Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

Inside the room, tea mist curled upwards, appearing serene under the glow of the moonstone.

Zhang Yuhuai continued to look at Ye Jingcheng, his gaze becoming sharp.

He seemed to deeply desire the treasure, but his eyes also revealed an undeniable air of authority.

“These materials have been passed down through the family. Even my great-grandfather couldn't refine them into a magic treasure. But as you know, he was also a refiner, and he intended to refine it himself!” Ye Jingcheng said with a sorrowful expression.

For many refiners, it's not just the array diagrams for refining that they crave, but also good refining materials.

The shell of the Grand Azure Turtle likely contained some spatial essence, and its strength would undoubtedly be extremely high, naturally making Zhang Yuhuai's heart flutter.

But to refine a sufficiently strong earth-attribute magic treasure, many refining materials must be added.

And most of them are rare and precious mineral materials.

“I agree to your request, but I'll need at least another 150,000 spirit stones, otherwise I can only refine a middle-grade third-tier defensive magic treasure at most!” Zhang Yuhuai nodded, not asking any further questions.

Ye Jingcheng readily agreed.

For him, refining this magic treasure was entirely beneficial.

Firstly, it would allow him to conceal himself and Ye Haicheng.

After all, it would be abnormal for a Violet Palace cultivator not to collect materials to refine magic treasures.

Secondly, he could test the Zhang family.

Although he was only entrusting them to refine a magic treasure, he had already gleaned quite a bit.

As a cultivator who was also concealing secrets, Ye Jingcheng was extremely familiar with the other party's expressions.

For example, if someone were to offer him a formula for cultivating sea fish, he would also show desire, and eagerly want to know what the other party's intentions were.

He might even contemplate killing them to silence them.

While a Grand Xuan Turtle magic treasure material was certainly precious, it shouldn't be enough to make a third-tier high-grade refining master turn hostile.

It could only be said that Ye Jingcheng's offering of earth-attribute magic treasure material touched Zhang Yuhuai's heart.

After all, True Person Tianfu knew, and the Taiyi Sect probably knew as well.

It's just that the Taiyi Sect might not necessarily look upon that desert world favorably.

“Fellow Daoist Ye, if you have time, you're welcome to visit Yong'an Mountain. It also houses the most renowned Yong'an Instrument Shop in Taihang Prefecture!” Zhang Yuhuai said.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng nodded.

The Zhang family of Yong'an's territory stretched across dozens of counties, with a population of millions of mortals, and they had even established a small market town on Yong'an Mountain.

This market town was somewhat similar to the Taihang Market Town, though not as good as the Taichang Market Town, but this market town was completely controlled by the Zhang family.

The profits from it were naturally immeasurable.

Even the Taiyi Sect only shared the spirit stones, and didn't establish any branch shops.

Their reputation relied on the Zhang family of Yong'an's refining skills.

During the Qinghe Sect's siege this time, the Yong'an Market Town also had many treasures looted.

Recently, the prices of magical artifacts had risen somewhat.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng was now curious about when the Qingling Chamber of Commerce would hold its trade fair.

After all, the best place to circulate so many treasures looted by the Qinghe Sect was the Qingling Chamber of Commerce's trade fair.

However, what wasn't good for Ye Jingcheng was that the prices of treasures at the trade fair would definitely be greatly reduced, making it difficult for him to sell his own treasures at a good price.

After all, he now had quite a few magic treasures, but not many were powerful or kept up with his pace.

After bidding farewell to Zhang Yuhuai, Ye Jingcheng also glanced at the spirit tree in the courtyard.

The spirit tree was still the same as before, with no changes.

This put him even more at ease.

After leaving Zhang Yuhuai's courtyard, Ye Jingcheng didn't return directly, but under Zhang Yuhuai's gaze, he entered the Jin family's courtyard again.

He was here to test the Zhang family, not to arouse their vigilance, so he wouldn't only visit one family.

Of course, he could also renegotiate the previous spirit herb trade with the Jin family.

The two met again, both now in high positions within their families and both at the Violet Palace realm, and couldn't help but feel some emotion.

