I Am Evergreen In the World of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 222 Chamber of Commerce Negotiations

Guessing the identity of the long-haired female cultivator, Lu Changan's heart trembled slightly, somewhat surprised.

He couldn't help but think of Li Congren's description of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce:

"The Devil's Cult will also give the chamber of commerce a piece of cake. Even if they encounter it, they can spend money and eliminate disasters, so that they won't be wiped out."

At that time, Lu Chang'an just felt that the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce had great energy and could enjoy both black and white.

At this moment, he felt like he was on a thief ship.

Who would have thought that the long-haired female cultivator who joined in the middle and covered her face with a tulle would be a direct disciple of the leader of the Demon Cult.

"Fairy Shi finally let this girl go."

Lu Changan thought to himself.

In the past two years, with the chaotic situation on the border, the Demon Cult has been accumulating energy for many years, and it has begun to take shape, and it has a great say in the surrounding area.

Miss Wei's identity, looking at this area, is more intimidating than a true disciple of the sect.

It is not difficult for Lu Changan to understand Fairy Shi's choice.

Even if Miss Wei is killed, the hidden danger cannot be eliminated. Once found out by the Demon Sect, as a direct disciple of the leader, he will never let it go.

If Miss Wei is not killed, Lu Changan has already erased her relevant memories in the secret territory.

Letting this girl go away should have made her swear an oath of demons.

Even if it is revealed one day in the future.

As a Tier 3 formation master, Shi Xianzi is definitely the target of recruiting by all major forces.

Even if it is a Tier 3 formation master with fake alchemy, his status is completely comparable to that of a real alchemist.

At that time, it will not be easy for the Devil's Cult to impress Fairy Master, and they may even have the desire to solicit.

"Before leaving the ruins, I don't know if Fairy Shi will follow my advice and destroy the formation at the core of the ruins, causing the collapsing space to shatter."

Back in the room, Lu Changan was a little curious about it.

It is only possible for Master Xianzi to become a third-tier formation master, and it requires a lot of skills to trigger a chain reaction of the ancient remnant formation.

Miss Wei, who has just boarded the spirit ship, probably knows the answer.

Lu Changan used to manipulate Miss Wei's life arbitrarily before, but now he dare not reveal his identity and ask her face to face.

Judging from the treatment of Miss Wei.

He suspected that the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce had a deep collusion with the Demon Sect.

Decades ago, although the Devil's Cult was defeated in the Immortal Cultivation World of Liang Country, they learned the lessons from the past. In Jing Country, which is neutral in the Immortal Cultivation Country, it seems to be developing well, at least it has penetrated into the Merchant Alliance.

The structure of Jing country's world of cultivating immortals is different from that of Liang country.

In Liang State, Zongmen is the supreme power with absolute dominance.

However, in the country of Jing, the power of the business alliance is very strong, and it can even compete with the sects of the country.

Jing country's business alliance is composed of large and small chambers of commerce, united together for warmth, advocating trade and freedom, and has mastered most of the country's fairy city and Fangshi channels.

Compared with the Zongmen, the Merchant League has relatively less rejection of the Devil's Cult, and is more mercenary.

"If there is indeed a collusion between the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce and the Devil's Cult, it's not entirely bad news for this cross-border trip."

After a while, Lu Changan figured out the link.

...

Two days later.

The spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce has returned to the right track and gradually left the border of Liang State.

Lu Chang'an sensed that the spiritual energy of the world outside the spirit ship became thinner, even nearly cut off.

In this case, the power of many spells will be greatly reduced.

Flying is slower and mana regeneration is harder.

Coupled with the chaos between the two countries during the war, it is indeed difficult to be guaranteed when traveling alone.

With the protective power of the spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce, at least all kinds of robbery can be prevented.

Through the window of the guest room, Lu Changan looked back in the direction of Liang Guo, seeing a deserted place, and his mood seemed complicated.

Now, he is one hundred and forty-two years old, and he has practiced in Liang country for more than one hundred and twenty years, so he is bound to be bound to the people and things in that land.

However, for Lu Changan to obtain a complete alchemy opportunity, including alchemy spiritual objects, he needs a stable cultivation environment.

First cultivate to the peak of foundation building, and then find a third-order spiritual vein to form a pill.

Leaving this time, reuniting with old friends, and trading to the Secret Art of Alchemy, overall it went smoothly.

The only regret is that I couldn't see Zhao Siyao.

