Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 882 The Deal with Cangyu Mountain

"Calculate the total price!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Alright, two Class B cave dwellings will cost a total of 1.32 million low-grade spirit stones, eighteen Class B shops will cost 780,000 low-grade spirit stones, three Class C shops will cost a total of 360,000 low-grade spirit stones, and thirty-eight ordinary cave dwellings will cost 228,000 spirit stones."

"Master Yang, the total is 2,688,000 low-grade spirit stones! In addition, the Chamber of Commerce offers a 50% discount for the next three months, which is 1,344,000 low-grade spirit stones."

The waiter looked at Yang Zhengshan with great interest.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and took out spirit stones to pay.

In fact, the so-called half price of Baiyun Trading Company is still much higher than the previous price of Lianxin Valley. However, Lianxin Valley used to be the property of the six Qingli families. The cave dwellings and shops were only rented and not sold. Even if outsiders wanted to buy them, they could not.

A higher price is fine; given the current situation of Lotus Heart Valley, buying the cave dwelling and shops is definitely not a bad deal.

After Yang Zhengshan paid the spirit stones, the shop assistant quickly brought back the restriction tokens for the cave and the shop.

Such a restriction token is not actually difficult to make. It is like the combination of a combination lock. The key is not the token itself, but the multiple restrictions on the token. When activating it, each restriction must be activated in sequence in order to enter the protective array.

Therefore, it is not difficult to counterfeit this restriction token; the difficulty lies in understanding the order of the restrictions.

Within the cave dwellings and shops, the protective array plates also have corresponding restrictions. Array masters can modify the order of the restrictions on the array plates and tokens, so that only their own people know their own password.

Having obtained the restriction token, Yang Zhengshan, Yu Qingyi, and the others moved directly into the cave.

Although they are called cave dwellings, they are actually courtyards. The No. 2 cave dwelling is about three courtyards in size, which is quite spacious enough to accommodate more than a dozen people.

"This place is not bad. From now on, each of you will have your own cave dwelling!"

Yang Zhengshan handed over the restriction tokens for the two Class B cave dwellings to Cui Yang and Zhang Hexuan. From now on, they would stay in Lianxin Valley, with one person in charge of the pill shop business and the other in charge of the talisman shop business.

"Isn't Master staying here?" Zhang Hexuan asked.

"Just reserve a private room for me. I'll come over occasionally!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

He definitely won't stay here, but he will come here often. In the future, Lotus Heart Valley will become the largest gathering place for immortal cultivators within thousands of miles. The Spirit Source Land will definitely focus on developing in this direction in the future.

"Also, make room for Bai Xiaoyun in the backyard. She will be stationed here from now on. If you encounter any problems that you can't solve, just ask her for help!" Yang Zhengshan instructed.

“Disciples understand!” Cui Yang and Zhang Hexuan replied.

After making some simple arrangements, Yang Zhengshan went with Yunxiao to see Que Lingfei.

Yang Zhengshan was quite curious about Que Lingfei. He wanted to learn more about the Yun Que clan and also hoped to cooperate with them.

If possible, he also wanted to obtain the cultivation techniques of demon cultivators from the Skylark Clan.

There are many strange beasts in the Spirit Source Land, but there have never been any demon cultivators. Yang Zhengshan has always wanted to find the cultivation methods of demon cultivators, but unfortunately he has not found any.

This doesn't mean that demon cultivation techniques are rare, but rather that they are very special. They are completely different from immortal cultivation techniques because the key to demon cultivation techniques lies in human form.

It is about transforming from a beast into a human form. The focus of this transformation is not on the appearance, but on the evolution of the internal meridians and acupoints, the dantian and qi sea, and even the evolution of the soul and consciousness.

The three key aspects of a demon beast's cultivation are spiritual energy, bloodline, and transformation.

The purpose of a demon beast transforming into human form is to allow it to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth more quickly, nourish its soul, and enhance its bloodline. Therefore, transformation is the most important core of a demon beast's cultivation.

Human cultivators do not need to take human form, so they do not study the cultivation methods of demon cultivators. Therefore, the cultivation methods of demon cultivators are rarely seen in the immortal cultivation world.

Que Lingfei lives in Cave No. 2 of the Jia-character name. From the beginning, the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce arranged for her to live in Cave No. 2 of the Jia-character name, while Yang Zhengshan's previous residence was Cave No. 3 of the Ding-character name.

The Baiyun Chamber of Commerce makes no attempt to conceal its discriminatory attitude.

Yunxiao and Yang Zhengshan arrived at the entrance of the cave and took out a communication talisman to activate it. The talisman did not enter the cave but was blocked outside by the protective formation. However, the talisman kept knocking on the protective formation as if it were knocking on the door.

Communication talismans have no offensive power; their impact is merely a very weak burst of magical energy. Therefore, in the world of immortal cultivation, there is a custom of using communication talismans to knock on doors.

