The Clan Master Can't possibly Be A Mortal

Ye Feng looked at the stele.

The three characters for "Nanping Town" were neatly inscribed, as if measured out with a ruler.

"Why come to this town to sell goods?" Ye Feng lowered his head and asked Yu Jie, who was by his side.

"Although Nanping Town only has over fifty thousand people, it's connected by roads to more than a dozen other cities including Mortal City, making transportation convenient. Many merchants gather here, so of course we need to come here to sell!"

Yu Jie offered her explanation.

"So it's a transport hub, got it!" Ye Feng nodded in understanding.

The two of them rode into Nanping Town on a horse carriage, and immediately many people greeted Yu Jie upon seeing her.

"Hey, isn't that Yu Jie?"

"Are you here to sell goods again?"

"The pottery you sold me last time was great, do you have any more?"

"Yu Jie, I have a marriage prospect to introduce to you. Are you interested?"

"You old woman really have no discernment! Didn't you see the handsome young man sitting beside Yu Jie? With a longsword at his waist and carrying a longbow, they're a perfect match in talent and beauty. She doesn't need your introductions!"

"That's true too."

The voices on the street were relentless.

Hearing talk of matchmaking, Yu Jie's cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and she quickly scooted closer to Ye Feng, as if to make a statement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a lot of new goods here, all of top quality. Do any of you need anything?"

Yu Jie hesitated for a moment, then shouted out.

"We do, we do!"

"Goods from Yu Jie are always supreme grade, how can we not want them?"

"Say, it's been over a year since you were here. You've grown more graceful, and now you have a handsome young man by your side. Did you go to get married or something?"

Many of the familiar elders teased.

"Not at all!"

Yu Jie's face turned even redder.

Before long,

Ye Feng and Yu Jie took out the goods from the carriage and sold all the scattered items at low prices to the elders here.

Afterward, the two headed to a nearby estate.

That's where Yu Jie's major clients were.

Nanping Town, Lin Residence.

"Oh, turns out it's Miss Yu Jie. And this is?" In front of the grand gates of the Lin Residence, Steward Lin, clad in a brown robe, expressed surprise upon seeing Ye Feng beside Yu Jie.

"This is my brother Ye Feng, he's here to protect me."

Yu Jie tugged at Ye Feng's sleeve.

"Oh, a protector." Steward Lin nodded and immediately opened the gates, allowing Yu Jie to lead the horse carriage into the Lin Residence.

A middle-aged man with a mustache quickly approached upon seeing Yu Jie, his face lighting up with joy, and with a bow he said:

"It's Miss Yu Jie. To bring three horse carriages full of goods this time is truly an honor for our Lin Residence! Come, let's first enter the hall for some tea."

"You're too kind, Lin Family Head." Yu Jie waved her hand, "There's no need for tea, let's look at the goods first!"

Yu Jie drew back the curtains of the carriage, revealing the contents inside.

Bamboo-made birdcages, vegetable baskets, handicrafts.

High-grade silk, top-quality fabric with unique patterns.

Exquisite porcelain bowls, basins, plates.

Raisins, dried persimmons, supreme grade flour and noodles, sweet potato powder, polished rice.

And the finest writing brush, ink stick, paper, and inkstone.

Yu Jie's products were guaranteed to be of premium quality!

"Good, good, good!"

The Lin Family Head applauded and praised, finding the goods Yu Jie brought to be perfect. Although they had to wait a year to receive them, the contents of these three horse carriages were enough for the Lin Family to make a large profit.

"I'll tally up the goods now and settle the payment on the spot."

The Lin Family Head added another statement.

"Thank you for that." Yu Jie stood next to Ye Feng, "Brother Ye Feng, are you thirsty?"

"No." Ye Feng shook his head.

Although he couldn't become a Qi Refinement practitioner for now, and couldn't sense any Power of Laws besides the Power of Reality, his physical condition was not weak.

A jug of water in the morning was enough to last half a day.

In less than an hour,

"Miss Yu Jie, all of the goods have been tallied. Here's a total of one hundred taels of silver for you," the Lin Family Head gestured, and Steward Lin brought over a tray with one hundred taels of silver on it.

"Wow, that's a lot of money!"

Yu Jie quickly took the tray and poured all the silver into her money pouch, then pulled Ye Feng onto the carriage to leave the Lin Residence.

