"This——"
When Ye Qinchu heard this, his expression changed slightly.
The Qinghe Immortal Sect is a large and powerful organization. Even if he is just an outer sect elder, the Ye family cannot afford to offend him.
However, the Ye family has no one inside the Qinghe Immortal Sect. If they really let the Qinghe Immortal Sect come to collect taxes in person, they might get into huge trouble if they are not careful.
Thinking of this, Ye Qinchu wanted to say something, but was stopped by Old Man Ye.
The old man Ye took a deep breath, then bowed to Lin Shengyang and said, "Brother, to be honest, I don't have enough spiritual stones this year. I only have a few hundred kilograms of spiritual rice left."
"Not enough spirit stones?"
Lin Shengyang seemed to have expected this. He looked up at Ye Linyuan, then smiled and said to Old Man Ye: "The Ye family has one more immortal seedling. I haven't congratulated you yet."
"I guess this broken spirit stone was used to help this little friend Ye break through?"
Having said this, Lin Shengyang asked again.
Old Man Ye nodded, and then said, "This is my eldest grandson, Ye Linyuan. He just turned fifteen this year, and he is lucky to have broken through to the Qi training realm in one go."
Lin Shengyang nodded, but did not say more on this topic. Instead, he said, "This tax issue is not too troublesome."
"As long as you agree to one condition of our Lin family, we will take care of this year's taxes for you."
Mr. Ye did not answer immediately, but frowned slightly, and after a moment he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Monster hunting."
Lin Shengyang suddenly spoke, causing several members of the Ye family's immortal clan to change their expressions.
Ye Linyuan listened quietly, his brows slightly wrinkled. In this vast ocean, hunting monsters is not a trivial matter.
Whether you are a human or a demon, you only have one life.
Humans can hunt monsters, and monsters can naturally hunt humans. It can be said that the risks for both sides are not small.
As for the general first-level early to middle-stage monsters, the Lin family can handle them by themselves, so they naturally won't ask Old Man Ye for help.
The monsters that can be hunted by a sixth-level Qi training cultivator like Old Man Ye are mostly powerful monsters in the late stage of Qi training, and they may even be very ferocious monsters.
This kind of monster is extremely powerful, and the Lin family is not sure they can defeat it with their own strength, or it may cause heavy losses to themselves, so they have to ask Old Man Ye for help.
Of course, the rewards from monster hunting are also huge. A complete monster carcass is enough to make a cultivator of the same level rich overnight, not to mention that there are often valuable treasures in the places occupied by monsters.
In his previous life, Ye Linyuan was able to make rapid progress mainly because he relied on his combat power that was hard to match among people of the same level. He was able to continuously kill powerful enemies and monsters of the same level, and eventually obtained a large amount of resources to cultivate to the great perfection of the Golden Elixir.
If not for this, he would probably have only been able to stop at the initial stage of Jindan in his previous life.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but look at Old Man Ye, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
Old Man Ye also frowned, but after a moment he said, "Please tell me, Taoist friend, what is the strength of the monster we are going to hunt?"
"One in the late Qi training stage, two in the middle Qi training stage, plus seven or eight in the early Qi training stage, all of them are from the purple scale demon snake clan."
Lin Shengyang did not hide it, but spoke with a serious expression.
When Old Man Ye heard this, his expression changed drastically. The purple-scaled snake was a very vicious monster.
In terms of demonic power alone, it may be just ordinary among the same realm, but there is an extremely strange snake venom that is enough to poison and kill a cultivator in the late stage of Qi training.
Thinking of this, Old Man Ye quickly refused and said, "Hunting monsters is no small matter. Daoist friend, please seek help from someone else."
Seeing that Old Man Ye refused, Lin Shengyang couldn't help but frown slightly, realizing that a mere ten broken spirit stones were not worth Old Man Ye's risk.
So he pondered for a moment, and after a moment he said, "If you are willing to help, my Lin family can pay a spiritual stone as a reward."
"And don't worry, fellow Daoist, the person who is in the middle stage of Qi Refining invited by Lin's family is definitely not the only one. The people in the middle stage of Qi Refining in the seven islands of Xinghu are all among those invited by our Lin's family."
"A spiritual stone?"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Ye fell into deep thought.
The value of spirit stones is extraordinary. Even if the Ye family does not eat or drink, it will take several years to accumulate a spirit stone.
He was very excited about this, but it would be too risky to participate in this battle.
So he turned around and looked at everyone, and finally looked at Ye Linyuan, and then he replied hesitantly: "This journey is dangerous, please allow me to consider it."
"good."
Lin Shengyang nodded, and then said: "If you agree, you can come to my Chixing Island in three days."
Having said this, Lin Shengyang bowed and led everyone away in the boat.
After everyone left, Old Man Ye led everyone back to the family lobby.
When everyone in the group sat down, Ye Qinyang couldn't help but persuade them, "Dad, the purple-scaled snake is dangerous. We can't go on this trip."
"What do you know?"
Old Man Ye slammed the table, and then said with a stern look: "The path of cultivation has been dangerous since ancient times. If it weren't for this spiritual stone, when would our Ye family be able to advance to the second middle stage of Qi Refining?"
Everyone present was silent for a while. If a person who is at the third level of Qi training wants to break through to the middle stage of Qi training, he cannot do so by simply accumulating true Qi. Instead, he needs to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy at one time to break through the bottleneck.
However, the spiritual energy consumed in breaking through the bottleneck is too huge, and it is definitely far from enough to rely solely on the low-grade spiritual eyes of the Ye family.
The best way is to rent a top-grade spiritual eye, and use the huge spiritual energy of the top-grade spiritual eye to directly impact the middle stage of Qi refining. Only in this way will there be a certain possibility of success.
Renting a high-quality spiritual eye costs at least one spiritual stone, and the success rate of breakthrough is often no more than 30%.
But no matter what, for the Ye family, if they can get a spirit stone, it means that the family is likely to have another person in the middle stage of Qi refining.
Perhaps in the world of immortal cultivation, the middle stage of Qi Refining is just as tiny as an ant, but to the Ye family's immortal clan, the middle stage of Qi Refining can be regarded as the foundation of the clan.
As long as he can give birth to another person in the middle stage of Qi training, then even if Old Man Ye dies in the future, he will be able to rest in peace. If he can give birth to a person in the late stage of Qi training, then Old Man Ye will be able to smile in his grave after his death.
Knowing this, no one tried to persuade him any further.
Ye Qinchu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Father, why don't we go with you?"
"No."
Old Man Ye waved his hands quickly, and then said solemnly: "The Purple Scale Demonic Snake is too dangerous. Even if I go, I will be in danger of death. If you go, what's the difference between that and seeking death?"
"Stay in the family and wait for me to come back."
Having said this, Old Man Ye flicked his sleeves and turned away.
Ye Linyuan watched all this calmly, remained silent for a long time, and finally left the lobby quietly.