Inheriting A Divine Cultivation Clan At The Start, All My Juniors Are Empresses-Chapter 78 - 77: 20,000 Taels for One Service

Yuchi wants Yuan Wansong to guarantee that not a single citizen will be mistakenly killed.

Yuan Wansong agreed.

Then he saw Yuan Wansong return to his sarcastic demeanor.

"Alright, I, Yuan Wansong, guarantee you that there won’t be a single living person on site."

Yuan Wansong licked his bloodthirsty tongue, "Watch me."

"If I mistakenly kill anyone, everyone on site can immediately attack me."

"I never think I can’t pay with my life."

Yuchi glanced at Xun Xian.

Xun Xian nodded, then looked at Chen Guangsheng, who had been uninvolved the whole time.

Chen Guangsheng was watching, but after seeing Xun Xian’s questioning gaze, he could only nod casually.

Xun Xian had no intention of backing down.

Staring intently at Yuan Wansong, "If the situation is as you say and you’ve mistakenly killed someone, we will attack you."

"Alright."

"And next..."

"Let’s enjoy a wonderful sea and sky feast!"

Yuan Wansong flicked his finger at the knife handle, and the nine-ringed knife spun rapidly in his palm.

The wailing sound was quite terrifying.

Human Flesh Blood Dripper?!

Then the nine-ringed knife was calmly thrown by Yuan Wansong, and as heads flew up, the scene fell silent.

Immediately after.

All the skeletons started to melt, and Yuan Wansong’s voice rang out loudly, "Brothers, catch the rats!"

A hundred bloody white rats scurried all over, but these creatures had no offensive ability against cultivators.

One by one, the white rats were thrown into the prison.

Yuchi let out a long sigh. Dealing with this kind of thing was indeed a bit much for him.

To think he was still pondering business matters yesterday, contemplating slacking off, and today he encountered this?

Thankfully, no one was mistakenly killed; Yuan Wansong did have some skill.

He felt somewhat relieved.

"Alright then." Yuan Wansong proudly said, "Chairman, I didn’t let you down, right?"

"You’re very strong." Yuchi gave a thumbs up.

Xun Xian had a drop of cold sweat on her forehead, "How perfunctory!"

"Hahaha." Yuan Wansong said nonchalantly, "Next comes another matter."

"Does Xufu Town need the services of our Demon-slaying Bureau?"

"I mean special services, oh!"

Yuchi frowned.

Dismissiveness aside, Yuan Wansong’s displayed capabilities were quite strong.

Hearing that there were creatures in Xufu Town, he looked seriously at Yuan Wansong, "I’m quite interested, tell me specifically?"

"It’s very simple." Yuan Wansong looked in a direction, "We’re not far from Xufu Town, we can get there in a day."

"By then, we’ll set up a Demon-Revealing Array."

"Let the citizens of Xufu Town pass through this Demon-Revealing Array one by one, if there are creatures, we will eliminate them on the spot."

"Otherwise, these creatures, they’re very cunning."

"They only bite off a piece of Xufu Town but won’t let us find out."

"I believe the chairman is benevolent, not so miserly as to avoid spending the silver and gold for the Demon-Revealing Array, right?"

Yuchi looked at Xun Xian, "Is this a responsibility my trade association has to bear?"

Xun Xian was taken aback.

Yuchi quickly explained, "Entrepreneurs do not dodge social responsibilities..."

Entrepreneurs?

"?"

The scene was puzzled.

Yuchi cleared his throat and corrected himself, "The trade association will not evade the responsibilities it should undertake in Xufu Town."

"Our wealth comes from the citizens; we take it rightly, and we must use it rightly."

"But won’t this kind of thing be too expensive?"

"At least the government should show some sincerity too."

Yuchi was speaking honestly.

He was willing to pay for the peace of Xufu Town, but realistically speaking, the trade association doesn’t have much money now.

Heaven knows how expensive this Demon-Revealing Array would be!

If he agreed immediately and it turned out to be extremely expensive, he wouldn’t be able to afford it, and it would be embarrassing.

The crowd understood Yuchi’s meaning.

Xun Xian helped Yuchi ask, "Yuan Dog, how much silver does it take for Xufu Town to thoroughly test with the array?"

"Approximately twenty thousand." Yuan Wansong said calmly, "We don’t earn money from this."

Not earning money from this? Yuchi was skeptical but still had no evidence.

Xun Xian was earnest, "They really don’t earn money from this; they don’t have the annual demon-slaying assessment."