"Miss Yu Jie, won't you stay for a meal before you leave?"

The voice of the Lin Family Head came from behind.

"No thanks! Now that I have money, I'm going to treat my brother Ye Feng to a grand meal at the restaurant!" Yu Jie laughed.

Hearing this, Ye Feng felt a warmth in his heart.

He discovered that Yu Jie was truly a wonderful girl.

In a tavern.

Ye Feng and Yu Jie sat by the window, drinking homemade sweet wine and eating the tavern's signature dishes, feeling content.

"Three carriage loads of goods, one hundred taels of silver, we're at a loss,"

Ye Feng said.

"Not at a loss!" Yu Jie shook her head, "The Lin Family Head is very easy to talk to, he pays up directly every time we deliver."

Ye Feng's eyes shimmered slightly, "There are people who don't pay?"

"Yes!" Yu Jie nodded her head.

Ye Feng sighed.

Previously, it was normal for Yu Jie, who was all by herself, to be bullied. It was nice of the Lin Family Head to settle payments in person, even if it was a little less, as after all, he is a businessman and cannot buy goods at a high price.

All things considered, the Lin Family Head was a good person.

"Let's go back after we have eaten and drunk our fill!"

"Okay."

Half an hour later.

The two sat in an empty carriage, heading back to the quiet valley located in Shennong Village.

In the following days, Ye Feng stayed by Yu Jie's side.

He continually practiced his archery and swordsmanship, and cultivated the only technique he could practice here, "Hand of Myriad Transformations". The amount of Power of Reality he possessed kept increasing.

Three years later.

Ye Feng's Power of Reality reached four strands.

By this time, Yu Jie had truly grown up; she had a voluptuous figure and the crops she cultivated were of even better quality.

Every half a year, Yu Jie would go to Nanping Town with Ye Feng to sell the goods they had accumulated.

Five years later.

Ye Feng's Power of Reality reached six strands.

Eight years later.

His Power of Reality had reached ten strands. From that point on, Ye Feng hit a bottleneck and could no longer improve.

"Before long, the first hurdle is going to appear."

In front of the wooden house, Ye Feng sipped on watermelon juice, gazing at the mountain road leading to Mortal City, and whispered to himself in a low voice.

He felt rather frustrated.

His physical fitness seemed to have been fixed.

No matter how much he ate or how much he trained, the strength of his single arm always stayed at ten thousand jin, and when using both arms, he could only manage thirty thousand jin, as if he had reached the limit of this world.

"Brother Ye Feng!"

A beautiful figure threw herself into Ye Feng's arms coquettishly, it was none other than the grown-up Yu Jie.

Now, her figure was graceful, wearing a snow-white long dress, moving with a swaying gait, appearing like the world's most beautiful Immortal Fairy.

"What's the matter?" Ye Feng asked.

"Can't I look for you without a reason?" Yu Jie began to act spoiled, surrounded by numerous butterflies, bringing with them a waft of fragrance.

"Okay!" Ye Feng did not object.

…

In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.

"There may be danger in the coming time, don't wander off," Ye Feng said sternly, rubbing Yu Jie's head under the large grapefruit tree.

"Got it!" Yu Jie nodded.

For some time after that, Shennong Village was very peaceful.

Until one afternoon.

Xi Jinjin!

The sound of wild horses neighing echoed through the mountains, drawing Ye Feng's attention.

"Black Wind Stronghold's people have come!"

Ye Feng announced.

"Brother Ye Feng, I'll just hide at home, please don't go out either," Yu Jie, startled by the neighing of the wild horses, quickly grabbed onto the corner of Ye Feng's clothes.

"Some things, when faced, must be confronted," Ye Feng pinched Yu Jie's face.

Saying so, he walked towards the entrance of the valley.

Clomp clomp clomp!

On the mountain path, dozens of horses were galloping, each ridden by a bandit wielding a long knife, preparing to charge down the mountain path towards Mortal City.

"Look, there's a valley here!"

"Hey, the stuff planted inside looks good, let's go in and take a look."

Some bandits noticed the valley where Yu Jie and Ye Feng were in hiding, and immediately turned direction, charging towards it.

However, just then.

A figure appeared at the entrance of the valley, blocking their way.