The galaxy sparkled brilliantly in the night sky. Aboard the flying carriage artifact in mid-air, the master and his disciples were conversing.
"Master, you ntioned that a ninth-grade spiritual object might be born in Twin Dragon Mountain in the future. Who would such a newly ford spiritual object belong to?"
Yulou was quite curious about the distribution of production resources in the cultivation world.
"Factions like Red Lantern Illumination and the Immortal Alliance have massive assets, so they certainly wouldn't stoop to fighting over a ninth-grade spiritual object. That would look far too unsightly.
Dripdrop Cave and the Gu Clan have Purple Palace cultivators backing them, so they won't make a move either. It would show a complete lack of class.
Under the governance of the Immortal Alliance, Foundation Establishnt cultivators are severely restricted. The price of making a reckless move could be the destruction of their entire family.
More often than not, it's the Qi Refining cultivators who duke it out, and whoever wins keeps it.
The previous family head of the Wu Clan claid the Jagged Rock Well exactly this way," Redbrow said, his heart swelling with a trace of fervor.
He actually wanted to contend for it too, but such an opportunity was far too rare and elusive for a rogue cultivator.
"Do those great clans and immortal sects also send their own disciples under assud nas to join the struggle?" Yulou asked with a hint of lancholy.
Yulou had long since understood that this ssy cultivation world was like a massive prison. Those rules and dogmas locked down every single cultivator who hadn't reached the Purple Palace Realm.
If you can't beco a Purple Palace cultivator, you must follow the rules.
But following the rules ans you can never obtain excess returns.
Without returns, there are no resources, and without resources, one can never reach the Purple Palace Realm.
Trapped in this interlocking cycle, the Wang Clan hadn't produced a single Purple Palace cultivator in one thousand two hundred years.
"Hahaha, at least you aren't stupid. A Foundation Establishnt cultivator can calculate the approximate ti a spiritual object will be born. Any force with a Foundation Establishnt cultivator will send their experts to wait nearby in advance.
Rogue cultivators can't afford to wait, and they certainly can't win a fight. The Wu Clan originally ca out of Wondrous Peak Mountain, and your Wang Clan is also a附庸 of Red Lantern Illumination. It's hard for rogue cultivators. A rogue cultivator's only hope is to sohow achieve Foundation Establishnt and live for another two hundred years," Redbrow grumbled.
He wanted to be free and unfettered too. He wanted it desperately, but he couldn't achieve it!
"Master, you will definitely succeed in your Foundation Establishnt!" Yulou encouraged.
"Definitely succeed, definitely succeed!" Yu'an chid in.
"Hahaha, let's leave it to fate. I'm practically going bankrupt this ti."
Yulou remained silent.
To prepare for Foundation Establishnt, Redbrow was indeed close to bankruptcy. Otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed the two brothers to use Forge Peak Residence to sell artifacts to outsiders.
Back then, the Wang Clan and Redbrow had a gentleman's agreent that the two brothers could not forge artifacts to sell to outsiders while Redbrow was still alive.
Now Redbrow could care less about that. He needed the two brothers to sustain the business of Forge Peak Residence to ease his pressure, squeezing out more ti for him to prepare for Foundation Establishnt.
Even returning to his forr cave residence at Twin Dragon Mountain yesterday was the first ti in years that Redbrow had sought out rogue cultivators he used to know to sell artifacts.
Ti was tight. No matter how much he prepared, he worried it wouldn't be enough. This plump Householder Redbrow looked unhurried, but his actions betrayed a severe sense of urgency.
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In the early morning, white mountain mists gently draped over the green peaks by the river.
A massive green river wound along the ground. If calling Twin Dragon Mountain a dragon was a stretch, then the dragon in Hidden Dragon River felt completely reasonable and appropriate.
The flying carriage artifact landed smoothly on Golden Wall Cliff by the Hidden Dragon River. There was a market town here that wasn't recorded on any official maps—Hidden Dragon Market.
Stepping off the artifact, Yulou noticed many cultivators either hovering in the air or clinging closely to the cliffside, crowding the entire edge of Golden Wall Cliff as if sothing special was about to happen.
"They are waiting for the Hidden Dragon Golden Light. Although the Hidden Dragon River is neither a spiritual river nor a spiritual object, Golden Wall Cliff itself is an eighth-grade spiritual object.
Every morning, when the mists near Golden Wall Cliff are dispersed by the combined force of the sunrise and the cliff's golden light, a unique spiritual tide is generated, known as the Hidden Dragon Golden Light.
This spiritual tide is extraordinary. It can serve as a spiritual catalyst for various talismans, which is far better than gathering the purple qi of the rising sun."
Redbrow actually had quite a few acquaintances here. As he greeted people, he pointed toward a general store.
