Chapter 722

After refining several bottles of purple smoke, Yan Buji planned to use them later to scheme against people; even if they truly couldn't kill a Void Refinement cultivator, seeing that the Nascent Soul stage's Reverse Life Candle Night provoked such a strong reaction, presumably it could also disturb a Void Refinement cultivator for a while.

At that time, there would be a chance to escape.

Thinking of this, Yan Buji happily put away the silver bottle on the table.

"I still need to cultivate these black jade bees, but unfortunately the black jade bees cannot be promoted." Yan Buji sighed.

As the main material for refining purple smoke, the black jade bee itself is a variant of the jade bee; this variant is quite rare, appearing only by chance.

Although these hundred give Yan Buji the possibility to continue cultivating them, it merely means expanding the bee colony so he can always obtain bee stingers; wanting to upgrade the grade of these variants is not an easy task.

A few days passed.

Disorder Zi suddenly sent someone to find Yan Buji, saying he had important matters to discuss and asked Yan Buji to come over.

Yan Buji immediately set out, and after arriving at the City Lord's mansion, he saw Disorder Zi.

"Greetings, Senior."

"No need for much courtesy, please sit." Disorder Zi said with a smile.

Yan Buji sat down, clasped his fists, and asked: "I don't know what important matter Senior Disorder Zi has for me?"

"Indeed, there is something I need to tell you." Disorder Zi smiled: "Over at the royal court, they will first arrange for a batch of tribes to come over in the next two months."

Yan Buji's eyes lit up: "I dare to ask, which ones...."

"Haha, telling you is no problem. Specifically, the tribes of the Silver Fox clan, the Raccoon Cat clan, and the Rabbit Tribe will migrate over."

Yan Buji thought for a moment, nodded: "Thank you for the information, Senior."

"Well, this isn't really a big deal; mainly it's another matter." Disorder Zi paused, then said: "Although the royal court has approved your Great Sinful Sect's trading activities within the demon realm, for the three tribes about to migrate over, they have had little contact with humans, so they hope to avoid any conflict; this is also the City Lord's intention."

"That's natural." Yan Buji nodded.

He came to do business, not to be a bandit; previously he lacked the platform and capital, but now that he has them, why would he engage in such things?

Of course, Yan Buji never lacks means, but since Disorder Zi specially sought him out, this matter is probably not that simple.

Yan Buji thought for a moment, then asked: "Senior, are there any particular points to note regarding these three tribes?"

Disorder Zi hesitated, then said: "The Rabbit Tribe is distantly related to the demon royal court of the Nan Ting Mountain Region, so they are not easy to deal with."

The demon royal court of the Nan Ting Mountain Region?

Yan Buji had heard that the demon clans of the five great regions are not led by a single leader; each region has its own demon royal court overseeing it.

But he hadn't expected that the demon royal court of the Nan Ting Mountain Region would actually be led by the Rabbit Tribe.

Yan Buji wondered: "Even if they are related despite the lofty mountains and distant waters, could the Rabbit Tribe possibly have some special trait?"

"Actually, there isn't; they only have a Void Refinement cultivator holding down the fort, with few Nascent Soul cultivators. But that doesn't prevent them from indeed possessing royal bloodline."

"Royal bloodline?"

Disorder Zi looked at the puzzled Yan Buji and smiled, explaining: "The demon king is not a title earned by reaching a certain cultivation level; even demon venerables treat the demon king with extra courtesy, which stems from an inheritance and capital within their bloodline!"

Yan Buji stroked his chin: "Then what formidable aspects does this royal bloodline have?"

"These royal bloodlines innately possess the ability to command all demons. Moreover, the royal bloodline is the direct descent of the demon ancestors; any tribal cultivator who awakens the royal bloodline will become a hot contender for the next demon king of the great region!" Disorder Zi explained.

That's how it is.

But it seems Disorder Zi's explanation isn't very clear; probably these royal bloodlines also have some special abilities.

Yan Buji nodded, indicating he understood.

"In the future, you'll naturally know what royal bloodline means as you come into contact more." Disorder Zi said with a smile.

"Yes, I will certainly keep it in mind."

After leaving the City Lord's mansion, Yan Buji thought it over and still went to find Xiong Ba Tian first.

Xiong Ba Tian was selling his honey; upon seeing Yan Buji approach, he immediately followed up, laughing: "My friend, what wind blew you here?"

"Not disturbing your business, am I?" Yan Buji said with a smile.

It's truly rare to see a demon as enthusiastic about business as Xiong Ba Tian; however, maintaining a good relationship with him also gives me some connections among the demons.

Although I don't know Xiong Ba Tian's status within the bear clan, I feel that since he has this acumen, cooperation would naturally be mutually beneficial.

"No, no." Xiong Ba Tian shook his head: "Do you have any business?"

"Let's find a place to chat."

"Sure!"

Xiong Ba Tian followed Yan Buji to a private room in the tavern; after sitting down, Yan Buji poured him a cup of floral tea, and Xiong Ba Tian's eyes lit up as he savored it slowly.

"Mmm~~ the flavor inside, truly.... is.... uh...."

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Xiong, no need for that; if you find it tasty, I can give you two catties."

"Really? Thank you so much, my friend!" Xiong Ba Tian's eyes lit up, and he gleefully put away the tea bag.

Afterwards, Yan Buji said with a smile: "I just went to the City Lord's mansion and heard that demon tribes will be relocating over in the next two months."

"Oh? Do you know which tribes?" Xiong Ba Tian immediately realized; Yan Buji came to him about this, nothing else but to let him prepare in advance!

"Yes, the Silver Fox, Raccoon Cat, and Rabbit tribes."

"The Rabbit Tribe?!" Xiong Ba Tian's face changed dramatically; he frowned and fell silent.

"Huh?"

"Is there a problem?"

"Well... it's not that. But I've heard before in other continents that the Rabbit Tribe seemed to have awakened a cultivator with royal bloodline, though for some reason they suddenly disappeared.... and now they're migrating over...." Xiong Ba Tian thought it over, then didn't continue.

Yan Buji also knew that what Xiong Ba Tian said actually involved internal demon affairs; for a human like him to hear so much is ultimately not good.

"I don't really care about that either, Fellow Daoist Xiong; do you know what daily supplies these three tribes need? That way I can inquire ahead of time, and then we can negotiate a price and start making money!" Yan Buji said with a smile.

"That's not difficult. The Silver Fox clan needs a kind of 'White Phosphorescent Powder' — a Fourfold Transformation Spiritual Material — for daily fur maintenance; the Raccoon Cat clan likes a kind of 'Big Red Orange' — a Fivefold Transformation Spiritual Fruit; the Rabbit Tribe.... they.... prefer.... aphrodisiacs."

"Huh?!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Buji's expression turned extremely strange.