Chapter 13 Miao Festivals

The Drum Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Miaojiang. The streets and alleys are crowded with people, and it is very lively. However, Ye Xu used to concentrate on martial arts and had never participated in such a festival.

The two came to the city. Before entering the city, they heard the sound of drums and music. Looking up, they saw a nanmu cowhide drum on the top of the city tower. Several Miao girls put on new clothes, bare their upper arms, and danced barefoot on the drum, like butterflies, youthful and wild. The feet fell, the drums rang, and the music was in rhythm, which was exciting.

When they entered the city, they saw a lot of traffic and people, and on the streets on both sides, every store was open, filled with all kinds of goods, including high-quality silk, porcelain, and clothing shipped from the Central Plains, ironware and good horses from the Western Regions, local jade shops, jewelry, tea, and even boys and girls from other places were sold as goods.

Ye Xu even saw that some people put the monsters captured from Baiman Mountain in cages and sold them. The huge monsters exuded a terrifying aura and were ferocious. Not many people dared to come forward to watch!

Those who could afford monsters were all wealthy families. Ordinary people simply did not have the financial resources to afford them. Even if they could afford them, they could not afford to keep them!

The Ye family also had a huge industry in Liuzhou City, and controlled the storefronts on several streets. Not only that, the Ye family also owned two mines in Baiman Mountain, producing jade, gold and iron. The inferior minerals were sold to the wizards in Liuzhou City, and the superior goods were sent to the Ye family for smelting and storage.

Wizards need to consume a lot of resources to refine runes, weapons, and wizard treasures.

The grey eagle Ye Fan who was in charge of the Wubei Pavilion, the big black banner in his hand was a witch treasure, called the Mother and Child Hundred Ghosts Banner, which consumed 500 jin of top-grade jade, 200 jin of finely ground gold wire by skilled craftsmen, and the banner pole was hammered with hundreds of jin of refined steel.

Ye Fan was originally a demon hero in Liuzhou. In order to refine this Mother and Child Hundred Ghosts Banner, he actually spent a lot of money to buy 99 boys and 99 girls, killed them all, took their souls, put them into the banner, and sacrificed them day and night.

He did too much evil, and in the end it was the Lord of the House Ye Sidao who took action to subdue him and ordered him to take care of the Wubei Pavilion.

This black banner weighed more than a thousand jin. Ordinary martial arts masters could not lift it, and even if they were slightly pressed by the black banner, they would break their bones and tendons!

The big black banner in Ye Fan's hand was only the lowest-level witch treasure. Compared with other high-quality witch treasures, it did not consume many resources.

Therefore, the Wuhuang family in Liuzhou often occupies one or two mines, keeping the resources firmly in their own hands. Those who are responsible for managing these shops are also the stewards of the Ye family's inner court and are loyal to the Ye family.

As for the other two Wuhuang families in Liuzhou City, they also have the same industry, but on a slightly smaller scale.

Every year, the three major families will fight for mining resources, and even witches will get involved!

Even so, Wubao in Liuzhou City is rare. The three major Wuhuang families together have no more than ten pieces, which shows how precious Wubao is.

The three major families mainly deal in jade, gold and iron, leaving room for other scattered merchants to survive, so the business in Liuzhou City is still prosperous.

Su Qiaoqiao took his hand and strolled around the street excitedly. The exquisite clothing and jewelry of each store made the little girl linger. Although she is not very old, she has begun to grow up and is very charming. Her figure is more eye-catching than those girls in gorgeous clothes.

Ye Xu secretly pinched his purse and smiled bitterly. During the period when his meridians were destroyed and his cultivation was abolished, he invited doctors to treat his illness and spent all his money. He even pawned Su Qiaoqiao's jewelry and necklaces, and changed into cloth clothes and hairpins, looking like a beautiful girl from a small family.

Now he is short of money, with only a few taels of scattered silver, which is not enough to buy her a decent jewelry.

"I will make a comeback in the future, and I will never let Qiaoqiao continue to suffer..." Ye Xu said in his heart.

Su Qiaoqiao never left him when he was in trouble, and she was wholeheartedly devoted to him. The two depended on each other in the predicament. This kind of feeling is not something that outsiders can appreciate.

Su Qiaoqiao walked around for a while, turned around and saw that Ye Xu was left far behind by her. Just as she was about to turn back to find him, a harsh voice suddenly came from the front.

"Isn't this Qiao Qiao? How dare you go out on the street dressed like a beggar?"

