Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1149: Chapter 773: The Method to Fully Control the Spirit Source Land

While Yang Zhenshan was studying the "Void Refining Scripture," Fan Chengyue was still waiting inside the Fan family restaurant.

At this time, the eastern sky had already begun to lighten, and the quiet Snow Valley Town was starting to stir with sounds of activity, as hunters and herbalists preparing to enter the mountain readied their provisions and weapons.

Inside the private room, Fan Chengyue, who had previously been calm and indifferent, now stood at the window with a gloomy expression, anxiously gazing towards the Yang family winery.

Snow Valley Town was a small place, and the Martial Cultivator workshop in the town was merely two streets long. The Fan family restaurant was less than a hundred feet from the Yang family winery. From the third floor of the restaurant, the Yang family winery was clearly visible.

At that moment, the Yang family winery showed no signs of activity or fluctuations, as quiet as if nothing had ever happened.

Under other circumstances, Fan Chengyue would have been satisfied with this, but with dawn approaching and no signs from the Yang family winery or the people he was waiting for, he was feeling extremely anxious.

"Why haven’t they come yet? Could it be they haven’t made a move?"

"Impossible—the Soul-breaking Blade wouldn’t have taken the Spirit Stone without taking action!"

Fan Chengyue’s sunken eyes flashed with a shadow, "There’s only one possibility: the people from the Soul-breaking Blade have been detained by the Yang family!"

He still had trust in the credibility of the Soul-breaking Blade, so he knew they must have made a move.

But the Soul-breaking Blade hadn’t returned!

This clearly meant the Soul-breaking Blade had been detained by the Yang family.

"No, I can’t stay here any longer!" Fan Chengyue felt a surge of fear inside.

A power capable of detaining the Soul-breaking Blade must have terrifying strength.

Even if only three people from the Soul-breaking Blade had come, it was not a force the Fan family could contend with.

It was evident that the Yang family’s strength far exceeded that of the Fan family.

Now that the people from the Soul-breaking Blade had disappeared, would the Yang family turn their attention to him?

"You guard this place well, I’m going back to the clan!"

Fan Chengyue left these words and hurriedly departed from Snow Valley Town.

However, he didn’t immediately return to the Fan family; instead, he plunged into the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

The Yang family’s strength had far surpassed his expectations; the Fan family might find it difficult to withstand the Yang family’s retaliation. If he returned, he could very well be trapped by the Yang family at the Fan family.

Faced with a life-and-death situation, he didn’t hesitate to abandon his family and everything, seeking refuge within the Yunxiao Mountain Range.

The depths of the Yunxiao Mountain Range were dangerous, but they also contained many hiding places. As long as he was cautious and avoided the heart of the range, he could survive for a long time.

With broad daylight, the Yang family winery resumed normal operations.

Luo Zhen and the staff had already awakened; they hadn’t been harmed, just rendered unconscious, and upon waking, they felt no discomfort.

The normal operation of the Yang family winery struck many in Snow Valley Town as odd.

"Grandfather, Fan Chengyue has disappeared!"

Within the Cold Cloud Sect’s hall, Ji De’an quietly reported to Ji Linfeng.

Ji Linfeng stood in the courtyard, holding a long blade, casually swinging it.

"The Soul-breaking Blade’s people haven’t reappeared?" Ji Linfeng asked.

"No, they haven’t!" Ji De’an replied solemnly.

Ji Linfeng sheathed his blade and exhaled deeply, "As I thought, this Yang family is not simple at all!"

Snow Valley Town was Cold Cloud Sect’s territory, and the Ji family was the local power there; in reality, the real controllers of Snow Valley Town were not the Cold Cloud Sect but the Ji family.

Of course, the Ji family is also a part of Cold Cloud Sect, so saying it belonged to the sect wasn’t wrong.

"What should we do next?" Ji De’an asked.

Ji Linfeng replied, "Fan Chengyue seems ruthless and insidious, but in reality, he’s just an impulsive brute. Since he tested the Yang family’s strength for us, it allows us to abandon any other plans!"

"From now on, get closer to the Yang family, visit the Yang family winery often, and see if we can establish a partnership with them!"

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

Fan Chengyue thought all his actions were hidden, and the Soul-breaking Blade considered their work secretive, but as the local power of Snow Valley Town, how could the Ji family not be aware of their connections?

Right from the start, everything Fan Chengyue and the Soul-breaking Blade did was within Ji Linfeng’s view.

Ji Linfeng naturally wouldn’t sabotage Fan Chengyue’s plans. His scheme was to let Fan Chengyue test the waters; if the Yang family turned out to be a paper tiger, once Fan Chengyue’s plan succeeded, he could wait for the Soul-breaking Blade to leave and then deal with Fan Chengyue, reaping the benefits.

If Fan Chengyue’s plan failed, as it did now, he would suppress his greed, make peace with the Yang family, try to build goodwill, and possibly collaborate with them.

"Collaboration? How do we collaborate?" Ji De’an asked, slightly puzzled.

Ji Linfeng chuckled, "There are many ways to collaborate. The Yang family provides the Spiritual Wine, we handle the sales, or they sell it themselves and we assist in the transportation."

"Snow Valley Town doesn’t necessarily need to collaborate with us, but what about places outside of Snow Valley Town?"

"We could sell the Yang family’s Spiritual Wine to the Sea of Spirit, or even to the northern Turtle Island."

"You should inquire; if they’re not willing, it doesn’t matter, as long as we maintain a good relationship with them, ensuring the Ji family receives a steady supply of Spiritual Wine!"

For a Martial Artist, life isn’t just about battles; in business, you can’t always think of just taking by force.