Reaching Consensus with the New Town Chief

In the ruins of the Wang Family, Wang Xiong held the remaining corpse of his child, his face looking much older.

"Yang'er, Father is useless, Father is sorry to you..."

The destruction of his family, coupled with the grief of losing his son, had not broken Wang Xiong. On one hand, his resolve was strong enough, and on the other, he still had a young son cultivating in a sect.

Because he was taken to the sect, he escaped this beast tide catastrophe.

This child was Wang Xiong's only hope. As long as he could cultivate successfully, the roots of the Wang Family would remain.

The Dynasty quickly sent troops and a new Town Chief to White Stone Town to organize the reconstruction efforts.

The new Town Chief's name was Gao Hui, at the Peak of Fifth Level of Qi Gathering, and he was just under thirty years old.

The day after he arrived in White Stone Town, he paid a visit to the Yang Family.

When he saw the orderly state of the Yang Family, he immediately looked upon Patriarch Yang Guanfeng with newfound respect.

"To be able to complete the reconstruction so quickly, and the people here are not dispirited, this Patriarch's methods are truly brilliant!"

Yang Guanfeng personally received him in the assembly hall.

Seeing him in person, Gao Hui was first stunned, then quickly cupped his hands in congratulation.

"Congratulations, Patriarch Yang! For achieving the Sixth Level Realm!"

"Thank you, Town Chief Gao, please sit."

Gao Hui sat down, his expression calm, but his mind was racing.

According to the previous intelligence, Yang Guanfeng was only at Fifth Level of Qi Gathering, but now he had broken through to the Sixth Level.

This meant that the status relationship between the Yang Family of Little Pine Mountain and the towns to the east and west had changed.

With this thought, his attitude became even more respectful.

"What is the purpose of your visit, Town Chief Gao?" Yang Guanfeng asked.

Although he could guess the other party's intention, which was likely to ask the Yang Family to contribute money and effort to help rebuild White Stone Town, he still needed Gao Hui to say it.

Gao Hui saw this and did not hide anything, getting straight to the point. "To be frank, I wish to ask Patriarch Yang to help rebuild my White Stone Town."

Afterward, Gao Hui made a promise.

As long as the Yang Family assisted, after the reconstruction, they could choose any three shops in White Stone Town, and they would be exempt from taxes for the next thirty years.

Upon hearing this, Yang Guanfeng chuckled without responding. Gao Hui understood that what he offered was not enough to impress the other party.

The shops in town were merely the foundation of mortals; he surmised this Patriarch's desires were not here.

Gao Hui pondered while drinking tea.

Yang Guanfeng did not rush him, accompanying him in drinking tea.

As a formally registered Cultivator of the Dynasty, Gao Hui, although not high in realm, possessed many rights that others did not due to his status.

What Yang Guanfeng valued was precisely these rights in his hands.

Unlike Xu Guang, an old hand who only cared about profit.

Gao Hui was still young. The reconstruction of White Stone Town was a merit brought to his attention. Once the town recovered and prospered, it would showcase his outstanding abilities.

If this matter was completed, and with the Yang Family's good management for a few more years, he might be able to use the "Promotion Order" to find a better position elsewhere.

Therefore, he did not value immediate benefits as much, but rather focused on how he could achieve something here to secure a high position in the future.

"Greetings, Old Ancestor, greetings, Town Chief Gao."

At this moment, Yang Lingrui entered the assembly hall, greeted the two, and then stepped forward to add tea.

Gao Hui was first surprised to see this young Cultivator of the Yang Family, and then his mind became clear.

He was surprised that this child, so young, already had the cultivation of Second Level of Qi Gathering. It was not impossible for him to achieve Essence Condensation in the future.

With this child here, it was only a matter of time before the Yang Family became a prominent family.

What became clear was that from Yang Lingrui's appearance, he understood what Yang Guanfeng was seeking.

