The medicinal herbs were intercepted, the two elders died, and the clan's elites suffered heavy casualties. In addition, the alchemist Liu Xi was killed by Xiao Bieli on the street. The alliance of the two great clans completely collapsed.
In a short two months of confrontation, the Xiao clan had miraculously turned the tables from a tragic situation of falling to victory. Two months of profit from the healing medicine was not only comparable to the total income of a normal year, but the influence of the Xiao Clan in Wu Tan City had clearly surpassed the Jia Lie Clan and the Aoba Clan. Moreover, because of Xiao Bieli, even the Primer Auction House was continuously showing goodwill to the Xiao clan. For a time, the Xiao clan became the most popular force in Wu Tan City.
However, even though the two great clans had suffered a major blow this time, a centipede would not die. Even without the profits from the healing medicine, the strength of the Jia Lie Clan could not be underestimated. Not many people in Wu Tan City dared to underestimate the armed forces that his family had cultivated for many years.
The two families were also very clear about the current influence of the Xiao family. Therefore, after knowing that there was no hope for them to compete, they could only quietly curl up their bodies like poisonous snakes, secretly adding wounds to their bodies, as if they were waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback.
However, this kind of entrenched days did not seem to last for long. On the second day after the two great clans ran out of healing medicine, the medicinal ingredient clans of Te Lan City dispatched six Da Dou Shi and extremely 'courteously' requested the two great clans to pay off the six hundred thousand gold coins they owed within three days.
The actions of the medicinal herbs clan in Te Lan City undoubtedly added fuel to the fire and added fuel to the fire. However, no matter how furious Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa were, they would not be foolish enough to offend a faction that was not weaker than their own clan at this time. Therefore, they could only grit their teeth and swallow their pride, desperately trying to gather money.
However, even after rummaging through all their resources, they only managed to gather around 200,000 gold coins. Compared to the debt, this was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.
Helplessly, Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa could only thicken their skin and look for the powers they had a good relationship with, intending to borrow some from them temporarily in order to tide over the difficulties.
However, there were many people in the world who would add flowers to the flowers, but there were pitifully few who would send charcoal in the snow. Seeing the two great clans in such a dire state, and with the Xiao clan eyeing them covetously from the side, no matter how stupid the forces that were on good terms with the two great clans in the past were, they would not act muddle-headed at this time.
By helping the two great clans now, they would be indirectly offending the Xiao clan, which was at its peak.
Thus, even though Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa had licked their old faces and visited more than half of the factions, they still hadn't gathered enough money.
Thus, after a round of discussion, Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa made an unwilling and helpless decision-to sell the market!
After a discussion in the clan council, the Jia Lie Clan had decided to sell the two most popular and most well-located of the three medium-sized outposts! On the other hand, the Oba Clan also planned to sell two medium-sized markets in prime locations. Only in this way could he make up for the 600,000 yuan he owed.
Once the news of the two clans planning to sell the market was spread, not only did it cause a strong reaction within the clans, even the entire Wu Tan City was shaken. One had to know that the profits of the market basically accounted for 50% of the income of the two families. The two families actually made such a move at this time. Anyone with discerning eyes could see that they were already at the end of their road.
If the market was popular enough, there would be no losses. However, there were only a dozen or so markets in Wu Tan City, and these markets were usually controlled by the three great clans. When he found out that the two families were planning to sell the best market in the city, he was shocked. Many people were envious, but after that, they became dispirited.
In Wu Tan City, the popularity of the market was almost monopolized by the Xiao clan. Other than the Xiao clan's market that could still make a large profit, the other markets were already unable to make ends meet. Buying the market at this time would undoubtedly incur a loss. Moreover, the most important thing was that whoever bought the market of the two families would offend the Xiao family. Helplessly, some people who had such thoughts could only withdraw their thoughts in disappointment.
After announcing the sale of the market, the two great clans, who originally thought that they would be as popular as a market, once again tasted the taste of embarrassment. They did not expect the Xiao family's influence to be so strong.
The three-day deadline for repayment was almost up. Just as the two families were like ants on a hot pan, an unfamiliar merchant brought a glimmer of hope to the two families. After a heated discussion, the unknown merchant bought the four medium-sized markets of the two families for 400,000 yuan.
After receiving the transfer fee of 400,000 yuan, the two families finally gathered 600,000 yuan and sent away the debt collectors of the medicinal herbs family in Te Lan City.
Just as they sent off the debt collector, Jia Lie Ao and Ao Ba Pa received another piece of news. The market they had transferred had already been registered under the Xiao family's name. Hearing this news, the two clan leaders who possessed the cultivation of a four star Da Dou Shi could no longer endure it and both spat out three liters of blood.
After this battle, the Jia Lie Clan and the Aoba Clan were completely reduced to second-rate forces. The economic confrontation between the three great clans of Wu Tan City finally ended with the victory of the Xiao Clan.
Not long after this battle, Jia Nan Academy's enrollment came one after another.
As one of the most renowned advanced academies on the Dou Qi continent, Jia Nan Academy was the holy land in the hearts of almost all youths. As long as he could graduate from the academy, his future would be pretty much flat.
The Jia Nan Academy was located at the border between the Jia Ma Empire and the two nearby large empires. This was a region that was not governed by the three. The Jia Nan Academy had the highest authority in this region.
Logically speaking, the three empires wouldn't sit idly by and ignore a neutral faction like this. After all, there was no guarantee that this faction would one day be roped in by the enemy and cause great harm to the empire's border defense. However, this only depended on the premise that the Jiao angle was weak. If the Jiao angle's power had already risen to the point where it could contend with the three empires, the three empires would have to think twice. The Jia Nan Academy was such a transcendent existence. It was like a giant dragon entrenched at the borders of the three great empires, and no one dared to provoke it.
Moreover, after many years of development, the current Jia Nan Academy was no longer as simple as being a renowned high grade academy on the continent. Its reputation and connections could be said to be second to none in the Three Great Empires.
Every year, the Jia Nan Academy would send out a large number of teachers to head to the interior of the three great empires to recruit students with outstanding cultivation talent. The royal families of the three great empires all agreed to the Jia Nan Academy's actions. After all, the academy was not a sect, and the academy did not have much binding power. After graduation, most of the students who were successful in their studies would choose to return to their own countries. As for this kind of measure that indirectly strengthened the strength of the country, the royal families of the three empires would naturally not reject it as long as their brains were not caught by the door.
In a few days, the recruitment teachers of Jia Nan Academy would arrive at Wu Tan City. Therefore, all of Wu Tan City's attention was now diverted away from the battle between the three families half a month ago.
Jia Nan Academy's recruitment focused on one's cultivation talent and not one's status. If one was not talented enough, it would be difficult to step into the door that symbolized a smooth road. Of course, if one had some large faction backing them, the Jia Nan Academy would not mind having another rich person who contributed a large amount of tuition fees to them every year.
Because the Jia Nan Academy's enrollment disregarded status, even some young beggars or thieves in Wu Tan City had already begun to eagerly wait for the arrival of the enrollment teacher. As long as they were lucky enough to pass the test, they would be able to break away from this lowly profession and become a respected fighter.
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