Chapter 410: Chapter 95 Turn the tables! Huangfu Clan (Seeking Recommendation Tickets)_3
“Master Jinhuan,” Lady Ji spoke blandly, “I’m not being stingy, but my brother Mingyu had to use a large amount of study points, incurring a large debt, in order to exchange for this Six-Pole Sun Flame Pearl at the Academic Palace. His own expenses alone reached about three hundred thousand Qian Gold coins.”
“I’m not trying to profit from you. I only want to secure a benefit of one hundred thousand Qian Gold coins for my brother Mingyu.”
“Four hundred thousand Qian Gold…”
The eyes of Huangfu Jinhuan narrowed, as this price far exceeded his estimations.
“No, four hundred and fifty thousand Qian Gold,” Lady Ji replied slightly annoyed. “Favors are one thing, but I’ve run myself ragged for so long and still owe Mingyu a favor. Doesn’t Master Jinhuan have any acknowledgment of this?”
Huangfu Jinhuan had also once attempted to exchange for a Six-Pole Sun Flame Pearl, but the conditions for exchange were very rigorous, demanding not only a large number of study points but also the status of a direct disciple.
Ji Mingyu had performed well in recent years and Master Binglan had accepted him as a direct disciple, thus enabling him to qualify for the exchange.
All of the direct disciples of the Academic Palace carry high status. The Huangfu Clan could still have built connections during its peak period. But now, even in Changning Guard City, they don’t find it easy to talk, let alone at the Purple Abode Academy where they initially had few connections.
“Lady, this price is quite steep,” Huangfu Jinhuan’s face became somewhat awkward and uncomfortable. He pleaded weakly, “You surely understand the situation of my Huangfu Clan in recent years. I hope that you could be somewhat lenient.”
“If you are unable to produce the money for a while,” Lady Ji said, “I’m willing to give you some time to pay on credit.”
“I thank you, Lady Ji,” Huangfu Jinhuan’s face beamed, as he continuously thanked her. “In this hour of need for the Huangfu Clan, we shall engrave your assistance on our hearts. If an opportunity arises, we will repay you.”
“Don’t be so eager to thank me,” Lady Ji said, squinting seductively, “The Six-Pole Sun Flame Pearl is of considerable value. You can have it on credit, but you need to offer something as collateral.”
Huangfu Jinhuan’s expression stiffened, and he laughed dryly, “Lady, these recent years our Huangfu Clan…”
“Spare me your excuses. Given your clan’s plummeting reputation, without physical collateral, if you think I would lend you one hundred thousand Qian Gold coins, I’ll take your surname,” Lady Ji’s expression turned frosty, her hand swiftly waving her fan as she scoffed, “I regarded the Huangfu Clan as friends, yet it’s like casting pearls before swine. Huangfu Jinhuan, do you think I’m a fool? Guards, show him out!”
“I accept, we, the Huangfu Clan, are willing to provide collateral,” Huangfu Jinhuan hastily agreed, soothing Lady Ji, “Lady, please calm down. I spoke out of turn.”
In recent years, the Huangfu Clan had already mortgaged many of their low-value fixed assets. Now, all that remained were assets crucial to the family like farmland estates.
Moreover, the benefactor had been growing impatient after urging several times. The time Huangfu Jinhuan had left to plan was running out. They couldn’t miss such a golden opportunity for a comeback.
Consequently, the Huangfu Clan made the tough decision to use several valuable farms on the outskirts of the Changning Guard City as collateral.
The farms were located in the core areas of the Guard City, maintaining a high value and price.
Farms near the city were naturally more valuable than those in remote countryside, and such properties in the core zone rarely went on sale.
From this, one could tell the depth of the Huangfu Clan’s foundation. Under the suppression of the Wang family’s In-laws Alliance, only now had they gradually resorted to mortgaging their core assets.
The four farms that Huangfu Jinhuan offered as collateral represented almost the worth of five hundred thousand Qian Gold.
Now, with a stroke of Huangfu Jinhuan’s pen, all four farms were mortgaged to Lady Ji. If the debt of four hundred and fifty thousand Qian Gold weren’t repaid within three years, these farms would be transferred to Lady Ji’s name.
Huangfu Jinhuan managed to get his hands on the Six-Pole Sun Flame Pearl, one of his trump cards for a reversal of fortune.
The reason it was considered ‘one of them’,
was because after suffering heavy losses at the hands of Wang Shouzhe, Huangfu Jinhuan had become more cautious – which was why he kept a few more cards up his sleeve, just to be safe.
This time, the Huangfu Clan had to make a comeback!