Chapter 335: Chapter 335: Intestines Green with Regret

Everyone stared in shock at the old man known as Uncle Ye. He was said to be the grand steward of the Divine Walk Commerce Association, a master whose strength had reached the pinnacle—a Tier Six Martial Venerable. It seemed the rumors were true; he was incredibly strong.

Just the aura emanating from him was enough to make many of the guests present unable to bear it, their faces turning pale.

No wonder the major families of Black Stone City hadn’t made a move on the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth in the Treasure Pavilion. With a Tier Six Martial Venerable expert standing guard, anyone who wanted to seize it would have to think twice about the consequences.

Dongfang Ye’s gaze fell sharply upon Ye Xuan.

’No matter who is backing this boy, it’s fine if he genuinely wants to buy the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth. But if he’s just trying to mess with our Treasure Pavilion, then even if I have to risk it all, I’ll teach this brat a lesson today.’

"Please, don’t be alarmed. Hear me out," Ye Xuan said calmly, his expression unchanging and his figure perfectly still under Dongfang Ye’s terrifying pressure. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Beside him, Jin Lin couldn’t help but let out a yawn, looking utterly bored.

The crowd was secretly astonished. ’We can barely withstand the aura Dongfang Ye is casually releasing, yet this boy and the young man at the very center of the pressure are completely unaffected?’

’Are they too strong, or is Dongfang Ye deliberately holding back against them?’

The surrounding guests didn’t know the answer. While they were surprised, Dongfang Ye was utterly shocked. He could feel that his pressure, when bearing down on these two, was like a boulder pressing on solid ground—it had absolutely no effect.

"Speak," Dongfang Ye said in a low voice, suppressing his shock.

Ye Xuan said calmly, "I’m definitely taking this Seven-Colored Chaos Earth. That said, I have a large number of Spirit Medicines on hand that I have little use for. You can consider trading for them. If you’re not interested, that’s fine. I’ll complete the deal at the price you originally offered."

"Sir, please just use the transaction method we previously proposed. Our Treasure Pavilion has no need for Spirit Medicines."

After hearing Ye Xuan’s explanation, Dongfang Zisi breathed a small sigh of relief and shook her head.

"Don’t be so quick to refuse. Take a look first," Ye Xuan said lightly.

The moment he finished speaking, a neat pile of Spirit Medicines, exuding a rich medicinal aroma, appeared in the middle of the hall.

The pile of Spirit Medicines was a kaleidoscope of colors, with a comprehensive range from Tier Three to Tier Five. The combined fragrance of the various Spirit Medicines permeated the Treasure Pavilion’s hall, transforming it into a veritable herb garden.

"So many Spirit Medicines..."

The eyes of everyone in the crowd were instantly dazzled.

The variety of Spirit Medicines Ye Xuan had produced was simply too vast. They came in all shapes and sizes, with a full range of Tiers, the lowest of which was still Tier Three. It was enough to blind them with its brilliance.

"This is..."

Dongfang Zisi was astonished. As an Alchemist, she could tell at a glance that the Spirit Medicines Ye Xuan had presented were not only numerous in variety but also included many types that had all but vanished from the market.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, she picked up a Spirit Medicine from the ground.

This Spirit Medicine was of a common variety, just a Tier Three Yellow Ginseng Grass, which sold on the market for around eight thousand Profound Coins. A normal person wouldn’t have paid it any mind.

But as an Alchemist, Dongfang Zisi could tell that the medicinal potency of this Yellow Ginseng Grass was at least fifty percent stronger than the ones she had seen at Gale Light Academy.

If this Yellow Ginseng Grass were used to refine a Tier Three White Essence Pill, there was a ninety percent chance it would produce a superior-grade pill.

The same Pill could be divided into different grades: low, medium, and superior. Generally, superior-grade Pills were extremely difficult to refine, but their price could be several times, or even nearly ten times, that of an ordinary low or medium-grade Pill.

Dongfang Zisi immediately swept her Profound Sense over the vast pile of Spirit Medicines. A look of utter shock appeared on her face, as if she had just seen a ghost.

She discovered that even the worst Spirit Medicine in the pile had a purity and potency at least ten percent higher than the same type of Spirit Medicine sold on the market.

’Where on earth did this boy get these Spirit Medicines? Could it be from some ancient herb garden? Spirit Medicines of this quality simply can’t grow in ordinary mountains and forests.’

’If these Spirit Medicines were to fall into the hands of the Divine Walk Commerce Association...’

At the thought of the possibility, Dongfang Zisi couldn’t help but tremble with excitement.

The Divine Walk Commerce Association’s core business was the trade of Spirit Medicines and Pills. It had many Alchemists under its banner. Once they had a large supply of high-quality Spirit Medicines, they would surely be able to refine many high-quality Pills. Perhaps this was the key to leading the association out of its current predicament.

Seeing Dongfang Zisi remain silent, Ye Xuan assumed she felt the Tiers of the Spirit Medicines he had presented were too low, so he spoke again. "If you think the Tiers of these Spirit Medicines are too low, I also have some Tier Six ones."

He had hundreds of Tier Six Spirit Medicines on him, a large portion of which he had no use for. It was no big deal to trade them away to acquire the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth.

But Ye Xuan’s words once again left the other guests present utterly dumbfounded.

’This guy actually has Tier Six Spirit Medicines? Heavens, does he own a Spirit Medicine garden or something?’

"No, no, this is enough."

Dongfang Zisi finally snapped out of her shock. She quickly shook her head, her face slightly flushed, and said, "Some of the Spirit Medicines you have are too high-Tier. Do you have any more of the Tier Three and Four ones?"

