Published: March 8, 2025
As Chu Yang's emotions surged, the Sword Spirit in the Nine Calamity Space also became agitated.
Both of them were somewhat puzzled.
What exactly could cause both a sword master and a sword spirit to become so excited? And it was just an inexplicable sense of something?
Chu Yang's mouth felt dry as he asked, "Could it be that you discovered a top-tier heavenly material or earthly treasure, grandfather?"
Yang Bao glared and replied angrily, "If it were just a heavenly material or earthly treasure, I could have secretly collected it myself, why would we come to your family in such a pathetic state to seek refuge?"
The old man finally admitted that coming to the Chu Family was indeed to seek refuge…
Chu Yang paused and asked, "Then what have you discovered that is so serious?"
This time, however, Yang Bao did not continue speaking; instead, he let out a sigh of dejection.
He looked up at the ceiling and said, "At that time, we discovered a small amount of Amethyst… and the Yang Family took root there. That's how Poplar Valley got its name."
"For hundreds of years, it has been sporadic; sometimes we wouldn’t dig up a single piece of Amethyst for three to five months, and other times we would have consecutive harvests. But these meager gains were insignificant for a large family, so even though the Xiao Family knew about it, they looked down on the Yang Family's mining efforts and mocked them."
Chu Yang thought to himself: With the financial power of the Xiao Family, they would naturally dismiss this small Amethyst mine. Among the nine great clans, any family's daily yield from their Amethyst mine probably exceeded that of the Yang Family's mine in ten years…
It was normal for them to not take it seriously. If the Xiao Family were to make a big deal over this small Amethyst mine… it would be foolish, and it would show their lack of tolerance. This would be extremely disadvantageous for the Xiao Family's dominance in the southeast.
However, the Yang Family managed to gradually develop thanks to this tiny Amethyst mine… although it would never become a major force, it was already sufficient to command respect in the region.
Thinking about the importance of this Amethyst… Chu Yang recalled the mountain-like storage of Amethyst in his own space. He couldn't help but feel a sense of ‘I am a wealthy man’ rising in his heart.
"Until one day, we went three months without any Amethyst. The old man thought of giving up on this Amethyst mine. It felt like a chicken rib, tasteless to eat but a waste to discard! But just at that moment, we dug up a large piece of strange Amethyst raw stone, which turned out to be impossible to process… So at that time, I thought about auctioning it off and ceasing the mining of the Amethyst mine, letting the Yang Family live a stable life… But after selling it, I felt reluctant…"
"And then that stone was again unable to be processed by the buyer, who put it up for auction, and I don’t know how it happened, but I impulsively bought it back…"
The old man’s face turned slightly red. Old Madam Yang spat disdainfully and cursed, "Idiot! You sold it for two hundred pieces of Amethyst, and then bought it back for three hundred… How can anyone be this stupid in the world!"
Chu Yang was also dumbfounded.
Such a peculiar situation was truly rare in the world!
He sold it and was reluctant, then when others sold it, he bought it back…
With money flowing in and out, not only did he not make a profit, but he lost a hundred pieces of Amethyst!
Such a thing was clearly not something an ordinary person could do.
Suddenly, Chu Yang was in awe of his grandfather's prowess.
"Then, coincidentally, I had a brother with me, and we joined forces. With the help of my brother's strength, we finally opened that thing up and discovered the object on your neck…" The old man raised his eyebrows: "Amethyst jade marrow!"
Chu Yang finally pieced together the sequence of events: the "brother" the old man mentioned was undoubtedly Young Master Wei!