Xianxia’s Working Emperor Chapter 13

Chapter 13: My status was being looked down!

The Bai family head and the Bai family mistress were startled by Lu Feng’s sudden entry, before they had the chance to reply, Lu Feng worriedly continued, “Is what Miss Xia said about not living past 16 true?”

When the Bai mistress heard this, she continued sobbing. The Bai family head helplessly said, ”It’s true.” Lu Feng didn’t understand what disease Bai Yue had. Even the Bai Family were helpless thus making him ask about it. The Bai family head reluctantly explained, “When she was born she was completely covered in black spots and also she was in a coma for days on end. Then your master arrived, the Living Lmmortal helped her wake up but the black spots all concentrated in the palm of her right hand.”

Lu Feng was shocked, “Then was it my master who said she wouldn’t live past sixteen?” The Bai family head made an En sound in agreement, “Correct, your master had also said that before the time she turned sixteen, she must seek him. That is why recently I went to visit your master and he told me the solution would be delivered.”

Lu Feng then realised how to console them, “Don’t be worried, I will return to find Master and ask him about it.” After saying this sentence, Lu Feng urgently left without making any stops on the way back. The Bai mistress looked anxiously at the Bai family head, “The patriarch said you can’t rely on him to solve Yue’ers problem.”

The Bai family head sighed, “Fifteen years ago, the Living Immortal said he was thinking of a cure. To go so far as giving the prescription then he should have already figured it out, we can only wait.” The Bai mistress fervently nodded her head and wiped her tears away.

As for Lu Feng, he spent an hour travelling back to Immortal Cloud Mountain. At the time, the Old Man was still sleeping atop the stone bed. Lu Feng opened the door and shouted, “Old man, Old man!” The Old man was still sleeping and violently leaped up, “You d.a.m.n b.a.s.t.a.r.d, when I finally managed to take a nap then you run along and disturb me.”

Lu Feng stared at the Old Man, “You were the one who arranged for me to go to the Bai family, telling them that Miss Bai’s sickness can be cured. Yet what is this that’s happening now?” The Old Man stretched and laughed, “What? Only now do you decide to ask?”

Last time, Lu Feng only thought the Old Man sent him to be married in accordance to Bai Yue’s three marriage conditions. He thought Bai Yue wanted to have a fake marriage, maybe due to some predicament she was in that was why he did not ask. Now that he had learned the truth today, he couldn’t hold it in anymore.

While staring anxiously at the Old Man, “Don’t talk nonsense just quickly say what the problem is.” The Old stroked his beard while smiling, “I presume someone from the Bai family told you about this.”

Lu Feng made an En sound then the Old Man giggled, “The cure is right here with you, ah.” Lu Feng frowned, “The cure? What are you talking about?” The Old Man said in a low voice, “Your wedding with her, is already sufficient.”

Lu Feng continued staring, “What are you going on about, ah.” When the Old Man saw that Lu Feng hadn’t yet realised, he angrily stroked his beard, “What I’m talking about is when you two are in the bridal chamber, then it can be solved.” Lu Feng wondered, “Why is it that only in the bridal chamber that it can be solved?”

The Old Man explained, “She has an heavenly extreme Yin const.i.tution, which can absorb Yin Qi. That is to say, when someone in Qinglong town dies or if she goes to a place with lots of Yin Qi her condition would become more serious. Towards devil cultivators, this const.i.tution is extremely good. As for normal cultivators, this const.i.tution is extremely perilous. So I used an ability to seal her Yin Qi in her right palm.”

Lu Feng didn’t expect this world to have strange types of const.i.tutions, he then asked, “Then what happens next?“. The Old man stared at him, “Of course this seal can only hold for sixteen years, that is why I asked them to find me a year before that happens. Because this was the year when the seal is at it’s weakest.”

Lu Feng quickly said, “Then why not seal it again.” The Old man furiously replied, “If that was possible then I would have already done it.” Lu Feng was puzzled, “Why can’t you?” The Old man sighed, “I can only do this seal once, if I do it again then her body would be worthless, therefore it’s a dead end.”

Lu Feng was startled, “Then you are telling me to have babies with her, but how would that help?” The old man then explained, “There is another way to cure her, which is to let a male’s Yang Qi enter the body.This enables the seal to continue working, you should understand by now.”

Lu Feng suddenly realized, “So what you needed was a male to help her.” The Old Man smirked, “So you aren’t actually that stupid.” Lu Feng was mad, “This is seriously a stupid method, ah.” The Old Man saw that not only was Lu Feng not happy, he instead scolded him, ”You d.a.m.n rascal, this Master already gave you this opportunity, yet you still haven’t thanked me. Believe it or not I’ll go tell the Bai family and tell them to find another guy.”

Lu Feng calmly replied, “Old man, I did not mean it in that way. Although me and Miss Bai are married but she…”

“She doesn’t see me as her husband.”

Lu Feng lowered his head resembling a little chick pecking at rice. This made the Old Man smile, “That is your problem, I can’t be bothered to care.” When Lu Feng heard the Old Man’s remark, he was fighting the urge to grab the Old Man’s head a couple of times. The Old Man followed his routine and took out his little book then smiled wryly, “Great, I’ve already said what I wanted to. The rest is up to you, though you should hurry since time is running out. If I didn’t count wrongly, there should be half a year left.”

