"What did you say?" Yi Yun's words left Rain Numinous taken aback. This punk sure was arrogant. He actually said that his ambitions did not lie in the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins.
What was the meaning of that? Was he trying to say that the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins pool was too small for him?
He had an elder sister who could possibly become crown prince. If Jiang Xiaorou really became Ruins Empress, she would be one of the most respected people in the Chaos Heavens. Above the Ruins Empress were only figures like the Fey Patriarch or the Soul Patriarch. Many of these patriarchs had lived for hundreds of millions or even billions of years.
With such an elder sister, anyone would think of using her as a stepping stone to climb as high as they could. If they had extraordinary talent, they might even be able to receive the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins' bloodline to become a Postnatal Fey.
Although Postnatal Fey were not favored by the Fey, to the point of abandoning their roots, it was impossible to prosper in the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins with a human identity. So what if one became a Postnatal Fey in order to soar?
Furthermore, with Jiang Xiaorou's trust and affection for Yi Yun, she would definitely give him the best royal bloodline to transplant. This was already an opportunity for Yi Yun.
Despite having such a promising future ahead of him, Yi Yun did not seem to mind at all. This made Rain Numinous even more displeased. She felt that not only was Yi Yun ambitious, it was ridiculously ambitious.
If the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins did not think he was qualified, did he want to be Ruins Empress or Fey Patriarch?
Yi Yun also guessed what was on Rain Numinous's mind. He said, "Senior Rain, I don't care about the position of steward, nor do I plan on using it to soar in the future. I'm staying here firstly to refine pills, and secondly, to help my sister!"
"I wish to refine a special pill that will be very beneficial to Sis Xiaorou. I need the authority to transfer resources."
If this were fifteen minutes ago, Yi Yun's words would have been thrown out by Rain Numinous. But it was different now. A person's strength gave him the right to speak, even if he knew that his strength had little to do with alchemy.
Rain Numinous said, "I previously mentioned that within two years, there will be a battle for the Fey Altar spots that will affect Xiaorou's future. Although the Blood King has given us quite a bit of resources, we are still strapped for cash. It's unknown how much you will have to pay to buy those things of yours!"
Yi Yun said with a smile, "The enhancement of one's bloodline is not something that can be exchanged for any price. Resources should be used where they are needed most. So what if you have many mercenaries? It was nothing more than doing some odd jobs, or announcing to the public that he had three thousand guests under him to show off his strength and benevolence. These were all useless things. If one's own strength was unparalleled, why would one need to recruit guests? With just her name, she can make the people submit to her. At that time, many people will try their best to squeeze their way over to become Sister Xiaorou's servant. "
Upon hearing Yi Yun's words, Rain Numinous was so infuriated that she was nearly speechless.
Isn't this nonsense? Who doesn't know that personal strength is the way of the king? You might as well just say that you'll break through to the God King Stage tomorrow. What's the point of saying all this?
There was no way for one's personal strength to stand out among the many princes. All one could do was rely on one's faction. The stronger one was, the more it represented a prince's prestige and strength. And to be Ruins Emperor, one needed the ability to gain the loyalty of the masses.
Rain Numinous was already ignoring Yi Yun, but Yi Yun did not mind. He continued asking, "What's the vying for the Fey Altar spots?"
Rain Numinous could not be bothered to explain, but upon thinking that it was not a secret in the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins, she said, "In two years, the royal families of the peak races in the Chaos Heavens will jointly conduct a comprehensive test on their royal family members! The results of the test will not only affect one's reputation, but also the distribution of the mystic realm spots. "
"All the crown prince contenders of my Heaven Fey royal family will participate! The royal family members who obtain first place will receive generous rewards. One of them is … entry into the Fey Altar! "
"The Fey Altar is a place of worship in the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins' forbidden ground. Over the past billions of years, many powerful Fey have perished here before their deaths. The lifeblood powers of these powerful Fey's perished remain in the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins' forbidden ground. If they are stirred with mystic techniques, coupled with peerless geniuses entering, they can trigger a Heavenly Tribulation on the altar!"
"The Heavenly Tribulation has a maximum of twelve stages. It is a supreme Heavenly Tribulation that can temper one's body!"
"This is an opportunity that every prince dreams of. However, as the Heavenly Tribulation is too intense, it's not impossible for one to be reduced to ashes if they aren't careful."
"Xiaorou's cultivation time is just too short. She needs the supreme Heavenly Tribulation to temper her body. This is also the foundation of the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins. "
When Rain Numinous said that, Yi Yun's eyes lit up.
The twelve supreme Heavenly Tribulations had such a reward!
Indeed, the Fey's transcendence of the Heavenly Tribulations was a hurdle they had to overcome. It was not surprising that there was such a reward.
The peerless geniuses of the Fey would experience a lifeblood Heavenly Tribulation before they cultivated to become Fey Thearchs. It tempered their bodies and gave them immense opportunities.
