594: C594 The Fight over Mineral Resources

C594 The Fight over Mineral Resources

After Ran Yingloong finished talking about the Native Ran Family's decision, he saw that Zhang Haorann did not have any shocked expression.

Zhang Haorann said: "I have already been at the Native Ran Family for half a month. The matter of my Qipan Mountain being taken over by the Xi Family branch, I could have already made a decision on it a long time ago, but why is it that I have only given you an answer now?"

Ran Yingloong, who was a fan of the situation, was suddenly enlightened and a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

"Master Zhang, I understand what you mean."

"The Native Ran Family must have reached some sort of agreement with the Xi Family in the dark, so let's hand over the Qipan Mountain."

Twenty years ago, following the order of Native Ran Family, he went to Lin Prefecture to mine the mineral resources there, and unexpectedly discovered the Qipan Mountain. From then on, Ran Yingloong took root there.

Now, Ran Yingloong already had deep feelings towards this land, and it was the same for the many disciples with Branch of Ran Family. Regardless of whether it was the disciples, many of them were Half Immortals who came in from the outside, and they all thought of themselves as true Rann Family disciples.

In their hearts.

They were the real Rann Family people!

When the Qipan Mountain s were robbed, the Rann Family disciples were unwilling to leave, and with the intention to go all out with the Xi Family disciples, they were forcefully taken away by Ran Feng, so as to not let any conflict occur between them and the Xi Family disciples. The Rann Family disciples left the Qipan Mountain, because they believed that the Native Ran Family would bring them justice.

But now, it had changed.

Ran Yingloong stood up and took a bottle of Red Braised Seed Wine from the kitchen and gulped it down with a "gulugulu" sound.

Ran Feng came over from afar.

"Manager!"

Ran Feng shouted and sat beside Ran Yingloong in silence.

"Madman." Ran Yingloong lowered his head, his voice was thick and heavy, making people feel haggard. It had been many years since he called out Ran Feng's nickname.

"I'm here, Brother Long." Ran Feng said softly.

"The Native Ran Family abandoned us." Ran Yingloong smiled bitterly, "We were ridiculed by Master Zhang."

Ran Feng was stunned for a few seconds as he looked at Zhang Haorann.

He only saw Zhang Haorann standing with his hands behind his back, looking indifferent. Ran Feng also didn't know what Zhang Haorann was thinking, perhaps Master Zhang didn't care about Qipan Mountain at all.

Ran Yingloong only drank the Red Braised Seed Wine when his Branch of Ran Family was in trouble. As the manager, he rarely drank in front of his subordinates.

"Brother Long, what should we do?" Ran Feng's expression was in a trance, as if he had heard the cries of disappointment and tears of the disciples within the Branch of Ran Family after receiving their orders.

Ran Yingloong shook his head.

After a while.

"What can we do? Give up the Qipan Mountain, no …"

The topic changed.

"I can't let you go! We absolutely cannot allow it! "

Ran Yingloong's tone suddenly became decisive.

"Brother Long?" Ran Feng felt that Ran Yingloong had changed.

Even the silent Zhang Haorann glanced at Ran Yingloong in surprise.

"No matter if one is ranked first or seventh in the seven great Artifact Forging Aristocratic Family, even if there is a conflict over the resources in the mines, they have never been forced into a corner." Ran Yingloong said.

Ran Feng nodded his head, that's right, Artifact Forging Aristocratic Family was a treasure trove, paid attention to the sequence of events, and in all these years, there had never been a person like Qipan Mountain who could make people so sullen.

"Brother Long, what should we do?" Forcefully snatch back the Qipan Mountain? " Ran Feng said worriedly, "If we snatch it back, Native Ran Family will definitely punish us."

"Madman, we can't care less at a time like this." Ran Yingloong shook his head, "We have to account to the Branch of Ran Family disciples! As long as we stay in Qipan Mountain and don't leave, unless the Patriarch personally comes, I will absolutely not let go of Qipan Mountain. "

Ran Feng was overwhelmed by Ran Yingloong's words. He raised the Red Braised Seed Wine high up and gulped it down.

Very quickly, the disciples of Branch of Ran Family began to gather. They all knew of Native Ran Family's orders, to hand over their Qipan Mountain, they felt wronged in their hearts, and did not dare to say anything. However, not long after, the Rann Family disciples unexpectedly found out that Vice General Manager Ran Feng had gathered them all together, called for all the Rann Family disciples to listen to General Manager Ran Yingloong, and all of them went to the Qipan Mountain to wait and listen to the General Manager's instructions.

This made the Rann Family disciples extremely happy, as they sang and thanked Ran Yingloong for his help.

"Manager." Ran Feng led all the disciples to gather.

Ran Yingloong nodded with a serious look in his eyes.

"Brothers, our Branch of Ran Family has met with trouble today. This clan requests of us, that we present our Qipan Mountain to the Xi Family Division, this …"

"Pah!"

Ran Yingloong threw the Red Braised Seed Wine onto the ground and said in a deep voice,

"This is bullshit!"

Regardless of whether it is Little Pan Mountain or Dapan Mountain, both are ours. If Xi Family wants to forcibly seize them, then let them step over our corpses.

"Tonight, I will be with my brothers!"

Ran Yingloong was in high spirits and the disciples responded to him one by one.

At this moment, in this tiny little courtyard, the Rann Family disciples had exploded forth with astonishing boldness and heroic spirit.

Even Zhang Haorann couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Nebula Continent experts were revered, and those experts who managed to cultivate to the level of Half Immortals, especially those like Ran Yingloong, could 'sell' their relationship with the disciples and hand over the Qipan Mountain to the Xi Family branch. That way, both of them would be good, and Ran Yingloong's position in the Native Ran Family would be promoted and valued in the future.

