Volume 4: Island Rivalry Chapter 170, Stealing the Master
After nearly a month on the island, Qin Li finally wiped his tears and left under the urging of Qin Fei and the nine-fingered old slave. Before parting, the nine-fingered old slave found Yi Xuan alone and threatened again, Yi Xuan smiled and didn't take it to heart, and Qin Fei repeatedly promised to persuade as many Qin family merchant ships as possible to come to Yuanwang Island to stop and transit, in order to increase popularity.
After another month, Yuanwang Island was finally ready to start officially receiving merchant ships. According to Mapo's idea, more than a dozen small boats are rowed out from the island every day, swimming to the vicinity of merchant ships, and patiently informing the news of the opening of Yuanwang Island to the outside world.
"No, no, no, there are only so many merchant ships coming here every day, and they all come here because they think they are new and curious, and the brothers are not motivated to go on like this! We must hype up Yuanwang Island and make a name for it, and you all have to think of a way, I am alone in a hurry! Yi Xuan, you are the owner of the island, and you want to be the shopkeeper, no way!" Mapo looked at the three or two small cargo ships on the dock and couldn't help complaining, Yi Xuan, Nie Yongwang and the others were trying to take the opportunity to slip away, but they were stopped by Mapo.
"Brother Ma, isn't there already an improvement? Seeing it, there are already ships that have taken the initiative to dock with us, and it will be fine slowly!" Yi Xuan accompanied the smiling face, knowing that once he talked about making money in business, he must not talk back to him, otherwise he would definitely be lectured by him.
Sure enough, Mapo still refused to let go, and continued to nag again: "How can such a boat be enough?" Yi Xuan, we are determined to become a transit hub between Yunlang Island and Qiulang Island, of course I know that it will get better if you take it slowly, it's not that you yourself say that time is not waiting for me, just seize the day, feelings are just talking and playing! Go and find a way for me......
Yi Xuan, Nie Yongwang, and Weng Yanghui came to the dock from the island owner's mansion, and Nie Yongwang said with palpitations: "It's terrible! As long as it comes to making money, Lao Ma doesn't recognize his six relatives as if he has changed into a different person, and he doesn't take you as the island owner in his eyes at all! Simply, Lao Hei, let's also learn from Brother Kong An, go to sea early tomorrow morning, look at his big face, I don't even have a taste for drinking!"
"No, you all run away, and it's not even worse for me to face Lao Ma alone! I decree as the owner of the island, from tomorrow onwards, everyone must be responsible for inviting at least three merchant ships to come and stop there, otherwise they can't eat or drink!" Yi Xuan was willing to let the two go, and quickly ordered everyone to share weal and woe together.
Weng Yanghui said with a straight face: "Island Master, relying on a few of us alone is definitely not a long-term solution! On that day, at the banquet with the Qin family brothers and sisters, didn't you say that you would invite Master Liang Zhiyong to the island to refine the Zhuji Dan, and then auction it." I think this is a way to try if you want to increase your popularity quickly!"
Yi Xuan slapped his head: "That's right, how can you forget about this!I'm going to invite Master Liang to come, you two stay here to guard the island, and cooperate well to assist Brother Ma, I'll go!"
Looking at the purple jade flying boat that disappeared into the sky in a blink of an eye, Nie Yongwang shouted miserably: "You stupid old black, what a bad idea! Let the island master go, leaving the two of us to suffer, and after a while, Lao Ma will scold people, and you will bear it yourself......"
There is a considerable distance from Yuanwang Island to Yiquan Island, and Yi Xuan flew a flying boat for a day and a night before reaching his destination. In order not to alarm the island owner Wu Jing Zhenren, Yi Xuan dropped the flying boat in advance, stepped on the snatched flying sword, and urged the breath collection technique to lower the cultivation to the ninth layer of Qi training, before swaggering onto the dock of Gequan Island, asking for the path, and walking towards Master Liang's mansion.
Unexpectedly, Yi Xuan had just taken a few steps away from the dock, and a monk who was patrolling again took out a jade talisman and examined it, "Well, sure enough, it is the person who the eldest prince has told to pay attention to, hurry up and go to make a report, it is another great achievement......"
Yi Xuan didn't stay, he went straight to Master Liang's mansion, and after explaining his intention to the gatekeeper, the family went in and passed the word and led Yi Xuan to a side hall to sit down and wait.
"Haha, how did Yi Xuan change his mind? I'll just say, this foundation building tribulation is not a joke, you learn the Dan Dao in advance, it may also be helpful for you to cross the tribulation, you should have promised me at the time, otherwise you might have learned to refine the lowest level of Yiyuan Dan!"
"Master Liang, it's not that I'm changing my mind, but I don't want to make trouble all over the city, take a closer look!" Yi Xuan slightly released a trace of spiritual power fluctuations that belonged to the foundation building period.
Liang Zhi used to refine the elixir all year round, and was extremely sensitive to changes in spiritual power, and immediately found the clue: "Good boy, you have really succeeded in building the foundation! Yes, yes, there is no reason not to worship me as a teacher!"
Yi Xuan didn't want to deceive, so he truthfully informed Liang Zhiyong of his thoughts and quietly waited for Master Liang's reply. After a while, Liang Zhiyong made up his mind and said to Yi Xuan: "Do you know that in the waters of Jinglai Island, the old man's alchemy is also quite famous, and there is an endless stream of monks who want to apprentice every day, and it is unheard of for you to have the conditions for apprenticeship." ”
Yi Xuan was embarrassed, bowed his head and said: "Master Liang, I also know that some strong people are difficult, but my intentions are not for personal gain, if my Yuanwang Island develops, it will also help the trade of the entire Jinglai Island a lot, so I took the liberty to come to apprentice with a cheeky face, and I ask the master to understand! Since I can't get the master's approval, I will leave in the next place!"
"Stop, what do you think I am here, come here if you want, just leave, did the old man say that he would not recruit you as an apprentice? For the sake of you daring to open up a new island, the old man will help you, don't you just want to use the Zhuji Dan auction to speculate, it's a big deal that the old man will fire to refine a furnace of Zhuji Dan, but you have to prepare this raw material yourself, you can't let the old man subsidize the apprentice!" Liang Zhi changed his tone, not only preparing to accept apprentices, but also planning to assist Yi Xuan in refining Zhuji Dan.
Yi Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and bowed his head: "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship, I am willing to follow the master in this life and never give up!"
Liang Zhi was very relieved with his old arms, stretched out his hand to help Yi Xuan, and instructed a few words: "If you can't independently refine Yiyuan Dan within a month, you will be expelled from the division as a teacher, and this Zhuji Dan is not negotiable, do you know?"
"Ah, Master also has the conditions to wait for me! The disciple dares to ask, how long did you refine the Yiyuan Pill back then?"
"I was also very talented back then, and I was the first to successfully refine Yiyuan Dan among many senior brothers, it seems that it took two months, how about it?"
"Master, aren't you obviously cheating people! I, an alchemy apprentice who became a monk halfway, seems unlikely to refine Yiyuan Dan faster than you!"