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Chapter 200: Chapter 143: Demon Cave Eruption, Solid Essence Pill Acquired, Investiture Ceremony (Part 2)

Shopkeeper Wan led them to the backyard on the first floor. After sitting down, he smiled and said:

”Besides refining Spirit Pills, do you have any other requests?”

This visit.

He also needed to purchase the remaining materials required for constructing the Earth Fire chamber.

Before this.

He had asked Grandmaster Yu to prepare a list.

Shopkeeper Wan glanced over it, looked at Fu Changsheng in surprise but didn’t ask further, instead quickly quoted a price:

”Sir, regarding the materials you need, the others are manageable, but this Tier Two Middle-Grade Warm Stone costs twenty percent more than ordinary Tier Two Low-Grade Spiritual Materials. This Warm Stone is a specialty of the Snow Ridge Mountains, which is also the lair of the Tier Two Iron-Armed Ape. To obtain this item, a cultivator must risk their life. So, the total list price of materials, after rounding off, is three thousand Spirit Stones. Can you accept this price?”

Although their Fu Family also runs shops, he doesn’t handle shop matters, so he’s not very familiar with material prices.

Therefore, before heading out.

He specifically asked Meizhen to estimate the price. Meizhen checks the monthly accounts of the two shops in Nanyang Marketplace and knows them very well. The quote from Shopkeeper Wan was fairly similar.

Fu Changsheng nodded slightly.

He slapped his storage bag.

Took out the Flame Turtle Shell and Demon Pill, letting Shopkeeper Wan estimate their value, which was almost equivalent to the total price of the materials he needed.

After settling the price difference.

A familiar mechanical voice immediately sounded in his mind:

”Ding, you have purchased materials for the construction of the Earth Fire chamber for the clan, obtaining three hundred Contribution Points.”

Immediately after.

The Contribution Points on the panel soared to one thousand five hundred eighty.

Seeing the Contribution Points rise again, Fu Changsheng felt delighted.

Two days later.

Returning from the Wanning Commerce Association with four Solid Essence Pills, he and Shangguan Feng began their journey back.

However.

Before he reached Anyang County.

The news about the Fu Family being conferred as a Quasi-Ninth Grade Noble Family was already posted by the World Suppression Bureau throughout South Huai Prefecture, instantly causing a stir among the other three Qi Cultivation Clans in Anyang County.

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Leimang Mountain, Lei Family.

The only remaining Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer Elder, who is also the newly appointed Lei Family Patriarch, was in disbelief for a long time upon hearing the news.

Eleven years ago.

Fu Family was still considered a defeated dog; they, the Lei Family, were the leading Qi Cultivation clan in Anyang County. But in an instant, their positions became completely reversed.

Originally, their Lei Family was most likely to be conferred.

For this.

Their ancestors had planned for a century.

But everything changed when Fu Family unexpectedly won the championship at the Ten Thousand Ghosts Abyss Noble Family Grand Competition, leading to their ancestor’s death on Qingcheng Mountain. Most likely, the Foundation Establishment Main Medicine on Qingcheng Mountain also fell into Fu Changsheng’s hands, allowing him to establish his Foundation.

The immense wealth that should have belonged to the Lei Family was suddenly seized by the Fu Family!

How could one accept this!

The Lei Patriarch walked quickly back and forth in the secret chamber.

Finally, he stopped, his gaze falling upon the entirely black box on the table, surrounded by layers of restrictions, sighing deeply.

The Fu Family has already risen.

Lei Family is now barely surviving, without even the qualification to compete with others. At present, only by offering this item to the Fu Family can the Lei Family continue to survive.

Tears of regret flowed.

The Lei Patriarch sobbed:

”Ancestral spirits, your descendant is unworthy. Now even the ancestral heirloom must be handed over!”

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Wu Family.

In the council hall, Wu Clan Leader was somewhat restless. He couldn’t reach his cousin, Lei Family had inexplicably closed their mountain, and with the significant event of Fu Family being conferred as a Quasi-Ninth Grade Noble Family, he couldn’t discuss it with his cousin.

Typically following the Lei Patriarch’s lead, Wu Clan Leader.

In the moment.

Was somewhat lost.

He glanced at the elders on both sides, slapped the table loudly, becoming slightly impatient:

”All of you, speak up! Fu Family is going to hold a conferral celebration in two days. Think properly, what congratulatory gift we can send so that Fu Family doesn’t perceive Wu Family as a thorn in their side.”

The elders looked at each other.

The Grand Elder cleared his throat and said:

”Clan Leader, our Wu Family hasn’t had any disputes with Fu Family over these years. Just send a decent congratulatory gift; there’s no reason for Fu Family to trouble us, right?”

That’s the logic.

But Wu Clan Leader felt uneasy.

Back in the Noble Family Grand Competition, he and his cousin selected the competition venue in Ten Thousand Ghosts Abyss and let Zhang Family, which was significantly stronger than Fu Family at the time, enter the same area.

It was clearly to let Zhang Family eliminate Fu Family.

If Fu Family decides to pursue this old grievance, Wu Family would be in serious trouble.

Therefore.

He thought of using the celebration as an opportunity to offer a substantial gift and soften up; if Fu Family calmed down, then the matter would be over.

Hence this congratulatory gift needs to be special!

Considering Fu Changsheng’s Foundation Establishment, ordinary Tier One Spiritual Objects surely wouldn’t appeal to him.

After deliberation.

Wu Clan Leader felt his heartache as he said:

”Fine, fine, seems we can only offer that treasure.”

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Liuu Family.

Compared to Lei and Wu families, the atmosphere in Liuu Family’s council hall was even more tense.

Not long ago.

Liuu Family was still an enviable Foundation Establishment clan, believing they could rise greatly, only to realize everything changed overnight.

Not only was the Patriarch killed.

Even the Clan Mountain was looted.

After persuasion by the new Patriarch, everyone finally realized the severity of the previous Patriarch colluding with Ping Family, soon after personally visiting the Shangguan Family to confess. Shortly after that, news spread that Fu Family has already been conferred as a Noble Family.