After Ye Zhaoheng left, Ye Qingxuan took a sip of tea and casually asked:
“Patriarch, how is the Ye family doing now?”
Hearing Ye Qingxuan’s question, Ye Yuhong beamed with joy:
“Hahaha, not bad, not bad.”
“With the pills we brought back last time, although the Ye family has only gained one more Golden Core cultivator so far.”
“The Ye family has gained quite a few more Foundation Establishment cultivators and Purple Mansion cultivators.”
Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly:
“That’s good to hear.”
After all, Ye Qingxuan was originally from the Ye family, and the Ye family had treated him fairly well.
If the Ye family could flourish and grow more prosperous, Ye Qingxuan could feel more at ease.
Time passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, more than two hundred years had passed since he left the Ye family.
Ye Qingxuan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly at the ruthlessness of time.
Ye Yuhong took a gentle sip of tea and looked at Ye Qingxuan, whose appearance was unchanged, as if not affected by time at all.
He thought for a moment, and it seemed he had made some kind of decision in his heart. He spoke:
“Qingxuan, the person who comes to see you from now on may no longer be me.”
“In the future, as long as someone from the Ye family comes with the Ye family patriarch’s token, you can give them the blessed land’s share.”
Hearing Ye Yuhong’s words, Ye Qingxuan paused slightly, put down his teacup, and asked in confusion:
“Patriarch, why is that?”
With Ye Yuhong’s Golden Core cultivation and his current age, Ye Yuhong should still have several hundred years of lifespan. There should be no need for such an arrangement.
Seeing Ye Qingxuan’s confusion, Ye Yuhong laughed heartily and said with a hint of ease:
“I plan to personally lead a team and take the Ye family cultivators to the Xuanmu Realm to hunt the Qingmo Clan.”
Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan frowned:
“Go to the Xuanmu Realm?”
Although more and more cultivators were entering the Xuanmu Realm now, that did not mean the Xuanmu Realm was safe.
On the contrary, because of the massive influx of cultivators from both realms, the Xuanmu Realm was almost turning into a meat grinder.
With Ye Yuhong’s current cultivation, if anything went wrong, he could fall there.
Seeing Ye Qingxuan frown, Ye Yuhong knew he was worried about his safety, so he comforted him:
“Don’t worry! With the talismans we purchased from the Xuantian Sect this time, our trip will definitely be safe. You don’t need to worry.”
Actually, it wasn’t that Ye Yuhong wanted to go. He had no choice.
Most of the forces around the Ye family had now decided to enter the Xuanmu Realm to hunt the Qingmo Clan.
If these forces gained something in the Xuanmu Realm and their strength increased greatly, they would automatically encroach on the Ye family’s territory.
For forces attached to the Xuantian Sect, although they generally wouldn’t face the risk of their sect being destroyed or clan being wiped out,
once a nearby force’s strength increased greatly and reached the standard to apply for territorial expansion, the surrounding forces would either have to cede a large amount of territory or simply move away.
The strong are respected. This has been the law of the cultivation world since ancient times.
Once the forces around the Ye family hunted the Qingmo Clan in the Xuanmu Realm and their strength advanced by leaps and bounds, the Ye family’s clan lands would face the risk of being lost.
Although with the resources obtained from Ye Qingxuan, the Ye family was developing fairly well,
now, the times had changed.
This was the current trend. If they did not participate in hunting the Qingmo Clan and rise quickly, they would surely be eliminated in the future.
In this era, one either had to join the war between the two realms and ride the wave,
or accept being squeezed by other forces and lose their room to survive.
Ye Qingxuan himself understood this principle.
After a moment of silence, Ye Qingxuan slowly spoke:
“After going to the Xuanmu Realm, Patriarch, you can go find the city lord of the Mysterious Commerce City. That city lord has old ties with me and will look after the Ye family cultivators.”
He did not try to persuade Ye Yuhong to give up entering the Xuanmu Realm.
The long path of cultivation is inherently full of obstacles. How could it ever be smooth sailing?
With his help, perhaps the Ye family could also seize the opportunity and advance by leaps and bounds in the Xuanmu Realm.
Hearing Ye Qingxuan’s words, Ye Yuhong was somewhat surprised.
