“This is… a spirit artifact?”
Hearing Ye Yuhong’s question, Ye Qingxuan silently nodded:
“Yes!”
Upon receiving Ye Qingxuan’s confirmation, Ye Yuhong’s voice instantly shot up, and he said in disbelief:
“This is really a spirit artifact?”
Watching Ye Yuhong’s reaction, Ye Qingxuan secretly regretted it.
If he had known earlier, he should have put away the spirit artifact cushion before the patriarch arrived.
But things had already come to this, so Ye Qingxuan could only nod helplessly.
He picked up the freshly brewed tea on the table and poured a cup for Ye Yuhong.
Still in shock, Ye Yuhong kept stroking the spirit artifact beast-hide cushion beneath him with both hands.
He had lived for so long, yet this was the first time he had sat on a cushion at the spirit artifact level. He could not shake the feeling that he was dreaming.
The look he gave Ye Qingxuan even revealed a gaze of disappointment at him for failing to live up to expectations, making Ye Qingxuan feel rather awkward.
Just thinking that what was beneath him was a spirit artifact made Ye Yuhong feel as if he were wasting some precious treasure, and he became somewhat restless.
“What a waste of heaven’s gifts!”
Ye Yuhong cursed inwardly, then subconsciously picked up the tea Ye Qingxuan had poured for him and drank it.
That one drink was incredible. The Ye Yuhong whose emotions had been fluctuating so strongly just moments ago instantly entered sage mode, and his heart became calm and unruffled.
All kinds of insights surged into Ye Yuhong’s mind.
The mysteries of spells that he normally could not comprehend or break through were one by one seen through by Ye Yuhong.
The realm of the spells he cultivated began to advance by leaps and bounds within the deductions in his mind.
Seeing Ye Yuhong fall into a state of sudden enlightenment, Ye Qingxuan slapped his forehead and thought to himself:
“Oh no!”
The tea Ye Qingxuan had brewed was the fifth-stage Calming Tea he drank daily.
Ever since the Calming Tea had transformed to the fifth-stage level, its effect on improving the comprehension of low-stage cultivators had greatly increased.
It could allow cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and below to enter a brief state of enlightenment.
The specific effect depended on the cultivator’s realm and their usual accumulation.
This time, when Ye Yuhong came, Ye Qingxuan had not thought too much about it and had still brewed the fifth-stage Calming Tea he often drank.
It was not that the fifth-stage Calming Tea was harmful to Ye Yuhong.
Rather, Ye Qingxuan found it troublesome and did not know how to explain to Ye Yuhong afterward where the fifth-stage Calming Tea came from.
After all, he could hardly just say that he had grown it himself, right?
“Forget it! I will take it one step at a time!”
Sighing, Ye Qingxuan began leisurely drinking his tea, not thinking about these annoying problems.
A long while later, Ye Yuhong finally slowly came back to his senses. He gave Ye Qingxuan a deep look and said meaningfully:
“Qingxuan, you certainly have no shortage of good things here, huh?”
It made Ye Qingxuan feel rather awkward, and he quickly took a sip of tea to calm himself.
Immediately after, Ye Yuhong, with the shamelessness of an elder, smiled mischievously and spoke again:
“I do not care how you got this tea, but when I leave, you have to give me a pack, hehehe!”
He did not want to pry into Ye Qingxuan’s secrets, but this tea—he, Ye Yuhong, was definitely going to drink it.
Hearing this, and seeing that Ye Yuhong had not asked more, Ye Qingxuan felt relieved and said with a laugh:
“Haha, easy, easy. When the time comes, I will give you a big pack, Patriarch!”
Seeing Ye Qingxuan agree, Ye Yuhong nodded with satisfaction:
“That is good.”
Afterward, Ye Yuhong subconsciously asked again:
“By the way, how much is the Ye family’s share this time?”
Because the sudden enlightenment had taken some time, and because of the blow he had suffered here at Ye Qingxuan’s place, Ye Yuhong did not want to delay any longer and went straight to the point.
“One million high-grade spirit stones.”
“How much?”
