The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 287 Reciprocal Agreements
After Zhu Ziming came back to his senses, he couldn't help being shocked and said: "You mean... Ye Chen is a descendant of the founding family of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce?"

Fei Fan showed a look of reminiscence, and said with emotion: "That happened almost 20 years ago. If you didn't take the initiative to mention it, I would have even forgotten it. In fact, Ye Chen's family had already lived incognito in Tianshu City. For many years, due to the bad relationship between the Shanying faction and the Haiya faction, they have not been discovered by the Haiya faction. But just 20 years ago, they suddenly leaked the news for some reason, and were discovered by the Haiya faction's comprehension capitalists , and sent someone to kill him. In the end, Chen Ming held the Mountain Eagle Sword and personally repelled the late-stage Jindan killer who listened to Heyu Pavilion, which saved Ye Chen's life."

Zhu Ziming subconsciously sat up straight, and said in a suspicious tone: "This matter is not trivial, how did you know?"

"I have been the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall of the Mountain Eagle Sect for more than 30 years!" Fei Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he mentioned his previous position, "According to the practice of the major vassal sects in Zhongzhou, all the intelligence personnel of the Mountain Eagle Sect have always been law enforcement officers. The elder is in charge, the news that the remnants of the Ye family live in Tianshu City was first heard by me from the Haiya faction, and then I personally reported it to Chenming!"

Zhu Ziming still had disbelief on his face, and continued to question: "But Chen Ming doesn't seem to trust you!"

Fei Fan sneered, and said with disdain on his face: "Of course Chen Ming didn't trust me, and he even took over my intelligence department himself afterwards, but this was completely trying to cover up! Not long after I reported the relevant information to him, the two A mysterious and powerful Jindanqi master fought in the residence of the remnants of the Ye family, and then our Shanying faction suddenly had a new disciple with a mysterious background. Even if Chen Ming kept secret about this, as long as my brain is not broken , and you can definitely guess what happened after that!"

Hearing the important information brought by Fei Fan, Zhu Ziming looked very solemn.Seeing that Zhu Ziming was silent, Fei Fan also said that he was not satisfied with his information, so he continued to add: "Since then, I began to secretly pay attention to Ye Chen's situation. It's just that Chen Ming protected him very closely. Not only is he disguised every time I visit him, but also Ye Chen hardly leaves his residence, so I can't find any useful information at all."

Zhu Ziming nodded, and continued to ask: "Elder Fei should have heard about the Zhongzhou Sword Discourse Conference this time!"

Fei Fan gave an affirmative answer: "I've read it from the "Cultivation Finance Weekly". This old boy Chen Ming is really ruthless. It's no wonder that Ye Chen was able to break out of the siege, this kind of terrifying forbidden technique, it is estimated that only people with blood and deep hatred have great perseverance to practice."

However, Zhu Ziming snorted coldly and said, "Ye Chen alone can break out of the encirclement? If it weren't for the Supreme Elder Cheng Shuying to stand for him, what qualifications does he have to get the admission ticket of the Wuliang Sword Sect?"

Fei Fan is also a veteran of officialdom, and some things are revealed at a glance, and he suddenly showed an expression of enlightenment: "I see! After all, the Zhongzhou Discourse on Swords Conference has long been no longer a platform for selecting talents for the Wuliang Sword Sect. Since Lin Jianxing took over 200 years ago ...Uh, cough cough, it turns out that Elder Cheng stood on the platform in person, no wonder!"

Fei Fan originally wanted to say that since Lin Jianxing took over as the head of the Wuliang Sword Sect, the nature of the Zhongzhou Sword Discussion Conference had changed, but he suddenly realized that Zhu Ziming was the spokesperson for Liu Hanxing, the head disciple of Lin Jianxing.

So he forcibly swallowed half of what he said, and swallowed it back.

Zhu Ziming naturally knew that Fei Fan wanted to complain about Lin Jianxing's incompetence, but he had no loyalty to Lin Jianxing and Liu Hanxing at all, and he just wanted to take advantage of the power of these two people to turn himself over.

