Qingyu Commercial Building.
Yuan Qingyue said with great interest, “Ye Fan actually offended Ma Rui. This guy is really not afraid of death.”
After Ma Rui came over, whenever he saw a beautiful female cultivator, he went up to hook up, causing harm to many female cultivators.
Ma Rui was also a little interested in Yuan Qingyue, but Yuan Qingyue had three Foundation Establishment elders above her, so Ma Rui had some scruples, and he didn’t act too aggressively.
“Ma Rui just has a good birth. Otherwise, with his qualifications, how could he build a foundation?!” Zhou Li said sourly.
Zhou Li was in his 80s. He had cultivated Qi to the ninth level and had no hope of building a foundation. Seeing someone like Ma Rui, Zhou Li felt a little uncomfortable.
Zhou Li’s qualifications were much better than Ma Rui’s, but in terms of opportunities, it was a lot worse.
“Ma Yuanping has been in seclusion for three years. How is this senior’s injury?” Yuan Qingyue asked in confusion.
“It shouldn’t be very serious! Otherwise, how can this guy Ma Rui be so flamboyant!” Zhou Li said.
Yuan Qingyue frowned, and said, “Where does this Immortal Master Ye come from? Seeing his fearless appearance, could it be that there are people above him?”
Zhou Li nodded.
Bai Yunxi didn’t expect that Ye Fan’s casual remark, just a Golden Core, would make all parties speculate about Ye Fan’s origins.
…
After a fight with Ma Rui, the business of the Ordinary general goods store became quieter.
Bai Yunxi inquired about it, and discovered that it was Ma Rui who had spread rumors outside that anyone who dared to come to their store to buy something would be against him.
Bai Yunxi sat on the chair, thoughtful.
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi and asked, “What are you thinking?”
“I was wondering if I was wrong.” Bai Yunxi said.
Ye Fan immediately said, “Yunxi, how could you be wrong? You are always right.”
Bai Yunxi: “…”
Bai Yunxi took a deep breath and shook his head helplessly. Bai Yunxi was always worried that Ye Fan would offend people by talking nonsense. Bai Yunxi suddenly realized that sometimes, even if he didn’t ask for trouble, trouble would come to him, and this time, it was useless to reason. Whoever had the strongest fist had the last word. Strength represented the right to speak.
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Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi and said, “Is there no business?”
“Yes, there is, but a little less.” Bai Yunxi said.
“It doesn’t matter if we don’t have business. Anyway, we made a lot of money in the early stages, just in time to find a place to dual cultivate.” Ye Fan said excitedly.
Bai Yunxi: “…” This guy, Ye Fan, only knew how to think about dual cultivation all day.
Ye Fan looked at Bai Yunxi’s frown, and said inexplicably, “Yunxi, what’s wrong with you?”
Bai Yunxi shook his head and said, “It’s nothing, I feel like I’m going to advance.”
“Advance! Do you want to build a foundation? Calculating the days, it should be almost the time. If you also build a foundation, we can go out to sea to do tasks.” Although there were countless opportunities in the sea, the danger was also great. One reason Ye Fan hadn’t gone to sea before now was because he was worried that they would encounter danger in the sea and he wouldn’t be able to protect Bai Yunxi.
Ye Fan handed some Foundation Establishment Pills to Bai Yunxi and said, “There are three Foundation Establishment Pills here. If you feel like building a foundation, you can take them.”
“Okay.” Bai Yunxi said.
…
Ten Thousand Pills Building.
“Alchemist Hu, no one is going to the Ordinary general goods store now,” said the alchemist assistant.
Hu Ming nodded, feeling a little smug in his heart.
Hu Ming carried his hands on his back, and sighed with the attitude of someone who had experience. “Young people! If they have a little talent, they are arrogant. As you know, the waters in the cultivation world run very deep. How many geniuses have died quietly? As a person, you should keep a low profile. That’s best.”
Hu Ming bought a lot of medicinal pills from Ye Fan’s store. After research, Hu Ming found that the quality of medicinal pills in Ye Fan’s store was very good, and from the smell of the medicinal pills, he could tell these medicinal pills were all recently refined. So many high-quality pills could be refined in such a short period of time, all of which showed that the alchemist behind the Ordinary general goods store had far superior alchemy skills compared to him.
Those in the same line of business were enemies. Hu Ming had studied alchemy for hundreds of years, and it was not easy to get to today’s level. Now, in such a small place, there was suddenly a better alchemist. Hu Ming couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable.
Seeing that the Ordinary general goods store was unlucky, Hu Ming couldn’t help but gloat.
“What Alchemist Hu means is that Immortal Master Ye of the Ordinary general goods store is too arrogant. He doesn’t even give face to the Tiangang Sect. He really doesn’t know what is good for him.”
Hu Ming nodded.
Ma Rui targeted the Ordinary general goods store, and it was actually Hu Ming acting behind the scenes.
Hu Ming bribed a cultivator next to Ma Rui with money, and asked the man to pass a message to Ma Rui. Ma Rui had been a little tight on funds recently. Hearing such a method that could not only make money, but also make the elders of the sect look at him with admiration, he immediately went to the Ordinary general goods store to ask for the pill recipe.
Before, Gong Wei was poisoned by the black mamba snake venom and went to the Ordinary general goods store. In fact, this was also arranged by Hu Ming secretly. Hu Ming’s original arrangement was to let Gong Wei die in the store, and then accuse the store of making money while disregarding the lives of cultivators, in order to stink up the reputation of the Ordinary general goods store.
