Chapter 59
Chapter 59
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 59
Chapter Title: Changes in the Yun Clan
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“Master, don’t forget my Spirit Nurturing Flower!”
During the Great Cold, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, a thick fog enveloped the lake's surface. A large fish-collecting boat broke through the mist, navigating through the various aquaculture zones to gather the little azure fish.
The moment the Yun Clan finished collecting the fish, Xiao Hei eagerly sought credit, reminding Chen Jianghe of his promised Spirit Nurturing Flower reward.
Xiao Hei had broken through to the mid-first-rank, comparable to a cultivator's mid-stage Qi Refining realm. The Clear Spirit Grass, the main ingredient for Spirit Nourishing Pills, was no longer very effective for him.
Therefore, to encourage Xiao Hei and motivate him to work harder, Chen Jianghe had promised him the rare Spirit Nurturing Flower.
The Spirit Nurturing Flower was the primary ingredient for crafting Spirit Accumulating Pills and was quite valuable, worth four spirit stones per stalk. However, it contained far more spiritual energy than a Spirit Accumulating Pill.
A single stalk of the Spirit Nurturing Flower, combined with a dozen or so supplementary ingredients, could yield five or more Spirit Accumulating Pills in one batch.
This showed just how high the spiritual energy content of the flower was. It was only because cultivators couldn't absorb it directly that they would spend five spirit stones to buy a Spirit Accumulating Pill instead.
“The pay for fish farming is only three spirit stones, and I have to throw in another one.”
Chen Jianghe felt a bit helpless.
Ever since Yun Bufan successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm, the Yun Clan's plan for raising little azure fish in the inner waters had changed.
The original three-year cycle was shortened to a two-year cycle.
The Yun Clan would provide high-level fishery farmers with large quantities of Immortal Spirit Rice as fish feed, which could accelerate the little azure fish's transformation time.
However, the average weight of the little azure fish that hadn't yet become spirit beasts was difficult to reduce.
Still, all things considered, this was a form of support from the Yun Clan for its high-level fishery farmers. Their salary had effectively changed from a three-year basis to a two-year one.
The cost of the required Immortal Spirit Rice was entirely shouldered by the Yun Clan.
This reform made the high-level fishery farmers feel an even stronger sense of belonging to the Yun Clan. On average, it was equivalent to an extra income of more than one spirit stone per year.
This could also be considered a generous reward from the Yun Clan to the high-level fishery farmers who had remained loyal during its time of crisis.
When New Year's Eve arrived, Chen Jianghe packed up, preparing to head to Lakeheart Island to sell his spirit talismans and purchase some cultivation resources.
“Master, the Spirit Nurturing Flower.”
“I know, I know. Watch the house and don't show yourself.”
Chen Jianghe replied through their spiritual link, feeling as though the tables had been turned.
He was the one who had become the worker.
He was a beast of burden before he transmigrated, and he was still a beast of burden after. Did I transmigrate for nothing?
“I need to train Xiao Hei properly. How can I let the tail wag the dog?”
Chen Jianghe thought to himself as he used his spiritual power to propel his boat, following the other high-level fishery farmers toward Lakeheart Island.
*Swoosh, swoosh~*
Looking up, he could occasionally see streaks of sword light flashing by, heading for Lakeheart Island.
Among them were the guest artisans of various crafts from the inner waters, as well as members of the cultivator clans from within the Mirror Moon Lake domain.
Those guest artisans who had joined the Yun Clan when it was in dire straits had all bet correctly and received immense returns.
Some had become honored guests of the Yun Clan.
Others had rented first-rank spirit vein territories within Mirror Moon Lake at extremely low prices and established new cultivator clans.
Upon arriving at the Lakeheart Island port, he saw that it had been expanded by a factor of ten.
After Yun Bufan came out of seclusion, Mirror Moon Lake's territory had reverted from two hundred li back to its original eight hundred li radius. And after another half a year of 'friendly' negotiations with other Foundation Establishment immortal clans in the eastern territory, Mirror Moon Lake had expanded to a radius of twelve hundred li.
The Yun Clan intended to open up Lakeheart Island and establish a cultivator market city there.