When he arrived at Jinyun Valley, Zhao Siyao was retreating and preparing to form alchemy.

Even Zhao Tan, Zhao Siyao's disciple, went to guard the front line.

"Friend Wu Daoist."

The lock on the door was touched, and the purple-faced strong man next door came to visit Lu Changan.

The purple-faced strong man was injured, so he reluctantly took out three thousand spirit stones and lived in the guest room next to Lu Changan.

This person has a strong vicious aura and is not very social, so he can only chat with Lu Chang'an on the spirit ship.

"Friend Daoist Fang, please come in."

In the guest room, the two chatted about war.

Between the words, the purple-faced burly man revealed his dissatisfaction with the upper echelons of Liang Guozong's sect.

"If it wasn't for Liang Guozong's sect to start the war arbitrarily and invade other countries first, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in today."

"The 'Secret Realm of Qingming' will be opened in three or four years, and it was originally a way for many foundation-builders to obtain the opportunity to form alchemy..."

The purple-faced strong man has a fierce tone and hate in his eyes.

Because of the war, he was forced to go to the front line and almost died. Later, he became a deserter and was wanted by the sect.

If it was a peaceful age, in a few years he would reach the peak in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and he would just join the Qingming Secret Realm, and his strength would be among the upper reaches.

"Affected by the war, the 'Secret Realm of Qingming' may not be able to open smoothly."

Lu Changan sighed, not sure about it.

Because of the war situation, he had already made a choice. He chose to attack the ancient ruins and gave up the Qingming Secret Realm.

There was a sentence that Lu Changan didn't tell the purple-masked man.

Even if Liang Guozong didn't take the lead in invading Feng Kingdom, the flames of war would burn out sooner or later.

This is the conclusion that Lu Chang'an drew from the information of Tianzhilou.

"The sect inspects the monks!"

While chatting, there was a burst of exclamation from the tail of the spirit ship, which was a little commotion.

The two walked out of the room.

I saw two spirit boats about ten feet long flying towards the rear of the spirit ship.

On the two spirit boats, there is a fake alchemy real person sitting in charge of each, leading a total of 20 foundation-building monks.

"Spirit ship ahead, accept inspection!"

Those two spirit boats were faster than the huge spirit boats, and they couldn't get rid of them.

The spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce did not resist and stopped.

Unless you don't want to do business, the Jing Guoling ship will cooperate with Liang Guozong's routine inspection.

The Zhendan masters with sects in the border area sit in town, and if they encounter difficulties, the inspecting monks can contact them through emergency summons.

"You two real people, when we left the Bauhinia Immortal City, our spirit ship has already been inspected."

Inside the spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce, a middle-aged man in Confucian shirts greeted him with a smile, speaking neither humble nor overbearing.

The middle-aged man in Rushan is a fake real person sitting on the spirit ship of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, it was the first time that Lingjian had given the green light all the way after leaving the Liang Kingdom.

"We have received the latest clues that there may be fugitives from the sect sneaking into the spirit ship of your Chamber of Commerce."

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that we only catch fugitives and have no intention of making things difficult for your Chamber of Commerce."

This team of sect patrolling monks is quite polite to the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce.

Each of the three major chambers of commerce in the Jingguo Chamber of Commerce has monks from Zhendan sitting in their command, with strong financial resources and extraordinary influence.

"Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce is willing to cooperate with the investigation. I hope that after boarding the ship, you will not disturb the distinguished guests on the upper level of the spirit ship."

The middle-aged man Rushan raised his hand to let the Spirit Ship Formation open a passage.

One of the sect's fake alchemy brought a dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators into the spirit ship to search.

...

"Fellow Daoist Wu, Fang goes back to his room first."

The purple-faced man's heart trembled, his calf felt weak, he tried to calm down, and returned to the adjacent guest room.

The frightened monks were not just purple-faced brawny men.

The dozens of Liang Guo monks who boarded the ship were essentially smuggled immigrants, and many of them had shady identities.

An hour later.

For the Liang Guo monks on the spirit ship, it was a kind of torment.

The only good news is.

This team of sect monks didn't investigate too closely, and they just asked a few simple questions when they entered each room.

Many of the guest rooms on the Spirit Ship are monks from the Jing Kingdom Chamber of Commerce.

Brother Liang Guo only occupies a part.

Not long.

Two sect monks entered Lu Chang'an's room with alert expressions.

"What's your name?"

"I'm next to Wu Fan."

"What are you going to do in Jing Country?"

