Dragon's Origin

## Chapter 770: The Dispute (Part 2)

Strictly speaking, Mei'er wasn't the ultimate in breathtaking beauty. At least, the Empress was superior to Mei'er in certain aspects of figure and appearance.

However, when Mei'er unreservedly unleashed the full charm of a Four-Tailed Celestial Fox, even the heads and elders of the various families—individuals who normally held high positions of power and could summon countless beauties with a mere beckoning, seasoned veterans as they were—were initially dazed and mesmerized by Mei'er's face, which was inherently radiant and now possessed an extraordinary allure.

Song Yan was among them, but her instincts as a rival made her extremely wary of Mei'er. Especially seeing Mei'er so brazenly exuding a seductive aura, captivating everyone around her to the point of infatuation, she was immediately filled with displeasure and couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Hmph!" Song Yan's voice was loud and laced with a hint of spiritual energy. The surrounding people, who had been caught off guard and drawn in by Mei'er's initial charm, immediately realized their indiscretion. They all coughed, trying to regain their composure. For a moment, the sound of coughing filled the air.

Mei'er's carefully laid plan was disrupted by Song Yan's cold snort, and she glared fiercely at Song Yan. Song Yan didn't back down, returning the glare with equal intensity.

The two women glared at each other like two roosters ready to fight, each wanting to devour the other whole. An invisible aura clashed in the air. Exaggeratedly speaking, those nearby could almost see intense sparks flickering in the space between their gazes.

Basically, when Wang Sheng was still in the capital, the two women had never met face-to-face. Even when Song Yan went to the capital, Mei'er would always avoid her. At that time, their relationship was like two kings who couldn't coexist. But after Song Yan returned to the Song Kingdom, the two actually had some correspondence, even exchanging gifts. In short, they weren't enemies, but they weren't exactly friends either—a strange relationship.

In this peculiar setting, the two women were truly face-to-face, and their meeting immediately sparked a sense of battle. Which of the old foxes present didn't know something about the relationship between the two women? They were happy to watch the show, letting them fight it out, hoping to profit from it.

"Hmph!" "Hmph!" Two deliberately loud and cold snorts sounded almost simultaneously, and then the two women turned their gazes away from each other, looking elsewhere, no longer confronting each other.

Well, the good show was over. The group of old foxes could only return to the present, pondering the question Mei'er had raised earlier. What could Lijhen Workshop gain?

The Emperor was not far away, watching everything with a smile, saying nothing.

The Grandmaster Orchestra, the micro-theater, and the experts who needed to advance were all essential. If they wanted to break the seal, they were indispensable and unavoidable.

"We have experts who can advance ourselves. We don't need your help!" Song Yan once again spoke first, saying very impolitely to Mei'er.

"You have them?" Mei'er revealed a surprised expression, facing Song Yan again, looking her up and down for a while before nodding. "It seems you're about to advance as well. That's fine, as long as you have your own people, we don't need to provide them."

After speaking, she suddenly turned to Dai Xiao, the head of the Dai family, and smiled. "Head Dai is probably about to advance as well, right? That's perfectly fine. You can choose anyone you want. We don't have to send anyone."

Seeing Mei'er suddenly being so agreeable, everyone seemed a little surprised. Would Mei'er, who had made such a name for herself with Qiansheng Yuan, Runzi Workshop, Dream Workshop, and Lijhen Workshop, just give up this condition?

"However, if your people can't advance during the Grandmaster's performance and fail to break the seal, wanting to use our people again will cost double," Mei'er said casually, her tone calm, but the charm of her Four-Tailed Celestial Fox unknowingly drew everyone's attention. "After all, the Grandmasters have to perform one more time, and everything has to be done again. No matter what the conditions are, doubling them isn't excessive, right?"

The Grandmaster's performance assisting advancement was an excellent opportunity. Although each faction had just had a batch advance a few months ago, since there was such a legitimate opportunity to allow the disciples of each family to advance, who would be willing to give it up?

But what Mei'er said also made sense. If the people sent by each family couldn't advance, then the seal formation couldn't be broken. The Grandmasters would have to work harder, and Mei'er's people would have to advance as well. Was doubling the conditions excessive?

This required each faction to weigh the options. Should they use this opportunity to give those disciples who might or might not advance another chance to break through to the Legendary realm, or should they play it safe and let Mei'er's people take over to smoothly break the seal? They needed to calculate it themselves.

Of course, the most important thing was what Lijhen Workshop wanted. If they didn't want much, then the double conditions wouldn't matter. They could just consider these conditions as the price paid for the opportunity to break through for their own disciples.

"Can the Tang family issue five hundred million gold coins in gold notes?" The Tang family head was shrewd. Since Mei'er was using the Lijhen Workshop brand, he would use Lijhen Workshop's business to exchange for it, directly stating the Tang family's conditions. Anyway, the Tang family's current gold notes were somewhat insufficient, and they needed to issue new Tang Kingdom gold notes sooner or later, so he might as well use it as a condition.

"Yes!" Mei'er nodded without hesitation. The Tang family alone had five hundred million gold coins, so of course there was no problem. When Lijhen Workshop issued gold notes, other families had to deposit gold coins or gold bars first. The collateral of five hundred million gold coins was enough for Mei'er to nod.

"The Song family also offers five hundred million," Song Yan followed closely behind the Tang family head, her posture seemingly taking the Tang family's lead, not ambiguous at all.

With the Tang and Song families opening their mouths, the others followed suit one by one. Anyway, it was just gold coins, and it was the same to use gold notes. Lijhen Workshop didn't plan to use this to scam the various factions. This matter was simply a benefit delivered to their door.

The eight major families averaged five hundred million, the royal family also had five hundred million, and the other small families and small forces had one or two hundred million, or fifty or sixty million. In short, after adding everything up, there were a total of more than eighty billion gold coins. It could be said that this deal for Lijhen Workshop was definitely a huge profit.

From the amounts promised by each family, it could also be seen that, at least economically, those small sects and small forces added up were really about the same as the eight major families.

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"An additional request." After the various factions had stated their amounts and Mei'er had accepted, Mei'er made a separate condition: "Any musical scores or music-related parts discovered inside this time must be copied for me."

Mei'er's additional request made the various factions frown slightly. But after hearing the specifics of Mei'er's request, the heads of the various factions looked at each other and nodded. Musical scores, and just copies, were no problem at all. They could just consider it as making a good connection with those musical Grandmasters.