Su Qiao Qiao looked up and saw a beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes, about 16 or 17 years old, standing not far away, looking her up and down with a proud and sarcastic expression.

Her clothes were gorgeous and luxurious, and any one of them was a hundred times more expensive than all the clothes on Su Qiao Qiao!

Next to her stood a lazy boy, about 13 or 14 years old, surrounded by three or four girls in gorgeous clothes, looking very comfortable.

When the lazy boy saw Su Qiao Qiao's appearance, his eyes lit up and he whispered to the girl in gorgeous clothes.

"Sister Zijuan, the Ninth Young Master..."

Su Qiaoqiao was slightly startled. This woman was Zijuan, the maid who had served Ye Xu with her. Later, Ye Xu's cultivation was abolished and he was demoted to a slave. Zijuan and Fengzhu, the two maids, took some of Ye Xu's property and went to the lazy boy, the Ninth Young Master of the Ye family, Ye Jian.

Zijuan and Ye Jian whispered to each other for a few words, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly chuckled: "Qiao Qiao, are you still following that useless young master? I have good news for you. Jiu Ye has taken a fancy to you. You should leave that useless young master and serve Jiu Ye! When Jiu Ye wants your body, you will be Jiu Ye's maid, and your status will be doubled. You can even be on equal footing with me!"

The children of the Ye family have practiced martial arts for many years and their bodies have developed early. Although Ye Jian is a few months younger than Ye Xu, he has already begun to understand human affairs. He usually fools around with maids, and sleeps with them all day and night.

Zijuan went to Ye Jian and was taken to his bed the next day.

Many children of the Ye family in the Ye Mansion have extremely corrupt private lives. Ye Jian is not the only one like this. Only Ye Xu is obsessed with martial arts. Zijuan has seduced him several times, but Ye Xu ignored him.

Su Qiaoqiao had also heard about this, her face immediately turned red, and she spat: "Shameless..."

Zijuan was furious and sneered: "Little bitch, it's your honor that Jiu Ye likes you, don't be shameless!" After that, she raised her hand and slapped Su Qiaoqiao hard in the face!

She had practiced martial arts since she was a child. Although it was the lowest level of martial arts in the Ye Mansion, she thought she was countless times stronger than Su Qiaoqiao, a girl who never liked martial arts.

Who knew that her palm had just been raised and had not fallen yet, suddenly a small and tender palm fell on her face!

Snap!

The sound was crisp and loud!

Zijuan was stunned, and five red fingerprints appeared on her face.

Su Qiaoqiao was also stunned, staring at her palm in a daze. When she saw Zijuan hitting her, she slapped back without thinking, but she didn't expect that this slap would come first and slap Zijuan's face one step ahead.

This palm was the butterfly-catching hand that Ye Xu had passed on to her. It was famous for its swiftness in the Ye family martial arts.

"The martial arts that the young master passed on to me are really powerful!" Su Qiaoqiao was surprised and happy, and her heart was at peace.

"Little bitch, you dare to hit me?!"

Zijuan was ashamed and angry, and raised her hand again, but before her hand fell, there was another slap, and she was slapped in the face again!

Zijuan raised her hand again, and another slap fell on her face. Only then did she realize that Su Qiaoqiao was not lucky to hit her, but after just a dozen days of hard work, this little girl's strength had far surpassed her!

Su Qiaoqiao became more and more comfortable with the fight, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen butterfly-catching hands fell.

"Master Jiu, you have to make the decision for me!" Zijuan turned around and knelt down to Ye Jian, her originally beautiful face swollen like a pig's head, crying.

Ye Jian snorted coldly, waved his hand to push her away, walked slowly towards Su Qiaoqiao, and sneered: "Dare to hit my woman, little girl, you need to be disciplined!"

Su Qiaoqiao's eyes were flustered and a little timid. She could beat Zijuan, but she was far from Ye Jian's opponent. Zijuan practiced only superficial martial arts, while Ye Jian was a master of Cangming Body Refining Technique!

"But, Master, I like to discipline little women like you..."

Ye Jian licked his lips, grinned, raised his hand and hit Su Qiaoqiao in the face. Before he fell, a sudden gust of wind rushed towards him. With a crisp sound, his face was slapped heavily!

The power of this palm was so strong that he turned four or five times in place before he stopped!

Only a familiar voice laughed softly: "Dare to hit my woman, Master Jiu, you need to be disciplined. But... Master, I like to discipline little men like you."