Heavenly Dao Child

Ryuu frowned as he stared at the screen as he spoke with a sigh, "I have made a huge mistake."

Yamamoto looked at Ryuu with a frown on his face as he spoke, "Can you please elaborate Your Highness?"

"Look at the number of people that JI clan has managed to anger today, people if they band together they can destroy the clan not to mention their old Patriarch would also be forced out of his seclusion, what a disaster."

"But did not wish for that clan's destruction?"

Ryuu stood up from his seat as he spoke, "I do, but they are only allowed to die by my hands and by my permission only, hmm, maybe I should lessen the blow."

With that Ryuu stalked out of the room in search of Yu Wu, whom he found rather quickly as he spoke, "Is there something wrong Yu Wu? I hear a lot of commotion."

Yu Wu gave a small bow as she began to speak, "Boss, apparently something had happened with the auction house the people are agitated and most of them seemed to have suffered internal injuries as well as soiled their clothing, a brief confrontation had broken out when they tried to leave the guards tried to stop them and now it seems that they are in deep trouble."

Ryuu pinched the brow of his nose as he spoke with a sigh, "Sister Yu Wu, it seems that today they managed to anger Heaven's itself, there is nothing we can do to help them but make sure that if a fight breaks out our people do not get involve at the same time if someone dares to attack us we can defend ourselves."

Yu Wu gave a nod as she spoke, "I will see to it immediately boss."

"Thank you Yu Wu then I will be off to the storage area it seems something off about it."

Yu Wu frowned as she spoke, "Off? What do you mean by that boss?"

Ryuu frowned as he spoke, "I do not know but some of the array placed inside the storage is acting a bit weird according to them some kind of toxic substance is on loose."

Yu Wu let out a gasp as she spoke, "Oh my then we better hurry."

Ryuu gave a small nod as he spoke, "Yes let us be on our way."

The duo quickly made their way towards the storage area and along with the overseer, they entered the storage space.

The overseer looked extremely annoyed but not with Ryuu or with Yu Wu but with himself as he had yet to detect any such problem within the storage area but their Boss had managed to do so which in turn showed his incompetence."

Ryuu slowly walked through the storage area with his eyes closed while his subordinates followed closely after him.

Ryuu walked past various items and then he finally stopped in front of one of the crates with a frown on his face and few minutes poking and prodding later Ryuu spoke with a sigh, "What a disaster, it is a good thing we found the cause early otherwise we would have not only incurred heavy loss not only financially but in reputation as well."

"Boss, may I ask what kind of problem are we facing?"

Ryuu looked towards Yu Wu as he spoke with a sigh, "A few of our resources especially of the floral kind have been send in crates that are not suitable to store them, they react with the crate and produce toxins that would cause immense problem when consumed like causing some inner injuries not to mention their presence would lower the value of medicinal pills kept near them making them completely useless when consumed."

Both the Overseer and Yu Wu had a troubled look on their faces as the Overseer spoke with anger in his voice, "Such a thing I missed it, I feel so ashamed of myself."

Ryuu raised his hand stopping the Overseer from speaking as he began to speak, "Please be at ease, this thing can only be caught by someone with extremely high enlightenment on the Dao of Alchemy."

Yu Wu frowned as she spoke, "Those crates were supplied by our suppliers, and they have been supplying us with the resources for such a longtime could they have made any mistake."

Ryuu frowned as he spoke, "Accidently knocking a glass of water is an accident but flinging the glass of water across a room is not an accident, the crates are created in such a way that of you do not look to closely you will not find them not to mention the items have been doused with certain liquids to enhance the poisonous effect."

Yu Wu balled her fist as she spoke, "Those bastards."

"Blacklist them, simply blacklist them and make sure to publicly denounce them with the cause being purposely tampering with resources by dousing them with poison which would cause great internal injuries when consumed."

Yu Wu nodded as Ryuu continued to speak, "Although it has been contained for the time being, please make sure to dispose of them as fast as possible and if necessary do so publicly, I want everyone to know what kind of creepy criminals those bastard are."

"As you wish Boss I will do so immediately though I have a certain concern to report."

Ryuu looked at Yu Wu as he spoke with a curious look on his face, "Please go ahead."

Yu Wu gave a nod as she spoke, "I believe the JI clan is pulling strings from behind those are send by those who were showing reluctance in fulfilling the contract asking for renewal of the contract."

