Demon Lord and His Unknown Child With the Empress

“Save your family?” Luo Ruying asked quizzically.

“That's right. In fact, the Qi family is about to be removed from Nanli City.” Qi Yuan lowered her eyes sadly. “In a few days, a competition will be held between the Qi and Jiang families for control of the commercial streets.

“In the past, the Qi and Jiang families each occupied 50%. But in recent years, thanks to the power behind them, the Jiang family has expanded nonstop and forcibly taken over my family’s businesses! Now, my family only controls less than 30% of the commercial streets.“

“How do you want me to save your family?” Luo Ruying asked.

“I want to invite you to present the Qi family in the competition!” Qi Yuan said imploringly.

Conflict often arose between chambers of commerce. If things became serious, it could easily lead to rivers of blood!

Therefore, the various chambers of commerce came up with a new method to resolve conflicts by holding a competition!

If an irreconcilable difference arose between two parties, one party could propose a competition to the other.

Both parties would place their wagers and send cultivators representing themselves to compete.

The winning party obtained the right to call the shots.

Such competitions prevented unnecessary losses.

This competition was proposed by the Treasures Merchant Alliance.

The Treasures Merchant Alliance was a business coalition formed by countless chambers of commerce in the world.

It had been formed to aid the mutual development of its members, mediate conflicts, and maintain the stability of business.

To maintain the fairness of the competition, when two chambers of commerce called for a competition, someone from the Treasures Merchant Alliance would by present as a witness.

This time, the Qi family had proposed a competition to the Jiang family.

The Qi family had suffered oppression from the Jiang family for years, so they finally decided to wager everything they had against the Jiang family and win back everything taken from them.

However, the cultivators who had agreed to fight for the Qi family had either suddenly gone back on their word or encountered all kinds of accidents.

Seeing Luo Ruying's strength, Qi Yuan made up her mind to ask Luo Ruying to participate in the competition on behalf of her family.

In fact, she did not want Luo Ruying to get involved in the family feud. After all, there was a powerful force supporting the Jiang family.

Sadly, she had no other solution, so she had to seek Luo Ruying’s assistance.

Luo Ruying contemplated briefly before nodding in agreement. “Okay. I will participate for your family.”

Firstly, she wanted to thank Qi Yuan for the mansion. Secondly, she felt that if the Jiang family gained more power in the city, the situation in the city would become very unstable.

So she agreed to help Qi Yuan’s family with their problem.

“Great! Thanks so much, Big Sister Luo.” Qi Yuan bowed thankfully. The pressure in her heart alleviated much.

Luo Ruying shook her head. “You're welcome. Treat it as payment for accepting this house.”

Qi Yuan hesitated briefly before imploring Luo Ruying, “Big Sister Luo, I have one more request! Can you accept me as your disciple? I can pay for it!”

From the moment Qi Yuan saw Luo Ruying’s beautiful and elegant moves, she was blown away.

Even though her family had a background in business, she had always dreamed of being a cultivator!

Luo Ruying did not expect Qi Yuan to request to be her disciple. After looking at Qi Yuan in surprise, she shook her head apologetically. “Sorry. I have no intention to take in disciples.”

She chose to live in seclusion here for stability, so she had no plans for taking in disciples.

Moreover, she still had a target on her back and did not want to implicate innocent bystanders.

After hearing the rejection, Qi Yuan looked very dejected. “Okay, sorry for asking.”

Since she was young, she had sought out many masters, but everyone had rejected her.

When she was a child, she had been injured, causing her meridians to be damaged and blocked, making it impossible for her to cultivate.

Qi Yuan felt that Luo Ruying had identified her condition and thought it was impossible for her to cultivate. She was probably rejected because she was not talented enough.

“Big Sister Luo, if someone's meridians are damaged, does it mean they can forget about cultivating for the rest of their lives?” Qi Yuan asked with hope in her heart.

Luo Ruying could tell whom Qi Yuan was referring to by her expression. Although she felt sorry for Qi Yuan, she replied honestly, “Cultivators use their meridians to absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth. This is the foundation of cultivation. If someone is unable to do so, they are unable to cultivate. In order words, the path of cultivation hinges on meridians. The wider, denser, and longer the meridians, the greater success at cultivation.”

“Is that so? Sure enough, I’m not destined to cultivate.” Qi Yuan looked even more depressed.

In fact, she was not surprised.

She had already known about the crux of cultivation. She had simply asked one last time to make herself completely give up.

“Big Sister Luo, in that case, I will take my leave…”

Just as Qi Yuan was about to turn around and leave, Ning Yechen chuckled. “It's true that people with damaged meridians can’t cultivate, but what if they recover?”

The moment he uttered these words, Qi Yuan froze on the spot. She turned around and looked at Ning Yechen in astonishment.

She naturally knew this was an option.

But who in the world could treat damaged meridians?

She had never heard of anyone who could restore damaged meridians!

Judging from Ning Yechen’s words, he seemed to have the ability to do so!

“Big Brother Ning, do you know how to restore my damaged meridians?” Hope rose in Qi Yuan’s heart as she looked at Ning Yechen expectantly.

“I understand a little,” Ning Yechen said modestly with his head raised.

Luo Ruying looked at Ning Yechen in astonishment.

He had medical knowledge and could even treat damaged meridians.

This was no ordinary ability!

If she were still an Empress, she could effortlessly treat Qi Yuan's meridians and injuries, but she could no longer help her.

However, a mere mortal like him seemed to have a solution to Qi Yuan’s problem.

In hindsight, Ning Yechen had prepared medicinal porridge and very effective medicine for her when she was injured, so it made sense.

Perhaps he really knew something about medicine.

“Big Brother Ning, what do you need me to do? Do I need to prepare any herbs?” Qi Yuan approached Ning Yechen excitedly and looked at him eagerly.

She had never been so excited in her life!

Ning Yechen smiled and shook his head. “You don’t need to prepare anything. Just follow me inside and take off your clothes. I will poke a needle in you a few times.”