3 The Demonic Core 2
In a short time and in rapid steps a boy and a girl arrived in front of a huge and imposing building in the shape of a mansion. White walls and big doors of black wood, followed by a sign with gold signs with the inscription 'House of Treasures' , these gave a luxurious and extremely powerful air that would take the colors of even important figures.
The moment the two entered, they were suddenly greeted by a handsome gray-robed dresser with a pink flower in her long brown hair.
"Hello, my name is Mun Bai, can I help you?"
His voice contained an inexplicable sweetness.
To be treated like that made the brothers surprised. It was just to look at their clothes, they were clearly low level and even with the core in their hands would still not be reasons for these powerful people to give all this face to them.Who would say these people would they be as impartial as their origin, wealth, and power?
"I..I want to sell this core"
Lin Ye hurried and answered in a low voice.
"Please follow me to the counter"
Mun Bai headed to the counter followed by Lin Ye and Yan Ye.
"Please, wait a moment, I'll call an appraiser"
With a smile she left them.
A few moments later, an elderly man with a long white beard appeared with a light, gentle smile, like an old grandfather who loves his grandchildren.
He looked at the core once and told them.
"This is the core of a demonic beast at the 5th level of body fortification. Venomous fire of violet fire. Although its level is not very high it is a rare beast and can give special abilities to the user who refines it." His eyes narrowed for a second as though he were evaluating the young men. "Hmm ... I'll give you 300,000 li of silver for that core."
300 thousand li of silver.
300 thousand li of silver!
The heads of Lin Ye and Yan Ye exploded.
They were astonished and as white as paper, frozen in place.
"Are you okay?"
The old man's voice brought them back to reality.
What kind of concept is this?
They lived with less than 1000 li of silver a year working very hard, and they were going to win 300 thousand li li of silver in a day without doing anything.
...
The sale was made and they took the money home.
Under a tree near their house they were seated, still stunned by the recent event.
"300 thousand li of silver!" A sigh could be heard from Yan Ye along with those words.
"Sister, we can not let anyone know this, if we do not even the leaders of the secondary families would come after us"
300 thousand li! This was absurd for them who never even imagined such a sum.
The division within the family was simple.
The division was made between the three: the main family, the secondary family, and the branched family.
The main family was the one who co-ordinated and administered all the family. It was formed by direct descendants of the ancestor, had high class and always great talent, being the family of the leader had the greatest power to be exercised in their hands.
The secondary family was made up of bastards. Bastards of the main family, young or old were bastards, sons of concubines or prostitutes, but still contained the blood is the glory of the Ye family.
The branched family was made up of bastard sons of bastards, with their blood so diluted, could scarcely consider themselves part of the Ye family, disfavored and discriminated, were frowned upon by the whole family, as well as possessing little talent or genius in their midst.
Lin Ye and Yan Ye were from a secondary family, but because of plots they were expelled and did not even receive the aid that all the branched families receive and had to work hard and suffer for a long time.
Even a secondary family only earns 100,000 li a month, how could this be tempting? Even more so with the two brothers who had no value or strength within the family. It would not be easy for them to lose money if they did not take caution?
Lin Ye leaned his head on Yan Ye's shoulder and his soft voice played a calm, sweet tune as if about to cry.
"It looks like our mother is still taking care of us up there"
His eyes swept the green expanse, listening to the birds singing and the rustling of the leaves.
The warm breeze touched their skin in that slow sunset.
"I know we'll be able to have a future shining Lin'Er"
Yan Ye, in her low, soft yet decisive voice, drew a smile from her sister.
He had been so happy today that he did not even care about his aching body from previous events.
He just wanted this beautiful moment to last forever.
...
In a bright and high-class room a meeting table extended with several men seated in their chairs with solemn faces and clear respect.
HUZZ!
A heavy wooden door was opened and a middle-aged man dressed in cyan robes with white embroidery came toward the head of the table, causing all those who were seated to rise.
He sat down and made a handshake that was obeyed by all who sat down again in their respective places.
His face was solemn and proud.
"Good. The Elders must wonder why I called them here." His voice crossed the room without hesitation, no one dared to speak or make any noise. "As you know, we have a lot of geniuses in our main family, but it seems that over the years we have neglected other parts of the family in training and education."
Everyone's eyes flashed
How could they miss this opportunity? Most elders are part of the secondary families. This is the chance to introduce the younger generation into the main family and build a future for them.
"I totally agree with the leader of the family, we should look for more geniuses!"
"Yes that's right!"
"But how do we do that?"
Comments traveled around the room echoing with old but strong voices.
"That's why I called them here, I want them to prepare their youth well, a fight tournament will be organized and those at the top will become disciples of the main family with all the benefits. I will give it 2 years."
The voice of the family leader spread again and the elders nodded with a smile.
2 years was more than enough time to improve their young people's fighting skills and invest their crop.
"Good. I'll be gone for an hour. I expect good results in a couple of years."
His aura was that of a true nobleman. His eyes swept the hall once more as the elders rose and bowed.
The elders withdrew and went to their respective homes to call their geniuses to inform them and train them for the events.
