Harvest

Wang Zhide replied, "Of course it's still here. It's just that Clear River Carp was hidden by Daoyuan. To keep it a secret, only he knew where it was. Last night, Daoyuan was seriously injured and unconscious, so I don't know where it was hidden either. Should I go wake Daoyuan up and ask?"

Yang Yong waved his hand, "No need. I'll know after a brief search."

With Yang Yong's Spiritual Sense cultivation at the Violet Mansion realm, nothing within a radius of several miles could escape him, not even if it was buried three feet deep. He quickly discovered the hiding place of the Clear River Carp.

The group arrived at Wang Daoyuan's cave dwelling. Seeing that Wang Daoyuan was still in a deep sleep, Wang Zhide woke him up and pretended to scold him, "Daoyuan, why aren't you getting up quickly to pay your respects to Elder Zhou and Elder Yang?"

Wang Daoyuan struggled to get up and bowed to everyone, "Greetings to Elder Zhou, Old Ancestor Yang, and all the seniors."

Yang Yong asked curiously, "Are you the little fellow who caught the Clear River Carp? Why don't you call me Elder Yang, but Old Ancestor Yang instead?"

Wang Daoyuan replied respectfully, "Replying to Old Ancestor Yang, my mother's surname is Yang. Although she is a mortal, she is also a descendant of Old Ancestor Yang, which is why I call you Old Ancestor."

"I didn't expect you, little fellow, to be my descendant," Yang Yong stroked his beard and laughed heartily. He took out a jade pendant. "Since you call me Old Ancestor, I can't be without some gesture. This is a Defensive Artifact. It can withstand a full-power strike from a cultivator at the early stage of Foundation Establishment and can be used repeatedly. It's a meeting gift for my first encounter with a descendant."

This was a Tier Two Low-Grade Defensive Artifact! Wang Daoyuan bowed repeatedly to express his gratitude and accepted the jade pendant.

Afterward, with Wang Zhide's help, Wang Daoyuan dug out the Clear River Carp and handed it over to the two elders.

Elder Zhou observed it for a moment and said, "It's slender like a carp, with long whiskers and a long tail. Its fins are like flowing ribbons, and its scales are layered. That's right, it's a Clear River Carp. Elder Yang also saw a Clear River Carp back in the day. Do you have any insights?"

Yang Yong also nodded, "That's right, it is indeed a Clear River Carp, and there's a male and a female. Since it's confirmed, and the Sect Master has given Elder Zhou full authority to handle it, I won't interfere."

"Elder Yang is too kind. If Elder Yang hadn't sent the message, this task wouldn't have fallen to me," Elder Zhou said with a pleased expression. "The Wang family has merit for offering the Clear River Carp. I, as an Elder, have decided to reward the Wang family with a shop belonging to the Netherworld Sect located on the east side of the Pill Talisman Pavilion at Jade Spring Peak."

Wang Zhian and Wang Zhide were overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Elder Zhou waved his hand, "I haven't finished speaking yet, don't thank me so quickly. Given that the Clear River Carp can only survive in the upper reaches of the Qingli River, bringing it back to the Netherworld Sect would be of no use. The Wang family's ancestors had experience raising Clear River Carp, and they are located at the source of the Qingli River, which is suitable for the Clear River Carp to survive. I have decided that the Wang family will raise the Clear River Carp on behalf of the Netherworld Sect. They will be directly managed by the Elder stationed at Qingli Market of the Netherworld Sect. If these two Clear River Carps reproduce in the future, the Netherworld Sect will take eighty percent. Are the Wang family willing?"

Wang Zhian was ecstatic. Although helping the Netherworld Sect raise Clear River Carp and having eighty percent taken meant very little profit, he had gained a position in the Netherworld Sect this time, essentially entering their system. From now on, the Wang family would be part of the Netherworld Sect.

In the future, if any clansmen of the Wang family who joined the Netherworld Sect reached Foundation Establishment, they would be considered direct descendants of the Netherworld Sect.

Even in the current situation, the Liang family could no longer openly suppress the Wang family. Moreover, if any important figure of the Wang family were to be assassinated, they could legitimately request the Netherworld Sect to intervene. Although it might not have actual effect, it would serve as a deterrent to those who wished to deal with the Wang family.

Wang Zhian thanked Elder Zhou repeatedly and expressed his utmost loyalty to the Netherworld Sect.

Afterward, the Clear River Carp was escorted back to Jade Spring Peak by Elder Zhou and Wang Zhian and placed in the Jade Dragon Spring for breeding. This was also to inform the surrounding forces that the Clear River Carp belonged to the Netherworld Sect. Anyone who dared to snatch it again would be snatching food from the Netherworld Sect's mouths.