In all fairness, Zhu Ziming actually felt that Lin Jianxing had great ambition and talent, but Lin Jianxing was the strongest in Zhongzhou and the leader of the Wuliang Sword Sect. He held the highest power in Zhongzhou. He continued to ask: "So that legend is true? The Ye family of Zhongzhou holds a secret that can subvert the entire Sea Cliff System?"

Fei Fan carefully considered his language, and then replied very cautiously: "The predecessor of the Mountain Eagle Sect was the trilogy of the Ye family in Zhongzhou. After the Ye family was wiped out, the Mountain Eagle Sect left the sea with the support of the Wuliang Sword Sect. Cliff line. Starting from the first generation of Mountain Eagle Sect leaders, before each generation of Mountain Eagle Sect leaders succeed, they need to go to the secret room of the Mountain Eagle Sect leader to hand over the work to the previous head alone, so Chen Ming is likely to master the There are many ancient secrets that we outsiders don't know..."

However, Zhu Ziming didn't buy this answer: "Elder Fei, you are an old man who has worked in the Mountain Eagle Sect for more than 100 years. Haven't you heard any specific rumors?"

A trace of struggle flashed across Fei Fan's face, but in the end he confessed honestly: "I heard that there is a secret archive in the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, which stores all the major cultivation families and cultivation sects in Zhongzhou who owe the sea to the sea for thousands of years. The debt of favor from the Cliff Chamber of Commerce..."

Zhu Ziming frowned and said, "What is debt of favor?"

Fei Fan said with a serious expression: "You should know that the business of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce is so complex that outsiders can't see the real operation of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. For thousands of years, countless comprehension forces and families have entrusted the Haiya Chamber of Commerce Some of them want to ask the Haiya Chamber of Commerce to transfer assets to launder money, and some want to pay the money owed to the Haiya Chamber of Commerce... Whenever a similar situation occurs, the Haiya Chamber of Commerce will ask them to sign a contract named The mysterious document of the [Reciprocal Agreement]."

"A reciprocal agreement?"

Hearing this unfamiliar term, Zhu Ziming asked suspiciously, "Is this some kind of special heavenly contract?"

Fei Fan took a deep breath and confirmed Zhu Ziming's statement: "That's right. Whenever the other party owes the Haiya Department a huge favor, but the Haiya Department cannot satisfy the conditions, the Haiya Department will suggest that the other party sign this contract." A reciprocal agreement, and swear to Tiandao to abide by its terms. The terms of the so-called reciprocal agreement are all formulated according to the needs of the sea cliff system. As long as certain special requirements of the sea cliff system are completed, the sea cliff system will unconditionally help the other party to solve the current situation. difficulties, without any strings attached!"

Zhu Ziming pondered silently for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "What a vicious scheme, what a terrible scheme!"

Zhu Ziming was quite smart, and he understood the horror of this reciprocal agreement almost instantly.

Because the terms of this reciprocal agreement are all formulated by the Haiya faction, the Haiya faction can add almost any conditions that they need the other party to fulfill in the agreement, for example: "If your faction produces a Nascent Soul cultivator in the future , you have to help us three times”, and another example is “If someone from your faction will serve in the high-level position of the Wuliang Sword Sect in the future, you must arrange the personnel we want to arrange for Haiya City” and so on...

Furthermore, the reciprocal agreement also takes full advantage of the inferiority of human beings, artificially separating the advantages and disadvantages of the agreement.

The senior who asked the Haiya family for help enjoyed the benefits brought by the reciprocal agreement, but the obligation can be borne by the juniors who do not know how many years later. In this case, even if the other party has the ability to offer other Haiya family members who want conditions, or insist on signing a reciprocal agreement, just as Comrade Keynes famously said——

In the long run, we're all dead!
After thousands of years, the Sea Cliff Department has signed an unknown number of reciprocal agreements.

Although many of the parties who signed the agreement, such as certain cultivation families whose family fortunes have fallen, have disappeared in the long river of history, the number of reciprocal agreements that can still take effect is definitely not small!

(End of this chapter)