Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1388: Chapter 883: The Deal with Cangyu Mountain (Part 2)

In battle with cultivators of the same rank, they might be at a disadvantage, but if you can’t kill them immediately, you’ll find it hard to sleep or eat afterward, as they could appear before you at any moment and attack unexpectedly.

The little lark tilted its head, sizing up Yun Xiao and Yang Zhenshan, looking quite adorable.

”Granny said for you to wait in the main hall!”

”Thank you!” Yun Xiao cupped his hands and smiled.

Yang Zhenshan followed suit, cupping his hands in thanks.

Before coming here, Yun Xiao had explained to him that demon beasts don’t understand etiquette; often, they’re not as fond of politeness as human race cultivators and lack many formalities and rituals.

Indeed, this little lark seemed like a clueless child.

Upon arriving in the main hall, there wasn’t even tea.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Que Lingfei silently appeared before the two.

Yang Zhenshan squinted slightly, internally surprised by Que Lingfei’s speed.

A moment ago, he had only seen a fleeting shadow, and when he reacted, Que Lingfei was already within a yard of him.

If battling this entity, even if Yang Zhenshan could move instantly, he couldn’t afford to be careless; otherwise, he might not evade her attacks.

”Lingfei Fairy!” Yun Xiao bowed slightly.

”Hmm, are you looking for me about something?” Que Lingfei asked directly, while curiously glancing at Yang Zhenshan, seemingly questioning who he was.

Yun Xiao said, ”This is Master Yang from the distinguished Yang family. Master Yang wishes to conduct some trade with your noble race!”

He didn’t beat around the bush, directly stating their purpose for this visit.

Because he understood the direct nature of the Yun Que Clan, conversations with them must be straightforward; they only understand the literal meaning of words.

This doesn’t mean they’re not smart, but they lack the awareness to discern any underlying implications in your words.

If you speak indirectly, they might not pick up on it, potentially leading to misunderstandings, so you must be direct in communication with them.

”What kind of trade do you want to conduct with us?” Que Lingfei asked.

”I wish to trade some demon cores with your noble race, and of course, other items like medicinal materials, spirit fruits, demon beast spiritual materials, as long as the resources your noble race is willing to trade, we can attempt it!”

”Hmm, actually I want to establish a long-term trade relationship with your noble race!”

Yang Zhenshan didn’t beat around the bush, directly stating his plans.

”Long-term trade, what do you have?” Que Lingfei’s forehead’s feather slightly twitched as she asked.

Yang Zhenshan took out a pre-prepared list of goods and handed it to Que Lingfei.

Que Lingfei looked at the list and after a moment said, ”There are some items on here we need, though the quantities won’t be large.”

”Do you have Demon Essence Pills?”

”Demon Essence Pills!” Yang Zhenshan looked at Yun Xiao.

Yun Xiao chuckled and said, ”Master Yang is a Pill Master; his purpose in purchasing demon cores is to learn how to refine Demon Essence Pills! Currently, Master Yang has some skill in refining Demon Essence Pills, perhaps soon he’ll be able to produce them.”

After explaining to Que Lingfei, he also explained to Yang Zhenshan, ”Demon Essence Pills are useful to the Demon Clan, perhaps even more so than to Immortal Cultivators.”

Yang Zhenshan nodded slightly.

Que Lingfei continued, ”Since that’s the case, I can personally decide to sell you some demon cores! You can exchange these resources for them!”

She took out a Jade Scroll and recorded some information inside.

After Yang Zhenshan finished reading the resources available for exchange on the Jade Scroll, he smiled and said, ”No problem, now I wonder where we should conduct the trade in the future?”

The items Que Lingfei chose were neither too many nor too few; as Yun Xiao previously mentioned, the Yun Que Clan indeed liked aquatic products, choosing various treasure fish in abundance.

Additionally, there were some spirit fruits, spirit rice, spiritual medicines, as well as Beast Blood Pill and Mixed Grain Pills.

Roughly estimating, these items were valued at around ten thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.

Among them, the most abundant was not treasure fish nor spirit fruits, but spirit rice.

It seems larks also enjoy eating spirit rice.

”We can trade right here! You can come to me at any time for a trade!” Que Lingfei said.

After the transaction was arranged, Yun Xiao expressed his intention to leave, and the two departed from Que Lingfei’s cave dwelling.

