Regarding the battle between the two factions, people in the rivers and lakes who are not very familiar with the inside story feel that the quicksand gate is looking for death and dares to challenge the authority of the Chiyan faction.

But no one who knows the inside story is optimistic about the Chiyan faction.

Speaking of which, in Liangzhou, it is still the Seven Star Sect that has the final say.

As long as the Seven Star Sect supports whoever is on the throne, he will be able to ascend to the throne.

Now the one who has the support of the Seven Star Sect is the Quicksand Gate.

Of course, support is support, and the Seven Star Sect will not send a master to deal with the Chiyan faction, all of this is won by the quicksand sect itself.

Originally, everyone thought that the Red Flame Sect would definitely be difficult to resist for a long time, and at most it would be conquered by the Quicksand Gate in a few months.

But no one would have thought that the struggle between the two factions would continue for several years, which is a later story.

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Time flies, and a year has passed since the destruction of the Chaotian Gang.

Lin Xiqi is also fourteen years old, and his body has grown a little taller, and he is already a beautiful son.

However, he still wears a variety of masks, and his appearance after his disguise can only be regarded as average.

He sat in a private room on the third floor of a restaurant, watching the people and caravans coming and going outside.

"Young master, the inn's business is getting better and better. Sitting opposite Lin Xiqi was an old man with an old dragon clock.

He is Du Fuchong, and now his skills have already recovered, or even to the next level.

In fact, he doesn't look so old, it's just to hide people's eyes.

'Sifang Inn', this is a restaurant operated by Lin Xiqi, covering an area of more than 100 acres.

This was originally an inn, and it was originally an industry under the name of the Panshi Gate, but now it belongs to the Floating Cloud Sect.

Then Lin Xiqi bought it through normal means, after all, he didn't want people to know his relationship with the Floating Cloud Sect yet.

After more than half a year of renovation, the inn is divided into two parts, the front is a three-story restaurant, and the back is the guest rooms and small courtyards for people.

After a year, it can be said that the territory under the control of the Fuyun Sect is stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The major Jianghu sects don't have to worry about the apportionment of the various names of the Floating Cloud Sect, they only need to offer a small amount of money to the Floating Cloud Sect every year, which is not as good as one-tenth of the time when the Chaotian Gang was there.

The upper supply of silver has decreased, and the income has increased several times, and all the major sects from the head to the disciples are beaming.

The law and order on the territory is stable, some robbers and bandits, and the sects that do evil have been cleared, and more and more caravans are willing to pass through here, with safety and security, fewer crossing checkpoints, and fewer silver taels to pay.

There is not only one road leading to the Western Regions and the desert grassland, but now the caravans passing through here occupy nearly half of the volume within a radius of 100 miles.

I think that at the beginning, under the jurisdiction of the Chaotian Gang, I am afraid that less than one percent passed through here.

There are five roads that are easier to walk than the Western Regions and the desert grassland, and Gushan Town occupies one of them, which cannot be said to be the best to walk, but it is not the most difficult to walk.

It stands to reason that how it can occupy the middle position is because the major forces around Gushan Town and the surrounding areas are acting independently, exploiting the passing caravans layer by layer, except for the caravans that have to pass through here, most of them have chosen other paths.

Although there is exploitation in other places, it is not as ruthless as Gushan Town.

Today, the fees set by the Floating Cloud Sect are very low, and the caravan now needs less than one-tenth of what it was then, and more than half the lowest of the other four roads.

The caravan slowly returned, and with the return of the caravan, there were more people.

More people means you can make money.

"Spending money is like running water, and no matter how good the inn business is, it's not enough. Lin Xiqi said with a smile.

"Our caravan is also under construction, and it will be easy when the time comes. And some other industries will follow. Du Fuchong said.

A year ago, the Chaotian Gang was destroyed, and the gold and silver treasures and various industries obtained from the Chaotian Gang were nearly five million taels if they were converted into silver taels.

Originally, there were not so many Chaotian Gang alone, two million taels was the most, who let him just destroy the four major sects around him, and all these benefits fell into the hands of the Floating Cloud Sect.

Renjiang left one million taels as the sect's reserve funds, and the rest was handed over to Lin Xiqi.

Therefore, within this year, Lin Xiqi did not save money, and wantonly purchased various medicinal materials from the Treasure Pavilion to refine pills.

Especially the Dream Realm Pill, basically each person takes one pill every three days, and his strength has grown rapidly.

By now, nearly four million taels of silver were running out.

"It's not easy to run a force of your own. Lin Xiqi sighed.

Lin Xiqi's words made Du Fuchong a little crying and laughing.

It also depends on what kind of forces are being managed.

You said that there are so many small sects, can't they live?

Lin Xiqi is now using money to quickly improve the strength of everyone, if it is known by other forces, I am afraid that no force is unwilling.

After all, not all sects in the world can be like Lin Xiqi, who can quickly transform money into strength.

After a year of training, Tu Yuanhai and the others have been reborn, and they are not at all comparable to a year ago.

If you want to have exercises, you want pills to have pills, you want time to have dream pills, everything you need, Lin Xiqi is not stingy, such an expense makes Du Fuchong feel frightened.

But this kind of consumption, the benefits are also huge, and now Tu Yuanhai and the other twenty-seven people, all of them have the strength of the tiger list in the rivers and lakes, even if they rely on the last position, it is enough to sweep away those so-called first-class sects.

In particular, they followed Zuo Jian to learn the art of killer assassins, and they were even more proficient in assassination.

There are generally only a few masters in the first-class sect who have the strength of the tiger list, and there are not many who have more than a dozen.

The strength of the tiger list is not the same as that of the tiger list master.

There is an age limit for the masters of the Tiger List, and there is no age limit for the strength of the Tiger List, everyone just takes the ranking of the masters of the Tiger List as a reference.

For example, if a person is over 60 years old, his strength is about the same as the 60th on the Tiger List this year, then it can only be said that he has the strength of the 60th on the Tiger List.

Because of his age, he can't be on the tiger list.

This is the age gap, the sixty masters of the Tiger List are much younger than him, and their strength is the same as him, and when this Tiger List master reaches his age, he will at least have the strength of the Dragon List master.

"Shopkeeper Du, there are many people, you have to be careful, those who dare to make trouble in the inn will be severely punished, I want to establish a rule, no one is allowed to do it in the 'Sifang Inn'. Lin Xiqi said.

"Like Dunhuang City back then?" Du Fuchong asked.

"That's right, I'm up to me here. Lin Xiqi smiled.

"Well, if someone doesn't have long eyes, the old slave will let them know that it's powerful. Du Fuchong said.

Lin Xiqi nodded, he believed that Du Fuchong would be able to do this well.

A dragon list master is sitting in an inn, such a thing is unimaginable in the rivers and lakes.

While Lin Xiqi and Du Fuchong were talking on the third floor, a carriage stopped at the door downstairs, and there were several guards around the carriage.

A maid got out of the carriage, and this maid was handsome, and she seemed to know that she was not small.

Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged woman also came down, and then she said respectfully: "Miss, it's not early, let's rest here for one night, and then go on the road tomorrow morning, right?"

"Aunt Jiang, then do what you want. As she spoke, a woman got out of the carriage.

I saw that this woman was graceful and wearing a lake-green dress, but it was a pity that she was wearing a veil and couldn't see her face clearly.