Chapter 28 Breakthrough! A New Level
Ye Yang clapped his hands, praising.
“Hmph, damn it, I didn’t expect I’d still be a bit behind you. Let me tell you, my Mad Demon Hammer Technique is about to reach Major Achievement. When the Flying Heaven Seven Truths competition comes, we’ll fight again!”
Li Bayuan was extremely disheveled at this moment, with pieces of his Purple Gold Lion King Devouring Armor scattered, revealing his robust muscles, and blood seeping from his waist.
Just now, if it had been a life-and-death battle, Ye Yang’s single strike would have killed him on the spot.
Ye Yang smiled.
“Then I’ll await Li Shidi’s next display of Divine Might. However, today, you trespassed into my residence, destroyed my gate, and wielded a hammer with ill intent…”
Ye Yang spouted a string of terms, listing every forbidden word he could think of, intending to intimidate Li Bayuan.
Li Bayuan waved his hand.
“Don’t say anymore. Here are one hundred Spirit Stones, which should be enough to repair your wooden gate. Next time, you cannot avoid the fight. I will win back all the Spirit Stones I’ve lost to you over the years in one go.”
“No problem, no problem.”
Ye Yang took the small pouch Li Bayuan threw over, expertly hanging it on his waist. His efforts in performing were not in vain; a quarter of a protecting meridian pill was now in his possession.
Li Bayuan came from the Li Family, an old Family within the Flying Heaven Gate, possessed the Giant Spirit Bloodline, and was a direct Disciple, making him quite wealthy.
Every time Ye Yang fought Li Bayuan, he made the other party feel that their strengths were similar, even intentionally losing a few times.
This made Li Bayuan believe he was merely unlucky, just slightly losing, which is why Li Bayuan was willing to continuously seek him out for challenges.
To fund his cultivation with Spirit Stones.
“One hundred Spirit Stones in hand!”
After receiving the Spirit Stones,
At this moment, Ye Yang suddenly had an epiphany. A surge of heat rose within his body, sweat evaporated all over him, and his face turned crimson.
Countless hot currents entered his internal organs and all his Meridians, causing him to sweat profusely.
After a long while, Ye Yang exhaled a breath of Mang Gu Strength, and behind him, a giant Mang Gu toad seemed to appear.
Sounds of “Mang Gu! Mang Gu!” occasionally emanated.
The rolling magical power within his chest and abdomen flowed like water, rapidly surging and expanding at a visible rate.
Minute by minute, Ye Yang’s aura grew stronger and stronger.
With each inhale and exhale from his nose and mouth, white mist more than two zhang long gushed out.
At a certain moment.
Ye Yang’s eyes slightly closed, and he heard the gushing sound of surging magical power within his body.
“I’m actually about to Breakthrough to Qi Channeling Layer Eight!”
Not long after his Breakthrough to Qi Channeling Layer Seven.
During this period of external training, he had accumulated a lot and made remarkable progress. Now, he was just one step away from Qi Channeling Layer Eight.
Ye Yang rested for a while, found a pickaxe, and went into the Spirit Well.
First, he turned over the silt at the bottom of the ancient well and buried the blue moon spirit lotus root in the Spirit Well.
As soon as the blue moon spirit lotus root was buried in the silt, a lotus fragrance immediately wafted out.
This blue moon spirit lotus, pure blue in color with golden stamens, was a rare sacred medicine for injuries.
However, its growth conditions were quite demanding; it could only grow in places with abundant Spiritual Qi.
The silt at the bottom of the well had not been cleaned for many years, and under the infiltration of Spiritual Qi, it was indeed very fertile and robust, perfectly suited for the growth of the blue moon spirit lotus.
After planting the blue moon spirit lotus, it was already late. Ye Yang swept the courtyard again. He hadn’t been in the Flying Heaven Gate for a while, and a thick layer of dust had accumulated in the yard.
Spring was approaching, and to prevent insects from appearing, he scattered two mosquito repellent grass seeds in the courtyard, waiting for them to take root and sprout in spring.
In the evening, wind and rain began to pick up outside the window. Dense lines of rain dripped from the eaves and tile gaps into the front yard, pattering softly.
Inside the room, a single lamp glowed dimly, casting a yellowish light everywhere, creating a quiet night.
Ye Yang held a pen, and a rustling sound was heard. He occasionally frowned, as if calculating something. After a long while, he put down the pen and looked at the contents on the paper, a bitter smile appearing on his face.
This old residence, located within the Flying Heaven Gate, occupied a considerable area, and even better, it was private property of the Ye Family.
However, with time, the house had become dilapidated. The backyard and storage room were essentially in disrepair due to age. Some of the blue brick walls had fallen off and were covered in green moss.
Currently, the Flying Heaven Gate’s decline had halted, and it was prospering day by day. Most of the more than a hundred Disciples within the Sect basically slept in large dormitories, and many wanted to rent rooms. Some people had already started doing business in this area.
He originally planned to renovate the house, then divide it into single rooms and rent them out. Wouldn't it be enjoyable to be a landlord?
However, although housing prices fluctuated, the cost of labor, Spirit materials, and Spirit paint had skyrocketed. He originally planned to add two more floors, creating ten single-room apartments.
He also planned to build a Spirit Gathering Array in the courtyard.
Thus, after some calculations.
It would probably cost two thousand Spirit Stones to cover it.
Two thousand Spirit Stones was not a small sum. If there was truly no other way, he could only borrow.
If he charged ten Spirit Stones per person per month, he could recover his capital in two years, and after that, it would be pure profit.
Ye Yang pondered for a moment.
“If it really doesn’t work, I’ll go find my paternal aunt first. My paternal aunt, Ye Li, married a Protector of the Sect as a second wife many years ago. Although we haven’t been in touch for many years, we are still relatives, and the affection is still there.”
Logically speaking, given Father Ye’s previous status in the Flying Heaven Gate, Ye Li marrying a Sect Protector was already a step down, let alone being a second wife.
However, Father Ye passed away early. Although his paternal aunt Ye Li was beautiful, she indulged in drinking, gambling, and everything else, eventually accumulating a large debt with the Nine Heavens Casino.
Having no choice, she had to hide everywhere. After the storm passed, she was middle-aged and still unmarried, and she was a person who enjoyed a life of luxury and did not engage in production. With Father Ye’s passing, the Family was unable to help her.
Coincidentally, someone set her up, and she married Yu Hu, a Protector of the Sect who had been stationed at the Yuanyang Mine for many years. This allowed her to continue living a life of luxury and fine dining.
Paternal Aunt Ye Li, when she first arrived at the Yuanyang Mine, still had some contact with the Family, returning home to visit every few years. However, in the past decade, their interactions became less and less frequent. They hadn’t seen each other for five or six years.
The only time they met was six years ago when the main wife of the Yu Mansion passed away, and he, as the representative of the in-laws, went to pay his respects and attend the funeral.
The Yuanyang Mine was a thousand li away from the Flying Heaven Gate, and being a stationed Protector was a lucrative position.
Over the years, Protector Yu Hu had acquired several large residences locally, with over a hundred servants. These two thousand Spirit Stones should not be difficult to borrow.
If only Father Ye were still alive.
Ye Yang sighed inwardly.