Upon hearing Yan Yushi’s words, Xu Liheng immediately understood.

The bidding, the lottery, the chance for everyone, all of it was a sham.

Regardless, the final result was that their Xu family would obtain the tea agency rights of Changqing Trading Company, even if they did not participate in the bidding.

Moreover, Changqing Trading Company had gained quite a bit from this move, and no one would speak out about their losses because it was a secret bidding. Whether it was due to face or other reasons, everyone had to swallow this loss.

Such a maneuver greatly shocked Xu Liheng.

No wonder Changqing Trading Company could make money, he could never have thought of such a method.

“Thank you, Young Master Yan and Young Master Li for saving my Xu family.” Xu Liheng stood up and bowed respectfully to Yan Yushi.

The Xu family was completely defeated.

The Xu family had received such a great opportunity, their rise was certain. Xu Long racked his brains but couldn’t figure out how to stop this from happening. Even if he had some power, now that the Xu family had the backing of Changqing Trading Company, what could he do?

In the end, he could only accept his bad luck.

His small Xu family didn’t have the guts to contend with Changqing Trading Company, that would be seeking death.

Because the Xu family had obtained this qualification, the threshold of the Xu family was almost trampled the next day. The heads of all the families came to visit, and countless shopkeepers in the city came to visit.

Those who brought gifts brought gifts, those who congratulated congratulated. Whether they had a relationship with the Xu family or not, even those who had once alienated the Xu family, all thickened their faces and came to call Xu Liheng their brother as if nothing had happened.

And they all claimed that they did not participate in the bidding.

Their words were touching, with tears and snot, as if they wanted to tell Xu Liheng, “I didn’t participate in the bidding, so I increased the probability of your Xu family winning the bid. So when your Xu family gets rich, don’t forget our contribution!”

Their words were so sincere that Xu Liheng almost believed them. He had never realized before that these people were such good actors.

But Xu Liheng naturally didn’t expose them, after all, he needed to get along with them in the city.

So Xu Liheng simply pretended not to know anything and dealt with everyone with a smile.

After all, Xu Liheng had been in the business world for many years, and he was well versed in these matters.

Three days later.

Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

Recently, the disciples on Mu Haifeng felt that the weather was strange.

It was clearly a clear sky, but they could always hear thunder, and it was dry thunder without rain.

They looked everywhere but couldn’t see where the thunder was coming from. Even some disciples with lifestyle issues didn’t dare to go out, wondering if they had been swearing too much recently.

Little did they know that Li Hengsheng had been practicing the Thundering Vertical Method on Qingyu Mountain very diligently recently. Every sound of thunder was released when Li Hengsheng was practicing his body technique. Li Hengsheng had become somewhat obsessed with his practice.

He wouldn’t stop until he was exhausted, and even if he was exhausted, he would get up and practice again after recovering with his proud divine body.

This high-intensity practice even shocked Xu Kui. He tried to persuade Li Hengsheng several times to rest before practicing again, fearing that Li Hengsheng would practice himself to death.

Xu Kui’s attitude towards Li Hengsheng had changed greatly since he first came to Qingyu Mountain.

He used to think that Li Hengsheng was just a lucky kid who became Xu Muhai’s direct disciple just by reaching the Transcendence Realm.

But now it seems that although Li Hengsheng’s talent is poor, he is really excellent in other aspects, even his practice is more diligent than ordinary disciples.

Among the direct disciples of Dao Mountain Ancient Land, there are very few who practice as diligently as Li Hengsheng, right?

Moreover, the Thundering Vertical Method that Li Hengsheng has been practicing recently has shocked Xu Kui. This is the first time he has seen this body technique.

It has strong explosive power and amazing speed. It doesn’t rely on the elegance and lightness of the body technique that ordinary people see. Li Hengsheng’s body technique relies on explosion and instant power. In Xu Kui’s view, this kind of body technique is more terrifying and more suitable for Li Hengsheng.

In the backyard of the small courtyard on Qingyu Mountain, the ground was originally hard mud. After Li Hengsheng’s practice these days, Xu Kui felt that it could now be used as farmland. The ground was trampled by Li Hengsheng very softly.

Even the stones in the mud were crushed by Li Hengsheng.

Xu Kui was thinking about letting the servants plant some vegetables here after Li Hengsheng stopped practicing. Otherwise, it would be a waste of such soft land. The step of loosening the soil has been completely saved.

