Chapter 9: The Rogue Merchant

  As Ye Xuan's absorption gradually stabilized, the mysterious energy in his body suddenly flowed like water around the meridians, being rapidly absorbed.

  It was about three and a half hours later, the pure Xuan Qi of the three small Xuan Dan had been refined by Ye Xuan to almost nothing. At this time, he felt that the Xuan Men began to tremble again, this time the trembling was more intense than ever before, and beads of sweat flowed down from Ye Xuan's forehead.

  The trembling of the Mystic Gate stopped, and Ye Xuan let out a long sigh of turbid air.

  What surprised Ye Xuan was that eight shallow cracks appeared, Eightfold Mysterious Qi!

  Ye Xuan stood up and muttered to himself: "Ye Chen Tian, I am now the eighth layer of Xuan Qi. If you don't work harder, I will catch up with you soon?"

  A strong desire arose, Ye Xuan wanted to see the power of Hachioji Gen's Qi, he closed his eyes, and a set of outwardly gentle yet overbearing palm techniques appeared in his mind.

  He flipped over, his Clear Step movement making him appear sometimes in the east and sometimes in the west. He struck out with one palm, and a mysterious energy was released from it, transforming into a square-shaped wave. The square-shaped palm print shot out, and he felt a powerful force being emitted from his palm, creating a series of square-shaped illusions in its wake.

  Bang!

  Only a square palm print was seen, although there was no target, but it was still tearing the air in the air, making a piercing sound.

  He practiced the set of palm techniques that he had secretly memorized three days ago, which was the same set of palm techniques that Ye Zhenwu had practiced. He saw the overbearing nature contained within the palm technique and was very satisfied with it. At the same time, he also felt the great consumption of this palm technique. When he used this square-shaped palm technique, his own Xuan Qi was almost completely depleted. It seemed that this palm technique couldn't be easily used by him at his current level of power.

  Ye Xuan thought to himself, "Father said that he can get five Small Mystic Pills from Eldest Uncle every month, but those five pills are only enough for me to cultivate for one day. It seems I need to think of a way to get some more Small Mystic Pills to cultivate."

  He thought of Dongfang Yan, that little girl, last time he saw her she was already a first-grade star mirror, it seems that this little girl's talent must be extremely high. How could Ye Xuan lose to a little girl? Otherwise, how would he pick up girls? He himself was foolishly thinking and being happy about it.

  ……

  That day, Ye Xuan originally wanted to walk alone on the streets of Xihe City, and he had planned to go to the shops in Xihe City to earn some small change. However, he was now penniless, without any valuable items, and even his luggage was empty. As he looked around, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.

  Ye Xuan looked carefully and saw a standard face, with big eyes like a clear water appearing in front of him. It turned out to be Ye Yun, this little girl.

  Ye Yun was delighted to see Ye Xuan on the street, she learned from Ye Zhenwu that Ye Xuan had recovered his strength, and happily went to find Ye Xuan several times, but each time Ye Xuan was busy cultivating, so Ye Yun didn't go to disturb him.

  Ye Yun pulled up Ye Xuan's arm and smiled: "Brother Ye Xuan, I heard that your strength has recovered?"

  Ye Xuan smiled and nodded, he also liked this younger sister. Just as he was about to speak, a man and a woman walked towards them, the man was Ye Zhan Zhang and the woman was Ye Xiang Ting. In terms of age, Ye Xuan should still call these two brother and sister.

  Ye Yan Zhang nodded at Ye Xuan without saying a word, and Ye Xuan had always categorized her as a taciturn person. In fact, that was true - Ye Yan Zhang was introverted and stable by nature, not fond of speaking. His innate talent wasn't bad either, with an Eightfold Mystic Aura. His younger sister, Ye Xiang Ting, as well as Ye Yun, had slightly lower cultivation aptitude, currently at the Fivefold Mystic Aura.

  It was Ye Xiangting who was more outgoing, greeting Ye Xuan and saying: "Ye Xuan, why are you strolling around the streets alone?"

  Yexuan replied: "I just recovered from my injuries and my training has been a bit dull, so I came out to relax and broaden my horizons."

  Four people walked together, and Ye Zhan, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "Ye Xuan, aren't you broadening your horizons? I'll take you to a place."

  Ye Xuan nodded in agreement, although he found it strange. Several people followed Ye Zhen and finally entered a medium-sized commercial building located in the southern part of the city, called: Tai Ri Commercial Building.

  This shop is actually controlled by the Sit family, one of the three major forces in Xihewan.

  This medium-sized shop has two floors, the first floor is a free trading market and the second floor is an auction house. There is also a martial arts arena in the backyard of the shop. It's also a good place to trade in Xihewan City.

  Ye Zhan led the three of them to a counter on the first floor that belonged to a merchant, where a stout man with a big head and ears was in charge of negotiating transactions. He had small beady eyes, a pair of eight-shaped whiskers, and wore the uniform attire of the merchant's shop, with an embroidered seven-colored sword on his clothes that seemed to come alive.

  Ye Xuan's evaluation of this sturdy man was two words: swindler.

  Only then did Ye Zhan arrive at the counter, pulling out a qiankun bag from his sleeve and taking out a spiritual root.

  Ye Xuan had been on this continent for some time and was familiar with many common spiritual herbs and roots. At a glance, he knew that Ye Zhan had taken out a Saint Ruhuiqi root, which contained rich and pure Xuan Qi. In the hands of an alchemist, it could be refined into at least ten small Xuan Dan pills.

  Only to see that stout man with big ears, not even raising an eyebrow, just glanced at the sacred root in Ye Zhan's hand and quoted a price: "Five small Xuan Dan."

  Ye Zhan heard this and furrowed his brow, thinking the same thing as Ye Xuan in his heart. He cursed inwardly: "Damn it, what a swindling merchant!" Dissatisfied, he said: "Shopkeeper, this Sheng Rujigen was dug up by me on Jiuyingshan at the risk of my life, and it's worth ten small xuan dan."

  The sturdy Han seemed to have heard this opinion many times and sneered, "What you said is just the value in the hands of alchemists, but here, its value is only five pieces."

  Ye Zhanxian angrily said: "The price your shop is offering is also too cheap."

  The burly man stroked his eight-bearded chin and said slowly, "Our Da Ri commercial house has a purchasing standard for all kinds of rare treasures. If you want to sell, sell it; if not, we won't force you."

  Ye Zhan hesitated for a moment, but still handed the Sheng Ruo Qi Gen to the strong man. The strong man took it and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, as if he had expected Ye Zhan's decision all along. He reached into the counter and pulled out a bag, taking out five small Xuan Dan pills and tossing them to Ye Zhan.

  Ye Zhan took over the Xiao Xuan Dan, hummed a sound, turned around and walked towards the martial arts arena in the backyard.

  Ye Xiangting caught up with him and asked: "What are you doing going to the martial arts arena?"

  "I'm going to the arena to win back the Xuan Dan I lost." Ye Zhan said with a gloomy expression.

  Ye Xuan was originally unwilling to go with Ye Zhan, but after hearing that there would be a reward for winning, his eyes lit up instantly. After all, what he lacked now was the Xuan Dan.