Nu Jiang laughed heartily. "The Sui clan has worthy successors. This is truly a great blessing for our Witch clan! Bring on the songs, the dancing, and the wine!" At his booming call, the whole gathering erupted into wild celebration. Only after a long bout of revelry did the trade fair officially begin.
Xu Yi also took his leave of the elders and began wandering around the venue. Wherever he went, people treated him with ever-increasing respect. A Da and the other three chief retainers came over first to congratulate him, their praise unending. Thinking of how much those fellows had contributed, Xu Yi rewarded each of them with over a thousand Profound Yellow Pills. The retainers were so moved that tears and snot streamed down their faces.
After visiting just over a dozen stalls, Xu Yi was astonished. The place was full of fascinating wares, especially the Precious Medicines, many of which were astonishingly fine specimens. There were even quite a few rare spirit medicines. Huang Mei sent him a thought: "The Witch clan is naturally attuned to nature and possesses extraordinary abilities. They can easily obtain treasures from famous mountains and vast marshes."
Xu Yi had his eye on quite a few spirit medicines, but he didn't buy them himself. Instead, he sent a thought to A Da and the other three, asking them to split up and buy them on his behalf. He had no intention of reselling them for a profit; when refining pills, you never knew which spirit medicine you might find yourself short of.
Apart from spirit medicines, there were also materials for crafting artifacts. Xu Yi wasn't particularly interested in those. As he wandered on, a blaze suddenly shot into the sky in the west. In a clamor, swathes of people began converging