Giants of the Li Family Commerce Association

Since he dared to say such a thing, he had absolute confidence. Unless Feng Xuewu did not want to save her mother, as long as they found the right spiritual herbs and simmered the essences of the three herbs into a broth, Jade Beauty Syndrome would collapse without a fight. Of course, these three spiritual herbs were common as dirt in the outside world, but within the Great Wilderness, they were incomparably rare.

But that had nothing to do with him. If Feng Xuewu wanted to save her mother without paying any price at all, that was clearly impossible.

Hearing Yang Chen's words, Feng Xuewu felt much more at ease. Her red lips parted as she spoke in a tender, captivating voice, "With this guarantee from little brother Yang Chen, your sister can rest easy. If my mother's condition truly improves, I will certainly **** thank you, and I will personally apologize for today's disrespect toward you, little brother Yang Chen!"

"Miss Feng, there is no need to be so courteous. I have seen the filial devotion you hold for your mother. Your apology may be sincere and burning hot, but I dare not accept it. If possible, though, I would like the people behind you to apologize to me one by one. If they truly respect you, then surely a mere apology should be no great difficulty." Yang Chen spoke neither hurriedly nor slowly, his gaze sweeping across the crowd behind Feng Xuewu.

With those words, he had shoved Feng Xuewu's admirers into an exceedingly awkward predicament.

If Feng Xuewu's mother was truly cured, then if they apologized to Yang Chen, would they not be throwing away all their pride?

They were the ones who had humiliated Yang Chen, and they would also be the ones apologizing to him? What a joke.

But if they did not apologize, would that not prove Yang Chen right—that they did not truly respect Feng Xuewu?

They were all Feng Xuewu's suitors. How could they dare let her think that they did not respect her?

Feng Xuewu was four or five years older than Yang Chen, and naturally quick-witted as well. How could she fail to understand his desire for revenge? Instead, she let out a soft, tinkling laugh that made hearts stir.

Yang Chen had to admit that Feng Xuewu was indeed a natural beauty. Compared to Gu Mingyue, Feng Xuewu possessed an additional air of poised grace.

"Yang Chen, you had better not be lying. If Auntie's condition does not improve, or even worsens, I will hold you accountable!" Wang Yunkai shouted. Asking him to apologize to Yang Chen? Not a chance.

"Is that so? Do you hope Madam Feng's condition will not improve that badly?" Yang Chen lazily replied.

In his previous life, he had crossed verbal swords with others more times than he could count. Why would he fear a few young men?

"You... Fine, fine, fine! Yang Chen, just you wait!"

Seeing this, Feng Xuewu ultimately found it difficult to say anything. After all, she alone could only represent the Feng family, while Wang Yunkai represented the Wang family. They belonged to different clans, and she could not order them about. She could only say, "Little brother Yang Chen, my mother's condition is urgent. Your sister will take her leave first."

"Mm, travel safely, Miss Feng." Yang Chen replied politely, understanding Feng Xuewu's difficulties.

"Yang Chen, I hope you merely guessed right."

"Watch yourself!"

Threat after threat fell into Yang Chen's ears.

Yang Chen merely shrugged indifferently. Then he suddenly noticed Gu Mingyue standing behind him, carefully clutching his sleeve, looking as though she feared he might be bullied.

Only after seeing that everyone had left did Gu Mingyue pat her chest and say nervously, "Young Master, you..."

Honestly, she felt that Yang Chen had changed drastically from before. In the past, when faced with so many people's jeers and mockery, how would Yang Chen have dared talk back? The only time he had talked back to the Wang family, he had even lost the Purple Show Pill Furnace passed down through his family. But now, facing a whole group alone, her young master had actually fought them to a standstill with flying colors. Such courage and bearing had absolutely not existed in Yang Chen before.

She only felt that Yang Chen was rather lonely. After all, Yang Chen was alone, while the others had more than a dozen suitors. With one sentence each, even their spittle would outnumber Yang Chen's.

Sometimes she wanted to help Yang Chen retort a few times, but there was not enough ink in her belly. She truly did not know how to open her mouth.

Now, she could only ask, "Young Master, where are we going now?"

"We have yet to obtain the Fire Red Fruit. Feng Xuewu has given up on it now, so naturally we must go back and take the Fire Red Fruit." Yang Chen clasped his hands behind his back and walked back into the commerce association.

Seeing that the Fire Red Fruit was still in its original spot, Yang Chen smiled happily. Grasping the fiery red fruit, he asked directly, "Shopkeeper, how much is this Fire Red Fruit?"

The shopkeeper, Zhao Xiaowen, had already been nursing a grudge against Yang Chen. Now, seeing that Feng Xuewu had not taken the fruit and that Yang Chen had returned to buy it, Zhao Xiaowen was so furious that smoke seemed to pour from all seven of his orifices. If not for Yang Chen, would he not have long since established a connection with Feng Xuewu?

What he did not know was that without Yang Chen, where would he have gotten the chance to establish that connection?

The more Zhao Xiaowen looked at Yang Chen, the more unpleasant he found him. In any case, he had already offended Yang Chen just now, so he was not afraid of offending him more deeply. Yang Chen was just a nobody—could he possibly turn the heavens upside down?

"Not for sale," Zhao Xiaowen said coldly.

