Former Interstellar Mercenary In Urban Cultivation World
Chapter 490: The Truth Of The Past (Part 1)

Chapter 490: The Truth Of The Past (Part 1)

As soon as Cassandra Lin entered the door, she noticed the strange looks from the three elders in the room and Amalia is also among them, making him want to cry but have no tears.

A few days had passed, yet they still remembered the incident from the last time.

She had only mentioned it once and had corrected herself later.

She felt both confused and wronged.

"Is there any news?" Amalia asked, she looked like unsurprised when she saw her arrivals.

Cassandra Lin couldn’t help but ask quietly, "Why are Little Aunt and the others looking at me so strangely?"

Hearing this, Amalia glanced at Kenny Lin.

She didn’t know how to comfort Cassandra Lin, who admired Kenny Lin so much, especially since Kenny Lin had even tricked his own niece.

After some thought, she decided it was better not to let her know the truth.

Cassandra Lin would never have guessed that half an hour earlier, Fernando Yoder had asked Kenny Lin about the reason why his family member calling Amalia "Little Aunt," to which he completely denied any connection.

"It’s nothing, it will be fine in a few days," Amalia reassured her.

Cassandra Lin responded with an "oh" and didn’t ask further.

She quickly shared the good news with her, "My uncle asked me to tell you that the sanctions against the Yoder family have been issued, and there are two pieces of good news."

Everyone looked over at once, even Kenny Lin, who usually showed little emotion, raised his head.

"It must be a heavy punishment," Kenny Lin laughed.

Cassandra Lin smiled, "Yes, it is indeed a heavy punishment. This time, the Yoder family not only has to return the market share they greedily took but also pay a large sum of money to compensate all the Spiritual Cultivators and soldiers who lost their lives in Fruit City No. 2, and also for the reconstruction of Fruit City No. 2. Additionally, they have to pay a huge fine to the government, reportedly as high as 200 billion."

This was beyond Amalia’s expectations.

Although the Yoder family was wealthy, a fine of 200 billion in cash alone was unprecedented.

"Will the Yoder family accept the punishment?"

Amalia frowned, worried they might find a way to dodge the fine, as 200 billion was not a small amount of money.

"They have no choice but to accept it. 200 billion isn’t much for the Yoder family. After all, they have dominated the artifact refining market for decades, and earning hundreds of billions in profit each year," Cassandra Lin explained.

"Although later the competition has increased over time and the Yoder family’s market share has gradually diminished, they can still come up with 200 billion. It will hurt them significantly, but that’s just a side effect."

As Cassandra Lin said this, her smile grew even brighter.

"Are you referring to the market share?" Amalia asked keenly.

Cassandra Lin nodded, "Exactly. The artifact refining market share is the Yoder family’s main source of income. Only by reducing their market share can we truly weaken them."

This was the true meaning of the Lin and Zhao families’s goals.

Over the years, although the military and various families had managed to wrest some market share from the Yoder family, the majority of the share was still remained with them.

Without disrupting the Yoder family’s foundation, it was impossible to inflict serious damage to them.

Before the sanctions were announced, Amalia had already guessed that the military and the other major families wouldn’t miss such a golden opportunity.

"What’s the other piece of good news?"

"The Yoder family is likely to lose another strong fighter."

Cassandra Lin emphasized "another" because Amalia had recently killed the three strong members of the Yoder family.

"What do you mean?" Amalia asked.

Cassandra Lin explained that the reason why Zanilia Zhao’s uncle, Marcus Zhao, had perished alongside a high-level mutated creature because of Galen Yoder, who was the half brother of Raithwall Yoder.

"That day, Galen Yoder had the chance to stop a high-level mutated creature from breaking through the defense line, but due to grievances and feuds between major family, he deliberately let it break through.

Marcus Zhao was already fighting two high-level mutated creatures at that time. In order to prevent the mutated creature from wreaking havoc, he was severely injured by his opponents.

After being gravely injured, he couldn’t continue fighting the two high-level mutated creatures.

In order to relieve the pressure on the other spiritual cultivators, Zanilia Zhao’s uncle charged directly at three high-level mutated creatures and doing self-destruction.

His self-destruction successfully took out one of the high-level mutated creatures, leaving another one lightly injured and the third one severely injured.

In the end, if Zanilia Zhao’s uncle didn’t sacrificing himself at that time, the losses and casualties in Fruit City No. 2 would have been much greater than now."

Amalia hadn’t inquired about the details in the Fruit City No. 2’s battles before, so she was shocked to learn how brutal the situation had been.

Zanilia Zhao’s uncle must have self-destruction with a heart full of grief and indignation.

With a formidable enemy at their doorstep, humanity still engaged in internal strife, even at expense of sacrificing many lives.

"Zanilia Zhao’s uncle was a spiritual cultivator that was worthy of respect," Amalia said with deep emotion.

"Absolutely. Zanilia Zhaos uncle was always a straightforward and generous spiritual cultivator. Who would have thought that his sacrifice wasn’t purely for humanity, but because he was forced by his own kind?"

Zanilia Zhao’s uncle could have avoided sacrificing himself.

"Will Raithwall Yoder hand over Galen Yoder?"

Amalia recalled that the blood relationship meant little in the Yoder family.

Even if someone died, they wouldn’t even warrant a blink.

"Its unlikely. Raithwall Yoder is indifferent to other Yoder family members, including his own children, but he is quite protective over Galen Yoder."

"This involves other matters," Cassandra Lin explained, knowing that they were not aware of the specifics.