Chapter 211: Chapter 111: Liuyun City Lord

The four members of the Merchant Alliance were killed, and Li Jizhou didn’t stay any longer. After leaving a message for Ye Jingyu, he crushed a Teleportation Talisman and disappeared.

Ye Jingyu looked at the place where Li Jizhou had disappeared, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

“And you say you have no desire to eradicate evil and defend the righteous?”

A year ago, regarding the matter of the Golden Corpse, Li Jizhou didn’t go into details, but just before parting, he mentioned to Ye Jingyu that the Golden Corpse might have originated from the Wei Kingdom.

“It seems you know more than I do. While I was still keeping an eye on the Merchant Alliance, you had already confronted the Great Success Golden Corpse! Including the matter of the Southern Region Corpse Cultivation from ten years ago…”

Ye Jingyu pondered for a moment, suddenly feeling as if he had always been led by Li Jizhou.

Without Li Jizhou, he might not have known about the Southern Region Spirit Vein Corpse Cultivation to this day.

As for the Wei Kingdom…

He looked in the direction of the Wei Kingdom. If Li Jizhou could say such a thing and judging by the results of the Southern Region Spirit Vein Corpse Cultivation, it should be mostly true.

“So, it seems the Merchant Alliance is not in charge, and the real Demon Sect is in the Wei Kingdom?”

“Why does the Merchant Alliance collude with the Demon Sect? What is their purpose? What benefit do they gain?”

Ye Jingyu frowned, at a complete loss.

“Brother Li, who exactly are you?” At this moment, he felt even more that Li Jizhou was extraordinary.

Just like more than eighty years ago in the Thunder Flame Sect’s mysterious secret realm, if it hadn’t been for the guidance of Li Jizhou, he might not have made it to the end.

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Li Jizhou immediately returned to Liuyun City.

“The Great Success Golden Corpse is in the Wei Kingdom. Given the Wei Kingdom’s cultivation realm’s aggressive sealing situation, the authorities there can’t possibly be unaware.”

Before coming to the Yan Kingdom, Li Jizhou had already understood the situation in the Wei Kingdom,

It’s very closed, with extreme centralization of power, to the extent that outsiders can’t obtain any internal information.

Rumor has it that on the western border with the Yan Kingdom, there are always True Core Masters stationed, and cultivators above the Core Formation are not allowed entry, and no stories have been heard of cultivators coming out from within.

The entire cultivation world of the Wei Kingdom is shrouded by a large array.

Regarding the Wei Kingdom’s borders, Li Jizhou was already apprehensive, unwilling to fall into an inexplicable crisis again.

As for the matter of the Lifespan Extension Pill, he could only temporarily abandon the lead with Zhang Ruoyu.

Now with a lifespan limit of nine hundred and nineteen years, even if completed, it’s merely a Middle Grade Spirit Root.

Compared to Celestial Spirit Roots and the various Spirit Bodies, Divine Bodies, and Immortal Bodies above them, it’s not enough.

Although Earth Spirit Roots already have the potential for enlightenment, who doesn’t wish for something better?

The most crucial thing is that to this day, Li Jizhou was still not sure how many lifetimes the Reincarnation Treasure Mirror could accommodate. If it was only three lifetimes, the next life would be the end, so naturally, he had to do his best to accumulate the best Spirit Root physique possible for the next life.

“The Lifespan Extension Pill is the only most effective method under the constraints of the Celestial Dao Cage in this lifetime!”

“Besides, the matter of the Demon Sect is intensifying. Under a capsizing nest, no eggs remain intact. We must try to understand their true purpose!”

If the matter of the Demon Sect was just a regular power struggle for profit, Li Jizhou would just need to avoid the danger in advance,

But if it could influence the entire cultivation world, escaping to the ends of the earth would be useless. He would have to make early plans!

Three months later,

This day, Li Jizhou had just restocked on some Teleportation Talismans essential for running away, when three bell tolls resounded in Liuyun City.

The three bell tolls signified the City Lord summoning all significant merchants in the city for a meeting.

Over the years, the Taobao Pavilion had flourished, especially after opening branches in ten cities in the southern Yan Kingdom. Business was booming with daily bustling crowds, and it had long caught the attention of interested parties.

