Chapter 108: Chapter 17: Long Time No See

“I am the Patriarch of the Rong family, Rong Yuanjiang. Fellow cultivator, you honor our Rong family’s marketplace with your visit. May I ask the purpose of your visit? Would you care to come inside and sit for a while?” Rong Yuanjiang dismissed the others and smiled as he cupped his hands in greeting towards Li Jizhou.

Although the Rong family is also a Foundation Establishment family, three of its members have reached the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, and there are no rival families nearby that can stand as equals.

Additionally, their family’s beast mastery skills within the Qi Kingdom are only second to the elite Immortal Race Beast-Mastery Xiao family within the Divine Intent Sect’s territory, making it a leading force in this field, with considerable family wealth.

“Patriarch Rong, it is an honor to meet you. I am just on my way to Golden Crow Immortal City to sell some pills, merely passing through, no need to impose.” Li Jizhou smiled slightly.

“Oh? May I ask what kind of pills you intend to sell, fellow cultivator?” Rong Yuanjiang was slightly taken aback and casually asked.

Pills that a Foundation Establishment cultivator would specifically go to Golden Crow Immortal City to sell couldn’t be ordinary.

“Haha, it’s quite embarrassing to say, but they were originally bought for the juniors; however… hehe, I might as well sell them.” Li Jizhou laughed while playing with two Bone Marrow Enhancement Pills in his hand, the very pills he had purchased at Spirit Pearl Mountain’s marketplace years ago.

“Aren’t these the grand pills once used by Pill Master Li, the aspiring cultivator?” Rong Yuanjiang’s expression changed slightly.

“No doubt about it, I specially bought them from a branch of Miaodan Tower. I want to return them, but they only refunded ninety percent, leaving me short by four hundred Spirit Stones, which is troubling. I heard that the demand at Golden Crow Immortal City exceeds supply; maybe I can sell them for a higher price.” Li Jizhou placed the two pills on the table directly, indicating that Rong Yuanjiang could examine them freely.

Rong Yuanjiang’s eyelids twitched slightly.

The Miaodan Tower’s Dharma Pattern was engraved, and the pills’ aura was unmistakable.

He instinctively turned his head to glance behind him.

As the patriarch of the Rong family, the family’s wealth was indeed noteworthy, but due to its size, with many members, he, as the patriarch, was constantly under watch.

And his most beloved son had a Lower-grade Spirit Root, unlikely to establish a Foundation by the age of fifty barring unforeseen circumstances.

Last month, upon seeing Miaodan Tower’s advertisements, he was quite tempted but dared not openly buy them for his son.

“Fellow cultivator Li, why go through all this trouble? Why not sell them to me at the original price?”

“Original price? Patriarch Rong, you must be joking. If I were in the territory of my clan, then at the original price, but now having traveled thousands of miles, it cannot be at the original price.” Li Jizhou smiled slightly.

After establishing the Foundation, he had been considering how to liquidate these pills and had already thoroughly researched the financial power and social connections of nearby families.

Every aspect of Rong Yuanjiang’s behavior was calculated into his plans.

“Then, what price does fellow cultivator have in mind?”

“If Patriarch Rong truly wants them, just add ten percent!”

“Agreed!” Rong Yuanjiang did not want to haggle too much, lest troubles arise from delay.

He immediately gave Li Jizhou four hundred forty Middle Grade Spirit Stones.

Following this method,

Over the next month, Li Jizhou visited two other family marketplaces he had previously investigated with sufficient resources and sold another five grand pills.

With the five thousand Spirit Stone cost from back then, he netted a gain of six thousand.

Moreover, during this process, he unexpectedly encountered an old acquaintance.

A thousand miles away from the Rong family, Chen Yuankang indeed established a family on a Tier One Spirit Vein.

Although it has only been about ten years, it remains a small household, consisting of Chen Yuankang, his spouse surnamed Huang, their five children born over the years, and a few Qi Cultivation disciples.

It’s like a fledgling Qi Cultivation family.

At the time, Li Jizhou disguised himself as a rugged man with a bushy beard, unexpectedly met Chen Yuankang, and on a whim, bestowed Peiyuan Pills to his five children to slightly enhance their aptitude.

