Chapter 533 — The Yu Family's Attitude
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In a conference room at the Yu family auction house, Yu Haitian received the heads of the various families. Wu Gonggao, head of the Wu family, was absent and had sent Wu Chengtian in his stead. The Xiao family, to everyone's surprise, had sent the second brother, Xiao Ben, to represent them.
Yu Shuixing had not shown his face either, and that surprised the Kang family somewhat. After all, Yu Shuixing was the Yu family's man in the public eye; Yu Haitian was merely the person in charge of the Yu family's outside business dealings.
That morning, even though Yu Shuixing had not appeared either, Divine Doctor Kang was no fool — he had already deduced that Yu Shuixing was pulling the strings behind the scenes, quietly directing Yu Haitian from the back. He had assumed that once he had laid enough chips on the table, he would be able to meet Yu Shuixing that evening. Still, Yu Shuixing certainly had the standing to put on airs, and with the man absent, Divine Doctor Kang did not press the point.
Besides, that stray thought vanished in an instant. Before long, Divine Doctor Kang's head was spinning with hope and joy at the prospect of raising the Kang family's status.
"Divine Doctor Kang, my second uncle has matters to attend to this evening and will not be joining us. He has asked me to stand in for him," Yu Haitian said, glancing at Divine Doctor Kang. His tone was flat, the morning warmth gone.
Divine Doctor Kang did not take it to heart. He assumed Yu Haitian was putting on this show deliberately for the others' benefit. After all, as the organizer of the annual gathering of noble families, the Yu family could not openly align itself behind any single household — the chain reaction would be far too great.
"No matter at all. Master Yu is a busy man; there's no need for him to attend." Hearing Yu Haitian offer that explanation, Divine Doctor Kang took it as a personal courtesy and felt all the more pleased.
"Old Kang, you called us all here — what did you have to tell us?" The speaker was Song Xiangwen, head of the Song family. The Song family was one of the Four Great Families, a lineage of ancient martial arts, and had once produced a Xuan-tier expert. That expert was Song Xiangwen's younger brother, who had left home early on after reaching a dead end in his cultivation, venturing out into the world in search of fortuitous opportunities. He had not returned to this day, his fate unknown.
Otherwise, the Song family would have overshadowed even the Wu family. But even as things stood, Song Xiangwen spoke with a firmness of his own — which had much to do with his own strength at the peak late stage of the Huang tier.
"Hehe, I called you esteemed family heads here because I have good news to announce." Divine Doctor Kang rose to his feet, first nodding courteously to each family's representative before continuing. "After years of painstaking research, the Kang family has at last achieved a breakthrough and developed the Beautifying, Muscle-Nourishing Wound Medicine! I need not elaborate on what this medicine can do. It is, however, still in the research stage and cannot yet be produced on a large scale, so we have managed only a small batch. Apart from the two jars sent to auction, we intend to supply the rest to your families first."
Song Xiangwen nodded in evident satisfaction. "That's a fine way of doing things. Keep the goodies in the family, so to speak!"
Song Xiangwen was hale and hearty for his years. After his first wife died, he had taken a second, and just now his young mistress had been egging him on to snatch up those two jars of Beautifying, Muscle-Nourishing Wound Medicine at the auction. But Song Xiangwen was an old fox — he would never do something so foolish. And sure enough, the moment the auction ended, someone had come knocking at his door.