Chapter 162

After Ye Zhaoheng left.

Ye Qingxuan took a sip of tea and asked casually:

"Elder of the family, how is the Ye family doing now?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's inquiry, Ye Yuhong smiled broadly and said, "Hahaha, it is well, it is well."

"With the elixirs brought back last time, although the Ye family has only added one Nascent Soul cultivator so far,"

"the number of Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion cultivators in the Ye family has increased significantly."

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly:

"That is good."

After all, Ye Qingxuan was born of the Ye family, and the Ye family had treated him quite well.

If the Ye family could flourish and grow ever more prosperous, Ye Qingxuan would feel much more at ease.

Time passes easily; in the blink of an eye, more than two hundred years had passed since he left the Ye family.

Ye Qingxuan could not help but sigh inwardly at the ruthlessness of time.

Ye Yuhong took a light sip of tea, looking at Ye Qingxuan, whose appearance remained unchanged, as if he had not aged a day.

After pondering for a moment, he seemed to make a certain decision in his heart and spoke:

"Qingxuan, the person coming to you in the future might not be me."

"From now on, as long as someone from the Ye family comes with the Ye family elder's token, you should give them their share of the blessed land."

Hearing Ye Yuhong's words, Ye Qingxuan paused slightly, put down his teacup, and asked in confusion, "Elder of the family, why is this?"

With Ye Yuhong's Nascent Soul cultivation base and his current age,

he should still have hundreds of years of lifespan left; there was no need for such arrangements. Seeing Ye Qingxuan's confusion, Ye Yuhong laughed lightly and said with a hint of ease, "I am preparing to lead the team personally, guiding the Ye family cultivators to the Xuanmu Realm to hunt the Green Demon Clan."

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan frowned: "Going to the Xuanmu Realm?"

Although more and more cultivators are entering the Xuanmu Realm now, it does not mean the Xuanmu Realm is safe.

On the contrary, due to the massive influx of cultivators from both realms, the Xuanmu Realm has almost become a meat grinder.

With Ye Yuhong's current cultivation base, one mistake could lead to his demise there.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan's frowning expression, Ye Yuhong knew that Ye Qingxuan was worried about his safety, so he comforted him:

"Rest assured! With the talismans purchased from the Profound Heaven Sect this time, our journey will surely be safe; you need not worry."

Actually, it was not that Ye Yuhong wanted to go, but that he had to go.

Most of the powers surrounding the Ye family have now decided to enter the Xuanmu Realm to hunt the Green Demon Clan.

If these powers make gains in the Xuanmu Realm and significantly increase their strength, they will inevitably encroach upon the Ye family's territory.

Although powers affiliated with the Profound Heaven Sect rarely face the risk of their sect or clan being destroyed,

once a surrounding power greatly increases its strength and meets the standard for applying to expand its territory, the surrounding powers must either cede large amounts of land or simply relocate.

The strong are revered; this has been an eternal law of the cultivation world since ancient times.

Once the powers surrounding the Ye family hunt the Green Demon Clan in the Xuanmu Realm and make rapid progress in strength, the Ye family's territory will face the risk of being lost.

Although the Ye family is developing quite well now with the resources obtained from Ye Qingxuan,

the times have changed.

The current trend is such that if one does not participate in hunting the Green Demon Clan to rise rapidly, one is destined to be eliminated in the future.

In the current era, one must either participate in the war between the two realms and rise with the wind,

or accept the pressure from other powers and lose one's space for survival.

Ye Qingxuan himself understood this principle.

After a moment of silence, Ye Qingxuan slowly spoke: "Once you go to the Xuanmu Realm, Elder of the family, you can find the City Lord of the Mysterious Market. That City Lord has an old connection with me and will look after the Ye family cultivators."

He did not persuade Ye Yuhong to give up entering the Xuanmu Realm.

The long path of immortality is inherently rough; there is no such thing as a smooth journey.

With his help, perhaps the Ye family could seize the opportunity to make rapid progress in the Xuanmu Realm.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, Ye Yuhong was somewhat surprised. Although he did not know what kind of existence the City Lord of the Mysterious Market was, a cultivator capable of establishing a city in the Xuanmu Realm must be extraordinary.

