"Xiao Cai, how do I sense that your Qi has already reached the Peak of Qi Refining Layer Three?!"
Su Yuan squatted by the pond, sensing the three-colored small fish's Qi with his spiritual sense.
The small fish floated to the surface, opening its mouth and blowing bubbles.
Su Yuan also noticed that the other swimming fish in the pond were also emitting a trace of spiritual power fluctuations; previously, they were just ordinary swimming fish, but now they showed a tendency to transform into spiritual fish!
Su Yuan's gaze towards Xiao Cai changed slightly.
He stroked Xiao Cai's head, and Xiao Cai gently nudged Su Yuan's palm, looking very pleased.
Su Yuan looked at it amusedly and took out Spirit Stones to feed it.
Xiao Cai accepted all offerings, swallowing the Spirit Stones one by one.
However, to Su Yuan's surprise, Xiao Cai's appetite was enormous this time; after swallowing a full thirty Spirit Stones, Xiao Cai's Qi suddenly surged, elevating to a new Realm, and its body size also grew a small bit!
It emitted the aura of a Rank One Medium Grade Spirit Beast!
It really did Breakthrough!
Su Yuan was a bit surprised.
Just then, Xiao Cai floated into the air, and a three-colored light suddenly bloomed!
Su Yuan was stunned, directly hit by the three-colored light!
The next moment, the three-colored light transformed into a chain, connecting Su Yuan and Xiao Cai!
Above Su Yuan's forehead, a golden sword emerged, and this time, three-colored light surrounded the golden sword, making Su Yuan appear even more mysterious.
After three breaths, the light dissipated, and Xiao Cai fell into the pond, startling Su Yuan awake.
Su Yuan felt a mysterious connection form between himself and Xiao Cai.
Immediately, streams of three-colored spiritual power surged into Su Yuan's Dantian out of thin air.
Su Yuan's Cultivation Technique automatically operated, easily transforming into Profound True Qi!
Su Yuan's Profound True Qi inexplicably increased by a large margin again!
Xiao Cai transmitted an 'Applaud me' thought to Su Yuan.
Su Yuan looked at Xiao Cai strangely: "You did this?"
Xiao Cai immediately nodded its fish head and swam rapidly in the pond, looking very happy.
Su Yuan understood; he knew this situation. This was a Spirit Beast voluntarily recognizing its master, a situation that usually only occurs with Spirit Beasts of high Bloodline, at least with Golden Core potential or above. And at the moment the connection was established, he indeed received some feedback, learning that Xiao Cai's Spirit Beast species was precisely the Nine-Colored Heavenly Immortal Fish!
"That boss didn't lie to me? I thought he was boasting, I only bought it because I liked how it looked, but I never expected it to be real!" Su Yuan was greatly surprised.
He felt a bit touched; such a precious spiritual fish only cost 130 Spirit Stones. That stall owner was a good person! Could it be another Great Master playing in the mortal world? The next time he encounters him, he must thank him in person!
Su Yuan tried to feed Xiao Cai Spirit Stones again, and Xiao Cai accepted them all; having just broken through, it was indeed very hungry.
Xiao Cai ate a full twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and as digestion finished, streams of three-colored spiritual power, following the mysterious connection, descended into Su Yuan's Dantian out of thin air, easily transforming into Profound True Qi!
Su Yuan glanced at the System panel and saw that his rest time had not been interrupted, which greatly shocked him. Was this a bug?
"Wait!"
Su Yuan looked at the System panel, suddenly widening his eyes.
[Name]: Su Yuan
[Domain]: Green Branch Continent
[Rank]: Slightly Famous (976 / 1000)
[Realm]: Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer (99 / 100)
[Entry 1]: Labor and Rest Combination: You are very good at Labor and Rest Combination. The longer the rest time, the better the Cultivation effect. Current rest time: 39 days 11 hours
[Entry 2]: Law Follows Nature: You are very good at comprehending Nature. It is easier to comprehend the Dao from the mysteries of Heaven and Earth.
"My fame value increased by over 300 points compared to before? When did that happen?"
Su Yuan was greatly shocked!
He hadn't looked at the System panel during this period, and he had even turned off the System notification sound, so he didn't know when his fame had increased so much!
Something's not right!
Very not right!
Su Yuan immediately felt a sense of unease!
"Bang!"
Someone knocked on the courtyard door.