"Who is coming?"

Not long after Yunxiao released the communication talisman, a shrill voice came from within the formation.

"Yunxiao of Xuanqing Sect requests an audience with Fairy Lingfei!"

"Xuanqing Sect!"

The voice sounded somewhat immature, and a little lost.

"Oh, come in!"

The formation was activated, and Yunxiao and Yang Zhengshan entered it.

As soon as he entered the formation, Yang Zhengshan saw a lark the size of a palm.

Larks are similar to sparrows, but slightly larger. Their feathers are bluish-gray, making them quite inconspicuous.

However, larks are not sparrows. They can fly in the clouds. Even ordinary larks have an astonishing flying speed, faster than high-grade flying magic artifacts.

The second-tier lark's flight speed surpasses that of ordinary flying magical artifacts.

Therefore, although the Lark Clan may seem weak, they are actually very difficult to deal with.

They might be at a disadvantage when fighting against cultivators of the same level, but if you can't kill them immediately, you'll be restless and unable to eat or sleep, because they could appear in front of you at any time and strike you unexpectedly.

The little lark tilted its head and looked at Yunxiao and Yang Zhengshan, looking rather cute.

"Grandma wants you to wait in the main hall!"

"Thank you!" Yunxiao cupped his hands and smiled.

Yang Zhengshan also bowed and thanked him.

Before he came, Yunxiao had told him that demon beasts do not understand etiquette. They are not as polite as human cultivators, and they do not have as many rules and etiquette.

Sure enough, the little lark acted like a child who didn't know any manners.

Upon arriving at the main hall, there wasn't even any tea.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Que Lingfei appeared silently in front of the two.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes, surprised by the speed at which Que Lingfei flew.

He had only seen a fleeting afterimage; by the time he realized what was happening, Que Lingfei was already within a zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) of him.

Even if Yang Zhengshan could teleport instantly, he couldn't afford to be careless in the slightest when fighting this person, otherwise he might not be able to dodge the attack.

"Fairy Lingfei!" Yunxiao bowed slightly.

"Hmm, you wanted to see me about something?" Que Lingfei asked directly, while also looking at Yang Zhengshan with a puzzled expression, as if asking who Yang Zhengshan was.

Yunxiao said, "This is Master Yang from the Lingxiu Yang family. Master Yang wants to make some deals with you!" He didn't beat around the bush and stated the purpose of their trip very directly.

Because he understood the temperament of the Lark Clan, who were all straightforward. You couldn't beat around the bush when talking to them, because they didn't understand such things at all; they only understood the literal meaning of words.

This doesn't mean they're not smart, but rather that they lack the awareness to discern whether there are other meanings in your words.

If you speak in riddles or veiled meanings, they may not understand and could even misunderstand. Therefore, you must speak directly when communicating with them.

"What kind of deal do you want to make with us?" Que Lingfei asked.

"I'd like to trade some demon cores with the nobles. Of course, we can also trade other things, such as medicinal herbs, spirit fruits, demon beast materials, and so on. We can try trading any resources that the nobles are willing to trade!"

"Well, actually I want to establish long-term trade relations with the nobility!"

Yang Zhengshan didn't beat around the bush and directly stated his plan.

"What do you offer for a long-term transaction?" Que Lingfei asked, the feather on her forehead twitching slightly.

Yang Zhengshan took out the list of goods he had prepared beforehand and handed it to Que Lingfei.

Que Lingfei looked at the list and thought for a moment before saying, "There are some things we need on this list, but not many."

Do you have a Demon Essence Pill?

"Demon Essence Pill!" Yang Zhengshan looked at the clouds.

Yunxiao smiled and said, "Master Yang is an alchemist. His purpose in buying the demon core is to learn how to refine the Demon Essence Pill! Master Yang has already achieved some skill in refining the Demon Essence Pill, and perhaps it won't be long before he can refine the Demon Essence Pill himself."

After explaining to Que Lingfei, he then explained to Yang Zhengshan, "The Demon Essence Pill is also useful to the demon race, even more so than to immortal cultivators."

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly.

Que Lingfei then said, "Since that's the case, I can decide to sell you some demon cores! You can use these resources to exchange for them!"

She took out a jade slip and inscribed some information on it.

After reading through the resources that could be exchanged on the jade slip, Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "No problem. Then, where shall we trade in the future?"

Que Lingfei selected neither too many nor too few items. As Yunxiao had said before, the Yun Que clan indeed loved aquatic products, and they selected a lot of various kinds of precious fish.

In addition, there are some spiritual fruits, spiritual rice, spiritual medicines, as well as beast blood pills and mixed grain pills, etc.

Yang Zhengshan roughly estimated that these items were worth about 100,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The most abundant of these was not the treasure fish or the spirit fruit, but the spirit rice.

It seems that Lark also likes to eat spirit rice.

“You can come here! You can come and trade with me anytime!” Que Lingfei said.

