Walking all the way from Nanlong City, you have to pass through the Black Wind Desert and Muyun Grassland, and there are only four small cities in the middle to rest and replenish some supplies, and in the middle of these small cities, most of them are wild places.

In this almost boundless wilderness, there are countless beasts, some of which have evolved into demon beasts, and this place has been the territory of the beasts since ancient times.

But there are also human beings who live and breed here, and there are large and small tribes in this wild land, which have preserved many ancient customs, mainly hunting for a living. Martial and warlike, all the men of the tribe are excellent hunters, and they are also powerful samurai.

Even those martial artists from the Great Gate Sect did not dare to challenge the strong among these tribes. Although martial artists say that walking the rivers and lakes inevitably involves fighting with people, they have a lot of actual combat experience, but those strong people in the tribe are fighting for survival, and they are all martial arts practiced in life and death, simple and rough.

In this wilderness, there are occasionally some small sects of cultivation, relying on these tribes as the basis, recruiting disciples with spiritual roots into the mountain gate among these tribes. On weekdays, these sects will also protect these tribes, driving away and killing some demon beasts that invade the tribe and threaten people and animals.

Almost every large tribe has its own cult of Xiuzhen, and they worship these sects as gods, and their beliefs are extremely strong.

In this way, invisibly, the sphere of influence of the Xiuzhen sect was formed. For example, in a certain sect, the five tribes within a radius of thousands of miles are all followers of this sect, and other sects cannot come to these tribes to recruit disciples.

When passing through the Muyun Grassland, Li Hui noticed this phenomenon.

The land of Shangzhou is vast, and there seem to be many uncivilized places, and those tribes live a primitive and simple life. There is no concept of a state here, and people are all based on tribes as the ultimate state of gathering. Wars were also often fought between the tribes, for food, livestock and women, often in the dark.

Even sometimes the Xiuzhen sect behind these tribes will intervene in the war, but everyone agrees that the Zhuji monk and above are not allowed to participate in the battle between the clans, otherwise it will provoke a war between the two Xiuzhen sects.

Li Hui was very interested in this form, and said in his heart that this Shangzhou was indeed a suitable place for opening a sect, and these human beings in the wilderness were still simple-minded, as long as they gave shelter to their tribes, they could gain their support. You can also rely on these tribes to recruit disciples. In this way, as long as it takes several generations of development, it can truly develop and grow the sect.

However, Li Hui observed along the way and found that in a place like Muyun Grassland, almost all tribes had sects of faith, and it was obviously not appropriate to establish a sect here, and it seemed that he had to find a place that had not yet been occupied to establish a sect.

With these thoughts in mind, the caravan galloped all the way, and soon reached the destination of this trip, Donglin City.

The east city wall is more than 20 zhang high, and they enter and walk through the south gate, which is enough to accommodate eight large beast carts like the Dade Tong business side by side.

Li Hui, Liu Piaoxu and others couldn't help but sigh in their hearts about the grandeur of this Shangzhou land and city. A small city like the Ten Thousand Demon City in Chuzhou could never be compared. The eastern city is located in Xiazhou, and it is also second only to Tianhu City, Wing Wolf City and other large cities.

"Finally arrived at the East Border City, and after coming to the East Border City, we don't have to worry about someone secretly doing it. Qiao Tianqi, who was riding on a group of tiger-headed horse divine beasts, took a long breath and said to everyone with great joy.

The samurai who often traveled north and south with the Daitokudo trade were also smiling.

Some of the samurai were already laughing with each other and discussing where to eat flower wine after entering the city, and finding a few delicate red ladies to serve.

Everyone was extremely relaxed, and Li Hui and Liu Piaoxu also felt relaxed when they saw such a big city.

Then the people of the Dade Tong caravan entered the city in a mighty way.

After entering the city, Li Hui sighed at the prosperity of the city, those broad streets were full of bustling crowds and restaurants and tea shops, and there were bursts of sheng songs from some green buildings.

Li Hui also noticed that almost half of the shops in the city were engraved with the name of Dadetong.

"Senior, when you arrive in Donglin City, it's almost like coming to my house, more than seventy percent of the industries in the city belong to the Qiao family, and you must entertain your seniors well this time. Qiao Tianqi, who was walking side by side with Li Hui, was full of spirits.

Li Hui was also shocked by this number, and his face showed a bit of astonishment. In such a large city, the Qiao family occupies seventy percent of the business, what is the concept? Such a family is second only to the three major families in Xiazhou.

