Disciple, please come down the mountain soon. Your senior sister can’t wait any longer.

Just when Pei Xingchen's face suddenly changed and his aura became extremely dull in an instant, Zhao Wuming, Tian San, Tian Qi and others seemed to sense something and turned their heads to look at Pei Xingchen. They happened to see Pei Xingchen's gloomy face mixed with a hint of panic. They saw it all.

They were all masters at the peak of dark energy, the strongest men standing at the top of martial arts. They were most sensitive to the changes in the martial artists' aura and momentum, so they were able to detect and look at the moment when Pei Xingchen's momentum changed. Unexpectedly, they saw Pei Xingchen's timid scene, which immediately made everyone's mouth curl up with a hint of sarcasm.

Zhao Wuming, in particular, did not even bother to hide the sarcasm and disdain on his face and just laughed out loud.

"Ha, the Pei family has really fallen on hard times. Now they even send out such fragile, cowardly people who are as weak as women to do things. It's really ridiculous."

"With such a strong appearance but a weak heart, he still has the nerve to call himself the overlord of Hedong, showing off his power outside all day long, and he is not afraid of being seen by others and losing face."

"Given the current state of the Pei family, you still want to use the Pei family's martial arts secrets to win me over. You really don't know what you are talking about. You should keep it and watch it for yourself. I, your grandpa, don't care about it!"

Zhao Wuming directly approached Pei Xingchen and started to attack, mocking him wantonly, which immediately changed Pei Qingsong's expression. A trace of strong anger suddenly appeared on his originally calm face. He suddenly turned his head and glared at Pei Xingchen fiercely.

Pei Xingchen, whose mask had been exposed by others, was so angry that he clenched his fists. He was about to open his mouth to scold Zhao Wuming, but when he looked up, he saw Pei Qingsong's stern eyes that were almost cannibalistic. His mind paused, and the words of counterattack that were on his lips could not be uttered!

Because from Pei Qingsong's face, Pei Xingchen truly felt Pei Qingsong's anger and murderous intent.

If he continued to speak, he might really annoy Pei Qingsong!

If it were any other time, Pei Xingchen wouldn't worry about what would happen if he angered Pei Qingsong. With his cultivation at the peak of Dark Energy, he was not afraid of Pei Qingsong at all.

However, after being beaten successively by Tian San and Tian Qi, Pei Xingchen has now truly realized the gap between himself and these veteran dark energy masters.

On the surface, everyone's cultivation level is the same, but in terms of actual combat experience, combat skills, and combat awareness, he is still far behind these experienced and cunning old guys!

If the fighting really starts, these old guys can beat him up!

In addition, they were now at a disadvantage, and it was time for them to unite as one, and not to engage in internal strife. So even though Pei Xingchen felt very aggrieved, he still obediently shut his mouth under Pei Qingsong's stern gaze, and could only grit his teeth and sulk!

After Pei Qingsong saw that Pei Xingchen had calmed down, he did not look at him, but stared at Zhao Wuming closely and repeated his previous question once again.

"I was just asking you, do you know Pei Qinghai?"

Even though Pei Qingsong had guessed the relationship between Zhao Wuming and Pei Qinghai based on Zhao Wuming's words and various information, people are like this. Even though they know that the bad news is very likely to be true, they instinctively refuse to believe it and still hold on to the hope that the bad news is false.

This is human nature and there is nothing wrong with it. No one wants to hear bad news.

But there is another truth in this world called Murphy's Law, which says that the less you want something to happen, the higher the probability of it happening.

To put it simply, the more you fear something, the more likely it will come to you.

Therefore, even if Pei Qingsong asked Zhao Wuming with the last glimmer of hope, wanting to hear a negative answer from Zhao Wuming, he was destined to be disappointed.

Zhao Wuming glanced at Pei Qingsong coldly. From Pei Qingsong's two consecutive questions, he had already figured out Pei Qingsong's thoughts. It was simply because of his indifference towards the Pei family's martial arts secrets that made Pei Qingsong suspicious. In addition, he just mentioned Pei Qinghai's name, which made Pei Qingsong suspect whether he had colluded with Pei Qinghai and had seen the Pei family's martial arts secrets, so he was so indifferent.

It was obviously just a matter that required a simple question, but it had to involve so many twists and turns, which made Zhao Wuming very disdainful.

Zhao Wuming was too lazy to beat around the bush with Pei Qingsong. He had already seen through what Pei Qingsong was planning. He just wanted to win him over with great benefits and let him turn against them to deal with Tian San and others.

Zhao Wuming was not at all surprised or angry about Pei Qingsong's thoughts.

As independent martial artists, they are just like mercenaries, working for whoever gives them the most benefits, that's all.

In the history of the martial arts world, it is not uncommon for people to bribe independent martial artists like Pei Qingsong did and make them turn against him on the spot. So Zhao Wuming was not angry at all when Pei Qingsong did this. Instead, he felt secretly happy.

Because Pei Qingsong's actions just proved their value and that they had indeed been forced into a desperate situation. Otherwise, Pei Qingsong would not have taken such an action to bribe them on the spot. This was just a last resort when there was no other choice.

What’s more, what Zhao Wuming said just now was all true, not a single lie!

If the price Pei Qingsong offered was really higher than Chu Longtu's, then what would be wrong with Zhao Wuming immediately bringing his men to turn against Chu Longtu and launch a counterattack?

As for the promise he made to Chu Longtu and the words like he had taken revenge on Chu Longtu, those were nonsense. Zhao Wuming had never taken them to heart.

What loyalty can Zhao Wuming and Chu Longtu have?

