Chapter 2294 - 2289: Jin Family Secrets

Chapter 2294: Chapter 2289: Jin Family Secrets

"Every race has its own way of survival. When facing destruction, it always tries to preserve some of its strength, doesn’t it?"

Murong was not angered by Hu Mei’er’s words; instead, she smiled and then said.

Hu Mei’er smiled awkwardly and then said, "I’m truly sorry, I come from the Fox Spirit Mountain Range, and I know much about the history of the Twin Clan. I never imagined the three of you are from the Twin Clan."

"We also didn’t expect that when the demon of Demon Abyss was about to attack the Taoyuan World, the City Lord of West Continent City, Tang Ming, and his wife Hu Mei’er would come to Source Stone City to buy minerals. Don’t you have anyone in West Continent City capable of buying minerals?"

Murong did not mention the matter of the Twin Clan again but instead shifted the topic directly to Tang Ming.

Iron Sword smiled at Tang Ming and said, "Tell us your purpose, City Lord Tang Ming. After all, we of the Twin Clan also come from the West Desolation, we would help if we can."

Tang Ming sighed deeply and then said, "Since you brought it up, let me explain. You know my identity, you should understand, West Continent City cannot resist the demons of Demon Abyss, I need people, need experts, and need craftsmen."

"You want to recruit our Twin Clan, want the Twin Clan to return to the West Desolation? That place doesn’t even produce food, right? Are you sure we won’t starve to death when we reach the West Desolation?"

Mu Qiu was not as cordial as Murong and Iron Sword, she snorted coldly and then said.

Hu Mei’er raised her eyebrows, but Tang Ming smiled and then said, "How about this, let’s first do some business here. As far as I know, Source Stone City is also short on Immortal Rice. How about I sell you one hundred thousand catties of Immortal Rice first?"

How much is one hundred thousand catties of Immortal Rice? That’s an entire year’s worth of food for the Twin Clan. Since the West Desolation of the Taoyuan World was demonized, the price of Immortal Rice has always been high.

That’s why there are so many Demon Hunting Teams because they can hunt the Demon Clan and cure and dry the meat as food, at least preventing the clan members from starving.

But Tang Ming taking out one hundred thousand catties of Immortal Rice at once is definitely not for West Continent City’s consumption. If Tang Ming took out the food consumed by West Continent City, the people serving him there would surely rebel.

So where did Tang Ming get his Immortal Rice from?

Iron Sword and Mu Qiu both looked at Murong.

Others may think that the current Twin Clan is managed by Iron Sword, but actually, the Twin Clan is a matriarchal clan, and the current Clan Leader is this Madam Murong.

Murong smiled at Tang Ming and then said, "Whether the Twin Clan should return to West Continent City, we can still discuss. City Lord Tang Ming taking out one hundred thousand catties of Immortal Rice, my Twin Clan cannot consume it. But if you want to do business, I can introduce you to our ally, the Jin Family."

The Jin Family of Source Stone City is also a major family, unlike the Feng Family, Jin Family develops more towards the commoner style, mainly engaging in mineral and low-grade Immortal Artifact business.

They do not refine or sell large or supreme Immortal Artifacts, nor do they have auction houses, always occupying the market with volume and price.

One could say they are an anomaly in Source Stone City, low-key yet powerful, and because they do not involve the interests of other families, their status in Source Stone City is quite transcendent.

"No wonder Master Iron Sword can open such a store here and remain so stable, turns out you are attached to the Jin Family."

Tang Ming showed an enlightened expression.

Mu Qiu snorted on the side and then said, "Not so, we of the Twin Clan are divided into Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth attributes, this City Lord Tang Ming knows, right? The Jin Family is a branch of our Twin Clan."

"Oh?"

Tang Ming looked at Master Iron Sword in surprise.

Iron Sword grinned and then said, "That’s right, because my shop is called Iron Sword, many people call me Iron Sword, but actually, I should be called Yao Jian."

"So that’s it. No wonder, no wonder. But it seems like there’s internal division within your Twin Clan, and the people of the Jin Family no longer recognize the identity of the Twin Clan?"

Tang Ming looked at Yao Jian and Murong and asked.

Yao Jian shook his head and then sighed deeply and said, "No. This involves a secret of the Twin Clan and a scandal."

Murong coughed and then said, "Let me explain."

Yao Jian nodded, and on the side, Mu Qiu’s face wasn’t looking good either, after all, it’s a scandal, and saying it in front of outsiders. Had they not investigated Tang Ming beforehand, they would definitely not have revealed it.

It turns out that many years ago, people of the Twin Clan decided to leave the Underground Maze, coming to survive in the West Desolation.

When they came to the surface, they found that those people were not twin-born, nor were they required to grow up together with their wives, eventually marrying.

So, for the first time, people of the Twin Clan had ideas concerning the clan’s precepts.

They began to try intermarriages with other races. However, these intermarriages weren’t successful.

After all, the men of the Twin Clan are rather ugly, yet the women of the Twin Clan are exceedingly beautiful.

Moreover, due to various reasons, the women of the Twin Clan couldn’t bear offspring with people from other clans.

The matter was suspended. Until one day, a girl from the Mu Family’s Twin Clan fell in love with a boy from the Shui Family. Together, they bore offspring.

Moreover, the child born was also twin-born, possessing both Water and Wood attributes.

This made the people of the Twin Clan very happy, since at least they gained another means of inheritance.

Perhaps because of this, the former matter of marrying out re-emerged.

So, a young clan leader of the Jin Family forcibly took some girls from the Human Clan back and forced them to have relations.

Those girls indeed became pregnant, but only one successfully gave birth, the rest all perished during childbirth.

Now, the Jin Family are descendants of that young clan leader and the Human Clan woman.

"The Twin Clan was wrong, intermarriage with outsiders was utterly mistaken. The people of the Jin Family endure the pain of Jin Hua for generations. Though they acknowledge they share blood ties with us, intermarriage cannot yield offspring. I’ve heard, City Lord Tang Ming, that you are a renowned Immortal Doctor, do you have any solutions for Jin Hua?"