Chapter 65: Zhu Dafu

The eleventh year after contracting the Blessed Land! This year, the Earth-Myst Realm remained calm and peaceful; with the joint suppression of the major hegemonic powers, the chaos from the Outer Battlefield did not spill into the Earth-Myst Realm.

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

Among these, the sales of the Third-Grade Spirit-Washing Elixir refined by Ye Qingxuan were the most explosive.

As one of the more difficult Third-Grade elixirs to refine, only about one-fifth of Third-Grade Alchemists can refine Spirit-Washing Elixir.

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

Undoubtedly, the effects of Spirit-Washing Elixir refined by other Third-Grade Alchemists are certainly slightly weaker than the Third-Grade Spirit-Washing Elixir refined by Ye Qingxuan.

Therefore, after using the Spirit-Washing Elixir refined by Ye Qingxuan and experiencing the difference firsthand, when purchasing elixirs again, they naturally choose to come to Ye Qingxuan's Tianfu Shop.

As time passed, the Tianfu Shop gained considerable fame among some low-level disciples.

However, since Ye Qingxuan is a single person and does not devote all his time to alchemy, after the Tianfu Shop's reputation spread, the Third-Grade Spirit-Washing Elixir refined by Ye Qingxuan has always been in short supply.

This situation, however, did not affect the business of other shops in the Xuantian Sect's marketplace.

After all, with the Tianfu Shop's current daily transaction volume, it does not even amount to a drop in the bucket within the entire Xuantian Sect marketplace.

This year, Ye Qingxuan began teaching 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 now possess cultivation at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

The years ahead are long; he cannot personally handle everything in the future. If Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu can learn the Four Arts of Cultivation, that would be even better.

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

Ultimately, Ye Zhaoheng chose Alchemy and Talisman Crafting, while Ye Zhaoyu chose Artifact Refining and Array Formation.

After the two made their choices, Ye Qingxuan began imparting the Four Arts of Cultivation they had selected, but he did not delay his own progress too much.

The master leads you to the door, but cultivation depends on the individual. Ye Qingxuan does not lack much these days, except for spirit stones; he has sufficient resources to let the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, make mistakes and learn.

He only needs to spare a little time each month to answer their questions.

As for Ye Qingxuan himself, he continues to cultivate methodically every day according to his own rhythm.

It was not until the end of this year that a person who greatly surprised Ye Qingxuan sought out his Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Inside the Stone Pavilion.

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

"Zhu Dafu, long time no see. I wonder why you have come to my Qingxuan Blessed Land this time? Do you still intend to drag me into some Blessed Cultivator Alliance?"

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

Zhu Dafu's family runs a merchant house, specifically the Zhu Family Merchant House, which is guarded by a Soul Transformation cultivator.

Although the Zhu Family Merchant House does not rank among the notable names in the vast Eastern Region, it still constitutes a considerable enterprise.

Originally, he should have been the first in line to inherit the merchant house, but his talent was slightly inferior to that of a distant cousin from a collateral branch; he possessed only a Five-Element Spirit Root.

The merchant house does not lack people with outstanding business talent; what it lacks is a powerful protector capable of safeguarding the house and ensuring its smooth operation.

Given Zhu Dafu's talent, even with the merchant house's full support, his hope of breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm was extremely slim.

Therefore, after the merchant house's high-level leaders weighed the pros and cons, they ultimately designated that distant cousin from the collateral branch as the heir to the merchant house, granting him the house's full support.

Zhu Dafu, meanwhile, was sent by his parents to the Xuantian Sect to develop.

After all, without the merchant house's full support, the Xuantian Sect is more suitable for Zhu Dafu's growth; only within the Xuantian Sect can Zhu Dafu regain a sliver of hope to advance to the Soul Transformation realm. However, once inside the Xuantian Sect, Zhu Dafu felt he had been treated as a discarded pawn and naturally could not accept defeat.

Thus, after meeting Li Xuan, the two hit it off immediately. In high spirits, they prepared to carve out an enterprise within the Xuantian Sect.

After some discussion, the two turned their attention to the Blessed Cultivator disciples within the Xuantian Sect who had always remained obscure.

They planned to recruit a group of Blessed Cultivators to control the low-level spiritual herb market, seeking huge profits to aid their own cultivation while also laying the groundwork for building a vast commercial empire in the future.

With immense ambition in their hearts, the two approached Lin Fan, who was about to inherit a Second-Grade Blessed Land. After making promises and drawing grand pictures, they successfully pulled Lin Fan onto their wagon.

This ultimately led to the subsequent incident involving the Blessed Cultivator Alliance.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's final jest, Zhu Dafu immediately smiled bitterly and said:

"Brother Ye, let's not talk about it. The Blessed Cultivator Alliance has long since disbanded."

"Disbanded?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan was greatly surprised. He had not paid special attention to the Blessed Cultivator Alliance created by Zhu Dafu and Li Xuan, but he did not expect it to disband in just over ten years.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan's surprised expression, Zhu Dafu shamefully recounted a rough outline of the events:

Initially, their plan could not be called bad.

However, since they were not from major powers, their vision was short-sighted; they simply failed to recognize the massive market base within the Xuantian Sect.

Relying solely on the few dozen First-Grade Blessed Cultivators they had recruited, they could not stir up even a ripple in the Xuantian Sect's low-level market.

In the end, after all that turmoil, Zhu Dafu and Li Xuan were busy running around, wasting a significant amount of cultivation time, and their returns were far below expectations.

In fact, after all their maneuvers, the First-Grade spiritual herbs they handled did not even yield normal market profits.

Finally, amidst widespread dissatisfaction, the Blessed Cultivator Alliance completely dissolved, and Lin Fan turned against Zhu Dafu and Li Xuan.

Li Xuan also seemed to have seen through everything; he began to let go of these external matters and focused solely on bitter cultivation.

Only Zhu Dafu, feeling deeply unwilling to accept this, happened upon the existence of the Tianfu Shop by chance.

The Tianfu Shop had opened not long ago, yet its business was exceptionally booming, which made Zhu Dafu extremely curious about the person behind the Tianfu Shop.

After tracing through layers of connections to learn the identities of the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, and discovering that the person behind the Tianfu Shop was Ye Qingxuan, Zhu Dafu found it almost unbelievable. He had secretly investigated the Tianfu Shop's operational status.

Although he did not know the specific profits of the Tianfu Shop, Zhu Dafu knew that given the booming business of the Tianfu Shop, it was absolutely not to be underestimated.

Thinking of how their group had rushed around only to gain nothing, working in vain, while Ye Qingxuan, whom they had ignored, had effortlessly built an enterprise after becoming a Blessed Cultivator.

After some inner turmoil, Zhu Dafu finally found his way to the Qingxuan Blessed Land where Ye Qingxuan resided.

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

After all, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, who were responsible for the Tianfu Shop, were merely his attendants; it was not difficult to discover the identities of the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu.

This is something Ye Qingxuan currently cannot avoid.

He is not afraid of exposing the identity of the person behind the Tianfu Shop; even if exposed, within the Xuantian Sect, no one can do anything to him.

But he did not wish to disturb his quiet cultivation over the matter of the Tianfu Shop.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Qingxuan looked at Zhu Dafu, a glint flashing in his eyes, and smiled lightly, "So, Brother Zhu, what brings you here this time?"

(End of this chapter)