“Young Master.”

Xu Kui came forward and brought Li Hengsheng a cup of water and a clean towel.

“What’s the matter, Uncle Xu?” Li Hengsheng stopped and took the towel from Xu Kui’s hand and wiped his sweat.

“You have a package.” Xu Kui said, “It was delivered by Cangyuan Escort Agency half an hour ago.”

“Oh?”

Li Hengsheng raised his eyebrows. Could it be sent by his father?

No, a few days ago, Li Changqing had just sent a package, giving him a million silver tickets. Now that Changqing Trading Company’s income is so much, Li Changqing sent so much money, Li Hengsheng didn’t doubt it.

After receiving the money, Li Hengsheng quickly sent five hundred thousand to the Changqing Trading Company in Path Mark City to make up for the money he owed. After all, it’s not good to owe for too long.

But now there’s another package, who sent it?

Li Hengsheng walked to the front yard and saw a package on the table.

The package was wrapped in black and tied with gold thread, which looked completely different from the previous package.

“Young Master, this is a high-level escort package.” Xu Kui said solemnly, “Black leather and gold thread indicate that the contents of the package are extremely valuable. To escort such a package, Cangyuan Escort Agency has to use at least three innate masters.”

“That valuable?” Li Hengsheng was also startled.

What’s inside that requires three innate masters to escort?

He quickly untied the gold thread, opened the package, and found a box made of a very hard mineral inside. The box was very delicate, and just this box could be used to make a good weapon.

The box opened, revealing a letter and another smaller box inside.

Li Hengsheng first took out the letter.

“Lu Shiran?”

Li Hengsheng was taken aback when he saw this name.

If he hadn’t seen this name again, he would have almost forgotten about this little girl.

That little girl with a not-so-good memory.

Whenever he thought of Lu Shiran’s face, Li Hengsheng felt overwhelmed, remembering the debt he owed, which seemed to be endless.

Has the cat been let out of the bag yet?

With a trembling heart, Li Hengsheng opened the letter, fearing that it was a letter from Lu Shiran telling him that the Seven Treasures Crystal Pill had been discovered and that he should run for his life.

My husband, how have you been lately?

The first sentence, written in a crooked manner, reminded Li Hengsheng of the days when this little girl would call him “husband” one word at a time, a real nightmare.

Sigh.

Let’s continue reading.

Lu Shiran had obviously just learned to write, and her handwriting was extremely ugly, like a worm crawling. If you didn’t study it carefully, you wouldn’t know what it was.

However, fortunately, Li Hengsheng was insightful enough to comprehend the top-level martial arts from the masterpieces of the Painting Sage, so what was this crooked handwriting?

I wanted to write a letter to my husband, but unfortunately, I can’t read or write. So I asked someone to teach me, but no one in the sect paid attention to me. So I went down the mountain and found a literate teacher, gave him ten taels of silver, and asked him to teach me.

I didn’t know that there were so many characters, and it took a long time to learn to write a letter. So I asked the teacher to help me write a letter, and then I copied it.

My handwriting is not good, please don’t blame me, husband.

My life has changed a lot since I returned.

Many people have isolated me. After my master died, I could only practice alone every day.

Elder He didn’t pay attention to me, and my senior sister didn’t come to bother me. My days were somewhat lonely. I couldn’t help but feel that these days were not as good as the days when I was fighting with the Ghost Clan in the Sky-Overturning Ghost City with my husband.

A few days ago, the reward from Tianhai City came.

It was a drop of Dragon Blood Essence.

I put it in the box and sent it to you, my husband.

Because I saw that my husband really wanted the Dragon Blood Essence, presumably to refine the Seven Treasures Crystal Pill, I gradually understood my husband’s worries.

After my master died, no one spoiled me, and I lost the life where I could get whatever I wanted just by reaching out to my master.

The value of the Seven Treasures Crystal Pill also has a position in my heart. I know I have caused a big trouble for you, my husband.

But my husband doesn’t need to worry too much. After my master died, only Guangzu knew about the Seven Treasures Crystal Pill on me, and Guangzu has been in seclusion for many years and won’t know about this for the time being.

Even if Guangzu finds out one day, I will deny it and say that the Seven Treasures Crystal Pill was lost in the Sky-Overturning Ghost City, and I won’t cause trouble for my husband.

