Chapter 199 The dust has settled
"what!"

Hearing this, everyone present frowned slightly.

The shop was not small, with three floors, and the price of one thousand spirit stones a year was not high.

However, Taoan Market is just getting back on track now, and most shops have a three-year lease, with only a few offering a five-year lease.

An old man with a white beard spoke up.

"I've been there before. The shop covers several floors. After we take it over, we'll sell groceries on one floor, family specialties on another, and after renovating the other floor, we can also provide a resting place for the family monks who come and go."

“Although it’s not in the core area, the location is good, and the price of one thousand spirit stones a year is not high.”

The head of the Chen family groaned, and then said, "The other party asked for five years' rent all at once. Although it's outrageous, on average, it's not bad. In this case, we might as well rent it."

"Any objections?"

After saying this, he looked at everyone in the field.

These elders were all smart people and had long seen the commercial value of Tao'an Market. When they saw the clan leader made up his mind, they all expressed their agreement.

Then Patriarch Chen continued.

"According to gossip, many people are interested in this shop this time. Maybe there will be a bidding war in the end. In this case, let's prepare 6,000 spirit stones first."

Several elders nodded in agreement.

"I have informed my uncle, and he will go with us to Tao'an Market. After all, six thousand spirit stones is not a small amount."

Hearing that the old uncles in the clan who were at the level of warriors would also take action, everyone showed a smile on their faces.

The Chen family’s residence is not close to Taoan Market, about seven or eight hundred miles away.

There are countless bandits along the way, if they are escorted by a few monks in the Tongqi realm.

Once they are kidnapped, they will be in tears.

This scene was constantly being played out in many small families within the thousand-mile territory.

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the other side.

Ye Yang rode the Sun-Chasing Flying Turtle to Taoan Market.

After several years of development, the area of ​​Taoanfang City has expanded a lot. He remembered that when he came here last time, the city gate was still half built.

Now the gate tower stands tall and it has become a majestic city.

On one side it is adjacent to the mighty Niu Mo River, and on the other side it is backed by mountains.

"What a rich spiritual energy."

As soon as Ye Yang came over, he felt a strong inspiration.

Many monks were coming in and out in an endless stream, with carriages and horses everywhere and a large number of people coming and going.

Occasionally, you can even see monks riding monster beasts or piloting flying boats passing by in the sky.

Ye Yang got off the Sun-Chasing Turtle and walked into the city alone.

As soon as he entered the city gate, he saw two disciples wearing Feitian Sect uniforms and a group of female monks from Yanyu Tower with frost swords on their backs patrolling in front of him.

Taoan Market itself was jointly established by several sects led by Feitian Sect.

There is a regulation in the market town that each of the three sects must send out a team of no less than thirty disciples to carry out daily order maintenance.

At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that there are four late-stage warriors who have condensed their evil spirits to be stationed there to deal with various emergencies such as attacks by monsters, looting by evil cultivators, etc.

The formation arranged in the market town is the top-level formation - the Four Symbols and Seven Stars Formation - that Feitian Sect, together with Fengyu Tower, Taiyi Qingmen and others, purchased from Jiutian Sect.

The great formation relied on the magic power of four late-stage warrior monks to build the Four Symbols cornerstone, combined with seven early-stage warrior masters and twenty-eight ninth-level ventilation monks to launch it together.

It can temporarily resist the attacks of powerful people in the realm of true person.

……

Ye Yang walked into the market and saw that the streets were wide and quite formal.

There were independent cultivators coming in and out, and there were also many disciples from family sects and foreign cultivators who came here to shop.

Every hundred meters, there is a river corridor that draws water from the Niu Mo River to provide drinking water for the market.

He walked forward for about a few hundred feet and saw his shop, which had three floors and covered several hundred square meters.

Most of the nearby shops are now open, and many people have started selling goods.

"Take a look, take a look, these are top-quality spiritual materials, specialties of Feitian Sect."

"There are various kinds of elixirs from the Southern Medicine King Sect. If you need any Taoist friends, please come."

"Poisonous insects and beasts from the Five Poison Sect, as well as witchcraft techniques, are available for anyone interested to view."

"A one-horned demon pony cub, a one-horned demon pony cub, a rare and precious pony, the opportunity is not to be missed, once lost, it will never come back again."

There were many hired mortals or young monks standing at the door to solicit customers.

As soon as Ye Yang came over, he was pulled back by someone. "Senior, we have all kinds of spiritual materials here, and warriors appear from time to time to give advice on cultivation problems. Would you like to come in and take a look?"

Ye Yang's mind moved, and he did not go in, but started chatting with the young monk.

After a while, he deliberately asked, "I wonder how much spiritual stones your shop costs in rent each year?"

The young monk was also good at making small talk. Seeing Ye Yang's extraordinary attire, he immediately said, "Our shop has two and a half floors, which is considered large in the area. We earn nearly a thousand spirit stones every year."