Oh.

No performance metrics? Then it’s barely trustworthy.

Yuchi looked at Xun Xian, "Then generally, the government would bear some of it, right?"

Twenty thousand silver taels aren’t too bad; Yuchi’s idea was for the government to cover half, and the trade association to provide the other half.

Split in half, huh.

Besides, is this something the merchants’ guild needs to handle? Logically speaking, isn’t this a government matter?

"Indeed..."

"Actually, theoretically, these things are done by the government..."

"But things like demon hunting, they’re not things that must be done... You understand, Yuchi, it’s not something that must be done."

Yuchi frowned, "It’s something that can be done but isn’t necessary?"

Xun Xian nodded seriously, "Yuchi, I’m being honest, demon hunting isn’t necessary."

"I know you might think I’m very cold-blooded."

"But from the government’s perspective, losing a hundred or so citizens over three or four years is acceptable."

"And such things can’t be eliminated once and for all; it’s like a chronic disease."

"When the Demon-slaying Bureau clears the demons from Xufu Town today, new ones will definitely show up in less than a year."

"And demons usually know their limits; they’ll probably only take a hundred people at most."

"Not enough to cause significant damage..."

"So unless you decide to conduct demon-hunting operations every six months, this sort of thing is just a waste of money..."

Damn?!

These words sound so real, and at the same time, so frightening in their reality?

Has human life already been openly priced?

"Wait, wait, wait!"

"Let me do the math."

Yuchi stopped the conversation with a gesture.

He counted on his fingers, "Once a demon-hunting operation is completed, can it ensure six months without demons in Xufu Town?"

"Not ensure, just highly likely," Yuan Wansong laughed, his cheekbones prominent.

"Okay, let’s assume it ensures it, let me do the math first."

Yuchi didn’t mind.

"Using Xufu Town as an example, a demon-hunting operation costs twenty thousand taels, roughly how many demons can be found?"

Yuan Wansong, "Based on experience, usually around ten to twenty."

"Okay."

"Let’s count it as more."

"So, it’s twenty thousand taels spent on twenty people’s heads, which calculates to a thousand taels per person?"

Yuchi nodded, "One human life, a thousand taels?"

"You could say that," Yuan Wansong said, "but I must remind the guild master."

"Things sound bad when laid bare, but a human life isn’t worth a thousand taels."

"In Xufu Town, the people in the Clothing Town are worth more, but still not a thousand taels."

"In some remote areas, a life is only worth a hundred taels."

"If the killer knows someone above, maybe it’s just ten taels? It’s not the killer paying the innocent, it’s the innocent paying the killer."

Yuan Wansong sneered at Xun Xian, "Perhaps Miss Xun understands this better."

"After all, she’s from the Defense Department."

"We in the Demon-slaying Bureau just listen, we don’t know the truth."

The usually strong Xun Xian looked down slightly, not answering.

That was acquiescence.

And what kind of damn words are these?!

Yuchi did a quick calculation.

One silver tael equals one thousand wen, which is approximately a thousand bucks from his past life.

So, ten taels are ten thousand bucks, a hundred taels are a hundred thousand bucks, and a thousand taels are a million.

Somewhere, a human life is only worth a hundred thousand bucks?

So cheap?

Oh, almost forgot, if I’m killed, I still have to pay that ten thousand bucks.

Sorry for bothering.

Yuan Wansong had no intention of responding to Yuchi’s question, "So, guild master, will you do this second thing or not?"

"If you need our services, we can head to Xufu Town right now."

"Don’t expect the government office to pay, it’s best if you fork out the twenty thousand yourself."

"That way, we’d be free and easy, compared to other organizations, we hate talking with the Imperial Decree Department the most."

Yuan Wansong’s eyes swept over the people present one by one.

"I say the people of the Imperial Decree Department are dogs!"

"Does anyone here object?"

"Does anyone agree?"

Why does this sentence feel so familiar? Yuchi smiled bitterly in his heart.

Xun Xian raised a hand with a dark face, "I agree."

Chen Guangsheng calmly said, "Couldn’t agree more."

Yuan Wansong looked at Yuchi, "So, the Celestial Capital Department, Defense Department, and we in the Demon-slaying Bureau, we all think the Imperial Decree Department are dogs."

"Wonder what expression the advisor and County Magistrate will have when they hear this?" Yuchi sighed.

Yuan Wansong, "So are we doing this?"

"At the end of the day, human life is just business."

"As the third son of a businessman, what’s your take on it?"

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