Although he did not know what kind of existence the city lord of the Mysterious Commerce City was, a cultivator who could establish a city in the Xuanmu Realm was certainly no simple figure.
He had not expected Ye Qingxuan to actually know such a person.
But Ye Yuhong did not want to ask more.
Ye Qingxuan surely had secrets. Otherwise, he would not have been able to obtain so many spirit stones to give back to the Ye family.
Even Ye Yuhong himself had some guesses in his heart.
But as long as all of this benefited the Ye family, Ye Yuhong would not tactlessly probe into Ye Qingxuan’s secrets.
So Ye Yuhong only nodded:
“Alright.”
Afterward, Ye Yuhong said with some emotion:
“The Ye family has not given you much help all these years. Instead, it is you who have given the Ye family unexpected surprises.”
“Qingxuan, on behalf of the Ye family, I thank you for your gifts!”
After saying this, Ye Yuhong was about to stand up and bow to Ye Qingxuan.
But now that Ye Qingxuan was already a Nascent Soul cultivator, how could he fail to notice Ye Yuhong’s movement?
When Ye Yuhong rose, Ye Qingxuan reached out and stopped him.
After stopping Ye Yuhong, Ye Qingxuan said urgently:
“Patriarch, there is no need for such courtesy. After all, Qingxuan also came from the Ye family, and the blessed cultivator quota was also obtained through the family. So these things are what the Ye family deserves.”
What Ye Qingxuan said was indeed true.
Before he became a blessed cultivator, he had signed a blessed land share agreement with the Ye family.
As long as Ye Qingxuan did not violate the contract, the blessed land’s thirty percent share would always belong to the Ye family.
At least before the cave heaven and blessed land merged and advanced into a lesser thousand world, and the contract was passively invalidated, this point would not easily change.
Moreover, Ye Qingxuan’s main source of income now relied on the Tianfu Shop.
The spiritual plants grown in Qingxuan Blessed Land only accounted for a small portion of Ye Qingxuan’s income.
So for the sake of a mere thirty percent share of the blessed land, it was not worth Ye Qingxuan violating the contract.
After being forcibly stopped by Ye Qingxuan and hearing his words, Ye Yuhong could only silently nod.
Even so, Ye Yuhong understood in his heart that an ordinary blessed land’s thirty percent share would definitely not yield so many superior-grade spirit stones.
From the Ye family’s perspective, it was indeed Ye Qingxuan who had continuously provided resources to support the Ye family.
As for the specific details, both Ye Qingxuan and Ye Yuhong tacitly did not speak or ask.
After Ye Zhaoheng finished purchasing the supplies Ye Yuhong needed and returned from the market,
Ye Qingxuan secretly placed into the purchased supplies:
10 sixth-rank mid-grade attack talismans, 10 sixth-rank mid-grade defense talismans, 3 sixth-rank high-grade attack talismans, and 3 sixth-rank high-grade defense talismans.
Under the current rule that Nascent Soul cultivators in the lower realm may not act against cultivators below Nascent Soul,
the talismans Ye Qingxuan gave were generally enough to protect the Ye family group.
After handing the supplies to Ye Yuhong, Ye Yuhong did not disturb Ye Qingxuan’s quiet cultivation for long and soon left Qingxuan Blessed Land.
However, before leaving, Ye Yuhong still did not forget to ask Ye Qingxuan for a large package of Calming Tea leaves.
After leaving Qingxuan Blessed Land, Ye Yuhong made another trip to the Ye family ancestor Ye Zhaoyang’s place.
This time, Ye Yuhong successfully met Ye Zhaoyang, who had come out of seclusion.
After chatting with Ye Zhaoyang for a long time, before leaving, Ye Yuhong left Ye Zhaoyang a small packet of tea leaves obtained from Ye Qingxuan.
However, as for the source of the tea leaves, Ye Yuhong hesitated for a moment and did not clearly tell Ye Zhaoyang.
Likewise, regarding Ye Qingxuan’s situation, Ye Yuhong did not reveal the slightest bit to outsiders.
After bidding farewell to Ye Zhaoyang, Ye Yuhong finally set out on the road back to the Ye family with the resources gained from this trip.
