Chapter 108: Chapter 17: Long Ti No See
"I am the Patriarch of the Rong family, Rong Yuanjiang. Fellow cultivator, you honor our Rong family’s marketplace with your visit. May I ask the purpose of your visit? Would you care to co inside and sit for a while?" Rong Yuanjiang dismissed the others and smiled as he cupped his hands in greeting towards Li Jizhou.
Although the Rong family is also a Foundation Establishnt family, three of its mbers have reached the Late Stage of Foundation Establishnt, and there are no rival families nearby that can stand as equals.
Additionally, their family’s beast mastery skills within the Qi Kingdom are only second to the elite Immortal Race Beast-Mastery Xiao family within the Divine Intent Sect’s territory, making it a leading force in this field, with considerable family wealth.
"Patriarch Rong, it is an honor to et you. I am just on my way to Golden Crow Immortal City to sell so pills, rely passing through, no need to impose." Li Jizhou smiled slightly.
"Oh? May I ask what kind of pills you intend to sell, fellow cultivator?" Rong Yuanjiang was slightly taken aback and casually asked.
Pills that a Foundation Establishnt cultivator would specifically go to Golden Crow Immortal City to sell couldn’t be ordinary.
"Haha, it’s quite embarrassing to say, but they were originally bought for the juniors; however... hehe, I might as well sell them." Li Jizhou laughed while playing with two Bone Marrow Enhancent Pills in his hand, the very pills he had purchased at Spirit Pearl Mountain’s marketplace years ago.
"Aren’t these the grand pills once used by Pill Master Li, the aspiring cultivator?" Rong Yuanjiang’s expression changed slightly.
"No doubt about it, I specially bought them from a branch of Miaodan Tower. I want to return them, but they only refunded ninety percent, leaving
short by four hundred Spirit Stones, which is troubling. I heard that the demand at Golden Crow Immortal City exceeds supply; maybe I can sell them for a higher price." Li Jizhou placed the two pills on the table directly, indicating that Rong Yuanjiang could examine them freely.
Rong Yuanjiang’s eyelids twitched slightly.
The Miaodan Tower’s Dharma Pattern was engraved, and the pills’ aura was unmistakable.
He instinctively turned his head to glance behind him.
As the patriarch of the Rong family, the family’s wealth was indeed noteworthy, but due to its size, with many mbers, he, as the patriarch, was constantly under watch.
And his most beloved son had a Lower-grade Spirit Root, unlikely to establish a Foundation by the age of fifty barring unforeseen circumstances.
Last month, upon seeing Miaodan Tower’s advertisents, he was quite tempted but dared not openly buy them for his son.
"Fellow cultivator Li, why go through all this trouble? Why not sell them to
at the original price?"
"Original price? Patriarch Rong, you must be joking. If I were in the territory of my clan, then at the original price, but now having traveled thousands of miles, it cannot be at the original price." Li Jizhou smiled slightly.
After establishing the Foundation, he had been considering how to liquidate these pills and had already thoroughly researched the financial power and social connections of nearby families.
Every aspect of Rong Yuanjiang’s behavior was calculated into his plans.
"Then, what price does fellow cultivator have in mind?"
"If Patriarch Rong truly wants them, just add ten percent!"
"Agreed!" Rong Yuanjiang did not want to haggle too much, lest troubles arise from delay.
He imdiately gave Li Jizhou four hundred forty Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
Following this thod,
Over the next month, Li Jizhou visited two other family marketplaces he had previously investigated with sufficient resources and sold another five grand pills.
With the five thousand Spirit Stone cost from back then, he netted a gain of six thousand.
Moreover, during this process, he unexpectedly encountered an old acquaintance.
A thousand miles away from the Rong family, Chen Yuankang indeed established a family on a Tier One Spirit Vein.
Although it has only been about ten years, it remains a small household, consisting of Chen Yuankang, his spouse surnad Huang, their five children born over the years, and a few Qi Cultivation disciples.
It’s like a fledgling Qi Cultivation family.
At the ti, Li Jizhou disguised himself as a rugged man with a bushy beard, unexpectedly t Chen Yuankang, and on a whim, bestowed Peiyuan Pills to his five children to slightly enhance their aptitude.
