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Chapter 102: Zhaojiafang Market (45 seeking first subscription!)

It was Yu Xian's fifth day in Zhaojia Gou.

Zhaojiafang Market.

Located about eighty miles away from Zhaojia Gou, it occupied a middle-grade spiritual vein and was situated deep within a bamboo forest, with steep terrain.

Outside the market, there was a second-grade middle-grade dual-color Youhuang formation serving as the mountain protection formation.

One black and one red, with black as the main defense and red as the main offense. Under the supervision of a Qi Refining stage cultivator, it was enough to deal with ordinary Foundation Building stage cultivators.

Similar to the clan protection formation in Zhaojia Gou, it was personally arranged by Patriarch Zhao himself, showing his great efforts.

However, the younger generation was really disappointing.

Despite the reputation and deterrence of the Zhao family, the support of the second-grade formation, and the resources provided by the Zhao family in Shangyang City, they still failed to develop Zhaojiafang Market into something remarkable.

At the entrance of the market.

A small flying boat descended from the sky.

Zhao Shiwen walked at the forefront with a stern face, followed by three deputy officials, each of whom was an elder from one of the branches.

Zhao Shiwen had finally become the new official in charge of Zhaojiafang Market.

Even though many people questioned her youth, lack of stability, lack of experience, and insufficient cultivation level, only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, unable to gain the support of the majority, she was still elected.

Because there was a powerful man standing behind her.

The elders put away their thoughts after receiving the stern reply from their ancestor, and unanimously supported the decision of the guest official, so as not to follow in the footsteps of Elder Long and Elder Guangyi.

The unknown punishment is the most terrifying.

No one knew the extent of the "cheapness" mentioned by Patriarch Zhao.

This gave Yu Xian an immeasurable power.

Of course, Yu Xian was always confident and knew that he could fool around in the Zhao family's territory for the time being, killing a few people to establish his authority, all within the limits tolerated by Patriarch Zhao.

But his actions had to be effective.

If after some time, Zhaojia Gou became Yujia Gou, or if the Zhao family's performance deteriorated, then it would be time for Patriarch Zhao to settle accounts.

This was probably one of the reasons why Patriarch Zhao chose him, a newly promoted Foundation Building cultivator who would not be able to reveal his true strength in a short period of time.

Although Patriarch Zhao had misjudged him, as he was not a newly promoted Foundation Building cultivator at all, this situation was mutually beneficial.

If the Zhao family prospered, he would also profit greatly, so he would naturally not cause trouble easily.

Therefore, when Zhao Shiwen took office, he also came along.

Following behind the four people, Yu Xian looked around as if he were a passerby, observing the scenery of Zhaojiafang Market.

In fact, there was nothing particularly attractive, just ordinary landscapes, but the bamboo forest was quite beautiful. When the wind blew, it would create the sound of waves.

Another thing worth noting was the scattered fields outside the market that could be seen from above, covering several hundred mu.

Spirit fields could only be cultivated on spiritual veins; otherwise, there would not be enough fertility to grow spiritual plants.

At this moment, there were tenant farmers working in the fields.

They mostly grew bamboo-like spiritual rice, taking advantage of the terrain, but the quality was not high.

Looking at this scene, Yu Xian suddenly remembered his past.

He had also been one of the tenant farmers in the Nangong family's market, working hard every day, but only receiving a little over three spiritual stones a year.

Because the land belonged to the market, after the harvest, they not only had to give the majority of the profit to the market, but even the spiritual rice they grew themselves could only be sold at a low price to them.

If they dared to sell privately, death would be their only fate.

Time passed.

He had unexpectedly become someone who exploited others after being exploited himself. In theory, half of the income from these spiritual fields belonged to him.

This feeling was quite strange.

Yu Xian felt as if his past self and his current self had merged together. His spiritual consciousness, which had been constantly rising, began to surge rapidly.

Five hundred meters, five hundred and ten, five hundred and twenty...

