Chapter 2455 - 1427_2
When they arrived, they were all men, but everyone left with a woman.
In the dark of night, they arranged everything.
The capital city was under curfew; usually, people venturing out would be detained.
However, these people did not walk down the main street; they walked through underground passages.
Some even used their magical treasures to leave.
Quietly, they took people away.
Though each of them took someone along, they didn’t bring them home.
Instead, they arranged for them to stay somewhere temporarily.
In the bustling city, in the deep alleys.
These places are not conspicuous, and they aren’t where nobles and dignitaries reside. Although the houses are somewhat old, accommodations here are not cheap.
Ever since taking wives, Huang Lei and his family had settled down early. Ever since acquiring official positions, they had secretly purchased homes in this area.
Some of the houses are hidden residences, points of contact.
The houses originally had residents, and arrangements were made for the women to stay there in the name of being daughters of the residents.
Huang Lei’s family had already transferred some of the less capable family members here.
Making money here is easier than picking it up by the seaside.
Moreover, they have already purchased shops in the capital and have family members running businesses here.
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Huang Lei knew that because he wanted revenge, his family offended people who were too powerful to confront.
For revenge and to become stronger, they could only sacrifice their own happiness.
These matters certainly couldn’t be revealed to their wives.
Huang Lei and his family were putting themselves in danger, conspiring with the prime minister against the Saint Sect.
And against their enemies.
All the opponents were very formidable; they couldn’t confront them directly.
They could only use other methods to recruit more allies.
If more people joined their group, the opponents couldn’t kill off every single one, right?
While they weren’t powerful enough, they could recruit forces and earn more money.
They could buy more cultivation resources and strengthen their team, and acquire resources through different means.
Huang Lei and his people returned to the courtyard from the underground chamber, arranged things, and then he went home.
Returning home was also through a secret passage, which no one knew when it was dug.
He could even come from the Prime Minister’s Residence to witness his brother-in-law bringing a woman back.
Huang Lei didn’t stop him. Although he is also corrupt, he really doesn’t enjoy frivolous activities.
If it weren’t for revenge and binding interests, their family would never be invaded or dominated due to the lack of cultivation resources.
He wouldn’t have allied with such people.
Huang Lei and his family had committed theft and robbery, not considered good people, but they highly regarded health and abstained from excessive pleasure to avoid illness.
Although these cultivators, or those with high combat power, wouldn’t easily get sick and could cure illnesses themselves with medicine.
They wouldn’t even need a doctor; every cultivator more or less learned to treat wounds and illnesses.
There was nothing a pill couldn’t resolve.
A type of recovery medicine was circulating in the Mortal World that could be purchased at a low price.
No matter the severity of the illness, as long as there was still a breath left, taking the medicine would result in recovery.
Huang Lei saw his brother-in-law or father-in-law taking this medicine.
Despite having a body trained in martial arts, because of indulgence, they easily got sick.
To not let their bodies deplete, on top of medication, they needed nourishment.
This affordable medication was precisely what they needed.
Although Huang Lei knew this medicine was sold by the Saint Sect and was inexpensively potent, and uncertain who developed it, the Saint Sect still sold it cheaply, and the herbs might be common.
Knowing the profit of this medicine was enormous, it’s a pity they didn’t know the formula; though some tried researching after purchasing, they couldn’t replicate the effect.
Huang Lei’s family needed money for cultivation and arranged for people to secretly purchase this medicine in limited quantities. Once processed, they could sell it at a high price to bordering small countries and wealthy figures.
Even if money wasn’t circulated, they could barter, exchanging medicine for more items.
Using these goods locally to exchange for money and cultivation resources would fulfill the family’s needs, ensuring family prosperity without stagnation due to lack of resources.
Since ancient times, officials who were overly honest had nothing to gain and couldn’t manage daily life.
Especially living in the capital where the cost of living was high and supporting a large family on a single income was difficult.
Huang Lei also couldn’t rely on his salary to support the family.
They had a large family backing them and couldn’t take their wife’s money for family support, nor could they rely on the wife’s dowry.
These people handled many matters; multiple business ventures were necessary while holding office.
These transactions were conducted secretly, and small countries might have items unavailable here, such as poisonous substances or heavenly treasures.
They could transport them here for trade.
Huang Lei returned home to find his wife already pregnant and asleep at this hour yet she got up when he returned.
She arranged everything for him.
Huang Lei’s wife, despite being the prime minister’s concubine’s daughter, married him as a minor official, seeming a low marriage despite her Ancient Martial Clan background, admiring him deeply now married to a cultivator.
Seeing her husband return, she didn’t ask about his late return or what he was doing.
Despite smelling alcohol and smoke on him.
She still didn’t ask anything.
Knowing her father and brothers indulged themselves, grateful her husband didn’t engage in such antics, having no mistresses for now even if that might change later.
Though now she’s the only woman for him, she didn’t inquire if he had others outside.
Despite secretly paying attention to him, today she knew he was out with colleagues for leisure.
As for where he went?
Returning late meant handling matters or having fun.
Huang Lei wasn’t frequenting brothels, doing business during the day and cultivating at night.
On a rare day off, he still had tasks to handle.
For his own cultivation improvement, aside from necessary duties, he didn’t have many matters to ponder.
Numerous worries couldn’t be shaken off, mainly the unresolved revenge.
Occasionally, Huang Lei passed by so-called Saint Sect bases or True Saint Sect stores.
Thinking about busy places with thriving business being the enemy’s establishments frustrated him.
Pondering over enemy bases, every time, he felt blood boil.
Huang Lei had an elder brother named Huang Chen, whom he admired, though only a few years apart, they seldom met after growing up, each choosing mentorship.
The brothers contacted each other through communication talismans, rarely in daily life, their bond shared through fond emotions.
Huang Chen was the family focus as the elder, the household’s priority.
Huang Lei, despite being younger, harbored no jealousy towards his brother.
With only two sons, after his brother’s death, all focus and responsibility shifted to him, making him feel heavily burdened.
For his brother’s revenge, he gained enmities with some people, and Huang Lei had no regrets; only his luck wasn’t favorable, having to devise ways to survive beneath the enemy’s gaze.