However, Ran Yingloong didn't do that.

He had a lot of loyalty that the Fifth Grade Half-immortal did not have, but based on this alone, Zhang Haorann rather admired Ran Yingloong.

"Master Zhang, what happened in the Qipan Mountain was too unexpected. The Goldwind Python and Uncertain Longevity Vine that you entrusted to us to find, as well as the materials needed to repair the Three Moons Cauldron, might have to be delayed for a little longer."

Ran Yingloong's tone was filled with apology. Zhang Haorann had helped them too much, so Ran Yingloong was unable to return the favor for taking the initiative to get Qipan Mountain back from Duan Hong.

Right now, it was not good for Ran Yingloong to ask Zhang Haorann to continue helping them. After all, this was a matter of Rann Family, even though Ran Yingloong really hoped that Zhang Haorann would be able to help them.

However, Ran Yingloong knew very well that this sort of thing was almost impossible to happen. Master Zhang was a True Immortal, and was capable of alchemy and smithing. At a time like this, Master Zhang would seek to protect himself, and there would be no reason for him to interfere in a Qipan Mountain dispute.

"With the likes of you, if Xi Family disciples were to invite a True Immortal, we would definitely be able to kill all of you." Zhang Haorann shook his head and said lightly, "I will go with you."

Only the Natural Melting Furnace inside the Qipan Mountain could refine Astrology Stone. Zhang Haorann obviously had to protect such precious resources, even though there were many difficulties.

Zhang Haorann thought, the difficulty of protecting Qipan Mountain was very high, but no matter how high it was, the price it had to pay to defend Qipan Mountain should not be as high as it currently was.

People had to make a choice after all. Especially when the opportunity presented itself, Zhang Haorann had no reason to give it up.

However, the Branch of Ran Family was completely silent, and shock was written all over the faces of many disciples.

Did he hear wrong?

Master Zhang actually helped them!

The disciples gradually revealed smiles.

"Master Zhang, our Branch of Ran Family owes you a favor!" Ran Yingloong shouted excitedly.

Zhang Haorann said, "When do we leave?"

"I'll listen to Master Zhang." Ran Yingloong said respectfully.

"Then let's do it now."

With that, Zhang Haorann walked out. With regards to the Natural Melting Furnace, he could not be slow at all.

Everyone left the Branch of Ran Family one after another.

"In three days, we will reach the Qipan Mountain." A Rann Family disciple was happy, his face full of glory.

When Zhang Haorann heard this, he said: "There's no need for three days. One day at Qipan Mountain is enough. "Everyone, come here."

Everyone gathered.

A longsword appeared, its surface glowing with a scarlet luster. In the eyes of the disciples, the longsword slowly grew in size.

The disciples were amazed by Master Zhang's magical technique.

The longsword stopped changing. It was thirty meters long and fifteen meters wide, floating in the air without moving.

The disciples were very stable when they stepped on it.

The longsword floated into the air, bringing Ran Yingloong and the other Rann Family disciples with it as they flew towards the Qipan Mountain.

Wuzi County.

There was an open and bright hall, beautifully decorated. Every few steps, there would be guards guarding it.

As the distinguished guests walked in, the guards' bodies immediately straightened, their expressions solemn.

As the two middle-aged men talked, they sat down on chairs while the guards poured them a pot of tea.

"Honored official, congratulations on becoming the new General Manager of Xi Family Division." The one who spoke was a square-faced middle-aged man. He was dressed in magnificent, luxurious clothing.

Hsi Mingshi was a True Immortal sent by the Xi Family Clan. This time, he was here to be the steward of the Wuzi County Division.

The well-dressed middle-aged man sitting opposite Hsi Mingshi was called Xue Youyan, the famous and lofty son-in-law of the emperor.

Hsi Mingshi sipped some tea and smiled: "I have something to say, I just became the manager of Xi Family Division and you're already here. Why didn't you say it earlier, if not I would have my subordinates prepare a sumptuous meal for you."

Xue Youyan chuckled.

He glanced around the hall and the courtyard.

He was an ordinary True Immortal, and so was Hsi Mingshi.

"Honored official, the last time we met was sixty years ago. At that time, you yearned to enter the imperial court and become the Prime Minister, and I was the same as you, but I didn't expect that, by a coincidence, we would accidentally fall into the eyes of a True Immortal sent out by Genuine Martial Sect and become its disciple."

"Time flies. You are a True Immortal who is ranked fifth among the seven great Artifact Forging Aristocratic Family, while I, along with Princess Sunke, am the son-in-law of the Emperor."

Ever since Xue Youyan entered the Imperial Family, he and Hsi Mingshi had never met again. In just thirty years, he had become a true Immortal. His memory was also extraordinary and he had to forget some things in these thirty years.1

Hsi Mingshi sighed as if he had thought of the past. Honestly speaking, he envied Xue Youyan for her luck in joining the Imperial Family.

Rumor has it that a few decades ago, when Xue Youyan was still a half-immortal, he had taken in a master of Enlightened True Immortal. That True Immortal had discovered a heavenly paradise, and inside it was a treasure left behind by the Enlightened True Immortal. Within this treasure trove, there was a treasure left behind by that master of Purple Mansion True Immortal.

The treasures left behind by the Purple Mansion True Immortal were things the imperial family wanted to take for themselves in order to consolidate their position.

Thinking about it, Hsi Mingshi felt that he wouldn't be able to recall all these without Xue Youyan.

Xue Youyan said:

"Honored Scholar, I specially made a trip to inform the new General Manager of Wuzi County division. Coincidentally, the new General Manager is you, so I might as well explain this important matter to you."

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