Su Yuan turned his head to look, his spiritual sense extending outside the courtyard door; he saw a familiar figure—Ye Bufan.
Su Yuan frowned and got up to open the door.
Ye Bufan looked up and, seeing that it was indeed Su Yuan, a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Su Yuan, I am Ye Bufan, do you still recognize me?"
"Naturally, I recognize you. You are the Genius Disciple with a Top-Grade Dual Spiritual Root from our generation. May I ask what brings Senior Brother Ye to my Immortal Cave?" Su Yuan asked.
"In a few days, it will be the triennial Inner Sect Grand Competition. Inner Sect Disciples who have been inducted for ten years can participate. I am confident that I will achieve a top three ranking in this competition." Ye Bufan's demeanor was extremely arrogant.
Su Yuan was surprised and asked, "Are the rewards plentiful?"
Ye Bufan chuckled, "Naturally, they are plentiful. The key is that I will receive the nomination for Inner Sect Great Senior Brother!"
Su Yuan curiously asked, "Why do you want to be the Inner Sect Great Senior Brother so much?"
"Because this is the prerequisite for contending for the Sect Leader position!" Ye Bufan's eyes gleamed as he openly stated his ambition!
Su Yuan was greatly shocked: "You want to be the Sect Leader? Amazing! Amazing!"
Ye Bufan chuckled, "Within the Sect, who doesn't want to be the Sect Leader? For example, you?"
"Me?"
Su Yuan pointed to himself and said dumbfounded, "I don't want to be any Sect Leader at all!"
"Then why did you open a shop to win over low-level Disciples and build your reputation among them, if not to pave the way for contending for the Inner Sect Great Senior Brother position?"
Ye Bufan's gaze was sharp, "You want to be my competitor?"
Su Yuan finally understood where the problem lay; the source of his fame value should be that shop. What exactly did Zhang Wei and Zhou Wuyou do?
Su Yuan shrugged: "Senior Brother, you're overthinking it. I just did it casually. That shop only has a two-month lease, and it will close when the time is up!"
"Really?" Ye Bufan's eyes narrowed slightly.
"It should be!"
"Since that's the case, Junior Brother Su, are you willing to transfer the shop to me?" Ye Bufan finally stated his purpose.
Su Yuan scratched his head and said, "But this shop isn't rented by me; it's by a Senior Brother named Niu Bin."
"Niu Bin?"
Ye Bufan didn't expect Su Yuan to answer like that.
"Which Inner Sect? How come I haven't heard of him?"
"He's an Outer Sect Senior Brother; you can talk to him." Su Yuan said.
Upon hearing this, Ye Bufan sneered inwardly, directly taking Su Yuan's words as a refusal.
"It seems Junior Brother Su indeed has ideas about the position of Inner Sect Great Senior Brother, then?" Ye Bufan said calmly.
Su Yuan was speechless upon hearing this: "Did you misunderstand something? How could I, merely at Qi Refining Layer Four, contend for the position of Inner Sect Great Senior Brother?"
"Is that so? Then let me test Junior Brother's mettle."
Ye Bufan narrowed his eyes, reached out to grab Su Yuan, and on his palm, flames rose, emitting strong spell fluctuations!
Su Yuan's expression changed; he didn't expect Ye Bufan to dare to directly attack!
This was in his Immortal Cave!
Sensing the danger approaching, Su Yuan instinctively counterattacked! The sparring he had with Little Li for a year had long turned his use of the "Profound True Heaven Evolution Art" into instinct.
A golden shield instantly enveloped Su Yuan's entire body. The golden flowing light, shimmering with a metallic luster, looked extremely stable.
Sizzle!
The flaming palm collided with the golden shield, emitting intense sizzling sounds.
Ye Bufan's originally casual demeanor immediately changed, quickly becoming serious. The faint flames instantly surged tenfold!
However, that thin golden shield, like a turtle shell, easily blocked Ye Bufan's attack.
Ye Bufan even saw a red light occasionally flash across the golden shield, counteracting and dispersing his flames!
After a few breaths of stalemate, the golden shield suddenly vibrated!
Ye Bufan's body flew backward, directly out of the main door.
In mid-air, Ye Bufan took out his Flying Sword, stepped on it, and quickly stabilized his figure in the air.
Then he looked at Su Yuan, only to see Su Yuan with an unperturbed expression, looking at him with deep eyes.
Ye Bufan's expression was solemn.
At this moment, the air fell silent.
