Chapter 244: Chapter 144: Dragon Transformation Order

With the advent of the Seven Nations Ticket Shop, the Independent Cultivators of the Seven Kingdoms preferred to deposit their Spirit Stones there, even without earning any interest.

As Independent Cultivators, their greatest fear was encountering Tribulation Cultivators. In such an event, not only would their wealth be plundered, but they could also easily lose their lives.

However, if they deposited all their Spirit Stones in the Seven Nations Ticket Shop in exchange for an Identity Jade Token, they were safe. The token was bound to the owner’s Divine Soul, so it was useless if stolen by a Tribulation Cultivator. If lost, a replacement could be purchased with Spirit Stones at any Seven Nations Ticket Shop.

Furthermore, using the Identity Jade Token for purchases at the Celestial Treasure Tower and the Taichang Trading Company even earned them rebates.

With all these benefits, the Seven Nations Ticket Shop’s Identity Jade Token rapidly gained popularity among Independent Cultivators. Even many disciples from Cultivation Clans began depositing their Spirit Stones there.

Under these circumstances, the trading houses that hadn’t integrated with the Seven Nations Ticket Shop’s payment system found their business suffering. They began approaching the Ticket Shop one after another, asking to join its payment network.

Yang Jing, who held the power of approval, instantly became the object of these trading houses’ relentless attempts to curry favor.

The representative from Yunchang Tower was a large, heavyset, middle-aged man in a purple brocade robe. His face was as white and puffy as a steamed bun, and the moment he saw Yang Jing, a fawning smile spread across it.

“Secretary Yang!”

He stepped forward warmly, grasping both of Yang Jing’s hands in his.

“I am Luo Yilin, General Manager of Yunchang Tower’s operations in the Northern Domain.”

Yunchang Tower’s power was considerably less than that of Taichang Trading Company and Celestial Treasure Tower. Luo Yilin’s cultivation was only at Foundation Establishment Perfection.

“Shopkeeper Luo, there’s no need for such formalities. As the secretary to the board of directors, isn’t it my job to be of service to you great trading houses?”

Yang Jing discreetly extracted his hands from Luo Yilin’s fleshy grip.

Luo Yilin’s expression shifted. Yang Jing hadn’t accepted the Storage Bag he had tried to secretly pass to him.

He was accustomed to dealing with disciples from the Six Great Sects. Some of them were dedicated to pleasure, others to arduous cultivation, but he had never met one who would refuse Spirit Stones.

Luo Yilin discreetly drew the Storage Bag back into his sleeve and sat down to make small talk with Yang Jing.

Yang Jing, however, had little time to waste on such meaningless chatter.

“Fellow Daoist Luo, you’ve come today hoping to have Yunchang Tower integrated into the Seven Nations Ticket Shop’s payment system, I presume,” he said, getting straight to the point.

Luo Yilin was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Yang Jing to be so direct, and he nodded repeatedly.

“Given Yunchang Tower’s scale, integrating it into the Seven Nations Ticket Shop’s payment system is certainly not a problem.”

Yang Jing immediately called for Yang Jingxu and had her take Luo Yilin to the payments department.

Of course, Luo Yilin hadn’t come just to get Yunchang Tower into the payment system. With business expanding far beyond expectations, he’d heard that the Seven Nations Ticket Shop was already preparing to open branches in the various Marketplaces.

Given Yunchang Tower’s scale, it couldn’t possibly take on the main branches in the capitals of the Seven Kingdoms, but it could manage to acquire one or two of the smaller branches in the Marketplaces.

Over the past four months, the various trading houses in the Northern Domain had come to understand that the Seven Nations Ticket Shop’s board of directors only decided on major issues. Most of its directors were Golden Core Cultivators with busy schedules, and the sole Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Qian Chengzhi, was preparing for his Core Formation. None of them had the time to oversee the ticket shop’s day-to-day affairs.

Furthermore, Yang Jing had performed exceptionally well during this time. Under his management, the Seven Nations Ticket Shop was thriving. As a result, the chairman, Meng Sima, had chosen to decisively delegate authority to him.

Now, Yang Jing could make decisions on seventy percent of the Seven Nations Ticket Shop’s business. Even on matters he couldn’t decide himself, his recommendations carried immense weight.

Some Cultivators were already calling Yang Jing the most influential Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the Seven Kingdoms.

Not long after Luo Yilin was seen off, Yang Jingxu returned to the area outside Yang Jing’s study, quietly sitting on a Meditation Cushion by the door.

Of the three assistants assigned to him by the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, the other two were useless. One constantly tried to seduce him, while the other was overly ambitious, using her position to brazenly accept bribes. After Yang Jing reprimanded them, they were sent back to the Governor’s Mansion.

Only Yang Jingxu was capable and knew her place, so Yang Jing kept her on.

“Jingxu, come in.”

Yang Jingxu immediately stood respectfully before Yang Jing, tucking a loose strand of long hair behind her ear.

“Spread the news within the Ticket Shop that we are preparing to open new branches. Make it known that this time, we will be considering local trading houses from the Western Continent.”

’With the resources of the Celestial Treasure Tower and the Taichang Trading Company, finding Metal Element True Fire should be easy. Even if there’s none in the Western Continent, they could transfer it from the Central Continent.’

’Perhaps Li Xishan and Zhang Boxiong feel that contacting their main headquarters in the Central Continent would consume too many resources, and after weighing the options, they’ve decided it’s not worth it.’

’In that case, I’ll give Taichang Trading Company and the Celestial Treasure Tower a little sense of urgency.’

The news that the Seven Nations Ticket Shop was planning to open new branches spread throughout the entire Western Continent in almost no time.

Meng Sima specifically sought out Yang Jing.

“Yang Jing, for these new branches, are we really going to pass over Taichang Trading Company and Celestial Treasure Tower and choose one of our local Western Continent trading houses instead?”

The number of people coming to him for favors lately had been even greater than before.

Yang Jing shook his head.

“Meng Sima, I believe our Seven Nations Ticket Shop is already fully fledged. Our newly recruited staff are becoming competent, and we can absolutely operate these new branches ourselves. We can even gradually take back control of the seven major branches from the Taichang Trading Company and the Celestial Treasure Tower.”

Meng Sima’s eyes widened. He never would have imagined that this was Yang Jing’s actual plan.

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