"Focus on harmony, with sparring as the main goal. After all, everyone here is a steward of the Taiyi Sect." Once everything was settled, Jiang Jinghe stepped out from the side again, continuing to fill the tea of several Purple Mansion members, uttering a few superficial platitudes.

For both the Jin Family Purple Mansion and the Kong Family Purple Mansion, if they intended to weaken several clans, how could they not take advantage of this competition?

This was also the reason Xu Chunlin agreed to the Purple Mansion battle.

At least for the Purple Mansion battle, he was confident that he could surrender at a critical moment.

If it were the Foundation Establishment, he truly feared those few Early Stage Foundation Establishments of the Xu Family, hard-won, would be slaughtered once more.

That would almost cause the Xu Family to face extinction twice.

Such consequences were undoubtedly unbearable for him.

Even if the lifespan of a Purple Mansion Cultivator was five hundred years, he was over three hundred, so there was no way he could allow all of Xu Family's Foundation Establishments to be buried again.

"Let's go to Juehe Valley behind the market!" Jin Zongliang of the Jin Family spoke.

"There's no rush. Regarding this sparring, I've invited Supreme Taihao to watch, which is also to ensure the competition's fairness." Ye Haicheng spoke up at this moment.

Xu Chunlin from the Xu Family spoke as well.

"I, Xu, have also invited Qianhe Ascendant!"

Though this sparring was merely a matter for various families in Taihang Commandery, behind each family lay sect interests.

Even if they went through standard procedures,

they wouldn't truly let down their guard against each other.

As for Juehe Valley, Ye Jingcheng was extremely familiar.

In the past, there were cultivators who wanted to lure him to Juehe Valley with the Blood Burst Pill.

That was a feng shui treasure ground for burying corpses!

"Let's settle it five days later; prepare well. After all, this isn't a spar between Foundation Establishment cultivators!"

Ye Haicheng proposed again.

It was directly rejected by Kong Yulong.

"Two days at most; three days later is the auction. This time, our Qing Liu Kong Family has brought many treasures!"

"Our Shaling Jin Family has also presented many treasures." The Jin Family rejected as well.

They naturally knew what the Ye Family was plotting.

Simply using the auction to make one last sum.

But how could they let them succeed?

Even Jiang Jinghe gave Ye Haicheng a disdainful glance, seemingly slightly scornful.

Ye Haicheng, however, ignored it, drank his tea in one gulp, ready to leave with Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xinghe.

Since it was agreed, then it's a large-scale competition two days later.

The selection for the competition was simple. Xu Chunlin from the Xu Family would compete against Kong Yulong from the Kong Family, Jin Zongliang from the Jin Family would face Ye Haicheng from the Ye Family.

Though the Ye Family also wanted to challenge the Kong Family,

the greatest enmity currently lay between the Xu Family and the Kong Family.

In Taihang Market, the Ye Family engaged in spiritual cuisine and spirit beast business,

so they weren't heavily impacted; the most severely affected were the Xu and Chu Families.

The Jin Family's magical artifacts and methods weren't far behind the Yong'an Zhang Family, landing in Taihang Commandery was a diminutive attack.

And the Kong Family's pill formulas and various alchemical expertise couldn't compete with the Xu Family.

It was the Xu Family's invitation to several clans that muddied Taihang Market, allowing them not to be completely crushed by the Prohibition Order.

But this enmity was greater than that between the Ye Family and the Kong Family.

Ultimately, someone was killed with a chance of slicing down clan members, even inquired by the Spirit Inquiry Talisman, now lingering mostly due to face issues.

While the other issue was extermination, concerning life and death survival.

No matter how persistent Ye Haicheng was, he couldn't overtake Xu Chunlin.

It was clear, Xu Chunlin planned, if the chance arose, he'd severely injure Kong Yulong.

After all, if Xu Chunlin lost, he could concede defeat; however, Kong Yulong's loss concerned the Kong Family's face, so conceding was not so easily accepted.

When Ye Jingcheng left, he glanced at Chu Xiyu.

He was not familiar with Chu Tianfen, only having heard rumors about the latter.

But he understood Chu Xiyu quite a lot.

At this moment, Chu Xiyu also noticed Ye Jingcheng looking at him.

His eyes showed hope, yet that hope quickly faded, his mouth slightly opened, but he eventually said nothing nor used transmission.

Indeed, considering the past century, the relationship between the Chu and Ye Families was only closer in the last decade due to restructuring.

To say it was good was uncertain.

The Chu Family once outsmarted the Ye Family, and the Ye Family also seized the Chu Family's Spirit Medicine Garden.

Family interests are ever complex like this.

After all, personal grudges fade over time with the passing of those cultivators, naturally waning.