Ye Yuhong somewhat did not believe his own ears and asked again.
Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan said helplessly:
“Patriarch, you heard correctly. It is one million high-grade spirit stones!”
Ye Qingxuan had signed a contract for the Ye family’s share, so he could not falsify it. He could only give more, not less.
The exact share was around more than nine hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones, and Ye Qingxuan had rounded it up to a whole number.
Ye Yuhong took a deep breath and said with a slight tremble in his voice:
“It really is one million high-grade spirit stones?”
One had to know that the total spirit stones in the Ye family’s entire treasury right now added up to only about fifty thousand high-grade spirit stones.
Do not be fooled by the small number—the Ye family normally used middle-grade and low-grade spirit stones.
Fifty thousand high-grade spirit stones was equivalent to five million middle-grade spirit stones.
For a Golden Core stage clan, this was already a huge sum.
If Ye Yuhong had not brought back about twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones last time, the Ye family’s current spirit stone reserves would have been even smaller.
So Ye Yuhong repeatedly confirming was also a normal reaction.
One million high-grade spirit stones could crush the Ye family to death if dropped on them.
Ye Qingxuan nodded, took the initiative to pick up the conversation, and changed the subject:
“The number of spirit stones is correct. Patriarch, what resources do you want to exchange for this time?”
Ye Yuhong was silent for a moment, calming his emotions.
A long while later, Ye Yuhong finally said quietly:
“You brat, what you are giving me now is not a surprise—it is outright shock.”
This was a full one million high-grade spirit stones, after all.
If he brought the spirit stones back and the surrounding forces found out, they would probably take the risk and directly rob the Ye family.
But if these spirit stones were used well, perhaps the Ye family really would begin to soar.
Thinking of this, Ye Yuhong felt both uneasy and excited.
As for the source of the spirit stones, Ye Yuhong did not ask more this time.
Some things were better left unknown.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Yuhong thought for a long time, then decisively spoke:
“Give me another set of the pills I purchased last time, and then give me a set of low-grade spirit artifacts that integrate both offense and defense.”
“Then give me 10 fifth-stage supreme-grade attack talismans, 10 fifth-stage supreme-grade defense talismans, 4 sixth-stage low-grade attack talismans, and 2 sixth-stage low-grade defense talismans.”
“As for the remaining spirit stones, help me exchange them for supreme-grade spirit stones. I will bring them all back to the Ye family, all right?”
For the pills purchased last time, Ye Yuhong had spent a total of 280,200 high-grade spirit stones.
In this new purchase, a set of low-grade spirit artifacts integrating both offense and defense was worth 100,000 high-grade spirit stones.
Fifth-stage supreme-grade talismans were about 6,000 high-grade spirit stones each, so 20 fifth-stage supreme-grade talismans were worth about 120,000 high-grade spirit stones.
Sixth-stage low-grade talismans were worth about 80,000 high-grade spirit stones each, so 6 sixth-stage low-grade talismans were worth about 480,000 high-grade spirit stones.
The total value was about 980,200 high-grade spirit stones.
The remaining 19,800 high-grade spirit stones could be exchanged for 198 supreme-grade spirit stones.
Hearing what Ye Yuhong wanted, Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly and called softly:
“Zhaoheng!”
Not long after the words fell, Ye Zhaoheng’s figure had already appeared outside the stone pavilion.
Looking at the people in the stone pavilion, Ye Zhaoheng respectfully bowed and said:
“Greetings, Young Master! Greetings, Patriarch!”
Ye Yuhong looked at Ye Zhaoheng’s cultivation in surprise, but did not say much.
Seeing that Ye Zhaoheng had already arrived, Ye Qingxuan waved his hand and said:
“No need for formalities. Go to the marketplace and help me purchase some supplies.”
After saying that, he gave Ye Zhaoheng a procurement list of what Ye Yuhong needed and a storage pouch containing spirit stones.
“Yes, Young Master!”
After receiving the procurement list and the storage pouch, Ye Zhaoheng headed off toward the teleportation array leading to the marketplace.
