As she spoke, Lü Dandan handed over a silver token engraved with the words 'Four Directions Trading House' in vigorous and flowing script.
This was a specially made token of the Four Directions Trading House.
Lü Dandan possessed an elegant bearing; her every gesture was graceful and refined.
Even Ji Yan and Ji Yue could not help but feel a twinge of inferiority before her.
"Get together?"
Ye Yunfei was slightly taken aback.
"Indeed, Young Master Su. Your hidden depths are astonishing, especially your mastery in Stone Gambling which fills me with admiration. Therefore, I wished to invite Young Master Su to the Four Directions Trading House for a meeting," Lü Dandan nodded and said, her voice crisp and filled with an elegant charm.
"I have matters to attend to and am presently unavailable," Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and replied.
Ye Yunfei had another purpose for attending the Small Lantai Gathering.
"Very well, I shall extend my invitation again when Young Master Su is free," Lü Dandan's beautiful eyes flickered with a trace of surprise, though she did not press the matter.
Given her status and position, few young geniuses in the entire Eastern Barrens would ordinarily refuse such an invitation to a young man. Yet, she hadn't expected this lad from Yan Country would actually decline.
"No way! He actually refused Miss Lü's invitation! This kid truly doesn't know what's good for him!"
"Does he really think being good at Stone Gambling gives him the right to disregard Miss Lü? It seems he has no idea of the influence Miss Lü wields!"
At that moment, some young geniuses who were still gradually departing from the plaza witnessed this scene and were filled with both envy and shock.
Even Ji Yan was quite surprised. Her beautiful eyes sized up Ye Yunfei, and she couldn't help but start paying him more attention.
Although she was a core disciple of the Ji Family, she paled in comparison to Lü Dandan.
"Let us leave," Ji Yan said, leading the Ji Family disciples out of the Stone Gambling venue and heading towards a manor owned by the Ji Family in Lantai City.
"Su Fei! You actually refused Lü Dandan's invitation! Do you have any idea how many people in the Eastern Barrens long to forge a connection with her yet lack the chance? Now she proactively invites you, and you decline! Do you realize what you've just passed up?" Ji Yue walked beside Ye Yunfei, her beautiful eyes constantly scrutinizing him.
Ye Yunfei's performance at the Stone Gambling venue today still left her profoundly shocked.
Today, within the Four Directions Trading House's Stone Gambling venue, Ye Yunfei had amassed over forty million Law Crystals, plus a Jade Soul Lotus.
One could say he had become wealthy overnight!
"I'm not familiar with her. There's not much to talk about. Moreover, I have no need to curry favor with her," Ye Yunfei replied indifferently.
"You..." Ji Yue was so angry she didn't know what to say and stopped speaking to Ye Yunfei.
She had always found Ye Yunfei's arrogant and conceited personality—seemingly looking down on everyone—most infuriating.
In contrast, Ji Wu and the other Ji Family disciples now held Ye Yunfei in much higher regard. They actively gathered around him and struck up a conversation.
"This person seems rather mysterious, unfathomable. Is he truly just a disciple of Ziwei Sect from Yan Country?" Ji Yan thought inwardly, her gaze frequently drifting towards Ye Yunfei.
Before long, they returned to the Ji Family's large manor, and Ji Yue arranged a room for Ye Yunfei.
Since Ye Yunfei had won face for the Ji Family at the Stone Gambling venue today, all the Ji Family members were very warm and hospitable towards him.
At midnight, the Ji Family manor was enveloped in silence.
Ye Yunfei directly traversed space and left the manor, soon appearing in the outskirts of Lantai City. He took out his green Flying Boat and headed towards a nearby vast mountain range.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei entered the mountains.
"I wonder what the current situation of that Saint Spirit is. According to memories from my previous life, a Stone-born Saint Spirit lurks within these mountains, possessing overwhelming strength but grievously injured and with little life-span remaining. Later, that Saint Spirit was startled for some reason, emerged, was hunted by numerous powerful experts, and vanished without a trace."
Ye Yunfei surveyed the vast mountain range, recalling a legend about these mountains from his past life.
A geriatric Stone-born Saint Spirit had once emerged from this place!
Stone-born Saint Spirits were elves born of heaven and earth, nurtured by nature, extracting the essence of the world. Once fully grown, their power was truly fearsome.
Moreover, the flesh and blood of a Stone-born Saint Spirit were extremely precious to body refiners.
Ye Yunfei wanted to find this Saint Spirit and request a portion of its bloodline, to use later for cultivating the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art Forging Art.
With Ye Yunfei's current physique, ordinary bloodlines were practically useless.
This was also one of the reasons Ye Yunfei had come to Lantai City.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei submerged into the earth beneath the mountain range, tunneling deep underground.
"This area is indeed a convergence point for grand earth energy!"
Ye Yunfei saw billowing earth energy continuously churning and surging.
Generally, Stone-born Saint Spirits only lurked within mountain rocks dense with earth energy.
"Earth Dragons!"
Very soon, Ye Yunfei discovered an Earth Dragon lying still in the deep earth.
This Earth Dragon was extremely large in size, and its strength far surpassed all the Earth Dragons Ye Yunfei had encountered before.
Ye Yunfei stamped his foot, summoning rolling earth energy to gather and bolster his body.
Then, he charged directly towards that Earth Dragon, employing the Dragon Binding Art to begin capturing it.
Boom...
The Earth Dragon resisted violently, rolling and thrashing, causing this entire underground area to quake and shake intensely.
Ye Yunfei expended some effort and finally managed to subdue the Earth Dragon successfully.
Then, standing upon this Earth Dragon's head, Ye Yunfei roamed all over this underground area, constantly capturing more Earth Dragons.
The earth energy in this region was incredibly dense, harboring a large number of powerful Earth Dragons.
Ye Yunfei simply released the several hundred Earth Dragons he usually carried with him. They formed a mighty torrent surging through this subterranean world, cordoning off and capturing the Earth Dragons here.
One hour later.
Ye Yunfei had captured a total of sixty to seventy Earth Dragons.
These Earth Dragons were all enormous in size and exceptionally powerful.
"Alright, now it's time to search for that Stone-born Saint Spirit."
Ye Yunfei formed hand seals and stamped his foot. The hundreds of Earth Dragons arranged themselves into a formation and began traveling at high speed.
Seated cross-legged upon the head of one Earth Dragon, Ye Yunfei closed his eyes and released his Soul Power. It seeped into the surrounding earth, feeling its pulse.
Stone-born Saint Spirits were spirits birthed from stone.
Strictly speaking, stone was also part of the earth, imbued with dense earth energy.
Therefore, Stone-born Saint Spirits were also a type of spirit formed from the condensed energy of the earth.
It was precisely for this reason Ye Yunfei dared to come searching for the Saint Spirit hidden here.
It must be known, the power of a Saint Spirit was immensely terrifying, not something ordinary martial artists could contend with.
"That direction!"
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei opened his eyes, shooting forth two beams of sharp light as he looked towards a particular direction. He formed seals and directed the hundreds of Earth Dragons to swiftly swim towards that area.