Then he drifted away, leaving Chen Yuankang leading everyone to kneel in farewell to their predecessor.
Chen Yuankang, almost seventy years old, having suffered hidden injuries in the past, will likely never surpass Foundation Establishnt in this lifeti. This might have been their last eting.
With the sale of the grand pills completed, Li Jizhou was left with just that one remaining Foundation Establishnt Pill to handle.
The Foundation Establishnt Pill bore the Dharma Pattern of Miaodan Tower, and each pill sale was recorded.
This Foundation Establishnt Pill of Li Jizhou’s was considered by Miaodan Tower to have already been used, and if discovered, it might stir unnecessary suspicion.
Additionally, due to the scarcity of Foundation Establishnt Pills, should he disguise himself to sell it directly, those families might hesitate to buy, fearing it was tampered with by rival families.
Especially, even if successfully sold to these families, they could identify Li Jizhou’s identity through the pill’s Dharma Pattern.
This would lead to many unwarranted troubles.
Ultimately, he decided to sell the Middle Grade Foundation Establishnt Pill to the Yang family of Qingshui River.
Firstly, the Yang family harbors no doubts about his pills.
Secondly, Li Jizhou is relatively acquainted with the Yang family’s higher-ups.
Thirdly, two years ago, Yang Xiaofu, the Yang family patriarch, after returning from Golden Crow Immortal City, compromised to the Qian and Zhao families, ceded the dicine fields, and even made compensations.
Most crucially, the Yang family’s Foundation Establishnt Ancestor personally went to the Wen family to offer apologies, with self-inflicted injuries as penance.
Ultimately, the Yang family managed to barely survive.
Now was the Yang family’s lowest point, where they most needed confidence.
And this Foundation Establishnt Pill could offer them enough strength to sustain that hope!
Additionally, his current identity and status are beyond comparison, especially the reputation as an Honorary Elder of the Golden Sun Sect, lending him substantial leverage, causing the Qian, Zhao, and even the Wen families to be cautious.
While not impeding his steady progress towards his planned goals, Li Jizhou was willing to let the Yang family gain so montum.
A month later, Li Jizhou wearing white attire, descended on the Yang family of Qingshui River with a Flying Ship, a place he last visited eighteen years ago.
"Welco, Elder Li!"
The powerful aura of a Foundation Establishnt Stage cultivator instantly alerted the Yang family’s ancestor, who then led the clan in full force to greet him.
"No need for formalities!"
Once Miaodan Tower’s promotional poster was released, those in the Yang family familiar with Li Jizhou imdiately realized that the pill-consuming Pill Master was indeed Li Jizhou.
The revelation that he had established Foundation shocked the Yang family.
For a Foundation Establishnt family like theirs, it took joint efforts over many years to cultivate a single Foundation Establishnt cultivator,
Of course only selecting those with the best aptitude and disposition for cultivation.
Who could have imagined soone like Li Jizhou, so extravagant and unconventional!
The news of Li Jizhou’s Foundation Establishnt quickly spread within the Yang family, enveloping the Second Elder Yang Yuanzhen in another wave of dissatisfaction from the confused second elder.
Wu Daniu upon hearing the news, was stunned for a mont before regaining composure, filled with blessings.
He already knew Li Jizhou’s personality, dedicated to the Dao, and preferred not to be disturbed; even after obtaining his address in the Immortal City from Yang Xiaofu, he never wrote to interrupt him.
Believing he would never have another chance to see Li Jizhou in this life, the current sight of the elegant and graceful figure on the Flying Ship brought tears to his eyes.
"Big brother ca back to see !"
Li Jizhou’s arrival undoubtedly infused a breath of vitality and hope into the Yang family, downcast over the past two years.
In the crowd, a graceful figure clad in a sky-blue gauze dress, from the mont she appeared, never took her eyes off him.
She simply raised her head, gazing quietly, with an uncontrollable smile erging at the corners of her mouth.
Eventually, Li Jizhou was invited by the Yang family’s ancestor to their central ancestral land.
Accompanied only by Yang Yuyan, now the Yang family patriarch after Yang Xiaofu’s retirent the previous year.
"Patriarch Yang, long ti no see!" Li Jizhou smiled slightly at Yang Yuyan, whom he hadn’t seen in a decade.
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