Lingxiao Immortal Clan.

"It seems you have plenty of confidence, fellow Daoist."

Upon hearing this, Liu Song's eyes lit up.

Lingxiao Merchant Alliance had a considerable presence in Hunyuan Immortal City, so Ling Wantong's immediate guarantee carried significant weight.

After some thought, Liu Song immediately agreed to let Ling Xiao Merchant Alliance, which was behind Ling Wantong, set up shop in Jinyuan Market.

In addition, this matter will affect other merchant alliances or shops in the market that specialize in selling elixirs and other spiritual items.

However, Jin Yuan Valley is not good at this kind of business, so no matter what Lingxiao Merchant Alliance does, it will not affect Jin Yuan Valley.

Furthermore, even if the Lingxiao Business Alliance fails in the future, it can simply return to normal.

In any case, Jin Yuan Market has no shortage of merchant alliances that are good at selling pills and other such things to settle in.

Immediately afterwards, the two parties signed a high-level Yuan Soul Contract.

"Fellow Daoist, I hope our cooperation will be pleasant. The rest is up to you."

Liu Song looked at Ling Wan with great anticipation.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Liu. Furthermore, by the end of this year, our Lingxiao Merchant Alliance will gradually prepare the resources that we promised to sell to your sect at a low price."

"..."

Ling Wantong said with a smile.

Furthermore, selling a large number of spiritual items to Jin Yuan Valley at an extra low price might be a difficult task for ordinary merchant alliances.

However, the Lingxiao Business Alliance is backed by an entire family, the Cangxuan lineage, and the Yaoxing Immortal Sect.

Moreover, due to the rapid development of the family, the Cangxuan lineage, and the Yaoxing Immortal Sect in recent years, their foundation in alchemy, spiritual food, and other Daoist paths has become increasingly solid.

As long as there are enough basic spiritual materials, they can quickly refine a large number of those things, which is more than enough for the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance to sell an extra large number of spiritual items to Jinyuan Valley while taking care of the Hunyuan Immortal City business and expanding the Jinyuan Market business.

And there's always a chance there might be some left over.

However, having too many spirits is also a troublesome thing.

For a business alliance like the Lingxiao Business Alliance, accumulating spiritual items is not a good thing. Only by converting spiritual items into spiritual stones and using them to continue purchasing basic spiritual items can the business alliance operate and develop.

It was precisely for this reason that Ling Wantong decided to devote all his efforts to expanding in Jinyuanfang Market.

After all, only with a large market can spiritual items be sold faster, and the speed of acquiring basic spiritual items from outside can also be faster.

However, expanding the market requires not only sufficient financial resources but also formidable strength.

If Ling Pengyun hadn't entered the Void Refinement stage, Ling Wantong wouldn't have dared to expand his business so extensively, let alone flaunt his wealth in front of core cultivators of the Golden Origin Valley like Liu Song.

After all, if one's strength is insufficient, such an action would be tantamount to courting death.

Afterwards, Ling Wantong chatted briefly with Liu Song before bidding farewell. He planned to return to Hunyuan Immortal City as soon as possible to prepare for Lingxiao Market to set up shop in Jinyuan Market to do business in elixirs, spiritual foods, and so on.

During this time, Hunwen Daojun also planned to leave, so he went with Ling Wantong, since his main purpose in coming here was to make connections for Ling Wantong.

With this matter resolved, he had nothing to do in Jin Yuan Market, so he might as well return to Hun Yuan Immortal City to cultivate or manage the city.

And during this return period.

"Fellow Daoist Wantong, has your Lingxiao Merchant Alliance recently stirred up trouble with the Hundred Arts Masters? Or have you made a fortune somewhere? How are you so confident in selling so many spiritual items to Jin Yuan Valley every year? And how do you manage to solidify and develop the two major markets of Jin Yuan Market and Hun Yuan Immortal City?"

Hunwen Daojun couldn't help but be extremely curious about Ling Wantong's previous behavior, so he asked him about it.