He did not expect Ye Qingxuan to have made the acquaintance of such a figure.

However, Ye Yuhong did not wish to ask too much.

It was certain that Ye Qingxuan had secrets; otherwise, he would not have been able to provide so many spirit stones to the Ye family as feedback.

Even Ye Yuhong himself had some guesses in his heart.

But as long as all of this benefited the Ye family, Ye Yuhong would not be so tactless as to probe into Ye Qingxuan's secrets.

So Ye Yuhong simply nodded:

"Very well."

Afterwards, Ye Yuhong spoke with some emotion:

"In these years, the Ye family has not given you much help, but you have given the Ye family surprises beyond expectation."

"Qingxuan, on behalf of the Ye family, I thank you for your gifts!"

Having finished speaking, Ye Yuhong was about to rise to bow to Ye Qingxuan.

But now that Ye Qingxuan was already a Nascent Soul cultivator, how could he fail to notice Ye Yuhong's movement? As Ye Yuhong began to rise, Ye Qingxuan reached out and stopped him.

After blocking Ye Yuhong, Ye Qingxuan said urgently:

"Elder of the family, there is no need for such formalities. Qingxuan is, after all, of Ye family blood, and the quota for the Blessed Cultivator was obtained through the family, so all of this is what the Ye family deserves."

What Ye Qingxuan said was indeed true.

Before he became a Blessed Cultivator, he had signed an agreement with the Ye family regarding the share of the blessed land.

As long as Ye Qingxuan did not violate the contract, the thirty percent share of the blessed land would always belong to the Ye family.

At least until the fusion of the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land advances to a Small Thousand-World, this situation will not change easily before the contract's passive effect fails.

Moreover, Ye Qingxuan's current main source of income relies on the Tianfu Shop.

The spiritual plants cultivated within the Qingxuan Blessed Land account for only a small portion of Ye Qingxuan's income.

Therefore, for the mere thirty percent of the Blessed Land's revenue, it is not worth Ye Qingxuan violating the contract.

After being forcibly stopped by Ye Qingxuan and hearing his words, Ye Yuhong could only silently nod.

Although that is what was said, Ye Yuhong also understood in his heart that the thirty percent revenue from an ordinary Blessed Land would absolutely not yield so many high-grade spirit stones.

From the perspective of the Ye Family, it is indeed Ye Qingxuan who has always provided resources to support the Ye Family.

As for the specific details of the situation, both Ye Qingxuan and Ye Yuhong tacitly chose neither to speak nor to ask.

After Ye Zhaoheng finished purchasing the supplies Ye Yuhong needed and returned from the market district.

Ye Qingxuan secretly added to the purchased supplies.

He placed ten mid-grade sixth-tier attack talismans, ten mid-grade sixth-tier defense talismans, three high-grade sixth-tier attack talismans, and three high-grade sixth-tier defense talismans.

Given that in the current Lower Realm, Soul Transformation realm cultivators are forbidden from attacking cultivators below the Soul Transformation realm.

The talismans Ye Qingxuan provided are, under normal circumstances, sufficient to ensure the safety of the Ye Family's group of cultivators.

After handing the supplies to Ye Yuhong, who did not disturb Ye Qingxuan's quiet cultivation any further, he quickly left the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

However, before leaving, Ye Yuhong did not forget to ask Ye Qingxuan for a large bag of Calming Tea leaves.

After leaving the Qingxuan Blessed Land, Ye Yuhong went to see the Ye Family Ancestor, Ye Zhaoyang.

This time, Ye Yuhong successfully met with Ye Zhaoyang, who had already emerged from seclusion.

After chatting with Ye Zhaoyang for a long while, before departing, Ye Yuhong left him a small packet of tea leaves obtained from Ye Qingxuan.

However, regarding the source of the tea leaves, Ye Yuhong hesitated for a moment and did not explicitly tell Ye Zhaoyang.

Similarly, Ye Yuhong did not reveal even a hint of information about Ye Qingxuan's situation to the outside world.

After bidding farewell to Ye Zhaoyang, Ye Yuhong, carrying the resources gained this time, set off on the journey back to the Ye Family.

(End of this chapter)