"I just wanted to double-check, just in case something went wrong."

Li Liansheng rubbed his hands together and laughed, "In that case, Master Wang, you should immediately take this young master Gong to the largest treasure vault in our Zhongshan Hall. Let him choose whatever he wants!"

"Yes, Young Master Gong, please follow me."

As Wang Xiangzhu was about to lead the way, Ye Feng frowned and said, "What would I do in your Zhongshan Hall's treasury? I'm an outsider. If I see something I shouldn't in your treasury and learn your Zhongshan Hall's secrets, that wouldn't be good. You already know what medicinal herbs I need, so why don't you just prepare them and send them to me?"

"Young Master Gong, you're being too polite," Li Liansheng said with a smile.

The night wind ignored him.

Seeing that Ye Feng was unmoved by his words, Li Liansheng could only wave his hand to Wang Xiangzhu, signaling him to leave.

Before long, more than 500 catties of medicinal herbs were delivered, and there was an extra 100 catties of medicinal herbs.

"Young Master Gong, I've prepared an extra hundred catties as a small gift," said Master Wang.

Ye Feng shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with you. How can I accept your gift? If I accept it now, I'll have to repay this favor later."

“I brought it all…” Master Wang looked helpless.

Ye Feng then said, "Then I'll pay according to the order. The amount of spirit stones for the more than 600 catties of medicinal herbs is exactly what it should be. I won't shortchange you a single penny."

Then, Ye Feng took out the spirit stones and paid them all to Master Wang.

After putting away the more than 600 kilograms of medicinal herbs, Ye Feng led Wang Zongde outside.

Li Liansheng gave Chen Honglong a look, and Chen Honglong then said loudly, "Wang Zongde, I remember you like to drink. You should come and have a drink with me sometime!"

Wang Zongde was about to turn around to answer when Ye Feng, without turning his head, said, "Let's talk about it when he comes back alive from the battlefield!"

As Ye Feng emerged from Zhongshan Hall, his face was filled with displeasure.

“We shouldn’t have come here,” Night Wind said.

Wang Zongde now understood, shaking his head and saying, "How come I never realized how hypocritical these people from Zhongshantang were before!"

The people at Zhongshantang are utterly hypocritical.

Ye Feng was just there to buy medicinal herbs, a simple transaction, but they pulled strings and went through all sorts of trouble, taking more than an hour to finally get it done.

Moreover, he used various means to win over Ye Feng, trying to build a friendship with him. When Ye Feng didn't believe him, he turned his attention to Wang Zongde.

Knowing full well that Wang Zongde was a man who valued loyalty and righteousness, Li Liansheng deliberately said things like "he doesn't care about old friendships" in front of him.

This is outright coercion!

If it weren't for the night breeze interrupting him, Wang Zongde might have impulsively accepted the position of incense master and become tied to Zhongshantang!

If I need to buy medicinal herbs again in the future, Ye Feng will definitely not come here again!

“The most hypocritical one is that Li Liansheng,” Ye Feng said.

"Why?" Wang Zongde asked.

Ye Feng sneered and said, "He can fool you, but he can't fool me! As soon as we entered the main hall, someone went to the inner courtyard to inform Li Liansheng. However, even though Li Liansheng knew you were here, he didn't come out to see you. When Chen Honglong explained that you are now a True Yuan Realm martial artist, Li Liansheng wanted to see you, but he couldn't bring himself to do it."

"So Li Liansheng secretly sent a telepathic message to Wang Xiangzhu, then pretended to go out on business and left Zhongshan Hall through the back door. He circled around to the front door, pretended to have just finished his business and came back through the front door."

"This person is utterly disgusting!"

Night Wind said bluntly, his face full of disgust.

Wang Zongde suddenly realized what was happening, and then felt extremely upset.

Looking at the four characters "Loyalty, Kindness, Benevolence, and Righteousness" on the plaque at the entrance of Zhongshan Hall, Wang Zongde shook his head and sighed, a look of disappointment on his face.

"Alright, enough said. We've got the medicinal herbs, let's head back to the mine now." As soon as Ye Feng finished speaking, he took to the air.

Inside the Zhongshan Hall, Li Liansheng said angrily, "You won't listen to reason, do you want to suffer the consequences? Chen Honglong, send someone to investigate that guy surnamed Gong. I want to see which sect he's a disciple of!"

Chen Honglong went out immediately.

However, after a while, Chen Honglong returned with a look of surprise.

"Master, we can't find anything," Chen Honglong said, shaking his head.

"What do you mean by 'can't find out'?" Li Liansheng asked, frowning.

“I checked the passenger lists of the ten most recent cloud boats that came from the inland, and there is no one named Gong Mingfei on the list!” Chen Honglong replied.

Although Ye Feng came by cloud boat, there was naturally no record of him on the cloud boat.

The Taiyin Sect, one of the six top sects, is not something that a small government agency has the authority to govern!

"Just who exactly is this Gong Mingfei?"

Li Liansheng muttered to himself, utterly perplexed.

Night Wind led Wang Zongde back to the mine, and in just one night they refined several batches of elixirs.

They have everything imaginable: Qi-Nourishing Pills to replenish vital energy, Spirit Dew Pills to heal wounds, and Detoxifying Pills to detoxify.

Moreover, Ye Feng specially refined the Heavenly Palace Pill.

The Heavenly Pill can elevate a martial artist's realm, but there are limitations on that realm.

For martial artists at a high level, taking the Heavenly Pill will have no effect.

"Call Wang Dachun and the others over and give them the Heavenly Elixir," Ye Feng said.

"yes."

Wang Zongde immediately summoned Wang Dachun and his fellow martial artists.

All of them sat down in front of Ye Feng and took the Heavenly Pill to improve their cultivation level.

An hour later, each of them had advanced to a higher realm!

Wang Dachun is now a peak Qi Movement Realm martial artist, while the other five martial artists have either reached the Separation and Union Realm or are at the Qi Movement Realm like Wang Dachun.

Their rapid advancement in cultivation level greatly excited them, and they all looked at Ye Feng with awe.

"Get up, all of you," Night Wind commanded.

Wang Dachun and the others finally got up from the ground, looking at Ye Feng with reverence, none of them daring to say a word.

"Since you've followed me to the battlefield, I should give you some benefits so you have the strength to protect yourselves. I will also forge magical artifacts for you and teach you cultivation techniques, so I can try to bring you back alive," Ye Feng said.

"Thank you, Young Master Gong!"

Wang Dachun and the others all bowed deeply, their faces flushed with excitement.

However, crafting spiritual weapons requires materials, and the materials Ye Feng has collected are of extremely high quality. Giving them to Wang Dachun and the others to craft spiritual weapons would be a complete waste.

So Ye Feng sent out a message talisman, and Lu Hanjian arrived shortly afterward.

"I want to buy a batch of refining materials from your Xinyou Hall," Ye Feng said.

Lu Hanjian didn't waste any words and said directly, "Okay, I'll give you a 10% discount. Give me a list and I'll have someone prepare it."

Once Ye Feng gave him the order, Lu Hanjian sent out a communication talisman to deliver the message.

Less than an hour later, a wretched-looking old man arrived.