The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

After returning from the hazy rift valley, Xue Han checked the route map again to confirm that all the activated lamps were in standby mode and would automatically light up each time they passed through, without needing any road signs.

After receiving the notification to activate the dome crystal ball, the Linju tribe did not respond. The only response was a tree branch with its top bark removed. According to the Linju tribe's custom, this was considered "read." Apart from that, there was no new information.

On the side of the Azure Scale Clan, the Meng Clan observer sent a brief letter through normal channels, confirming that there were no problems with the rock strata on the south side of the Scale Ridge.

In the first week of autumn, an envoy from the Central Chamber of Commerce arrived at Twin Realms Platform with a formal invitation. This invitation differed from the last grand competition; it was a "Northern Alliance Conference" jointly organized by the Chamber of Commerce and several large and medium-sized forces in the northern part of the Silver Plains. The purpose of this conference was to ensure that each major force would emerge victorious in the grand competition.

The meeting will involve exchanging spiritual materials and technologies, establishing a preliminary framework for cooperation, and taking place in the autumn at a newly built large outpost in the northern part of the Silver Plains. The invitation specifically states that the exploration results of the Northern Twin Realms Platform will be one of the important topics of discussion at this alliance meeting.

After reading the full text of the invitation in the main hall, Xiao Fan confirmed the topic of the alliance meeting, the list of participants, and compared it with the records of the Star Pattern Sect and the Azure Scale Clan. He then confirmed that the topic of the meeting was related to the exploration route and technological progress in the northern part of the Twin Realms Platform, and finally finalized the meeting arrangements.

In autumn, Xiao Fan, Bai Ye, and Xue Han arrived at the Alliance Conference. The venue was vast, with a newly built area to the north for displaying spiritual materials and magical artifacts, including the longbow from the Twin Realms Platform and parts from the Stone Skin Clan.

Bai Ye scanned the surrounding environment of the venue with his Silver Frost Sword and confirmed that the spiritual energy environment inside the venue was stable and met the requirements of the announcement.

As Xue Han walked, he noted down the locations of various signs. Each sign had a corresponding sign underneath it, along with a sample and a brief description.

On the second day of the Northern Alliance Conference, a force that had never appeared on the invitation also joined the western side of the venue. It was a blue flag embroidered with silver wave patterns, and they claimed to be from the "Canglan Society" in the northwest of the Silver Plains, dealing in the trade of spiritual materials by water.

After entering the venue, the people from Canglan Club did not communicate with the organizers immediately, but instead went straight to Shuangjietai's booth.

Leading the way was a kind-looking middle-aged man. He stopped and looked at Xiao Fan, saying, "Recently, there have been a lot of orders for spirit stone powder in the spirit material market in the northwest. These orders all come from the area north of the Gray Rift."

These two locations overlap with your exploration routes in this region. If you are willing to share the yield of that batch of spiritual materials, the Canglan Society will prioritize supporting you on the Northwest Route.

Xiao Fan glanced at the order documents handed over by the Canglan Association representative and confirmed that the coordinates mentioned in the documents did indeed coincide with the record point of Shuangjietai in the northern part of Linji, but were not on the main route.

The order documents from the Canglan Association do indeed contain information on the types of ore discovered in the northern section of the Linji area and the transportation time, which contrasts with some external activity records held by the Shuangjietai.

After confirming the transaction terms proposed by Canglan Association, Xiao Fan signed a provisional agreement with them and left a record on site for Canglan Association staff to verify.

The representative from the Canglan Association received the appraisal results, made a record, then went to the corresponding archive page, checked the coordinates and the type of ore, and then verified them. Everything the Canglan Association representative did, said, and did was public; there were no additional requests or private arrangements.

On the fourth day, the Northern Alliance was officially established. Inside the Chamber of Commerce meeting room, representatives sat around a long table and presented a report. The topic submitted by "Twin Platform" was "Maintenance and Shared Use of Passages in the Northern Region of Gray Rift Valley".

Xiao Fan made an introduction at the beginning of the meeting, explaining simply that there is a spiritual energy channel on the north side of the rift valley.

He took out a map, marked the connection points of all the nodes on the map, explained the route foundation formed by the dual-world station after the route of the passage domain was determined, the road sign system was put in place, and the dome crystal ball was activated, and proposed a framework plan that "each node of the route can be opened to the contracted forces in turn within an agreed time period".

After Xiao Fan finished speaking, representatives from several factions also submitted their applications.

Representatives from the Canglan Society took the lead in connecting the Northwest Passage with the passage north of the Gray Rift, and representatives from the Star Pattern Sect confirmed that the records between the two passages were synchronized.

The representative of the Qingyan Sect also confirmed the boundary between the stone quarry and the passage, and the representative of the Bilin Clan also confirmed that the records of the Linji Land and the data of the passage were shared.

After the meeting minutes were completed, the Chamber of Commerce president stood up and announced: "There are no objections to the framework for opening up the area north of the Grey Rift submitted by Shuangjietai. Both parties will sign a formal agreement after the draft is finalized."

That evening, Master Cheng marked the newly joined forces on the map, determined the location of each force, and the location of the passage leading to the north of the Gray Rift.

After the confirmation process for the Chamber of Commerce agreement was completed, representatives from both sides signed the membership confirmation form in turn. Xiao Fan signed it, and Bai Ye put the copy of the Silver Frost Sword and the membership certificate sent by the Chamber of Commerce into his storage magic artifact.

After signing the contract, the representatives from the Star Pattern Sect and the Azure Scale Clan left the conference room. The doors to the south exhibition hall were locked, and staff were tidying up the exhibits.

After the alliance meeting concludes, Canglan will begin deploying its priority resources in late autumn. The first shipment of spiritual materials from the northwest has already been entered into the resource allocation system of the Dual Realm Platform.

Its starting point is the Anvil District south of the Gray Rift, and its end point is the Canglan Club Wharf in the northwest of the Silver Plains. This is also the first formal connection between the Taipei end of the Twin Boundaries and the outside world trade routes.

The Chamber of Commerce's agreement is kept in the form of logistics records. When goods pass north of the Gray Rift, the lights on both sides of the passage will automatically light up when the vehicle carrying the goods approaches the passage.

After the first batch of goods is completed, the person in charge of the Canglan Chamber of Commerce will compile a complete shipping manifest and send it to Shuangjietai for filing.

After the alliance meeting concluded, the Meng-surname inspector from the Azure Scale Clan delivered another record regarding the distribution of rock strata in the northern part of the Scale Ridge Land. The record indicated several areas with relatively thin rock strata, suggesting the possibility of cavities beneath.

After comparing the records of the Azure Scale Clan with the distribution map of the Dome Crystal Sphere, Xiao Fan identified an unknown coordinate closer to the edge of the Dome Crystal Sphere map and included it in the next phase of the survey plan.