Chapter 440 - Old Friends (1)
However, the patriarch of the Lan family had closed his eyes at some point and was sitting motionlessly as if he had fallen asleep. His reaction was really intriguing!
The first elder raised his eyelids slightly and said indifferently, "Second Master, don't you see that the patriarch is sleeping?"
"I…" Lan Fei was at a loss for words. He had a bad premonition since hearing that the first elder was back!
"Second Master, you left your room without permission. Is there anything important?" the first elder asked coldly, his tone so calm, it was as if he was asking if others had eaten.
"I… I'm here to report to Father," Lan Fei stammered. He was actually very nervous, and Lan Ning'er was also afraid in front of the first elder.
"You have already been locked up. Do you have any work you need to report? Why didn't I know that you're so dedicated?" the first elder said mockingly.
"Hehe, First Elder, the second master and the fifth young lady are here to complain about you," an elder said gloatingly.
As soon as the elder finished speaking, Lan Fei and Lan Ning'er's hearts skipped a beat! They knew that it was impossible to hide the matter of tattling about the first elder, but they didn't expect to be exposed in front of him!
"I see! Then tell me what our second master said about me!" the first elder asked calmly, his expression unreadable!
"The second master said that you covered up for the people who opposed the Lan family, ruined the Lan family's reputation, ignored the authority of the patriarch, and humiliated him, a son of the patriarch! As for the fifth young lady, she said that you never take her seriously, find trouble with her everywhere, and even associate with Leng Ruoxue and the others. By the way, our fifth young lady greatly looks down on those alchemists and thinks that their status is too low and that they aren't worthy of the Lan family's preferential treatment!" A certain elder relayed Lan Fei and Lan Ning'er's words to the first elder word for word.
Hearing this, the first elder only frowned slightly and then said, "It seems that I really have committed a heinous crime in the hearts of the second master and his daughter! However, I have something to report to the second master. The trouble that the fifth young lady caused has caused huge losses to our Lan family. Therefore, I have already promised to pay the alchemists who planned on leaving five hundred thousand purple gold coins per person per day if they participate in the medicinal herb exchange in order to appease them."
"What? Our Lan family won't pay this. They can participate or not as they want. Hmph! How dare they go against our Lan family. They really don't want to live anymore!" Lan Fei roared furiously.
"Second Master, are you sure it's okay if they don't participate?" the first elder asked coldly with narrowed eyes.
"Erm… Erm…" Lan Fei stammered again.
"First Elder, if no alchemist participates in the medicinal herb exchange, it will be very disadvantageous to our Lan family! However, I want to know who will pay the five hundred thousand per person per day?" another elder asked.
"The mess was caused by the second master and his daughter, so of course, this money has to be paid by them," the first elder said with a smile.
"Why?" Lan Fei and Lan Ning'er were furious when they heard this. How could they have so much money! One person was 500,000 a day, and there were at least a hundred people!
The first elder glanced at Lan Fei and his daughter lightly and said with displeasure, "Because I'm cleaning up after you so that those alchemists will stay. Otherwise, our Lan family's medicinal herb exchange won't continue."
"Those alchemists are not important figures. So what if they don't participate?" Lan Ning'er said in objection. In her heart, the alchemist representatives of the various Alchemist Association branches were not very important. After all, the highest level among those people was only Master Alchemist. She looked down on those people since the higher-level alchemists were all gathered in the Alchemist Association Headquarters. However, it was impossible for alchemists with higher status to arrive so early, so those who arrived early were unimportant alchemists. Uh! At least, this was what she thought.
"Hehe, I wonder what kind of alchemist is considered important in Fifth Miss's eyes?" The first elder was really curious. What was the fifth young lady's brain made of? Why was it different from what others thought? The lowest-level alchemists who could receive the Lan family's invitation to participate in the exchange were Master Alchemists who were very promising, and their future prospects were limitless. But their fifth young lady actually looked down on these people!
"Of course, they have to be like my future master, as well as those alchemists who are Grandmaster Alchemists and above in the Alchemy Association Headquarters. They should be the big shots we value," Lan Ning'er said with a face full of pride, her absolutely beautiful face full of cockiness!
"Fifth Miss, do you think that just a few Grandmaster Alchemists can support our Lan family's medicinal herb exchange?" the first elder asked in return.
"Of course, our Lan family's medicinal herb exchange will become even more famous with their help. Moreover, His Excellency Du Min is also coming to participate in this medicinal herb exchange, so it really doesn't matter whether those insignificant alchemists participate or not," Lan Ning'er said confidently. Hmph! After I become Du Min's disciple, I have to trample all these people under my feet. They are always at odds with me!
"Fifth Miss, can you tell me how many Grandmaster Alchemists there are in the Alchemy Association Headquarters? Will these people come? Even if they come, can you get them to exchange herbs with each other?" The first elder rolled his eyes at Lan Ning'er and thought, What a brainless fool. If there were only a dozen people at the medicinal herb exchange meeting, then what was the point of this alchemy gathering, which was known as the largest alchemist gathering on the Boundless Continent!
"Erm… So what if there are fewer alchemists attending this exchange? His Excellency Du Min will come anyway. He's more important than any alchemist. When I become His Excellency Du Min's disciple, and our Lan family is related to him, won't those alchemists take the initiative to curry favor with us?" Lan Ning'er said nonchalantly.
"Fifth Miss, are you so sure that His Excellency Du Min will accept you as his disciple?" the first elder asked in disbelief.. He really didn't know where Lan Ning'er's confidence came from. His Excellency Du Min didn't seem to have explicitly said that he would accept her as his disciple, right?