Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan
#807 - The regretful Yuanhe Master of the Bloodstone (asking for monthly ticket)
Inside the main hall, Ye Jingcheng slowly sipped his Green Xiao tea, his gaze veiled by the pale green tea vapor.
The fragrance in his throat and the spiritual energy in his abdomen made Ye Jingcheng increasingly aware of the extraordinary nature of this Green Xiao tea.
Before long, Xiao Wankun re-entered the hall and said,
"Fellow Daoist Qianchen, the matter has been thoroughly investigated. It was the Tianyuan Treasure Pavilion that bribed Junior Brother Wu, who was in charge of the shops. I have already dismissed him from his position. Furthermore, the Tianyuan Treasure Building will be returned to its original owner. In addition to this, the Tiansha Sect will be granted a shop in the market for fifty years, rent-free!"
As he spoke, Xiao Wankun took out a jade talisman, which recorded the shops currently vacant in the Xiaoshan Market, allowing Ye Jingcheng to choose one.
Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng nodded with delight.
"Thank you, Mansion Master Xiao, for upholding justice for me!" Ye Jingcheng cupped his fist in thanks.
"This one will do!"
The gift from Xiao Wankun was quite substantial. In fact, he had long seen that Xiao Wankun was aware of the actions of his subordinates. After all, they had originally thought that the Tiansha Sect was beyond saving.
In any case, once the subordinate forces were destroyed, the spiritual mountain and market shops would be reclaimed.
Naturally, they couldn't be left vacant indefinitely.
This investigation was merely a way to save face for everyone involved.
Moreover, the shops offered by Mansion Master Xiao were all quite good. Considering the rent for the Tiansha Treasure Building alone was seven thousand spiritual stones per year, and the fact that fighting was prohibited in the Xiaoshan Market, buying a shop from someone else would require an additional sum of spiritual stones.
Waiving the rent for fifty years was a considerable amount of spiritual stones saved.
Now, it actually seemed that the Tiansha Sect owed Mansion Master Xiao a favor.
Of course, when choosing among the shops, Ye Jingcheng didn't select the best one on the main street. Choosing too good a shop would appear unappreciative, while choosing too poor a shop wouldn't serve Ye Jingcheng's interests. The street where the Tiansha Treasure Building was located was just right.
Furthermore, he didn't plan to have the Tiansha Sect operate this shop, but rather to lease it out.
As for the lessee, it would naturally be a member of the Ye family.
The Tiansha Sect wasn't particularly reliable for the Ye family. Most importantly, a sudden rise wasn't realistic. Instead, it was better to arrange for multiple forces and multiple shops to first build up the Ye family's business.
This would be more secure for the Ye family.
Originally, he had planned to wait half a year, until he was thoroughly familiar with the area, before arranging for family members to come. But now, perhaps he could speed up their arrival.
Of course, Ye Jingcheng wouldn't abandon the Tiansha Sect. Only by holding the title of the Tiansha Sect could his breakthrough to the mid-Golden Core stage, and even the Nascent Soul stage, not seem abrupt in the future.
After all, the Tiansha Sect was a Nascent Soul force thousands of years ago. Even though it had declined, its heritage still existed.
At the same time, the Tiansha Sect could legitimately collect Violet Palace Jade Liquid and Foundation Establishment Pills.
Even many Ye family members could be arranged to enter the Tiansha Sect, and then break through to Foundation Establishment, and even Violet Palace.
"Alright, then I'll arrange for someone to take care of it." Mansion Master Xiao nodded.
He was very satisfied with Ye Jingcheng's measured choice. In the end, he took out another jade talisman.
"Fellow Daoist Qianchen, I see that your breakthrough to Golden Core was not long ago. In three years, Wang Qingfu will be hosting a small Golden Core trade fair, and there will also be a fourth-order auction. If you have time then, you can attend them together."
"Thank you, Mansion Master Xiao!" Ye Jingcheng cupped his fist again. Ye Jingcheng was very excited about this kind of Golden Core trade fair.
In the Eastern Region, it was because his breakthrough was too fast that he had no chance to participate in the Golden Core trade fair.