"To be honest, fellow Daoist, my Lingxiao Merchant Alliance knows that the Hundred Arts are the foundation of the Alliance. Therefore, in recent years, my Lingxiao Merchant Alliance has been secretly cultivating many Hundred Arts practitioners."

"In fact, my Lingxiao Merchant Alliance has private collaborations with many artisans, which is why my Lingxiao Merchant Alliance is confident in producing so many spiritual items every year."

"However, selling so many spiritual items to Jin Yuan Valley at such a low price was a last resort. After all, if Lingxiao Merchant Alliance wanted to settle in Jin Yuan Valley, this was the only way we could do it."

"Moreover, the Void Refinement Ancestor behind my Lingxiao Business Alliance is in dire need of resources recently. If I cannot expand the Lingxiao Business Alliance as soon as possible, I'm afraid my position as the leader of the Lingxiao Business Alliance will be replaced."

Ling Wantong was unwilling to talk much about the business alliance, so he brought up Ling Pengyun's reputation instead.

'The Lingxiao Merchant Alliance has secretly cultivated many artists and has also engaged in private transactions with them? This is quite plausible.'

"Is the Void Refinement cultivator behind the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance in dire need of resources? That's understandable, given that he's rumored to be a rogue Void Refinement cultivator."

Upon hearing this, Hunwen Daojun could understand.

As a direct disciple of the Primordial Heavenly Lord, he was well aware of the enormous amount of cultivation resources that a Void Refinement cultivator like the Primordial Heavenly Lord needed to consume every day.

In addition, it is rumored that the Lingxiao Business Alliance does not have many Void Refining industries behind it.

It's even possible that the Lingxiao Business Alliance is its largest source of resources.

However, the annual profits generated by the Lingxiao Business Alliance are currently insufficient for a cultivator at the Refinement stage.

In addition, the Hunyuan lineage had never seen Ling Pengyun, the Void Refiner behind the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance.

In addition, the headquarters of the Lingxiao Business Alliance is located in the Hunyuan lineage.

Moreover, it is rumored that Yan Siyi, who resides in the Black Stone Valley, a spiritual land under the Hunyuan lineage, is the wife of Ling Pengyun, a Void Refinement expert.

Upon closer examination, the Hunyuan lineage and Ling Pengyun can be considered neighbors.

Therefore, the Hunyuan lineage had always been extremely curious about Ling Pengyun, eager to meet him and intend to befriend him.

In addition, the Hunyuan lineage recently needs some special helpers.

Hunwen Daojun couldn't help but have a special idea.

"By the way, fellow Daoist, I know a great way to reap huge profits and even help the Void Refinement cultivator behind you. I wonder if you would like to hear about it."

"The Daoist Master of Mixed Literature asked with a smile."

"A way to make huge profits? I'd love to hear about such a good thing."

Ling Wantong greeted him, immediately becoming curious.

"I wonder if you've ever heard of the interdimensional war that occurs every three thousand years?"

"The Confucian Daoist said mysteriously."

"Of course, as cultivators of the Qingxia Realm, who hasn't heard of such a great battle?"

"Moreover, it is said that such battles are usually earth-shattering, and many powerful cultivators who have reached the Void Refinement stage have died tragically in such battles, not to mention ordinary cultivators who have died even more."

"By the way, fellow Daoist, why did you suddenly bring this up?"

Ling Wantong was quite familiar with the inter-realm war, but he was also curious about what Hunwen Daojun had suddenly mentioned.

"Since you are familiar with the inter-realm wars, you must know that with the successive inter-realm wars, our Qingxia Realm has also formed a deep hatred with the Wanhun Realm."

“Even on ordinary days, we often have minor skirmishes with the forces from the Myriad Souls Realm, but the scale of them is nothing compared to the great war between the realms.”

"However, as time goes by, if we do the math, we are getting closer and closer to the inter-realm war, which may be in about a hundred years at most."

