Chapter 787: Wang Youyun and Wang Mengfen

Wang Youshan, a descendant of Wang Mingjiang, belongs to the lineage of Wang Changyang.

After Wang Changyang’s death, he left a substantial amount of merit points for his descendants. Wang Youshan, his favorite great-granddaughter, is known for her meticulous mind and keen observation skills. She has a cultivation level of Foundation Establishment Stage Six and is currently responsible for escorting supplies.

“Fifteenth Uncle,” Wang Youshan said, “several countries, including Yu and Yue, have recently experienced locust plagues. I just reported to the Family Head that I’m preparing to escort a shipment of goods to Yu Country for sale. These are the cultivation resources that need to be retrieved.”

Wang Youshan took out a cyan jade slip and handed it to Wang Qiushi.

The Wang family is now flourishing, with their influence expanding into seven or eight countries. They collaborate with local powers through strategic marriages, establishing shops and organizing merchant caravans to transport cultivation materials. These shops form a vast spider web, with Qinglian Villa serving as the central hub. All kinds of cultivation resources are continuously transported back to Qinglian Villa, or sent to other regions for sale, profiting from the price difference through a strategy of small margins and high volume.

Over two hundred clan members are responsible for escorting goods, including dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Wang Youshan is just the captain of one such team.

Wang Qiushi swept his divine sense over the slip, his brows furrowing. “These items are worth over one hundred thousand spirit stones. Do you have the token?”

The Wang family enforces a strict system: retrieving cultivation resources valued at over thirty thousand spirit stones requires a special token. The more resources requested, the more complicated the procedures, primarily to prevent corruption.

She took out a half-moon-shaped cyan token and handed it to Wang Qiushi.

Wang Qiushi took out a cyan token and combined it with the one in Wang Youshan’s hand, forming a full moon.

A flash of cyan light appeared, and a cyan lotus pattern emerged on the surface of the full moon.

Wang Qiushi nodded and said, “Please wait a moment. I’ll go to the storage house to retrieve them for you.”

Dozens of cultivators are specifically assigned to guard the family treasury. For Wang Qiushi to retrieve cultivation resources, multiple procedures must be followed, and he must be accompanied to prevent corruption.

After the time it takes to steep a cup of tea, Wang Qiushi returned to Wang Youshan, holding a string of cyan storage beads, which he handed to her.

“Everything is here,” he said. “Please check the quantities and then sign and stamp it.”

Since the Southern Sea Cultivation World developed storage beads, the Eastern Barren Cultivation World has gradually phased out storage pouches, widely adopting storage beads instead.

Wang Youshan meticulously checked the items. After confirming everything was in order, she signed and stamped the document, then quickly departed.

Leading her team, Wang Youshan departed from Qinglian Villa with thirty clan members, heading for Yu Country.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Wang family stands to make a substantial profit. While other cultivation forces might have already seized the initiative, Wang Youshan wasn't worried. The Wang family has in-laws in both Yu Country and Yue Country, and these relatives had already pre-ordered a batch of cultivation materials and paid deposits, guaranteeing a profit for the Wang family.

The sooner the Wang family’s caravan arrived in Yu Country, the more goods they could sell, and the greater their profit would be.

***

In the Demon Suppressing Country, Yunmeng Market City.

Hundred Spirits Brewery, a winery established by the Wang family.

Peach Mountain boasts numerous spiritual peach trees. Spiritual peaches can be used for alchemy or for brewing wine.

Over the years, the Wang family has expanded its cultivation scale, now possessing over 1,500 spiritual peach trees. In addition to growing their own, the Wang family also teaches their affiliated forces how to cultivate spiritual peach trees, requiring these forces to regularly offer a certain quantity of spiritual peaches as tribute.

Spiritual peaches under fifty years old are used to brew spiritual wine, while those fifty years or older are refined into pills.

“Our newly released Green Peach Brew, suitable for fellow cultivators below Qi Refinement Stage Seven, can enhance your spiritual power. Don’t miss out!”

