Fundraising for Commercial Association (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

  Ye Chen, Zhu Dahao, Qian Shangu, Feng Yan and dozens of other monks were riding their horses towards the Immortal City.

  On the road, you can often meet other groups of monks. It's easy to distinguish their identities and status.

  Riding on ferocious spirit beasts such as the Spirit Tiger and Spirit Wolf, it's undoubtedly a young master of a large clan. Only large clans can afford to raise such powerful combat and mount spirit beasts. Just raising one second-grade Spirit Tiger requires at least over a thousand spirit stones, not to mention the daily food expenses that also cost a lot of spirit stones.

  Those who ride colorful spirit steeds are mostly young sons of small families. Spirit steeds are fast, although not suitable for battle, but as a mount, they won't lose face for the family.

  Traveling in groups on ordinary horses is undoubtedly to save spiritual stones for scattered cultivators. Ordinary horses are just a bit slower in running speed, and there's nothing else, eating some wild grasses in the wilderness is fine, easy to raise and doesn't cost money, this point is most important.

  The wandering Taoist priests would give way when they met those young masters of the aristocratic families who were riding their fierce spirit beasts and rushing straight ahead.

  Ye Chen rushed into the 50th hut of Qing Shan Hu and then fell silent, without any movement. He had some reputation among the scattered cultivators, but in front of the young masters of the great families, he was almost unknown.

  On the road, a group of loose cultivators rode past Ye Chen and others with a loud rumble.

  Among those cultivators, the one who was in charge suddenly let out a surprised cry, "Huh? Isn't this Ye Chenye brother?"

  Ye Chen turned his head and looked over, it was a scholar wearing a green robe with a dark complexion.

  Ye Chen didn't recognize the monk and had no impression of him, so he couldn't help but glance at Zhu Dahao in confusion. Zhu Dahao was well-connected in Qing Shan Lake, and almost everyone knew him.

  "It's Kingly!"

  Zhu Dahao hastily said in a low voice.

  "Ah, it's actually Brother Wang! I'm a bit nearsighted and couldn't recognize you at once."

  Ye Chen suddenly reacted and couldn't help but smile, bowing his hands to Wang Ran. The fifty-third hut master Wang Ran was also a well-known loose cultivator in Qing Shan Hu with an extremely high ranking.

  "Haha, where did you say that? I just saw Ye brothers and others earlier, it was just a guess, I didn't dare to confirm! I've long heard of Ye's younger brother's great name, unfortunately, I've never had the chance to meet him, didn't expect to meet him on this return journey, it's also our fate."

  Wang Ran bowed slightly from a distance, with a refined smile on his face as he saw Ye Chen, seemingly quite pleased.

  However! The shock in Wang Ran's heart was unimaginable. Ye Chen was younger than he had expected, looking like a 16 or 17-year-old. He was now 23 years old, a full five years older. But Ye Chen's cultivation base was at the fifth layer of the Qi Refining stage, suppressing him by one layer.

  This made Wang Ran secretly somewhat apprehensive, but he suppressed these feelings in his heart and naturally wouldn't show them.

  The two men reined in their horses and exchanged a few words.

  However, the monks behind them did not look natural.

  In Qing Shan Lake, a group of cultivators under Wang Ran were originally the strongest among the scattered cultivators. However, since Ye Chen suddenly appeared and gathered Zhu Da Hao and other scattered cultivators, he obviously stole the limelight from this group of scattered cultivators under Wang Ran.

  The two groups of cultivators did not have any animosity towards each other, but there was a clear sense of competition and they were not particularly harmonious.

  "I'll take my leave first, let's have a good competition at the Demon Tower later and see who can climb higher! Both of us are around 50th ranked Inn owners, our strength is probably hard to distinguish between each other!"

  Wang Ran smiled and said.

  "Alright! Let's see what kind of tricks Brother Wang has up his sleeve."

  Ye Chen smiled and said.

  He bid farewell and left with a group of monks.

  Zhu Dahao and others walked far away, only to reveal some disdain. "Wang Ran actually gave himself a gold medal, boasting about himself! He clearly saw that Ye Brother's cultivation was stronger than his, but he refused to admit it, saying something about being evenly matched!"

  "Wang Ran is a man who likes to climb high and attach himself to the elegant, but he has a deep and profound mind, with a city-like demeanor. He can have such a great reputation in the scattered repair, occupying more than 50 rooms, not an easy person to deal with."

  Money makes the mare go.

  "Let's go!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and didn't mind it. After clearing the Town Demon Tower, they would know who was stronger between them.

  Half a day later, Ye Chen and a group of monks rushed to the outside of Tianyun Xianyuan City.

  The immortal city was more lively than before, with several times more cultivators entering and leaving the city gate. The fortune tellers and vendors outside the city were shouting loudly to attract business.

  It's worth knowing that there are thousands of cultivators in the Qing Shan Lake area alone, and this is only a small part of the cultivators outside the city. There are also many cultivators in other places like Luori Yuan Ye, Yao Hao Zhu Lin, Hu Yue Jian, etc.

  Even young cultivators from various countries on the Yunzhou continent arrived in Xian City within this month, preparing to participate in the annual Storming of the Demon Tower.

  If one is not a direct disciple of the Xianmen Zhenchuan, and if their spiritual root is not exceptionally outstanding, then charging into the You Tower is the only way to enter the nine major sects of Yunzhou.

  Ye Chen and the others entered the Immortal City, walking on the bustling main street.

  A group of cultivators dispersed and returned to their respective residences within the Immortal City.

  Everyone is busy preparing for what's needed at the Demon-Suppressing Tower!

  In the end, only Ye Chen and Zhu Dahao were left, walking and chatting on the street.