"Therefore, the friction between our forces in the Qingxia Realm and the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm is bound to increase."

The Daoist Master Hunwen explained in detail.

According to him, although the Void Refinement Realm experts of both sides have not participated in the battle due to the agreement of the interdimensional war, the Nascent Soul Realm experts and other powerful figures of both sides have emerged frequently.

The reason he brought this up was that the Hunyuan lineage had recently discovered a small subordinate realm in the endless void of an ordinary Void Refining force in the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm.

That small realm, while not particularly large, was comparable to the Frost Spirit Realm under the Ice Profound lineage of the Extreme Cold Immortal Sect, which the family had touched in their early years. It was a top-tier, fifth-order, excellent-grade small realm. Within it were not only several fifth-order excellent-grade ghost veins, but also many other fifth-order spiritual veins and other treasures. The ghost energy was abundant, and it was enough to produce a considerable number of treasures every year.

Upon closer examination, it can be considered a treasure trove.

In addition, although the Hunyuan lineage has a decent foundation after many years of development, it is ultimately a loose cultivation lineage, so its foundation is much weaker than that of established ordinary cultivation forces like Jinyuan Valley.

In fact, for the time being, it only has one subordinate small realm that can be compared with the Cold Spirit Small Realm.

This matter could be detrimental to its future development.

Therefore, he desperately wanted to acquire the recently discovered Ghost Realm and make it his own.

However, this matter is quite difficult. In addition, due to the agreement of the inter-realm war, it is best not to have any Void Refinement experts participate in this matter. At most, only Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation level experts can be sent to participate in the battle.

However, this also caused a major headache for the Hunyuan lineage, since they were a rogue cultivator lineage with few people.

If a real battle breaks out, even if the Hunyuan lineage manages to seize that small realm, they will likely lose many reliable personnel.

At that time, the already small number of people in the Hunyuan lineage will likely be even fewer.

This is not in line with the expectations of the Hunyuan lineage.

Therefore, in recent years, they have been considering a second-best option: to secretly seek the help of suitable forces to launch an attack together.

There are three conditions for choosing that type of force: firstly, its strength cannot be too great, but it also cannot be too weak, otherwise it will not be of much help.

However, if one's strength is too great, it is easy for that small realm to be taken away after the deed is done.

Secondly, he has good character.

Thirdly, it's easy to handle.

In Hunwen Daojun's view, the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance perfectly meets these conditions.

Although the Lingxiao Business Alliance is suspected to have a Void Refinement Realm expert like Ling Pengyun behind it, apart from Ling Pengyun, there are not many other powerful figures under its command who have shown up for the time being.

However... the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance is still quite powerful, and its output of spiritual items is particularly impressive.

Once a major battle breaks out, it's not just a clash between the strong, but also a clash between spiritual objects, since major battles generally consume a great deal of talismans and other such items.

Under such circumstances, with the help of the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance's manpower and spiritual objects, the Hunyuan lineage could easily achieve one-tenth or one-twentieth of the attack on that small realm, which would be considered barely acceptable.

Moreover, the headquarters of the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance is located in the territory of the Hunyuan lineage. If the alliance dares to cause trouble during its attack on that small realm, the Hunyuan lineage can directly destroy its headquarters and even seize all its assets.

"I wonder if you are interested in the matter of attacking the minor demonic realm?"

"Of course, my Hunyuan lineage will not let your alliance work for nothing. After the matter is completed, my Hunyuan lineage will at least give your alliance one-twentieth of the ghost veins in the Ghost Dao Realm for three thousand years of use."

"No fees are required during this period. Your alliance is free to use those ghost veins to cultivate spiritual objects. Furthermore, if your lineage intends to refine them into righteous spiritual veins, my Hunyuan lineage can provide the funds without any compensation."

"Secondly, if your alliance contributes significantly during the attack on the realm, your alliance will receive a larger share of the Ghost Vein's distribution. In other words, the greater the contribution, the greater the benefits."

