Chapter 1699 — How Very Sad
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Only after escorting the Kang father and son all the way to the gate of the Yu residence did Yu Feng hurry back to the reception hall.
"They've gone?" Yu Shuixing asked.
"Yes, gone. I had Yu Haitian arrange for men to follow them and see what they get up to these next couple of days," Yu Feng said.
Yu Shuixing nodded. Though he had already agreed to let the Kang family be promoted to a great clan, he was still not entirely at ease about them, and so he had told Yu Feng to send people to tail Kang the Divine Physician and Kang Guifeng, to see whether they were playing any tricks.
The moment they were out of the Yu residence, Kang the Divine Physician could not wait to say to Kang Guifeng, "Guifeng, you must call Zhaoming and tell him to find some way to get the formula for the Longevity Detox Pill out of Guan's Pharmaceuticals as quickly as possible — by any means necessary. It must be done fast; we are running out of time. Smooth as this promotion went, the Yu family will not keep a clan with no real strength in the ranks of the great clans forever!"
"Yes, Father. I'll call Zhaoming right away..." In truth, Kang Guifeng was not at all comfortable with this. Lately, Kang the Divine Physician seemed to think very highly of Kang Jingming, and if Kang Jingming really did obtain the formula for the Longevity Detox Pill, then Kang Jingming would undoubtedly become the next young head of the Kang family, and his own son, Kang Jinglong, would be in grave danger...
But there was nothing Kang Guifeng could do. Becoming a great clan was still better than the Kang family's present state. Even if Kang Jinglong could not become the head of the family, his standing would at least be far better than it was now — that was the benefit a great clan brought.
Neither Kang the Divine Physician nor Kang Guifeng was a ** practitioner, and their conversation was relayed word for word to the men Yu Haitian had sent. Though the only core figures left in the Yu family were Yu Shuixing and Yu Feng, plus a half-dead Yu Kun, the Yu family still had a few ** practitioners; their strength was not high, but it was more than enough for tailing the Kang family.
And so, at the same time, the conversation between the Kang father and son was relayed word for word to Yu Shuixing.
"It seems they have their eyes on the formula," Yu Shuixing said. "But no matter — so long as they can get it, it makes no difference to us where they get it from."
"Father... the matter of Song family's Qiu Lingshan..." Yu Feng asked, unwilling to let it go.
"I have already brought pressure to bear on that old fool Song Xiangwen. When the great clan assembly comes, I will raise the matter again. If the old fool still refuses to see reason, then he can simply be sent packing!" Yu Shuixing grew angry every time he thought of Song Xiangwen. The man had agreed so readily at the time, and then trouble had cropped up on his granddaughter's side. It made Yu Shuixing feel utterly humiliated.
"Thank you, Father!" Yu Feng was overjoyed.
The great clan assembly — some families rejoicing, others grieving — convened as scheduled all the same.
The so-called great clan assembly was in truth not a grand affair. Only the heads of the nine great clans, together with the younger generation of their families, came to the meeting room of the Yu family's auction house. Of course, apart from these nine great clans, this time there was one more family present — the Kang family!
The others were merely surprised and thought little of it, but when the old master of the Chen family and the old master of the Song family saw the situation, their hearts lurched. The implication was unmistakable: if the Kang family could attend this great clan assembly, it meant the Kang family might become one of the great clans!