This was originally a good idea, but the antidote to the black mamba snake venom actually appeared in the Ordinary general goods store, which meant all of Hu Ming’s arrangements were in vain, and even promoted the reputation of the Ordinary general goods store in vain.
…
In a restaurant, several female cultivators were chatting.
“Why did Fellow Daoist Bai offend Senior Ma Rui?”
“Although Ma Rui is not a good person, his grandfather is a Golden Core cultivator, so we can’t afford to offend him.”
“Hmph, he just relies on having a good grandfather.”
“It’s not easy to have a good grandfather in the Golden Core period! That guy sent a few cultivators to squat outside the Ordinary general goods store. When they see someone entering, they record it. It’s made people panic, and no one dares to go.”
“Fellow Daoist Bai is really unlucky!”
“That’s right. However, after all, Ma Rui is a disciple of Tiangang Sect. He should not be able to leave the sect for too long. When he leaves, Fellow Daoist Bai will be able to take a breather.”
“I see Fellow Daoist Bai doesn’t seem to be in a hurry!”
“Yeah! In the past, Fellow Daoist Bai was not in a hurry. He opened the shop late every day, and closed the shop very early. I have never seen other shopkeepers do business like this.”
“The quality of the products in the Ordinary general goods store is good! Although their products are a little more expensive, the things are easy to use. I bought a Qingluo Pill there last time, and after taking it, my cultivation level immediately increased. The effect of their medicinal pills is better than ordinary medicinal pills that are half the price.”
“It’s so amazing?! When this blows over, I’ll go and see if the store still sells it.”
…
Yuan Qingyue sat on the side, listening to the conversation of several female cultivators next door, and secretly thought: although Bai Yunxi’s shop was boycotted, but because of the boycott, its reputation had increased. She had heard many cultivators say, wait for the wind to pass and then go to have a look.
…
A torrential rain rumbled down. Heavy rain was the most hated weather for fishermen. The continuous torrential rain could easily cause one’s boat to capsize.
Although cultivators were not afraid of rainy days, most cultivators did not like to go out on rainy days.
The business of the Ordinary general goods store began to decline as early as ten days ago. Adding on that today was a rainy day, there was no one in the store. Bai Yunxi was lying on the rocking chair in the store, quietly contemplating a mental exercise Ye Fan recently taught him, when he suddenly felt a blessing to his soul…
Ye Fan was drawing a talisman in the backyard, and suddenly felt a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy.
The Taotie ghost looked at Ye Fan and said, jumping up and down, “Quickly, your wife is going to build a foundation.”
Ye Fan threw down the talisman and quickly raised the protective formation surrounding the entire store. Recently, there had been no business, and Ye Fan had not done much alchemy or talisman drawing. Instead, he devoted a lot of effort to upgrading the protective formation.
The protective formation strictly protected the shop and the small courtyard.
Several cultivators passed by the Ordinary general goods store and were suddenly greeted by violent spiritual energy fluctuations.
“What’s the matter?! Could it be that a treasure is about to be born?”
“It’s not like a treasure being born, it’s like someone is going to advance.”
“Promotion? To be promoted to Foundation Establishment or to be promoted to Golden Core? Just saying, to be promoted to Foundation Establishment, the momentum is too big, but to be promoted to Golden Core, it is a little lacking.”
…
Yuan Qingyue stood upstairs in the Qingyu Commercial Building, wrapped her clothes around herself tightly, and said with confusion, “It’s snowing. It’s really strange. How can it snow? It doesn’t seem like it’s snow season yet!”
“Miss, it’s not snowing. It’s a Foundation Establishment heavenly vision.” Zhou Li said.
Yuan Qingyue turned her head and said in surprise, “Foundation Establishment heavenly vision. Is someone being promoted to Foundation Establishment?”
Zhou Li nodded and said, “Yes.”
“Just being promoted to Foundation Establishment, how could there be such a vision?”
“This is no ordinary cultivator. Only cultivators with extraordinary qualifications or special physiques can trigger changes in heaven and earth when building their foundations. It’s really strange. Generally, cultivators with such extraordinary talent are taken away by those big sects early. How could they end up in this kind of place?” Zhou Li said in a puzzled way.
When a cultivator built his foundation, he was very vulnerable. At this time, if he was attacked, it was easy to cause the foundation to be unstable. Maybe a genius would be ruined like this.
“It’s snowing and the temperature has dropped. That Foundation Establishment cultivator should practice ice-type exercises. That direction, could it be Bai Yunxi?”
Zhou Li frowned and said, “Maybe.”
Yuan Qingyue’s heart was surging. Promotion to Foundation Establishment triggered a vision of heaven and earth. Most likely, this person had a heavenly spiritual root. A cultivator of heavenly spiritual root! A heavenly spiritual root cultivator, whom even the major sects wanted to accept, actually lived in this little coastal town.
…
Ye Fan sat on the roof, monitoring the surrounding environment. “It’s snowing. I want to eat ice cream.”
“You idiot, you only know how to eat. Building a foundation has triggered a heavenly vision! Ye Fan, your wife’s qualifications are much better than yours.”
“My wife is naturally good.” Ye Fan said proudly.
The Taotie ghost smiled and said, “Your wife is so powerful. Do you feel pressured?”
Ye Fan said inexplicably, “Pressure, why would I feel pressure? That’s my wife, not my rival in love.”
The Taotie ghost: “…” What he said really made sense, but he was speechless.
Ye Fan is really funny and I like his character 😄