That’s all for now. I look forward to my husband’s reply.

Lu Shiran.

“Ten taels of silver to have someone write a letter?” Li Hengsheng shook his head with a bitter smile. This girl was really being taken advantage of.

If it were in Changting Town, ten taels of silver could have someone write until the pen was worn out.

Li Hengsheng put down the letter and opened the box to see that it was indeed a piece of Dragon Blood Essence!

The pure dragon aura hit him in the face, and Li Hengsheng’s breath became heavy. No matter how you looked at it, this treasure was shocking.

Huff!

Li Hengsheng slowly exhaled a breath.

He didn’t expect that the Dragon Blood Essence Lu Shiran had asked for was actually for him.

In this way, he now had two drops of Dragon Blood Essence.

However, as for Lu Shiran’s life, Li Hengsheng could probably guess. Although the Qinglian Sword Sovereign had threatened He Juming of Guanglan Palace, saying that if Lu Shiran was bullied, he would kill He Juming, but not bullying you is the same as isolating you.

Being alone in a place where you are isolated, one can imagine what kind of life it is.

But there was nothing Li Hengsheng could do about this kind of life. If he wanted Lu Shiran to learn to form alliances, it would be even harder than making her a land fairy.

He put away the Dragon Blood Essence.

Xu Kui couldn’t help but ask, “Young Master, aren’t you going to write a reply?”

Li Hengsheng pondered for a moment, then shook his head, “No, this girl is gradually beginning to understand some things. After a while, she should be able to understand that I am not her husband. It’s better not to reply to avoid trouble.”

“Understood.”

Xu Kui nodded. Since Li Hengsheng had said so, he didn’t say anything more.

Li Hengsheng turned around and prepared to continue his cultivation.

But after only taking two steps, Li Hengsheng stopped, sighed lightly, and said helplessly, “Uncle Xu, bring me some paper and a pen.”

He couldn’t be so cold to Lu Shiran.

Although he said he didn’t want to get involved with Lu Shiran, he couldn’t ignore this girl who had lacked security and love since she was a child and had just lost her master. This should be the loneliest time, right?

He wrote a sincere reply to Lu Shiran.

In the end, Li Hengsheng couldn’t help but complain, saying that she should practice her handwriting on ordinary days, instead of writing like a worm crawling.

After he finished writing, he asked Xu Kui to send the letter.

At this time, a servant came and respectfully said, “Young Master, there is a disciple outside asking to see you. She says her name is Xu Yueyue.”

“Let her in.”

Xu Yueyue’s visit was to express her gratitude to Li Hengsheng.

Xu Yueyue had received a letter from her father, Xu Liheng, and learned about the Changqing Trading Company, so she came to express her gratitude.

She never thought that one day Li Hengsheng would be able to help her so much. The Xu family’s problems were solved, and they were even more prosperous than before. Her mood suddenly improved a lot, and she didn’t want to marry Xu Jingqi of the Xu family.

In this way, her father, Xu Liheng, would not casually arrange a marriage for her in the future. After all, the Xu family’s turnaround was largely due to her, Xu Yueyue.

She didn’t stay long after she arrived.

She left after expressing her gratitude.

Seeing Xu Yueyue’s formal and grateful appearance, Li Hengsheng felt a bit uncomfortable.

He originally wanted to continue cultivating, but who knew that there would be so many things today. Before he could catch his breath, Zhou Jun’s voice came from outside the door.

“Fourth Brother, open the door, open the door quickly!””Ah, cultivation is so difficult, each one of them is a stumbling block on my path.” Li Hengsheng gave a bitter smile, letting someone bring Zhou Jun in.

“Third Senior Brother, what’s the rush?” Li Hengsheng asked helplessly, “Did you find something delicious again?”

“No, let’s go to Master’s place.” Zhou Jun grabbed Li Hengsheng’s hand and was ready to leave.

“What are we going to Master’s place for?” Li Hengsheng was taken aback. On normal days, they, as direct disciples, rarely visited Xu Muhai.

“Eldest Senior Brother is back, of course I have to take you to see him.” Zhou Jun seemed exceptionally excited.

“Eldest Senior Brother is back?” Li Hengsheng was also delighted. He had never met this mysterious Eldest Senior Brother.