"So that's how it is, Patriarch Yang, this child is truly remarkable, a pillar of strength."

Gao Hui said, "How about this, although my position is humble and my power is limited, I govern a town and have a few sect recommendation slots. If Patriarch Yang is willing to help me rebuild White Stone Town, then at the Myriad Transformation Sect's disciple recruitment ten years from now, I will recommend one Yang Family disciple, how about that?"

"Deal!"

Yang Guanfeng readily agreed.

The two reached a consensus, and after discussing the details, the matter was settled.

Elder Yu would lead two hundred laborers to White Stone Town to assist in the reconstruction. At the same time, the Yang Family would bear half of the various resources needed for the reconstruction.

This essentially made the Yang Family the largest shareholder in White Stone Town.

This investment was timely for Gao Hui, who had just taken office.

With the support of the Yang Family, he would be able to complete the reconstruction work ahead of the deadline set by his superiors.

"Thank you, Patriarch Yang, for your strong support. Actually, besides rebuilding White Stone Town, I have another matter."

"Town Chief Gao, please speak."

"This beast tide is massive, with numerous demonic beasts appearing. The Yang family has considerable strength, so you must have slain many."

Gao Hui said, "Before I took office in White Stone Town, the higher-ups issued an order to purchase these demonic beast corpses."

"Oh? There's such a thing?"

Upon hearing this news, Yang Guanfeng's interest was immediately piqued.

As mentioned before, for the Yang family, the beast tide presented both danger and opportunity.

One was the chance to establish themselves through this battle, build prestige in the region, and attract people.

The other was that after slaying demonic beasts, their corpses were valuable commodities.

From fur, flesh, to internal organs and bones, every part had its use and could be sold for a good number of spirit crystals.

They had emptied their coffers to buy formations earlier, so with these demonic beast corpses, they could make a significant recovery.

This was another benefit of moving away from the town. As long as you had the ability to withstand the beast tide, any number of demonic beasts you killed were yours.

Families within the town, after defending against the beast tide, could only receive meager rewards, with the majority going to the Dynasty.

"May I ask how the Dynasty is pricing them?" Yang Guanfeng asked.

This was a very important question. If the price was too low, even if the Dynasty bought them, he wouldn't sell.

Gao Hui brought his five fingers together, "Seventy percent of the market price, and they'll buy as much as we have!"

"Alright, when will they come to collect?"

Yang Guanfeng immediately nodded in agreement.

"Within a month at most, someone will come down. I will contact the Yang family head then."

"Good! I'll trouble you with this, Town Chief Gao."

After the matter was settled, they exchanged pleasantries briefly, and Gao Hui took his leave.

Yang Guanfeng returned to the forbidden area and informed everyone of the matter.

"It's the first time I've heard of the Dynasty making such a large-scale purchase, but it's good news for us," Elder Yu nodded.

"Only seventy percent? Doesn't that mean our Yang family is losing thirty percent of the profit!"

Yang Linghu frowned as he spoke.

Facing his confusion, Yang Lingqing stepped forward and pointed towards the side courtyard.

"Tiger, look at that pile of demonic beast corpses."

Yang Linghu immediately looked towards the pile of demonic beast corpses stacked like a small mountain in the side courtyard of the forbidden area.

"I see it, what's wrong?"

"To travel to Yuling River Market, even with Ancestor Yu's speed, it would take three days. For us, it might take five."

Yang Lingqing explained unhurriedly, "We don't have any spatial items at home, so we can only transport them from home to the market batch by batch. Every time we enter, we have to pay an entrance fee. Carrying so many demonic beast corpses out also requires vigilance against being ambushed. The time and danger involved are all costs for selling these demonic beast corpses. If some are stolen, it would also lead to unnecessary losses."

At this point, Yang Linghu finally understood. He slapped his forehead.

"I get it. If we were to sell them through the market, considering the losses during these intermediate processes, the actual profit we'd receive wouldn't even be seventy percent of the original!"