But the family's interests and control over Taihang Commandery continue ever persistently.

Ye Jingcheng hesitated for a moment, ultimately transmitting to Chu Xiyu.

"Patriarch Chu, Ye had promised Yanqing a Spirit Pill, it's been sent over, has it been received?"

"It's been received." Chu Xiyu's expression was somewhat forlorn.

It seemed he felt overshadowed by the younger generation.

Ye Jingcheng seemed capable, while he remained engrossed in the past.

Afterwards, Ye Jingcheng did not linger, but followed Ye Haicheng towards the outside of the auction hall building.

This time the direction wasn't towards the Spirit Beast Shop, but to the Ye Family Tavern.

The Ye Family Tavern was more central in the market, the spiritual energy relatively more abundant, also featuring some spiritual cuisine.

For other cultivators, spiritual cuisine might merely satisfy the palate, yet Ye Haicheng could enhance his physical body through it.

Especially the Ye Family's Star-Feeding Fish.

Of course, despite all these years, the Ye Family's Star-Feeding Fish hadn't yet produced a Tier-2 Fish King.

The trio arrived at the Ye Family Tavern swiftly.

To their surprise, the Ye Family Tavern was unexpectedly packed.

In the past, this was impossible.

After all, this was merely Taihang Market, even during an auction, it would at most gather a few thousand cultivators.

Among them, most were Qi Cultivation Loose Cultivators, with limited Spirit Stones.

"Uncle, with you in charge of the family's business, our Ye Family won't worry about finances for hundreds of years!" Ye Jingcheng smiled.

Though the crowd was due to the auction and that recent unusual phenomenon among cultivators.

Undeniably, Ye Xinghe's contributions were significant.

"Patriarch, please don't tease Old Uncle's efforts; after all, you proposed the tavern's policies!" Ye Xinghe waved his hand.

Family members inside the tavern came out to greet Ye Jingcheng and others.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xinghe waved them off, urging them to continue their work, as Ye Jingcheng passed through the entrance, he grabbed a Spirit Fruit from one of the Spirit Rat trays nearby.

Ye Jingcheng hadn't expected these Spirit Rats to remain here.

Yet he considered that as spirits combined with tavern work, it might be more effective in Taichang Market.

After all, seeing female cultivators as servers was common; Spirit Beasts might be more popular.

There was possibility they could be bought.

That's certainly more profitable than selling family female cultivators.

Moreover, now the Taichang Market tavern business was under Kong Family's control.

If the Ye Family grabs a share, it is still conceivable, after all, fleas can be numerous, yet it doesn't matter.

Anyway, if the Kong Family had a chance, they'd still pursue Ye Family relentlessly.

This Spirit Fruit was indeed a Spiritual Peach, Ye Jingcheng tasted it and found it sweet.

As the patriarch, he wasn't deliberately taking things, but wanted to assess the Ye Family's spiritual food quality and reputation.

An audit of sorts.

Despite this, he still took out several Spirit Stones, handing them to the person in charge of the Ye Family Tavern.

Once dealt with, the three went up to the third floor of the tavern.

"Great Uncle, do you have a chance of winning this time?" Within the tavern, after the array was set up, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but worry about Ye Haicheng.

"No chance, and even if there was a chance to win, it wouldn't be possible!" Ye Haicheng shook his head.

This situation on the surface was a matter for the Kong Family, Jin Family, and the Clan Purple Mansion families, but entangling it would certainly involve the external force of the Golden Core clans.

Market interests had already been decided.

Taichang Market was bound to be controlled by the Jin Family and Kong Family.

Even with Supreme Taihao and Qianhe Ascendant watching from the sidelines.

"We now need to maintain some contact with the Xu Family, additionally the Chu Family surely knows something!" Ye Haicheng confidently stated.

"There's no issue with the Xu Family, but with the Chu Family it's difficult; Chu Xiyu didn't reveal a word!" Ye Jingcheng shook his head.

Aside from contacting Chu Xiyu earlier, he admittedly had probing intentions too.

But plainly, Chu Xiyu did not heed him at all.

As for Xu Family, they probably knew less than the Ye Family.

"Does the family have any information from the Taiyi Sect?" Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but ask.

The Taiyi Sect constantly infiltrates families, naturally, families would infiltrate sects as well.

Moreover, compared to families, infiltrating sects was easier.

This was evident from when Ye Jingcheng went to purchase a Spirit Gathering Array and Spirit Gathering Stone.

But evidently, the Ye Family members hadn't reached such high positions yet.

Their knowledge was limited.

"No, let's take it step by step, if it's beyond our means, it cannot be helped!" Ye Haicheng shook his head, sighing.

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