If she's not under control, what is she?"

Zhang Xuan's brows were furrowed at this time, his face full of worry.

"You concluded that Fairy Ling Chen was controlled based on this?"

Henry Zhang nodded immediately and said, “Yes.”

Lai Piqiu glanced at Zhang Xuan and said in a secretive manner: "Maybe things are more complicated than what you think, but if you want to verify it, it's actually simple. I can go and ask the elder of the Ye family in person."

When Zhang Xuan heard that Lai Piqiu could ask the Ye family elder himself, he was delighted and said, "Then I'll leave it to Daoist Fellow Lai Piqiu."

Lai Pi Qiu did not delay and went directly to the Ye family's stronghold in Broken Sky City, and successfully met the Ye family's chief elder.

When Lai Piqiu asked whether Fairy Ling Chen was controlled by the Ye family, the elder of the Ye family was also shocked and said, "How is it possible? Fairy Ling Chen is a guest invited by our Ye family with great difficulty. How can we control her?"

"I heard that Fairy Lingchen signed a contract with you, stipulating that the survival rate must be above 30%. Is that true?" Lai Piqiu asked further.

Regarding this point, the eldest elder of the Ye family did not deny it. He nodded and said, "That's true."

"Then if the survival rate of the spiritual medicine planted by Fairy Lingchen does not reach 30%, what are you going to do with it?"

"If it doesn't reach 30%, according to the agreement of the contract, Fairy Lingchen will have to pay the compensation."

These were exactly the same as what Zhang Xuan and Lai Piqiu had revealed. Fairy Ling Chen had indeed fallen into a big trap.

The elder of the Ye family also noticed the change in Lai Piqiu's expression at this time, and further explained: "Fellow Daoist Lai Piqiu, don't think that our Ye family set a trap for Fairy Ling Chen. In fact, we were also tricked by the City Guard. Who would have thought that the more than 50 acres of spiritual fields leased to my Ye family by the City Guard were the spiritual fields most seriously polluted by the fragments of the Dark Order? Moreover, since Fairy Ling Chen took over, the pollution of the Dark Order fragments has become more and more serious. I estimate that in a few years, the survival rate of the spiritual medicines on the sixth-level spiritual fields will drop below 30%."

Seeing that the eldest elder of the Ye family also looked depressed, Lai Piqiu said, "If the spiritual medicine cultivated by Fairy Ling Chen falls below 30%, she will definitely not be able to compensate for so many spiritual medicines with her wealth."

"Of course I know this. In fact, my Ye family does not want to offend a sixth-level spiritual plant master. In addition to this sixth-level spiritual field, my Ye family also has several other spiritual fields rented from the City Guard Bureau. If Fairy Ling Chen is really allowed to bear such a huge debt, then my Ye family's reputation will probably be ruined. How can my Ye family recruit sixth-level spiritual plant masters in the future?"

When Lai Piqiu heard that the Ye family seemed to be showing some signs of easing up, he immediately asked further: "Then can Fairy Lingchen's future debts be forgiven?"

The eldest elder of the Ye family shook his head and said, "Of course, this is not possible. A contract is a contract, and we must act according to the agreement. Otherwise, if everyone violates the contract signed with our Ye family without paying the price, where is the face of our Ye family?"

"But you just said that Fairy Ling Chen might not be able to repay it. If we force her too much, it will also damage the reputation of the Ye family."

The eldest elder of the Ye family nodded and said, "Of course I know this, this is the dilemma."

"How should the Ye family solve this problem?"

"Have you ever heard of Fellow Daoist Lai Piqiu, the Tianyuan Elder of Broken Sky City?"

"Of course I have heard of Tianyuan Laoxian. He is a cultivator in the late Lianxu stage. He started out by brewing spirit wine. The famous Zhaixian Brew in Broken Sky City was made by him. He is worth a lot of money, but unfortunately he has not much time left."

"That's true. This Tianyuan Elder has two major hobbies, one is drinking and the other is lust. He fell in love with Fairy Lingchen and wanted to take her as a concubine, but Fairy Lingchen was very stubborn and never agreed. Later, Fairy Lingchen became a guest of our Ye family. Tianyuan Elder also came to our Ye family several times. Since our Ye family recruited Fairy Lingchen as a guest, we naturally had to protect her from the wind and rain. Tianyuan Elder's request was rejected by our Ye family, and Tianyuan Elder did not dare to do anything to Fairy Lingchen."

After hearing what the elder of the Ye family said, Lai Piqiu suddenly thought of what Zhang Xuan had told him about Fairy Lingchen.

At that time, Zhang Xuan said that there was an old man who was not going to live long and wanted to take Fairy Lingchen as his concubine.

If Fairy Ling Chen could not pay off the huge debt she was carrying, she could only marry this old man and then rely on this late-stage Void Refining cultivator, who had a short lifespan, to repay the huge debt.

I didn't expect that this old man was the immortal Tianyuan, and now everything matched up.

"Then what the Great Elder means is that if Fairy Lingchen really can't pay back her debts, you will be happy to see Fairy Lingchen marry Elder Tianyuan as a concubine, and then repay Fairy Lingchen's debts through Elder Tianyuan, right?"

"Yes, this is a win-win situation. Tianyuan Elder Immortal has accumulated a lot of wealth by brewing the Immortal Brew, and his life span is only a few hundred years. If Fairy Lingchen marries Tianyuan Elder Immortal, not only can she help her repay the debt of my Ye family, but also when Tianyuan Elder Immortal passes away, he will leave behind a lot of cultivation resources. I really can't understand why this is bad for Fairy Lingchen."

After hearing this, Lai Piqiu felt mixed emotions.

From his own point of view, he hoped that Fairy Lingchen, the sixth-level spiritual plant master, could become a Taoist couple with his good friend Zhang Xuan.

In that way, there would be two sixth-level spiritual plant masters growing spiritual herbs for him to use in making pills.

But now it seems that Zhang Xuan may not be able to bear such a huge debt.

There are more than a dozen flowers of the Origin Divine Tree in Zhang Xuan's inner space that need to be nurtured to maturity, and the resources required for cultivation are a bottomless pit.

He couldn't even take care of himself, so how could he help Fairy Ling Chen repay her debt?

From a moral and logical point of view, no matter from which angle you look at it, Fairy Ling Chen marrying Immortal Tianyuan is the best solution for this matter.

However, Lai Piqiu was still unwilling to give up, and he continued to ask: "At present, there is another spiritual plant master, he and this fairy Ling Chen are in love, if this fairy Ling Chen is allowed to marry Tianyuan old fairy, wouldn't that be breaking up a couple?"