Logically speaking, cultivators from the same galaxy would not make things difficult for each other. Chu Shen was from the Che Ling Domain and had Jiuyan, a Sunshine Realm cultivator, as his backer. The Heavenly Flames Domain was also part of the Wanxiang Galaxy. Even with the support of the Sunshine Realm, they would not disregard Jiuyan's reputation and attack the Unparalleled Island.
However, the truth was right in front of him. The Unparalleled Island had been taken down by the Heavenly Flames Chamber of Commerce and was renamed Sky Spill Island. Chu Shen, Tang Jun, and the others were nowhere to be found!
Lu Ye thought about it and could only guess that the temptation of the Unparalleled Island was too great. That was why the Heavenly Flames Domain disregarded the rules and attacked.
After checking the goods in the jade slip, he found that there was a complete variety of goods of good quality. Basically, everything a cultivator needed could be found in it.
This made the discount seem a little sincere. Although a 10% discount was not much, if there were many cultivators buying the goods, the profit given away would not be small.
"Dear customer, the Chamber of Commerce's activities will only last for a month. There are only three days left. If you want to buy anything, please don't miss it," the female cultivator said again.
Lu Ye did not want to buy anything, but he thought that it would be suspicious if he did not buy anything, so he bought some elixirs.
After paying the spiritual jades and obtaining the elixirs, Lu Ye walked out of the Heavenly Flames Chamber of Commerce.
After casually walking around the island, Lu Ye prepared to leave. Now that he had a basic understanding of the situation here, what he needed to do now was to find Chu Shen and Tang Jun and ask about the specific situation.
Lu Ye did not know where Tang Jun was, but since Chu Shen was not here, he must be in the Che Ling Domain. Therefore, he only needed to go to the Che Ling Domain. When he met Chu Shen, he would naturally be able to ask about Tang Jun's whereabouts.
However, before Lu Ye could leave, he saw a figure suddenly walk out of a shop. The man in the lead turned around and said to the shop, "Tomorrow is the deadline. Think carefully!"
After saying that, he flung his sleeves and left angrily, muttering, "You don't know how to appreciate kindness!"
Lu Ye didn't know what was going on, so he didn't have any intention of watching. However, after seeing the figure in the shop, he stopped and walked towards it.
The shop was not big. There were many shops like this on the entire Unparalleled Island. They could only be considered small shops and were the smallest shops on the island.
There were two big words on the signboard: Good pill!
This was undoubtedly a shop that sold Spirit Pills, and since the shop owner dared to use these two words as their signboard, it was clear how confident he was in the quality of his Spirit Pills.
As soon as he walked into the shop, a petite figure immediately entered his eyes. Her expression was soft and weak, as if she had been wronged, angry, and helpless because of what had happened just now.
That person was stunned for a moment when he saw Lu Ye, and then he said in pleasant surprise, "Senior Brother Li?"
He used the name Li Taibai in the Ten Thousand Elephant Sea, so this person would naturally call him Senior Martial Brother Li.
Lu Ye nodded slightly. "Junior Sister Hua, long time no see."
The shopkeeper of the shop was the girl he had personally recruited from the marketplace on the Island of Versatility. He had bought pills from her twice before, thus he knew she was quite skilled in Pill Alchemy, thus he had asked her to open a shop on the Wushuang Island.
Although Lu Ye wasn't familiar with this woman, he still knew that she was called Hua Qianying.
There was another person like Hua Qianying who had been recruited by Lu Ye, and that was An Zhe, who sold Dragon Breath Crystals.
Because of Lu Ye, these two had enjoyed a lot of preferential treatment after coming to the Wushuang Island. When renting a shop, they only had to pay a token amount of Spirit Jades. One had to know that the Wushuang Island had already begun to take shape at that time, and many forces wanted to own a shop here but couldn't. Even if they had the opportunity, the rental fee was not small.
However, because Hua Qianying and An Zhe were personally recruited by Lu Ye, Chu Shen naturally treated them differently.
The shop wasn't big to begin with, and perhaps because of what had happened just now, no one came to buy or sell. Hua Qianying warmly invited Lu Ye to take a seat and brewed the best Spirit Tea.
Over the past few years, she had gained a lot of benefits here. Not to mention other things, having a shop of her own was a completely different experience compared to setting up a stall in the marketplace. There was no doubt that the flow of customers here was more stable and large.
Moreover, because the quality of the Spirit Pills she refined was extremely good, even if the price was slightly more expensive, she still made a name for herself and had many repeat customers. Unfortunately, her energy was limited, and she was extremely strict about the quality of her Spirit Pills, so she couldn't sell many Spirit Pills.
Even so, she had still earned some Spirit Jades in the past few years.
And all of this was brought to her by Lu Ye. She was naturally grateful to Lu Ye, and had even thought of personally thanking him. However, ever since Lu Ye had recruited her, he had disappeared without a trace. She had wanted to pay him a visit many times, but there was no way to do so.
Seeing Lu Ye again, Hua Qianying was undoubtedly very happy because she finally had a chance to personally thank him.
After brewing the Spirit Tea, she poured a cup for Lu Ye. Lu Ye casually took a sip, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows as he looked at her in surprise. "This tea … is not bad!"