Lu Feng helplessly looked at the Old Man’s back before going back to the Bai household. In his mind, he was trying to think of a way to convince Bai Yue. Except he wasn’t that type of person, he would make Bai Yue slowly fall in love with him, then it would be justifiable to do that sort of ‘thing’.

Thinking of this, Lu Feng took a deep breath and resolutely said, “There is still half a year left, I can definitely do it.” Lu Feng then quickly headed back to the Bai family.

Once he arrived at the Bai family’s compound, Lu Feng was thinking of looking for the Bai family head and mistress to rea.s.sure them. However when he was looking for them, he found out they weren’t in which made him wonder. “Weird, where did they go to, ah.” Lu Feng had no choice but to ask Housekeeper Liu.

Once Housekeeper Liu saw Lu Feng came to find him, he quickly tried to escape. Lu Feng stared hard at him, “Why are you even trying to hide.” Housekeeper Liu covered his face with his hands and replied, “I was afraid you would hit me.” Lu Feng harrumphed, “You really are a, ‘bully the weak and fear the strong,’ person1.”

Housekeeper Liu did not dare to utter a sound, then Lu Feng asked, “Have you seen the head and the rest?” Housekeeper Liu explained, “The head and the young master went to have a meeting with the managers of the shops, in the study.”

Lu Feng suspiciously asked, “Today was the marriage day, why would they go and have a meeting, this doesn’t seem right.” Housekeeper Liu nodded his head several times, “Yes.” Lu Feng then asked, “Tell me what has happened.”

Housekeeper Liu explained, “It’s like this, the Tian and Xia families suddenly lowered their prices, selling the items much lower than it costs to make them. It is likely these two are colluding to bully our Bai family.” When Lu Feng heard this he frowned, “These two families, they already suffered a loss. Unexpectedly, they decided to come for revenge.”

Housekeeper Liu answered, “It is possible that is not the case.” Lu Feng immediately said, “Bring me there.” Housekeeper Liu made an Oh sound and brought Lu Feng to the study. When they reached the study, the managers were all giving an account on the situation.

The Bai family head’s eyebrows were furrowed, Bai Yao was fuming mad, “These two families want to break the agreement.” The Bai family head sighed, “Today they suffered a loss and now are looking to gain back their face. That is why they are making trouble for us, forcing us to taste defeat.”

Bai Yao continued, “Father, why not just reduce our prices too?” The Bai family head shook his head in disagreement, “Our funds can’t compare to both of theirs combined, if we decide to compete with them we would just outright lose. Then in the end the ones who will suffer is us.” The shop owners all agreed with his a.s.sessment.

It was then Lu Feng and Housekeeper Liu entered, seeing Lu Feng the Bai family head curiously said, “You’re back.” Lu Feng looked at the Bai family head and asked, “Head, would you let me listen in on the meeting?”

The shop owners all looked weirdly at Lu Feng, there were people who uttered, “This brat, is his brain on fire?” Looking at these people’s reactions, Lu Feng knew that the shop owners all looked down on him. Except he couldn’t care less, and just said, “Head, why not let me listen in, and I might be able to help.”

However, one of the shop owners smiled and asked “Have you ever ran a business? Have you managed a store before? Do you even know the market well?”

One of the other shop owners chimed in and said “This is the Bai Family’s meeting. Our new Young Master, how about you go and accompany Miss Bai. You’re unable to contribute to our discussion anyways.” Bai Yao saw this behaviour and frowned. “I see that everyone has become insolent. Lu Feng is the son-in-law of the Bai Family, after all. He should have the right to stay and listen to what we are discussing.”
At that moment, the shop owners for the past year indignantly replied “But Young Master, you’re the son of the Bai Family, so it’s natural for you to be here. Lu Feng, however, is a mere outsider. What right does he have to be here?”

Bai Yao replied sternly “Old Su, I know you’re the eldest of the Bai Family, but Lu Feng is part of the family now. At least for now, let him stay and listen.” Seeing that even Bai Yao and the family head are so polite to the shop owner, Lu Feng guessed that he wasn’t just a regular shop owner of the Bai Family. The family head even said “Old Su, just let him sit in for this one.”

Old Su huffed and said “Fine, do what you want.”

The family head looked towards Lu Feng and said “You can stay if you want.” After that, they continued their meeting with the store owners. Lu Feng then realised that all three of the most influential families in Qinglong town had dozens of store branches. Moreover, the stores sold many types of items like meat or vegetables. As the other two families lowered their prices, it made it harder for the Bai Family to sell their items. If continued on like this, the food will expire. Once goes bad, it will be thrown away, and no profits will be made, which will result in the Bai Family’s downfall.

While on Earth, Lu Feng had seen it many times. Capitalists freely using their own money to defeat their rivals. After that, they slowly gain back their customers, and earn money. Once Lu Feng thought of that, he couldn’t help but but utter out loud “Everyone, I have a plan that might prevent us from getting taken down by the other two families.”

Old Su immediately looked at Lu Feng with disdain. “You? You have a plan?”
Lu Feng nodded. The family head then said “Oh? Let’s have a listen.” However, Old Su coldly laughed and sneered “So just what kind of genius plan do you have that can turn around our situation?”