Green Peach Brew is the Hundred Spirits Brewery’s signature spiritual wine, brewed from thirty-year-old spiritual peaches combined with various spiritual herbs over ten years old, sold at fifty spirit stones per jar. Additionally, the brewery offers a wide variety of other spiritual wines, such as Spirit Replenishing Dew for restoring spiritual power and Snow Cloud Wine for dispelling cold poison. Due to the sheer volume of spiritual wine produced, the Demon Suppressing Country cannot consume it all. Thus, the Wang family utilizes its extensive sales network to transport and sell the wines to other regions.

In the Demon Suppressing Country, when it comes to the number of spiritual peach trees, the Wang family is unmatched.

***

On the third floor of the Hundred Spirits Brewery, a young woman in her early forties wearing a red dress was speaking with a ruddy-faced man in red robes.

The young woman in the red dress was Wang Youyun, great-granddaughter of Wang Qingkai. A Foundation Establishment Stage Six cultivator, she was responsible for managing all of the Wang family’s affairs in the Demon Suppressing Country. The man in red robes was Wang Mengfen, a Foundation Establishment Stage Five cultivator and a peak second-tier spiritual wine master skilled in brewing spiritual wine. He was Wang Qingyang’s great-great-grandson.

Wang Qingyang passed away with regret, unable to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage. Wang Mengfen, however, is not only a Foundation Establishment cultivator but also a second-tier spiritual wine master. If Wang Qingyang were aware in the afterlife, he would undoubtedly feel comforted.

“Mengfen,” Wang Youyun said earnestly, “while you’re brewing spiritual wine, don’t neglect your cultivation. There’s no need to do everything yourself; some tasks can be delegated to other clan members.”

Wang Youyun spoke with grave sincerity. As Wang Qiuming spent most of his time in secluded cultivation, Wang Youyun, besides overseeing the family’s businesses, also had to supervise the younger generations’ cultivation.

Her seniority in the clan was higher than Wang Mengfen’s, yet she was younger than him.

Wang Mengfen nodded and replied, “I understand, Seventeenth Aunt. By the way, have those evil cultivators who murdered our clan members a while ago still not been caught?”

A few months prior, several Wang family disciples encountered evil cultivators while out hunting demon beasts. Only one clan member managed to escape. Afterwards, the Wang family offered a reward of twenty thousand spirit stones for the capture of these evil cultivators and dispatched a large number of people to search for them, but the evil cultivators had already fled.

Wang Youyun shook her head. “Not yet. A great reward brings out brave men, though. Uncle Qiuming has declared that he will personally eliminate this group of evil cultivators, and the reward has been increased to thirty thousand.”

Wang Mengfen’s brows furrowed. Due to the presence of evil cultivators, the Wang family had heightened its security, and the movements of Wang family disciples had been somewhat restricted.

“Don’t worry!” Wang Youyun reassured him. “They certainly won’t get away. We’ve already asked the Chen family for help to intensify the search for these evil cultivators. Their presence in the market city tarnishes the Chen family’s reputation.”

No sooner had Wang Youyun finished speaking than a sharp, urgent chirping sound came from her embrace. She took out a communication plate, imbued it with a spell, and almost immediately, a pleasantly surprised male voice resounded: “Seventeenth Aunt, we’ve found the evil cultivators’ hiding place!”

Upon hearing this, a look of joy appeared on Wang Youyun’s face. She instructed, “Report to me at the Hundred Spirits Brewery immediately.”

Before long, a man in his early thirties wearing a green robe appeared before Wang Youyun. This was Wang Menglang, a Foundation Establishment Stage Five cultivator and the captain of the Enforcement Hall’s Ji Team, commanding over thirty cultivators.

Wang Menglang recounted the events. A rogue cultivator had identified the evil cultivators: they belonged to a cultivation family named Wei, which was an affiliated force of the White Lotus Sect.

Wang Youyun’s brows furrowed deeply. If the perpetrators were indeed from the Wei family, this matter would not be easy to handle.

“I understand this matter,” she said. “Send someone to inform Uncle Qiuming. Let him make the final decision.”

Among the brutally murdered clan members was Wang Changsheng’s great-great-grandson. Wang Qiuming had already stated he would personally handle this affair.