Ryuu closed his eyes in deep thought as the Overseer spoke with anger in his voice, "I completely agree with Deputy Yu, the timing is very convenient they are having an auction and now we would be suffering from such a catastrophe."

Ryuu nodded as he spoke with a frown on his face, "I agree with both of you the JI clan has a hand behind this.", his frown was soon replaced by a tired look as he spoke, "But the problem is we do not have any proof."

Yu Wu frowned as she spoke, "Boss, we can easily crush them with our power."

Ryuu gave a nod as he spoke, "Yes we can but then the Royal family would get involved and then we will have to fight the entire nation and conquer it, such a chore, not to mention that such act can cause problem for Shangri-la later on as such we will not  do so."

"But…"

Ryuu simply looked towards Yu Wu and a feeling of dread welled up in her preventing her from speaking as Ryuu continued, "But that does not mean that they will escape from harm, we will break them, make them beg for mercy but we have to be patient and tactful especially since one of wives of the current Emperor seems to be intimately involved with the acting patriarch of JI clan."

The duo looked thunderstruck as Yu Wu spoke with disbelief, "That kind of ȧduŀtery is…. oh my, the Emperor will wipe out the JI clan, Boss I do not doubt you but are you sure about this information, because if proven wrong it would make us the enemy of the state."

Ryuu gave a nod as he spoke, "I am sure and do not worry about the information for now as we will use it when the iron is hot for now let them grow bigger, as bigger they are harder they fall so for no forget about everything I said."

Both the Yu Wu and the Overseer gave a small bow while Ryuu internally gave a pat on his back at the brilliant performance that he had managed to pull.

The situation on the JI clan side was incredibly tensed as they were being besieged by all sides wanting to tear them apart but the only reason that they had survived was because of the fact that Empress Consort Maria had decided to lend them a hand.

JI San was incredibly infuriated but he had to maintain a humble look on his face as he tried to diffuse the situation that he could not even fathom how it had occurred, whether it was a mistake or some deliberate sabotage they had yet to discover it.

When all of a sudden he spotted Ryuu standing near the door of Shangri-La instructing his subordinates and because of his high-level cultivation he could clearly hear that Ryuu was throwing them away because they are poisoned.

"General Manager Ryuu, my heartfelt greetings to you."

Ryuu looked at the speaker who stood in front of him with his hand cupped, he knew who that person was and he was able to see the undivided attention that everyone was giving them but he decided to act clueless as he spoke, "Greetings to you too my fellow Daoist, but I am sorry to say I do not recognize you."

JI San gave an apologetic smile as he spoke, "Ah, my name is Ji San and I am acting patriarch of the Ji clan, and I have a small favor to ask of you my fellow daoist.", he gained a pained look on his face as he spoke, "I know that my family had harmed your reputation but I would humbly make a request of you."

Ryuu's eyes widened momentarily as he spoke with a solemn sigh, "I know there has been some problem but even then if you are approaching me then the situation is dire, I will decide on my next course of my action."

Ji San gave a nod as he spoke, "We were holding an auction at our auction house but alas a mysterious illness struck them and they are now suffering because of it, we are at a loss on what to do, I have heard that you are an accomplish Alchemist so can you please check on them."

Ryuu frowned for a moment before he spoke with a sigh, "We may have our differences but this is different I will help you but I cannot make any promises."

Ji San bowed deeply before Ryuu while he profusely thanked him, although Ryuu did not say anything inwardly he frowned at the sight.

'This person is dangerous pretending to be weak and humble not to mention the epitome of good but the moment you show him your back he would strike like a viper, and according what I know after the fiasco which led to my mother's death the only reason their clan survived was because of him and his silver tongue, hmm he might be way stronger than him but even then I will have to keep my guard up.'

Ryuu was escorted to the nearest person who was writhing in agony, Ryuu kneeled in front of the person as he was checked him before he spoke with a frown, "The spirit branches branched have completely clogged as well as his internal organs have been harmed, they would be alright within a few days but alas it would cause an injury that would torment them for a very long time."

Ryuu sighed as he spoke, "It will hurt a bit but please try to bear with it."

With that Ryuu poked at certain parts of his body tossing and turning him in a manner that a person does to a toy before slapping the back of the injured person hard making the person vomit some putrid black pus.

"Bring some water for him."

As one of the people ran off, another person quickly approached Ryuu as he spoke, "Daoist brother, please could you help others as well."

Ryuu looked at the people that were still suffering from the ailment as a frown appeared on his face as he spoke, "This…."