Jin Yutang's movements had become more natural, much more mature than before, and his entire person was extremely restrained, no longer with his previous arrogance.

He invited Ye Jingcheng into the pavilion.

Ye Jingcheng's attitude had also become more experienced.

The two sat down together, and then smiled at the same time, their expressions surprisingly consistent at this moment.

You poured tea, I offered compliments, everything was very harmonious.

However, today's Ye Jingcheng would no longer rely on yielding extra benefits to the Jin family, as he had done in the past.

The Jin family and the Ye family were destined to be enemies in the future, whether it was because of the Chu family's affairs or the past consequences, the Ye family could not completely let go, but for now, they still needed to hide it.

However the Jin family slowly cut away at and swallowed the Chu family, Ye Jingcheng planned to imitate their methods when the time came.

Moreover, Ye Jingcheng knew that the current Jin family ancestor might have suffered a great loss of lifespan due to his serious injuries.

And a pseudo-Golden Core cultivator only had a lifespan of five hundred years.

The more unreasonable opinions the Jin family accepted, the more it meant that the Jin family needed to develop.

And Ye Jingcheng's renegotiation of the spirit herb business wouldn't only involve cooperation with the Jin family.

After all, it was just a disguise to deceive others.

“Fellow Daoist Ye, this is a gift that this foolish brother is giving you separately, to congratulate you on your wedding!” Jin Yutang then took out a storage bag.

Ye Jingcheng looked at it, then cupped his hands.

“Brother Jin is righteous, Ye will naturally accept it!” Ye Jingcheng took the storage bag, not refusing.

After Ye Jingcheng left, Jin Yutang's expression gradually changed, and he stared at Ye Jingcheng's back in a daze.

“Could that really not be Chu Yanqing?” Jin Yutang muttered. He had previously been responsible for the Chu family's strategy, so he knew a lot about the Chu family members. He had sensed a strong water-attribute aura from afar.

This was very similar to Chu Yanqing, whom he had seen before.

In addition, the bride's name was Chu Qing, with only one character difference from Chu Yanqing.

Although there was indeed a Chu Qing in the Qingyun Nunnery, it was inevitable that they would be thought of together.

Moreover, he had seen Chu Yanliu being extremely happy on the side.

It was clearly the joy between relatives.

She had married into the Ye family for many years, and it was impossible for her to be moved by the Ye family's cultivators.

However, Ye Jingcheng's actions didn't seem like Chu Yanqing at all.

He didn't believe that anyone could act so well.

Even accepting treasures was so natural.

Jin Yutang pondered for a while and still shook his head.

In his opinion, the Ye family's protection under the Taiyi Illusory Peak was only temporary.

Their Jin family understood the Taiyi Five Peaks.

Each peak was a man-eating beast. If they received too many benefits in the early stages, they would become more greedy and would never stop.

Their Jin family, as an old-brand Golden Core family, had the most say in this matter.

If it weren't for this, how could the Jin family not cultivate a complete Golden Core cultivator?

Wasn't it because the Taiyi Sect controlled all the resources and constantly squeezed the Jin family?

And he didn't think that the Ye family could surpass their Jin family under the Taiyi Sect's oppression.

Of course, he would still be cautious. If there were any problems, the Ye family must disappear like the Chu family… …

Ye Jingcheng continued to circulate among the remaining Violet Palace cultivators, exchanging insights with them and talking about development.

After all, now that the Ye family had become a Violet Palace family, the scope of the Ye family's influence couldn't be limited to Taihang Prefecture alone.

That would clearly tell the sect that the Ye family could develop by relying on the Taihang Mountains.

Only by superficially forming alliances and secretly developing within the Taiyi Sect's territory was the main direction for the Ye family next.

Ye Jingcheng walked on the mountain path of Lingyun Peak, thinking, and couldn't help but walk to the family's Alchemy Pavilion.

The distant building was still the same as in his memory, but with a little more vicissitudes.

Ye Jingcheng had a whim at this moment and also planned to go to the Alchemy Pavilion to practice alchemy again.