Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

Zhong Ran nodded. If those people dared to come, they would kill them.

There is absolutely no need to be soft-hearted towards those people.

Yipintang is packed with customers today because of the auction, and there are also a lot of cultivators in the city today.

"Not to mention Yipintang, all the other inns and villas are fully booked."

Chairman Kim chuckled, "Even our training room is packed."

Their training rooms have doubled in number in the past few days, but it's still not enough; they wish they could squeeze in a few more.

"This auction has elevated the entire city's commerce to a whole new level."

All the major guilds benefited; their products sold much better than usual.

President Song said somewhat aggrievedly, "Girl, wouldn't it be better to sell those pills through the Alchemist Guild?"

Zhong Ran snorted: "I wouldn't dare. I can't afford to offend people from your Alchemist Guild."

President Song coughed lightly: "You can't generalize and condemn everyone, can you? You are an alchemist yourself."

"I am an alchemist, but I am not a member of your Alchemist Guild, which is the only thing I am grateful for."

Chairman Song: ...

This girl has a lot of complaints about the Alchemist Guild.

However, he didn't try to persuade him further.

The group sat at three tables because he had ordered the dishes in advance, so the food could be served after they sat down.

Ah Sheng was the most excited. Although he doesn't eat as much as before, he still enjoys eating.

The higher the grade of the meat, the richer its spiritual energy, the more he loves to eat it.

He no longer likes to eat ordinary monster meat.

In the past, to avoid going hungry, he would collect even ordinary monster meat, for fear that one day he would go hungry again.

Now he's not as ferocious when he's hungry as before, and he's become more discerning with his food.

President Song looked at Ah Sheng and specially called over a maid, asking her to bring him ten roasted magical beasts of level five or higher.

The maid stared wide-eyed in shock: "Senior, are you sure?"

"OK, go prepare, use this space to pack it and send it over."

He handed a spatial ring to the maid.

The maid took it, smiled and agreed, then went to prepare.

A whole roasted fifth-tier magical beast would sell for at least a thousand spirit stones. Even though it's only high-grade spirit stones, not everyone is willing to spend that much.

You should know that many of those senior figures who possess spirit stones are in seclusion or something similar, and rarely come out to eat in places like these.

Most of those who came were from families, sects, or independent cultivators, or the younger generation; in short, they were reluctant to eat much.

He not only wants the whole head, but he wants ten heads at once; this is a big deal.

Soon, all the dishes on the table were served.

Roasted suckling pig, phoenix-feathered chicken, various kinds of spirit beast meat, and many spirit dishes were served, with spirit fruits at the end.

"Xiao Ran, try it and see if it suits your taste," Chairman Jin invited her to try the dish.

The three association presidents, along with the old woman, Zhong Ran, Zhong Yan, and Mu Jinning, sat at one table.

"This looks delicious. Seniors, you don't need to serve me. Just eat."

She glanced at the old woman again; this woman was truly strange, still not uttering a single word.

She didn't ask anything or say anything. If Mu Jinning hadn't mentioned it before, she would have thought that she was Lao Jin or Lao Song's lover.

When Chairman Song saw her looking at the old woman, he asked curiously, "Ms. Lou, you bought healing pills before, and I see that your injuries have healed. Why are you still following us?"

The old woman didn't even look up: "I wasn't with you."

Chairman Song didn't care about her attitude: "This meal was paid for by Lao Jin, not you."

The old woman then looked up at him. Chairman Song's expression was indifferent, revealing nothing.

"Old Jin hasn't said anything, so what are you spouting nonsense about?"

Chairman Song's expression changed slightly, but then returned to normal.

"Old Jin is just too embarrassed to say it."

The old woman then said coldly, "From now on, Zhong Ran will be my mistress. Wherever she is, I will be there."

The three exchanged glances and then looked at Zhong Ran at the same time.

Zhong Ran chuckled: "Senior, please don't be impulsive. What merit do I, a mere girl, possess?"

At this moment, all Old Song could say was: This girl is cunning.

The old woman turned to look at her, her expression becoming more serious: "Once I've made up my mind, no one has been able to change it."

Zhong Ran: ...

Is this an attempt to force her to accept him as her master? Does she have no choice but to accept him?

For some reason, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

It's probably because of this feeling of being forced that I feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

However, she did not refuse.

After all, so many people have said that the evil and demonic paths have their eyes on her, and that her future will be fraught with danger.

Although she wasn't afraid, she now had more than just the three or four of them by her side; her parents and others were also there.

She has to ensure everyone's safety, doesn't she?

"Let's eat, these dishes taste really good." Mu Jinning put some food on her plate.

Zhong Ran smiled and began to eat.

It has to be said that Yipintang's ability to open branches all over the mainland is a testament to its strength.

The monster meat, when prepared by their chef, is completely different; it tastes and smells wonderful.

Even Ah Sheng, who isn't particular about taste, said it was delicious.

The meat on his table was served in large portions, and he ate with gusto, quickly becoming full.

"It smells so good, and I'm so full."

He rarely gets a full meal, but since consuming so much millennia-old spiritual milk, he has become able to get full easily.

He can eat three or four meals a day like a normal person, but of course, each of his meals is several times larger than others', and mainly consists of meat.

"Ah Sheng, these are for you too. I'll have someone prepare more roasted meat for you later."

Chairman Kim handed him the spatial ring that the maid had brought up.

Ah Sheng happily accepted it, and when he sensed that it was full of fragrant roasted monster meat, he grinned.

"You're a really nice person."

Chairman Kim's lips twitched, then he laughed again.

Chairman Song looked thoughtfully at Ah Sheng, then at Zhong Ran, without saying a word.

"Let's go check out the Azure Dragon Chamber of Commerce. I heard that tickets for today's auction have already sold for tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones, and they're still hard to come by."

"What? So many?"

Zhong Ran was shocked. She remembered attending an auction before, where the ticket only cost a hundred mid-grade spirit stones.

Although that was in the Western Regions, and this is the Central Regions, there is not much to compare.

Ten thousand high-grade spirit stones? That's way too little.

The Azure Dragon Chamber of Commerce makes a fortune just from ticket sales; it's truly astonishing.

She suddenly wondered if she should start her own chamber of commerce.

Of course, just thinking about it.

The idea of ​​a chamber of commerce was unrealistic, but she felt it could help support the Zhong family.

Although her parents' financial situation isn't great, it's not too bad either. With her and Zhong Yan supporting them, they should be able to manage.

The main thing is that she has a lot of cultivation techniques and spiritual weapons, so it shouldn't be difficult for her to support a family's reputation, right?

When she gets back, she'll talk to her family about it. If they're willing, they can find a place to put up a signboard.

If they are unwilling, they can continue to wander together, or wait until they leave the Central Region and go to another place to see how things go.

A person can't wander forever, right? Having roots seems pretty good, doesn't it?