Chapter 65: Zhu Dafu

The eleventh year since contracting the Dongxuan Fudi! This year, the Di Xuan Realm remained calm and peaceful. With the joint suppression of the various hegemon-level powers, the chaos of the Outer Realm Battlefield had not been brought into the Di Xuan Realm.

This year, Ye Qingxuan's Tianfu Shop continued to develop steadily. Every year, many low-order disciples preparing to head to the Outer Realm Battlefield, or returning from it, came to Ye Qingxuan's Tianfu Shop to purchase supplies.

Among them, the Third-Order Spirit-Washing Pill refined by Ye Qingxuan had the most explosive sales.

As one of the more difficult Third-Order elixirs to refine, only about one-fifth of Third-Order alchemists were capable of refining the Spirit-Washing Pill.

Moreover, even for the same type of elixir, there would be subtle differences in quality.

Without a doubt, the effects of the Spirit-Washing Pills refined by other Third-Order alchemists were certainly slightly weaker than those refined by Ye Qingxuan.

Therefore, after using the Spirit-Washing Pills refined by Ye Qingxuan and having a personal experience for comparison, they would naturally choose to come to Ye Qingxuan's Tianfu Shop again when purchasing elixirs.

As time passed, Tianfu Shop also gained quite a reputation among some low-order disciples.

However, because Ye Qingxuan was only one person, and he did not devote all his time to alchemy, the Third-Order Spirit-Washing Pills refined by Ye Qingxuan remained in a state of short supply after the reputation of Tianfu Shop spread.

In this way, it did not affect the business of other shops in the Profound Yi Tianzong's marketplace.

After all, given the daily transaction volume of Tianfu Shop now, it did not even count as a drop in the bucket within the entire Profound Yi Tianzong marketplace.

This year, Ye Qingxuan began to teach the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, the Four Arts of Cultivation.

The two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm last year and were now at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

The years ahead were long, and he could not handle everything personally in the future. If the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, could learn the Four Arts of Cultivation, that would be for the best.

But he did not let the two of them study all four arts; instead, he let them each choose two to learn.

In the end, Ye Zhaoheng chose alchemy and talisman-making, while Ye Zhaoyu chose artifact refining and formations.

After the two made their choices, Ye Qingxuan began to teach them the Four Arts of Cultivation they had each chosen, but Ye Qingxuan did not delay too much of his own time.

A master leads you to the door, but cultivation depends on the individual. Ye Qingxuan had nothing else in abundance right now, except for spirit stones, and he had enough resources for the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, to learn by trial and error.

He only needed to set aside a little time each month to clear up their doubts.

As for Ye Qingxuan himself, he continued to cultivate at his own pace every day in an orderly manner.

It was not until the end of this year that someone who surprised Ye Qingxuan very much came to his Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi.

In the stone pavilion.

Ye Qingxuan looked at the person he had not seen for a long time before him and asked in confusion:

"Zhu Dafu, it has been a long time. I wonder what business brings you to my Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi this time? You aren't still thinking of pulling me into some Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Alliance, are you?"

The person who came was none other than Zhu Dafu, with whom Ye Qingxuan had little interaction.

Zhu Dafu's family was in the business of trading, and it was the Zhu Clan Trading Firm, which had a Soul Transformation cultivator guarding it.

Although the Zhu Clan Trading Firm did not have much of a name in the vast Eastern Region, it was still a considerable foundation.

Originally, he should have been the first-in-line heir to the trading firm, but his talent was slightly weaker than a cousin from a collateral branch, possessing only Five-Element Spirit Roots.

The trading firm did not lack people with outstanding business talent; what it lacked were strong individuals who could protect the trading firm and allow it to operate smoothly.

And even if Zhu Dafu's talent were fully cultivated by the trading firm, the hope of breaking through to the Soul Transformation Realm was very slim.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons by the senior management of the trading firm, his cousin from the collateral branch was finally designated as the heir to the trading firm and received the full cultivation of the trading firm.

As for Zhu Dafu, he was sent by his parents to the Profound Yi Tianzong to develop.