In just a few breaths, his spiritual consciousness had already expanded to a distance of five hundred and fifty meters.

Yu Xian, who was no longer the inexperienced cultivator he once was, clearly understood what this number represented.

Ordinary cultivators in the later stage of Foundation Building only had a spiritual sense range of five hundred meters, which means that he has now surpassed the spiritual sense intensity of the later stage of Foundation Building.

This is probably due to his status as a transmigrator.

His soul is very sensitive, and even simple things can give him a spiritual shock, leading to sudden enlightenment and improvement.

This is also why he unexpectedly excels in the talent for formations.

Comprehending formations requires an extraordinary level of sensitivity in order to see the rules of a formation from a simple pattern.

In a way, he has always been a genius.

Unfortunately, this kind of talent is not very useful in the early stages of cultivation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent three years farming without making much progress.

Entrance to the market.

Zhao Shiwen suddenly felt something and turned her head when she entered. However, she didn't see Yu Xian's figure, causing her to panic.

"Shiwen, what's wrong?" Zhao Guangfu, the elder of the second branch, asked kindly.

He felt that calling her "master" sounded too serious, while calling her "Shiwen" made him seem old-fashioned.

After careful consideration, he chose to call her "Shiwen Master," which was both intimate and distant enough.

Zhao Shiwen clenched her teeth and suppressed her nervousness.

Today was the day she took office, and she couldn't lose her momentum or embarrass the master.

She took a deep breath, calmed down, and shook her head, saying, "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of something. Let's go inside."

...

Where did Yu Xian go?

He simply changed his clothes, altered his appearance, and concealed his cultivation at the late stage of Qi Refining. He went to deal with his stolen goods.

When he first arrived in Shangyang City, he was short of money, so he became greedy and caused a Qi Refining gang in the slums to fall apart.

It was also during that time that he obtained the inheritance of a formation master and several artifacts.

He just never had the opportunity to use them.

After all, he wasn't a professional artifact refiner, and he didn't know if these artifacts' characteristics would be recognized by others.

Moreover, he didn't currently lack spirit stones, so he didn't want to take risks and kept them in his storage bag, collecting dust.

Now, Zhao Family's market was hundreds of miles away from Shangyang City, and the previous artifacts from the Golden Blade Gang wouldn't cause any trouble here.

It was also a good opportunity to check the quality of Zhao Family's service.

The preciousness of artifacts goes without saying. Even if it's just an ordinary low-grade artifact, it's worth hundreds of spirit stones.

This also led to the fact that ordinary wandering cultivators, even if they reached the late stage of Qi Refining and could control artifacts, would mostly choose to select their own materials and refine the artifacts themselves, wasting several years of cultivation.

Just like the former Yu Xian.

Speaking of which, when he first refined his Azure Blood Sword, the sword body was not even as long as a finger and could be considered the lowest-grade artifact.

Fortunately, it absorbed various rare materials and was nourished by the abundant Foundation Building mana. Now, it only lacks a little to transform into a top-grade artifact.

In the future, there is also a great chance for it to ascend to a spiritual artifact.

Such a precious artifact, would it make Zhao Family tempted and break the rules?

Zhao Family's market.

There was only one street in total.

Apart from some wandering cultivators setting up stalls sparsely on both sides of the street, many of the shops on the main street were closed.

There were only seven or eight shops open, and they all seemed to be doing poorly. Even the teahouse had few customers.

Baiyi Pavilion.

This was Zhao Family's business.

It claimed to have a hundred arts of cultivation, with no shortage of wonders. Occasionally, some high-quality goods would appear, attracting customers, making it the best-performing shop in Zhao Family.

Yu Xian, wearing a bamboo hat, walked into Baiyi Pavilion and casually placed a golden blade on the counter, shouting, "A top-grade artifact, a golden blade. Find someone who knows their stuff. I want to sell this blade!"

(End of this chapter)