Ye Yang looked up at his shop, which was majestic, a three-story stand-alone building located right at the entrance of the street, unique and out of the ordinary in the vicinity.

The young monk seemed to understand Ye Yang's intention, and asked, "Senior, are you interested in that shop?"

Ye Yang nodded: "This shop has an excellent location and a large area, it's really good."

The man laughed and said, "I'd like to let you know. This shop has a good location and a large area, but it has not been rented out yet. Many people have come to ask for the price, but none of them have made a deal. Do you know why?"

Ye Yang clasped his fists to him, and then said, "Please help me solve this problem, little brother."

The young monk wiped his sleeves and said, "To tell you the truth, the owner of this shop is a big shot in Feitianmen. There are many people asking for the price, but none of them are favored by him."

Ye Yang nodded: "According to you, how many spirit stones do you think this shop will need?"

The young monk shook his head and said, "I don't know how much the rent of this shop is, but it will definitely not be lower than ours. How can a small person like me say that?"

"However, if you want to rent this place, you need to establish connections in Feitian Sect."

Ye Yang nodded and smiled: "Of course it should be so."

He couldn't help but sigh that the shop he bought with five thousand spirit stones was really worth it.

No one expected that Taoan Market would develop so rapidly, and it would start to generate profits so quickly.

In the future, as long as Feitianmen can develop further and Taoan Market becomes more and more prosperous, the price of his shop will become higher and higher.

Then, Ye Yang asked about the prices in several shops around him. After making up his mind, he went to find Bai Zizhen.

In the past few years, Bai Zizheng has not returned to the sect, but has been busy with the affairs of the market.

When Ye Yang saw him, he felt that he was much more plump than before.

The two of them had exchanged letters before coming.

Bai Zizhen had already received the message, and then said: "The price of one thousand spirit stones a year is definitely not high. According to what you said in the letter, I have already spread the information. I believe that it won't be long before someone comes to inquire."

Ye Yang expressed his gratitude: "I have to thank Uncle Bai for his hard work on these things. I wonder if Uncle Bai has collected all the information of those companies."

Bai Zizhen nodded and handed Ye Yang a jade slip.

Ye Yang opened it and saw that there were already several family names on the jade slip.

The leader is the largest affiliated family of Taiyi Qingmen - the Baiyuan Dong family.

In fact, this old family had already purchased shops when the market was just beginning to be built.

At the beginning, the Dong family had already purchased two shops in Taoan Market, but as the business in Taoan Market flourished, they wanted to expand the scale.

The other party was wealthy and offered 1,500 spirit stones a year, but required that the lessor could not interfere in anything the Dong family did within five years.

Then came some small families like the Wang family and the Chen family.
"Is this the Zhang family of Cha? Why does the Zhang family of Cha also want to rent and sell shops?"

Ye Yang was quite surprised to see the name of the Fork Zhang family.

As far as he knew, when Feitianmen first allocated funds, the Zhang family of Chazi used the spiritual materials of the clan as collateral to purchase three shops.

Later, in order to commend the Zhang family for their immediate rescue when Feitianmen was attacked by the Five Poison Sect, the sect allocated them a shop as a reward.

Logically speaking, there should be no need to rent it out.

Bai Zizhen was already familiar with it, and said, "Although Tao'an Market is not as big as Shanhai City and other large markets, there are many sects and independent cultivators who come here to trade in the past few years. In addition, the sects are not bound by rules and treat good and evil equally, so many people are optimistic about its future development."

"These families will not do anything without profit. They must have some ulterior motive to be willing to spend so much money."

Looking at the name of the Zhang family, Ye Yang frowned slightly. He knew the Zhang family well, and logically speaking, they were a subordinate family of the sect, so he should support them.

However, Zhang Jiayan said that there had been too many big moves in the past few years and that the clan did not have enough spirit stones, so he was only willing to pay three years' worth of spirit stones first.

It is unknown whether this is true or they are just trying to lower the price.

The reason why Ye Yang wanted to rent out the shop this time was to auction the grain of time sand. The time sand was expensive, so he needed to prepare spirit stones in advance.

Furthermore, he is too familiar with the Zhang family. If too many interests are involved and the price is too high, he will inevitably be called an ungrateful person.

He did not want to lower the price, and the conflicts of interest in the future might create a rift between the two sides.

Such transactions are not suitable between acquaintances.

Ye Yang pondered for a moment and found the most sincere ones.
"Both the Chen family and the Wang family are willing to give out 6,000 spirit stones. In this case, let's choose between them."

The two companies took the initiative to increase the annual rental price to 1,200 spirit stones, showing their sincerity.

As for the conditions of the Baiyuan Dong family, they were too harsh. Although the price offered was a bit higher, Ye Yang did not accept it.

(End of this chapter)