Just an hour ago, the two sides were fighting each other fiercely, mortal enemies with red eyes wanting to kill each other. There was not even a trace of emotion between them, let alone any loyalty!

The reason why Zhao Wuming agreed to Chu Longtu's request was that the benefits Chu Longtu offered were too great!

Seven barrier-breaking pills were enough to make Zhao Wuming forget all his hatred for Chu Longtu. He directly regarded Chu Longtu as his most loyal comrade-in-arms and leader, and worked non-stop to fulfill his promise with Chu Longtu!

With these seven barrier-breaking pills, let alone making Zhao Wuming loyal to Chu Longtu, even if Zhao Wuming was asked to call Chu Longtu "dad", Zhao Wuming probably would not hesitate at all!

It is precisely because of Zhao Wuming's utilitarian character that the relationship between him and Chu Longtu is actually in a very pure state, that is, a relationship that is completely brought together by interests.

For the sake of profit, Zhao Wuming can help Chu Longtu turn the tables and kill Pei Qinghai and Pei Qingwu in one fell swoop.

For the sake of interests, Zhao Wuming can also agree to let Chu Longtu come to Tianbo Building to support Tian San.

Of course, Zhao Wuming could also betray Chu Longtu again for the sake of profit and choose to attack Tian San and others, and cooperate with Pei Qingsong and others to kill Tian San, Tian Qi, Qin Tianshuang and others completely!

But the prerequisite for achieving this is that Pei Qingsong must be able to offer greater benefits than Chu Longtu and completely impress Zhao Wuming to make him betray again!

So when Zhao Wuming shouted out ten barrier-breaking pills just now, he was not joking at all, but extremely serious!

Zhao Wuming was really making an offer very seriously. As long as Pei Qingsong could come up with ten Barrier Breaking Pills, Zhao Wuming would definitely not hesitate at all. He would just turn around and kill Ding Mao beside him with a single knife, and then cooperate with other brothers to kill Tian San, Tian Qi, Qin Tianshuang and others completely!

Zhao Wuming’s idea is very good, but Pei Qingsong and others are useless!

For people like Pei Qingsong who had never seen Chu Longtu's magnanimous act of throwing out a bottle of seven Barrier Breaking Pills in one go, let alone ten Barrier Breaking Pills, seven Barrier Breaking Pills or other astronomical numbers, even if they were only asked to produce one Barrier Breaking Pill, Pei Qingsong and his people probably wouldn't be able to produce it!

There are so many precious pills like the Barrier Breaking Pill that can assist in martial arts training in the whole country that the number of masters who can confidently and stably refine the pills is less than a handful at most!

Moreover, each of these people is old and frail. They have long lost the heroic spirit of their youth and the strong bodies that could go without food or sleep for several days and still be energetic. They have to take a breath every few steps to avoid choking to death.

Although alchemy is mainly about controlling the temperature and refining pills, it is actually a very hard physical job.

Before the elixir is successfully produced, the alchemist must sit in front of the medicine furnace all the time, paying attention to the temperature of the fire all the time, and being constantly burned by the scorching flames.

Moreover, it is necessary to continuously add various auxiliary materials in the process to help neutralize or refine the medicinal properties of the herbs in order to make the final pill.

With such complicated procedures and such high-intensity physical exertion, how could those old guys, who are already very old, endure it?

If they were really asked to refine pills every day, they would probably all die beside the pill furnace within a week.

It is precisely because these alchemy masters are old and frail, and for the sake of their health they strictly control the number of times they open the furnace to refine the Barrier Breaking Pill, which has led to the scarcity of Barrier Breaking Pill in the entire martial arts world today!

No, it can no longer be said to be scarce. It can be said to be extremely rare. It is unlikely that an ownerless Barrier Breaking Pill will come out in a year.

Most of the time, a group of people would lie in ambush outside the alchemy rooms of those alchemy masters, keeping a close eye on their movements at all times.

Once a new Barrier Breaking Pill is successfully produced, there will be no chance for it to be released into the market. Instead, a price will be offered on the spot to buy it up in order to enhance the family's foundation!

Let's get back to the point. If one really wants to meet Zhao Wuming's request and give him ten Barrier Breaking Pills, one would need to buy up all the Barrier Breaking Pills produced by those alchemy masters within a year to barely make up that number!

But how is it possible for one to buy all the barrier-breaking pills produced by those alchemy masters in a year by oneself?

Do you really think that all other martial arts families and forces are dead?

The Barrier Breaking Pill is a strategic material for every martial arts family and force. There is no such thing as humility. People will fight to the death to grab every Barrier Breaking Pill!

In this situation, if the Pei family really dared to propose that they wanted to buy all the Barrier Breaking Pills on their own, they would probably be immediately besieged by all the martial arts forces and beaten to a bloody mess. Who knows, they might even flatten the entire Pei family!

Moreover, even if we take a step back and say that the Pei family really has the ability to settle all the martial arts families and make them agree to hand over all the Barrier Breaking Pills produced by the alchemy masters within a year to the Pei family, those alchemy masters may not be able to produce ten Barrier Breaking Pills within a year!

You should know that alchemy does not have a 100% success rate. On the contrary, the probability of failure is much greater than the probability of success, almost reaching a strict level of 91%!

Ninety percent failure, one percent success, this is the success rate of alchemy!

In other words, if you make ten batches of Barrier Breaking Pills, it is very likely that nine batches will fail and only one will succeed!

Based on the calculation that one Barrier Breaking Pill can be produced from one furnace, if you want to collect ten Barrier Breaking Pills, you will need ten furnaces to produce ten pills!