Chapter 128

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Chapter 128: "Buying Grain"

With Cheng Wenjie acting as a tool,

Yun Ye stepped away from the complicated tasks.

He could leave the harvesting and planting of crops, cooking meals, and an array of other chores to Cheng Wenjie.

Yun Ye only needed to focus on his cultivation and creating food essence.

Using Spirit-level food essence to make Superior Food maximizes the effects of food ingredients, and the fewer the materials, the higher the efficiency.

In simple terms, one hundred portions of ingredients can produce one portion of Spirit-level Superior Food, yielding 120 times the effect.

However, ten portions of ingredients can create more than thirty times the effect of A-level Superior Food, resulting in a total effect of 300 times for one hundred portions.

The reason is straightforward: the higher the limit on each portion, the greater the losses incurred during the process.

If resources cannot be supplied infinitely, one must calculate the optimal loss ratio and make choices about the total amount and efficiency.

Yun Ye’s recent acquisition included three piles of supplies, with 1,400 kilograms of grain; it was a significant harvest, allowing for a bit of luxury to produce high-grade Superior Food.

There were also plenty of other materials, such as salt, seasonings, and fabric—enough for Yun Ye to use for ten years.

Lastly, there was money: over thirty thousand pieces of dark copper and two hundred pieces of silver.

Initially, Yun Ye intended to use the money to purchase supplies, but now that he couldn’t enter the city, he would have to go to nearby villages instead.

He could only go to the outskirts; otherwise, if he entered someone else’s Dao Domain, with his current strength, he would only be waiting to die in the Secret Realm…

The experience in the Crescent Moon Secret Realm taught Yun Ye that Secret Realms cannot intercept Dao Domain auras.

The other party cannot enter, but they can know where he is hiding, making it easy for them to wait.

Dao artifacts and treasures from Secret Realms are definitely worth such efforts.

…

Two months quickly passed.

With Gray Ferocious Pig meat and abundant grain, Yun Ye could indeed indulge, essentially having A-level Superior Food for every meal.

The effects were one or two times higher than regular A-level Superior Food.

One day felt like it spanned a whole month.

The result of this was that in just two months, Yun Ye stormed through the foundational and Minor Achievement stages, stepping into the Major Achievement realm.

The Imagining Method of the Major Achievement realm was truly extraordinary, and with the assistance of A-level Superior Food, it was only natural for Yun Ye to make such progress.

Of course, the increase in talent was also a significant reason.

His cultivation speed was one hundred percent faster than in his second life, playing a crucial role in his entry into Major Achievement within these two months.

This time, Yun Ye did not hurry to awaken his Spiritual Roots.

Awakening them early would drain his potential, making it much more difficult to awaken his Spirit Sense and life force later, wasting a considerable amount of resources.

If it weren’t for Spirit-level Superior Food in his second life, he would not have been able to awaken both Spirit Sense and life force simultaneously with his qualifications.

In this life, there was no need to step into the pitfalls he had already experienced.

Now, Yun Ye appeared to be five years old.

He nimbly moved through the mountains and forests, searching for those villages on the outskirts of Baishi Town.

In his second life, he completed many tasks. Generally speaking, the villages on the outskirts had the most problems, so he had the most contact with them.

He went from one to another, hoping to buy a large amount of grain and continue making great strides on his cultivation path.

The first target was Qu Village. This village had a short history, but it still produced a good amount of grain.

The Yang Family had collaborated with this village many times in the past, purchasing over fifty thousand pounds of grain each year.

The actual value was about thirty thousand pieces of dark copper.

If Yun Ye remembered correctly, the government produced A-level Superior Food at a consumption rate of about fifty to one.

Fifty thousand pounds could only produce one thousand pounds of A-level Superior Food, which, even at the highest configuration for three meals, was not enough for a cultivator to eat for a year.

This level of loss was simply too high. Even though powerful families had extensive farmland, they could not cultivate many talents.

If Yun Ye had such a large amount of grain, he could achieve perfection in the Qi Cultivation Technique within a month and soar ahead.

