Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

"How is that possible..." Zhu Mingde and Li Penghao exclaimed simultaneously.

"If I'm not mistaken, they should be from the Western vampire clan..."

Although Master Shi Yongde's words were humble, everyone knew that his statement had confirmed the identities of these two foreigners. However, many inexperienced youths, including Zhu Mingde and Li Penghao, still looked at Lusien and Skidmore with doubt.

At Eric's signal, Lusien and Skidmore performed a live transformation. The sight of two leisurely flying golden-edged bats completely dispelled any doubts in everyone's minds.

"The Western vampire clan lacks the Dantian Qi Meridian, and their martial techniques are very different from ours, relying more on innate talent. Vampires themselves possess a strange energy within their bodies, which manifests effects similar to toxins. Our Medicine God Religion has always been curious about this energy..." Su Ying said as if talking to herself, her "innocent" eyes also flashing at Eric.

To Eric's indifference, he simply said, "Do you have any more doubts now?"

"How can we not?" Although Zhu Mingde remained silent, Li Penghao jumped up and shouted, "Even though they are vampires, it doesn't mean they are not 'Poison People,' right?"

As Eric frowned, Shi Yongde said, "Third Young Master is mistaken! The creation of Poison People requires ordinary people without any energy as the cauldron. Otherwise, the medicinal properties entering the body will inevitably conflict with the individual's energy. The greater the individual's energy, the more severe the conflict! These two vampires are already at the duke level. If they were really used to create Poison People, under the conflict between the medicinal properties and blood energy, they would have long since exploded and died..."

"Duke level? Isn't that equivalent to a pre-heaven expert?" Li Penghao exclaimed in shock, "How could he make such high-level vampires call him 'master'?"

Eric glanced at him coldly and said, "That's not something you need to concern yourself with!"

The Great Vehicle Dharma King said with a hint of pride, "The Living Buddha is a saint with great supernatural powers. What's so strange about subduing a few anomalies?" Continue your adventure at empire

Master Shi Yongde, Abbot Jingran, and other high monks of the Buddhist sect nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone's doubts about his grandson had dissipated, Eric Yun said in a strange tone, "I wonder what the Ming Dynasty family means by slandering our Medicine King Sect so baselessly..."

"We were indeed ignorant this time. We apologize for this..."

Gu Lao was well aware of how such a grandiose but ultimately ridiculous gesture would affect the reputation of the Ming Dynasty family, especially since the Medicine King Sect was not a force to be trifled with!

To restore the Ming Dynasty family's reputation and to appease the Medicine King Sect's grievances, Gu Lao, after uttering the words "as an act of contrition," abruptly broke off the five fingers of his left hand.

"Gu Lao, you..."

"Yes, Gu Lao, we also made a wrong judgment due to incomplete intelligence. It was not intentional to target the Medicine King Sect. I believe everyone can see this. Why did you make such a sacrifice..."

Not only Zhu Mingde and Li Penghao, but even Eric Yun and Shi Yongde were somewhat taken aback. They all knew that Gu Lao's entire martial arts skill was in his two hands. By permanently disabling his left hand, even if it were healed in the future, his martial arts would still decline by thirty percent.

Looking at Zhu Mingde, Gu Lao shook his head slightly. Although sweating profusely, he remained calm and said, "Master Eric, I wonder if this matter can be considered settled?"

Eric Yun hesitated for a moment. He wanted to say "no" out of concern for his grandson, but he also didn't want to push the matter too far with the Medicine King Sect. After all, a pre-heaven expert had just crippled himself, which was already a sincere gesture. If they persisted, others might think the Medicine King Sect was overly petty...

Noticing Eric Yun's inquiring gaze, Eric smiled faintly and said, "In light of your injury, the accusations against the Medicine King Sect by the Ming Dynasty family will be disregarded..."

"Thank you, Master Eric Yun and Master Eric, for your generosity. I hope this misunderstanding will not affect the relationship between our two families..."

Just as Gu Lao was about to say goodbye, Eric suddenly said, "Although you have shown your sincerity by compensating the Medicine King Sect, you have not apologized to me yet?"

"We still need to apologize to you? Aren't you from the Medicine King Sect?" Li Penghao exclaimed in frustration.

Eric smiled faintly and said, "Don't forget, I also have the identity of Sakya's Living Buddha."