"The Lord of Mixed Literature said with a smile."

In addition to the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance, the Hunyuan lineage has also made arrangements to help several top-tier Nascent Soul Merchant Alliances and more than a dozen superior Merchant Alliances within Hunyuan Immortal City in recent years.

Once we gather a few more people, we can get right to it.

It is also worth mentioning that when the Hunyuan lineage invited those forces to help, they did not reveal the spatial coordinates of that small demonic realm. In fact, they even signed a confidentiality Yuan Soul Contract with those forces afterwards.

It is precisely for this reason that the Hunyuan lineage has never revealed the discovery of a small demonic realm.

'The Hunyuan lineage intends to invite my Lingxiao Merchant Alliance to attack a minor demonic realm? And they've already arranged the attack with merchant alliances in several immortal cities?'

'Furthermore, if my Lingxiao Merchant Alliance assists in this effort and it succeeds, we will obtain the right to use a large number of Ghost Veins for three thousand years?'

"Upon closer examination, this is actually a pretty good job."

Upon hearing this, Ling Wantong couldn't help but become somewhat interested.

Although the family already has many ghost veins and even spirit veins in the Tianhe Realm and the Cangxuan Realm.

But the more of these things, the better.

Even a few mosquitoes are still meat.

Furthermore, although attacking the realm is dangerous, the main force behind this matter is, after all, the Hunyuan lineage.

Lingxiao Business Alliance only needs to play a supporting role.

Many immortal city merchant alliances are even willing to help.

This way, the risk of Lingxiao Merchant Alliance participating in the war can be minimized.

However, Ling Wantong dared not agree to this matter easily, since the Lingxiao Business Alliance did not belong to him alone, but to his family.

'Afterwards, we should ask Ancestor Siyi and Ancestor Pengyun for their thoughts.'

Ling Wantong secretly made a plan.

He then briefly told Hunwen Daojun that the matter was of great importance and needed to be thought through.

Hunwen Daojun understood this, so he simply signed a confidential high-level Yuan Soul Contract with Ling Wantong and then did not mention the matter again.

"If your alliance has any thoughts on this matter in the near future, please remember to inform us promptly."

"My Hunyuan lineage can wait at most another ten years."

"It's simple," said the Daoist Master of Mixed Literature.

"Alright, the Lingxiao Merchant Alliance will give you a reply as soon as possible."

Ling Wantong nodded.

Afterward, they chatted about other things.

Soon, they returned to Hunyuan Immortal City.

They then parted ways temporarily.

Ling Wantong then returned to the Lingxiao Business Alliance headquarters and immediately sought out Yan Siyi, who had previously taken his place at the headquarters, to convey to her the invitation from Hunwen Daojun.

Yan Siyi was also quite interested in this, so she immediately sent a message to Ling Pengyun, who was cultivating in seclusion at the Extreme Cold Immortal Sect.

……

now.

Deep within the Extreme Cold Immortal Sect lies a small, low-grade, sixth-order Extreme Cold Mountain.

That secluded secret chamber where the sect's inheritance is kept.

While Ling Pengyun was in seclusion here perfecting his inheritance, he received a message from Yan Siyi, and his eyes lit up slightly as he pondered the matter.

"With the Hunyuan lineage as the main force, and our Lingxiao Merchant Alliance and other major merchant alliances in the Immortal City as support, we will dispatch Nascent Soul and other powerful experts to attack a small demonic realm?"

"This is something we can do, but it's still a bit risky for our Merchant Alliance to do it with our current strength in the Qingxia Realm."

"After Ancestor Xinghai and Li Hao cleared their identities in the Cold Spirit Minor Realm and arrived in the Qingxia Realm, let's try to see if we can get our hands on that small opportunity."

"After all, both Ancestor Xinghai and Li Hao are quite strong, and they have both reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. If the two of them are in charge of this matter, I can feel more at ease."

Ling Pengyun then gave Yan Siyi a reply. (End of Chapter)