The gap between the two situations was just too enormous.

…

Qu Village.

Yun Ye let Cheng Wenjie out. The latter looked around in confusion and realized he was out of the Secret Realm.

However, he felt no joy; instead, panic took over as he knelt down, exclaiming, "Master, did I do something wrong? Have mercy, please!"

In his mind, Yun Ye had released him, the one who knew a great secret, so it could only mean trouble.

Perhaps he had been set free to avoid tainting the precious land, only to be killed afterward.

Yun Ye frowned at the noise, casting a glance at him.

In the next moment, Cheng Wenjie halted instantly, sensing Yun Ye’s displeasure and quickly adapting to his mood.

"I want to buy grain. You will accompany me and handle the negotiations. You should understand what to do and what not to do, right?" Yun Ye said lightly, seeing that he had quieted down.

"Buy grain? I understand! I will do my best!" Cheng Wenjie blinked in surprise, delighted that he wasn’t going to be killed, and immediately agreed.

The two of them looked like father and son as they walked into Qu Village to find the person in charge of purchasing the grain.

But unexpectedly,

Yun Ye couldn’t find the original landlord; a new person in charge had taken their place.

When Cheng Wenjie expressed the intention to buy grain, the new leader showed great hesitation, repeatedly refusing, and finally respectfully escorted them out.

Feeling that something was off, Yun Ye instructed to keep an eye on things the next day. As a result, he saw someone from the landlord’s family hurriedly leave.

This left Yun Ye with a bad feeling, prompting him to intercept.

As he had guessed,

this family indeed had issues; they treated unidentified people with great respect, which was not the landlord’s style.

While the landlord appeared respectful during the farewell, behind the scenes, they had sent someone to Baishi Town to report.

The reason was simple: after such a big incident involving Yang Shi, Baishi Town would certainly investigate thoroughly.

With the means of Baishi Town, it wasn’t that they couldn’t find any problems, but they were merely unwilling to go through the hassle.

Clearly, this time was worth going through the trouble to uncover all the issues.

As a result, all the landlords who had previously cooperated with the Yang Family faced disaster, losing their homes and lives completely.

All the families in Baishi Town fell silent.

Even the Seven Great Families kept a low profile, refraining from causing trouble at the crucial moment with the Ji Family.

In the short term, no one would dare to underreport or withhold grain.

In fact, when grain was purchased from them, they had to report to Baishi Town to see if it was connected to the Yang family’s people.

The landlords reporting were motivated by this purpose.

"This is not good…"

Yun Ye dealt with the messenger and immediately returned to confront the new landlord.

This landlord did not have a blessed appearance; he was neither fat nor short and was a rather refined middle-aged man.

He was discussing the recent events with his eldest son in his study.

He looked worried and felt uneasy about someone purchasing grain.

"Father, you did well in this matter. To dare to come alone with a child shows you are fearless. If you had taken action on the spot, it would have been disastrous; he might be a Spiritual Law master, and our whole family could be killed!"

"But if they truly are that group, we are also in great danger now. They could very well come to kill us for our grain!"

"Father, don’t worry. If they kill us, what will they use to transport the grain? They will definitely not want to alert anyone and will go to the next family instead. Let’s wait calmly for the Spiritual Law master from Baishi Town to arrive, and we can capture them then—what a great achievement that would be!"

Yun Ye quietly approached nearby, listening in with the help of Ming Ri.

Then he wasted no time, breaking the door down and attacking directly.

"Who…?"

The two men stood up in shock, only to be met with a small figure before them.

As they were bewildered, a flash of heavenly light swept through, instantly turning the landlord to ashes.

Seeing this scene, the son was horrified, realizing they had encountered something terrifying and that this child was the true mastermind behind it all!

"Help!"

He barely managed to shout those two words when another beam of heavenly light swept across, ending his life.

His scream drew no attention; the mansion was far too large, and the servants had been sent away due to their conversation, so no one could hear him.

"This landlord certainly was wealthy…"

Yun Ye showed no mercy, directly collecting all the money and grain, then setting the mansion on fire to erase all traces.