"That's your family's shop. The manager is nad Wang Rongsheng. Do you two know him?"
Yulou was slightly stunned.
Well, well, well. The Wang Clan truly was extraordinary, even dipping their toes into illicit businesses.
The Immortal Alliance was too far away, while the Wang Clan was right next door. He finally understood why Wang Xianmao was so confident about pulling Redbrow into the Wang Clan once he achieved Foundation Establishnt.
At this mont, the true aning of a clan's heritage was once again tangibly demonstrated before Yulou.
"I've heard of him, but never t him. Clan Uncle Rongsheng left ho to make a living a very long ti ago," Yulou replied.
"Hahaha, go inside and wait for . I'm going to talk business, and I'll take you back to Clear Stream Market this afternoon."
Huh?
Watching Redbrow walk away without turning back, Yulou sucked in a breath of cold air.
Hidden Dragon Market was an illegal market town!
Master, aren't you being a bit too carefree?
However, Hidden Dragon Market had backing from people within the Immortal Alliance, as well as Wondrous Peak Mountain, a Purple Palace level force.
Its reputation was indeed powerful. With people bustling back and forth, it wasn't inferior to Clear Stream Market at all.
"Let's go inside and pay a visit to this clan uncle of ours. We can also ask him if he knows what kind of business Master ca here to conduct."
Leading Yu'an, Yulou walked into the general store.
Right inside the shop was a large counter, with shelves behind it. However, the shelves looked sowhat empty.
"What can I get for you two fellow Daoists?" a shop assistant asked.
"We are looking for the manager. Is it convenient?"
Yulou observed the layout of the shop, asking casually without showing any emotion.
"Please wait a mont." Seeing Yulou's extraordinary bearing, the assistant didn't delay and quickly called Wang Rongsheng out.
Wang Rongsheng looked like a thin old man at the early Qi Refining stage. He wore a loose long robe and maintained a handso beard, giving him quite an immortal aura.
"Hahaha, what business do you two young Daoist friends have with this old man?"
Wang Rongsheng hadn't returned to the clan for many years, so he didn't recognize Yulou or Yu'an.
Yu'an was already starting to feel awkward, but Yulou found it quite interesting.
eting a kinsman in a distant land, what was there to be distant about?
They were all disciples of the Wang Clan, all on the sa side.
"Uncle Rongsheng, I am Yulou, and this is Yu'an. Today we followed our master, Householder Redbrow, to Hidden Dragon Market to discuss business. Knowing you were here, we ca specifically to pay our respects."
Wang Rongsheng was taken aback for a mont before dawning comprehension struck him. Walking out from behind the counter, he said with a hint of irritation, "That scoundrel Redbrow, why on earth did he bring you two here!"
Seeing Yulou's slightly awkward expression, he explained, "It's not that you aren't welco. Sigh, Redbrow is just fooling around!
Things are different now. The Valley Spirit Sect across the river has run into friction with Wondrous Peak Mountain over here. Hidden Dragon Market is currently in a state of extre tension."
"Master ca to talk business and brought us out of Clear Stream Market along the way to teach us auxiliary arts."
Yulou felt a bit dramatic. After quietly cultivating for sixteen years since his reincarnation, was he finally about to trigger the classic transmigrator curse where trouble breaks out wherever he goes?
"Uncle Rongsheng, everything looks quite normal outside to ," Yu'an added, also sowhat puzzled.
The crowd in Hidden Dragon Market was only slightly smaller than in Clear Stream Market, but because it was built against the cliffside, the layout was tighter. In terms of prosperity, it wasn't inferior to Clear Stream Market at all, showing no signs of panic.
"The Valley Spirit Sect wants Golden Wall Cliff. They have already spread the word that they are going to attack Hidden Dragon Market very soon."
Wang Rongsheng was deeply annoyed right now. Yulou and Yu'an were both direct lineage disciples of the Wang Clan, and moreover, they were prodigies.
He hadn't t these two kids before, but he knew of them.
A crisis could erupt at any mont, yet their unreliable master had actually brought them to Hidden Dragon Market.
"Redbrow, you really are completely reckless!"
"The Valley Spirit Sect is attacking Hidden Dragon Market? But why are there still so many cultivators inside the market?" Yulou asked in surprise.
With just a few sentences, Wang Rongsheng had completely shattered the understanding of the cultivation world under the control of the Immortal Alliance and the Ten Sects that Yulou had just built up.
The Valley Spirit Sect was a subordinate of the Sky Serpent Sect, a sect established by a Purple Palace cultivator.
Behind Hidden Dragon Market was Wondrous Peak Mountain, a subordinate of Red Lantern Illumination, which also had a Purple Palace cultivator presiding over it.
If a fight really broke out between them, wouldn't everything fall into utter chaos?
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