He hadn't even been able to attend the fourth-order auction.
For him, he had many treasures on him, but he also lacked many spiritual materials.
For example, the advancement pills for the Jade Kirin Flood Dragon, Golden Falcon, and Five-Colored Cloud Deer hadn't been collected yet.
Even the materials for the five natal magic weapons of the Five Spirits True Scripture hadn't had time to collect.
Now, he naturally didn't want to miss any of the trade fairs here.
"By the way, Mansion Master Xiao, may I ask what the origin of this Tianyuan Sect is?" Ye Jingcheng asked with a slight doubt.
"It doesn't have a big background. Regarding this matter, I suggest you also pay a visit to True Person Qian Kui of the Xuan Kui Sect!" Mansion Master Xiao said meaningfully.
Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng also nodded, and then bid farewell.
Both of them knew very well that Ye Jingcheng wouldn't let it go so easily.
And the Tianyuan Sect couldn't just be a simple Violet Palace force.
Having the Xuan Kui Sect backing them made much more sense.
After Ye Jingcheng left, Xiao Wankun also drank his spiritual tea alone. Before long, Xiao He, who had been there before, walked into the hall.
"Uncle Xiao, I have already investigated. The Tiansha Sect did control a large secret realm in the past. Later, when the demonic forces made a comeback, the Tiansha True Lord beheaded an inner disciple of the Xuantian Demonic Sect, which angered the Demonic Sect and led to the destruction of the mountain gate and the ruin of all the cultivators. It was from that day on that the Immortal Sects stipulated that inner disciples must not take action!"
"And the current cultivators of the Tiansha Sect are actually all branch cultivators who have returned to the main mountain!"
"At that time, the Tiansha Sect still had many Violet Palace remnants, but later, for some reason, it became more and more desolate!" Xiao He said.
Xiao Wanjun nodded.
"That makes sense. This True Person Qianchen advances and retreats with reason. He doesn't look very old, but he is extremely shrewd. Most importantly, this seat's spirit beast, Thousand King Crane, is still deeply afraid of this Ye Jingcheng. I'm afraid his strength is not worse than the average mid-Golden Core stage!" Xiao Wanjun nodded.
Since he was a member of the Tiansha Sect, there was no need to worry about him being a spy of the Demonic Sect.
At the same time, with True Person Qianchen, the strength of Xiaoshan Mansion could be considered to have improved.
Although there were agreements between the two Immortal Sects, Xiao Wanjun, as the Mansion Master, was unwilling to see the forces of the Southern Barbarian Continent bullying Xiaoshan Mansion.
Having another Golden Core would greatly improve the situation.
"Xiao He, you continue to keep an eye on that Ghost Xuan Sect. If they appear, you must kill them as soon as possible. These demonic cubs are becoming more and more presumptuous!"
"Yes, Martial Uncle!"
… …
Outside Wankun Palace, Ye Jingcheng and Huang Tieyun reunited.
Huang Tieyun looked at Ye Jingcheng and cautiously inquired.
"Elder, have we recovered our shop?"
"We have!" Ye Jingcheng nodded directly.
"You arrange for some alchemists to come over. From now on, the Tiansha Treasure Building will focus on elixirs!" Ye Jingcheng said directly.
During this period in the Central Region, he planned to refine more elixirs, preferably exposing himself as a fourth-order alchemist.
One was to earn some spiritual stones.
The second was to offer rewards for customized elixir refining with specific spiritual herbs.
After all, this was not the Eastern Region, and Ye Jingcheng didn't need to worry about being exposed.
Alchemists were respected everywhere. The reason why Medicine King Valley had developed so well was also because True Monarch Baiyao was a fifth-order alchemist.
Even the spiritual herbs for advancement pills, Ye Jingcheng could directly put them up for reward.
In this way, he should be able to collect the Jade Kirin Flood Dragon's advancement pills as soon as possible.
At that time, with the advancement of the three beasts and the breakthrough to the mid-Golden Core stage, even when facing ordinary late-Golden Core stages, Ye Jingcheng would be able to fight.
Moreover, his Five-Colored Cloud Deer and Golden Falcon were also about to break through.
