Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1361: Chapter 871: Chaos in Lotus Heart Valley (Part 2)

Yang Jishan spoke while looking up at the black-robed cultivator.

The face of the black-robed cultivator was shrouded by a hood, making it impossible to discern his expression.

Honestly, these long boots should be an exceedingly rare magic artifact of high quality, especially since there were restrictions on them that Yang Jishan did not recognize. Although Yang Jishan was not an immortal cultivator, he was familiar with the restrictions on magic artifacts.

There were actually six kinds of restrictions on these long boots that he hadn’t seen before, which only proved that these long boots were extraordinary.

The black-robed cultivator didn’t speak, merely nodded slightly, seemingly unconcerned with the price Yang Jishan offered.

Yang Jishan continued appraising and estimating the price until he had gone through all the magic artifacts and said, “Immortal Master, sixteen magic artifacts, a total of fifty-eight thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones, what do you think~~”

“I want mid-grade spirit stones!”

“This humble shop doesn’t have that many mid-grade spirit stones, only half can be in mid-grade spirit stones!”

“Fine!” The black-robed cultivator appeared to be quite easygoing.

However, Yang Jishan felt uneasy because he knew the price he offered was very low, absurdly low, and yet this person agreed without any haggling.

But since the other party agreed, he had no reason to refuse further.

“Immortal Master, please wait a moment!”

“Shopkeeper, Shopkeeper!”

He shouted towards the back courtyard.

Yang Cheng’an, who had been eavesdropping in the back for a while, naturally walked into the shop upon hearing the call.

“Shopkeeper, this Immortal Master wants to sell these magic artifacts. I’ve already appraised them. The total requires fifty-eight thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones!” Yang Jishan said.

Yang Cheng’an looked at the black-robed cultivator with a friendly smile, “Greetings, Immortal Master!”

The black-robed cultivator only nodded again, saying nothing.

Yang Cheng’an didn’t say much either, quickly taking out spirit stones and placing them in a storage bag, which he handed to the black-robed cultivator.

The black-robed cultivator checked the storage bag and turned to leave without any hesitation.

After he left, Yang Cheng’an looked at the magic artifacts on the counter with a furrowed brow.

Since Yang Jishan could appraise magic artifacts, he naturally could as well, and his understanding of magic artifacts surpassed that of Yang Jishan.

“Eighth Master, something seems off about this person!” Yang Jishan said.

Yang Cheng’an packed all the magic artifacts on the counter into a storage bag, then walked to the doorway, looking out onto the street.

He gazed at the bustling street with an increasingly deep look.

Today, Lotus Heart Valley seemed different from usual.

Hmm!

There were many more people in black robes!

Many cultivators liked to conceal their figures and appearances, so seeing cultivators in black robes was not uncommon. However, the primary cultivators in Lotus Heart Valley were ordinary cultivators residing here. The ones genuinely who liked to conceal themselves were mostly outsiders.

On ordinary days, perhaps one might see three or two black-robed figures at a glance, but today he saw no fewer than ten.

Although their attire varied and they concealed themselves in different manners, the number far exceeded normal.

“Are they all rogue cultivators? How could that be possible? Is the Law Enforcement Team blind enough to let so many rogue cultivators into the workshop?”

“Or did they already blend into the workshop?”

Upon thinking this, Yang Cheng’an’s expression slightly changed.

If these people had already mixed into the workshop, why were they suddenly active all over the marketplace today?

“Quick, close the door!”

“Eighth Master, what’s wrong?” Yang Jishan asked.

“Something’s not right, just close the door first!”

The duo clumsily shut the shop door and began packing the magic artifacts and items in the back courtyard.

Seeing their hurried actions, Jiang Ping’an asked, “Eighth Master, what’s going on?”

“I’m not sure. Let’s just pack everything first!”

Yang Cheng’an wasn’t sure if his guess was correct, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. At worst, they would simply close the shop for a few days.

Fortunately, they had enough storage bags, so even if they had to flee, they could take everything from the shop with them.

While they were busy packing, a violent explosion sound suddenly echoed within the Lotus Heart Valley workshop.

Boom~~

The next moment, the entire Lotus Heart Valley seemed to tremble.

The faces of Yang Cheng’an and the other two changed; they all looked up at the sky, seeing that a khaki light shield had appeared over the Lotus Heart Valley. It was the Guardian Array of Lotus Heart Valley, the Second-Order Thick Earth Lock Mountain Array, a protective formation that relied on the power of Earth Veins and mountain terrains.

