【Chapter 155】Fighting for the vestments
【Chapter 155】Fighting for the vestments
The two of them did not stop arguing until the day the ancestral hall was opened.
So, the two of them got up very early and changed their usual routine to report to the courtyard of Patriarch Ye Er. First, they got rid of the two Nascent Soul cultivators who were "protecting" them, and then went straight out of Ye Mansion.
Soon, two Nascent Soul cultivators discovered that the two people had left Ye Mansion. One of them chased them, and the other notified the second ancestor Ye.
Upon hearing the news, the second ancestor Ye hurriedly left the Ye Mansion with a few people. Originally, the group planned to go to the teleportation array to intercept Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yishen.
However, halfway through the journey, Elder Ye Er received a message from another Nascent Soul cultivator who was "protecting" Nangong Chenyu and the other man. The group immediately changed route and headed to Fuyun Trading Company.
Thanks to their consumption in the past few days, Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yishen, without using Ye Chenyuan's ring, also successfully became VIPs of Fuyun Trading Company.
Whenever Fuyun Trading Company has any good stuff, it will reveal it to VIPs in advance.
When the second ancestor Ye arrived at Fuyun Trading Company, Ye Yishen and Nangong Chenyu were standing in front of a counter on the third floor. On the counter in front of the two people was a box of Huiling Red Fruit.
The clerk of Fuyun Trading Company was talking excitedly: "I think the two gentlemen are also connoisseurs. Each of the Huiling Red Fruits in this box is plump and round, and it is obviously top-grade. Judging from the color, you can tell that they were picked from the tree recently."
"It's a good thing you came early. If you had come later, I would have guaranteed that not a single soul-returning fruit would be left in this box."
There are twenty Huiling Red Fruits in a box. Nangong Suhao had given a box to Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yishen respectively.
After this period of time, Nangong Chenyu now has only six of his twenty soul-returning red fruits left. Most of the Huiling Red Fruits were used to restore his spiritual energy when he was undergoing the tribulation.
However, Ye Yisheng still has seventeen in his hand.
It's rare to come across one nowadays, so the two of them must get it.
Good things will not be cheap.
Just one red soul-returning fruit costs 20,000 low-grade spirit stones. There are twenty pills in a box, and a total of four hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones are needed.
The two of them did not intend to spend this amount of spirit stones.
The matter of settling the bill naturally fell on the head of Elder Ye Er.
All in all, the two of them had already cheated the second old ancestor Ye out of nearly 800,000 low-grade spirit stones when they returned to the Ye Mansion this time, excluding their monthly salary.
However, 800,000 low-grade spirit stones are nothing to a cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Stage.
The two wanted to get more, but if it was too much, Elder Ye Er might not give it to them. In the past few days, the two of them have been frantically testing the bottom line of Patriarch Ye Er.
Today is the day to open the ancestral hall, and the two had originally planned to call it a day, but they unexpectedly received a message from the manager of Fuyun Commercial Bank last night.
Therefore, the current scene happened.
“Yisheng, Nangong, the elders of the family are waiting for you, please come back to the Ye Mansion with me.” A flash of disgust passed through the eyes of the second ancestor Ye, and he tried his best to show a kind smile.
Seeing him, Ye Yisheng's eyes lit up: "Second Ancestor, you came at the right time."
Ancestor Ye Er had a bad feeling in his heart, and sure enough, the next second he heard Ye Yisheng say, "I want to buy this box of Huiling Red Fruit, but A Yu and I have used up all our spirit stones. Can you lend me 400,000 low-grade spirit stones?"
What do you mean by borrowing? That's clearly robbing!
After taking a look at the things on the counter in front of the two people, the Second Patriarch Ye said, "I don't have that many spirit stones on me. You guys should follow me back to the Ye Mansion first, and then I will give you another 400,000 low-grade spirit stones."
Ye Yisheng would not allow them to go back without spending some money. "Second Ancestor, it is rare to find a red Huiling fruit. If I don't buy it now, this box of red Huiling fruit may belong to someone else later."
The second ancestor of the Ye family frowned and said seriously: "Yisheng, as a direct disciple of the Ye family, you must know how to act within your ability."
He almost said: If you don’t have spirit stones to buy things, don’t come out shopping.
Seeing that he didn't want to give up the spirit stone and was still lecturing himself, Ye Yisheng secretly rolled his eyes: "Second Ancestor is knowledgeable and I believe you know better than me that some things, once missed, will be difficult to encounter again."
"During the battle, a Soul-Returning Red Fruit might be able to save a life. Doesn't the Second Ancestor want me to grow up and become the umbrella of the family?"
At first, the people on the third floor were concerned about the cultivation level of Patriarch Ye Er, and no one dared to look at him. They just pricked up their ears and listened to the conversation between the two. But as soon as Ye Yisheng said this, Elder Ye Er felt several vague gazes.
He was being roasted over the fire by Ye Yishen.
In the past few days, he has realized how annoying Ye Yisheng's mouth is. Every time Ye Yisheng opened his mouth to speak, he wanted to cast a silencing spell on Ye Yisheng.
Suppressing his anger, he took out a bag containing 50,000 low-grade spirit stones: "I only have 50,000 low-grade spirit stones on me."
After taking the Qiankun bag, Ye Yishen's gaze fell on the four Yuanying stage cultivators who came with Patriarch Ye Er.
"Uncles, if you guys put yourselves together, you can definitely come up with 350,000 low-grade spirit stones. If you're worried that I'll default on my debt, we can sign a contract."
