In the Southern Ming Empire, on the far northern border, there was a vast Gobi Desert.

In the depths of the desert, there was once a powerful empire that ruled everything, and its might, thousands of years ago, penetrated into the hearts of everyone in the western part of the continent.

At its peak, the empire encompassed even a quarter of the entire continent, enough to rival the northernmost Haiwu Empire.

But such an incomparably powerful desert empire was defeated by a group of uncivilized jungle primitives in a southward invasion.

This group of primitives did not even establish a nation, and they relied on the witchcraft and curses passed down by the witch gods to crush the most powerful empire in the western part of the continent.

Time has passed, and the glory of the once desert empire has come to an end, replaced by the establishment and rise of the Southern Ming Empire.

After thousands of years of development, the Southern Ming Empire has become the most powerful country in the southwest corner of the continent.

Although the country's economic development is very backward, under the leadership of the Witch King's Palace, the military strength of the Southern Ming Empire is enough to sweep more than ten surrounding countries.

On the northern border, on the desert Gobi, an army of 50,000 wizards and 100,000 martial cultivators is slowly marching towards the north.

The prelude to the invasion of the Southern Ming Empire has begun, and they want to take revenge and plunder against the former invaders.

The western part of the continent, which has been stable for thousands of years, is about to fall into a melee, and the Southern Ming era is approaching.

In the army slowly moving north, there was an ordinary carriage, and at this moment a man hurried from the rear and stopped beside the carriage.

The man who arrived on horseback was a capable man in his early thirties, with a sturdy and dusty build.

After he turned over and dismounted, he got straight into the ordinary carriage.

Inside the carriage, there was only an old man with gray hair, dressed in a long robe, unkempt, and the carriage was full of piles of official documents and books.

The old man was looking at something, and when he saw the capable man who came in, he continued to look down and flip through the book and asked.

"Is there any news from the south?"

The capable man took out a secret letter from his bosom and said.

"The specific situation is written in the letter, it is said that the people of the Five Poisons Sect suffered a great loss, and instead of sweeping away the remnants of the Senwu tribe, they suffered heavy losses. ”

The old man in the Confucian shirt took the secret letter, tore it open and looked at it, his expression was calm without a trace of change.

He said lightly.

"The Five Poisons Sect has been used to enjoying happiness in the south over the years, and it can't even do this little thing, so I think it's better to transfer their people to the north to join the army. ”

The capable man hesitated for a moment and said.

"Then someone has to be in charge of the south, although the Five Poisons Sect is not reliable, but at least it is loyal to the Witch King Palace. ”

The old man pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"Within half a year, I want to hear the good news from the south, otherwise the people of the Five Poison Sect will all come to the northern front. ”

The able-bodied man nodded yes, withdrew from the carriage, rode his fast horse, and turned around and set out on the way south.

Now that the entire Southern Ming Empire's forces are concentrated on the northern border, the Wuwang Palace doesn't care at all about this kind of petty fight that happened in Tianya City in the south.

It is precisely because of this that Xue Jian and the others have a chance to recuperate, and on Black Tiger Mountain, life is very peaceful.

Xue Jian would instruct everyone to practice for an hour every day, and the rest of the time, he would either practice alone, or learn witchcraft with Sen Hu, or discuss business matters with Chen Shiwen.

In just one month, on Black Tiger Mountain, the strength of the hundreds of people has increased a lot, and the strength of all members has risen.

Originally, there were many people who were forced to submit to Xue Jian, but now they are all convinced by this president in their hearts.

In the past, they followed the smiling tiger, that is, they acted as thugs, doing some dirty work, helping the lord eat meat, and they drank some soup at most.

But now, before he could work, Xue Jian first gave everyone two exercises and taught them to practice.

These bandits and bandits, who were originally muddy and messed up day by day, are now full of expectations for the future, looking forward to the president leading them to make the chamber of commerce bigger and stronger.

The people of the entire Black Tiger Mountain are all thriving and energetic.

In this month, Xue Jian's strength has increased by leaps and bounds with the help of Yuan Jing cultivation, and he has broken through from the third level of the Mixed Yuan Realm to the fifth level.

Du Xiaoqing finally succeeded in condensing the Yuan Dan and became a Dan Yuan Realm cultivator.

Sen Hu, Mo Jiuweng, and Chen Shiwen have all improved their strength greatly after transferring to Xue Jian's exercises.

In the business field, the name of the White Tiger Chamber of Commerce has been established nearby, and Chen Shiwen has set up five shops in Yueya Town in one go, mainly doing some business for the daily use of the people.

At Xue Jian's suggestion, the construction of a seaside restaurant is under construction to prepare for the future development of Yueya Town's tourism trade.

In addition, merchants from other countries and continents who want to buy Yuanjing from them must do business in Moon Cliff Town.

This not only brings a lot of income to local residents, but also stimulates local consumption.

Moon Cliff Town is developing towards an emerging port city.

At the same time, Xue Jian has also made a lot of investments in Tianya City, buying shops, doing business, pulling domestic demand, circulating goods, and a whole set of processes, he knows it very well.

As long as they have Yuanjing in their hands, they can attract a large number of foreign merchants to come here, and they can attract capital injection, and they will not worry that these two cities will not develop.

The vigorous development of Moon Cliff Town and Tianya City has promoted the name of the White Tiger Chamber of Commerce.

Some local businessmen in the mainland are reluctant to go to Wanghai City to run businesses, but turn to Yueya Town and Tianya City to establish a cooperative relationship with the White Tiger Chamber of Commerce.

Wanghai City is controlled by the Five Poisons Sect, whether it is local or foreign, you have to pay money to do business.

In the past, the merchants had no choice but to succumb to the Five Poisons Sect, but now that they have a better choice, who is willing to go to Wanghai City to be angry.

Gradually, Wanghai City's business became more and more depressed, there were fewer and fewer merchants, and the interests of the Five Poisons Sect were seriously damaged, and they all noticed this emerging White Tiger Chamber of Commerce.

Another month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the development of the Chamber of Commerce has entered the right track.

Countless foreign merchants came to discuss business with the White Tiger Chamber of Commerce from Yueya Town to Black Tiger Mountain.

In this regard, Xue Jian will open the door and let those merchants go up the mountain to discuss cooperation with Chen Shiwen.

On this day, a group of people came to Heihu Mountain, dressed differently from the merchants, they rode war horses, carried long knives, bows and arrows, and carried various siege equipment, obviously to attack Heihu Mountain.

Everyone stopped at the foot of the mountain, sealed the intersection, and from the crowd, five black-robed people walked out.

The five men were dressed in black robes and hoods covering their heads, with gold-rimmed cuffs and collars, and a golden viper, scorpion, toad, centipede, and lizard embroidered on their backs.

They are the five great protectors of the Five Poisons Sect.