When Shen Lingsheng received the messenger’s news, he was initially incredulous.
He had actually already thought that after the letter of separation was sent, the Yun family should beg the Shen family.
The previous warnings in those letters were, after all, just warnings.
But if they were to separate, the familial relationship between the Shen and Yun families would be completely erased.
Without any surprise, Yun family pills would forever be impossible for the Shen family to purchase.
Shen Lingsheng did not believe that the Yun family would dare to sever ties with the Shen family so completely.
But the fact was, it happened just like that.
In the military camp, Shen Lingsheng lay on a chair, his brow furrowed.
He began to sort out the recent events in his mind.
Layer by layer, he sorted it out, only to find it increasingly strange.
Shen Lingsheng never liked Shen Han, though they were related, Shen Ye’s temperament and disposition were more like his own.
So Shen Lingsheng preferred his nephew.
Shen Ye did not disappoint, with talent and potential ranking at least in the top ten among the young generation of the Great Wei.
In contrast, Shen Han, in the past, had shown talent that was mediocre and often disregarded the Shen family’s arrangements.
Naturally, Shen Lingsheng detested Shen Han a bit more.
But starting from the Thousand-Autumn Grand Gathering, Shen Han began to reveal his talent.
Since then, even if the Yun family fell out with the Shen family, they insisted on protecting Shen Han.
Just a few days ago, his father Shen Qingshan sent news.
His inept son Shen Lingsheng unexpectedly outperformed Qianmu Fan in the clan’s evaluation!
These seem to suggest that Shen Han’s talent and potential far exceeded what he imagined.
The Yun family is protecting Shen Han, possibly seeing his talent and wishing to rely on him in the future.
Thinking of this, Shen Lingsheng suddenly felt enlightened.
He felt that he had grasped the blind spot.
The Yun family perhaps thinks Shen Han has supreme potential, potentially taking over the Shen family in the future.
If so, their early alliance with him would definitely yield great benefits in the future.
Thinking of this, Shen Lingsheng couldn’t help but smile.
Perhaps the Yun family had never witnessed Shen Ye’s excellence, leading to such unrealistic ideas.
The future of the Shen family is certainly for Shen Ye to inherit.
While he was pondering, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar entered the tent.
"General, recently..."
Just as he started to speak, Shen Lingsheng smiled and interrupted him.
"Brother Bai Lin, why do you look so worried? Did you hear some bad news?
No rush, no rush, have a cup of green tea first, there’s no hurry to talk."
The man before him was named Bai Lin, a friend Shen Lingsheng had known for many years, who had always acted as his military advisor.
Bai Lin was good at everything but had one flaw: he was easily worried and overthought things.
Whenever he encountered problems, he would often spend sleepless nights.
He seemed unable to find a solution and would feel extremely uncomfortable.
Shen Lingsheng understood this about his friend and invited him to sit down with a smile.
"Try my father’s secret green tea, does it suit your taste, Brother Bai Lin?"
Hearing Shen Lingsheng’s casual inquiry, Bai Lin didn’t feel like discussing tea.
"General, it’s better to listen to what I have to say before drinking this tea.
Since the Shen family severed the purchase of Yun family pills, I arranged for dark scouts to see which forces and people dared to disregard the Shen family’s advice and still went to buy Yun family pills."
"What was the result?"
"At first, indeed very few went to visit.
The major forces completely abandoned the Yun family, purchasing pills from other families instead.
But recently, the number of people going to the Yun family has gradually increased.
The Yun family also seems very proud, entertaining only one group of guests each day..."
Bai Lin’s face carried a hint of worry.
The Shen family had said they would cut off purchases of Yun family pills, but now, it seemed some forces didn’t take the Shen family seriously and insisted on buying.
Upon hearing Bai Lin’s words, Shen Lingsheng just smiled.
"Brother Bai Lin, you’re overthinking. Nowadays, the Yun family must be selling their pills at a loss.
At such low prices, weaker forces will definitely risk the Shen family’s resentment to buy.
After all, it’s cheap.
But don’t worry, at such a loss, dare the Yun family continue to refine pills?
At present, they are just pretending to hold on, fearing that revealing their weakness would lead to even worse pricing pressure."
Hearing this, Bai Lin pondered for a moment and felt the words made sense.
Yet he still felt some anxiety in his mind: "General, I still feel something strange..."
Shen Lingsheng waved his hand, a relaxed smile on his face: "Brother Bai Lin, don’t always be so anxious, even the military doctors always advise you to relax.
Worry harms the spleen and stomach, don’t let your body deteriorate."
Bai Lin nodded, knowing he had this flaw of constantly worrying.
He picked up the teacup in front of him and drank a sip, suddenly recalling something.
"Besides this matter, recently there have been some rumors circulating in the military.
It’s said that the pills used by the northeastern garrison and the Forbidden Army in the capital have improved by a whole grade.
Recovery Pills and Blood Replenishing Pills are no longer used, ordinary soldiers have started taking Qi-Enhancing Pills and Replenishing Pills."
Hearing this, Shen Lingsheng immediately became more serious.
The combat effectiveness of the army mainly comes from the military array.
A well-trained army of one hundred thousand can, by relying on the military array, confront the Third Grade Immortal Realm’s experts.
Of course, it can only engage in battle.
Though the military array is powerful, it does not have the capability to pursue those Immortal Realm experts, making it almost impossible to kill Third Grade Immortal Realm experts.
Though it sounds powerful, the military array is extremely exhausting in terms of physical and mental energy.
And so, soldiers in the army often have to take these pills to replenish their energy and blood.
That’s why the combat effectiveness of the army is actually highly influenced by the pills they take.
In the Yan Country on the east side of Great Wei, there exists a Medicine-Refining Family, the Xue family, whose pill quality is a notch above that of the overall Great Wei.
For this reason, even though the soldiers in Yan Country may be somewhat weaker, they still possess considerable combat power.
"Could it be that the provisions and materials in their army have increased?"
Shen Lingsheng asked with a frown, somewhat puzzled.
A moment later, he shook his head: "Impossible, we have people in the Ministry of Revenue; if additional provisions and materials increased in other armies, it would be impossible for us not to have news.
Brother Bai Lin, are you sure this information is true?"
"The rumor is spreading everywhere in the military, so there must be some truth to it."
Compared to the Yun family, this matter is far more important.
If other armies in the Great Wei have all switched to Middle Grade Pills, then the Shen family’s garrison will definitely have its morale shaken.
At that time, if the Eastern Garrison is still using low-grade pills, rumors will inevitably arise in the army, believing that the Shen family embezzled gold and silver, resulting in no better pills for the soldiers.
"Brother Bai Lin, send out more scouts; this matter must be clarified.
If indeed other armies have supplemented their materials, then we naturally must demand the same from the Imperial Court."
Bai Lin nodded.
The strength of the Eastern Garrison of the Great Wei is the foundation of the Shen family.
By comparison, whether Yun family pills are purchased or not is completely irrelevant.

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