Chapter 310: Power

The Penglai Pavilion was the largest chamber of commerce in the Biyou Immortal Market, one that could even be called an industry benchmark.

Ye Hongyu brought Yaoguang directly to a VIP room. To avoid causing any misunderstanding, she explained, "Although the Biyou Immortal Market has developed for several decades, and many chambers of commerce and sects from all over the world have opened branches in our immortal market, the journey is long. Because of that, the branches of these chambers of commerce and sects are not especially large. It's best to conduct transactions involving over a million Pure Yang Grand Pills through the Penglai Pavilion."

After saying that, she added, "Of course, Daoist Yaoguang, if you wish to sell your spoils elsewhere, I will also assist you throughout the entire process. However, many shops do not have the ability to take in so many materials at once, so it may take more time..."

"This is fine," Yaoguang said. "Of course I trust you, Daoist Ye."

Hearing this, Ye Hongyu let out a faint sigh of relief.

Soon, a middle-aged man entered with several people.

"True Disciple Ye." The middle-aged man greeted Ye Hongyu, then cupped his hands toward Yaoguang. "Perfected Master Yaoguang, I am Qing Qiu, pavilion master of the Penglai Pavilion. Please don't worry, Perfected Master. The Penglai Pavilion will definitely give you a reasonable price."

Yaoguang felt slightly surprised when he heard the middle-aged man’s words.

The public face of the Penglai Immortal Sect in the Biyou Immortal Market, the pavilion master of the Penglai Pavilion, is only at the Blazing White Golden Core Realm?! Yaoguang thought.

With the wealth that circulated in the market every year, even if they did not assign a Void-Piercing Realm elder to take personal charge, they should at least have had a Void-Piercing Realm battle immortal guarding the place. But a Blazing White Golden Core cultivator? This level of cultivation was a little too low.

However, Yaoguang did not reveal his thoughts, and instead directly took out a storage artifact he had prepared. "Please take a look."

"Thank you for your trust, Perfected Master." As Qing Qiu spoke, he received the storage artifact, took out the items inside one by one, and had the people behind him verify and appraise them.

This process was slow, but Yaoguang patiently waited at the side.

Only after a full day did Qing Qiu and the others from the Penglai Pavilion finish appraising all the materials.

After making some calculations, Qing Qiu looked at Yaoguang. "If you are willing to hand all these materials over to the Penglai Pavilion for handling, the Penglai Pavilion is willing to purchase them for 1,420,000 Pure Yang Grand Pills. What do you think?"

"1,420,000..."

The materials Yaoguang had taken out to sell were naturally not all the spoils he had obtained from the Xi family and Xuan Shuang. Some of the materials were useful to him, so he did not plan to sell them.

The true value of this batch of materials should have been between 1,500,000 and 1,550,000 pills. Considering that the Penglai Pavilion needed a certain profit margin, a price roughly ten percent lower than that was something he did not mind.

However, before he could speak, Ye Hongyu spoke first. "Pavilion Master Qing Qiu, Perfected Master Yaoguang saved my life. The sect master often teaches us that gratitude must be repaid, so I would like to use some of my authority as a true disciple. How about treating this batch of materials as something I am selling to the Penglai Pavilion?"

Qing Qiu paused when he heard this, a conflicted look appearing on his face.

However, he soon seemed to think of something and continued, "True Disciple Ye, since you wish to repay a debt of gratitude, the Penglai Pavilion is naturally willing to help with this good deed. The full value of this batch of materials should be around 1,530,000. We will purchase this batch of materials from Perfected Master Yaoguang at that price. What do you think?"

Since it was an extra 110,000 Pure Yang Grand Pills, Yaoguang naturally would not refuse.

If these pills were brought to the Nine Cauldrons Sect, they could nurture quite a few Radiant Sun Golden Core cultivators.

He immediately agreed. "Then we will do as you say."

At the same time, he smiled and nodded at Ye Hongyu.

Once Yaoguang gave his answer, Qing Qiu quickly began mobilizing resources from various places.