Since he rarely returned, Zhou Jun would definitely take Li Hengsheng to see him. Moreover, since Eldest Senior Brother was back, it wouldn’t be good if he, as a junior brother who had never met him, didn’t show up.

Li Hengsheng followed Zhou Jun towards the main peak of Mu Haifeng.

“Third Senior Brother, what kind of person is Eldest Senior Brother? I asked Second Senior Sister before, but she wouldn’t tell me.”

“She acted all mysterious and told me that I would know when I saw him.” Li Hengsheng quickly asked.

“Eldest Senior Brother…” Zhou Jun pondered for a moment and said, “How should I describe him? Eldest Senior Brother is a person who speaks quite directly. His heart is not bad, but he doesn’t filter his words. If he says something you don’t like, just treat it as him talking nonsense.”

“Huh?”

Li Hengsheng was stunned by this evaluation.

What kind of evaluation was this?

“Also, Eldest Senior Brother’s appearance is a bit…” Zhou Jun seemed at a loss for words.

“Appearance?”

Could it be that he was extremely ugly?

That wouldn’t matter. A man’s ambition lies in all directions, appearance is not important. In such a world, strength is what matters.

When Li Hengsheng and Zhou Jun arrived, Li Hengsheng saw Xu Muhai talking to someone.

“Come and meet your Eldest Senior Brother. This is your first time meeting, right?” Xu Muhai looked at Li Hengsheng and said with a smile, “It’s just right that your Eldest Senior Brother just came back and hasn’t met you yet.”

“Eldest Senior Brother?”

Li Hengsheng was completely stunned by the person in front of him!

He had heard of the name Ye Qingchen, his Eldest Senior Brother, before.

Zhou Jun almost burst into laughter at Li Hengsheng’s astonished expression.

He had the same expression when he first saw Eldest Senior Brother.

Li Hengsheng couldn’t believe his eyes.

Ye Qingchen had long, shiny black hair that fell down, fair skin, bright eyes and white teeth, shining like stars. His slender fingers and long legs, his ethereal temperament, he was even more feminine than a woman, and he was an unparalleled beauty!

Except for the lack of breasts, he was no less attractive than Lu Shiran and Mu Qingge!

For a moment, it didn’t seem so unacceptable for a man to be so feminine.

Li Hengsheng never expected Eldest Senior Brother to look like this. On the way here, he had imagined many appearances of Eldest Senior Brother Ye Qingchen, but none of them matched. He was too beautiful.

“You must be Fourth Brother!”

However, when Ye Qingchen opened his mouth, his image instantly collapsed. His rough voice turned Ye Qingchen into a cross-dressing man!

His voice was extremely masculine.

It didn’t match his face at all!

“Eldest Senior Brother, I am Li Hengsheng. This is our first meeting. I hope you can guide me in the future.” Li Hengsheng came back to his senses and said politely.

Who knew that Ye Qingchen would burst into laughter: “It’s our first meeting, but who knows if there will be a next time. I heard from Master that you’ve been targeted by the Longevity Sect. Maybe next time we meet, you’ll be dead. Who knows.”

Pfft!

Li Hengsheng almost spat out a mouthful of old blood when he heard this.

Was this how people chatted?

“What’s there to guide? You practice yours, I practice mine. Look at your poor aptitude, I can’t guide you. Your aptitude, being able to cultivate to the Postnatal Perfection Realm, is truly a miracle. Tsk tsk, it’s amazing. Even on the Peak of Ten Thousand Slaughters, this aptitude can be considered trash. How did you get into the Dao Mountain Ancient Land? Does the Peak of Ten Thousand Slaughters no longer have any standards?”

Ye Qingchen said after sizing up Li Hengsheng.

Li Hengsheng’s face had turned black.

Did Eldest Senior Brother have a grudge against him?

“Don’t mind him, he always talks like this. Your aptitude is not that bad, don’t take it to heart.” Seeing Li Hengsheng’s face turn black, Xu Muhai quickly comforted him.

“Huh?”

Ye Qingchen looked at Xu Muhai strangely and said, “What do you mean ‘not bad’? Didn’t you just say that Li Hengsheng’s aptitude is very poor and cultivation is very difficult?”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Muhai’s face also turned black. He had just sold himself out. Ye Qingchen was still the same as before.

Zhou Jun couldn’t help but cover his mouth and snicker on the side.

