“No way! Tianfu Shop is your business?”
Ye Qingxiao stared at Ye Qingxuan in shock, finding it hard to believe.
Seeing Ye Qingxiao’s astonished expression, Ye Qingxuan calmly nodded and said:
“Tianfu Shop is indeed my business. I was bored and casually opened a shop, and unexpectedly, it’s been developing quite well.”
Hearing such an incredibly humblebrag, Ye Qingxiao rolled his eyes and didn’t respond.
Afterward, Ye Qingxuan added a warning:
“Keep this to yourself. Don’t tell anyone else.”
He had no intention of hiding the fact about Tianfu Shop from Ye Qingxiao; it wasn’t that big a secret anyway.
You can hide something for a while, but not forever. He was only keeping it from those in Xuantian Sect who might have ulterior motives toward the shop.
Benefits stir people’s hearts. Although the sect’s rules kept them from acting rashly within Xuantian Sect, that didn’t mean they wouldn’t find various reasons to bother him.
It was enough to let Zhu Dafu handle all that hassle for now.
“Alright, got it. Do I look stupid?”
Ye Qingxiao readily agreed to the request, understanding Ye Qingxuan’s concerns, and decided not to tell anyone else.
Once Ye Qingxuan had finished his instructions, Ye Qingxiao said eagerly:
“I’m heading out now! I’ll go to the extraterritorial battlefield right away and give your Nuclear Explosion Pills a proper promotion!”
“I’ll come find you to mooch off the rich man when I get back, hehe!”
With that, Ye Qingxiao grabbed the storage pouch containing the Nuclear Explosion Pills and flew off on his sword.
Ye Qingxuan didn’t mind his playful teasing. Having grown up together and stepped onto the path of cultivation side by side, he understood Ye Qingxiao’s nature well.
Watching his friend’s departing figure, Ye Qingxuan put down his teacup and stood up. He walked to the edge of the stone pavilion, clasped his hands behind his back, and gazed thoughtfully into the distance.
If Qingxiao succeeded on this trip, it would be the moment for Tianfu Shop to expand rapidly and harvest cultivation resources!
And at the same time, it might be the moment when trouble came knocking one after another!
Shortly after Ye Qingxiao left,
Ye Qingxuan returned to Qingxuan’s Blessed Land and began setting up more production lines for the Nuclear Explosion Pills.
He also sent a telepathic message to Zhu Dafu, instructing him to purchase large quantities of demon cores of all levels—the more, the better. He also told him to recruit enough staff to prepare for upgrading Tianfu Shop to a large-scale establishment.
Zhu Dafu was taken aback when he received the message, feeling confused.
They had always been collecting demon cores; expanding the scale of purchases wasn’t a big deal.
But upgrading to a large-scale shop? Given Tianfu Shop’s current size, it was far from sufficient, right?
Just as Zhu Dafu was puzzling over this, Ye Qingxuan sent him another detailed message.
This message outlined the effects and power of the various pills in the Nuclear Explosion Pill series, along with the plan Ye Qingxuan had devised.
Ye Qingxuan didn’t intend to keep this from Zhu Dafu. Since Zhu Dafu was managing Tianfu Shop for him, it was only right to inform him about the Nuclear Explosion Pills and his plan in advance.
Bound by a Dao oath, Ye Qingxuan didn’t need to be overly cautious around Zhu Dafu, and he believed in trusting those he employed.
Telling him the plan allowed Zhu Dafu to prepare early and better execute the strategy.
As expected, Zhu Dafu grew excited after reading the detailed plan, as if seeing the opportunity for Tianfu Shop to take off.
Without needing further instruction from Ye Qingxuan, Zhu Dafu got busy.
He started planning the recruitment and the layout for upgrading Tianfu Shop to a large-scale establishment. He even began making preliminary arrangements to build anticipation for the Nuclear Explosion Pills.
All he needed was for the results of the promotion on the extraterritorial battlefield to start spreading; then he would help fan the flames and keep expanding the pills’ influence.
Everything was ready; all that was needed was the final push!
Meanwhile, while Ye Qingxuan and Zhu Dafu were making preparations,
Ye Qingxuan was mingling with a group of Xuantian Sect disciples, getting ready to go to the extraterritorial battlefield with them.
This group was brought together by a Golden Core realm senior brother and a few disciples at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm. They then gathered their own friends, forming a group of over thirty people.
Their cultivation levels were mostly in the Purple Mansion and Foundation Establishment realms, with only one Golden Core cultivator. This trip was aimed at the peripheral area of the extraterritorial battlefield.
To get there, they wouldn’t simply fly; they would use the cross-border teleportation array outside Xuantian Sect.
To make it easier for cultivators in the Dìxuán Realm to reach the extraterritorial battlefield, the major hegemonic powers had each built a cross-border teleportation array near their headquarters.
Since these arrays were used frequently, they had been constructed with permanent space passages, allowing direct access without needing to be activated each time.
Cultivators in the Dìxuán Realm used these arrays to travel to the extraterritorial battlefield.
However, only disciples of the hegemonic powers didn’t have to pay a fee to use them; others had to spend a considerable amount of spirit stones.
Last time, Ye Qingxiao, being young and fearless, had gone alone, using the array by himself to gain experience on the battlefield.
But this time, with a mission from Ye Qingxuan, he planned to go with his fellow sect members.
This group was his first target for promotion.
Among the crowd, a beautiful woman happened to spot Ye Qingxiao. Her face lit up with joy as she walked over.
“Senior Brother Ye, it is you! Are you planning to come with us this time?”
This woman was Yu Xueqing. Last time on the extraterritorial battlefield, Ye Qingxiao had saved her life.
Glancing at her, Ye Qingxiao was still preoccupied with his promotion plans in his head and responded absentmindedly:
“Yeah.”
“Really? Then how about we form a team this time?”
Hearing that he wasn’t going solo this time, and ignoring his somewhat distracted attitude, Yu Xueqing eagerly extended an invitation.
Although they were all heading to the extraterritorial battlefield together, once they arrived, they would split into pairs, spreading out and maintaining a certain distance while training.
This way, everyone could benefit, and they could still help each other in times of crisis.
Upon hearing her invitation, Ye Qingxiao nodded instinctively and said:
“Sure.”
Meanwhile, in his mind, he was still fantasizing about how to use the Nuclear Explosion Pill to make the biggest splash.
Hearing his agreement, Yu Xueqing happily clenched her fist in triumph.
Sensing that Ye Qingxiao was deep in thought, she didn’t disturb him further and simply walked obediently beside him toward the cross-border teleportation array.
At the front of the group, one of the lead disciples, a Xuantian Sect member at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm, turned his head. Seeing Yu Xueqing’s joyful expression, he frowned.
His gaze shifted to Ye Qingxiao beside her, and a dark look instantly filled his eyes.
He was about to go back to where Yu Xueqing was, but just then, it was their turn to enter the array. Helpless, he was pulled along by his companions and stepped into the teleportation array.
