In fact the discovery and research on the alpine flower was the Lenus families contribution to the world but the Laurent family were the real people behind the scenes that helped to push forward the flowers uses both politically and in the business world.
The alliance between the two families was further solidified during that time by their monetary and political gains.
Many of the connected medicine stores and clinics under the Lenus and Laurent families and any herbal or flower farms under their name began to grow the flower and then sell the herbal tea or medicines made at high prices.
While they made a lot of money from this, many people could not afford their prices so we're forced to try their luck climbing the mountain areas to find the alpine flower for their own use and harvest the seeds.
The pine cones later became popular once they were promoted by the Laurent family after they claim3 the mountain area and began cutting down the pine trees.
While the fruit trees further down were needed to feed many people but weren't being put to much use as they were undiscovered and left to the animals to eat the pine ones were later discovered for their uses.
The Laurent family quickly put forward their business plans to promote the pine cones for their various uses being used in home decoration and crafting, laying them around trees and flowerbeds whole or broken up to help the soils retain moisture and suppress weeds and also pine seeds inside are edible and can be eaten raw but are better roasted or toasted.
The Laurent family profited from the wood cut down that was then used for their various purposes and then the pine cones were promoted for their various uses along with the alpine flower which helped them greatly promote their wealth and political power along with the Lenus family.
This mountain was full of rare treasures inside and outside of the tomb that could be made use of and would become a historical or important spot for various influences to boost their power or influence.
However in this timeline they would never gain a single advantage from it because Ki had already took almost everything useful and wished to set aside a place for to grow her own supply of the flowers, pine and fruit trees within the families territory.
Any advantages others would gain would now belong to her and nobody would know about it…
Baer families main manor.
Celeste stood looking up at the stars as her husband stood by her side, this had become a usual routine for them after getting married and getting used to each other habits.
Although he did not understand the Estrella families ways and techniques, he had a vague idea of how it worked to did not usually question his wife.
All of a sudden Celeste's face became ghastly pale as she spotted a disturbance within the stars.
A huge change took place within the stars once more but this time compared to what happened during the divine ice sects fall and the sudden change of fate and the weakening dragon qi this time it greatly affected many powerful stars within the world.
Many weak stars that were destined to have a fateful encounter suddenly dimmed and seemed insignificant once more.
Many strong stars which were influential lost some of their brightness as if something had robbed them of something important.
Some stars that were destined to die in the later years somehow managed to have their lifespan extended.
Some stars that were destined to have a fateful encounter that would change their lives and extend their life or someone close to them began to fall into a hopeless situation.
Big clusters of stars representing large groups of people within power from the four major forces within the central lands began to have their fate robbed from them by something that could not be detected and even the royal families stars that were the central pillar of the martial alliances forces had greatly lost a lot more dragon qi.
After witnessing this horrific change of events within the stars, Celeste coughed up a mouth full of blood and fainted out of anger and distress.
Events in history were being changed in small places and would create small ripples but when one major event is tampered with, great changes will take place within the world and many lives will be affected for better or worse.
Since Ki and those connected to her are concealed from the Estrella families eyes and she knows of future events and information, she is able to alter many peoples fates and not get caught for doing so by the Estrella family so long as she does not come in direct contact with them.
As his wife fell to the ground after fainting out of anger, Ethan Baer caught her before her head hit the ground and displayed visible worry in his eyes.
Unlike most marriages built from benefits and family ties most husbands and wives did not usually have that close of a relationship but unlike them all Ethan cared deeply for his wife.
Although his wife had her flaws she was still one of the most influential and beautiful women in their age group with a powerful family backing her and she was also another one of the eight stars.
On this night the star-seer Celeste Estrella passed out and the Baer family were greatly troubled by the sudden event.
If an Estrella displayed a sudden violent change of mood all of a sudden then something major must have happened within the world that greatly affected them.
The head of the Baer family immediately contacted the family heads of the four great noble families and the emperor to set up an immediate conference to find out what had went wrong.
The head of the Baer family was known for his intellect and wisdom so the moment something was wrong with Celeste he immediately sent out his men to set up an emergency meeting.
The way the family head dealt with things, it was better to act in order to deal with a potential threat or problem rather then wait around for something that may or may not happen and he needed information right away so the only family that could provide it was the Estrella family.
If a meeting was scheduled between the great families and the royal family within the capital he would be able to gather the information he needed right away.