Yangtian Pavilion issued two hundred spirit stones to each elite disciple of the Ziyuan Sect to help protect the store.
The captain of these elite disciples is named Cheng Shijie. He is at the eighth level of the Lingtai. He is a close subordinate of Zhong Pengfei. He was rescued by him in a beast wave and has sworn allegiance to Zhong Pengfei ever since.
Cheng Shijie is in his early twenties and seems to be a bit bookish.
Before he was sent to the store area this time, Zhong Pengfei had explained that all matters were decided by a middle-aged man named Zhou Tian, and he had to follow his orders.
But Zhou Yang did not show up, but sent Mo Chenglong to contact him, which made Cheng Shijie a little dissatisfied. Although he is loyal to Zhong Pengfei, you, Zhou Tian, are not Elder Zhong. There are so many of us protecting Yangtian Pavilion, but you don't even show your face. What are you doing and who are you doing it for?
Of course, Zhou Yang was not showing off. Firstly, he was practicing in seclusion, and secondly, he had some scruples. He was worried that he would be exposed if he stayed with the Ziyuan Sect people for a long time, and in that case he would not be able to find a place in Tu Yancheng.
Liang Sanli will leave soon, and he and Mo Chenglong are the only people in charge of Yangtian Pavilion. If he is forced to leave again, then he will no longer have to continue this business.
In fact, Zhong Pengfei also considered this and knew that Cheng Shijie did not know Zhou Yang. He had been an elite disciple within the sect for a long time, while Zhou Yang was only an outer disciple at that time, and the two had no intersection at all. Even the other eleven elite disciples who came here did not recognize Zhou Yang, and besides, he had changed his appearance, so the possibility of being discovered was extremely slim.
However, don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality. Although Zhou Yang is young, he has experienced life, death and various hardships, and has developed a cautious character since he was a child. This time was no exception. He didn't want to leave any trouble. Although these elite disciples didn't know him, there was no guarantee that none of their friends would recognize him.
After a few days, Zhou Yang recovered from his injury, adjusted to his best condition, and learned a lot from this battle.
As the saying goes, only by knowing the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. The same is true for practitioners themselves.
He is fully aware of his situation. Because the level of his skills is not high, his total amount of spiritual power is limited, and his secret skills are also very poor. This is his disadvantage. But the advantages are also obvious. One is that he has abundant energy and blood, a strong body, and has the earth fire body tempering technique as his trump card. The second is that his spiritual consciousness is strong and his six senses are sharp, allowing him to understand everything. The third is that he has been through blood for a long time, has rich experience, and is a veteran in fighting with others.
The fourth point is not obvious, but it can still be regarded as an advantage, that is, it has a high degree of compatibility with the magic weapon. The Golden Snake Life-Destroying Spear was accidentally refined by Master Mu. It possesses two attributes: gold and fire. It is superior to other high-grade magic weapons in terms of power and speed.
In fact, the most important point is that he has a steady stream of ancient elixirs as support, which can not only ensure his entry speed, but also make up for his lack of total spiritual power.
In addition to the Golden Snake Life-Destroying Spear, he now also has a high-grade magic weapon and a high-grade magic shield, both of which were obtained by using the first three levels of the Earth Fire Body Tempering Technique. Of course, he was forced to exchange it, not what he wanted.
The price of these two items is naturally far from enough to exchange for the Earth Fire Body Tempering Technique. But there is no way. In front of a master, even if you are asked to give him away, you have to hold your nose and admit it.
He was not yet proficient in the magic control techniques of that high-grade gold magic weapon, so he did not use it in the previous battle. Now that a few days have passed, I can control it freely.
After leaving the customs, he discussed with Liang Sanli to double the monthly salary of all personnel staying in Yangtian Pavilion. Liang Sanli naturally agreed, and everyone was very happy.
When they entered Tu Yan, the monthly salary of these people was twice as high as that in Anping City. Now it has doubled again, which is considered an extremely high salary. Although it was a bit more dangerous in Tu Yan, they were very satisfied with being able to obtain spiritual stones that were four times higher than those in Anping, which slightly offset their previous fear.
And now the reinforcements from Ziyuan Sect have arrived, which makes the morale of everyone in Yangtian Pavilion rise again.
After the battle at Yangtian Pavilion, nothing happened for several days, and all the materials in the store were sold out. Liang Sanli was ready to return to Anping City.
At this time, a deacon under Zhong Pengfei arrived at Yangtian Pavilion and handed his handwritten letter and 50,000 spiritual stones to Zhou Yang.
It turns out that Ziyuan Sect wants to buy a batch of goods at Yangtian Pavilion, including elixirs, magical weapons, spiritual talismans and training materials, worth 200,000 spiritual stones. But for the time being, they can only take out 50,000 spirit stones as a deposit. The remaining spirit stones must be paid off in one month, and all materials must be delivered to Ziyuan Sect within half a month, and cannot be higher than the market price.
After Liang Sanli read the letter, he said with a grimace: "Although we have made tens of thousands of pieces in the past few days, now all the spiritual stones in our hands plus the fifty thousand are less than ninety thousand. We need to get the materials for two hundred thousand spiritual stones." , this is too difficult!”
Mo Chenglong shook his head and frowned.
Zhou Yang also felt that this matter was very difficult to handle, but since his uncle had spoken, he had to handle it no matter how difficult it was.
The three of them thought hard for a long time, but could not come up with a good solution.