Normally, the higher the Tier of a Spirit Medicine, the rarer and more valuable it is.

But Dongfang Zisi knew very well that even if the Divine Walk Commerce Association obtained Tier Five or higher Spirit Medicines, they couldn’t refine them into Pills in large quantities. In the end, they would just end up trading them away.

On the other hand, they could convert any amount of Tier Three and Four Spirit Medicines into Pills of the same level. The resulting profit would be several, or even nearly ten times, greater than what they could get from trading high-Tier Spirit Medicines.

"I do have some more low-Tier Spirit Medicines. I’m just not sure how you’ll calculate the price."

If the Treasure Pavilion tried to lowball him on the price of the Spirit Medicines, Ye Xuan would rather trade with Pills instead.

"Here’s the thing. The Spirit Medicines you’ve provided are over thirty percent more potent than the best of their kind on the market. Therefore, when refining Pills, the formation rate, potency fusion, and superior pill rate will all be much better than with normal Spirit Medicines. Because of this, we are willing to offer you the market’s selling price as our purchase price."

"Take this Yellow Ginseng Grass for example. The normal market purchase price is four thousand Profound Coins, and the selling price is six thousand. We are willing to offer you the selling price of six thousand Profound Coins per stalk. For Tier Four Spirit Medicines, we can offer a flat rate of sixty thousand Profound Coins. What do you think, Sir?"

’Isn’t that the same kind of Yellow Ginseng Grass that brat brought to my Treasure Pavilion earlier?’

Steward Liu was dumbstruck when he saw the Yellow Ginseng Grass in Dongfang Zisi’s hand.

Back when Ye Xuan had taken out the Yellow Ginseng Grass, he hadn’t even bothered to inspect it closely and had directly offered a price of four thousand Profound Coins.

Now, hearing Dongfang Zisi’s explanation, he realized that the Spirit Medicines Ye Xuan produced were indeed at least thirty percent more potent than the same type found in normal shops.

’And I let such Spirit Medicines slip right through my fingers?’

Steward Liu was filled with immense regret. Ye Xuan had come to his Treasure Pavilion first!

Ye Xuan nodded. The price Dongfang Zisi offered was far more sincere than the one proposed by the other Treasure Pavilion earlier.

Under normal circumstances, if a Yellow Ginseng Grass like this were sold to an Alchemist who needed it, it would be no problem to get seven or eight thousand Profound Coins. However, a buyback price is always lower than a selling price.

"Just give me a total," Ye Xuan said after a moment’s thought.

"The price I set for the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth was based on four hundred million for the low-tier treasures and three hundred million for the high-tier ones. Although the Spirit Medicines you’ve presented are of lower Tiers, their quality is excellent. So let’s value them at three hundred fifty million. By that calculation, we’ll need 4,200 Tier Four Spirit Medicines and 16,000 Tier Three Spirit Medicines."

This amount happened to be almost all the low-Tier Spirit Medicines Ye Xuan had in his Storage Ring.

"Deal."

Ye Xuan nodded without hesitation. These low-Tier Spirit Medicines had all been gathered in the Floating Light Secret Realm by the numerous Profound Beasts and Demon Beasts under Jin Lin’s command. It had cost him almost no effort.

More importantly, with Ye Xuan’s current level of strength, these low-Tier Spirit Medicines were useless to him. He would have sold them off sooner or later anyway, so he might as well use them to trade for the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth.

After placing all the Tier Three and Four Spirit Medicines into a Storage Ring, Ye Xuan handed it directly to Dongfang Zisi.

"Here are the Tier Three and Four Spirit Medicines you need. Check them. If everything is correct, give me the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth."

Dongfang Zisi’s heart trembled. ’Ye Xuan is casually handing over something worth hundreds of millions to someone he just met? Isn’t he afraid I’ll snatch it or tamper with the deal?’

Her Profound Sense penetrated the Storage Ring, and Dongfang Zisi inspected it carefully. Not a single Spirit Medicine was missing, and every single one was just like the samples, its medicinal potency far surpassing that of similar herbs on the market.

"Uncle Ye, you can give him the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth," Dongfang Zisi said after taking a deep breath and confirming that everything was in order.

The entire hall immediately erupted in an uproar. Everyone stared at Ye Xuan in astonishment.

The boy had actually produced the Spirit Medicines the Treasure Pavilion demanded and successfully traded for the Tier Seven King Level Seven-Colored Chaos Earth.

Young Master Mo and the others who had been mocking Ye Xuan, calling him a country bumpkin, were now all shocked into silence, completely dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, Steward Liu’s face in the crowd was dark, his insides green with regret. If he had known Ye Xuan possessed so many Spirit Medicines, he would never have let him come to this Treasure Pavilion, not even if it killed him.

After confirming it was indeed the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth, Ye Xuan was overjoyed and placed it directly into his Storage Ring.

With the Seven-Colored Chaos Earth, his strength could advance once more.

"I don’t believe I know where you two are staying. To celebrate our successful transaction, I’d like to host a banquet for you both tonight."

With the transaction complete, the perpetual worry that had been etched on Dongfang Zisi’s brow completely vanished. She was delighted. When she broke into a radiant smile, it was as if a hundred flowers had lost their color in comparison.

With these Spirit Medicines, the Divine Walk Commerce Association would be able to overcome its current crisis.

Many of the men in the surrounding crowd looked at Ye Xuan and Jin Lin with envy. To be personally invited to a banquet by Miss Dongfang Zisi, one of the ten great beauties of the Dream Realm Plain, was something countless men could only dream of, and yet these two boys had stumbled right into it.