Thirty Million Spirit Stones

Seeing the Purple Gold Token in Ye Yu's hand, the guards' expressions changed at once. They bowed to Ye Yu and said, "Mr. Ye, please come in."

"What are you doing? Can't you understand what I'm saying? I said to throw him out!" Ye Qingxuan froze for a moment before snapping angrily.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan acting like this, one of the guards frowned. "Second Princess, do not make trouble without reason. The Great Yan Royal Family is indeed our partner, but that does not mean you may make things difficult for an elder of Lingyun Pavilion."

As soon as those words fell, Ye Qingxuan pointed at Ye Yu with disbelief written all over her face. "You're saying this trash is an elder of your Lingyun Pavilion?!"

"Watch your words!" The guard's face turned cold, and the other guards behind him stepped forward as well, staring coldly at Ye Qingxuan.

Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang immediately shut their mouths, shooting Ye Yu a vicious glare.

In Azure Prefecture, the Great Yan Dynasty might carry tremendous weight. After all, its title as the strongest dynasty had not been earned through empty boasting.

But before a merchant association like Lingyun Pavilion, which spanned three prefectures, the Great Yan Dynasty's prestige was simply not enough.

For trivial matters, Lingyun Pavilion might grant them some face. But when it came to an elder of Lingyun Pavilion, that was an entirely different matter.

Feeling the hostile gazes of the two women, Ye Yu had no intention of explaining himself. He turned and entered the venue.

Back then, the Great Yan Dynasty had only just emerged from civil strife, with its people's livelihoods and economy teetering on the brink of collapse.

Lingyun Pavilion had originally looked down on such a Great Yan Dynasty. It was only because Ye Yu had once formed a bond of goodwill with Elder Ziyun that Elder Ziyun gave him an Elder Token.

Only then did Lingyun Pavilion agree to deepen its cooperation with the Great Yan Dynasty, raising Great Yan's overall economy by an entire level.

"You bastard! Fine, I want to see what you can possibly buy today!" Gritting her teeth, Ye Qingxuan followed Ye Yu inside.

After the group left, the captain of the guards hurried upstairs and reported what had happened to the manager of this branch.

The venue in the Great Qin Capital could not compare to Great Yan's.

After agreeing to cooperate deeply with Great Yan, Lingyun Pavilion had placed its Azure Prefecture headquarters in the Great Yan Imperial City, holding an auction every month.

Countless powerhouses from Azure Prefecture were drawn there each month to participate.

As a result, the Great Yan Imperial City's reputation continued to rise, followed closely by all manner of commercial exchange.

Ye Yu wandered through the venue. This time, he had come to purchase medicinal ingredients for refining Poison Dispelling Pills.

The Wilderness Secret Realm he would enter in a few days was surrounded by dense miasma. Even ordinary Golden Core Stage cultivators would lose their way upon entering, and might even be poisoned.

Ye Yu naturally was not afraid. No matter how powerful that miasma was, it could not compare to Nine Nether Blood Qi. But Qin Ruoxian was different. It was always better to be prepared.

Very soon, Ye Yu arrived before a counter. He glanced at the Purple Dawn Fruit inside and wanted to buy it, but when he reached into his pocket, he froze on the spot.

He had forgotten to bring the spirit stones Qin Wushuang had given him.

"Um, shopkeeper, can I buy on credit? I'll have someone deliver the payment later," Ye Yu asked awkwardly, rubbing his nose.

The shopkeeper sized Ye Yu up and then said, "No. If you need—"

But before he could finish, a mocking laugh sounded from behind. Ye Qingxuan said, "I thought you would gain some benefit after coming to Great Qin. Turns out you can't even afford a few thousand spirit stones."

"How about it? Great Yan is still better, isn't it? Come back with me and help treat my injuries. The spirit stones in this bag will all be yours!"

With that, Ye Qingxuan shook the Cosmos Bag in her hand.

Ye Qingxuan had always known that Ye Yu was greedy for money. She simply had not expected his circumstances to be this straitened. Otherwise, she would have used spirit stones to make him return long ago.

Ye Yu shot her a speechless glance and said impatiently, "Why haven't you gotten lost yet?"

"Once you pass this village, there won't be another shop like it. Let me tell you, there are a full hundred thousand spirit stones in this Cosmos Bag!" Ye Qingxuan suppressed her anger and tempted him.

During Ye Yu's time as Crown Prince, he would investigate to the very end even if a single spirit stone went missing from the treasury. In Ye Qingxuan's eyes, that was enough to prove that Ye Yu was greedy, petty, and narrow-minded.

One had to know that the Great Yan treasury contained far more than ten million spirit stones.

Yet that one time, Ye Yu had stripped three high officials of their posts over a single spirit stone.

Before Ye Yu could speak, the shopkeeper beside him could no longer stand it. He said coldly, "Esteemed guest, is a hundred thousand spirit stones a lot? This gentleman possesses an Elder Token of Lingyun Pavilion. He may freely draw upon any items worth less than thirty million spirit stones."

"I refused the gentleman earlier not because he wished to buy on credit, but because this gentleman has no need to buy on credit!"

As soon as those words fell, the people around them broke into astonished exclamations.

Lingyun Pavilion truly was wealthy and overbearing. He could freely draw upon items worth thirty million spirit stones?

At once, everyone looked at Ye Yu with envy. The goods in this Lingyun Pavilion branch in the Great Qin Capital did not even add up to thirty million spirit stones.

Did that not mean Ye Yu could simply empty the entire place?

Not only the others—even Ye Yu was secretly shocked. He had never expected the token Elder Ziyun gave him to have such a function.

Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang's faces, however, turned as black as the bottom of a pot. Although the Great Yan Dynasty was now powerful and its treasury well-stocked, the Great Yan treasury's annual income was only eight million spirit stones, and it was still declining.

Yet Ye Yu could freely allocate thirty million spirit stones, more than ten times what all of them combined possessed.

"If that is the case, prepare two sets of everything on this list for me. As for the spirit stones, I'll have someone deliver them later." With that, Ye Yu took out a list and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper hurriedly accepted it and scampered off to fetch the items.

Before long, everything had been gathered. Ye Yu turned and left Lingyun Pavilion, but Ye Qingxuan and Ye Qingshuang followed behind him like lingering ghosts. Only after Ye Yu entered the imperial palace did they finally stop.

"Second Sister, what should we do?" Watching Ye Yu's departing back, Ye Qingshuang asked.

Ye Qingxuan took a deep breath and said, "We'll wait here. I refuse to believe that, as an outsider, Great Qin's royal family can treat him all that well. One day, he will remember how good Great Yan was."

"Come on. Let's return to the inn and go through the scenes in the Memory Stone again. I refuse to believe we can't find some leverage on this trash!"

Hearing that, Ye Qingshuang nodded. For the moment, this was their only option.

After arriving at the inn, Ye Qingshuang set restrictions around the room before once again pouring spiritual power into the Memory Stone. The scenes within appeared before the two women once more.

The image froze on the scene of Ye Yu being slapped away, then continued onward.

Inside the Eastern Palace, Ye Yu was covered in blood. Before long, he fell unconscious, and then a tall figure clad in golden armor walked in.

The two women both recognized this man. He was Yan Ji, commander of Great Yan's Golden Armored Guards!

Ye Qingxuan frowned. Although the Golden Armored Guards had been established by Ye Yu, Yan Ji was Ye Xuan's trusted confidant. Yet now, he had appeared in the scene.

A thought immediately rose in her heart.

Could it be that Yan Ji was an informant Ye Yu had planted beside Ye Xuan?!