Chapter 197: Miscellaneous Matters for Entering the Port
As a thriving seaport, Luogang naturally has its own managers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info originally Luo Gang was ruled by a monastic family, the Nanping Luo family. Under the leadership of its thirteenth generation of family heads, the Luo family explored the route to the Aurora continent and carried out the initial development of Luo Gang.
In the first hundred years of Luogang's development, the Nanping Luo family, which monopolized the sea trade route with the Aurora Mainland, could be said to have made a lot of money, but the danger of sea trade and the invasion of the kraken also made the Luo family change eight generations of family heads in just one hundred years, and lost thirty masters of the God Refining Realm - this is undoubtedly fatal for a medium-sized cultivation family with only three masters of the Baoyuan Realm.
Seeing that the wealth of the family is increasing, the reputation of the family is getting bigger and bigger, and the strength of the family is getting lower and lower. Luo Haonan, who newly took over as the twenty-first head of the Luo family, decided to reform the affairs of Luo Gang. Last month after taking over as the head of the family, Luo Haonan visited the Three Holy Palaces, negotiated with the head of the Three Holy Palaces, became the guest elders of the Three Holy Palaces himself, and sent the family disciples to the Three Holy Palaces, allowing the Three Holy Palaces to interfere in the management of Luo Gang and other conditions, introducing the power of the Three Holy Palaces into Luo Gang, so that Luo Gang was blessed by the Three Holy Palaces.
That's just the beginning, though!
After that, the Luo family, who was rated as the most "dancing and long-sleeved" by later generations, began to travel around the entire Qing Netherworld. He negotiated with other sects on the Blue Netherworld Continent, and used the benefits of trade to attract those sects to participate in the development and construction of Luogang. Finally, ten years later, Luo Haonan turned Luogang, which was originally entirely under the responsibility of the Luo family, into a large and complex consortium of interests, and he distributed the profits of maritime trade to everyone, and also received corresponding protection from everyone. And Luo Gang became more and more prosperous after receiving the support of various sects.
The current Luo Harbor is a large port jointly managed by the major sects, and its management of various affairs in the port is similar to the Port Affairs Hall of the Elder Church of Leiyin Island. This is an organization in which the stewards of the outer sects of the major sects are in charge of practical things, and the elders of the Yuan Realm are in charge. Although the meetings used to solve problems could not be stopped because of the diversity of their personnel and their different interests, the Harbour Hall moved very quickly at certain moments due to the common goal of obtaining long-term benefits in Luogang, such as when the alarm bell in Luogang was ringing wildly.
"Alarm bell, is it an invasion by a foreign enemy?" The ordinary merchants were still a little stunned, but the Thunderbolt Army in Luo Gang, which was completely composed of masters of the God Refining Realm, reacted quickly and began to converge towards the assembly point.
At this time, the port hall in Luo Gang was as noisy as a vegetable market, and everyone was talking about it, and they were surprised by the alarm bell that suddenly came to mind. For them, it had been a long time since they had heard the roar of alarm bells.
"Isn't it, the Kraken is coming?"
"I haven't heard of it!"
There is a lot of speculation about this.
"What's going on, why are the alarm bells ringing!" In the midst of the discussions, the chief steward of the Port Affairs Hall, the elder of the Baoyuan Realm, Chi Jue Zhenren, who was born in the Yang Yan Sect, walked over and asked loudly.
"The port area found that a big ship wanted to enter the port...... The ship was so big that we were worried that something would go wrong...... So......" said the lookout at the lighthouse, uneasy. Speaking of which, it wasn't wrong for him to do this, but under the watchful eyes of the masters in this hall, he instinctively thought that he was wrong.
"Friend or foe are not distinguished?" Chi Jue Zhenren touched his breast-length white beard with his hand, and his eyes lit up: "The biggest interest of our Luo Gang is that we do business with others. So...... We can't drive a business partner away, and we can't put in a potential enemy. Anyway, let's send someone over there to see! We must first find out whether the fleet is our enemy or not. β
"Understood! I'll let the Thunderbolt Army send someone to investigate. An outer gate steward from the Three Holy Palaces in the port hall nodded and said. In Luogang, because of the earliest intervention in it, the power of the Three Holy Palaces is still very strong. In the port hall of Luogang, the Thunderbolt Army used to protect Luogang has always been in the hands of the three factions of the Three Holy Palaces, the Luo Family, and the Yangyan Sect in turn. This time, it happens to be the Three Holy Palaces in charge.