"The predecessors don't know, there is a proverb in the east of the city, 'first there is a great virtue, and then there is the east of the city', originally this east city is just a small market, because the Qiao family is doing business here, it has gradually developed, after years of accumulation, it has today's scale, so this east city is the foundation and base camp of the Qiao family, and the business in other places is far from being compared with the east city. But it was Shi Potian who was stunned when he saw Li Hui, and explained.

Li Hui was even more shocked in his heart, because of the family's business, he had laid the commercial foundation of a super large city, what a great cause! In his heart, he not only deeply admired the ancestor of the Qiao family.

I think that the ancestor of the Qiao family is just a mortal, starting from scratch, but he can create such a big foundation. As a cultivator, and he has been inherited by Yuan Hao Zhenren, if he can't carry forward the Sword Sect, he will really be ashamed of Yuan Hao's real person.

The crowd talked and laughed all the way, crossed the long street, turned east, and waited until they reached the center of the eastern city before stopping.

On one side of the wide long street, there is a splendid building, and there is a flagpole dozens of feet high in front of the door, on which a large flag flutters in the wind.

Three words on the banner: Dade Tong!

Qiao Tianqi took the lead and led the caravan into the gate of this building. The gate is also wide enough to accommodate four cars entering together.

When the warrior guarding in front of the gate saw that it was Qiao Tianqi coming, he naturally didn't dare to stop him, so he opened the door wide and let the caravan in.

After entering the door, the first thing that catches your eye is a wide square, which is thousands of feet wide, and on this square, it is not idle at this time, but it is full of traffic, and there is constantly a large number of goods in and out.

Columns of motorcades methodically entered the square and then disappeared between the rows of warehouses at the end, while a fully loaded convoy departed from here, marching neatly towards the gates.

In the other corner, there are resting places for the animals.

After Qiao Tianqi entered the door, a man immediately came up and led the livestock.

Then all the people of the caravan dismounted and gave the cattle to special people. Then someone arranged for these guys who had worked all the way to rest and get paid.

It stands to reason that people like Li Hui who were hired temporarily would have to leave after receiving their remuneration after arriving here. But this time, Qiao Tianqi ordered someone to send away the other people who had been hired, and left all the seven Li Hui behind.

"Uncle Shi, please settle down Senior Li first, I'll go hand over the goods first, and then go to visit a few seniors. Qiao Tianqi said and smiled apologetically at Li Hui.

"Childe, just go, just leave these things to me. Shi Potian nodded in agreement.

Then Li Hui and the others were led through the square and into a grand mansion.

This is the headquarters of the Daitokutsu Sho, and countless goods are poured out from here, and I don't know how much wealth flows here. At this time, the place where Li Hui and the others were was the place where the high-level officials of the Dade Tong Firm handled official business.

On the road, you can often see people dressed as shopkeepers who come and go in a hurry, and their faces are nervous, and these are the shopkeepers hired by Dadetong Firm.

Shi Potian didn't say hello to these people, and took Li Hui and them all the way forward, and after passing through the courtyards, they entered an independent and elegant courtyard.

It is said that it is a small courtyard, in fact, it is not small at all, the yard is divided into two layers, there are gardens, rockeries and lakes, and there are several residences behind.

"This is the temporary residence of the high-level executives of Dadetong branches when they come to the headquarters to report on their work, and first arrange for a few seniors to live here. Shi Potian welcomed everyone in.

The houses in the courtyard were spacious enough that each person was assigned a room. Nowhere there is a special maid to serve and live.

After Shi Potian made the arrangement, he didn't stay anymore and left.

After there were no outsiders, the seven members of the Sword Sect gathered to discuss the matter.

"This trip from Nanlong City to Donglin City, I feel deeply, Shangzhou is really a magical place, here must be a great achievement, I think after arriving in the giant deer city, we will go to other wild places, looking for a place where the sect can be established, the mountain gate is set up first, and then those indigenous tribes as the foundation, recruit tribal disciples, and slowly develop the sect. Li Hui first put forward his own views.

"I agree with the sect master, we should find a place that is not yet occupied by the Xiuzhen sect, and then establish the sect, and then keep the sect in obscurity, and never deliberately cause trouble before the sect develops, so that in a few decades, we can really grow. Liu Piaoxu analyzed.

Everyone else also has their own opinions. In the end, an agreement was reached, and after arriving at the giant deer city, they began to look for a suitable place to establish the sect.

Then everyone chatted and went to their rooms to rest.

When entering the headquarters of this Dadetong, Li Hui sensed a lot of powerful aura hidden in the dark, obviously there are many masters in the headquarters of this Dadetong business, and there are a few breaths Li Hui is only vaguely aware of it, it is very likely to be a Yuanying monk!

So safety is naturally not a concern here. And everyone rested here.