210: Chapter 200 210: Chapter 200 “In that case, Family Head Jiang Tang, I will report to the Sect Master your intention.
Please make sure to accompany us when we need to return to the Immortal Sect and then report to the Affairs Hall to receive your identifier.”
The Chief Affairs Elder dutifully explained to Jiang Tang and was also afraid that Jiang Tang would forget about this matter.
“Alright, please notify me immediately when it’s time to return, and I will accompany you to the Immortal Sect and report there.”
Jiang Tang had no doubts—simply having a title required signing in for duty.
He intended to let the people of the Immortal Sect know that Jiang Tang was alive and well and to make those who had ridiculed him in the past lose face.
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Luo Yaxuan received a Flying Message from his father, “Yaxuan, I heard there was an incident where you are.
How is everything now?
Son, you weren’t poisoned, were you?”
“Father, your son here wasn’t poisoned.
The poisons in Immortal Venerable City have already been cleared, but unfortunately, I can’t compete, which is a bit regrettable.”
Luo Yaxuan knew it must have been the clerks or shopkeepers from his family’s shops who had sent the message back.
“Oh, son, are you going to return to the Lai Family, or are you going back to the Immortal Sect?”
Family Head Luo Sheng was startled when he first received the message.
Immortal Venerable City housed many dignitaries, and the fact that terrorists could poison and plant bombs there made him concerned that his family could also be targeted.
“Father, the members of the Immortal Sect are also waiting.
The high-ranking Elders are still discussing with Elders from other Immortal Sects.”
“Alright, who exactly are these people who commit terrorist acts?”
“Well, in the Cultivation World, the strong prey on the weak, and other countries want a piece of the action too.
Father, you should be careful—is there a spy who has infiltrated our family?
I have caught one.
That spy looks quite similar to us and even speaks fluent Ancient Xia language.
What’s more important is that they have devices with a solution that can corrode items.”
Luo Yaxuan hadn’t considered his family before because he thought those people wouldn’t be so brazen, but he didn’t expect Immortal Venerable City to be disrupted by them to such an extent.
“Alright, your father will be careful.”
“Alright, Father, take care of yourself.”
“Son, has there been a good auction of Pills over there?”
“Yes, Father, we are only a first-rate family.
I’ve heard that those Pills are Supreme Elixirs, incredibly expensive—likely costing one-tenth of our family’s wealth.
We can’t afford them.”
Luo Yaxuan watched the wealthy buy Pills at the auction and heard that those who consumed the Pills had enhanced their Cultivation.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to; he too aspired to improve his Cultivation, but his pockets weren’t deep enough, and he didn’t want to add pressure to his family.
“Son, we’ve recently come into some money with the sale of the Flying Message Voice Transmission Treasures, and we also have a Spirit Stone Mine.
We can afford a few Pills, and you must go and buy them.”
“Father, I know the person selling the Pills.
If I can meet him, I won’t have to buy them at the auction for such a high price and won’t have to add pressure on our family.”
“Son, you have to think this way: our first-rate family also needs to become stronger.
When everyone else is growing stronger, if we stand still, we’ll fall behind the times.
It’s best if we can buy a few more.
I, or the Elders, could use them, and I would like the elites of our family to have them too.
That way, our family’s members won’t fear not becoming stronger.”
“Father, if we buy that many Supreme Elixirs, our family’s funds will not be sufficient.”
“Don’t worry.
As long as the people become stronger, wealth will follow.
If our family can’t even maintain its first-rate status, then we’ll only fall back.
Listen to me, son, you must buy a big batch of those Pills.”
“Alright,”
Two days later, a shopkeeper came looking for him, and Luo Yaxuan received the storage bag from the shopkeeper.
It contained many spirit stones.
Luo Yaxuan secured the storage bag and set out to complete the mission.
He had visited Jiang Tang’s store before and figured he still lived there.
As Luo Yaxuan walked down the street, he didn’t call for Sun Zi’an.
The fewer people knew about the family’s affairs, the better.
It wasn’t that he didn’t trust his associate, but the task he had to undertake was too important.
He walked down the busy street of Immortal Venerable City where one couldn’t fly low, only at high altitudes, and never above the streets themselves.
Luo Yaxuan encountered Lai Jianlin on the street, they greeted each other; they were old friends and understood each other’s intentions from their eyes.
Lai Jianlin had received a voice transmission conch from his father, who had also heard some news from the Immortal Venerable City store and came to ask him at once.
“Son, is Luo Yaxuan also here?”
“Yes, Father, I saw him a few days ago.”
“Hmm, that’s right.
I heard that there are supreme elixirs for sale in Immortal Venerable City, and eating those elixirs can improve one’s cultivation?”
“That’s what I’ve heard.
Wealthy people have already bought those pills from the auction, and those who have taken them have improved their cultivation.”
“So miraculous!
Son, you should buy some too.
Our second-rate family can’t fall behind.
I have been wondering how we could ascend to a first-rate family; this pill could be our chance.”
“Father, these pills are so expensive, we can’t afford many.
Maybe we could manage to buy one or two.”
“Hahaha, we’ve made some money in business recently; we can afford to buy a few more.
Even if others in the family can’t have these supreme elixir, you and I must each have one.
Others may not grow stronger, but we father and son cannot lag behind.”
Family Head Lai was full of grand ambition.
Previously, his cultivation wasn’t enough, and he actually hoped that the family ancestor could also have some, to lead them to strength.
Lai Jianlin later received the spirit stones sent by his father.
Thinking it over, the stones might not be enough to buy two at the auction house, but they might get many more and much cheaper if they found Jiang Tang.
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin went together to Jiang Tang’s Holy Pavilion branch in Immortal Venerable City, only to find that the store was crowded with customers.
They could barely move inside; people buying rice, medicinal herbs, and pills had all come upon hearing the news.
They didn’t recognize anyone in the store; it appeared people had come from all over, having heard that good items were for sale.
“Two immortals, may I ask what you want to buy?” asked a store associate who had only been working there for a few days.
The associate, along with the original staff, was running the store, which was swarmed with buyers.
The thought of earning a commission made them not mind the exhaustion.
“Shopkeeper, is your boss here?”
“Our boss is in seclusion.
If you want to see the boss, you need to make an appointment.”
“What, in seclusion!
Did he mention when he might come out?” Lai Jianlin frowned.
Time waits for no one, and waiting too long could mean missing the best opportunity for cultivation.
“Could you send out an appointment for us?
We have business with Jiang Tang.
We’d appreciate your help,”
Luo Yaxuan didn’t want to return empty-handed, but there wasn’t much else he could do except wait.
However, he feared the fleeting passage of time, for in the cultivation world, seclusion might last years or even decades.