"My main reason for coming to the Market City this time was to obtain yang gang jade. Since you own the Jade Gold Pavilion, Brother Zhang, I'll ask you directly: how much yang gang jade do you have left, and what would you take in exchange?" Wang Yu turned to Zhang Xiufu and asked.
"That's easily settled. Someone, go to the storeroom and bring out all the yang gang jade."
Zhang Xiufu smiled at this, clapped his hands, and called out an instruction toward the hall's entrance.
"Yes, Master."
A middle-aged man's respectful voice immediately came from outside the hall.
"The shopkeeper here is your disciple, Brother Zhang?" A hint of surprise appeared on Wang Yu's face.
"Indeed. My eldest disciple has limited aptitude and probably has no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment in this lifetime. But he's honest and knows his place, so I arranged for him to serve as the Jade Gold Pavilion's shopkeeper. I hope you'll give his business your patronage in the future." Zhang Xiufu replied with a light chuckle.
"Of course." Wang Yu readily agreed.
"Yang gang jade is an extremely rare second-tier fire-attribute material. It should be an excellent match for your cultivation art," Young Man Yan added with a smile.
"Oh? Can you tell what kind of cultivation art I practice, Fellow Daoist Yan?" Taken aback, Wang Yu asked him in return.
"Hehe, although I haven't witnessed your cultivation art firsthand, someone capable of casting a fire-attribute spell pushed to the limit of ninety-eight spell patterns most likely practices a fire cultivation art as well. It must be an exceptionally overbearing one, too. Otherwise, even if you comprehended the spell, you wouldn't be able to cast it smoothly," Young Man Yan explained with a smile.
"That's true enough. If the cultivation art I