"That's right!" Great Vehicle Dharma King immediately agreed, "The identity of the Living Buddha is extremely noble. How can he be slandered like this? If you don't give an explanation today, our Sakya's seven hundred thousand followers will not let the Ming Dynasty family off the hook!"

Although Master Shi Yongde and Abbot Jingran were not from Sakya, out of respect for the Living Buddha, they also nodded in agreement.

Seeing this scene, Gu Lao couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He had called Eric "Master Eric" just now to try to make him set aside his identity as the Living Buddha! But... alas, slandering the Living Buddha was much more serious than slandering the Medicine King Sect. Would he have to disable his right hand's five fingers as well? If this Living Buddha insisted on this, then for the sake of the Ming Dynasty family and his grandson, he could only accept it!

Although the Ming Dynasty family's strength was not weaker than Sakya's, and even surpassed it to some extent, the Ming Dynasty family was not willing to confront Sakya head-on.

There were three reasons for this.

First, Sakya had over seven hundred thousand followers, which had a tremendous influence. Although the various institutions under the Ming Dynasty family's control affected the livelihoods of nearly a million people, in terms of control, they could not be compared to Sakya. After all, work only affected people's wallets, while religion could control people's thoughts. Like the human bombs in the Middle East, not to mention ordinary forces, even powerful countries would be troubled by them...

Second, although Sakya was not the largest sect in Tibetan Buddhism, its influence on other sects was unparalleled. In the hundred years of the Yuan and Mongol histories, Sakya had made a huge contribution to the spread of Tibetan Buddhism as the state religion, and other sects had inherited some of its teachings. Moreover, the disputes among Buddhist sects were mostly about the understanding of the Buddhist teachings, and they did not care much about worldly interests. This was different from the five major families! Even those few families with marital ties would, at many times, have to consider their own interests and could not fully assist...

Third, China's national policy leaned towards ethnic minorities. For the sake of the country's harmony and stability, even the representatives of the Ming Dynasty family in the officialdom would not support them against Sakya when they were clearly in the wrong...

With these reasons, Gu Lao could only grin and bear it, asking, "I wonder what the Living Buddha means..."

Eric waved his hand and said calmly, "Considering that you did not intend this, I will be lenient and accept a symbolic compensation..."

This sentence left everyone except Eric's "own people" dumbfounded. No one expected that the supremely revered "Living Buddha" would actually speak up to "extort"! What was even more speechless was that this young Living Buddha, with his "dual" identity, remained completely indifferent, showing no hint of embarrassment! It seemed that to him, demanding compensation was perfectly reasonable!

After exchanging glances with Zhu Mingde and Li Penghao, Gu Lao cautiously asked, "May I ask what kind of compensation the Living Buddha believes would demonstrate the apology of our Ming Dynasty family?"

"I heard that the Ming Dynasty family has a 14-acre property in Hebei, which is called the largest market in North China?" Through the list given by Grandpa Tan, Eric, although not completely familiar with the various forces in Hebei, could be said to have some knowledge of them.

"Yes, it's called the 'Hebei Medicine City Health Products Market'!" Gu Lao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If the Living Buddha thinks that place is good, the Ming Dynasty family is willing to unconditionally give it as a gift..."

Eric nodded in acceptance and then said, "Also, please give me Hebei Guokang Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute and Hebei Jiuzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute!"

Almost everyone showed a shocked expression. They had never seen someone of such status repeatedly demand things in public, yet his demeanor remained remarkably natural.

Eric regarded these external things very lightly. The reason for demanding compensation was twofold: to teach the Ming Dynasty family a lesson and to help Medicine King Sect and Sakya gain some benefits.

Eric planned to transform the Hebei Medicine City Health Products Market into a wholesale market specializing in Tibetan medicine and hand it over to Sakya to manage, providing the sect with a fixed source of income. This move proved highly effective. In just a few years, it became the largest Tibetan medicine distribution center in North China, with an annual net profit exceeding 500 million RMB. Sakya also used this stable income to gradually develop its followers and strengthen its power. In just three years, it managed to recover the losses it had incurred due to Li Hong and the Asura Sect.

Originally, Eric intended to ask for several pharmaceutical factories for Medicine King Sect, but the pharmaceutical companies under the Ming Dynasty family were all Western medicine-oriented, which Medicine King Sect disregarded. Therefore, he had to settle for the two traditional Chinese medicine research institutes!

With Gu Lao's authority, he could still be the head of these units, so he did not consult Zhu Mingde and directly agreed, "It shall be as the Living Buddha says..."