Chapter 2095 - 2098: Lies Can Also Solve Big Problems

Looking at the breathtaking Fairy Qin Yurou, whose expression was full of worry, Medicine King Valley Master Qin Yongquan sighed and said, "Silly child, there are many cultivators in the Cultivation World, but the ones with the most exalted status, and also the most arrogant, are naturally the Alchemists. And what we're trying to do now is to set rules for all Alchemists. If it were really that easy, I would've done it long ago."

Qin Yurou said anxiously, "Dad, then help him!"

Medicine King Valley Master Qin Yongquan shook his head and said, "I can't help. This matter can only rely on Shen Qiang himself. If he succeeds, he'll become a Medicine King unlike any seen before in the Cultivation World, even worthy of being called great. As they say, if you wish to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. This is the path Shen Qiang chose himself, so he can only walk it on his own. If, whenever he does anything, he's always thinking about asking others for help, then in the end, he'll never get anything done."

In the luxurious suite, Medicine King Valley's Qin father and daughter were having a secret talk.

At this time, having left the Dinghao Grand Hotel and driven back to the Heshenghe Building, Bianyi had just come upstairs when an assistant hurried over and said anxiously, "Mr. Shen, Chairman Shen is waiting for you in the office and told you to go there immediately once you got back."

"I got it." Bianyi said.

Then he went to Shen Qiang's office.

"Praise you, my dear boss. I always thought you were greedy for pleasure and didn't want to make progress, but I never imagined that your ideals would be so grand—shocking heaven, moving ghosts to tears..."

"Enough." Shen Qiang, frowning, cut him off. "Drop the act. Tell me what the Medicine King Valley Master said."

Bianyi smiled and said, "The Medicine King Valley Master felt that when I said Pan Zheng had agreed to your covenant, I was bluffing him. He thinks Pan Zheng was playing the game of passing the buck, so he unhesitatingly took the matter on himself."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang was pleasantly surprised and said, "Then this thing is already half done."

"Ninety-nine percent done still doesn't count as success." Sitting on the sofa, Bianyi frowned slightly. "Shen Qiang, we've worked together for quite some time now; you could say we're life-and-death partners. I'll be honest with you now—you're not only bold, but you're also taking such a big step. Are you really not afraid you'll end up tearing your balls?"

Shen Qiang smiled at that, dropped the pen in his hand, leaned back in the chair, looked at Bianyi with a smile, and after a moment of silence said, "Back then, when I pulled you in to partner up with me to start Heshenghe, I told you we'd knock on the doors of big orthodox sects and play around with their Sect Treasures. That was to trick you. Because the only serious problem I faced at the time was how to survive in the Cultivation World."

Bianyi smiled. "You think I didn't know?"

Shen Qiang placed both hands on the desk and looked at Bianyi seriously as he said, "But things are different now. Back then, all we needed to do was survive. Now, survival is no longer an issue for us. What we need to do is develop and make Heshenghe truly strong."

"Setting rules for Alchemists—this sounds really unreliable. But, Bianyi, you should understand: Pan Zheng, Qin Yongquan, Yu Xinghuo—these three people, at any other time, would never sit together."

"Because Pan Zheng and Qin Yongquan have been fighting for twenty years, and during those twenty years, they both stepped on Yu Xinghuo in tacit agreement. Yu Xinghuo didn't even qualify to participate in the Elixir Pills Conference."

"So Pan Zheng wants to suppress Qin Yongquan, Qin Yongquan wants to trip up Pan Zheng, but what Yu Xinghuo most wants to see is both of them dead."

Bianyi chuckled and said, "As expected, wherever there are people, there's Jianghu. But Shen Qiang, you have to understand that how they are with each other doesn't mean they'll agree to use their own interests to help you achieve fame and success."

Shen Qiang smiled, paused for a moment, then said, "You're right, it's very contradictory. But you have to understand: to resolve one contradiction, you have to create an even bigger contradiction. If you want others to agree to damage part of their interests, then you have to give them even greater benefits."

Bianyi smiled. "So you made use of the Dragon Group, Yu Xinghuo, Pan Zheng, and Qin Yongquan. Right now they're the three big shots among the Alchemists under you, the Medicine King. There's no way they'd just stand by and watch you grab hold of the Dragon Group and kick them out."

Shen Qiang smiled and said, "Exactly. That's why, on the list of five people for the Covenant Management Committee in the trial version of the covenant, I wrote in the Dragon Group. Otherwise, at this moment, whether it's Medicine King Valley Master Qin Yongquan, Pan Zheng, or Yu Xinghuo, there's no way things would be this calm."

Bianyi's eyes crinkled with his smile as he raised his brows and said, "Pan Zheng, though, declared righteously that he agreed to your covenant proposal because of his daughter Pan Meiqing."

Shen Qiang laughed. "If it were really because of Pan Meiqing, you think the people of Thirty-two Skillful Hands wouldn't be kicking up a fuss?"

Bianyi smiled and raised his brows. "Nice move. After you dragged the Dragon Group into this, Yu Xinghuo, Pan Zheng, and Qin Yongquan all don't want to be kicked out of the game, so their daughters became the best excuses for them to agree to this."

"I'm the Pill Alliance's nominal Alliance Hierarch, and Yu Xinghuo said everything is up to me. So as the proposer, this lightning strike, I have to take myself." Shen Qiang raised his brows with a smile and looked at Bianyi. "So now we've reached the most critical step, because next, we have to go bluff the Dragon Group. If they don't nod, this won't fly."

Looking at Shen Qiang, Bianyi suddenly burst out laughing, then said, "My dear boss, from what I know of you, you definitely want to strap this bundle of dynamite on me. When it's a matter of disgrace and death, I go; when it's a matter of success and universal admiration, that's your part."

Shen Qiang's eyes curved with his smile. "Talking with a smart person is really comfortable. Remember, you have to go in person. I'm not at ease handing this to anyone else."

Bianyi smiled and said, "My dear boss, by using the pressure from the Dragon Group, you forced Pan Zheng, Yu Xinghuo, and Qin Yongquan to all agree to your proposal to make you chairman of the covenant committee. From that, I knew you'd definitely send me to use the fact that you four are joining forces to bluff the Dragon Group."

"After all, Medicine King Valley, Thirty-two Skillful Hands, the Pill Alliance, plus you—this power is already enough to cover the sky with one hand. In such a short time, it's hard for them to think carefully before making a decision. The only compromise is to plant someone inside the Alchemists' Covenant Management Committee to figure out your true intentions; then they can only choose to go with the flow."

Shen Qiang laughed. "Talking with a smart person really lifts the mood. Go do it. When you call me, I expect the first thing out of your mouth to be that it's done."

Bianyi laughed, raised his brows, and gave Shen Qiang a look. "My dear boss, your plan is not perfect at all, but fortunately, you have a perfect subordinate. When I get to the Dragon Group, I'll tell them this matter came from prolonged consultation between you all and only then did you reach a tacit understanding. Under those circumstances, no one will believe it's just a simple covenant."