Blue Card Starry Sky

Chapter 212 Hongxing Trading Company
As night fell, Long Yi and his companions entered Ghost City.

The difference between the inside and outside of the city is like heaven and earth. Here, people come and go, and there are shops lining both sides of the main road. At this moment, the city is decorated with lanterns and is bustling with activity. Another night of nightlife has begun!

Looking out from inside the city gates, the city is surrounded by several mountain ranges. In the distance, towering mountains can be faintly seen reaching into the clouds. The city is well-defended, with the mountains forming a natural wall that completely surrounds it.

The street was lined with all sorts of people: blacksmiths, pharmacies, casinos, pawnshops, restaurants, brothels, mansions—everything imaginable. It was a bustling place indeed! This contradicted the information they had gathered earlier; it seemed this place had been forgotten by the ancestral temple, and there was no reliable source of information there.

The Hongxing Trading Company is located near the Xiaoyao Tower in the East City. This is the most prosperous area in the entire Ghost City. Many powerful forces have residences here, and their guards stand in front of the gates. No one dares to deliberately challenge them.

Long Yi and his group saw that many forces from the Snow Region had set up camp here and were operating there for a long time. It seemed that the Snow Region had infiltrated this place and it had become a vassal city of theirs.

Hongxing Trading Company is a street-front shop. It is a bit dilapidated, but still quite impressive. The exterior is a three-story shop, and the backyard is even more spacious, with three doors leading into the back. There are two-story buildings on both sides. It must have been very prosperous and bustling in the past. Now, you can see the dilapidated state of the place, which has not been maintained for many years. It is gloomy, desolate, and lacks any vitality. There are obvious signs of a recent hasty cleaning.

Beyond the three inner gates lies the largest council hall, where everyone waited for Lei Batian. Long Yi and his group were the last to return.

When they first entered, the shop assistants didn't ask for a password, treating Long Yi and his group as honored guests. Everyone was a complete stranger, so they were very cautious. It wasn't until Long Yi and his group mentioned "superior-grade Divine Transformation Pill" that the shop assistants realized they were one of their own and led them into the backyard.

Inside the council hall in the backyard, Long Yi saw many strangers. They hadn't come with Lei Batian; they must have been the group that Hao Zichen and his group had set off earlier. However, among these people, Long Yi didn't see Hao Zichen; he didn't know where Hao Zichen had gone!
As soon as Lei Batian arrived, someone reported the situation to him.

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On their way to Hongxing Trading Company, Long Yi and his group discovered that many gangs had appeared in the city. They were quite numerous and did not seem to be from the Wilderness Region, but rather from the Snow Region.

Ghost City is relatively close to the border of the Snow Region. Could it be that the news of the ancient graveyard being unsealed has already spread, causing so many forces and gangs to gather here? The forces in the Snow Region have more favorable conditions than those in the Wilderness Region, allowing them to arrive much faster.

Ghost City has now become a powder keg, with various forces, factions, and families clashing in a true power struggle between the Wilderness and the Snowfield. The city is a melting pot of all sorts of people, and the convergence of various forces inevitably leads to chaos.

At this moment, Long Yi suddenly noticed something strange. He had not found any of the Supreme Emperors from the major families. They were all family elders and young generation powerhouses. Not a single Supreme Emperor-level powerhouse had participated in the expedition to the Ancient Graveyard.

Lei Batian was the strongest cultivator on this trip to the ancient graveyard.

Long Yi sat behind the two elders, listening to their discussion. The matter was somewhat urgent! The information gathered from all sides was unfavorable to us. The ancestral temple's preparations were a step too slow, and the influence of the Snow Region had taken the lead in entering the ancient graveyard.

The best news is that a small team has already entered the area, but we haven't received any updates yet, and we don't know the situation there. The worst-case scenario is that the news leaked too quickly, and many forces are flocking here, which will cause conflicts between the Wilderness and various other forces. The internal unity of the Ancestral Temple may collapse. This will depend on the situation inside the Ancient Graveyard. We have to face both the good and the bad.

Indeed, this time the Ancestral Temple only gave information to the Ten Great Sovereign Families, while ignoring other forces, sects, and heretics, which caused great dissatisfaction among them. Now, news has just been received that unusual movements have begun to appear on the battlefields of the Desolate Region and the Snow Region. Troops outside the Ten Great Sovereign Families have shown negative emotions, which is very detrimental to the entire battlefield. If more bad news comes from here, it will impact the front-line battlefield, and the prospects will be bleak!

Therefore, the ancestral temple has just issued an order to take over the ancient cemetery at all costs.

Lei Batian rearranged the defenses of Hongxing Trading Company to prevent damage and impact in advance.

Next, he assigned tasks, immediately dispatching a small team to reinforce the team that had set off earlier. The rest stayed behind to strengthen the defense of the shop and provide follow-up reinforcements.

Lei Batian left the three people from Tianlong City to hold the line, while he himself led a small team of about twenty people out of the city overnight to provide reinforcements. He handed over command to Elder Long Chuyang, who was in charge of all the arrangements.

Since the ancient cemetery was a long way from here, and the environment there was harsh and the situation was unknown, Lei Batian took Hongxing Trading Company's only small airship with him, along with a large amount of weapons, equipment, and resources.

Now, there are only Long Yi and his group, along with an elder and a young man from a prestigious royal family, and less than ten shop assistants left in the store.

Long Yi didn't know what kind of relationship Long Xiao had with Lei Batian, that he had left the Dragon Clan behind alone, preventing Long Yi and the others from entering the ancient graveyard and making them wait here for orders.
Watching Lei Batian lead his team away and disappear into the night, Long Yi didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. If they couldn't enter the ancient graveyard, they would have no chance to obtain the treasures and secrets inside, and they would have no good fortune or fortuitous opportunities!

Sigh! Let's take it one step at a time. We don't know if this situation is good or bad, so let's just stay here and wait. Maybe there will be an opportunity! I'll get some rest and make plans tomorrow. The two elders are still here for us!
After having dinner with everyone, Long Yi went to the shop in front of the store to learn more about the situation there.

Hongxing Trading Company's shop wasn't very big, with two employees busy at the front desk. The shop was filled with goods of all kinds, making it a veritable general store! These items looked quite new; perhaps they were recently transported from Tianhuang City by the Ancestral Temple, or had the business been operating for a long time?

Long Yi inquired with his companions and learned that these were all teleported from Tianhuang City by the Ancestral Temple a few days ago. The news about the Ancient Graveyard was only discovered a few days ago, and the higher-ups immediately activated this contact point. Everything was the best arrangement made for the Ancient Graveyard!
Looking at the bustling streets of the city, everything seemed to be in an uneasy calm. Not far away, Xiaoyao Tower was already brightly decorated, with singing and dancing, and was bustling with activity.

Laughter and playful noises filled the air, making one's heart flutter and one's eyes itch with excitement! They were so captivating that one couldn't resist watching them.

This is the most bustling area of ​​Ghost City, naturally boasting beautiful scenery, numerous attractions, and a huge popularity.

(End of this chapter)