Li Mubing
In the backyard of the Mo Clan's shop in Taichang Market, a huge pear tree stands in the courtyard.
It's just past the start of summer, and all the pear blossoms have fallen. The leaves are also sparse, with only a few small, green pears still hanging on the branches, glistening with a hint of crystalline beauty.
Several monks dressed in the Mo Clan's robes waited under the pear tree.
Logically, the spirit pears, which bear fruit only once every three years, should be happy to have produced spirit fruit today. Mo Family, after this unexpected turn of events, the Mo Family's status has plummeted. Even the shops in Taichang Market have recently started to have people deliberately lowering their prices.
Their array plates sold fewer in number, and the other Lineage's attitudes towards them changed.
This naturally angered them.
Soon the gate to the front yard of the pear tree opened, and Mo Hongyuan walked out.
"What's the panic? The old patriarch is fine. He's at the Purple Mansion level; his cultivation and strength are beyond your comprehension. Uncle Wenchen will be able to recover in less than three years!" Mo Hongyuan said decisively.
"Qianyu, continue to arrange for the female cultivators of your Lineage to enter the sect, but remember, make sure they don't easily find ordinary cultivators to form dao companion! My Mo Family provides them with Spirit Stone for cultivation, not for them to find ordinary disciples!"
"Yes, Patriarch!" Mo Qianyu dared not look directly into Mo Hongyuan's eyes at this moment and replied repeatedly.
"Don't call me patriarch. The patriarch is Hongwen now. I'm just an elder who oversees Taichang Market!" Mo Hongyuan immediately interrupted, and his words were extremely stern.
Mo Qianyu was startled and looked somewhat flustered. He had never seen Mo Hongyuan so angry before, but recently, he had been getting angrier and angrier.
"Secondly, how is the Lineage's Supreme Mystery Wine being refined?" Mo Hongyuan asked again.
"Master, the Supreme Mystery Wine will still need some time; it's a second-tier spiritual wine..."
"Alright, alright, I know. You can all leave now. Preserve the last of the Lineage's array plate assets. It's a pity that if my Mo Family could have a woman like Chu Xiyu from the Chu Family, things wouldn't have come to this." Mo Hongyuan seemed a little impatient.
He waved for the others to leave, then returned to his room alone, a bottle of elixir in his hand.
The spiritual light emanating from his entire body appeared even more intense, clearly indicating that he had made some progress in his cultivation recently.
The Xu Family in Granary Mountain, in a huge courtyard, under a clear blue sky.
However, snowflakes were falling in front of the courtyard, which looked particularly strange, and the temperature inside the courtyard was obviously unusually low.
A young cultivator stood guard at the entrance of the courtyard, his expression strangely unsettling.
He glanced at the courtyard from time to time. It was where his future wife lived. However, he didn't know what had gotten into his Lineage. They were still afraid of the Ye Family and had slaughtered all the Li Family cultivators.
As a result, Li Mubin, the Ice Spirit Root of the Li Family, is now in seclusion in the courtyard.
He sighed, and then had no choice but to leave.
What he didn't know was that in the courtyard, a pair of incredibly deep eyes were watching him, and only after he had left did that gaze shift to him.
In the courtyard, an old man was waiting.
If a member of the Ye Family were here, they would see that this is Xu Wenchang, the head of the Xu Family.
At this moment, Xu Wenchang was extremely cautious, even more so than when facing Xu Chunlin, the patriarch of the Xu Family.
"Seventh Aunt, are you feeling alright?" After a long while, as if sensing that the temperature in the air had dropped, Xu Wenchang tentatively transmitted his voice.
"That's fine, you can leave now. It will take me several decades to recover my cultivation. Remember not to cause trouble in the coming years!" A cold voice rang out, and Xu Wenchang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated.
He walked out beaming with joy.
He had thought that since something terrible had happened to the Mo Family, his Xu Family might also be framed by the Ye Family. But he never expected that his Xu Family had an ancestor who had once run away from home.
In Taihang Marketplace, amidst bursts of spiritual light, the original signboard of the Mo Family Restaurant was replaced with the signboard of Ye Family Restaurant.
Along with the rising smoke, wisps of spiritual smoke, made from a special type of sandalwood, drifted into the air, making the entire market exceptionally fragrant.
Several beast shadows have also appeared on the Ye Family's plaque, making it look even more majestic and imposing.
On both sides of the restaurant, many cultivators were walking around. Everyone was watching the restaurant open, and as the spiritual smoke increased, more and more cultivators came over.
Moreover, these cultivators weren't just there to watch the spectacle; they were genuinely lined up on both sides of the restaurant.
Ye Jingyu and Ye Xinghe landed here, surprised by the unusually large number of Rogue Cultivator who had come this time.
The opening of a restaurant is different from the Purple Mansion ceremony. Some people want to hear the Purple Mansion preach, but for a restaurant opening, there is no need to give gifts.
Even other Lineage might not come.
Ye Xinghe had also prepared quite a few shills, but now it seems that those shills are somewhat unnecessary.
"Jingcheng's method of combining the pill shop and the beast shop is indeed excellent!" Ye Jingyu nodded in agreement.
Although some Spirit Stone will be wasted today, they have already earned it back in other ways.
The Ye Family's policy is that for every treasure purchased for 1,000 Spirit Stone, they will receive a Red-Node Fish spirit dish as a gift. A Red-Node Fish costs only 3 Spirit Stone, and when processed into Spirit Stone, it will only cost 6 or 7 Spirit Stone. For the Ye Family, this kind of business is definitely profitable.
Even though it's their opening day, they still offer some Spring Welcoming Tea as a gift.
"Congratulations!" In the distance, Ward Master Jiang also led the cultivators toward them.
With the Ye Family Lineage becoming Purple Mansion clan, Jiang Jinghe's attitude towards the Ye Family changed drastically.
Behind Jiang Jinghe was Chu Xiyu from the Chu Family.
As a relative by marriage to the Ye Family, Chu Xiyu came in person.
Ye Jingyu also came over one after another to greet them.
They were led inside, and after looking around a few more times, they were slightly disappointed but also relieved not to see any cultivators from the Mo Family or Xu Family who had come to offer their congratulations.
Their disappointment stemmed from their expectation that the Xu and Mo Families would cause trouble.
So they prepared many countermeasures, but none of them were used. They breathed a sigh of relief because the restaurant opened smoothly.
And business seems to be doing even better than they expected.
Soon, the first and second floors of the restaurant were full, while there was a queue outside.
On the second floor, Chu Xiyu was also looking at Ye Jingyu:
"Nephew, I wonder if your Lineage has made any preparations for opening a shop in Taichang Market?" After drinking some spiritual wine and food, Chu Xiyu asked.
"This matter will be handled by my eleventh brother, Jingcheng, and preparations are almost complete."
"That spiritual genius?" Jiang Jinghe asked from the side.
"That's right, Eleventh Brother is also the next head of our Ye Family!" Ye Jingyu said.
"Isn't your father the head of the family, my dear nephew?" Ward Master Jiang asked again.
Upon hearing this, Ye Xinghe's face darkened. Jiang Jinghe clearly wanted to sow discord between Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingcheng.
"Ward Master Jiang is joking. Although my father is the head of the family, we are all one Ye Family by blood. The head of the family should be the one who is capable!" Ye Jingyu knew that Jiang Jinghe was standing up for him.
But why should Ye Jingyu need anyone else to stand up for him?