Five days have passed in the blink of an eye.
That day.
Xiahou Feiyuan, Xiahou Yuexian, Xiahou Xueya, and the other three women jointly hosted an internal gathering, inviting dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators from the Xiahou family to attend.
During this gathering, all five women deliberately revealed that their cultivation had increased by one level.
At first, no one thought about it too deeply.
Then one of them said, "What a coincidence, all five of them have broken through a cultivation level."
Upon hearing this, everyone present was taken aback, and then they showed thoughtful expressions.
It has to be said.
Xiahou Feiyuan is a talented businessman.
The list of people she invited to this gathering consisted of her direct disciples who were of slightly lower aptitude, older, and had slower cultivation speeds.
Such people are often more willing to spend money in order to make a breakthrough!
Therefore, after the party ended.
Many of the people who attended the party found them privately.
Xiahou Feiyuan had already discussed a plan with the other four women in advance. They couldn't easily reveal their intentions; they had to keep them in suspense before selling them the sword intent energy.
As Xiahou Feiyuan had expected, those people not only bought the sword intent energy at a price of 3 million per drop, but also expressed their gratitude to the five of them!
Soon, all 500 drops of sword intent energy they had were sold out!
"Junior brother, this is ten billion spirit stones!"
Inside the True Inheritance Manor, after receiving the communication talisman, Gao Yan came to meet Xiahou Feiyuan and the other girls.
Gao Yan put away his storage ring and said with a smile, "Senior Sister Fei Yuan, thank you for your hard work. I didn't expect you to sell all the sword intent energy in just a few days!"
"This is all thanks to Senior Sister Fei Yuan's scheming!"
Xiahou Yuexian couldn't help but say that she had already broken through to the third level of the Nascent Soul stage. As long as she had enough sword intent energy, she could quickly advance to the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
"Oh, how did Senior Sister Fei Yuan plan this?" Gao Yan asked curiously.
So Xiahou Yuexian recounted how they used a gathering to display their cultivation levels, then kept people in suspense before selling their sword intent energy at a high price.
After listening, Gao Yan thought Xiahou Feiyuan was a sales talent and praised him a few times with a smile. As for the fact that the other party could sell sword intent energy for 3 million per drop, he didn't say anything.
On the contrary, they were quite happy, because the greater the profit, the stronger their motivation.
"This time, I'll give each of you 200 drops of sword intent energy. Come back for more when you've sold them all!"
Gao Yan took out five jade bottles containing 204 drops of sword intent energy and handed them to the five women.
The extra four drops were a reward given to them in advance.
Return to Lingyue Peak.
Gao Yan brought up the system sub-interface.
Revenue increased by 1 billion, reaching 22.7 billion.
The total number of spirit stones increased by 5 billion, reaching 449.4 billion.
Two days later.
Xiao Lingyue called Gao Yan over.
"Our Xiao family's Dao Integration expert has already negotiated with the Xuanming Sect, and the bounty on you has been withdrawn. However, you must not be careless, lest you fall into the Xuanming Sect's trap!"
"Thank you, Master!"
Gao Yan expressed his gratitude.
"Alright, go cultivate. Break through to the ninth level of the Nascent Soul realm as soon as possible. At that time, all four of us will work together to recommend you to become the eighth Holy Son!"
The reason it wasn't the original fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage was because Xiao Lingyue knew that Gao Yan possessed sword intent energy that could rapidly improve cultivation. Therefore, the requirement naturally couldn't remain at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage!
"Yes, Master!"
Gao Yan pretended to be obedient and returned to his cabin, where he secluded himself for ten days.
When he emerged from seclusion again, he revealed the aura of a sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivator.
"Indeed, I was worried that your rapid advancement would cause instability in your foundation, but now it seems that my worries were unnecessary!"
Sensing Gao Yan's solid aura, Xiao Lingyue said with great satisfaction.
A short while later.
Gao Yan once again secretly met with Xiahou Feiyuan and the other five women at the True Inheritance Mansion.
Ten days later, Xiahou Feiyuan's cultivation broke through again, reaching the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage. The other four women also broke through one level, but compared to Xiahou Feiyuan, their auras were slightly weak, which was caused by breaking through too quickly.
However, it only takes a while to polish it.
"Junior Brother Gao, here are two billion spirit stones, please count them!"
Xiahou Feiyuan gave Gao Yan another storage ring.
"Don't I trust my senior sister?"
Gao Yan put away his storage ring immediately, since the system announcement had already sounded and he didn't need to check the number of spirit stones.
This time, Gao Yan gave each woman 200 drops of sword intent, enough for two to sell, and of course, the promised reward of 4 drops would not be missing.
Two days later.
News has arrived that Elder Chuhe and Xiahou Yuhuan of the Xiahou family have tied the knot and will become Daoist partners.
Not counting the Holy Son and Daughter and High Words.
Chu He is considered the strongest among the true disciples.
Chu He's marriage to Xiahou Yuhuan signifies that both Chu He's master and he himself have sided with the Xiahou family.
The couple's wedding is scheduled for March.
But just five days after the news of their wedding spread, another shocking piece of news arrived: Chu He had successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul stage!
He didn't advance earlier, he didn't advance later, but he did just happen to advance right after news broke that he was going to marry the eldest daughter of the Xiahou family.
This led many to secretly speculate that the Xiahou family had given Chu He some kind of rare and precious treasure, which allowed Chu He to advance smoothly!
Lingyue Peak.
Inside Xiao Lingyue's wooden house, her expression was rather unpleasant!
"Chu Zhiyu and his disciple Chu He have completely sided with the Xiahou family, and they even plan to recommend Chu He to be the Holy Son!"
"So, does that mean my position as the Holy Son is in jeopardy?"
Gao Yandao said.
"Don't worry, our four families are not to be trifled with either. Although Chu He has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, he is already over four hundred years old, while you are not even fifty. Relatively speaking, you still have a great advantage over Chu He. However, Chu He's breakthrough will make many elders have other ideas!"
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