It is normal for Ye Wujiu to have such concerns. After all, the Ye family is not a prominent family, and there are not many people in the family who can cultivate to the Lingdan stage or above.
If a good seedling finally emerges, but is finally destroyed in the ruins, it will be a big blow to his Ye family.
Ye Li said: "Grandpa, the test in the ruins is indeed not simple. If you want to force your way in, no one, including myself, can do it, but I know a way to pass the test without relying on brute force."
Ye Li then explained the situation in the ruins to Ye Wujiu, and then said: "Grandpa, the ordinary battles in the ruins test the hard power of the talisman master, and the last level of each area tests the talisman master's mind.
I believe that intelligence is also very important for the children of the family. These five tests are not so easy to pass even if you know how to pass them. It still requires the challengers to have enough awareness.
But once it is passed, the harvest will be huge. The Sky-casting Spirit Juice plus some high-quality spiritual medicines, after entering the Great Yin-Yang Sky-casting Furnace, will almost certainly produce top-grade spiritual pills. This will allow the talented people in the family to climb higher in the future.
As long as you know the method I mentioned, and your strength and character are slightly better than ordinary people, you will be able to pass the test smoothly and produce a top-grade elixir.
Grandpa, you must not give up such an opportunity. "
Ye Wujiu was obviously persuaded by Ye Li, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"Okay, Ye Li, I believe in your judgment. I will discuss this matter at the next family meeting."
As long as this matter is handled well, it will definitely be of great help to the Ye family.
It was impossible for a small family like theirs to produce a talisman master who could make top-grade elixirs. If most of the talisman masters in the future could make top-grade elixirs, then within ten years, he believed that the number of masters in the Ye family who could descend to the spirit stage would double than it did now.
After this matter was settled, Ye Li straightened his mind and asked Ye Wujiu: "Grandpa, today when I was about to enter the city, I saw something..."
He recounted the conflict between Ye Wenxing and the Luo family, and then said: “I heard from Ye Wenxing that our relationship with the Luo family has become very tense, and conflicts have often occurred recently.
I also heard the conversation between Ye Wenxing and the Luo family. It seems that there is a big conflict between our two families in the alchemy business and the casting business. I wonder what is going on?"
Ye Wujiu heard Ye Li's question, nodded, and told the story, saying: "Ye Li, you know that after your family discovered the Glazed Flame Crystal Iron Ore Vein, they began to mine vigorously, and then tried to send it to the more distant counties for sale.
This allowed our Ye family to earn a large amount of spirit stones in a short period of time. The family income in the past two years has nearly doubled compared to the past.
After deducting the fixed expenses, we had a lot of spare money to use. We bought enough high-quality elixirs to help Second Uncle and Wuming break through to the fertility stage.
Secondly, we also started to get involved in the medicine business, and together with the Cao family, we seized more than half of the Luo family's market.
After this incident, the Luo family hated us to the core, but after all, this business was done by us and the Cao family together, so even though the Luo family was angry, they couldn't do anything openly.
Later, we wanted to get involved in the tool-casting business, so we hired a large number of yellow-level tool-casting masters and opened some small shops in several nearby counties.
There are shops not only in the city, but also in the small towns surrounding the city, which mainly sell some daily talismans as well as talisman weapons and armor.
A few months ago, when we were preparing to open, the Luo family seemed to have gotten wind of the news in advance, so they joined forces with the Panshan family, a fourth-rank weapon casting family in Dongyou County, and transferred a large number of Xuan-level weapon casting masters to open new stores near all our stores.
Not only did they open a store, they also wanted to hold a high-profile casting competition. They sent invitations to all nearby stores and asked us to send people to participate in the competition in a month.
Our investment this time is huge. In order to avoid being squeezed out of the market by them at the very beginning, we took great pains to find three Xuan-level weaponsmiths, hoping to barely deal with the Luo family.
However, who knew that two of these three weaponsmiths were arranged by the Luo family. After they joined us, the store received a large number of orders, many of which required a Xuan-level weaponsmith to complete.
The prices of these orders were very high, and we thought we were lucky at the time that we had such good business coming in shortly after opening, so we took them all without thinking too much.
However, shortly after accepting the order, two of the three Xuan-level weaponsmiths secretly left the family without a word, and the remaining Xuan-level weaponsmith was simply unable to complete all the orders on his own.
For all these orders, the other party chose to pay the full amount in advance. If we breach the contract and fail to deliver the goods on time, we will have to pay double the amount of spirit stones as compensation. This is not just a matter of losing spirit stones, but our reputation will also be ruined.
If we lose the game to the opponent again in a month, we will not have the face to continue to operate our shops and will have to close all of them.
In this case, the loss this time is not ordinary. The most important thing is that the loss of our Ye family’s reputation may be greater than the actual loss of money.”
After hearing Ye Wujiu's words, Ye Li fell into deep thought. The Luo family was indeed extremely vicious and cruel. This strategy was completely cutting off the source of the trouble and forcing the Ye family to close the door and retreat on their own.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Grandpa, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not. I think it is very rash for the Ye family to get involved in the casting business."
After hearing what Ye Wujiu said, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded, sighed, and said, "Ye Li, you are right. We were indeed a little rash. We shouldn't have made such a large investment in a hurry before we even had a firm foothold, trying to squeeze into a market that we don't even know very well."
Ye Li nodded and said, "The business of casting equipment involves a lot of things. Our Ye family has no relevant business experience at all. It is a big risk to open so many stores at once."
Ye Wujiu also agreed with Ye Li's words and nodded, with some sadness between his brows.
Ye Li paused for a moment and said, "But if the Ye family is willing to give up some of the management rights, I think this matter may not be hopeless."
When he said this, Ye Wujiu's eyes changed and he looked at Ye Li.
"Grandpa, have you forgotten that I just found a new master, and he is also considering opening up new markets.
I might be able to ask him if he is willing to cooperate with the Ye family to open a new foundry center with Shanhai County as the center."