81: Xiao Yance came out of seclusion, star iron and associated source crystal

Now that he had a Heavenly Spiritual Root, the last obstacle in front of Xiao Qingyuan had completely vanished.

Coincidentally, Xiao Yance, as if on cue, successfully emerged from his seclusion that very afternoon, reaching the Qi Refining Stage - Late Phase.

In Xiao Yance's study, Xiao Qingyuan handed him the three-colored lieyang flower.

Xiao Yance's expression froze.

He had been in seclusion for half a year, and just as he was thinking of going home to rest for a while and spend time with Yang Yan, his good son gave him such a huge surprise.

“Qingyuan, you…” Xiao Yance wanted to decline.

Xiao Qingyuan preemptively said, “I’m at Qi Refining Stage - Tenth Layer, I don’t need it.”

“Then give it to…”

“Grandfather also has some, no need to worry.”

After speaking, Xiao Qingyuan also took out a wood-attribute spiritual item and handed it to him.

“This is for Mother.”

Xiao Yance looked at the jade box in his hand, then at Xiao Qingyuan, then back at the jade box.

He was momentarily speechless.

However, before he could fully process his shock, something even more astonishing occurred.

Xiao Qingyuan recounted everything that had happened during this period, from the Xiao Clan Immortal Family’s spiritual fields, the Jiujiang Prefecture incident, the market attack, to his grandfather’s seclusion and Breakthrough, and the Foundation Establishment Pill… each event more shocking and exciting than the last.

In reality, Xiao Qingyuan had his reasons for telling Xiao Yance these things.

Currently, Xiao Yance was at Qi Refining Stage - Ninth Layer, the highest Realm on the surface of the Xiao Clan Immortal Family.

For his Xiao Family to truly rise, they not only needed Foundation Establishment cultivators to oversee them, but also a greater number of Qi Refining Stage - Late Phase cultivators.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qingyuan handed all the Medicinal Pills he didn't need to Xiao Yance, saying, “These are for you. You and Mother can keep them for old age. Any that aren't used can be sold to clan members at cost price.”

Xiao Yance opened the Storage Pouch and looked inside.

Good heavens!

There were over two thousand bottles of Elementary first-tier Medicinal Pills, each worth about ten Spirit Stones, and more than three hundred bottles of Medium Grade to Advanced Medicinal Pills, priced from ten to hundreds of Spirit Stones per bottle.

The total value exceeded fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

That was enough to exchange for many Foundation Establishment Pills!

Even with Xiao Yance’s deep composure, he was so surprised that he was somewhat at a loss.

However, Xiao Qingyuan simply waved his hand casually, “This batch of goods has an unknown origin, so you’ll have to disperse them slowly.”

Anyway, the best of the fine goods were still in his hands.

He genuinely didn’t care for these items.

Xiao Yance’s eye twitched slightly.

“Unknown origin? And disperse them slowly? Where did you learn such crude talk, you little rascal…”

He patted Xiao Qingyuan’s shoulder, and as he spoke, he also started laughing heartily.

No one could see such a large sum of resources without getting excited.

“The Xiao Clan Immortal Family is truly going to rise this time!”

Xiao Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief at this.

He was truly afraid his father would have an opinion about him briefly acting as a Loose Cultivator.

Seeing the profound relief in his father’s eyes, he finally felt at ease.

A warmth spread through his heart.

“Heh heh, Ku He from the Qingshan Garrison is a greedy fellow. He embezzled military supplies and conspired with outsiders to plunder the Qingshan Market to compensate, but he didn’t expect to benefit me instead!”

At this, his tone grew serious again.

“It’s just that the leader didn’t die, and trouble might arise soon.

We must raise the strength of our clan members as quickly as possible.”

Although his Xiao Family was large now, ninety-nine percent of them were Mortals.

In reality, the situation was similar for most major Xiao Clan Immortal Family.

Unless you were a Loose Cultivator, living day to day with no tomorrow, throwing whatever Spirit Stones you had at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.

Otherwise, if you wanted the Xiao Clan Immortal Family to endure and pass down its Legacy for a long time, you needed a foundation and to have children.

The more descendants you had, the better the luck of continuously producing Spiritual Roots.

Only then could the Legacy be guaranteed not to be cut off.

Xiao Yance nodded upon hearing this and said, “I will discuss this with your eldest uncle. We will increase support for the clan members in the name of the Xiao Clan Immortal Family, but simply giving it away or selling it at cost won’t do. At most, we can make it a bit cheaper.”