Human Divine Lords could condense Divine Lord Royal Seals to enhance their strength. However, Fey Lords could similarly temper their Fey cores. The number of times they tempered corresponded to the number of Divine Lord Royal Seals they condensed. It was difficult to say which was better.
And under such circumstances, peerless geniuses of the Fey would experience an additional Heavenly Tribulation, but humans did not!
This was also the reason why humans were repressed by the Fey among the peak races of the Chaos Heavens.
Yi Yun's body-tempering was in urgent need of the Heavenly Tribulation. Yi Yun's Dragon Emperor bloodline had only experienced one Heavenly Tribulation back in the Sinkhole. However, that Heavenly Tribulation was man-made and was far inferior to the Heavenly Dao's Heavenly Tribulation.
If he could experience the twelve Heavenly Tribulations, the benefits were obvious.
However, it was unlikely that the Fey's Fey Altar was open to humans.
Regardless, he had to first help Jiang Xiaorou obtain the spot. If not, there was no chance at all.
Rain Numinous said, "Young Master Lin, you are Soft Clouds Mountain Manor's steward. You can use many of the resources in Soft Clouds Mountain Manor, but the things you need are not something you can afford even if you empty Soft Clouds Mountain Manor. As for the rest, you might have to apply for them from the Blood King."
Yi Yun smiled. "Senior Rain, I did not say that all the resources have to be provided by Soft Clouds Mountain Manor. I will also be earning large amounts of wealth in the coming days. Perhaps when the time comes, I won't need Soft Clouds Mountain Manor to produce too many things."
Upon hearing that, Rain Numinous was rendered speechless. To buy those treasures, one or two thousand Chaos Crystals would be insufficient. How was Yi Yun going to earn so much wealth?
Seeing Yi Yun's confident look, Rain Numinous no longer wished to speak.
If you can really earn that much wealth in a short period of time, the various Fey Thearchs in Heaven Fey City would be far inferior to you. Even the Blood King would be far inferior to you.
"You're on your own now."
Rain Numinous left directly. The mercenaries of Soft Clouds Mountain Manor looked at Yi Yun with trepidation in their eyes.
"Bring me to Soft Clouds Mountain Manor's storehouse," said Yi Yun. Controlling Soft Clouds Mountain Manor's resources was the embodiment of a steward's authority.
"Soft Clouds Mountain Manor's storehouse is in Marquis Bi Lin's hands. That cloud-shaped ring …" said a mercenary.
The storehouse was carried by the steward with him, but he had to check the ring in the accounts room daily to verify every sum of income and expenditure.
Yi Yun beckoned his hand and the ring on Marquis Bi Lin's finger flew into his hand. Marquis Bi Lin was filled with resentment, but he did not dare resist. Instead, he took the initiative to wipe away the mental mark on the ring. If Yi Yun were to wipe it off violently, it would severely damage his mental state.
"Reconcile the accounts!"
Yi Yun went straight for the accounts room. He knew that Marquis Bi Lin's account book was definitely fake! If he wasn't wrong, Marquis Bi Lin had likely embezzled a lot of resources while he was Soft Clouds Mountain Manor's steward.
However, Rain Numinous was likely aware of such matters. It was just unknown how much he had embezzled.
Yi Yun did not have any hopes of killing Marquis Bi Lin with this. This was because Marquis Bi Lin's steward was a form of compensation from the Blood King to Madam Bi Yun.
There was no need to verify the accounts. All Yi Yun wanted to do was verify that the items in the ring matched the records in the account book.
Soft Clouds Mountain Manor's inventory was not rich. All the natural treasures only amounted to about fifty Chaos Crystals.
This was the same as the records in the account book. Even if Marquis Bi Lin were to falsify the accounts, he would not directly embezzle items that were clearly recorded in the account book.
"Fifty Chaos Crystals can be used to buy a few natural treasures. But to buy powerful Fey cores and divine blood is just a drop in the bucket."
"And to earn that much wealth in a short period of time, even an Alchemy Thearch or a Godly Monarch Crystal Refinement Grandmaster would find it difficult."
While Yi Yun was planning, a voice transmission charm lit up in front of him.
This voice transmission talisman was sent by Jiang Xiaorou. Previously, Jiang Xiaorou had gotten the Treasure Fey Pagoda to release news that a Fey Thearch wanted to purchase these treasures. Over the past few days, an Ancient Fey clan had taken out one of the natural treasures — Golden Feather Immortal Pistil.
Yi Yun was delighted. However, he knew that the process was probably not as simple as Jiang Xiaorou had described for him to receive the news so quickly.
The Golden Feather Immortal Pistil was priced at twelve Chaos Crystals. According to Yi Yun's understanding of the market price, it was considered cheap. It was likely that the Ancient Fey clan had the intention of befriending the Blood King.
In the following days, Yi Yun stayed in Soft Clouds Mountain Manor. In the backyard of Soft Clouds Mountain Manor, there was an even smaller manor.
