Three years later, a news suddenly spread in the cultivation world of Chuzhou: Wanbaolou, the first merchant alliance in Chuzhou, was about to hold a large-scale auction at the headquarters of Wanbaolou in Wanbao City in a month, inviting monks from all walks of life to participate.

At the same time, there were also various gossip circulating in the Chuzhou cultivation world.

It is said that this Wanbaolou has made a lot of money, and this auction can't help but have a variety of rare and even almost extinct heavenly treasures, and there will be a variety of high-level exercises, magic weapons and other items for auction.

Among them, well-informed people spread that the reason why Wanbaolou held this auction with great fanfare was because he accidentally obtained a treasure in the ruins of an ancient monk, so he dared to do things in such a high-profile manner.

In addition, Wanbaolou has also expanded its stores in various places, and every large market has begun to have branches of Wanbaolou.

The opening of these branches naturally requires a large number of materials and manpower, and the materials naturally need to rely on the profound heritage of Wanbaolou to support, and the shortage of manpower needs to be recruited separately.

Wanbaolou sent news to the outside world, invited some loose cultivators who were not weak to join, and offered quite favorable conditions. All of a sudden, some unborn cultivators from all over Chuzhou came to explore the truth one after another.

Such a big move naturally attracted the attention of the five sects of the real earth snake demon path in Chuzhou.

Wanbaolou recruited troops to expand its power, and there was already a faint tendency to compete with the five sects of the Demon Dao, which naturally aroused the fear of the five sects of the Demon Dao.

The reaction of the Naqifeng faction in the south of Chuzhou to this matter was different from that of the Five Sects of the Demon Dao.

This Qifeng faction is the only remaining sect of cultivating immortals in the Chuzhou cultivation realm, because it colluded with the Liangzhou Demon Dao, and when the seven sects of the Chuzhou Immortal Cultivation Realm united to fight against the demons, they suddenly stabbed them in the back, causing the alliance to collapse, and let the five sects of the Demon Dao drive straight into and destroy the Chuzhou Immortal Cultivation Realm.

The benefit of the Qifeng faction was that it annexed the territory of Baiyunguan in the south of Chuzhou, and its power increased greatly.

But to make a deal with the Demon Dao, it is naturally to seek the skin of the tiger, and the Qifeng Sect understands that the five sects of the Demon Dao are not good people, so they have been secretly guarding against the five sects of the Demon Dao.

The five sects of the Demon Dao annexed the Chuzhou Immortal Sect back then, although there was a Qifeng faction in secret collusion, but it was not easy to take down the entire Chuzhou, the war lasted for more than a year, and finally completely annexed the six factions in Chuzhou. Therefore, for the time being, he is no longer able to deal with the Qifeng faction.

The two sides maintain this delicate balance, and they are not monolithic between the five sects of the Demon Dao, and now that they have a foothold in Chuzhou, no one will easily provoke a war again, otherwise it will give other sects an opportunity to take advantage of.

Now Wanbaolou has quietly risen, although it is only a commercial organization, but now it is so powerful that it has to make these Chuzhou land snakes jǐngti.

Someone jumped out to attract the attention of the five sects of the Demon Dao, and the Qifeng Sect was naturally happy to see it.

There will be such a disturbance in Wanbaolou, ordinary monks may not be able to understand it, but the hearts of several major sects are very clear.

Like the Heaven Splitting Sect, Tiangang Sect, and the Five Evil Sects, they all knew that Wanbaolou had organized people to explore the ruins of the ancient monks, and they had been secretly paying attention to this matter.

The fall of Chu Jinbao, He Taichong and others made these sects even more suspicious. You must know that these Jindan elders have a high status among their respective sects, and there are special places in the sects for these people's natal soul Janes. Once these elders fall, their souls will shatter.

Now that all these people have fallen, these sects naturally know, and they originally suspected that this matter was inseparable from Wanbaolou, and they were ready to wait for the opportunity to beat Wanbaolou, which has developed smoothly over the years, but I didn't expect them to dare to be so high-profile and arrogant, isn't this a naked provocation?

But when several major sects received a letter of worship from Wanbaolou, they were completely silenced.

The content of the post is very simple, a month later, Wanbaolou will hold a large-scale auction, and at that time, there will be a special seat for the five sects of the Demon Dao and the Qifeng faction, and these six factions must be invited to participate. In addition, the most important piece of information in this prayer post is that a month later, before this auction is held, Wanbaolou will hold a viewing party for Yuanying Monk Mu Zhenren to join as the Taishang Elder of Wanbaolou, and invite the Yuanying Ancestors of the Five Sects of the Demon Dao and the heads of various factions to watch the ceremony.

All the major factions who received this news were extremely shocked.

There is a new Yuanying Monk in Chuzhou, and it is not among these six factions, but as a Supreme Elder of a commercial organization.

No matter what sect power, as long as there is a Yuanying Monk in charge, it should not be underestimated.

Even the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, one of the five sects of the Demon Dao, did not have a Yuanying Monk in charge, but now a commercial organization has a Yuanying Monk in charge.

This incident quickly alarmed the high-level leaders of the various sects, and even the old monsters such as Shen Wuyan, Che Yutai, Zhuo Yang, and Zhao Mingjiu also got the news.

If the news is true, then the pattern of Chuzhou will inevitably be turbulent again.

All major sects are studying how to deal with this matter, and there are many articles about whether this emerging power will adopt an attitude of suppression, solicitation, or non-interference, involving the interests of the major sects.