Xiao Yance’s considerations were very comprehensive.

Compared to short-term gains, the Xiao Clan Immortal Family’s rules were more important.

The Xiao Clan Immortal Family could provide support and loans, but they could not simply give things away for free.

“How about this, I will have the clan disciples sign loan agreements.”

“And that ore vein was discovered by you and Yan Shi. Your grandfather has decided that after the Xiao Clan Immortal Family helps with the mining, three-tenths of the profits will go to you, half a tenth to Yan Shi, and five-tenths will be submitted to the Xiao Clan Immortal Family.”

“Of course, if you are willing to mine it yourself, seven-tenths of it will be yours.”

As he spoke, he took out another Storage Pouch and handed it to him.

Xiao Qingyuan didn’t care how much was allocated to him; with his relationship with his grandfather, getting whatever he wanted was a mere word away.

He took it and looked inside.

It was bundles of deep blue star iron, sparkling brightly, and an accompanying source crystal that Xiao Yance had ground into fine sand, piled more than half a person high.

“Whoa! That’s heavy!” Xiao Qingyuan took out a bundle of star iron to play with, casually weighing it in his palm.

This material, as thin as hair and about a foot long, was neatly bundled by Xiao Yanzhao into a thickness of one finger.

Yet, this single bundle weighed a hundred to a hundred and twenty jin.

It felt quite heavy.

“There are a total of three thousand six hundred jin of star iron here. Each jin is priced at ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones. One bundle is about one hundred and twenty jin, worth one thousand two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.”

“Good heavens, that expensive?!” Xiao Qingyuan felt as if what he was holding wasn’t iron at all, but solid Medium Grade Spirit Stones.

Xiao Qingyuan looked closely; there were thirty-five bundles of star iron here in total.

The total value was 42,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

This was equivalent to one Medium Grade Spirit Stone per inch of a finger-thick piece.

No wonder they said this material was usually sold by the inch!

Xiao Yance said, “The rest is accompanying source crystal. This is a bit cheaper than the star iron itself; ten accompanying source crystals can be exchanged for one Medium Grade Spirit Stone. What I’ve given you here is worth about thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.”

“Originally, you were to get three-tenths, but since you’ve brought out these Medicinal Pills, I’ll give you the rest as well.”

“Consider it the Xiao Clan Immortal Family purchasing Medicinal Pills from you.”

“Of course, this isn’t enough. For the remaining ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, the clan can only owe it for now.”

“As for your aunt, we will compensate her with Medicinal Pills and Spirit Stones later.”

“In short, we won’t let you suffer a loss, my boy.”

Xiao Qingyuan chuckled upon hearing this: “No loss, I even gained!”

He had originally intended to support the Xiao Clan Immortal Family, but unexpectedly, he ended up profiting.

With an immediate influx of over seventy thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones’ worth of resources, he now had the Materials for his Divine Sense and refining the gourd.

He had no foolishly generous thoughts about the small backdoor his father opened for him.

Instead, he felt very comfortable.

Although his aunt only received half a tenth.

Based on the mine’s annual output of one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, that was still a huge sum of five thousand Spirit Stones.

He imagined his aunt would also take off soon enough.

If this matter were in another Xiao Clan Immortal Family, let alone half a tenth, giving a few hundred Spirit Stones as a reward would be considered generous.

So, Xiao Qingyuan had no thought of fighting for her fairness.

If he were to be truly particular, the ten thousand year spiritual milk, three-colored lieyang flower, and three Foundation Establishment Pills he gave to Xiao Tianheng, all combined, would be more than the Xiao Clan Immortal Family could repay even if they sold everything.

After finishing these matters, Xiao Qingyuan discussed many family affairs before changing his tone and smilingly saying, “Father, your son is going to seclude himself in the ore vein and will definitely come out before the spring plowing.

Also, all six of my wives at home are now pregnant.

Please ask Mother to help look after them.”

As he spoke, Xiao Qingyuan handed his father a jade talisman.

There was nothing he could do; he had many Formation arrays readily available.

Not only had he set up several large arrays at his own home, but he had also buried several Formation Plates at Xiao Yance’s place.

And this jade talisman, outwardly a Restriction jade talisman, was actually capable of controlling his home’s defensive great array.

He believed Xiao Yance would be very pleasantly surprised upon returning home.

Xiao Yance was stunned by the news, not reacting for a moment.

Then he immediately froze: “You little rascal… when did you marry six wives, and they’re all pregnant?”

And was his second son so efficient?

How long had it been?

Pregnant again?

And married six at once?