Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 404: Karma

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

With Wei Danbai's resignation, Zheng Shufeng became the new matriarch of the Wei Clan.

Upon appointment, Zheng Shufeng was faced with two major problems. The first was protecting the external stores, and the second was the Wei Clan's severe lack of money.

To resolve this problem, Zheng Shufeng's first order of business was to announce the matter of the special permit. Zheng Shufeng used the special permit to tell everyone that Tang Jie had returned, rallying the hearts of her people.

And then Zheng Shufeng started paying personal visits to various parties, with the first being the Jade Radiance Sect. After this conversation, when Zheng Shufeng left the mountain, Jade Radiance Sect Master Han Tianji personally sent her off.

Once these two matters became known, the Wei Clan's problems began to dwindle in number. Zheng Shufeng then cleaned up the external stores, selling off the unprofitable ones to claw back a little capital.

Zheng Shufeng then went to the Gu Clan and proposed that one hundred thousand taels of silver be used to end the grudges between the two. She didn't ask the Gu Clan to leave or sell their stores to her. She had never had any interest in blood-sucking businesses like casinos. The Gu Clan was overjoyed. While the loss of one hundred thousand taels of silver was a pity, at least they could remain in Canglong Prefecture without having to worry about someone nursing a grudge.

Finally, Zheng Shufeng got in touch with various clans, using the Violet Berry special selling permit to convince these clans to invest. With this additional injection of capital, the Wei Clan's situation gradually stabilized. Zheng Shufeng received widespread praise for her ability to save the Wei Clan from this crisis, and her position as clan head also stabilized.

All of this took three months to settle.

The news arrived when Tang Jie was sitting alone in a small pavilion within Alljoin Garden. This was at the summit of Rising Star Peak, and from here, one could see

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