After the matter was settled, Yunxiao took his leave, and the two left Que Lingfei's cave.

"That's just how the Skylark Clan is. You don't need to be polite with them. Just say what you mean. Although they are somewhat wary of human cultivators, as long as you are sincere in your trade with them, they are willing to be your friend and won't make things difficult for you!"

After leaving the cave, Yunxiao said softly.

Que Lingfei was indeed very direct in his work; he settled the matter in just a few words, much faster than Yang Zhengshan had expected.

However, Yang Zhengshan did not mention the demon cultivation technique this time; he planned to discuss it after the two sides had become more familiar with each other.

Back at his cave dwelling, Yang Zhengshan quickly had someone prepare what Que Lingfei needed, and then went to Que Lingfei's cave dwelling to complete the transaction with Que Lingfei.

Que Lingfei readily gave him five second-grade low-level demon cores and also arranged a time for their next transaction.

According to Que Lingfei, she needs to return to Cangyu Mountain first to see if the clan has any other needs. If so, she will trade with Yang Zhengshan again.

In fact, Cangyu Mountain needs some trading partners right now, because the Qingli Six Families have lost control of Lianxin Valley.

Previously, the six Qingli families were the largest traders in Cangyu Mountain, and the two sides often traded in Lianxin Valley. However, the six Qingli families have not only lost Lianxin Valley, but have also suffered serious losses, and various resources are facing a reduction in production.

The Lin family suffered the most severe reduction in production. The spiritual veins of the Lin family's territory were polluted by the blood evil energy, and various spiritual plants and objects were either taken away by the Yin Ghost Division or destroyed.

Furthermore, the destruction of Lotus Heart Valley caused the entire Qingli Dynasty to lose a lot of cultivation resources, and also made it impossible for the six families of Qingli to provide enough resources for Cangyu Mountain.

In fact, the main purpose of Que Lingfei's visit to Lianxin Valley this time was to cooperate with Baiyun Chamber of Commerce, hoping that Baiyun Chamber of Commerce could replace Qingli Six Families in providing sufficient resources for Cangyu Mountain in the future.

However, the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce is not the same as the Qingli Six Families. When cooperating with the Qingli Six Families, Cangyu Mountain can take a dominant position, but when cooperating with the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce, they must let the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce take the lead.

Cangyu Mountain was wary of Baiyun Immortal City, but had no choice but to cooperate with the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce.

Although Yang Zhengshan's appearance cannot replace the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce, it gives Cangyu Mountain another option.

No matter how many resources Yang Zhengshan can provide, Cangyu Mountain is willing to cooperate with him.

Not only Yang Zhengshan, but also the Lingxiu Three Sects and Youyu Gate, they also reached some deals with Cangyu Mountain.

……

Lotus Heart Valley was officially renamed Azure Glass Immortal City. As various forces purchased cave dwellings and shops in Azure Glass Immortal City, its popularity quickly increased.

After receiving the news, many small immortal cultivation families or independent cultivators brought their families to Qingli Immortal City. They settled in Qingli Immortal City as independent cultivators, bringing manpower and market to Qingli Immortal City.

Where there are people, there is a market; where there is a market, there is consumer power; and where there is consumer power, there is profit.

As the number of independent cultivators at the lower levels of Qingli Immortal City increases, the city's profits will also grow.

Besides independent cultivators, various forces also regard Qingli Immortal City as the largest trading center within a radius of five thousand miles, with a large amount of resources converging on Qingli Immortal City, and at the same time bringing a large number of people.

In just a few months, Qingli Immortal City regained the prosperity and liveliness that once characterized Lotus Heart Valley.

Under these circumstances, Yang Family Pill Shop and Talisman Shop quietly opened. Yang Family Pill Shop mainly sells first-tier pills, including more than 20 kinds of pills such as Jade Marrow Pill, Bigu Pill, and Marrow Cleansing Pill, and second-tier pills such as Illusion God Pill, Spirit Gathering Pill, Youth Preservation Pill, and Wind Dew Nectar.

Apart from the Spirit Gathering Pill and the Youth Preservation Pill, the other second-tier pills are available in limited quantities.

In addition, Yangjiadan Pharmacy also accepts orders for alchemy.

As for talisman shops, they sell even more types of talismans, mainly first-tier talismans, but with over a hundred different kinds.

Drawing talismans is much easier than refining elixirs, and the development of talisman-making in the Spirit Source Land is also much faster than that of elixir-making.

Besides Yang Zhengshan and Cui Yang, there are several other immortal cultivators in the Spirit Source Land who can draw basic talismans.

Over the years, the Spirit Source Land has stored a large number of talismans, and this is the first time they have been put out for sale, as their quantity far exceeds that of elixirs.

Although Yang Zhengshan could only draw four types of second-tier talismans, these four types of second-tier talismans were all very practical talismans.

(End of this chapter)