The activation of the Guardian Array meant they were under attack.

Before the three could react, anguished screams and angry shouts rose from outside the shop.

“Bold! Who dares stir up trouble in Lotus Heart Valley!”

In the air, angry shouts exploded like thunder, revealing two figures with overwhelming auras.

“Eighth Master, they’re Foundation Establishment Cultivators!” Jiang Ping’an exclaimed excitedly.

However, Yang Cheng’an’s face was exceptionally solemn, “Quickly pack things up!”

The fact that the opponent dared to attack Lotus Heart Valley meant they must have known there were Foundation Establishment cultivators stationed here, so since they were acting now, it indicated they were fully prepared.

The three again focused on packing, as the saying goes, “even a broken home is worth a thousand pieces,” not to mention theirs was a store.

There were many artifact refining materials in the warehouse, and they had quite a number of spiritual weapon crafting tools, along with Yang Jizhen’s artifact refining tools, among others. These items were worth tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Even if they were just putting things into storage bags, it took some time.

While they were engrossed in packing, outside there was already chaos.

Suddenly, the entire Lotus Heart Valley was filled with people concealing their identities, who said nothing; they killed when seeing people and looted when seeing things, so fights were happening everywhere in Lotus Heart Valley.

Outside of Lotus Heart Valley, there were still numerous black-robed people rapidly approaching from all directions. If one counted carefully, there were six or seven hundred of them, and each had a late-stage Qi Refinement cultivation level.

Yang Cheng’an and the other two had just placed all the valuable items into storage bags when there was a bang, and the shop door was smashed open.

Next, a figure in a black robe came to the backyard, and the trio of Yang Cheng’an, gathered together, watched the black-robed person warily.

“Oh, it’s all packed; you saved me some time!”

The black-robed person’s voice was low and hoarse, precisely the cultivator who had just sold the magic artifacts.

“Immortal Master, what is the meaning of this?” Yang Cheng’an asked with a sunken expression.

“Heh, hand over all the storage bags, and I’ll leave you an intact corpse!” the black-robed cultivator coldly said.

He naturally hadn’t truly intended to sell the spiritual artifacts earlier; his intention was just to exchange some unusable spiritual artifacts for spirit stones from this Artifact Refining Workshop.

As for why he didn’t act directly then, firstly, it was because the appointed time hadn’t arrived yet. Secondly, because there were many people involved in this operation, he intended to secure his gains first, converting what he couldn’t use into spirit stones to avoid others beating him to the punch.

However, he later changed his mind because he found this Artifact Refining Workshop extremely wealthy, able to easily take out nearly fifty thousand spirit stones. Therefore, at the first opportunity of the operation, he returned to this Artifact Refining Workshop once more.

Under the black cloak, he grinned, suddenly reaching out to release a talisman.

With a boom, the talisman exploded, shooting out jets of gray flames.

“Watch out!” Yang Cheng’an kicked Jiang Ping’an beside him, then rolled to the side.

Yang Jishan was also quick to react; as soon as the black-robed cultivator raised his hand, a spear appeared in Yang Jishan’s hand, thrusting straight out.

The spear light shot forth, but it couldn’t block the shooting black flames.

In an instant, several black flames struck Yang Jishan, and with a muffled groan, he stumbled and fell to the ground.

“Jishan!”

Yang Cheng’an’s eyes went wide, executing a roll on the ground to approach the black-robed cultivator, then swiftly drew a spear to thrust at the black-robed cultivator’s chest.

However, the sharp spear edge was stopped by a layer of black mist at the chest, unable to advance even an inch.

Not far away, seeing this, Jiang Ping’an also quickly took out a short spear and hurled it at the black-robed cultivator, but he had just entered the Innate Realm. Not to mention facing a late-stage Qi Refinement cultivator, even against a Heavenly Gang Stage martial artist, his attack posed no threat.

“Take Jishan and leave!” Yang Cheng’an shouted in a low voice.

This attack came too coincidentally, just when Yang Jizhen had taken the Jade Token and returned to the Spirit Source Land. If Yang Jizhen were here, given his strength, he could potentially take down this black-robed cultivator. Even if he couldn’t, they could rely on the Jade Token to return to Spirit Source Land.