When Yi Yun first came to this garden within a garden, infinite memories surged through his mind. This garden within a garden was identical to the Tian Yuan world's Soft Clouds Mountain Manor.
He knew very well that this tiny place was probably a paradise in Jiang Xiaorou's heart. In the Chaos Heavens, she could come here to calm her mind and rest when she was exhausted from a battle.
"Behind this is Her Highness's residence. When Her Highness established Soft Clouds Mountain Manor, she specially set aside such a place to build this manor," said a Fey female attendant beside Yi Yun.
A Fey maidservant beside Yi Yun said. Yi Yun had just entered Soft Clouds Mountain Manor, and although many people did not like him due to his domineering and violent ways, it was necessary to feel reverence for him. Now, the maidservants of Soft Clouds Mountain Manor trembled in fear when they saw Yi Yun.
In the following days, Jiang Xiaorou would often come to the manor.
Apart from cultivating, she would drink tea, play chess, and chat with Yi Yun and Lin Xintong. They led a peaceful and blissful life like that of mortals.
"Yun 'er, Xintong, have a taste. This is tea brewed using Fey Spiritual Fruits, spring water from a ten-thousand-year-old pool, and a thousand-year-old fire seed. The taste is very special." Jiang Xiaorou personally poured tea for Yi Yun and Lin Xintong.
Although the female attendant turned a blind eye to this scene, she still felt wistful. Her Highness Soft Clouds had deep feelings for her younger brother. She had been serving her for more than a hundred years, but she had never seen Jiang Xiaorou act so intimately with anyone. Of course, if the Blood King came, Jiang Xiaorou would naturally show him respect and love. However, she would not be as relaxed as she was now.
"Since Sis Xiaorou praises it so highly, I naturally have to try it," said Yi Yun with a smile.
At that moment, a voice transmission charm suddenly flew to Jiang Xiaorou's side. Jiang Xiaorou pondered for a moment before her expression changed slightly.
"Sis Xiaorou, what's wrong?"
"I've arranged for the Treasure Fey Pagoda to purchase natural treasures over the past few days. The Luyuan clan that had agreed to sell us the Golden Feather Immortal Pistil has suddenly gone back on their word! They plan on participating in an auction to auction off some of the Luyuan clan's treasures. This Golden Feather Immortal Pistil is one of the grand treasures. "
"Oh?" Yi Yun pricked up his brows. "Auction?"
Over the past few days, Yi Yun had gained some understanding of the Luyuan clan due to the Golden Feather Immortal Pistil. It was not a large clan. A faction of that level was not qualified to hold an auction.
"Where are they holding the auction?" asked Yi Yun.
"Nine Tribulations Veranda," said Jiang Xiaorou. She had a vague sense of Yi Yun's suspicions as she added, "Nine Tribulations Veranda is a faction under the Luo King. The Luo King's grandson, Jiang Yuchan, is the sixteenth prince."
In the Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins, only acknowledged princes would be ranked according to age. The rest did not even have the right to be ranked.
The Heaven Fey Ancient Ruins had so many princes and princesses, but less than forty of them had a ranking.
As the nineteenth prince, Jiang Yuchan was more competitive than Jiang Xiaorou.
This was mainly because the Luo King was more experienced than the Blood King!
Although the Blood King was powerful, he had returned to the Chaos Heavens for less than a thousand years. However, the Luo King had been in business for a million years!
He had three businesses under his name: Nine Tribulations Veranda, the Fey Blood Plains, and a large manor in the north of the city.
Among them, the Fey Blood Plains had the greatest income.
Jiang Xiaorou said, "The Nine Tribulations Veranda's auction will be held in about three days. I plan on getting Manager Yuchi to attend …"
"Forget it, I'm not going!"
Yi Yun said. Since he was Soft Clouds Mountain Manor's steward, he had a general understanding of Jiang Xiaorou's competitors. Jiang Yuchan's grandfather, the Luo King, was on bad terms with the Blood King. It was not an exaggeration to say that they had a grudge.
Back then, the Blood King's talent was lacking and his mother was harmed. He was lacking in strength and could only endure it. Later, he became a Fey Thearch and returned to seek revenge. Most of the people who harmed his mother were killed by him! And in this matter, the Luo King's mother was also involved. However, there was insufficient evidence and the Luo King's mother had a powerful background, so the matter was put on hold.
As such, it was obvious how intense the competition between Jiang Xiaorou and Jiang Yuchan was.
There was a grudge between the two generations!
Under such circumstances, how could Jiang Yuchan not find someone to raise the price of whatever Jiang Xiaorou wanted to purchase? Especially the Golden Feather Immortal Pistil. It was of great use to Jiang Yuchan, so it was definitely not a loss to buy it.
Yi Yun said, "Since the Nine Tribulations Veranda is Jiang Yuchan's territory, if we were to bid for it, the Golden Feather Immortal Pistil would probably be sold to us for no less than thirty Chaos Crystals."
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