“By the way, Third Brother, I brought you a gift.” Ye Qingchen took something out of the package behind him and handed it to Zhou Jun, saying, “I know you like to eat, so I specially brought you a specialty from the Zhenguo Mansion.”

After that, he took out the food and handed it to Zhou Jun.

“Oh, thank you, Eldest Senior Brother.” Zhou Jun happily accepted it.

“What is this?” He opened it to see a fruit-like thing inside. It was black and looked like an apple. Zhou Jun took a bite, “It’s sweet and sour, quite delicious. Thank you for your trouble, Eldest Senior Brother.”

“It’s no trouble at all. This thing is very common in Zhenguo Mansion, it’s everywhere. Even dogs don’t want to eat it. I figured you probably haven’t eaten it before, so I brought it back for you to try.” Ye Qingchen said sincerely.

Zhou Jun seemed to have gotten used to Ye Qingchen’s way of speaking and was still eating heartily. He even handed one to Li Hengsheng, “Fourth Brother, you try it.”

“I’m not eating, you eat.” Li Hengsheng said speechlessly.

“See, I told you, even dogs don’t eat it, only you are greedy enough to eat it.” Ye Qingchen shook his head.

Damn it, why didn’t I bring my Chasing Immortal Spear!

Li Hengsheng wanted to kill someone.

“Alright, alright, you’ve met. Hengsheng, if you have something to do, go ahead.” Xu Muhai quickly said.

He didn’t want them to start fighting.”Yes, Master, I will take my leave now.” Li Hengsheng nodded, cupping his fist in the other hand, “Eldest Brother, Third Brother, I’ll be going first.”

“Fourth Brother, feel free to visit Zhenguo Mansion when you have time. But be careful, it’s quite far, and don’t let the Longevity Sect slaughter you halfway.” Ye Qingchen said with a smile.

Li Hengsheng didn’t say a word and left directly.

“What’s with Fourth Brother?” Ye Qingchen asked in confusion.

Xu Muhai and Zhou Jun both remained silent.

“By the way, where’s Second Brother?” Ye Qingchen looked at Xu Muhai.

“He was afraid of getting into a fight with you, so he didn’t come.” Xu Muhai said irritably. His eldest disciple was good in all aspects, except that his mouth was too sharp. No matter how much he was scolded, he never changed.

A cute little loli, and you insist on calling her Second Brother.

Yang Tiantian would be surprised if she was happy.

“Does Second Brother still like to fight?” Ye Qingchen asked curiously.

The two were helpless.

In the blink of an eye, time flew by, and the day finally arrived. The celebration of Dao Mountain Ancient Land was about to begin.

All the families and sects from the four continents climbed the mountain in the early morning.

Today could be said to be the busiest day in Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

All the Peak Masters of the thirty-six peaks were present.

A continuous stream of gifts was presented, as Xu Muhai had become a Grandmaster, and the guests who came to attend certainly brought gifts.

Li Hengsheng, Yang Tiantian, and Zhou Jun, as Xu Muhai’s disciples, naturally helped to entertain the guests.

As for why Ye Qingchen didn’t help entertain the guests.

Xu Muhai was worried that Ye Qingchen would scare all the guests away.

The pre-prepared dishes from Changqing Trading Company also made the many guests very happy.

Dao Mountain Ancient Land also showed their strength.

At this time, Su Zheng and Su Xianci appeared in the city of Buwu at the foot of the mountain.

According to Su Zheng.

Since Dao Mountain Ancient Land was holding a celebration, their Su Family, as old friends of Dao Mountain Ancient Land, of course, had to come and celebrate.

After everyone in Dao Mountain Ancient Land had their fill of food and drink, they were invited to Lingxin Mountain to enjoy tea by the Lingxin Spring.

The Lingxin Spring of Dao Mountain Ancient Land paired with the fragrant tea from Changqing Trading Company was a real treat.

At this moment, a voice swept across the entire Dao Mountain Ancient Land.

“Su Zheng of the Su Family, here to congratulate.”

My old readers know that I haven’t been well, suffering from anxiety. I’ve been staying up late to update recently, just to catch the update time, so my anxiety has been acting up.

Today’s update is late, so I didn’t care about the time. I still aim for a ten thousand word update, but the timing won’t be as precise. I’ll update as I go.

(End of Chapter)