Chapter 886: Spirit Snake Child |
Meng Zhang made many preparations to protect the Gu Yue Family and Great Wind City.
In these years, the local forces from the Dali Dynasty have been gradually infiltrating the Jiuqu Province, rapidly devouring various industries.
Great Wind City is located in the northern part of Jiuqu Province. Further north lies the Endless Sea of Sand and the Demon Wind Gobi, which were originally wild and desolate lands.
Within Jiuqu Province, Great Wind City is the largest trading hub in the north and serves as the final barrier for the local forces of Jiuqu Province.
Many Shang Family members from the Dali Dynasty have established businesses within Great Wind City and engaged in various trades.
Whether it is the Gu Yue Family, which serves as the city lord of Great Wind City, or the Taiyi Sect behind the Gu Yue Family, they cannot forcibly drive these Shang Family members away.
However, under Meng Zhang's orders, the Gu Yue Family did not allow these outsiders to easily take root here and instead imposed heavy taxes on them.
In summary, whether it's Taiyi Sect or Great Wind City, the conflicts with external forces are not intense and are within reasonable and legal bounds.
True Monarch Jin Li settled in Great Wind City without making a big fuss or intentionally keeping it a secret.
It is unclear whether Jin Li's presence brought a sense of deterrence or if the Gu Yue Family of the Dali Dynasty was just making empty threats.
In any case, in the following period, they did not take any action or cause trouble in Great Wind City.
Meng Zhang, however, did not relax his vigilance.
But with the initiative in their hands, he couldn't find any other good solutions.
Given the strength and status of Taiyi Sect, they wouldn't actively provoke the Gu Yue Family of the Dali Dynasty.
The feeling of passively waiting for someone else to make a move is quite uncomfortable, but Meng Zhang had no other choice.
Of course, during this time, it wasn't all troublesome.
The spiritual weapon that Meng Zhang had nurtured for a long time, the Spiritsnake Spear, finally successfully advanced to a Fourth Rank magic tool.
The Spiritsnake Spear gave birth to a tool spirit, the Spirit Snake Child.
With this, Meng Zhang now possessed three Fourth Rank magic tools in his hands.Rainbow Dawn Glow Robe is a defensive magic tool with the tool spirit Cai'er. Spiritsnake Spear is an offensive magic tool primarily used for attacks.
The natal magic tool Yin Yang Spirit Gourd can enhance the power of Yin Yang Dao Techniques and also nurture dao soldiers. The tool spirit, Qingfeng Child, is obedient and loyal to Meng Zhang.
Given Meng Zhang's current Cultivation Base, nurturing three Fourth Rank magic tools is already the limit. Any more would affect his cultivation.
Meng Zhang has currently cultivated to the early stage of Primordial Spirit completion and is facing an important bottleneck. He needs to break through this bottleneck to enter the mid-stage of Primordial Spirit.
During this critical period of Cultivation Base breakthrough, he cannot spare much attention to other matters.
Niu Dawei and Yang Xueyi from the sect are also at a critical moment of breaking through to the Primordial Spirit stage.
At this time, the most important task for Taiyi Sect is to ensure that their Cultivation Base breakthroughs are successful and to avoid conflicts with the outside world.
On the other side, You HongzhiTrue Monarch of the Four Seas Commercial Firm, through relentless networking, has almost connected with all the local cultivation forces in Jiuqu Province that possess the Primordial Spirit level.
Except for a few, most sects and families have joined this small group.
You HongzhiTrue Monarch, as the initiator, was elected as the leader of this small group.
Of course, his leadership is more nominal, mainly responsible for coordinating these cultivation forces. He doesn't have the authority to give orders to any of the cultivation forces.
With so many cultivation forces now connected, what should be their next step?
They can't possibly mobilize a large army of cultivators and engage in a direct confrontation with these external big merchant families.
Not to mention whether they can win or not, if they really do that, it will be equivalent to inciting internal strife, and the Dali Dynasty's court will not spare them.
Since they can't engage in direct combat, they will use commercial means to confront them.
However, even the Four Seas Commercial Firm, which is the strongest in commercial power and adept at trading, is merely an underdog compared to those big merchant families. Even if they unite, they still won't be able to compete with them.
You HongzhiTrue Monarch gathered the Primordial Spirit True Monarchs from the small group and the Gold Core Daoist Masters responsible for specific affairs from various factions to discuss their next course of action.
You HongzhiTrue Monarch's mind is very clear. Their unity is just to seek more survival space and confront those external big merchant families; it is not their ultimate goal.
Everyone agrees with You HongzhiTrue Monarch's statement.
These big merchant families from the Dali Dynasty are powerful and have deep backgrounds.If they weren't forced into a situation with no other choice, how could they proactively contend with them?
The biggest problem now is that these big merchant families, relying on their absolute strength, have crushed them in the market, causing them to lose their external market and a significant decrease in income.
After losing their share in the market of pills, talismans, and the like, they can still barely sustain themselves through fixed industries such as spirit fields and mines.
However, after these big merchant families took the initiative, they exerted full force to suppress the purchase prices of spiritual medicines and materials, resulting in a sharp decline in their income.
No sect or family can be entirely self-sufficient. They also need spirit stones to purchase necessary supplies and maintain their operations.
Especially after these external big merchant families used various means to subdue some local forces.
They even started building new markets and trade cities, clearly intending to completely abandon the local existing commercial system and start afresh, undermining the local powerbase.
Their actions have grown more significant, and the harm to local forces has become deeper.
Unfortunately, despite uniting, these local cultivation forces still dare not confront them head-on.
At this point, You HongzhiTrue Monarch pointed everyone in a clear direction.
Since they have lost all markets in Jiuqu Province, they should explore new markets and find new avenues.
As for the location of the new market, You HongzhiTrue Monarch gave a slight hint, and everyone understood.
The extraterritorial Yao and Spirit Clan in Cloudmist Great Lake and the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan on Yuantu Great Prairie are both excellent potential customers.
The pills, talismans, and other goods that don't sell well in Jiuqu Province can be transported and sold in these two places.
Yuantu Great Prairie is rich in resources, and after years of development by the extraterritorial Barbarian Clan, they also have a certain payment capacity.
The extraterritorial Yao and Spirit Clan in Cloudmist Great Lake also seem to have a way to make money and are not destitute.
Although they are officially enemies of the Dali Dynasty, both sides have maintained a peaceful status for many years. Apart from occasional minor conflicts at the borders, there have been no large-scale battles.
These local cultivation forces do not have any prejudices against them.
They won't hold grudges just because the other side is an Extraterritorial Invader; they can still do business as usual.
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