Then he drifted away, leaving Chen Yuankang leading everyone to kneel in farewell to their predecessor.

Chen Yuankang, almost seventy years old, having suffered hidden injuries in the past, will likely never surpass Foundation Establishment in this lifetime. This might have been their last meeting.

With the sale of the grand pills completed, Li Jizhou was left with just that one remaining Foundation Establishment Pill to handle.

The Foundation Establishment Pill bore the Dharma Pattern of Miaodan Tower, and each pill sale was recorded.

This Foundation Establishment Pill of Li Jizhou’s was considered by Miaodan Tower to have already been used, and if discovered, it might stir unnecessary suspicion.

Additionally, due to the scarcity of Foundation Establishment Pills, should he disguise himself to sell it directly, those families might hesitate to buy, fearing it was tampered with by rival families.

Especially, even if successfully sold to these families, they could identify Li Jizhou’s identity through the pill’s Dharma Pattern.

This would lead to many unwarranted troubles.

Ultimately, he decided to sell the Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill to the Yang family of Qingshui River.

Firstly, the Yang family harbors no doubts about his pills.

Secondly, Li Jizhou is relatively acquainted with the Yang family’s higher-ups.

Thirdly, two years ago, Yang Xiaofu, the Yang family patriarch, after returning from Golden Crow Immortal City, compromised to the Qian and Zhao families, ceded the medicine fields, and even made compensations.

Most crucially, the Yang family’s Foundation Establishment Ancestor personally went to the Wen family to offer apologies, with self-inflicted injuries as penance.

Ultimately, the Yang family managed to barely survive.

Now was the Yang family’s lowest point, where they most needed confidence.

And this Foundation Establishment Pill could offer them enough strength to sustain that hope!

Additionally, his current identity and status are beyond comparison, especially the reputation as an Honorary Elder of the Golden Sun Sect, lending him substantial leverage, causing the Qian, Zhao, and even the Wen families to be cautious.

While not impeding his steady progress towards his planned goals, Li Jizhou was willing to let the Yang family gain some momentum.

A month later, Li Jizhou wearing white attire, descended on the Yang family of Qingshui River with a Flying Ship, a place he last visited eighteen years ago.

“Welcome, Elder Li!”

The powerful aura of a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator instantly alerted the Yang family’s ancestor, who then led the clan in full force to greet him.

“No need for formalities!”

Once Miaodan Tower’s promotional poster was released, those in the Yang family familiar with Li Jizhou immediately realized that the pill-consuming Pill Master was indeed Li Jizhou.

The revelation that he had established Foundation shocked the Yang family.

For a Foundation Establishment family like theirs, it took joint efforts over many years to cultivate a single Foundation Establishment cultivator,

Of course only selecting those with the best aptitude and disposition for cultivation.

Who could have imagined someone like Li Jizhou, so extravagant and unconventional!

The news of Li Jizhou’s Foundation Establishment quickly spread within the Yang family, enveloping the Second Elder Yang Yuanzhen in another wave of dissatisfaction from the confused second elder.

Wu Daniu upon hearing the news, was stunned for a moment before regaining composure, filled with blessings.

He already knew Li Jizhou’s personality, dedicated to the Dao, and preferred not to be disturbed; even after obtaining his address in the Immortal City from Yang Xiaofu, he never wrote to interrupt him.

Believing he would never have another chance to see Li Jizhou in this life, the current sight of the elegant and graceful figure on the Flying Ship brought tears to his eyes.

“Big brother came back to see me!”

Li Jizhou’s arrival undoubtedly infused a breath of vitality and hope into the Yang family, downcast over the past two years.

In the crowd, a graceful figure clad in a sky-blue gauze dress, from the moment she appeared, never took her eyes off him.

She simply raised her head, gazing quietly, with an uncontrollable smile emerging at the corners of her mouth.

Eventually, Li Jizhou was invited by the Yang family’s ancestor to their central ancestral land.

Accompanied only by Yang Yuyan, now the Yang family patriarch after Yang Xiaofu’s retirement the previous year.

“Patriarch Yang, long time no see!” Li Jizhou smiled slightly at Yang Yuyan, whom he hadn’t seen in a decade.

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