Currently, the Bell Tower Market Street on Lakeheart Island was already undergoing large-scale expansion, and the residential areas along the shore had been demolished.
The residential area for Yun Clan disciples was being relocated entirely to the west side of Lakeheart Island, while the east side was planned as a market city and a residential area for guest artisans and rogue cultivators.
However, the market city on Lakeheart Island was still under construction. For now, it was only receiving members of the cultivator clans from within Mirror Moon Lake's domain on New Year's Eve.
Furthermore, there was no time limit for their stay on the island that day, but they had to leave after New Year's Eve.
This was why members of the cultivator clans from within Mirror Moon Lake's domain were coming to Lakeheart Island on New Year's Eve.
Chen Jianghe disembarked at the port and made his way to the Bell Tower Market Street. The sights along the way were a breath of fresh air.
The place had undergone a heaven-and-earth-shattering transformation.
The original Fumen Residence had been demolished and replaced with various large and small courtyards of different levels, convenient for renting out.
The residential area had also been enlarged, expanding outward by at least five times.
Moreover, the shops of the Bell Tower Market Street now extended directly into the residential area, and several large pavilion-style buildings were under accelerated construction.
The original Bell Tower was being rebuilt into a three-story pavilion. Although it was still under renovation, the plaque had already been hung.
[Hundred Treasures Pavilion]
Throughout the entire Tiannan Region, every market city had a Hundred Treasures Pavilion, and its architecture and location were always the best in the city.
From Yu Daniu's letters, Chen Jianghe knew that the Hundred Treasures Pavilion was actually an enterprise of the Tiannan Sect, which was why it occupied the prime location in every market city.
Moreover, the Hundred Treasures Pavilion was a comprehensive shop that sold array plates, spirit pills, elixirs, spirit talismans, magical artifacts, and even cultivation techniques.
The third floor of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion was for auctions.
To the left of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, a two-story pavilion was being built, its plaque also already in place.
[Mirror Moon Treasure Pavilion]
This was the Yun Clan's own comprehensive shop, which also sold various cultivation resources, but it didn't have an auction house.
This was because a market city could only have one auction venue, which was on the third floor of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
This was also why only the Hundred Treasures Pavilion was three stories tall, while other buildings could be at most two stories.
“They even have a Beast Taming Workshop?”
Chen Jianghe saw that next to the Mirror Moon Treasure Pavilion, another two-story pavilion was under construction, also with a plaque hung.
The Beast Taming Workshop was an enterprise of the Beast Taming Immortal Zhou Clan. It sold all kinds of spirit beasts, as well as various tools for enslaving them.
Sometimes, the Beast Taming Workshop would even sell second-rank spirit beasts comparable to a Foundation Establishment Ancestor, because the Beast Taming Immortal Zhou Clan was the number one clan in the southern part of the Tiannan Region, rumored to have a Core Formation expert overseeing it.
Furthermore, not every market city had a Beast Taming Workshop; only large market cities deemed worthy by the Zhou Clan would have one established.
For example, the White Clan's Qiyun Market City did not have a Beast Taming Workshop.
Looking at the Bell Tower Market Street, which had expanded several times over, with shop fronts being built everywhere, the scene was one of thriving prosperity.
This also indicated that since Yun Bufan's breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, the Yun Clan's foundation had been growing stronger by the day.
Chen Jianghe went to the spirit talisman shop and sold the talismans he had, keeping only three Water Escape Talismans.
Although he was now in the mid-stage of Qi Refining and could use the Water Escape Art to travel ten li, it was his habit to keep three Water Escape Talismans on hand for emergencies.
Walking out of the spirit talisman shop, he now had twenty-nine spirit stones and seventy-five grains of spirit sand in his possession.
After deducting the costs, the income of a low-grade Talisman Master was nearly sixty percent higher than that of a novice Talisman Master.
He now had a total of fifty-two spirit stones and one hundred thirty-two grains of spirit sand. Among mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, this could be considered a small fortune.
“First, I'll find Daniu and pay back the eight spirit stones I owe him. Xiaoniu is also at the age to start cultivating and will need spirit stones.”
Chen Jianghe turned from the main street of the Bell Tower into another street, heading towards the restaurant he had arranged to meet Yu Daniu at in his letters.