"What do you mean?" Yang Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Zhao Xiaowen sneered. "Is that not clear enough? It is simple. Others may buy this Fire Red Fruit, but if you, Yang Chen, want to buy it, I will not sell it."

Seeing one wave had yet to settle before another rose, and that Zhao Xiaowen was still targeting her young master, Gu Mingyue immediately stepped forward. "Is this how your Li Family Commerce Association does business?"

"Hehe, I am the shopkeeper of the Li Family Commerce Association. Naturally, I decide how business is done. If I say it is not for sale, then it is not for sale. What can you do about it?" Zhao Xiaowen barked, his eyes brimming with mockery.

Yang Chen gave Zhao Xiaowen a deep look. Naturally, he understood that Zhao Xiaowen was most likely retaliating against him over what had happened earlier. The corners of his lips rose. "Not for sale? Very well. I had originally intended to do some other business with the Li Family Commerce Association. Since the shopkeeper is like this, then let us pretend I said nothing. Mingyue, let's go!"

"Young friend, please stay!" Just as Yang Chen was preparing to leave, an aged voice suddenly rang out from the depths of the Li Family Commerce Association.

The voice drifted over and entered his ears directly, causing Yang Chen, who had already intended to leave, to abruptly stop.

Zhao Xiaowen was even more startled, because the owner of that voice was none other than an Elder of the Li Family Commerce Association.

"Elder!" Zhao Xiaowen hurriedly cried respectfully.

Two white-haired old men suddenly emerged from the inner room of the commerce association.

The two old men wore simple, unadorned clothes and appeared to possess nothing eye-catching. Yet merely standing there, they gave off the feeling of radiant brilliance, because their auras were simply too powerful.

With just one focused look, Yang Chen roughly confirmed their identities. These two were most likely the true authorities of the Li Family Commerce Association. If his guess was correct, they had likely surpassed the Body Refining Realm and reached the Spiritual Martial Realm.

The Spiritual Martial Realm was a new realm beyond the Body Refining Realm. Upon reaching it, one's martial path became spiritually attuned, and one's strength became more than a hundred times greater than it had been in the Body Refining Realm. Nearly every clan capable of surviving in the Great Wilderness had several old monsters of the Spiritual Martial Realm holding the fort. This was the capital that allowed clans to survive in the Great Wilderness.

Whether it was their Yang family, the Twelve Great Clans of the Great Wilderness, or even the business-minded Li Family Commerce Association, all of them surely had experts of the Spiritual Martial Realm.

What surprised Yang Chen was that both of the Li Family Commerce Association's older generation Spiritual Martial Realm experts had come out.

This caused Yang Chen to secretly speculate about the Li Family Commerce Association's intentions.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaowen barely even dared to breathe. His humble, bent-backed posture before the two old men was even more extreme than when he had faced Feng Xuewu. He knew very clearly that these two men were genuinely capable of deciding his life and death.

"Hehe, Zhao Xiaowen, very good, very good. Our Li family's commerce association has always been ruled by those surnamed Li. Since when was someone surnamed Zhao allowed to decide what could and could not be sold? Should we change the name of the Li Family Commerce Association someday and let it bear your Zhao surname instead? Or do you think that, as a mere shopkeeper, you can decide the ownership of the Li Family Commerce Association's goods?" the white-haired elder on the left shouted sternly.

"Elder, I would not dare... You... you misunderstand. I merely saw that people were competing for the Fire Red Fruit and wanted to raise the price slightly, so the commerce association could earn more profit." In his panic, Zhao Xiaowen began spouting nonsense through his teeth. How could he have expected that the Li family's two Elders would be here today?

These two Elders were the genuine ancestors of the Li family. Their strength was absolutely among the very best within the Great Wilderness Hundred Clans.

Yang Chen stroked his chin and happily watched the scene unfold. He truly admired Zhao Xiaowen's ability to fabricate lies under pressure. At the very least, regarding the Fire Red Fruit, Zhao Xiaowen had made up a story with a nose and eyes.

Li Youyan, an Elder of the Li family, spoke. "I will handle the matter of the Fire Red Fruit myself. Young Friend Yang Chen, consider this Fire Red Fruit a gift from this old man. I simply wonder whether you would honor us by coming inside to sit for a while?"

Yang Chen instinctively became guarded. After all, if these two Spiritual Martial Realm elders wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as crushing an ant. His path in martial arts had only just begun to show some promise, and he did not want to croak here. If these two truly killed him, he dared guarantee that the Yang family would never fall out with the Li Family Commerce Association over his current status as "trash."

But after thinking it over carefully, if the Li family's two Elders truly wanted to harm him, they could kill him without anyone knowing. Who would dare say a word?

Since that was the case, Yang Chen relaxed considerably. Cupping his hands, he said, "An invitation from Two Seniors is Yang Chen's good fortune. Mingyue, wait outside first. I will go in and share a few drinks with Two Seniors! If I have not come out after one hour, return to the Yang family by yourself."

Gu Mingyue did not notice all the twists and turns behind the matter. She only saw that the two old men's eyes were full of appreciation for Yang Chen, and immediately replied, "Yes, Young Master."

Yang Chen sighed. Gu Mingyue was still too innocent and kind by nature. How could she know that his words were actually a hint to her? If he entered and had not emerged after an hour, he had most likely met with disaster. How could he possibly come out then? Telling Gu Mingyue to leave at that time was precisely how he would protect her life.