1,530,000 Pure Yang Grand Pills were no small amount. Even the Penglai Pavilion could not take out that amount all at once and had to first report it to the sect.

"Oh, right. The Biyou Immortal Market is renowned worldwide for its safety. I plan to rent a cave dwelling in the Biyou Immortal Market and cultivate in seclusion for a while. Is that alright?" Yaoguang asked.

"Of course." Qing Qiu smiled slightly. "As long as you have not offended a Dao Lord, the Biyou Immortal Market can guarantee the safety of any guest within it."

Ye Hongyu also said, "Some pills are occasionally sold in the immortal market. After cultivators obtain such pills, they may refine them inside the market, so we do indeed have cave dwellings specially prepared for such situations. However, the rental price of a cave dwelling is determined according to the cultivation level and duration. With your cultivation at the ninth realm of the Golden Core Realm, renting for one year would cost ten thousand Pure Yang Grand Pills, three years would cost twenty thousand, and ten years would cost fifty thousand."

After saying this, she added, "Generally speaking, they can only be rented for ten years. After ten years, the rental agreement must be signed again."

When Yaoguang heard this, he already understood Ye Hongyu’s meaning.

The Biyou Immortal Market, backed by the Penglai Immortal Sect, provided this kind of disguised protection service.

However, the Penglai Immortal Sect did not take things too far.

At most, it would protect a cultivator for ten years.

Renting again after ten years involved another problem.

If another force were determined to kill the person hiding here, they could rent all the cave dwellings in one go.

Cave dwelling rentals had a queue system, and some cave dwellings nearing the end of their rental period would also be included in the rental pool.

Of course, if the cultivator was wealthy enough and chose to rent two or three cave dwellings at the same time, they could extend this period indefinitely. Decades, even centuries, would not be out of the question.

But the pills spent during that period would be millions, or even tens of millions.

"Arrange a cave dwelling with a ten-year lease for me," Yaoguang said.

"I will have someone take care of that immediately. Since there is a background verification process, it will take a few days," Ye Hongyu said solemnly. "Please do not worry, Daoist Yaoguang. Even if Xi Liu of the Xi family comes to the Biyou Immortal Market, he will never dare act recklessly."

Clearly, she thought Yaoguang was renting a cave dwelling to avoid the Void-Piercing Realm expert of the Xi family.

Yaoguang nodded and was about to say something, but at that moment, brilliant light suddenly burst forth above the immortal market, as if an array had been activated.

Immediately afterward, four vast auras powerful enough to shake the void surged toward them.

This sudden disturbance instantly changed the expressions of Ye Hongyu, Qing Qiu, Yaoguang, and the others.

Top-tier experts were rapidly approaching!

Yet they did not restrain their auras at all, even when nearing the Biyou Immortal Market. Were they planning to attack the Biyou Immortal Market?

Did they not take the rules the Penglai Immortal Sect had established for the Biyou Immortal Market seriously at all?!

The next moment, a beam of clear light shot straight into the sky from the Biyou Immortal Market.

At the same time, a steady and stern psychic thought rang out like a rebuke. "Who dares come to the Biyou Immortal Market and run wild!"

Sensing this psychic thought, Ye Hongyu and Qing Qiu both revealed looks of joy.

"It is Elder Lu Li."

"The guardian elder of Biyou Immortal Market has stepped forward!"

***

On the way to the Biyou Immortal Market, Tu Shan, Hou Feng, Tong Ming, and Mo Shan, the four Void-Piercing Realm cultivators, had raced against time while dragging along Heavenly Venerable Jiang. Shortly after Yaoguang arrived at the Biyou Immortal Market, they finally caught up to him.

However, once they sensed that their target had entered the Biyou Immortal Market, the expressions of the Void-Piercing Realm cultivators changed.

Tu Shan, who had only been responsible for leading the way, was especially quick to retreat. He immediately said, "Everyone, that murderer clearly knows he committed a grave offense and decided to hide inside the Biyou Immortal Market. I have already found him for you. As for how you will bring him out, that is your business."

