Chapter 444: Gift of Talismans

"Really?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, Ye Qingxiao, with a look of surprise, confirmed again.

Even Yu Xueqing, who had been silent beside them, now looked at Ye Qingxuan with great astonishment.

She knew her husband's eldest brother was wealthy and powerful, but she never expected him to even be able to obtain a Sixth-Rank Spirit Vein Source.

For a Spirit Vein Source is something that cannot necessarily be bought even with spirit stones.

Currently, throughout the Earthly Mystical Realm, only the Earthly Mystical Realm Alliance and the major hegemonic powers possess channels for exchange.

Moreover, exchanges can only be made using contribution points, the requirements are extremely strict, and sometimes supply cannot meet demand.

Yu Xueqing could not figure it out at all.

How did her husband's eldest brother manage to get a Sixth-Rank Spirit Vein Source?

Across from them.

Hearing Ye Qingxiao's repeated confirmation, Ye Qingxuan merely smiled faintly and nodded calmly.

Seeing this.

Not to mention Yu Xueqing.

Even Ye Qingxiao could not help but feel somewhat surprised in his heart.

He knew that the Tianfu Shop in the Xuantian Sect's marketplace was opened by Ye Qingxuan.

This was also the reason he could understand why Ye Qingxuan had always been so wealthy and powerful.

But could the Tianfu Shop even obtain something like a Spirit Vein Source?

For a moment, Ye Qingxiao felt somewhat confused in his heart.

To this, Ye Qingxuan did not explain much; instead, he took a sip of tea and continued speaking:

"My two brothers under my command, Zhao Heng and Zhao Yu, set off for the Ye family several days ago."

"They are currently at the early stage of the Soul Transformation realm and carry trump cards I gave them. If anything happens, you can seek their help!"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, Ye Qingxiao looked at him with some surprise.

He never expected his eldest brother, who had always ignored worldly affairs, to actively dispatch his subordinates from the mountain to protect the Ye family.

Sensing Ye Qingxiao's gaze, Ye Qingxuan quietly drank his tea without explaining his actions.

Although he had settled in one place and maintained little contact with the Ye family in the years that followed.

Even after his parents' death, he had not intended to have too many unnecessary entanglements with the Ye family.

But after all, he was born of the Ye family.

Now that chaos is approaching, he did not mind protecting the Ye family and ensuring its smooth continuation within his means.

It seemed Ye Qingxiao could see Ye Qingxuan's thoughts.

Ye Qingxiao withdrew his gaze and nodded indifferently, saying:

"Very well. If necessary, I will ask Zhao Heng and Zhao Yu for help."

However, Ye Qingxiao did not take this matter to heart.

Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu were only at the early stage of the Soul Transformation realm, and their cultivation had been boosted by elixirs, making their combat power quite weak.

If a situation was beyond even his ability to handle.

Ye Qingxiao did not believe the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, could help him.

As for the trump cards Ye Qingxuan mentioned?

In Ye Qingxiao's view, they were merely some Sixth-Rank talismans.

He himself was already at the late stage of the Soul Transformation realm, so Sixth-Rank talismans offered him very little help.

Talismans are suitable for dealing with enemies of a lower realm than the talisman itself.

If used against cultivators of the same realm, their effectiveness is greatly diminished.

Back then, when he descended to the lower realm carrying a large quantity of Sixth-Rank talismans given by Ye Qingxuan, they included Sixth-Rank supreme-grade attack talismans.

Yet even with a considerable number of Sixth-Rank supreme-grade talismans, he could at most kill Green Demon Clan members at the early or mid stages of the Soul Transformation realm.

They were far from capable of inflicting fatal damage on experts above the mid stage of the Soul Transformation realm.

Ye Qingxuan did not know what Ye Qingxiao was thinking.

After pondering for a moment, he waved his hand, produced a wooden box, placed it before Ye Qingxiao, and said:

"These are some talismans I obtained recently. Take them for self-defense!"

Looking at the wooden box before him, Ye Qingxiao assumed it was again Sixth-Rank talismans procured by Ye Qingxuan through the Tianfu Shop, so he waved his hand and said:

"No need. I have not yet finished the talismans you gave me last time."

Given his relationship with Ye Qingxuan, he naturally would not stand on ceremony with him.

The reason he refused was twofold.

First, he was already at the late stage of the Soul Transformation realm, so Sixth-Rank talismans offered him limited help.

Second, with his current strength and foundation, he could obtain Sixth-Rank talismans himself, so he did not wish to continue accepting help from his eldest brother.

It was not that he had suddenly become overly sensitive.

He could accept Ye Qingxuan's financial support without any psychological burden.

But that did not mean that once he could provide for himself, he would continue to drain Ye Qingxuan.

If he lacked the ability to obtain something that would help him, he would not stand on ceremony with Ye Qingxuan.

But if he had the ability to obtain it himself yet continued to ask Ye Qingxuan for it.

That would be sacrificing Ye Qingxuan's interests to preserve his own.

There is an essential difference between the two.

Seeing Ye Qingxiao refuse, Ye Qingxuan raised an eyebrow and smiled lightly, saying:

"You don't even want a seventh-grade talisman? Then forget it."

Saying this, Ye Qingxuan pretended to take back the wooden box.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, Ye Qingxiao on the opposite side immediately cried out in surprise:

"What? A seventh-grade talisman?"

Seeing Ye Qingxuan preparing to take back the wooden box, Ye Qingxiao quickly hugged the box in front of him and hurriedly said:

"I want it! Of course I want a seventh-grade talisman!"

Then, meeting Ye Qingxuan's somewhat playful gaze, Ye Qingxiao felt extremely awkward.

Nevertheless, he still hugged the wooden box tightly with a silly grin, showing no intention of letting go.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan chuckled lightly and said:

"Now you want it? Don't worry, if I said I'd give it to you, I'll give it to you!"

Inside the wooden box were three mid-grade seventh-grade talismans and nine low-grade seventh-grade talismans.

These talismans were leftovers from Ye Qingxuan's previous batch.

They were the first batch of seventh-grade talismans he had ever crafted.

When Ye Zhaojun, the head of the Ye family, visited last time, most of those seventh-grade talismans had already been given to the Ye family.

Although crafting talismans is much easier than forging magic treasures or arrays,

crafting seventh-grade talisman paper, drawing seventh-grade talisman patterns, and infusing them with the power of profound rules still requires considerable time.

Moreover, with so many events happening afterward, Ye Qingxuan had no mind to craft more seventh-grade talismans.

Therefore, the twelve seventh-grade talismans in the wooden box represented all of Ye Qingxuan's seventh-grade talismans.

With this batch of talismans,

although Ye Qingxiao would still be unable to fight against experts of the Void Penetration realm while traveling outside,

killing some peak Soul Transformation realm Green Demon Clan members would still be a trivial matter.

Ye Qingxuan estimated that for a very long time in the future,

other regions of the Di Xuan Realm far from major powers might be even more dangerous than the previous lower realms.

After all, although the previous lower realms suffered invasions by the Green Demon Clan,

at least Void Penetration realm Green Demon Clan members did not appear; for Soul Transformation realm cultivators, the safety factor was still quite high.

But now it is different.

Although the Di Xuan Realm is powerful and can face the Green Demon Clan's invasion without fear,

its strength lies in the realm as a whole, not in every region of the Di Xuan Realm.

In some commanderies and prefectures far from major powers,

if they unfortunately suffer an invasion by a Void Penetration realm Green Demon Clan member, it would be a catastrophic disaster.

(End of this chapter)