Chapter 498: Our previous words were nonsense! Appearance fee of 1 billion... too fierce!
"Young Master Ye, do you really intend to give these to us?"
Xu Gao couldn't believe his eyes as he questioned Ye Fan, his eyes shining brightly at the sight of those elixir pills!
As the most talented Martial Dao Cultivator of the Xu Family, Xu Gao had already reached the Control Realm at a young age. If he could break through to the Grandmaster Realm, the Xu Family could solidify their position in Su City.
However, despite spending a huge amount of money and searching through various channels to buy Vitality Pills, these were scarce in the black market. Even if there were any available, they were instantly snapped up by the Supreme Families. Moreover, if those families discovered that a smaller family had managed to auction some, they would simply seize them!
As for those top-tier alchemists, the Xu Family had no way to come into contact with them.
So, after three years, Xu Gao was still stuck in the Control Realm, unable to advance!
For a single Vitality Pill, the Xu Family even offered a price of one billion, but those who had the pills simply wouldn't sell them.
In the secular world, Vitality Pills were extremely rare elixirs; families that had them naturally kept them for their own use.
Unless a family was "so rich they could eat them like jelly beans"...
And coincidentally, Ye Fan was exactly that kind of "rich" person!
On one hand, Ye Fan himself was a senior pill master, having produced a large batch of elixirs five years ago. On the other hand, Ye Fan had managed to obtain a wealth of resources from raiding the Ancient Martial Feng Family, not to mention the elixirs and materials awarded by the royal family to the Grand Tutor Mansion. Ye Fan certainly didn't lack anything!
What others considered precious treasures like Vitality Pills or even Martial Spirit Pills were as common as watermelons and peaches to Ye Fan!
Thus, when Ye Fan took out these elixirs, he did so casually.
But the celebrities at the scene almost misunderstood...
"Of course!" Ye Fan smiled faintly. He had heard Xu Gao's words clearly, "What, Senior Brother Xu, did you think the gifts I prepared were beneath you? If Senior Brother Xu doesn't plan to take them... maybe I should save them and prepare something else for Senior Brother Xu next time?"
"Not at all! Not at all! Young Master Ye, you're too courteous. These gifts are priceless; how could I not appreciate them?" Xu Gao smiled awkwardly, "I must have been kicked in the head by a donkey just now. What I said earlier was nonsense! So... Young Master Ye, may I take a Vitality Pill?" Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire
Xu Gao, at this moment, could no longer recall the words he had previously spoken; his eyes gleamed as he looked at a porcelain bottle on the table.
Mao Yi also came over, "Young Master Ye, may I take a Martial Spirit Pill for my father?"
Ye Fan nodded without speaking, while Li Mo, standing beside him, scolded with slight annoyance, "You bunch of rascals, aren't you ashamed of yourselves? Didn't you see what was happening? Who else wants to leave now?"
The celebrities on-site all had embarrassed expressions. They had no idea that the casual gifts from Ye Fan were so formidable — items that their families could possibly never obtain in their lifetime.
Today, they were just making an appearance to support their Junior Martial Sister, and Ye Fan had bestowed upon them such a magnificent present.
If converted into appearance fees, each of these celebrities had received compensation worth over a billion on average.
This was undoubtedly the most expensive appearance fee in Great Xia's entertainment circle!
All the celebrities at the event, organized by Li Mo and Shen Mange, received suitable elixirs, cultivation techniques, and the like, all wearing excited expressions on their faces.
"Rest assured, Young Master Ye, in the entertainment industry, as long as Junior Martial Sister has any request, I, Liu Tianhua, will definitely support her fully!" the pop king declared first!
The other celebrities also promised Ye Fan one after another, stating that any film contracts or resources were at Shen Mange's disposal to choose from.
Seeing the enthusiasm of her senior brothers and sisters, Shen Mange knew that with their protection, her path in the entertainment industry would surely be smooth sailing.
Looking at Ye Fan, Shen Mange's lips couldn't help but curve upwards. Choosing this man to be her husband was probably the best decision she had made in her life.
