Ye Family's Shop, a not-so-large courtyard where a middle-aged cultivator dressed in loose robes and with a protruding belly walked out.
"Big Brother!"
"Uncle!"
This person is precisely the leader of the Xing Generation of the Ye Family, Ye Xinghe. Although Ye Xinghe has good cultivation talent, he was overly indulged in earning Spirit Stones, neglecting his cultivation. Now, even after regretting with age, it is too late, and he remains at Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.
For years, the market shop of Ye Family has been managed by Ye Xinghe.
Whether it's Spirit Beasts, Spiritual Medicines, Elixirs, Spirit Talismans, or Magical Artifacts, everything sells quite well, gaining some reputation in the market.
With a smiling face, he welcomed the four inside.
In the courtyard, there were quite a few Spirit Beast cubs at this moment, all confined by Spirit Cages, and inside, special artifact chains held them.
If a cultivator were to buy them, the Ye Family would give away some chain-like small artifacts, and additionally, the Ye Family sold complementary simple Techniques to control Spirit Beasts.
However, upon viewing them all, Ye Jingcheng realized they were all Tier One Lower and Tier One Middle Demon Beasts, slightly inferior in potential compared to his Jade Ring Rat.
Yet, the selling price remains two to three hundred Spirit Stones.
Passing through the courtyard, there was a counter room with two mahogany racks inside, and arrays arranged on these racks.
One rack was filled with Magical Artifacts, while the other was filled with Pill Bottles.
A female cultivator of the Ye Family sat at the counter and upon seeing Ye Jingcheng and the others enter, promptly stood up to take out Spirit Tea and started brewing tea for them.
"Thirteenth Aunt!" Ye Jingcheng and the others repeatedly called out.
This female cultivator ranks thirteen in the Xing Generation of the Ye Family, but she possesses Four Spirit Roots, with poor cultivation talent, and completely gave up at Qi Cultivation Third Layer to specialize in selling for the family.
It was still early, and not many cultivators had come to the Ye Family.
At this moment, Ye Xinghe raised his tea cup, signaling everyone to drink together.
Ye Jingcheng, holding his tea cup, also felt a bit curious. Spirit Tea in the Ye Family isn't something everyone can enjoy; even at his age, the times he had drank it could be counted on one hand.
The Spirit Tea was extremely tender, dyeing the tea water into a verdant hue, like a piece of light-colored jade!
Threads of Spiritual Energy and tea mist mixed, rising up, instantly invigorating him and making his cultivation technique start to operate involuntarily.
A faint fragrance of the mountains passed by his nose, with an aftertaste lingering on!
A sip felt everlasting in tea intention, leaving him wanting more!
He promptly took another small sip.
After several sips, the cup was completely emptied.
After finishing, Ye Jingcheng didn't have the nerve to ask for another cup.
Knowing that the cup indeed contained Spirit Tea, having a few more sips might cost a piece of Spirit Stone.
This was also what the Ye Family used for entertaining more distinguished guests.
Beside him, Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyun were in similar states, Ye Xinghe noticed their awkwardness, chose not to speak and looked towards Ye Xinghong.
The latter also immediately understood the cue and continued to refill their cups.
Ye Xinghe then looked towards Ye Xingyu:
"This time, it's a big order from the Hua Yu Sect; they belong to a newly established Foundation Establishment clan under the jurisdiction of Qinghe Sect. This time, I've investigated well; they plan to attack their rival family."
"Now that the contract is signed, we need a total of five hundred Qi Recovery Pills, five hundred Qi Blood Pills, and twenty pieces of low-tier magical artifacts..."
"I've found out, at Taihang Market, they selected three sellers in total, absolutely no issue!" Ye Xinghe disclosed all the contracts of the big order.
Though Ye Xingyu and the others may not understand, it is up to them to refine.
Earlier, Artifact Refiners and Alchemy Masters at the shop were already recruited by Taiyi Sect.
"No problem, what's the deadline?" Ye Xingliu also spoke.