"Then as soon as possible!" This alarm bell has been ringing, but it is terrifying. Chijue Zhenren frowned and said.
"Okay!" the steward of the Three Holy Palaces replied, turning to deliver the order. As a veteran who has been in charge of the Thunderbolt Army for a long time, he knows what to do when he is blind - it is not enough to send someone to ask. If the other party is not the enemy of the invasion, then naturally there is nothing, but what if the other party is the enemy?
"I have to be prepared accordingly. To put it simply, while sending people to contact each other, our people must not forget to be vigilant. The steward thought so, and immediately conveyed his thoughts.
After that, with a long roar, hundreds of Thunderbolt Army masters of the God Refining Realm flew into the sky and surrounded the fleets that were about to enter the port. used his own qi engine to lock on to Xia Di and Mingxuan Zhenren who were standing at the bow of the boat. This kind of behavior is already a provocation, but understanding why they are like this, Xia Di and Mingxuan Zhenren are not angry about it, they can understand these people's actions very well.
At that moment, Xia Di smiled and arched his hand towards the Thunderbolt Army in the sky: "We are from the Aurora Continent and want to enter the port in Luogang." β
"You're a merchant, don't you look like you...... It's the first time I've seen a ship this big. "The people who were sent to communicate with the fleet were not from the Three Holy Palaces, it was because they didn't recognize Ming Xuan's real identity for a while.
"We are not merchants, we are the people of the Qianguo royal family. Xia Di revealed his identity and purpose to the other party: "We are here to escort our princess to the Three Holy Palace to learn art. β
"Oh, has the reputation of the Three Holy Palaces spread to the Aurora Continent?" the man's face couldn't help but show a hint of jealousy. He was a monk from a small sect, and he was often looked down upon by people from large sects. Because of this, he had a faint jealousy in his heart towards those who wanted to worship the great sect.
"Well, that's right!" Xia Di smiled and nodded.
"In that case...... "the man was rambling and wanted to say something more."
However, Ming Xuan Zhenren, who was standing beside Xia Di, couldn't stand it anymore: "We have already indicated our identity and purpose, so don't procrastinate." After all, you blocked us here, and the alarm continued to sound, but the people here suffered heavy losses. For those businessmen, every minute and second wasted represents the disappearance of profits. β
"This ......," the man hesitated slightly.
"Hmph!" Mingxuan Zhenren snorted coldly, but he exuded his momentum.
For a moment, the pressure like a mountain pressed heavily on the man's body, making his face turn to the side and sweating.
"You...... You are the senior of the Baoyuan Realm......" The man felt the strength under the momentum of Ming Xuan's real person, and couldn't help but be shocked.
In this cultivation world that pays attention to strength, Bao Yuan Realm can be regarded as a master no matter which sect he gets. Such a master suddenly appeared in front of him, and he was offended by himself, which really made him tremble and feel terrible.
"How...... What should I do?" the man didn't know what he was supposed to say. He seemed a little frightened.
Just when he was a little overwhelmed, the voice of his immediate boss suddenly sounded behind him. His voice was full of surprise, and the meaning revealed from his words made his heart feel like ashes: "Uncle Mingxuan, it turned out to be you." Isn't Uncle Shi stationed on Leiyin Island? Why did he come back so soon?"βThe man didn't expect that his boss was still the other party's junior, and this situation made him uncomfortable: "That...... Isn't it my uncle who offended my boss...... Too bad, I'm going to be wearing little shoes. β
"The apprentices that Senior Brother Changhe took a fancy to when he traveled to the Aurora Continent, I brought them back. This is her family's fleet...... We're coming from Leiyin Island, and you know my tenure on Leiyin Island is almost up. So, I came back a little early and came back to report on the way. Mingxuan said with a smile.
"Is this a little bit early? you've been half a year early!" the steward of the Port Hall of the Three Holy Palaces was already full of black lines.
Well, in any case, the identity of the comer was confirmed.
Since there were elders of the Three Holy Palaces in the fleet that wanted to enter the port, the fleet could never be an enemy for Luo Gang.
At that moment, the steward of the port hall from the Three Holy Palaces, while sending someone to inform the bigwigs in Luo Harbor of the situation, ordered the alarm to be lifted, and responded that Xia Di's fleet docked at the best berth on the edge of the port little by little. As the steward of the Three Holy Palaces, he still has some small rights here. Although the matter of water diversion was not his original duty, after he threaded the needle and explained the identity of Ming Xuan's real person, those stewards in charge of water diversion naturally did not dare to neglect it in the slightest.