Only a spiritual fish by the pond made bubbling sounds.
"This is my Immortal Cave, please respect yourself, Senior Brother!" Su Yuan said faintly.
Ye Bufan took a deep breath and said, "Su Yuan, I underestimated you. I never expected that the person who hides the deepest in my generation is actually you!"
Su Yuan's face was calm: "What do you mean by that? What did you hide?"
Ye Bufan's expression stiffened, then he calmly said: "Very good, I acknowledge you. I hope we can fight with all our strength during the Grand Competition!"
Ye Bufan gave Su Yuan a deep look, then departed on his sword without stopping.
Su Yuan snorted: "Lunatic!"
He looked around and saw nothing burned, which relieved Su Yuan greatly.
Then, he flew out a paper crane and immediately summoned Zhang Wei, Zhou Wuyou, and Song Cai!
Zhang Wei and Zhou Wuyou arrived quickly.
Song Cai also quickly arrived on his sword.
Su Yuan looked at the three and asked, "What's going on with the shop?"
"What's wrong?" Zhang Wei asked, puzzled.
Song Cai quickly reported, "Senior Brother, I took the liberty of adding a one percent handling fee, please punish me, Senior Brother!"
Zhou Wuyou reacted and quickly said, "This was discussed between me and Song Cai, it's not his fault alone!"
Su Yuan's mouth twitched: "I'm not talking about the one percent handling fee. How big have you made it? How much customer traffic do you have daily?"
Song Cai heard this and laughed: "Senior Brother, you can rest assured with my work; I've handled it perfectly. There are at least two hundred people coming to buy goods every day! The daily turnover is as high as three to four thousand Spirit Stones, even with a one percent handling fee, that's a profit of 30 Spirit Stones. Now we are a very well-known shop in the area near the Seven Absolutes Sect! Don't worry, Senior Brother, this is just the beginning. Once our reputation grows, we can enter the mid-range product Domain, and we'll definitely earn more money then!"
Su Yuan's eyelids twitched, and he said, "Do you understand what 'a tall tree catches the wind' means? That Ye Bufan just came to find me!"
"Ye Bufan?" Zhang Wei's eyes widened, "He came? Why did he come?"
"He wanted me to transfer the shop!" Su Yuan snorted.
"Too much bullying!" Zhang Wei was angry, "We worked so hard to build this up, and he just wants to come and pluck the peaches. So what if he has a Top-Grade Spiritual Root? We'll just go all out!"
Zhou Wuyou worriedly said, "Senior Brother, this, what should we do?"
Song Cai cautiously said, "He left? Did you agree, Senior Brother?"
"I told him to go find Niu Bin, well, the real owner of this shop. He didn't believe it, and if he didn't believe it, that's fine, but he even attacked!" Su Yuan was very angry.
Zhang Wei looked Su Yuan up and down, puzzled: "Where are the injuries?"
Su Yuan rolled his eyes at him: "I repelled him!"
"Really?" Song Cai's eyes lit up, "Then we can continue operating!"
Su Yuan immediately waved his hand: "No need! Like this, don't sell those low-level items anymore! You find Niu Bin and let him take over the shop. People fear fame, pigs fear getting fat, understand?!"
Song Cai heard this and looked thoughtful. Could it be that Senior Brother Su already knows about the recent shortage of goods?
In the past month, due to massive sales, the inventory of low-level Artifact Refiners and Alchemists in the Seven Absolutes Sect was indeed almost sold out. It was indeed the right time to enter the mid-range market, and Niu Bin was the source of mid-range resources. Clearly, Senior Brother Su had anticipated this long ago!
Moreover, Senior Brother Su's ambition was indeed the Great Senior Brother's position, as he even repelled Ye Bufan!
Oh, right, the Inner Sect Grand Competition is in a few days; he should go help Senior Brother Su register!
He was a Utility Disciple under Su Yuan's name and had the right to handle these trivial matters for his Senior Brother.
"Senior Brother, are you participating in the Grand Competition in a few days?" Song Cai asked.
Su Yuan said helplessly, "I'm only at Qi Refining Layer Four, how could I participate in the Inner Sect Grand Competition? I don't even meet the threshold!"
Song Cai said, "There's no cultivation restriction for the Grand Competition."
Su Yuan heard this and said irritably, "Then go register me!"
"I understand!" Song Cai nodded; he would go help Su Yuan register his name shortly.
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