He wasn't a tea lover, and he usually didn't drink much tea. In fact, he couldn't tell whether a tea was good or bad. However, Hua Qianying's tea was clearly different. The moment it entered his mouth, Lu Ye felt refreshed, and when the tea entered his stomach, it became even more warm.
He was now at the late stage of the Constellation Realm, so ordinary things couldn't possibly make him feel this way.
He knew that this tea was very good, but he couldn't tell exactly what was so good about it, so he could only use the word "not bad" to describe it.
Hua Qianying pursed her lips and smiled. "I brought this from my hometown. If Senior Apprentice Brother likes it, I'll give you some later."
"Then many thanks." Lu Ye finished the tea in his cup, then put down the teacup and gestured for another cup.
Hua Qianying poured him another cup.
This time, Lu Ye savored it carefully, and actually had a different feeling. He felt that this tea was even more rare.
"What happened just now?" Lu Ye asked.
He couldn't be bothered with ordinary matters, but Hua Qianying was still someone he had recruited. When he first recruited her, it wasn't purely because he thought highly of her alchemy skills. Lu Ye considered bringing his Second Senior Apprentice Sister and Hua Ci over. If they had a medical cultivator with superb alchemy skills to guide them, then Hua Ci and Shuiyuan would be able to avoid many detours on the path of alchemy.
Otherwise, if he let Hua Ci and Shuiyuan fumble around on their own, it would undoubtedly be a waste of time and energy.
Now that he had brought them over, Peerless Island was still the same, but the people had changed. This made Lu Ye feel rather helpless. It seemed that there was also a problem on Hua Qianying's side.
Hearing Lu Ye's question, Hua Qianying smiled bitterly. "After Peerless Island changed owners, the Tianyan Chamber of Commerce wanted to recruit me to join them, but I didn't agree."
When Hua Qianying had set up a stall in the scattered market, she wasn't very famous, but ever since she came to Peerless Island and opened a good alchemy store, many people knew that the quality of her spirit pills was extraordinary. More than one faction had tried to recruit her, but she never agreed.
This was because if she really wanted to be loyal to a faction, she didn't need to set up a stall in the scattered market. Even if it was a great faction like the Myriad Elephant Chamber of Commerce, she only needed to show off her alchemy skills, and she believed that the Myriad Elephant Chamber of Commerce wouldn't refuse.
She wasn't even willing to join the Myriad Elephant Chamber of Commerce, let alone other factions. Although the Tianyan Chamber of Commerce was good, it was still inferior to the Myriad Elephant Chamber of Commerce.
The reason why she was willing to accept Lu Ye's invitation to come here was mainly because Lu Ye didn't put any restrictions or other requirements on her. The relationship between the two sides was equivalent to a kind of equal cooperation. The Peerless Island gave her a shop and a nominal fee, and she could do whatever she wanted.
However, if she joined another faction, no matter how exquisite her alchemy skills were, it would be impossible for her to receive such preferential treatment. While she received benefits from those factions, she would inevitably have to bear some unavoidable responsibilities, such as refining a certain number of spirit pills in a set amount of time.
However, she was extremely strict about the quality of her spirit pills. Any spirit pills that didn't meet the requirements would not be sold. Just this point alone couldn't satisfy the demands of those factions.
It was natural for the Tianyan Chamber of Commerce to want to recruit Hua Qianying. Cultivators consumed a lot of spirit pills, and an outstanding alchemist was an indispensable resource for any faction. Hua Qianying was famous, so after the Tianyan Chamber of Commerce took over, they would naturally have ideas about her.
"Since you've rejected them, they probably won't let it go," Lu Ye said.
Hua Qianying nodded. "Yes, so the Tianyan Chamber of Commerce wants me to pay a large sum of Spiritual Jades to rent the store."
In recent years, she had earned some Spiritual Jades. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be too much of a problem for her to pay the rent. However, the Tianyan Chamber of Commerce didn't want to rent the store for one or two years. They wanted to rent it for 20 years, and they wanted to pay it all at once!
On the Vientiane Sea, this was something that had never happened before. That was because the Spiritual Island changed owners frequently. Normally, even if the Spiritual Island were to rent out shops, they would charge a yearly fee. After all, if the Spiritual Island were to be occupied, the Spiritual Jades that the shop owner had paid previously would be wasted.
The rent for 20 years wasn't a small sum. Hua Qianying couldn't afford it at all.
They were obviously making things difficult for her. The Tianyan Chamber of Commerce probably wanted to use this to force Hua Qianying to submit. Of course, if Hua Qianying was unwilling, the Tianyan Chamber of Commerce wouldn't suffer any losses. They could just take back a store and rent it out.
"Tomorrow is the deadline," Hua Qianying said.
"What are you going to do?" Lu Ye asked.
"Leave this place." Hua Qianying didn't hesitate. She knew that even if she took out the Spiritual Jades, she would be targeted by the Tianyan Chamber of Commerce in the future. Rather than that, she might as well leave now.
Anyway, she came from the Scattered Market. At worst, she could just go back to the Scattered Market.
Lu Ye nodded. "That's good too."
After all, Hua Qianying was recruited by him, so he still had some selfish motives. Now that the Wushuang Island had changed owners, he couldn't mention his selfish motives for now. He could only wait until the cultivators of the Nine States gained a firm foothold in the Vientiane Sea in the future.
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