Bang!

"Damn it, Tracy! Why are you sending five Soul Sublimation Realm cultivators to the Coastal City?"

"That’s one-fourth of our strength."

The door was slammed open as a tall man wearing a grey suit walked in. His face turned red with anger as he walked in front of the table and shouted.

Behind the table was a man wearing a blue suit. He clicked his tongue.

"Are you underestimating our enemies just because of a child?"

This made the man pause. Scarlet Turnip snorted.

"Humph! I am not the crazy one to send so many of the Soul Sublimation Realm cultivators to a small city."

"Do you not understand the consequences of sending so many powerhouses for one mission?"

Tracy shook his head.

"I understand your fear, but we do not have any choice. The moment Star Plasma Pavilion got involved, we had no choice but to solve them quickly."

"Otherwise, we will lose the chance to rightfully acquire those ores. No matter what, they are the resources for our accession. So, why shouldn’t I be more forceful?"

Hearing that, Scarlet sat at the table and folded his hands.

"Your idea might not be wrong, but do not forget our investigation! That boy has only awakened two months ago."

"His butler is said to be at the Soul Sublimation Realm, but his maid was only at the Treasured Body Realm."

"Even if you include Daisy from Star Plasma Pavilion in this, they only have one Soul Sublimation Realm cultivator and four Treasured Body Realm cultivators."

"Sending five Soul Sublimation Realm cultivators would only make others more suspicious, especially the Grant Family."

Tracy nodded his head.

"I understand that, but we have to speed up our progress. The cost of raising those slaves is causing us a huge loss."

"We recently bought a large amount of mining equipment, which has added more weight to our budget."

"If we take this slow, who knows how long it will take to start a war between fishman and humans."

"I didn’t send those to complete the mission. I simply send them as a sacrifice."

Hearing that, Scarlet’s pupils shrank rapidly. He grabbed Tracy by his collar and roared.

"What do you mean by that? Why are you sending them to their death? Do you understand the cost of this?"

Tracy just gave him a cold look and said.

"Their sacrifice will be the rise of our families. They are just old guys with no potential."

"Don’t forget, if those people find the cause of this conflict, they will have moral ground to destroy our families."

"Although sacrificing five of them is a loss, compared to the gains from that mine, it’s worth taking such risks."

Hearing his words, Scarlet gritted his teeth, but he slowly let go of his collar.

"Last time! This is the last time I am listening to you. If I hear you sacrificing our people even once, I will break our relationship immediately."

Tracy Austin sat down in his chair and took out a ledger.

He tossed the ledger to his buddy, who read it carefully.

The more he read it, the more stunned he got.

After twenty minutes, he placed the ledger on the table with wide eyes and asked.

"Are you serious?"

"Yes! That’s the estimated profit."

"Why didn’t I know about it before?"

"Because we hadn’t done a proper check on those mines. My spies have properly examined the mine and understood the quality of the ore."

"Yellowstone Ore is a type of alloy that can increase the durability, flexibility, strength, and mana conductivity by five times."

"On the fourth layer below the ground, this mine produces a special kind of ore that is completely white and cold."

"Because they have not dug so deep, they don’t know about this ore. When we checked its properties, it had five times the effect of Yellowstone Ore."

"It turns out that when the properties of this ore merge with the soil, it produces Yellowstone Ore. By reducing its quality, it increases its quantity."

"That’s why they were able to produce this ore for such a long time without losing in quantity."

"More importantly, the source of this mine seemed to be a natural treasure. As long as we take this treasure before our mining rights end, Pritam will not get any benefits."

After hearing his explanation, Scarlet asked.

"Do you know what kind of treasure that is?"

Tracy shook his head.

"Our people have not been able to dig that deep. After the arrival of the Soul Sublimation Realm expert, they had already left the Coastal City, leaving behind only a few low-level spies."

Hearing that, Scarlet said.

"I’m sorry for getting emotional. I shouldn’t have doubted you."

Tracy shook his head.

"I still don’t understand how you are able to raise your family with such volatile emotions. But this will be the last sacrifice."

"We have already lost so much. We can’t continue losing anymore. The moment that battle begins, we will end it as quickly as possible."

"Then, with Pritam’s help, we can get the owner of that mine. By the way, have you started your task?"

Scarlet nodded.

"I have already contacted the major branches around the country. They have started selling Yellowstone Ore at a lower price and in large quantities."

"This will increase the production of weapons, but once their reserve ends, we can start controlling the production of those ores."

"But Tracy, this has cost us three hundred million gold coins. That’s the cost of one Soul Sublimation Realm cultivator."

"So, if we can’t generate enough profit within three months, we will be in serious debt."

At this moment, a look of realization appeared as he remembered the similar amount on the ledger.

"So, you already knew this cost. I see! That’s why we had to make a sacrifice."

Tracy nodded.

"Otherwise? Would I send five Soul Sublimation Realm cultivators to kill one Soul Sublimation Realm cultivator?"

"Of course not! I specifically chose those with C-Grade talent. It was through sheer luck that they managed to reach the Soul Sublimation Realm."

"Three of them are only at the early stages of the Soul Sublimation Realm. Only one is at the late, but he is already over two hundred years old."

"One of them is at the middle stages of the Soul Sublimation Realm, but he only has C-Grade talent, making this his last realm."

"Grace, Jack, John, Megan, and Porty are a powerhouse for our families, but their sacrifice will bring more benefit to us."

"And, they know this as well. Before sending them to their death, I explained the reason and gave them proper benefits."

"Their children and grandchildren will receive a large portion of the resources, and if they end up having talented children, they will receive even more."

Hearing that, Scarlet sighed.

"We must make sure their children and grandchildren’s resources do not fall into the wrong hands."

"Tracy, I can accept other things, but the families must always be fair with their resources. Since they’ve sacrificed their lives, they must receive their compensation."

Hearing that, Tracy jumped up from his chair and grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Are you doubting my integrity?"

Although Scarlet didn’t say anything, the look on his face was more than enough to tell him the answer.

’That’s right! You will do that.’

Tracy’s face darkened.

"Scarlet! I am only cruel to my enemies, not to my family. Don’t forget Jack, Porty, and Megan come from my family."

Scarlet sighed a breath of relief and said.

"I hope so. Tracy, if we can’t do this, the future generation will never do anything for the family."

"A family can only be successful when everyone does their job."

Hearing that, Tracy paused and snorted.

"Humph! I understand now. But unlike your family, everyone in my family relies on me."

At the same time, he couldn’t help but feel jealous of Scarlet’s family.

Although the Turnip Family and the Austin Family had been working together for centuries, it was only during their generation that they had made this kind of close relationship.

For a long time, his father and grandfather had been telling him that compared to the Austin Family, the Turnip Family had one major advantage.

It was their unity.

That’s why the Austin Family could never corrupt the Turnip Family, even if they always had better intelligence than the head of the Turnip Family.

Because everyone in the Turnip Family worked together. Even the decisions were made after the agreement of everyone in the family.

That’s also why it took nearly a decade to convince the Turnip Family of this project.

In fact, they had already discovered the specialness of that mine nearly a decade ago.

But due to different moral integrity and several objections from the Turnip Family, they had not been able to cooperate for nearly a decade.

Thankfully, this year, they came to the conclusion that if they did this, they could produce at least four Inner World Formation Realm cultivators.

In just Red Hog country, not a single family had more than one Inner World Formation Realm cultivator.

And there were fewer than ten of those cultivators in this country.