Yangtian Pavilion issued two hundred spirit stones to each elite disciple of the Ziyuan Sect as a source of money for the store.

The captain of these elite disciples is named Cheng Shijie, and the Lingtai is cultivated as an eightfold cultivator, and he is Zhong Pengfei's close subordinate, who was rescued by him in the beast tide, and has sworn allegiance to Zhong Pengfei since then.

Cheng Shijie is in his early twenties, and he seems to be a little bookish.

This time he was sent to the store area, and before leaving, Zhong Pengfei had explained that all matters were decided by a middle-aged man named Zhou Tian, and he had to obey his dispatch.

But Zhou Yang did not show up, but only sent Mo Chenglong to contact him, which made Cheng Shijie a little dissatisfied. Although he is loyal to Zhong Pengfei, you Zhou Tian is not Elder Zhong, so many of us protect the store for Yangtian Pavilion, but you don't even show your face, what kind of score do you put up, and who do you put it for.

Of course, Zhou Yang is not putting up any score, one is to practice in retreat, and the other is to have scruples. He was worried that if he stayed with the people of the Ziyuan Sect for a long time, he would be exposed, and in that case, he would not be able to accommodate himself in Tuyan City.

Liang Sanli will leave soon, and the only people in charge of Yangtian Pavilion are him and Mo Chenglong, if he is forced to leave again, then this business will not have to be done anymore.

In fact, Zhong Pengfei also considered this, knowing that Cheng Shijie did not know Zhou Yang. He had been an elite disciple in the sect very early, while Zhou Yang was only an outer disciple at that time, and the two had no intersection at all. Even the other eleven elite disciples who came didn't know Zhou Yang, and besides, he had changed his appearance, and the possibility of being discovered was extremely small.

However, I am not afraid of 10,000, but I am afraid of what happens. Although Zhou Yang is not very old, he has experienced life and death and various hardships, and has developed a cautious character at a very young age. This time was no exception, he didn't want to leave any trouble, although these elite disciples didn't know him, it was hard to guarantee that none of their friends would recognize him.

After a few days, Zhou Yang recovered from his injury, adjusted his condition to the best, and realized a lot of things in this battle.

As the saying goes, knowing that the other side can win all battles. The same is true for the cultivators themselves.

He is clear about his own situation, because the level of the exercises is not high, the total amount of spiritual power is limited, and the secret art is also pitiful, which is his disadvantage. But the advantages are also obvious, one of which is that he is full of qi and blood, his body is strong, and he has the earth fire quenching technique as his hole card. The second is that the divine sense is strong and the six senses are keen, and they can see everything through this. The third is that he has been through blood and rain for a long time, has rich experience, and is a veteran of fighting with others.

Although the fourth point is not obvious, it is barely an advantage, that is, the degree of harmony with the magic weapon is very high. The Golden Snake Killing Spear was inadvertently refined by Master Mu, and it has the attributes of gold and fire, and it is superior to other high-grade magic weapons in terms of power and speed.

In fact, there is the most important point, that is, he has a steady stream of ancient pills as support, which can not only ensure his entry speed, but also make up for the lack of his total spiritual power.

In addition to the Golden Snake Killing Spear, he now has a high-grade magic weapon and a high-grade magic shield, both of which were exchanged for the first three times of the earth fire quenching technique. Of course, it was forcibly exchanged, not what he wanted.

The price of these two items is naturally far from enough to exchange for the Earth Fire Quenching Technique. But there is no way, in front of the master, even if you give it away, you have to pinch your nose and admit it.

He was not yet proficient in the control of that gold-based high-grade magic weapon, so he did not use it in the previous war. Now, a few days later, I can control it freely.

After leaving the customs, he discussed with Liang Sanli to double the monthly rate of all the personnel left in Yangtian Pavilion. Liang Sanli naturally agreed, and everyone was also very happy.

When they entered Tu Yan, the monthly salary of these people was twice as high as that of Anping City, and now it has doubled, which is already an extremely high salary. Although it was a little more dangerous in Tu Yan, they were very satisfied with being able to get a spirit stone that was four times higher than Anping's, and it also slightly offset their previous fear.

And now that the reinforcements from the Ziyuan Sect have also arrived, the morale of the people in Yangtian Pavilion has risen again.

After the first battle of Yangtian Pavilion, nothing happened for several days, and all the materials in the store were sold out, so Liang Sanli prepared to return to Anping City.

At this time, one of Zhong Pengfei's deacons arrived at Yangtian Pavilion and handed over his handwritten letter and 50,000 spirit stones to Zhou Yang.

It turned out that Ziyuan Sect wanted to have a batch of goods in Yangtian Pavilion*, including pills, magic weapons, spirit runes, and cultivation materials, etc., worth 200,000 spirit stones. But for the time being, they can only take out 50,000 spirit stones as a deposit, and the remaining spirit stones will be paid off in a month, and all the materials must be delivered to Ziyuan Sect within half a month, and they can't be higher than the market price.

After reading the letter, Liang Sanli said with a bitter face: "Although we have earned 10,000 yuan in the past few days, but now all the spirit stones in our hands plus these 50,000 yuan are less than 90,000 yuan, and it is too difficult to get the materials of 200,000 spirit stones!"

Mo Chenglong shook his head and frowned.

Zhou Yang also felt that this matter was very difficult to handle, but since Uncle Shi opened his mouth, no matter how difficult it was, he had to do it.

The three of them thought hard for a long time, but they didn't come up with a good solution.

