Chapter 1101 — Some Rejoice, Some Lament
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
Pi Zhifeng was already an Earth-stage expert at so young an age; were the hidden families all such monsters? Luckily the two houses had now reached a working accord, and the mightier the Pi family proved, the higher the Xiao family's standing would rise with the tide!
"Of course, the experts of our Pi family will be stationed with you only to hold the fort and to keep watch. If you think to use them as house guards like Uncle Pi, that is out of the question!" Pi Zhifeng gave Xiao Ben advance warning. The experts of the hidden Pi family could never take orders from the Xiao family!
"I understand, perfectly!" Xiao Ben nodded hastily. In truth he had never even dreamed of ordering the Pi family's people about, nor would he dare. He only said with an ingratiating smile: "But if someone comes to trouble our Xiao family..."
"Set your mind at rest on that score. If anyone troubles the Xiao family, our Pi family's experts will deal with it!" Pi Zhifeng waved his hand. "What I mean by ordering about is using my Pi family's experts like servants. But when the Xiao family is in trouble, they will hardly stand idly by! After all, we are partners!"
"Excellent!" At Pi Zhifeng's promise, joy sprang to Xiao Ben's brows! This was exactly the result he wanted. So long as the Pi family's experts would strike when the Xiao family met with trouble, that was enough. As for driving them like servants, that was unthinkable; the Xiao family would barely have time to enshrine them!
"Since that is settled, I will waste no more words." Pi Zhifeng said coolly: "From now on everything rests on you. As for the experts, they will be in place within these two days. Now I must return to report to grandfather!"
"Young Master Pi, wait a moment, please..." Xiao Ben called Pi Zhifeng back: "About business matters, are we to act on our own, or is there a designated line?"
"That does not matter. Anything that makes money will do." Pi Zhifeng said indifferently.
"Hmm... then may I let word out that the Pi family is backing our Xiao family?" Xiao Ben nodded and went on asking.
This letting out of word was of the utmost moment. If the Pi family insisted on secrecy, then in practice their backing would be much weakened. To let others find out passively and to proclaim it openly produced results worlds apart!
If word went out that the hidden Pi family stood behind the Xiao family, those in the know would come of their own accord to seek cooperation with the Xiao family and offer every convenience, instead of the Xiao family having to seek others out and hint obscurely at its ties to the hidden Pi family, which others might or might not even believe.
"That goes without saying." Pi Zhifeng smiled faintly and nodded assent. To this demand of the Xiao family the Pi family naturally agreed. What the Pi family was doing could never be hidden from the Hidden Families Arbitration Association, so rather than hide and cover, they might as well be open and aboveboard! In any case there was good cause, and no one could say anything against it!
"Good, then much trouble will be spared!" Xiao Ben nodded happily. In that moment he seemed already to see the Xiao family's bright future! Thinking that the great gathering of the families was close at hand, Xiao Ben smiled with delight. This time the Xiao family would not only avoid being squeezed out of the ranks of the families, but would climb a rung higher!
Whoever set himself against the Xiao family set himself against the Yu family!
Pi Zhifeng and Pi Zhitao had come only to handle the negotiation. Pi Zhifeng was first in line to inherit the hidden Pi family and naturally could not remain long with the Xiao family, while Pi Zhitao had merely come out to gain experience and see the world.