  "Brother Zhu, after we finish the Town Demon Tower this time and get the results, I'll start building our own small merchant association. After I join the Immortal Gate, I might stay there for a few years, so you guys need to hurry up and take care of the business in Xian City. Of course, I'll also keep in touch with you often and give you some good spiritual items from the Immortal Gate to sell."

  Ye Chen thought for a moment and said.

  Ye Chen had been thinking about this for a long time, and he knew that going to sell the Ling Grass himself wasn't a good idea. He was always worried that someone would see through him.

  If a small business association can be formed to conduct various transactions, it will be a good cover for all this.

  Stay in Xianmen, behind the scenes of this small business association in Xiancheng, and hand over a small batch of spiritual herbs to the brothers of the association for sale.

  The merchants trusted these brothers and did not suspect the origin of their Lingcao medicine.

  There is a merchant association in front of him as cover, he sells spiritual grass and medicine, which is the most stable way to earn spirit stones without exposing himself. Later on, when others find out that he has spirit stones, they will only think that it was earned through the association's wealth.

  From now on, all the affairs of this small business will be handed over to them three people to handle. These trivial matters actually don't need him to ask about, as long as he can focus on cultivating his skills.

  Zhu Dahao was thrilled to hear that Ye Chen had finally agreed to form a Chamber of Commerce. "Alright, the trivial matters of setting up the Chamber of Commerce can be left to my brothers to handle. You will be the president, and we'll take care of the rest."

  Qian Shanli and Feng Yan exchanged a glance, also overjoyed.

  They followed Ye Chen, and their greatest hope was that Ye Chen would become the leader of this team. With a big tree to lean on, they could enjoy the cool breeze. As long as Ye Chen's position as president was confirmed, the team would be stabilized, and they would take care of the rest.

  They even discussed forming a small business association after recruiting staff to do some business and earn spirit stones.

  "In the Immortal City, many industries have been monopolized by large immortal families. What kind of business can our Chamber of Commerce do? Mining, or cultivating spiritual herbs, or trading in demon beast skins?"

  "This spiritual grass is a rare medicine, this must be managed!"

  Ye Chen just listened, occasionally inserting a sentence.

  "But those spiritual herbs and medicines around Xiancheng are all in the hands of big families like the Bai family and the Wang family! We don't have a source for spiritual herbs and medicines."

  Qian Shanli was worried.

  "It doesn't matter, when the time comes I'll think of a way in Xianmen, bring some goods here to sell. The spiritual herbs and medicines in Xianmen are more abundant than those in Xiancheng. These families at most occupy the spiritual fields of Xiancheng, it's impossible for them to also control the grasses and herbs of Xianmen."

  Ye Chen said.

  Just as he was walking, Ye Chen suddenly saw a familiar girl standing in front of a commercial building.

  "Wei Xuan Yu! Older Sister Wei!"

  Ye Chen slightly stunned, stopped in his tracks.

  Wei Xunyu was talking to a steward in front of the gate of this merchant's mansion.

  "Grand Steward, look, I can do any odd job, just arrange a task for me and that's it! My wages only need to be five spirit stones."

  "We've already recruited enough people for this merchant association and are no longer hiring. You can try asking elsewhere!"

  The shopkeeper's attendant, with a impatient wave of his hand, told her to leave.

  Wei Xuan Yu bitterly said it was useless, and could only leave dejectedly from the front of this commercial building, walking on the street with her head down, her face worried.

  Not long ago, I finally broke through the 9th layer of the Body Refining Stage and entered the 1st layer of the Qi Refining Stage, becoming a cultivator.

  But she couldn't find anything suitable to do.

  In a few days, it's time to pay the rent, where did the spirit stone come from?

  Ye Chen was surprised to find that Wei Xunyu had already broken through the first layer of Qi Refining, as a cultivator.

  Ye Chen was overjoyed and wanted to go forward to congratulate her, but seeing Wei Xuan Yu's worried expression, he thought of something and involuntarily stopped his foot that was about to step out.

  Wei Xunyu is a young master of one of the top ten aristocratic families in Wu State and will definitely not want to lose face.

  He came forward at this moment, but was afraid he couldn't be of any help.

  He had been with Weixuan Yu for several months and knew that her temperament was pure and kind, but the young master of a noble family valued his reputation. If he were to give her spiritual stones without any reason, Weixuan Yu's pride would probably not allow her to accept them, and it might even ruin their previous friendship.

  Ye Chen said to Feng Yan, "Little Sister Feng, go tell her that we're recruiting a cultivator. The pay is 10 spirit stones per month. I'll cover the first month's payment myself, and after the Chamber of Commerce opens, we'll deduct it from the Chamber's funds."

  "What's the price of opening a piece of spiritual stone for one month to a cultivator who has just entered the Qi Refining stage and doesn't know anything? Who is that woman to you, won't you explain?"

  Feng Yan gave Ye Chen a very strange look and smiled at him.

  "What's the matter, she is a fellow who came to Xiancheng with me in the same secular country. I'm not convenient to go find her. Since we want to set up our own Chamber of Commerce, it's just right to hire her to work for the Chamber of Commerce. This little bit of spiritual stone will be enough for her to use for now, but later on she'll have to rely on herself!"

  Ye Chen's face turned slightly red.

  "Okay, I'll go take a look!"

  Feng Yan didn't smile at him anymore, nodded and quickly walked forward to catch up with Wei Xuan Yu.

  Ye Chenze and Zhu Dahao, Qian Shanli left first to avoid making Wei Xunyu think it was his deliberate arrangement. As for later, even if Wei Xunyu knew he was the president of this small Chamber of Commerce, he would think it was a coincidence and wouldn't feel owed anything.

  April 2nd, ask for monthly tickets!