"A certain Wu is a wandering businessman who travels between the two countries and does a little business."

Lu Changan said with a normal expression.

Strictly speaking, casual cultivators are not subject to the control of the sect.

The two monks looked at Lu Changan a few times, found nothing unusual, and left the room.

This team of Zongmen monks did not go to the upper-class guest room to investigate.

Two of the foundation-building monks had just approached the guest room of "Prince Wang", and seemed to have received some sound transmission instruction, and suddenly bowed and retreated.

An hour later.

This team of Zongmen monks has completed their inspection.

A total of seven fugitives and suspicious persons were arrested. One of the monks resisted and was killed on the spot.

The Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce not only did not stop it, but also assisted in the arrest and maintenance of order.

Of the seven monks who suffered, two came from the guest room and five came from the bilge.

call!

The purple-faced burly man in the adjacent room, with cold sweat dripping down his back, let out a long breath and watched the sect inspection monks go away.

Lu Changan came over to ask about the situation, but the purple-faced man was vague.

In fact, Lu Changan's spiritual sense detected the truth.

The purple-faced strong man had wounds on his body, and his evil spirit was heavy. He was suspicious, and attracted two monks from the sect to search and interrogate him.

At the critical moment, the purple-faced strong man bribed the patrolling monks, donated a lot of property, and escaped unharmed.

"The guest room on the spirit ship is a private space, and there are restrictions to isolate it. Only in this way can there be room for private bribery and negotiation..."

Lu Changan thought secretly.

Half of the monks who boarded the ship were in the cargo hold below, and the other half were in the guest room.

The former was arrested five people, the latter only two people were arrested.

In the cargo hold, under the watchful eyes of everyone, there is no way to openly bribe.

Once you become a key suspect, you will be arrested and taken away, so there is little room for manipulation.

Furthermore, Zongmen monks will also watch people order food.

The monks who lived in the guest rooms had stronger financial strength. Some hard stubble, if they stand up and fight, they will also face the risk of backlash if they have talisman treasures in their hands.

Of course, living in a guest room does not mean that you are safe and sound, but that you have more chances to grasp your fate.

Not every visiting monk is easy to talk and easy to bribe.

Lu Changan even suspected that each trip might have a certain task indicator.

...

The monks of the Zongmen's inspections were taken for granted by the monks of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce, as if it was just a small episode, and they didn't care much.

But then two days.

Many monks living in the cargo hold have negotiated with the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce, hoping to spend spirit stones and move to the guest room.

Obviously, living in a guest room is more secure, and the chances of surviving illegally to Jing Country are greater.

"What! It takes 6,000 spirit stones to live in the guest room? It was still 3,000 spirit stones before."

The Liang Guo monk who went to negotiate felt chilling.

The price of the room has doubled!

"To tell you the truth, the rooms are indeed almost full."

"The price increase is actually a fair screening for everyone."

The steward of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce spoke casually.

Most of the monks in the cargo hold were relatively poor. After spending a lot of money to board the ship, their spirit stones were basically drained.

In the end, there were very few monks who could afford an upgrade of six thousand spirit stones.

You know, a top-grade magic weapon is only two thousand spirit stones.

During the foundation building period, there were not many monks with Lu Changan's worth in the entire Liang Kingdom.

Then half a month.

The spirit ships of the Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce are safe and sound.

Since then, no cultivators from the sect have come to inspect it; even the pirates on the way did not dare to attack this spirit ship.

In the past half month, the fate of many Liang Guo monks who boarded the ship had a turning point.

Especially the monks in the bilge.

Some craftsmen, in order to obtain safety guarantees, signed contracts of selling themselves with monks from a certain chamber of commerce on the spirit ship.

For example, working for a certain chamber of commerce for 20 years, becoming a member of the chamber of commerce, and thus obtaining a legal status can ensure safe arrival in Jingguo.

There are also female cultivators in the bottom cabin, in order to collect spirit stones, live in guest rooms, and sell their bodies on the spirit ship.

The foundation-building female cultivator was placed in a small place in the Liang Kingdom, and she could be called a high-ranking fairy, or even an ancestor of a family.

But now she puts down her noble figure and prostrates herself at the knees of others.

The door of Lu Changan's room was also knocked by such a female cultivator.

"Relocating to another country is a difficult journey, like a lamb being slaughtered. This road is really not suitable for ordinary monks..."

Lu Changan felt emotional in his heart.