With the Beast Spirit Mark blessing, his breakthrough to the mid-Golden Core stage was just around the corner.
At that time, at least Chu Yanqing's revenge could be avenged.
Hearing Ye Jingcheng say that they had recovered it, Huang Tieyun was also full of joy.
He had already begun discussing how the fourth floor should be built.
For cultivators, increasing the height of the pavilion and adding another floor was too simple.
But how to show the majesty of the Tiansha Sect and Ye Jingcheng was very important.
Now that the Tiansha Sect was rising again, it was naturally very important, and it would be easier to recruit cultivator disciples in the future.
Ye Jingcheng also directly delegated authority for this point and let Huang Tieyun do it.
This made Huang Tieyun even happier.
Ye Jingcheng was willing to delegate authority, which meant that Ye Jingcheng was not a person who coveted power.
This was great news for the Tiansha Sect. These days, Ye Jingcheng's methods of handling affairs were also seen in Huang Tieyun's eyes. In fact, he was also worried that Ye Jingcheng was a cultivator from some family.
If that were the case, the Tiansha Sect might be hollowed out.
This was the most tangled point for him these days.
Moreover, at this moment, Ye Haiyan was guarding the teleportation array. To be honest, Huang Tieyun didn't even have the opportunity to go to the Sand Sea Holy Land to take a look.
Unlike Huang Tieyun, who was thinking carefully, Xiao Congrong didn't have so many thoughts.
At this moment, he was full of aftertaste. He was even thinking about when to participate in a Foundation Establishment trade fair.
It was good to show off in front of other Foundation Establishment cultivators.
After all, not everyone could enter Wankun Palace.
And he not only entered, but also drank the second-order Wasabi Tea. This tea was a precious spiritual tea that dispelled pill toxins, and there wasn't much of it in the entire Xiaoshan Mansion.
Even because the Tiansha Sect had a Golden Core True Person, I'm afraid many small forces and rogue cultivators would curry favor with him.
Especially since the Tiansha Sect's Golden Core True Person was also a fourth-order alchemist.
"Go and visit True Person Qian Kui of the Xuan Kui Sect again!" Ye Jingcheng said again.
Like Xiao Wankun, True Person Qian Kui's palace was named Qian Kui Palace.
Golden Core True Persons could have exclusive palaces. Speaking of which, Ye Jingcheng could also build Qianchen Palace.
But Ye Jingcheng didn't have that location, and secondly, there was no need for it.
As far as he knew, there were more than a dozen Golden Cores in Xiaoshan Mansion, but currently only Mansion Master Xiao and True Person Qian Kui had palaces in Xiaoshan Market, which was enough to know that it was extraordinary.
If there was time, a palace could be built on Sand Yellow Mountain in the Tiansha Sect.
To be used for entertaining guests.
Before long, the three of them arrived at the entrance of Qian Kui Palace.
"Senior Qianchen, my master invites you!" When Ye Jingcheng and others arrived at the mansion, a young cultivator was already waiting at the door.
The cultivator was wearing an extremely complex Profound Mechanism Spirit Robe, embroidered with various spirit puppet shadows.
Looking at it for a long time, it even made people feel dizzy.
And the cultivator's cultivation had also rarely reached the mid-Violet Palace stage.
Ye Jingcheng could just nod.
But Huang Tieyun and the other two couldn't. They bowed slightly and thanked:
"Thank you, Senior Xiuqi!"
The few people entered the palace, which was the same scene as Wankun Palace.
True Person Qian Kui was also waiting there.
Ye Jingcheng had also prepared a gift.
The only difference was that the spiritual tea prepared by True Person Qian Kui was a kind of Bitter Mi Tea.
This was a third-order high-grade spiritual tea, but the taste was completely the opposite of Green Xiao Tea.
The entrance was extremely bitter, and only the lingering aftertaste would be incomparably fragrant.
But the effect was indeed remarkable. With just one sip, Ye Jingcheng only felt that his thoughts suddenly became clear.
If he prepared more Bitter Mi Tea and then retreated to meditate, there would definitely be a good effect.