After all, having lost the full cultivation of the trading firm, the Profound Yi Tianzong was more suitable for Zhu Dafu's growth than the trading firm, and only within the Profound Yi Tianzong could Zhu Dafu regain a glimmer of hope for advancing to the Soul Transformation Realm. But Zhu Dafu, who had entered the Profound Yi Tianzong, felt that he had been treated as an abandoned pawn, and naturally, he was not willing to admit defeat.

So, after getting to know Li Xuan, the two hit it off immediately, and in high spirits, they prepared to carve out a foundation within the Profound Yi Tianzong.

After some discussion, the two set their sights on the Dongxuan Fudi cultivator disciples who had always been unknown within the Profound Yi Tianzong.

They prepared to win over a group of Dongxuan Fudi cultivators, control the low-order spirit herb market, seek huge profits, and while providing assistance for their own cultivation, they could also pave the way for establishing a huge commercial empire in the future.

Harboring huge ambitions in their hearts, the two sought out Lin Fan, who was about to inherit a Second-Order Dongxuan Fudi. After some promises and painting a bright future, they successfully pulled Lin Fan onto their chariot.

Finally, the events of the Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Alliance followed.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's final teasing, Zhu Dafu immediately smiled bitterly:

"Brother Ye, don't mention it. The Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Alliance disbanded long ago."

"Disbanded?"

Ye Qingxuan was very surprised when he heard this. He had not specifically paid attention to the Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Alliance created by Zhu Dafu and Li Xuan, but he did not expect that in just over ten years, the Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Alliance would have disbanded.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan's surprised expression, Zhu Dafu shamefully gave a rough account of what happened:

Their plan at the beginning could not be said to be bad.

But the few of them were not from major powers after all, and their knowledge was shallow. They had not realized the huge market base within the Profound Yi Tianzong at all.

Relying solely on the dozens of First-Order Dongxuan Fudi cultivators they had won over, they could not stir up even a ripple in the low-order market of the Profound Yi Tianzong.

After some tossing and turning, Zhu Dafu and Li Xuan were busy running around, not only wasting a lot of cultivation time, but the profits were also far less than expected.

Even after some operations, the First-Order spirit herbs handled by the few of them did not even reach the normal market profit.

Finally, under the dissatisfaction of everyone, the Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Alliance completely disbanded, and Lin Fan became enemies with Zhu Dafu and Li Xuan.

And Li Xuan also seemed to have seen through everything and began to put down these external things, focusing on bitter cultivation.

Only he, Zhu Dafu, was very unwilling in his heart, and by chance, he learned of the existence of Tianfu Shop.

Tianfu Shop had not been open for long, but business was exceptionally hot, which made Zhu Dafu very curious about the person behind Tianfu Shop.

After inquiring about the identities of Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu through layers of relationships, and learning that the person behind Tianfu Shop was Ye Qingxuan, Zhu Dafu was simply unbelievable. He had secretly understood the business situation of Tianfu Shop.

Although he did not know the specific profits of Tianfu Shop, Zhu Dafu knew that given the hot business of Tianfu Shop, it could definitely not be underestimated.

Thinking that their group had been busy running around, but ended up with nothing, having worked in vain, while Ye Qingxuan, whom they had ignored, had easily established a foundation after becoming a Dongxuan Fudi cultivator.

After some struggle in his heart, Zhu Dafu finally found the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi where Ye Qingxuan was located.

After understanding the general course of events, Ye Qingxuan was not surprised that Zhu Dafu could easily find out that the person behind Tianfu Shop was him.

After all, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, who were in charge of Tianfu Shop, were just his attendants. It was not difficult to find out the identities of the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu.

This was also something Ye Qingxuan could not avoid at present.

He was not afraid of exposing the identity of the person behind Tianfu Shop. Even if it were exposed, within the Profound Yi Tianzong, others could not do anything to him.

But he did not want to disturb his quiet cultivation because of the affairs of Tianfu Shop.

Thinking for a moment, Ye Qingxuan looked at Zhu Dafu, a flash of light in his eyes, and smiled lightly: "So, Brother Zhu, what is the purpose of your visit this time?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 66 =====