Qiankun Gourd

"You are quite arrogant, Minotaur!"

A young man's voice came.

Then a light blue sword light fell from the sky.

Poof!

The sword light pierced through the minotaur's back.

The minotaur, who was originally very arrogant, felt a sharp pain in his chest, and he spat out a mouthful of blood and let out a scream.

The Minotaur looked back and saw a young man in a yellow robe falling from mid-air.

"you...!"

The minotaur pointed at Ye Feng and fell to the ground with a thud.

This young man was none other than Ye Feng who was passing by here.

"A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage!"

Seeing the bull-headed monster being killed and Ye Feng falling down, the old man thought secretly in his heart.

Seeing this, the other monsters fled in all directions.

"Thank you for your help, senior!"

The old man in gray robe stepped forward and saluted.

"You're welcome! I'm just passing by, and I just happen to have a use for this minotaur!"

Ye Feng smiled slightly, then waved his hand and put the bull-headed monster into the spirit beast bag.

Wangcai, who was in the spirit beast's bag, was so happy to see this that he pounced on the bull-headed monster madly and started to devour it.

After Ye Feng finished speaking, he was about to leave.

"Senior, please stay!"

The gray-robed old man suddenly said.

"What's the matter, fellow Taoist?"

"I am Xu Zhenming, the chief steward of the Ke family in Fuzhou. My Ke family is recruiting a guest elder in the foundation-building stage. I wonder if you are interested!"

The old man in gray robe said.

"Fuzhou Ke family?"

Ye Feng began to think after hearing this. It turned out that these caravans were heading to Fuzhou. Since he was going to Fuzhou to investigate the news about the Demonic Path, it would be a good thing for him to join the Ke family.

"Is it possible? But I want a lot of compensation, right?"

"Senior, don't worry? My family's head has long said that he is willing to recruit a guest elder in the foundation-building stage at any cost."

"Oh, that's good!"

"I don't know, what is your name, senior? What sect do you belong to?"

"I am Han Li, just a first-level casual cultivator!"

"It's Senior Han! Senior Han, please follow me!"

Ye Feng nodded slightly upon hearing this, and followed the gray-robed old man to the front of the gorgeously decorated carriage.

“Miss! Thanks to the help of Senior Han, our caravan suffered no losses.

Senior Han is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and my Ke family is in need of a guest elder at the Foundation Establishment stage, so I want to bring Senior Han back to meet the head of the family!"

The grey-robed old man said respectfully.

"Grandpa Xu, you can make the decision! I am just a little girl and I don't understand these things!"

A soft voice came from inside the carriage.

"As ordered!"

The grey-robed old man agreed.

"Come here, prepare a fast horse for the senior!"

The grey-robed old man gave instructions to the guards.

"As you command, butler!"

A guard agreed and walked over leading a fast horse.

"senior!"

The guard saluted Ye Feng and then handed the reins to Ye Feng.

"Ok!"

Ye Feng agreed and jumped onto the horse's back in a flash.

Afterwards, Ye Feng followed the Ke family to Fuzhou City.

Along the way, Ye Feng learned from Xu Zhenming that the Ke family was a middle-class family in Fuzhou, mainly engaged in the buying and selling of some spiritual materials, all of which were small businesses.

When Ye Feng mentioned the Yu family, Xu Zhenming's face darkened.

The Yu family was just an ordinary family before, but in the past hundred years, for some unknown reason, several foundation-building cultivators emerged in the family, and there was also an ancestor in the late foundation-building stage, and the family suddenly became the number one family in Fuzhou.

These ordinary families had to obey the orders of the Yu family. If they disobeyed them, they would either be exterminated or driven out of Fuzhou City.

Not only that, every family has to hand over a large amount of spirit stones to the Yu family as offerings every year.

"The Yu family is so arrogant and domineering, so the seven major sects won't care?"

Ye Feng asked curiously.

“The seven major sects won’t care about the affairs between these families. As long as they get their own benefits, why would they care about these things?

You know, the Yu family has to hand over a lot of spirit stones and many rare materials to the seven major sects every year."

Xu Zhenming thought that Ye Feng was really a casual cultivator, so he told him everything he knew. If he knew that he was a disciple of Huangfeng Valley, he probably would never dare to say it, as it would bring trouble to the Ke family.

"So that's how it is! The seven major sects also rely on these aristocratic families.

No wonder the seven major sects have an endless supply of spirit stones and rare materials.

It turns out that all of it was squeezed from these aristocratic families, and these aristocratic families squeezed from which ordinary families.

Ordinary families, on the other hand, exploit the people.

It’s all connected.”

Ye Feng thought secretly in his heart.

“This is also the reason why our family master wants to recruit a kind elder in the Foundation Establishment Stage at all costs.

Once we have a guest elder at the foundation-building stage, even the Yu family won’t look down on us.”

Xu Zhenming said.

"If the seven major families don't care about this matter, won't the other families resist?"

Ye Feng asked again.

“Resist? Some people did resist, but the result was that their clan was exterminated! There is no elder in the clan who is in the foundation-building stage, so there is no way to resist them.”

Xu Zhenming said.

"Well! In that case, why don't we recruit some Foundation Establishment cultivators?"

Ye Feng said again.

"Senior, don't you know? This Foundation Establishment cultivator cannot be recruited just because you want to!"

Xu Zhenming said,

What Xu Zhenming said was indeed true. After entering the foundation-building stage, one's value would be extraordinary, and only the aristocratic families could afford it.

It is already very good for an ordinary family to hire a few cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage.

About ten days later, Ye Feng and the Ke family caravan arrived at the city of Fuzhou.

The old man in gray robe came to the city gate and showed a document to the guard. After taking a look at it, the guard waved his hand.

After entering the city, the caravan headed north along the main road.

Ye Feng was riding on a horse, and there were many cultivators coming in and out of the city.

These cultivators seem to be at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining, and they should all be independent cultivators.

After walking in the city for about an hour, they arrived at the Ke family.

The Ke family hall.

"Mr. Xu, you're back. Did you encounter any trouble on the way?"

A middle-aged man in a brocade robe saw Xu Zhenming walk into the hall and hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"Reporting to the Patriarch, the journey was relatively safe! Although there were some troubles, it was all thanks to Senior Han's help!"

Xu Zhenming said with a fist clasped.

"Senior Han?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked at Ye Feng.

"Master, this is Senior Han, a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage!"

Xu Zhenming hurriedly introduced the middle-aged man.

"A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage? That's great, that's great!

"Master Han, I am Ke Song, the head of the Ke family. I am honored to meet you here!"

When the middle-aged man heard that Ye Feng was a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly saluted Ye Feng.

"Master Ke, there is no need to be so polite. I heard from Fellow Daoist Xu that the Ke family is recruiting polite elders, so I came to see the situation!"

Ye Feng said.

Ye Feng’s meaning is very clear. If you want me to become a guest elder, it depends on what conditions you offer.

Although he came here to gather information about the demonic world, he also had to act like a casual cultivator who valued money more than anything else.