"Fellow Daoist Qianchen, have you been training in other Immortal Cultivation Worlds before?" After some pleasantries, True Person Qian Kui also asked curiously.
“I had some lucky encounters in the Heavenly Sand Gate's small world, and I also obtained some of the sect's inheritance, which allowed me to break through to the Golden Core realm. But alas, the Golden Core is the limit of the secret realm, so I have to come to the Central Region to seek some opportunities.” Ye Jingcheng had already prepared many responses in his heart for any probing.
He wasn't afraid even with the spirit isolation talisman.
After all, everything he said could stand up to scrutiny.
Moreover, compared to the Eastern Region and communicating with those Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators, these Golden Core cultivators of Xiaoshan Prefecture were, to him, like a downgrade.
He dealt with them very easily.
They couldn't put any pressure on him at all.
“In the past, the Heavenly Sand Gate was the object that my Profound Puppet Sect chased after. Today, it is fortunate for my Xiaoshan Prefecture that its brilliance can reappear in the hands of a fellow Daoist!” True Person Qiankui replied with a slight sigh.
“Brother Qiankui, you flatter me. Our Heavenly Sand Gate is just a small sect like the Heavenly Yuan Sect. How can it be worthy of the prefecture's fortune!” Ye Jingcheng remained clear-headed in the face of these excessive praises, and also inquired with a hint of meaning.
Seeming to see that Ye Jingcheng had mentioned the Heavenly Yuan Sect, True Person Qiankui instantly understood Ye Jingcheng's meaning.
“The Heavenly Yuan Sect is just a Violet Palace sect, how can it be worthy of being compared to the Heavenly Sand Gate where the fellow Daoist is located? However, this old man has heard that this Heavenly Yuan Sect even colluded with the officials of the righteous path in advance. This matter still needs to be warned about!” True Person Qiankui spoke in a timely manner.
Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng immediately understood the other party's meaning.
This Heavenly Yuan Sect should be under the protection of the Profound Puppet Sect.
It's just that the other party can't possibly clean up the mess for the Heavenly Yuan Sect, so now they are drawing a line.
Of course, the other party is also implying that Ye Jingcheng should not go too far.
A warning is enough.
“I also intend to warn them!” Ye Jingcheng nodded along with the words.
Then, he began to bid farewell.
True Person Qiankui politely tried to keep him, and Ye Jingcheng humbly asked what kind of industries were suitable for Xiaoshan Square City.
True Person Qiankui only euphemistically stated that the Profound Puppet Sect was only good at refining weapons and making puppets, and could not give any better insights.
Of course, in Ye Jingcheng's view, this was already the best instruction.
Ye Jingcheng would naturally not touch these two industries.
Even though the Ye family also had the Puppet Wasteland inheritance and the Weapon Wasteland inheritance.
For the current Ye family, in addition to spiritual pill business, they can also do spiritual material business, as well as formation and array disk business.
Of course, the Ye family can also do spiritual beast business, but doing spiritual beast business on a large scale can easily cause a lot of trouble.
After all, Southern Wasteland is too far away from the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range, and it takes many teleportation arrays to get there as soon as possible. Once the spiritual beast business is done, not to mention it would be abrupt, it would also arouse the vigilance of the Demonic Sect. Ye Jingcheng is still afraid that the Profound Heaven Demonic Sect and the Penglai Demonic Sect have secret communication.
While Ye Jingcheng was thinking, he also left Qiankui Palace. Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong also walked out at the same time.
“Elder Huang, Congrong, next I will take a look at some shops.”
“Let's go modify the Treasure Pavilion!” Huang Tieyun instantly understood that Ye Jingcheng wanted to stroll around alone.
Now that the two major forces have been visited, the Heavenly Sand Gate's shop is a certainty.
They should also get busy with the shop.
Ye Jingcheng, on the other hand, needed to understand which spiritual pills were bestsellers in Xiaoshan Square City, and which were the more common pill formulas.
Even if the prices of some spiritual herbs and spiritual stones were relatively low, Ye Jingcheng didn't mind buying spiritual herbs here to make pills.