In this way, the process went down, and by noon, the mooring of the fleet was finally completed. In this way, the three majestic giant ships quietly docked in the berths of the harbor, silently propagating the strength of the Qianguo with their proud bodies.
The fleet stopped, and Mingxuan Zhenren and Xia Di were temporarily separated. As the elder of the Three Holy Palaces, he suddenly appeared with this, and naturally needed to pass on some things back to the sect through some means. He needed to explain a few things to the sect - why he was here, what he encountered along the way, and everything about the Pure Yang Dao Sutra.
As for Xia Di and the others, they set off to go to the guild hall set up here by the Qianguo Imperial Court. As the leading human power in the Aurora Continent, the Qianguo Imperial Court will naturally set up relevant institutions here when the Aurora Continent and the Qingying Continent have some contacts. Xia Di is now taking this ticket from his fleet into this institution, and passing back what happened during the trip through the clubhouse, and at the same time listening to the imperial court's instructions on whether there is any update for his group.
In short, when the journey is over, Mingxuan Zhenren and Xia Di have their own things to do, and they are also busy.
And when Xia Di and Mingxuan were really busy, what was Li Jingxuan doing?
Hehe, I'm sorry. At this time, he had already left the fleet, and after he and Sha Xuan took the case from the no-man's land on the edge of Luo Harbor, they went around in a big circle and entered the bustling port area by land again, wandering leisurely.
"Alas...... Why are you so laid-back? You don't hear the alarm bells that are ringing in the port area ahead. It was clear that the bell was for the fleet. Why aren't you worried at all?" When Li Jingxuan and Sha Xuan walked through the crowded streets, looking at Li Jingxuan's calm and somewhat comfortable face, Sha Xuan asked with a little dissatisfaction while being puzzled.
"Why should I worry! Mingxuan is on the ship! This is not the sphere of influence of the Armored Beast Sect. Luogang is a large and prosperous port, and the Three Holy Palaces have a lot of shares in it. As long as the people here know about the existence of Ming Xuan Zhenren, then all the problems will not be a problem. Li Jingxuan said indifferently: "For such a thing, Mingxuan Zhenren and Xia Shi are much more experienced than me. As long as they're there, I don't have to worry about it at all. β
"Okay!" Listening to Li Jingxuan's words, Sha Xuan nodded helplessly after thinking for a while, and seemed to acquiesce to this truth. However, she was still a little unaccustomed to Li Jingxuan's current wandering: "That incident makes sense." But didn't you leave the fleet to go to the Valley of the God of Medicine to get the elixir you needed, and restoring the severed limbs should be very important to you, but why aren't you in a hurry at all?
"Am I not hanging out?" Li Jingxuan smiled bitterly and shook his head gently: "If you want to complete your work, you must first sharpen your tools." It's the first time I've been here to this Blue Netherworld Continent, and I don't understand a lot of things! Even the various things in the Medicine God Valley, I also heard some news from Mingxuan Zhenren and He Chaozhi. Whether the actual situation is different from what I know is also a big question. I don't want to run to the Medicine God Valley like this, and end up making a bunch of trouble and not being able to get the pill. β
"Uh...... This seems to make a lot of sense!" Hearing Li Jingxuan say this, Sha Xuan thought about it and nodded in approval again. Just after nodding, she still persistently asked, "Then what do you want to do?"
"It's very simple!" Li Jingxuan spread his hand with a smile: "I just want to get some information!"
"Intelligence? Where are you going to get it? You yourself said you're here for the first time. Sha Xuan asked puzzled.
"There is an organization here in the Blue Netherworld Continent called Tianwen Pavilion. This is an 'intelligence agency' all over the Blue Netherworld. Tianwen Pavilion claims to be the information that cannot be obtained as long as there is a price. This is very important to me. Li Jingxuan said with a smile.
"Tianwen Pavilion, I've also heard of the reputation of this organization. It claims to be the kind of information that you can't get as long as you are willing to pay the price...... It's just that I remember that the price of Tianwenge's information doesn't seem to be low. Sha Xuan frowned slightly: "Are you sure you can afford it with your net worth?"
"Hehe, you can give it a try! Anyway, it's not a secret issue that I want to know. Li Jingxuan said indifferently. At this moment, he stopped in front of a crowded pavilion. He lifted his head slightly, a bright smile on his lips. I saw that the gorgeous pavilion Yingmen was clearly and abnormally written with three big characters: "Tianwen Pavilion". (To be continued.) )