"The deadline is one month, the shop itself still has some inventory!" Ye Xinghe nodded in response.
However, at this moment, a young cultivator rushed in.
"Uncle, not good, the Earth Fire Room we've reserved with the Xu Clan is all occupied, and the Spirit Stones have been returned!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xinghe was suddenly stunned!
His gaze filled with fierce light.
"Not a single Earth Fire Room left?"
"Uncle, not a single one; a few have been taken by Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the Li Family offered a high price, monopolizing several!" The young cultivator, while speaking, also got somewhat angry.
This was clearly a trap; right after taking the big order, Earth Fire Rooms began to lack, taken over by Foundation Establishment cultivators.
"Li Xiangmu is playing dirty!" Ye Xinghe was also furious, brimming with killing intent.
The value of this order had already exceeded three thousand Spirit Stones, with a breach penalty five times that!
This was something the Ye Family absolutely could not bear.
Already equivalent to the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill!
Furthermore, soon there might be cultivators continuously coming to the Ye Family to purchase these kinds of Elixirs and Magical Artifacts!
Prevent the Ye Family from dispatching from Lingyun Peak!
But even if dispatching was successful, the Ye Family couldn't withstand the rampant purchases from other cultivators.
And should the Ye Family not sell, over time, the Ye Family's business would become utterly impossible.
At this time, when Taiyi Sect was recruiting Alchemy Masters and Artifact Refiners, other forces did not have many leftover Alchemy Masters available!
"I wish to see which families are truly sidelining our Ye Family!" Ye Xinghe, after his fury, was frighteningly calm.
"Jing Hao, take Jingcheng and the others to find a place to stay; I will now visit the three families to see which of them can provide us the Earth Fire Rooms!"
"Xingyu, I used the identity of a loose cultivator to secure an Earth Fire Room, I'll take you there now; moving forward, it might be especially taxing for you!" Ye Xinghe emphasized the words "taxing" with great weight!
If this big deal failed, he would be the sinner of the Ye Family!
Knowing, currently from top to bottom of the Ye Family, everyone is a taut rope; any carelessness could snap the family string!
Ye Xinghe and Ye Xingyu left quickly.
"Eleventh Brother, Sixth Brother, Ninth Brother, come with me!" Ye Jinhao, the one who reported the news, was also of the Jing Generation, only possessing Five Spirit Roots.
Finding even practicing ordinary cultivation techniques extremely challenging and after failing to endure hardship, he applied early to come to the shop, planning to prepare some contribution points for future generations.
Under the lead of Ye Jinhao, the three walked into the shop.
Inside the shop, there was yet another courtyard, this courtyard lined with several arrays; Ye Jinhao took out a Jade Talisman before removing the arrays one by one, and within this courtyard, numerous demon beasts were also raised.
Among these demon beasts were Cyan-Scaled Snakes, Jade Ring Rats, obviously having more potential than those outside.
Besides these, there were several others with weak auras, also inside.
"Spirit Beasts confined for too long or injured during capture end up like this. If we can heal them, our Ye Family's profits could increase significantly!" Seeing Ye Jingcheng and others' confusion, Ye Jinhao sighed again to explain.
"Lately, for some reason, the number of these Spirit Beasts has increased."
Ye Jingli seemed to think of something, looked at Ye Jingcheng, and Ye Jingcheng glanced a few times, yet didn't act.
He just walked into the courtyard and began selecting rooms.
He didn't want everyone to know about his ability to heal Spirit Beasts; it could be said that his Red Flame Fox's well-being was due to its own health, but these Spirit Beasts were not, even if he wants to save them.
Ye Jingcheng also needs to find a way to make them suddenly recover on their own!
The inner courtyard had quite a few rooms, and Ye Jinhao sequentially prepared rooms for the three.
Inside Ye Jingcheng's room, there was even a pot of Cyan Luo, looking splendid.
And when sunset arrived, as the sunset glowed onto the Ye Family Shop, Ye Xinghe returned in fury, his face exceedingly gloomy!