”The Yun Que Clan is like this; you don’t need to be polite with them. Say what you mean; while they may be wary of human race cultivators, if you’re sincere in trading with them, they’ll be willing to befriend you without making things difficult!”

Once outside the cave dwelling, Yun Xiao spoke softly.

Que Lingfei certainly handles matters directly; a few words and the deal was done, faster than Yang Zhenshan had anticipated.

However, this time Yang Zhenshan didn’t mention the cultivation techniques for demon cultivators; he planned to discuss this after both sides were more familiar with each other.

Upon returning to his own cave dwelling, Yang Zhenshan quickly had people prepare the items Que Lingfei needed, then made another trip to Que Lingfei’s cave dwelling to complete the transaction.

Que Lingfei straightforwardly gave him five Second-Order low-grade demon cores and also scheduled their next trading session.

According to Que Lingfei, she needed to return to Cangyu Mountain once, then assess if there were any other needs within the clan, and if there were, she would trade with Yang Zhenshan again.

Actually, Cangyu Mountain currently needed some forces to trade with because the Qingli Six Families lost control over Lotus Heart Valley.

Previously, the Qingli Six Families were the biggest traders with Cangyu Mountain, frequently trading in Lotus Heart Valley, but now, not only have they lost Lotus Heart Valley, they’ve suffered significant losses, facing resource shortages across the board.

The Lin family suffered the most, with their clan’s spirit veins polluted by Blood Evil Qi, resulting in various spirit plants and spiritual objects taken by the Yin Ghost Department or destroyed.

Additionally, the destruction of Lotus Heart Valley caused the Qingli Dynasty to lose many cultivation resources, and further limited the Qingli Six Families’ ability to provide resources to Cangyu Mountain.

Actually, Que Lingfei’s main purpose in coming to Lotus Heart Valley was to seek cooperation with White Cloud Commerce, hoping it could replace the Qingli Six Families in providing resources to Cangyu Mountain.

However, White Cloud Commerce isn’t the Qingli Six Families; collaborating with the Qingli Six Families, Cangyu Mountain could take a leading role, but with White Cloud Commerce, they’d have to let it take the lead.

Cangyu Mountain harbors some wariness toward White Cloud Immortal City but is compelled to partner with White Cloud Commerce.

Though Yang Zhenshan’s appearance couldn’t replace White Cloud Commerce, it provided Cangyu Mountain with another option.

No matter how many resources Yang Zhenshan could provide, Cangyu Mountain was willing to cooperate with him.

And not just Yang Zhenshan, but also the Three Sects of Lingxiu and Nether Prison Sect have similarly engaged in some trade with Cangyu Mountain.

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Lotus Heart Valley was officially renamed Qingli Immortal City, and as various forces purchased cave dwellings and shops there, Qingli Immortal City’s popularity soared.

Many small immortal cultivator families and loose cultivators moved there upon hearing the news, bringing their families and settling in Qingli Immortal City, contributing labor and markets.

Where there are people, there’s a market, and where there’s a market, there’s spending power, and where there’s spending power, profits can be made.

As the number of lower-tier loose cultivators in Qingli Immortal City increased, its revenues likewise grew.

Apart from loose cultivators, various forces viewed Qingli Immortal City as the largest trading hub within a radius of five thousand miles, concentrating a large flow of resources and people there.

Within just months, Qingli Immortal City had regained the bustling prosperity once seen in Lotus Heart Valley.

During this period, the Yang family’s pill shop and talisman shop quietly opened, primarily selling First-order Pills, including Jade Marrow Pills, Fasting Pills, Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills, and over twenty other kinds of pills, supplemented by Second-order Pills, such as Illusion God Pills, Gathering Spirit Pills, Youthful Pills, and Wind Dew Elixirs.

For Second-order Pills, aside from Gathering Spirit Pills and Youthful Pills, the other pills were available in limited quantities.

Moreover, the Yang family’s pill shop accepted commission for alchemy work.

As for the talisman shop, it offered a much broader selection, focusing on First-order Talismans but boasting over a hundred varieties.

Crafting talismans is much easier than refining pills, and development on talisman making in the Spirit Source Land was far more rapid than alchemy.

Besides Yang Zhenshan and Cui Yang, several immortal cultivators in Spirit Source Land were capable of crafting basic talismans.

Over the years, Spirit Source Land amassed a considerable stockpile of talismans, now offered for the first time, and exceeding the quantity of pills.

While Yang Zhenshan could only craft four types of Second-order Talismans, all four were exceptionally practical.