"These materials are not collected all at once, but can be delivered within half a month. It's better to do this, we will get the first batch of 100,000 spirit stones, and pay 50,000 spirit stones to the material merchant in advance, I think Steward Liu and Brother Liang still have this face. However, with the remaining spirit stones to continue to buy, how much can you earn after half a month, if it is not enough, we will find other ways. Zhou Yang thought about it and came up with a compromise method.

"There's no way around it. Liang Sanli thought for a moment and nodded.

Taking advantage of the half-month buffer period, even if half of the materials of the Ziyuan Sect were delivered in advance, the business of Yangtian Pavilion was not delayed, this method was actually not bad, and it could only be like this at present.

"Steward Liu has been in Tongzhou Commercial Bank for many years, Brother Liang, you go and discuss with him to see if you can borrow some more spirit stones, it doesn't matter if the interest rate is high. Although the price of this batch of goods from Ziyuan Sect is not high, we can also earn a lot of spirit stones, besides, we do business in Tuyan City, and we have them as our backers, if we offend Ziyuan Sect, we will not be able to move an inch here. Zhou Yang said again.

"Alright then, I'll go talk to him. After Liang Sanli agreed, he went straight back to Anping City.

As soon as he left, the big shopkeeper of Yangtian Pavilion was replaced by Zhou Yang, and the steward was naturally replaced by Mo Chenglong temporarily.

Zhou Yang was the shopkeeper because the eldest girl sat in a sedan chair once, but fortunately, he followed Liang Sanli to study in Yangtian Pavilion for a few days, plus he had a smart brain, and he also had experience in business before, so the ordinary affairs in the store could not stop him.

As Zhou Yang expected, Liu Menglong also agreed to this method, and within three days, he had all the materials of nearly 150,000 spirit stones and transported them back to Tu Yan. The goods of 100,000 spirit stones were transported to the Ziyuan Sect, and the materials of nearly 50,000 spirit stones were sold in Yangtian Pavilion.

As for the matter of borrowing money in Anping City, Zhou Yang didn't have to worry about it, and Liu Menglong and Liang Sanli would figure it out.

Yangtian Pavilion's business was on the right track, and Zhou Yang was a little more leisurely, so he had time to get a stove.

He chose a quiet room, closed all the windows, left only one door, and confessed that no one was allowed to enter, including Mo Chenglong.

He dug open the ground fire in the ashram, connected the earth fire stove, and then made several adjustments. After working for most of the day, the quiet room with the earth fire furnace was finally built, and the pills could be refined at night.

He didn't have to worry about the materials for alchemy, Zhong Pengfei had already sent someone to get a lot of them from Daqingshan, which was enough for him to refine a large number of pills.

However, on the night when Zhou Yang was preparing for alchemy, a bloody battle broke out again.

There are more than 20 masked bandits who came this time, including ten in the middle stage of Lingtai and three in the later stage, and their strength has increased a lot compared to last time.

Zhou Yang recognized the bandit leader last time at a glance, and he returned to Yangtian Pavilion for the second time, obviously to avenge his blood hatred.

These people are well prepared, and there is a huge difference in the strength of the two sides, and it is expected that this battle will be won, and plundering goods is secondary, and the main purpose is to kill people, especially Zhou Yang.

But it backfired, they miscalculated the situation, in addition to the more than ten cultivators in the courtyard, there was also an ambush not far away that had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as more than 20 bandits rushed into the courtyard, the sound of shouting and killing sounded behind them, and the courtyard immediately formed a flanking attack.

The leader of the bandits was shocked and desperately organized a breakthrough. The other side is bound to keep it, and both sides are desperate.

A bandit in the late stage of Lingtai was attacked by Cheng Shijie and others, but the leader was besieged by another elite disciple, Wang Mengdao.

The one who fought against Zhou Yang was the third late-stage cultivator of the Lingtai among the bandits. This person's strength is much higher than the one who died, and he is already a Kaiyuan eight-fold cultivator.

After handing it over, Zhou Yang complained bitterly in his heart.

Against the Seven Cultivators, he can still handle it. However, this person's realm is one level higher, and his comprehensive strength is stronger than that of ordinary eightfold cultivators, although the situation on the bandit side is unfavorable, but Zhou Yang, who this person fights when he comes up, is defeated and retreats, and he is in danger.

He was forced to fire three Golden Serpent Killing Spears, and three light snakes roared out, as fast as lightning, but they did not hurt the man. If it weren't for the sacrifice of the high-grade magic shield at the critical time, it would have been injured by the other party's magic weapon.

That person's spiritual power was much more abundant than Zhou Yang's, and it was naturally impossible to fight with magic weapons, but there was no other good way, and Zhou Yang was forced into a desperate situation for a while.

The man attacked fiercely, but he was also a little surprised in his heart.

The second child died at the hands of a Lingtai Quadruple Cultivator, he didn't believe it at first, and today's solo battle against Zhou Yang was to verify the previous news.

As a result, after the two sides fought, he had to believe the leader's statement.

But none of this matters, it's better to kill the opponent as quickly as possible.

Just when Zhou Yang's spiritual power was exhausted and he was ready to fight hard, Cheng Shijie achieved results, and everyone worked together to kill the bandit in the late stage of Lingtai.

And Wang Mengdao also wounded the bandit leader, and he fled without support.

More than 20 bandits were killed and scattered. Seeing this, the person who was about to kill Zhou Yang saw this, but he didn't dare to stay any longer, gritted his teeth, and rushed out with a few of his subordinates.

Zhou Yang let out a long breath, collected his blade, and did not pursue.

Due to the superior strength of Yangtian Pavilion and Ziyuanzong, and the surprise attack, the bandits suffered heavy losses, a total of eight people were killed, four were seriously injured and captured, and in the end, only eight or nine escaped.