Chapter 372 Harsh Requirements

The passage of time will not stop just because Han Xu enters the Fire Region. During the time he disappeared, many big and small things happened in the outside world every day.

After a moment of fame, he, the direct disciple of the sect master, soon faded out of the sight of Taiyi disciples. Only after dinner, some people occasionally regretted that a young genius was buried in the Fire Region.

Lingxu City, on the surface, looks the same as usual. People's lives and cultivation have not changed much. The streets are already bustling and lively.

But any power and family with some status in the city can feel that the era of the three major families has ended.

The former number one giant, the Wang family, has become much more low-key. The family's industry has shrunk a lot, and the disciples of the Wang family are more low-key than before. Some people even say that the head of the Wang family, Wang Tong, has quietly left Lingxu City not long ago, wanting to find a way to reshape Wang Qi's Dantian. Now the Wang family has only one master, the great elder, sitting in the family.

Compared with the decline of the Wang family, the Zhong family seems to be proud of the spring equinox.

Because Han Xu defeated Wang Qi in the three-clan competition and won the championship for the Zhong family, the Zhong family obtained the mining rights of the black crystal fruit and received the support of Taiyi Dao Elder Di Yong, and jumped from the bottom of the three major families to the leading position.

However, under the constraints of Zhong Yi, most of the disciples of the Zhong family did not expand because of the improvement of the family's status, and their behavior style remained the same. Of course, there were a few arrogant and domineering ones, but they were severely punished by Zhong Yi after being discovered.

As for the Zhang family, they seemed to have not changed much. They did not deliberately alienate the Wang family, nor did they flatter the Zhong family. They guarded their own underground trading market and maintained their previous status.

It was just that in the dark that outsiders could not see, Zhang Fengping, the head of the Zhang family, drank a few times and had a few meals with Zhong Yi.

Zhang Yuan, the number one genius among the younger generation of the Zhang family, often went in and out of the romantic place with Zhong Wei to drink and talk happily.

However, although the pattern of the three families changed, there was no excessive action, so these changes were only experienced by people with a certain status.

In any case, everyone knows that the Zhong family will gradually become the real overlord of Lingxu City.

Only one person is still walking on thin ice, that is Zhong Yi, the head of the Zhong family.

Although he got the mining rights of the black crystal fruit as he wished, in fact, most of the benefits were transferred to Di Yong and Tan Qian, and there was not much left for the Zhong family to develop. Moreover, they had bought the skills of Xiaoyue Scimitar at a sky-high price before, which was indeed a great loss of vitality and it was difficult to recover in a short time.

These are not what he is most worried about. What he is most worried about is the attitude of Taiyi Dao towards the Zhong family, or to be more precise, Di Yong's attitude towards the Zhong family.

Zhong Yi can see that since Han Xu followed Di Yong to Taiyi Dao, Di Yong's attitude towards the Zhong family has not only not become better, but has become much colder.

Although Zhong Yi has not practiced in Taiyi Dao, he also roughly knows the talent and strength of Taiyi Dao's inner disciples. With Han Xu's talent, no one can match him.

In addition, Di Yong also said that the great elder would accept Han Xu as a closed disciple.

Logically speaking, the status of the Zhong family will also rise with the attention paid to Han Xu, especially for someone like Di Yong who is good at dealing with people, and should be more enthusiastic towards the Zhong family.

Unless Han Xu offended the elder.

Although Zhong Yi also felt that Han Xu would not make such a low-level mistake, he could not think of any other reason. He also asked Di Yong indirectly, but did not get a definite answer.

Just one and a half months after Han Xu left Lingxu City, Di Yong came to the Zhong family's house again.

Zhong Yi welcomed him in and asked him about it, and respected him as the elder.

"Elder Di came at the right time. I just got a green dragon that is about to transform. I will ask the kitchen to process it well and entertain the elder." Although Zhong Yi felt a little painful, he still had to prepare the cards he should have. After all, whether the Zhong family can always control the mining of the black crystal fruit depends entirely on Di Yong's thoughts.

Di Yong only nodded lightly, showing no joy on his face when such precious green dragon flesh was brought out for entertainment, which made Zhong Yi a little uneasy. He felt that something was going to happen.

As expected, Di Yong said to Zhong Yi condescendingly: "The purpose of coming here today is to tell you something."

"Just give your orders, elder. I will not refuse if I can do it."

"Of course you can do it." Di Yong said, "Starting from this month, you must pay 10% more of the profits from mining black crystal fruit."

"What?" Zhong Yi thought he had heard it wrong.

"Haven't I made it clear enough? Starting from this month, you have to pay an extra 10% of the profits from mining the black crystal fruit."

Zhong Yi said with difficulty: "Elder Di, it's not that I don't want to. You also know that the profits from mining the black crystal fruit that our Zhong family finally gets are only 20%. If we pay another 10%, then the remaining 10% of the profits will not even be enough to cover the cost."

"I can't care so much. This is what the elder wants."

Zhong Yi was very angry, but he could only bear it. If it was just him, he would have given it up long ago, but he was carrying the fate of the entire family, the lives and future of hundreds of clansmen.

"Elder Di, this is indeed difficult for us. If we pay another 10% of the profits, we won't be able to survive." Zhong Yi's first reaction was to try his best to persuade Di Yong and try to win his understanding.

As he said, Zhong Yi took out a storage ring and handed it to Di Yong, saying: "Elder Di, please say a few good words in front of the elder."

Di Yong looked at the spiritual stone in the storage ring and put the ring away with a smile.

As the saying goes, taking money from others is to help them get rid of disasters. When Zhong Yi saw Di Yong accept the ring, he thought that there was finally a turn for the better. However, he heard Di Yong say, "Zhong Yi, you are a smart man, but this matter was ordered by my master himself, and there is no room for negotiation."

Zhong Yi's face finally sank. He had said all the good words and received the benefits. In addition, Di Yong also collected an additional 10% of the profits every month. It should be said that the benefits given to him were already quite a lot, but he was not even willing to help explain.

This is really too much. Even if a person has a good temper, he can't swallow this breath.

"Does Han Xu know about this?" Zhong Yi asked. It is impossible for him to hand over another 10% of the profits. As he said, doing so would not make ends meet.

If Di Yong is unwilling to help, the only way Zhong Yi can think of is to ask Han Xu for help.

But then, Di Yong's words made his heart fall to the bottom, and he roughly understood why Di Yong's attitude towards the Zhong family has changed so much in recent times.

Di Yong said, "Don't count on Han Xu. He died a month ago."