Yesterday's good fortune was shattered due to the backlash from the "Immortal Path Guide," so today, we must seize the opportunity. By any means necessary, we must complete the final step!
Shen Mange saw how Junior Martial Sister Yang Dami was looking at Ye Fan, almost dripping with infatuation. It seemed that the scoundrel had caught someone's eye again.
Sigh!
But these were matters beyond Shen Mange's control.
Merely interacting with Ye Fan triggered that unique warmth, a temptation no one could resist. Moreover, Ye Fan was so handsome and radiant, exuding an irresistible masculine charm!
Not just women, even men might find him hard to resist!
After greeting those celebrities, Ye Fan finally took a box from his coat and respectfully handed it to Li Mo, "Elder Li, this is specially prepared for you! Inside are Martial Spirit Pills, Vitality Pills, and Cultivation Techniques. You can keep them even if you don't need them now!"
Today's concert by Shen Mange wouldn't have been a problem even without Li Mo's involvement.
But Li Mo's intervention had clearly maximized his influence, thoroughly paving the way for Ye Fan and Shen Mange.
Using today's event, those who had previously doubted the Ye Family finally had a legitimate channel to understand it.
"Thank you, Young Master Ye, sigh!" Li Mo didn't refuse, but guilt weighed on his mind, thinking about the task Third Young Master Ye had assigned him, which he hadn't managed well.
He still wondered how the "throwing a stone to ask the way" plan laid out by Young Master Ye was progressing!
...
Above the ruins of Zhongmin Bank, after Ye Fan and Li Mo had left, Guang City's Dong Family's patriarch, Dong Yunjiang, personally gathered all the family bodyguards to encircle the ruins and began a thorough search.
Even concerned about potential incidents, Dong Yunjiang also rallied some camouflaged youths from within the Vermilion Bird Domain, all armed, to tightly secure the area.
Such a large-scale operation made Dong Yunjiang's assistant worry, "Patriarch, isn't our action a bit too extreme? Prince Jin and that big shot from Vermilion Bird Domain mentioned that Ye Fan has nearly wiped out Prince Jin's forces in Guangcheng recently. We should keep a low profile. Exposing ourselves might not be a problem, but that big shot from Vermilion Bird Domain is Prince Jin's last card there. If exposed, it would ruin all the years of planning in the Vermilion Bird Domain!"
Dong Yunjiang waved his hand nonchalantly, "What's there to fear? Ye Fan has been causing trouble in Guangcheng for days. The Cao Family, Han Family, and those fools, who walk into their doom, who's to blame? Besides, today Shen Mange is holding a concert, there's so much going on there, Ye Fan won't have time to care about us here."
"We've cleared out people for three kilometers around us, no word about our situation here will leak. There won't be any issues!"
"This is the key to that mysterious box of Third Young Master Ye! The contents are highly prized by Prince Jin and that powerful figure. Imagine if we found the key, it would be a tremendous merit... Speaking selfishly, having the key ourselves gives us more leverage, doesn't it?"
Dong Yunjiang, one of the more concealed families in Guangcheng, the Cao, Han, Chen, and Yang Families, these were Prince Jin's vassal families, they were the visible ones, out in the open!
While Dong Yunjiang was mainly responsible for logistic procurement in the Vermilion Bird Domain, being one of the domain's suppliers, and connected to people like Mr. Wei through covert lines!
"I found it... Patriarch, I found a key in the soil that closely resembles the one you described..." A bodyguard captain from the Dong Family, excitedly dug up a tiger-tooth shaped key from the soil and rushed over, handing it to Dong Yunjiang.
Dong Yunjiang's eyelids twitched violently as he picked up the key, comparing it with a simulated image on his phone, and couldn't help but draw a sharp breath!
Was it really the key?
Damn!
Did he really find it?
Pff!
The next moment, Dong Yunjiang drew the combat weapon from his body and drove the blade directly through the heart of the bodyguard captain...