In a deep mansion, Li Hui sat on a luxurious seat in the middle of a large hall, Lin Yang served by his side, and below was the four people standing under the hall with their hands tied.

This mansion is also one of the properties of Wanbaolou, and Liu Piaoxu cleverly used it as a temporary residence for Li Hui.

"You four sit down. Li Hui glanced down and said lightly.

The four hesitated for a moment, then thanked him, "Thank you, master." Only then did he dare to sit down on the left and right, but they all sat upright, not daring to show the slightest slackness.

"Lin Yang, serve tea to a few elders. Li Hui said indifferently.

"The disciple obeyed. Lin Yang agreed, and he went down to get the tea set.

At this moment, the willow fluttering in the seat hurriedly stood up: "The master of these things can let those subordinates do it, how dare you trouble the young master." ”

Hearing this, the other three also stood up nervously and echoed in unison.

Li Hui laughed secretly in his heart, these people are really a little noisy, and now they are completely frightened, not only do they dare not have the slightest disrespect for themselves, but even their own big disciples, they also deliberately curry favor, and respect the young master.

With their respect as Jindan monks, calling a disciple in the Qi refining period a young master is ridiculous, and it is ridiculous that they are afraid of Li Hui in their hearts.

But that's okay, Li Hui doesn't dislike them for being so flattering to Lin Yang, after opening a sect, some big and small affairs will inevitably have to be dealt with by someone, Li Hui himself is too lazy to deal with these, and the authority of Lin Yang who has been cultivated also happens to have a person in charge of the lineage. Of course, Li Hui didn't want his disciples to indulge in these, after all, cultivation was the king.

Li Hui smiled indifferently at the four of them: "Sit, you are all the core people of our Wanbaolou, if Wanbaolou wants to develop, you have to rely on a few of you to be more attentive, he is a junior, why not give you a cup of tea?"

Liu Piaoxu and the others sat back in their seats with complicated faces when they heard this, and Li Hui didn't say much, and sat in his seat with a smile.

After a while, Lin Yang came with tea and poured it for these people in turn, and these people naturally said a word like thank you, the young man just smiled slightly, and after pouring the tea, he returned to Li Hui and stood still.

The way of the emperor naturally cannot be forcibly suppressed, but must be both grace and power, so that his subordinates feel that grace and power are unpredictable, so they will do their best to do things, and dare not have any different intentions.

Li Hui asked his disciples to pour tea, which naturally gave these four people great face.

After the tea tour was over, Li Hui gently put the tea bowl in front of him, and the four people who were good at observing words and observing sè had already put down the tea bowl and sat upright, ready to listen to the master's teaching.

"Elder Liu, what did I do with you?" Li Hui leaned back in his chair and asked lightly.

Liu Piaoxu, who was sitting in the first place on the right side, stood up as soon as his body moved, and replied: "Back to the master, now all the six major square cities in Chuzhou have set up Wanbaolou branches, and they are also secretly controlling many small shops, and the vacancies have been temporarily filled, but only two Jindan monks are still missing, but there are already several loose cultivators who have been in contact with the concubines, and they just need to be inspected to decide whether they can be used." ”

Li Hui nodded, and said indifferently: "Recruit those Jindan monks, you can make the decision to open the conditions more generously, if you lack anything, just report it to me, but the person you are looking for must be reliable." ”

"The concubine obeyed. Liu Piaoxu hurriedly thanked him.

Li Hui raised his hand, motioned for Liu Piaoxu to sit down, and then said by name: "Elder Wang Feng, how are the preparations for holding the ceremony for my senior uncle to become the Elder of Wanbaolou in a month's time, and what is the reaction of those sects?"

Opposite Liu Piaoxu, a brown-robed monk immediately stood up, bowed and saluted: "Back to the master, I have already sent invitations to the Blood Dock, Tiangang Sect, Heaven Splitting Sect, Five Evil Sects, Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Qifeng Sect, and several larger families, inviting them to come and watch the ceremony. ”

"Well, this matter is done well, if we don't come here like this, I'm afraid these factions will still be stupid and fight our Wanbaolou idea, but now that my uncle is sitting behind the scenes, they have to weigh one or two, even if our background is not as good as their several major sects, but if we really fight to the death, it can still make them lose their vitality and give other sects a chance to annex. Li Hui nodded and analyzed.

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Then the remaining two also got up to report on their mission.

After a long time, these four people retreated, leaving only Li Hui's master and apprentice in this hall.

"I'm really not good at doing these calculations. Li Hui sighed.

Lin Yang's eyes moved: "Master, since this is the case, why do you still want to take down this Wanbao Tower? Didn't you say that cultivation should be distracted and not obsessed with these things outside your body?"

"If we don't do this, how can we start a sect in the future?" Li Hui explained carefully: "Although I also have some family property, if there is no income, it will definitely not be able to catch up with consumption, and with such an industry as a secret hand, we can accumulate strength for the future, and it is also a way for our master and apprentice to retreat." ”

"Then why does the master reuse these people?"

"To do big things, you don't have to bow down to everything, at the moment we have no one available, this Liu Piaoxu is quite talented in management, the important thing is that they will not betray as a teacher, even if they are not bound by the ban, there is a Yuanying monk behind them, it is also very attractive to them, then let go of power generously, as long as these people are controlled. ”

Lin Yang realized.