Later, when people inquired at the Wang family's shop about the disposition of the Clear River Carp, the Wang family members explained the entire matter truthfully, dispelling any improper thoughts some might have harbored.

The members of the Netherworld Sect returned to the Netherworld Sect's stronghold in Qingli Market with Yang Yong. Liang Jiaxing snorted coldly and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Although the Netherworld Sect was not a good organization, gaining their protection and changing the Wang family's situation of oppression and exclusion was a worthwhile endeavor.

Wang Daoyuan continued to lie in bed, recuperating, and carefully examined the jade pendant given by Old Ancestor Yang.

The jade pendant was carved from white jade. The front was carved with flowers and plants, and the back had the character "Yang." The patterns were not particularly special.

Its extraordinary nature lay in the dense spiritual energy it contained. The amount of spiritual energy was comparable to a Tier Two Low-Grade Talisman, no wonder it could withstand a full-power strike from a cultivator at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Moreover, it could be used repeatedly, making it much more valuable than a Tier Two Low-Grade Defensive Talisman.

He was currently seriously injured and deficient in Blood Essence. He couldn't bear to waste his Essence Blood to make this jade pendant recognize him as its master. He casually put the jade pendant away and entered the Spirit Pearl Space with his Spiritual Sense to see what good things the assassin he had killed earlier had.

After all, assassins lived a life on the edge, with no fixed abode, carrying everything they owned with them. An assassin at the ninth level of Qi Refining, or even peak Qi Refining, would surely have considerable wealth.

Besides the black dagger that had threatened Wang Daoyuan, the assassin only had a Storage Bag and a Spirit Beast Bag.

Because the Spirit Pearl Space was a top-tier spatial treasure, it was equivalent to a small world. Low-grade and high-grade spatial treasures had no fundamental difference in the Spirit Pearl Space compared to the greater world outside. Therefore, Wang Daoyuan was able to place the Storage Bag into the Spirit Pearl Space.

If a Universe Ring were placed in a Storage Bag, it would directly cause the Storage Bag to explode. If a Storage Bag were placed in a Universe Ring, it would also explode due to the insufficient spatial pressure of the Universe Ring. If they were both low-grade or high-grade spatial treasures, placing one Storage Bag or Universe Ring into another would render both spatial treasures scrap.

The strategy of nesting Storage Bags or Universe Rings was not feasible, with only the Spirit Pearl Space being an exception.

Opening the Storage Bag, Wang Daoyuan was astonished by the haul. There were over eight hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones alone, and one Medium-Grade Spirit Stone, equivalent to more than nine hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

In addition, there were several High-Grade Tier One Talismans. Wang Daoyuan could refine these himself, so they were nothing special. There were also over ten pills for healing, detoxification, and restoring spiritual energy, but not a single pill for improving cultivation. It seemed this assassin was at the peak of Qi Refining, and taking cultivation-boosting pills was no longer meaningful.

Furthermore, there was a jade slip, a set of night-traveling clothes, a Profound Iron token, and not a single artifact.

"It seems this assassin was saving Spirit Stones to prepare for Foundation Establishment, selling everything they could," Wang Daoyuan muttered.

This jade slip recorded a spell – the Invisibility Technique. Of course, it wasn't a profound spell; it could only fool cultivators below Foundation Establishment, and only those who hadn't cultivated the Heavenly Eye Technique. It was probably not worth much, which was why it hadn't been sold.

The token had nothing extraordinary about it. One side had strange patterns resembling text, but Wang Daoyuan couldn't recognize them. The other side had the words "Blood Shadow" written on it. It was likely a token from some force, and Wang Daoyuan had never heard of any force named Blood Shadow.

Although there were no useful treasures or secret techniques, the Spirit Stones alone were quite substantial, enough for Wang Daoyuan to cultivate to the late stage of Qi Condensation.

He put away the Storage Bag and took out the Spirit Beast Bag. This Spirit Beast Bag was much more advanced than the one Wang Zhide had given him. It might even contain a large beast. Coincidentally, Wang Daoyuan had accumulated a surplus of Spirit Grain, and it would be good to raise a Spirit Beast with exceptional combat power for self-defense.

With great anticipation, he opened the Spirit Beast Bag. Inside, there were no mighty Spirit Beasts he had imagined, only over twenty live Low-Grade Tier One Spirit Bees, a beehive the size of a fist, and a dead Bee King.

As soon as these Spirit Bees came out of the Spirit Beast Bag, they immediately lifted the beehive and hung it under the eaves of the thatched hut, then flew towards the blooming Spirit Grain.