Chapter 177

Seeing Ye Qingxuan admit it.

The beautiful woman from the Treasure Pavilion curled her lips in triumph.

"Then the distinguished guest has come to the right place."

"Most cities in Xingluozhou use mundane construction materials that are basically purchased from our Treasure Pavilion."

Speaking, she took out several bricks of different colors from her storage ring and introduced them: "Moreover, our Treasure Pavilion has refined the essence from these mundane ores and crafted them into finished products of various colors."

"After buying our materials, you can use them directly to cast a city without wasting time refining them yourself."

Looking at the several bricks floating before him, Ye Qingxuan asked with some interest:

"At what price do you sell these bricks?"

Seeing Ye Qingxuan's interest, the beautiful woman from the Treasure Pavilion showed a hint of a smile in her eyes and said:

"Since these bricks are made of mundane materials, they are not expensive: two low-grade spirit stones per square."

"Two low-grade spirit stones per square? Is there a discount for large quantities?"

Although he did not lack spirit stones, Ye Qingxuan still saved whenever possible.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan bargain, the woman opposite him smiled faintly and replied evasively: "Distinguished guest, you are joking. We sell this product in large quantities at a small profit, so no discount is possible!"

Ye Qingxuan looked at her meaningfully: "I want one billion square meters of bricks. Give me a ten percent discount. If you agree, I will purchase from you."

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, the beautiful woman was first surprised, then somewhat hesitant.

After a moment of silence, she finally spoke:

"Distinguished guest, please wait. I will be back shortly."

Having said that, she walked toward the rear of the Treasure Pavilion hall.

Watching her leave, Ye Qingxuan felt somewhat bored.

One billion square meters of bricks at two low-grade spirit stones per square is actually worth only two billion low-grade spirit stones.

Converted to high-grade spirit stones, that is merely two thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Even with a ten percent discount, it would only save Ye Qingxuan two hundred high-grade spirit stones.

Given Ye Qingxuan's current volume of spirit stones, two hundred high-grade spirit stones are actually optional.

Bargaining was just a whim on his part.

If the other party disagreed, Ye Qingxuan would not leave to waste time finding another place to purchase.

A small courtyard behind the Treasure Pavilion.

The woman who had received Ye Qingxuan arrived in the courtyard and respectfully addressed the back of a middle-aged man in green robes standing with his hands behind his back:

"Pavilion Master, a client wishes to purchase one billion square meters of city-casting materials and requests a ten percent discount. Is this permissible?"

This middle-aged man was Bai Xuanli, the Pavilion Master of the Huangfeng City branch of the Treasure Pavilion.

Hearing his subordinate's words, Bai Xuanli showed slight interest: "One billion city-casting materials? That is quite ambitious."

He waved his hand toward the rear and said: "Agree to his request. I want to see what kind of power dares to build such a large city."

After receiving Bai Xuanli's approval, the woman who had been there earlier responded excitedly: "Yes, Pavilion Master."

If this deal went through, she could earn a commission of over one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.

For her, who was only at the Foundation Establishment realm, this was undoubtedly a huge sum.

After she left, Bai Xuanli turned around, his eyes swirling with starlight, and pondered slightly: "Which power dares to open a new city near Huangfeng City?"

Meanwhile.

After receiving approval from the Pavilion Master of the Treasure Pavilion branch.

Ye Qingxuan quickly purchased one billion square meters of bricks for 1.8 billion low-grade spirit stones.

As for the color of the bricks, Ye Qingxuan chose dark yellow.

Ye Qingxuan did not keep the saved 200 million low-grade spirit stones; instead, he directly purchased some mundane wood and refined iron at the Treasure Pavilion.

When building a new large city, these things would surely be useful.

Ye Qingxuan did not want to make another trip later.

After obtaining the items, Ye Qingxuan left Huangfeng City and returned to Qingguang City.

Currently, the 1,080 array bases would still take about three years to refine.