The four of them subconsciously looked at Patriarch Ye Er.
Each of them has no less than 400,000 low-grade spirit stones on them. Whether to take it out and how much to take out all depended on the instructions from Elder Ye Er.
After all, the spirit stones in Patriarch Ye Er's space ring would be more than theirs, but Patriarch Ye Er only took out 50,000 low-grade spirit stones.
If one Shenhua plus four Yuanying can't even come up with 400,000 low-grade spirit stones, Qi Yucheng's joke today would probably be that the Ye family, one of the four great families, is so poor that it can't even come up with 400,000 low-grade spirit stones.
Thinking of this, Elder Ye Er nodded imperceptibly to the four of them.
After getting 400,000 low-grade spirit stones as he wished, Ye Yishen used these spirit stones to buy the box of Huiling Red Fruit. Afterwards, he handed the jade box containing the Huiling Red Fruit to Nangong Chenyu.
Nangong Chenyu accepted the jade box with a smile.
This scene made Elder Ye Er so angry that his liver ached.
After leaving Fuyun Trading Company, Elder Ye Er couldn't help but ask, "Yisheng, when will your father and the others arrive?"
Ye Yisheng made up a story without hesitation: "If nothing goes wrong, they will arrive in Qiyu City this afternoon. Should we wait until they arrive before opening the ancestral hall?"
Elder Ye Er was thinking about what to do next, and replied, "We can't wait until they arrive to open the ancestral hall. The auspicious time is 15:30."
Ye Yisheng pretended to be clueless: "There is also the concept of auspicious time. I thought we could open the ancestral hall at any time today."
It was already one quarter of the morning when the group returned to Ye Mansion.
The Ye Mansion is busier today than usual, with people coming and going.
Patriarch Ye Er did not take the two people to the ancestral hall directly, but asked them to go back to Biluo Garden to change clothes before going. The four Yuanying stage cultivators followed the two closely, obviously afraid that they would run away again.
As soon as the two returned to Biluo Garden, servants brought them two sets of light blue robes.
Nangong Chenyu stopped Ye Yishen from touching the robes. He picked up both sets of robes, looked at them, smelled them, and then put them back in place.
Seeing his disgusted expression, Ye Yisheng couldn't help but ask: "Ah Yu, is there something wrong with these two sets of robes?"
"Yes." Nangong Chenyu nodded: "These two sets of robes have been soaked in Qianyu grass. If we wear them for more than half an hour, not only will we be unable to use spiritual energy, but our whole body will also feel sore and weak. It's just like the symptoms of a martial arts master who has taken soft muscle powder."
Ye Yisheng suddenly realized, "No wonder the Second Ancestor asked us if we were alchemists before. It turned out to be because of this matter. He really has bad intentions. But if we don't wear these two sets of robes, won't he be suspicious?"
Nangong Chenyu didn't care at all: "He has his own plan, but I have a ladder." As he said that, he waved at the dozing White Tiger: "White Tiger, come here."
Baihu stretched his legs and walked to Nangong Chenyu with graceful steps.
“Ouch~”
Nangong Chenyu pointed at the robes on the two trays on the table and said, "I'll give you a task. Use your claws to tear these two sets of robes."
The white tiger leaped onto the table, sniffed the two robes, and then stretched out its claws to scratch two holes in the two robes.
Thinking it was about time, the two opened the door and walked towards the ancestral hall.
After the four Yuanying stage cultivators saw that the two men were wearing light blue robes, they followed them without saying a word.
The ancestral hall was not far from Biluo Garden. It took less than half an hour for Nangong Chenyu and Ye Yishen to arrive.
These two were the last to appear.
There were already twenty or thirty people standing outside the ancestral hall. As soon as the two men appeared, everyone looked at them.
After seeing clearly that the robes the two men were wearing were not the two sets he had asked people to send them, Elder Ye Er frowned and walked up to them.
"Why aren't you wearing the vestments I prepared for you?"
Nangong Chenyu took out the two sets of robes from the bag on his waist and said embarrassedly, "We didn't have time to put them on because the white cat scratched them."
Baihu: You are really good at passing the buck. It was obviously you who asked me to scratch it.
Ye Yisheng continued, "Fortunately, the robes we bought a few days ago can be changed in color at will. The robes we are wearing now and the robes you sent us are both light blue. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that the styles are different."
These words were like a needle piercing the heart of Old Ancestor Ye Er who produced the spirit stone.
Seeing the ugly expression on Elder Ye Er's face, Ye Yisheng felt that it was not enough to stimulate him, and continued, "Do I have to wear the robes you gave me to enter the ancestral hall?"
As he spoke, Ye Yisheng took one of them and unfolded it for everyone to see: "But they are broken."
The angry Patriarch Ye Er had no time to stop it, and everyone saw the robes.
The third elder, who was an alchemist, happened to be standing near the three people. He rushed up to them and snatched the robe from Ye Yisheng's hand.
"show me."
Seeing that the Third Elder was about to put the robe under his nose to smell it, the Second Elder Ye's face changed, and he quickly snatched the robe away: "Since it is broken, there is no need to keep it."
As he spoke, he released spiritual fire that burned the vestments.
But when he tried to take the item from Nangong Chenyu's hand, his outstretched hand grabbed nothing.
Nangong Chenyu first put the robe into his Qiankun bag, which was actually his personal space: "I think the style of this robe is good. I'll keep it and ask someone to help me refine an identical one."
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