Lingxiao Immortal Clan.

at the same time.

Blackstone Valley, several miles away.

Atop a desolate mountain.

'That's really strange!'

'Why couldn't I detect any powerful figures involved?' Could it be that the powerful figures behind the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance have left? Or perhaps their detection methods are exceptionally strong, making it difficult for me to detect them?"

"Furthermore, it's rumored that Yan Siyi, the spirit chef from the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance, wasn't she supposed to have reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage? How come she's still only in the late Nascent Soul stage?"

The cultivator at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm was constantly using his investigative techniques to explore Black Stone Valley and discovered something amiss.

And just as Ling Pengyun had guessed, he was indeed the Hunyuan Heavenly Lord of the Hunyuan lineage.

His cultivation level is quite high, so even though he is nearly ten thousand years old, he only has a few white hairs on his head, and his energy and spirit are excellent. It is estimated that he can live for at least several thousand more years.

Secondly, although his appearance was ordinary, he had fair skin, was somewhat overweight, and had a special temperament. He wore a golden Taoist robe and looked somewhat like a wealthy man from the mortal world.

In addition, although he has a high level of cultivation and has mastered a good method of detection.

However, his skill in investigative techniques was only average.

Therefore, he did not detect Ling Pengyun's existence for the time being, but only detected the existence of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators such as Yan Siyi.

He even discovered Yan Siyi's true cultivation level.

Furthermore, as far as he knew... it was true that the three Nascent Soul stage assassins from Shadow Tower had come to Blackstone Valley to cause trouble and were killed.

He couldn't help but feel extremely troubled.

After all, the Black Stone Valley in the distance and the Hunyuan Immortal City where the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance is located are both under his jurisdiction.

Under such circumstances, the sudden appearance of the mysterious Lingxiao Business Alliance is not a good thing.

In addition, Yan Siyi's concealment of her true cultivation level gave him a special idea after a long time.

'Thinking about it this way, the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance's previous deliberate spread of the news that Yan Siyi had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage was probably just to deceive outside forces, thus allowing the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance to better develop.'

'I just didn't expect the Autumn Leaf Merchant Alliance to insist on clashing with them, which forced the powerful figures behind them to reveal themselves.'

'Those Qiuye Merchant Alliance members are really courting death.'

'However, this matter is actually a good thing for my Hunyuan lineage. After all, with their discovery of the powerful figure behind the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance, my Hunyuan lineage can now be more cautious.'

'Otherwise, if one day the powerful figure behind the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance suddenly causes trouble in my Hunyuan lineage's territory, my Hunyuan lineage will be in a very passive position.'

Hunyuan Tianjun secretly rejoiced.

Afterwards, Hunyuan Tianjun had many thoughts, and he was still somewhat uneasy about Lingxiao Merchant Alliance.

He then revealed himself and rushed to Black Stone Valley, where he touched the formation. He then used amplification magic to shout loudly into Black Stone Valley.

"I am Hunyuan, the leader of the Hunyuan lineage. I have recently heard some special news about your alliance, so I came to pay my respects to the true master behind your alliance. May I ask if you are here?"

At this moment, Ling Pengyun, who was inside the valley, had heard the conversation, but he did not want to have too much contact with the Hunyuan Heavenly Lord, lest he be too close to him and the Lord discover his cultivation level. So he entrusted the matter of talking to him to Yan Siyi, who was the apparent backer of the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance.

Therefore, Yan Siyi soon emerged from the valley.

"I am Yan Siyi from the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance. Greetings, Senior Hunyuan."

"By the way, Senior Hunyuan, the person behind our Merchant Alliance that you mentioned is my husband. His cultivation has been at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm for many years, and his Daoist name is... Lingxiao."

"My husband and I both came from humble backgrounds as independent cultivators. Furthermore, because he was devoted to the Great Dao, he left after resolving the previous crisis of our Lingxiao Merchant Alliance."

"As for me... because I can't keep up with my husband's cultivation level, and because it's quite dangerous for him to travel around, I stayed here to watch over the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance that we created together."

"Secondly, the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance was created by us for our own benefit and for the benefit of some younger generations. We only intended to earn some spirit stones through it and had no other intentions. As for the trouble that happened to our Lingxiao Merchant Alliance before, it was truly an accident. I hope you will not take it to heart, senior."

"My Lingxiao Business Alliance only wants to run a business honestly and will never provoke enemies."

Yan Siyi knew the purpose of Hunyuan Tianjun's visit, so she took the opportunity to simply disguise her husband Ling Pengyun as a high-level cultivator who loved to travel around.

'She comes from a humble background as a cultivator, and her husband's Daoist name is Lingxiao, and he has been at the early stage of the Void Refinement realm for many years?'

Upon hearing this, Hunyuan Tianjun raised an eyebrow slightly, and began to pay more attention to Yan Siyi in front of him.

He would not believe it if someone else had said this.

However, a remarkable feat had previously occurred in Blackrock Valley.

He had to believe it.

In addition, although he had never heard of a rogue cultivator in the early stage of the Void Refinement realm with the Daoist name Lingxiao, the Qingxia Realm was extremely large and had many powerful figures.

In addition, over the years, he has mostly secluded himself in Hunyuan Mountain within Hunyuan Immortal City, so it's normal that he didn't know about such a person.

He didn't think much of it.

Secondly, when he learned that Ling Pengyun had left the territory of the Hunyuan lineage, and judging from Yan Siyi's appearance, she really only wanted to run the Lingxiao Business Alliance well, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I really didn't expect that you, Fellow Daoist Yan, would be a Daoist partner in the Void Refinement stage. I am truly sorry for my disrespect."

"Furthermore, it was truly unfortunate that I did not encounter Fellow Daoist Lingxiao this time. This is my communication talisman. If Fellow Daoist Lingxiao returns, please remember to send me a message through this talisman. I would very much like to meet with him and have a long talk."

"Secondly, if your Lingxiao Merchant Alliance encounters any trouble while developing in Hunyuan Immortal City, you can also use this opportunity to contact me."

"As long as it's not too much trouble, I will definitely do my best to help."

Immediately afterwards, Hunyuan Tianjun took out a communication talisman and handed it to Yan Siyi, then politely cupped his hands in greeting to her.

"That would be troublesome. Also, please rest assured, senior, if my husband returns, I will definitely inform you in time."

After accepting the message talisman, Yan Siyi smiled and said.

"That's good. By the way, fellow Daoist, I have important matters to attend to, so I'll head back to Hunyuan Immortal City first."

The Primordial Heavenly Lord nodded, then bid farewell with relief and left. (End of Chapter)