Before the array bases were fully refined, Ye Qingxuan did not intend to act against Wanling Mountain prematurely.

Moreover, the bricks, wood, and refined iron purchased this time could be refined in advance, turning these items into large-scale components.

When building the city later, the speed would be much faster. After returning to Qingguang City, Ye Qingxuan summoned Zhou Qingguang:

"Summon all cultivators in the city. I have matters to assign."

"Yes, Young Master!"

Under Zhou Qingguang's summons, the cultivators remaining in the city quickly gathered and arrived at the City Lord's Mansion of Qingguang City.

After the Beast Tide incident.

Fewer than two thousand cultivators remained in Qingguang City.

Among them, there was only one Jin Dan realm cultivator, Zhou Qingguang; eighteen Purple Mansion realm cultivators; and 236 Foundation Establishment realm cultivators.

The rest were all at the Qi Refining realm.

Of these people, 1,680 were members of the Qingguang City Guard.

Very few loose cultivators remained.

Looking at the cultivators gathered before him, Ye Qingxuan spoke:

"I am preparing to cast a new city. Later, at least seventy percent of the people in Qingguang City will migrate to the new city."

"Now there is a task I need to assign to you. Completing the task will earn you contribution points."

"Contribution points can be used to rent high-grade caves in the new city or exchange for cultivation resources."

Immediately after, Ye Qingxuan took out a storage ring.

With a wave of his hand, a light screen instantly coalesced in the air; bricks, timber, and refined iron from within the storage ring floated up one by one upon the screen.

"Refining these materials into city components is the task you must complete."

"For every ten square units of components refined, you will earn ten contribution points; one contribution point is equivalent in value to one low-grade spirit stone."

Refining mundane materials is an extremely effortless matter.

Even a Qi Refining early-stage cultivator could easily refine over a thousand square units of components in a day, let alone Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion realm cultivators.

In ordinary times, these cultivators could not find such a good job.

This task was also Ye Qingxuan's way of acknowledging that these cultivators were willing to stay and join his ranks.

A small benefit specially given to them.

Having finished speaking, Ye Qingxuan looked around and asked:

"Do you have any objections?"

Upon hearing this, the hall instantly fell silent.

One by one, they looked at each other.

After a long while, Li Yuan, a Foundation Establishment loose cultivator who had previously decided to stay in Qingguang City, raised his hand nervously and asked:

"City Lord, how far is the new city from Qingguang City? With so many people to relocate, could it be too dangerous?"

On the day of the Beast Tide, Ye Qingxuan had already taken control of Qingguang City.

Thus, in the eyes of other cultivators, Ye Qingxuan was now the City Lord of Qingguang City, and the title used naturally reflected that.

Hearing the question Li Yuan asked, everyone in the hall turned their gaze toward Ye Qingxuan.

Even Zhou Qingguang was no exception; he too wanted to know where exactly Ye Qingxuan had chosen to establish the new city.

The question Li Yuan asked was what everyone in the hall wanted to know.

Among these people, some chose to stay.

Besides being unable to find a better place to settle, many more stayed because they had mortal family members in Qingguang City whom they cared for.

If relocating to a better place allowed them to move their families along with them, they would not have strong objections.

But if the relocation site was too far and the journey would encounter unpredictable dangers, they would naturally feel great resistance in their hearts.

Sensing the gaze of everyone in the hall, Ye Qingxuan knew what they were worried about, so he smiled lightly and said, "Rest assured! At that time, I will set up a large-scale teleportation array; there will be no need to migrate on foot."

"As for the location of the new city, it will remain confidential for now; in any case, it will not disappoint you."

"Teleportation array?"

Upon hearing that a teleportation array would be set up, everyone in the hall's eyes lit up.

With a teleportation array, they could return to Qingguang City at any time, and their resistance instantly vanished.

Regarding the new city Ye Qingxuan mentioned, these cultivators also began to feel anticipation in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)