Its profit model was finally understood.

And now, the model of the Taobao Pavilion had long been copied by others.

However, due to the years of accumulation by the Taobao Pavilion, which had firmly grasped the vast resources of buyers and sellers, and with a reputation not easily built up, it was almost whoever emulated it failed.

The market basically couldn’t provide the time for similar accumulations again.

Therefore, in the ten cities where Taobao Pavilion was located, each city had already elevated Taobao Pavilion to a Tier Three Cooperation Merchant, enjoying certain privileges.

And Liuyun City had elevated Taobao Pavilion to a Tier Two Cooperation Merchant, making it an influential shop in Liuyun City.

Seven days later, inside the City Lord’s Mansion in Liuyun City,

Li Jizhou arrived neither early nor late, mingling with the crowd as he walked in.

In the vast city of Liuyun, there were only about a hundred Tier Two or higher Cooperation Merchants.

The huge discussion hall of the City Lord’s Mansion still seemed empty.

And Li Jizhou noticed that besides the usual Tier Two shop owners, there were also quite a few representatives from Merchant Alliances in other Immortal Cities attending the meeting.

Li Jizhou found a seat that was neither too conspicuous nor too secluded, sat down, focused inward, as if contemplating a Cultivation Technique, and didn’t interact with those around him.

Soon, all influential Cooperation Merchants in Liuyun City were in place, and no new people joined from other immortal cities’ merchant alliance managers.

However, the City Lord was late in arriving.

Li Jizhou outwardly contemplated the Cultivation Technique, but his Divine Sense was continuously collecting the discussions of everyone in the venue.

The passage of time had long scanned all the attendees.

Most of the Tier Two or higher Cooperation Merchants’ shop owners were set up by nearby sect family clans, and the representatives were mostly mature, steady elders, or even some had sent their Patriarchs here, with Fake Pill cultivation being the most common.

While not many people came from other Immortal Cities, only fewer than twenty, they were primarily True Core cultivators.

The merchants were mostly discussing possible topics for today’s meeting, while the merchant alliance group mostly wore worried expressions.

Li Jizhou took in everyone’s behavior and felt a hint of suspicion in his heart.

The old City Lord of Liuyun City had always been kind-hearted, never put on airs, and was an honest businessman, but today’s situation was clearly abnormal.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, some cooperation merchants were getting impatient.

Finally, someone slowly approached the high platform.

“Colleagues from the ten southern cities, fellow merchants of Liuyun City, I am Situ Yan, henceforth taking over Liuyun City and the ten southern cities of the Yan Kingdom,” the young and handsome man said with an elegant demeanor and an arrogant expression, his words accompanied by a strong surge of Golden Core Magical Power.

“Situ Yan!”

“The son of the Black Water Commerce Association’s president from the Merchant Alliance, and he’s already at the Middle Stage of Golden Core, truly promising at a young age!”

“It was always rumored that the eldest son of President Situ was born with extraordinary talent, accompanied by the divine sound of nine heavens on the day of his birth. People speculated it was the descent of a certain Spirit Body, and indeed, he should be under a hundred years old, already at the Middle Stage of Golden Core.”

“The Hidden Dragon Ranking indeed was modest in its estimation. With the current power of Young Master Situ, he’s likely a strong contender for the top five!”

The hall erupted in chatter.

Although the discussions seemed shockingly unrestrained, they were indeed a form of flattery.

Li Jizhou remained silent, contemplating the Merchant Alliance’s purpose in his mind.

The southern Spirit Veins of the Yan Kingdom were relatively weak, with the strongest being Tier Three Middle Grade, namely Liuyun City.

Previously, the other nine cities operated independently, jointly responsible to the headquarters of the Merchant Alliance. Now, however, a leader governing the ten southern cities had been appointed.

“It must be related to the six-year battle in the Ten Thousand Poisons Swamp!” Li Jizhou speculated quickly.

After six years of warfare, the war casualties were immense, likely requiring merchants to pay dearly.

Yet, observing Situ Yan’s actions and demeanor, Li Jizhou felt slightly relieved.

He seemed superficial and of mediocre intellect, not the type of old fox whose emotions are hard to read, thus not too difficult to handle.

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