"These materials are not gathered together at once, but can be delivered within half a month. How about this. For the first batch of 100,000 spirit stones, we will pay the material dealer 50,000 spirit stones in advance. I think Manager Liu and Brother Liang will We still have some face. However, if we use the remaining spirit stones to continue to purchase goods, we will earn as much as we can in half a month. If it is not enough, we will find other ways." Zhou Yang thought for a while and took a compromise.
"There is no other way." Liang Sanli nodded after thinking for a moment.
Using the half-month buffer period, half of the materials for Ziyuan Sect were delivered in advance, and Yangtian Pavilion's business was not delayed. This method is actually not bad, but it can only be like this for now.
"Manager Liu has been in Tongzhou Trading Company for many years. Brother Liang, go and discuss with him to see if you can borrow some more spirit stones. It doesn't matter if the interest is higher. Although the price of this batch of goods from Ziyuan Zong is not high, you can still make a lot of money. Lingshi, besides, when we do business in Tuyan City, we have to rely on them as our backers. If we offend the Ziyuan Sect, we will be unable to move forward here." Zhou Yang added.
"Okay then, I'll go discuss it with him." Liang Sanli agreed and went straight back to Anping City.
As soon as he left, the chief shopkeeper of Yangtian Pavilion was replaced by Zhou Yang, and Mo Chenglong naturally took over the management temporarily.
When Zhou Yang is the shopkeeper, it is the first time for a big girl to sit in a sedan chair. Fortunately, he studied with Liang Sanli in Yangtian Pavilion for a few days. In addition, he has a good mind and has previous business experience, so ordinary affairs in the store are not difficult to deal with. he.
As Zhou Yang expected, Liu Menglong also agreed to this method, and within three days, he prepared nearly 150,000 spiritual stones and transported them back to Tu Yan. The cargo of one hundred thousand spirit stones was shipped to Ziyuan Sect, and the materials of nearly fifty thousand spirit stones were sold in Yangtian Pavilion.
As for the loan in Anping City, Zhou Yang didn't have to worry about it and let Liu Menglong and Liang Sanli figure it out.
Yangtian Pavilion's business was on the right track, and Zhou Yang had a little leisure time, so he had time to make a stove.
He chose a quiet room, closed all the windows except for one door, and told no one, including Mo Chenglong, to enter.
He dug out the ground fire hole in the quiet room, connected the ground fire stove, and then made many adjustments. After working for most of the day, a quiet room with a ground stove was finally built, and the elixirs could be refined at night.
He didn't have to worry about the materials for alchemy. Zhong Pengfei had sent people to get a lot of them from Daqing Mountain, which was enough for him to refine a large amount of elixirs.
However, on the night when Zhou Yang was preparing to make alchemy, a bloody battle broke out again.
There are more than twenty masked bandits coming this time, including ten in the middle stage of Lingtai and three in the later stage. Their strength is much stronger than last time.
Zhou Yang recognized the bandit leader from last time at a glance. He returned to Yangtian Pavilion for the second time, obviously to avenge the blood feud.
These people were well prepared and there was a huge difference in strength between the two sides. It was expected that this battle would be won, and plundering property was secondary. The main purpose was to kill people, especially Zhou Yang.
But what happened was counterproductive. They misjudged the situation. In addition to the dozen cultivators in the courtyard, there was also an ambush not far away who had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as more than 20 bandits rushed into the courtyard, shouts of death rang out from behind, and a pincer attack immediately formed in the courtyard.
The bandit leader was shocked and desperately organized a breakout. But the other side was determined to keep him, and both sides fought tooth and nail.
A bandit in the late stage of Lingtai was jointly attacked by Cheng Shijie and others, but the leader was besieged by another elite disciple Wang Mengdao and others.
The person fighting Zhou Yang was the third late cultivator of Lingtai among the bandits. This person's strength is much higher than that of the dead one, and he is already at the eighth level of Kaiyuan cultivation.
After handing over, Zhou Yang complained endlessly.
He can still handle it against a seventh-level cultivator. However, this person's realm is one level higher, and his overall strength is stronger than the ordinary eighth-level cultivator. Although the situation is unfavorable for the bandits, this person beat Zhou Yang back steadily, and the danger is everywhere.
He was forced to fire the Golden Snake Death Spear three times. Three light snakes roared out, as fast as lightning, but in the end they did not hurt the man. If it weren't for the high-grade magic shield that was used at the critical moment, it would have been injured by the opponent's magic weapon.
That man's spiritual power was much more abundant than Zhou Yang's, so fighting with magic weapons would not work, but there was no other good way. For a while, Zhou Yang was forced into a desperate situation.
The man attacked fiercely, but he was also a little surprised.
The second child died in the hands of a fourth-level Lingtai cultivator. He didn't believe it at first. Today's solo battle with Zhou Yang was to verify the previous news.
As a result, after the two phases fought, he had no choice but to believe what the leader said.
But these don't matter anymore, now the most important thing is to kill the opponent as soon as possible.
Just when Zhou Yang's spiritual power was exhausted and he was about to fight, Cheng Shijie achieved victory, and everyone worked together to kill the bandit from the late stage of Lingtai.
Wang Mengdao also wounded the bandit leader and he fled.
More than twenty bandits were killed and scattered in all directions. The man who was about to kill Zhou Yang saw this, but he didn't dare to stop any longer. He gritted his teeth and rushed out with a few of his men.
Zhou Yang let out a long sigh, sheathed his weapon, and did not pursue him.
Due to the superior strength of Yangtiange and Ziyuanzong, and another surprise attack, the bandits suffered heavy losses. A total of eight people were killed, four were seriously injured and captured. In the end, only eight or nine were able to escape.