Compared to the struggle of the monks in the bilge.

The prince on the third floor of the spirit ship lives a life of singing, dancing and peaceful life. He is far away from another country and has a beautiful maid to serve him with him.

Lu Chang'an was also curious, who is this prince, who can let the sect inspect the monks, but dare not enter the door for inspection.

For a while, he wanted to use his spiritual sense to detect his true face, but he held back in the end.

In case there is any special treasure on the other party's body, which can be sensed and detected, it is purely extraneous.

...

this day.

A trade fair was held in the auditorium on the second floor of the Spirit Ship.

All monks living in guest rooms are eligible to participate.

Liang Guo's monks only accounted for a small part. Most of them are monks from the major chambers of commerce of the Jingguo Chamber of Commerce.

Now, the spirit ship is far away from Liang Guoxiu's world, so there is no need to worry about the inspection of Zongmen monks.

Lu Changan and the purple-faced strong man surnamed Fang attended the trade fair together.

After that bribery, the purple-faced man actually didn't have many spirit stones on him.

He came to the trade fair mainly to get acquainted with the monks of Jing Guo Chamber of Commerce, or to build a good relationship with those powerful Liang Guo monks.

The size of the auditorium is not small, with dozens of wooden square tables.

The monks present can sell and buy certain items on the square table.

At the trade fair, Lu Changan saw Mr. Wang and Miss Wei.

Many people gathered in front of Prince Wang's square table, including businessmen from Jing State and monks from Liang State.

Miss Wei didn't sell anything, she simply walked around the fair, her eyes occasionally lingering briefly on a certain square table.

Lu Changan could tell that Miss Wei's injuries hadn't healed.

It seems that after leaving the ancient ruins, he encountered something on the way and was injured again.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, how did you think about what Jia said last time?"

Walking to a certain square table, a black and thin old man in his fifties with sharp eyes looked at Lu Changan with a smile on his face.

The black and thin old man's surname is Jia, and he is the steward of the New Moon Chamber of Commerce.

The New Moon Chamber of Commerce is the Jingguo Chamber of Commerce that recommended Lu Changan to board the ship.

Of course, this matter was secretly planned by Li Congren, and the contact person was not the same person.

Guanshi Jia in front of him didn't know Lu Chang'an's identity, he only knew that he was a monk from Jing Guo recommended by his chamber of commerce to board the ship.

"Wu, a casual cultivator, is used to being free. He really doesn't want to sign that contract and be driven by others for twenty years."

Lu Changan bluntly refused.

A few days ago, Manager Jia of the New Moon Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to contact him, wanting Lu Changan to sign a 20-year contract to serve as the chamber's bodyguard.

During the contract period, the supply of Lingmai Dojo and the basic needs of Lingshi Lingmi.

The biggest reward is to give Lu Chang'an a legal status as a chamber of commerce, which can ensure that he arrives in Jing country safely.

"Fellow Daoist Wu think about it, today is the last chance. The old man thinks that you have such a good intention because of your predestined relationship with the New Moon Chamber of Commerce."

Manager Jia said with a slightly cold expression.

"If your Chamber of Commerce is willing to give you a status as a priest, Wu can consider it."

Lu Changan thought for a while, but did not refuse to die.

Worship identity, high status, much more freedom.

It will take a lot of time for Lu Changan to go to Jing country to build the foundation to the ninth floor, and the second-order spiritual vein is indispensable.

In order to form a pill, a third-order spiritual vein is required.

If he can establish a good relationship with the local chamber of commerce, it will be beneficial to his alchemy plan.

"Worship?" Guanshi Jia was taken aback for a moment, and asked back, "May I ask what skills you have?"

"If the alchemist or formation master reaches the second-level mid-level, and other skills reach the second-level top-level, it can barely be negotiated, but a twenty-year contract must be signed."

Lu Changan thought for a while, he personally had the skills to reach the second-level high-grade, only the puppet master and the talisman master.

"Wu has a low-level skill of the second level. He doesn't need to be a priest. He can become an external monk of the Guild of Commerce. However, the contract signed must not exceed ten years, and personal freedom cannot be enforced."

Lu Changan pondered.

Guanshi Jia couldn't help laughing, a sneer flashed in his eyes, and he ignored Lu Changan.

at the trade fair.

Lu Changan negotiated with the two chambers of commerce again, and the conditions they gave were equally harsh.

Lu Changan had a feeling that these chambers of commerce seemed to have a winning chance, so he was not worried that he would not give in.