“If the people from the Heavenly Yuan Sect come, you must not agree to anything, and do not pay attention to anything!” Ye Jingcheng then added.
Hearing this, Huang Tieyun also smiled, smiling very happily, revealing a row of teeth.
At this moment, he had already imagined how the Heavenly Yuan Sect would beg for mercy.
Because Xiaoshan Prefecture cannot attack each other, but secretly doing things, no one knows.
It's just that you can't kill and occupy the spiritual mountain.
At other times, if a few Foundation Establishment cultivators or a few Violet Palace cultivators die in the Heavenly Yuan Sect, Xiaoshan Prefecture and the Profound Puppet Sect will not be able to find out at all.
After leaving Huang Tieyun and the other two, the first place Ye Jingcheng went was the Righteous Path Treasure Pavilion and the Profound Puppet Treasure Building.
These are the two largest shops. After visiting these two shops, Ye Jingcheng can roughly understand what are the differences between the treasures of Southern Wasteland and Eastern Region.
The Righteous Path Treasure Pavilion and the Profound Puppet Treasure Building are also the easiest to find, after all, the two tallest treasure buildings, one six stories high and the other five stories high.
They are also in the middle of the square city.
“Welcome, Senior!” The Righteous Path Treasure Pavilion was built very impressively, and after entering, it was really like entering a treasure house, full of all kinds of treasures, with a full thirty or so shelves, and even some treasures could not be placed, and were placed in several jade books, which cultivators needed to explore with their spiritual sense to find.
The treasures are subdivided into six categories: spiritual herbs, spiritual pills, formations, magical artifacts, spiritual materials, and spiritual talismans.
Entering the gate, several beautiful cultivators also rushed forward to say hello.
However, after looking at a few things, Ye Jingcheng found that two of them were still spirit puppets.
“I'll just take a look, no need to follow!”
Ye Jingcheng glanced at it and found that the first floor was full of first-order treasures and some slightly inferior second-order treasures.
In terms of price, it is actually cheaper than in the Eastern Region.
It seems that there are really more spiritual materials and spiritual weapons in this Central Region.
And to know, the price of spiritual objects in this kind of Treasure Pavilion of the God Transformation Sect is generally slightly higher than in other shops.
It is even more clear about the market price of spiritual objects.
After a while, Ye Jingcheng's eyes fell on the spirit rice.
This Righteous Path Sect also sells spirit rice, and there are many types, as many as a dozen.
Ye Jingcheng looked at these dozen types, and none of them were worse than the Ye family's Blood Jade Spirit Rice, and each had its own advantages.
Such as Fire Yuan Spirit Rice that enhances fire attribute spiritual energy, Water Jade Spirit Rice that enhances water attribute spiritual energy…
Of course, Ye Jingcheng didn't buy it in the end. As a Golden Core cultivator, it was a bit unreasonable to buy some spirit rice.
When the Ye family members come, the Ye family members will naturally buy it. If he buys it now, it will instead make interested people worry too much.
Ye Jingcheng watched for a while, and then went to the second floor.
There were fewer shelves on the second floor.
Ye Jingcheng swept his spiritual sense and was overjoyed. He saw a bloodstone with a crimson color on the middle shelf, with lifelike blood patterns, as if it were about to come alive.
It is the Blood-Soaked Stone.
This is also the last spiritual material of the Spring Formation.
This made a look of joy appear on Ye Jingcheng's face.
The spirit spring can advance, which means that all the Ye family's spiritual herbs can be accelerated, and there will be no shortage of Infant Transformation Fruit and Golden Core Condensation Pill in the future.
“How is this Blood-Soaked Stone sold?” As Ye Jingcheng asked, a beautiful girl also answered sweetly.
“Senior, this Blood-Soaked Stone is 13,000 spiritual stones!”
“Pack it up for me!” Ye Jingcheng took out a storage bag and bought it directly.
Although he wanted to bid, he is now a Golden Core cultivator after all, and there is no need to do that kind of cover-up.
Moreover, 13,000 spiritual stones is really not much. This Blood-Soaked Stone is originally a top-grade second-order spiritual material, mostly used in sword tips, and can kill with a single blow.