After saying this, he broke away from the group.

As for Hou Feng, Tong Ming, and Mo Shan, the three Void-Piercing Realm cultivators recalled the domineering nature of that Dao Lord of the Penglai Immortal Sect, as well as the rules she had established for the Biyou Immortal Market. All of them felt that the matter was troublesome.

Heavenly Venerable Jiang’s face visibly darkened.

"Damn it... Su Yaoguang. As long as we catch him, he will be slapped to death the moment we meet, yet he just keeps fleeing everywhere like a maggot, only thinking of every possible way to anger people!" Heavenly Venerable Jiang said coldly.

The Void-Piercing Realm cultivators nodded in agreement.

Of all the places Yaoguang could have hidden, he just had to hide in the Biyou Immortal Market.

The methods that the Penglai Dao Lord had used against Heavenly Sea Sword Pavilion back then...

Even though they had already cultivated to the Void-Piercing Realm, just thinking about it made their scalps tingle.

"What should we do?" Tong Ming asked.

"Yaoguang is, after all, the murderer who killed a true disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect! No matter how domineering that Dao Lord of the Penglai Immortal Sect is, she cannot be completely unreasonable, can she? Let us go over and explain the stakes to the guardian of the Biyou Immortal Market. I imagine they would not offend our sect for the sake of a traitor, especially when the Heavenly Sea Sword Pavilion has not yet been destroyed," Hou Feng said.

"And the Taiyi Immortal Sect." Heavenly Venerable Jiang added at the right moment.

Mo Shan glanced at him from the side.

Heavenly Venerable Jiang was not qualified to represent the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

However, with his status as a true disciple, if he wanted to pull on the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s banner, Mo Shan would not stop him.

Being skilled at using one’s own backing was itself one of the tests their master gave his disciples.

"Good. With Void-Piercing Realm cultivators from both of our sects arriving together, Lu Li of the Penglai Immortal Sect should not fight us to the bitter end over a Golden Core disciple who has not even reached the Void-Piercing Realm."

"Exactly. Let's display our influence as Void-Piercing Realm elders of the Ten Great Immortal Dao Sects."

"Let's go."

As the three Void-Piercing Realm cultivators spoke, they reached a consensus. At the same time, they released their Void-Piercing Realm power and headed straight for the Biyou Immortal Market.

However, they had clearly underestimated how much the Penglai Immortal Sect valued the Biyou Immortal Market.

The Penglai Immortal Sect had not been established for long, and its foundation and assets were far from comparable to those of the top great sects. Worse still, many resource sites in the Deep-Blue Sea were still occupied by the demon race, so even if they wanted to exploit them, they had to bear enormous risks.

Under these circumstances, another industry of the Biyou Immortal Market, renting out cave dwellings and selling the most precious thing on the North Sea Star, a sense of safety, had already become another major source of income for the immortal market.

The cave dwelling business alone provided the Penglai Immortal Sect with an income of several million Pure Yang Grand Pills every year.

Because of that, the Penglai Immortal Sect attached extreme importance to this rule of the Biyou Immortal Market.

When he perceived Hou Feng, Tong Ming, and Mo Shan, the three Void-Piercing Realm cultivators, approaching aggressively, Lu Li stood alone, yet he did not give way in the slightest and met them head-on.

This Void-Piercing Realm cultivator of the Penglai Immortal Sect rose into the air, directly blocking the Void-Piercing Realm cultivators from the Heavenly Dao Sect and Taiyi Immortal Sect. He shouted sternly, "Either restrain your auras to avoid harming low-tier cultivators and follow the rules of the Penglai Immortal Sect, or leave the Deep-Blue Sea."

The flying sword in his hand transformed into a streak of light, pointing directly at the three men who had arrived with the might of the Void-Piercing Realm. He said heavily, "The territory of my sect does not welcome anyone who refuses to follow the rules!"