C50 Fat Meat

Mo Changyou would never confess to living for tens of thousands of years without ever having touched a woman's behind. Yet, perhaps due to Yan Weilan's shapely figure, the sensation of slapping her behind lingered in his memory upon his arrival at the Mo family estate.

Meanwhile, a significant event was unfolding elsewhere.

"Am I no longer the Patriarch Qian?" Second Elder Qian Hu furiously pounded on the jade table before him, causing it to split with a resounding crack.

The physician beside him shivered, too frightened to respond. Mo Yanglin stood by with his head bowed.

When the Third Elder visited the Qian family, he overheard some disciples suggesting it wasn't intentional. This remark prompted Qian Hu to strike Mo Yanglin across the face.

Qian Hongyun continuously dabbed at her tears, heartbroken over her father's predicament.

Mo Yanglin quickly tried to clarify, "Second Elder Qian, I deeply regret this incident, but I'm at a loss as to how a mere word from Mo Changyou could bring the Patriarch Qian to his knees."

He made a point of stressing Mo Changyou's name.

Qian Hongyun, fists clenched in fury, vowed, "Mo Changyou, I swear you will pay for this!"

Qian Hu bellowed, "Regardless, the Mo family bears full responsibility!" He was unconcerned with Mo Changyou's involvement. The pressing issue was that after the Patriarch Qian had been summoned to the Mo family, he was stripped of his title.

The Mo family had to accept responsibility for this outcome. Indeed, it could be argued that Mo Yanglin was inextricably linked to the affair.

Facing an enraged Elder Qian Hu, Mo Yanglin gritted his teeth and offered, "Elder Qian Hu, please be assured that the Mo family is prepared to offer 100,000 spirit stones in compensation."

Qian Hu, hands on his hips and seething with anger, retorted, "100,000 spirit stones are insufficient. The Mo family must surrender control of all three Spirit Veins in Black Rock City to the Qian family. Otherwise, as of today, the Qian family will formally declare war on the Mo family!"

The Third Elder immediately shook his head in refusal, stating, "We will certainly not relinquish the Mo family's three Spirit Veins!"

Although Mo Yanglin was far from being considered a good man, he would never commit an act of betrayal against the Mo family.

In Black Rock City, the Mo family held sway over the only three Spirit Veins in the city. The Qian family had a monopoly on medicinal herbs and pills, while the Zhao family wielded control over the city's most powerful cultivators.

Given that the current Patriarch of Black Rock City was also the head of the Zhao family, their influence was undeniable.

The Mo family's status as one of the three great families in Black Rock City was due to their reliance on these Spirit Veins for producing spirit stones. Without them, the Mo family would instantly lose their standing in the city.

Qian Hu's sneer was cold and mocking. "Third Elder, from this day forward, the Mo family will be cut off from any pills or medicinal herbs in Black Rock City." He was wholly unsurprised by Mo Yanglin's response.

With Qian Hai now disabled, the Qian family was under Qian Hu's control. Should he choose to strike at the Mo family, not a soul in the Qian family would dare to oppose him.

Moreover, the Qian family had long coveted the Mo family's Spirit Veins.

"Qian Hu!" Mo Yanglin had always believed he maintained a solid relationship with the Qian family and was blindsided by Qian Hu's abrupt severance of ties.

For cultivators, two things were essential: spirit stones and pills. Deprived of pills, the death toll among the Mo family's cultivators would surely rise.

Pills were highly sought after in the Cultivation Realm, particularly those life-saving concoctions refined by the Qian family, which were in even greater demand.

In a fit of rage, Mo Yanglin stormed out of the Qian family's residence, his anger now silently redirected towards Mo Changyou.

"If it weren't for that worthless fool killing my son and using our ancestor's name to shield himself, I would never have severed ties with the Qian family," Mo Yanglin thought bitterly, his fists clenched, his desire for vengeance palpable.

"Mo Changyou, I will never let this go!" he declared, seething with fury.

Unbeknownst to him, the crippling of Qian Hai was merely the spark that ignited the situation, not its sole cause.

The Spirit Vein of the Mo family had long been the object of envy for nearly everyone in Black Rock City. With an annual yield of over a hundred thousand units of Spirit Energy, it could sustain the Qian family's income for well over a year.

What's more, the Mo family's extraction of Spirit Stones didn't require the efforts of cultivators. This allowed the Mo family's cultivators to earn additional income by hunting Ferocious Beasts.

Indeed, the Spirit Vein was an irresistible lure!

"Second Uncle, why must we sever ties with Mo Yanglin?" Qian Hongyun, who had been grieving for some time, finally regained her composure and began to question Qian Hu with a hint of confusion.

"Why were we hesitant to move against the Mo family before? Because we feared that Second Master Mo still had allies in the Imperial Capital. The Emperor himself held Second Master Mo in high regard. But we've just learned that Mo Feng, when seeking medicinal herbs in the Imperial Capital, was turned away by his so-called friends and had to return home in defeat. Henceforth, the Mo family will fall under the control of the Qian and Zhao families," Qian Hai said, his eyes dark with scheming.

Their desire to take over the Mo family had persisted for sixteen years. Several clans in Black Rock City had been itching to act ever since they learned of Second Master Mo's downfall.