After buying the Blood-Soaked Stone, Ye Jingcheng also looked at the remaining treasures more comfortably, but even after looking at the fourth floor in a row, he still couldn't find the main material for the advanced pill.
He did buy a lot of auxiliary materials, which can be considered a gain.
After the third and fourth floors, there were no physical objects on the shelves. They were all looking at jade books, and the physical objects would be taken out after they were looked at.
Among them, what opened Ye Jingcheng's eyes was that there were many more kinds of spiritual pills.
……
At this moment, in front of the Heavenly Sand Treasure Pavilion, many cultivators from the Heavenly Cloud Sect are standing there.
Their faces are extremely anxious.
Several storage bags were also taken out.
But Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong didn't accept it at all.
Even though Xiao Congrong's expression was hesitant at this moment, and there was obvious movement.
But he also remembered Ye Jingcheng's words, and still sorted out the Heavenly Sand Treasure Building on his own.
They did not take the plaque of the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Building away, but hung a Heavenly Sand Treasure Building next to it.
Seeing this, Yuan He Shangren looked anxious and couldn't wait to immediately step forward and remove the plaque of the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Building.
It's just that at this moment, without Huang Tieyun's approval, how dare he step forward.
“Fellow Daoist Huang, Yuan was unwise before. Here are a few spiritual pills for breaking through Foundation Establishment, as well as 100,000 spiritual stones…”
Yuan He Shangren spoke again.
At this moment, if it weren't on the street and other cultivators were watching, he would have knelt down.
If you forcibly seize the sect's Treasure Building of a Golden Core cultivator, if it is not handled well, then you may really be trapped and killed by the Golden Core True Person.
Before they came to the Treasure Building, they had actually gone to see True Person Qiankui.
It's just that True Person Qiankui said that he was in seclusion and did not see them.
How could they not know that True Person Qiankui had abandoned them.
After all, a Violet Palace force has too little influence on Xiaoshan Prefecture.
“Shangren Yuan He, you also asked about the position of our Supreme Elder just now, but I really don't know where the Supreme Elder is, but I can tell you that our Supreme Elder said that he is going to visit Prefecture Lord Xiao and True Person Qiankui!” Huang Tieyun sneered at this moment.
This Yuan He Shangren has been here for half an hour. At first, he helped to help, but he ignored it, and this Yuan He Shangren began to ask about the location of True Person Qianchen.
Now he is starting to offer treasures.
Higher and higher each time.
Huang Tieyun also saw Yuan He Shangren's face at this moment, and he only replied occasionally, hanging Yuan He Shangren.
He also understood Ye Jingcheng's purpose.
This is clearly to make the reputation bigger, so that the Heavenly Sand Gate's business will be booming in the future.
He is now clear that Ye Jingcheng is a fourth-order alchemist.
And even in the entire Xiaoshan Prefecture, there are not many fourth-order alchemists.
It is enough to know the weight of it.
Moreover, the current effect is indeed not bad. The Heavenly Yuan Sect is begging for mercy here, which has attracted many cultivators to watch.
When they learned that the Heavenly Sand Gate was going to rebuild the fourth floor, they were even more surprised.
“Uncle Master Yuan, I have inquired that True Person Qianchen is in the Profound Puppet Treasure Building…” At this time, a cultivator ran to Yuan He Shangren's ear and transmitted his voice.
“Continue to wait here!” Yuan He Shangren did not send anyone to go, but continued to beg for mercy here.
He is clear that if True Person Qianchen is willing to accept it, he would have come to the Heavenly Sand Treasure Building long ago.
A Golden Core cultivator is constantly wandering around the square city, looking at some ordinary second-order and third-order treasures.
This is clearly still venting his anger on the Heavenly Yuan Sect.
He naturally has to show enough sincerity in front of this street.
At the same time, he is also thinking about what treasures to give in the end.
He is now clear that if he doesn't bleed heavily this time, the Heavenly Yuan Sect may not be able to get through it.
After all, the Demonic Cultivators are rampant now, if True Person Qianchen makes a move, and then lets the Demonic Cultivators take the blame, their Heavenly Yuan Sect will have no place to cry!
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