ebookland Chapter 152 Everyone was waiting for the sequel, and betting opened in the market.
Chapter 152 Everyone was waiting for the sequel, and betting opened in the market.
Xuan Yuan burst out laughing.
He had watched Zhong Lingxin refine weapons, but he had never felt she was as adorable as he did today.
Zhong Lingxin then summoned Huanhuan and Lele, along with eight cloud deer, to introduce her contracted beasts to the group.
From now on, we'll all be one family, so naturally we need to get to know each other.
A few days later, news spread throughout the Immortal Spirit Continent that the Qingyun Sect had taken in Chen Xingyi, the madman from the Chen family.
Chen Xingyi's numerous murders and heinous acts spread once again throughout the Immortal Spirit Continent.
Many so-called righteous people condemned the Qingyun Sect.
The Chen family, the leading business family in the Immortal Spirit Continent, severed all business ties with the Qingyun Sect and declared that any business dealings with the Qingyun Sect would be terminated.
For a time, business in Qingyun City was sluggish, and the markets of the Qingyun Sect were deserted.
Just then, the Lingji Shop in Qingyun Sect Market launched five Rank 9 talismans and five Rank 9 array plates from Master Long.
The news spread quickly throughout the Immortal Spirit Continent.
Above the shop sign of Lingji Shop, a red banner was hung: "Today you ignore me, tomorrow you'll be begging for my attention!"
The ninth-grade talismans and array plates shocked everyone on the Immortal Spirit Continent.
The red banner displayed by Lingji Shop instilled fear in everyone.
According to a long-standing legend in the Immortal Spirit Continent, the Qingyun Sect is so poor that it doesn't even have a single ninth-grade pill, talisman, artifact, or array. Even their Tribulation Transcending cultivators don't possess any ninth-grade magic treasures.
But now, they are openly displaying a ninth-grade talisman and Master Long's array plate to the entire Immortal Spirit Continent.
Do you want talismans and array plates?
I have a source of goods!
Zhong Lingxin stood in front of "Lingji Shop," examining the red banner hanging high, and asked Huo Jun beside her, "Did you release the message I asked you to?"
Huo Jun smiled and said, "It's already been released. In a couple of days, rumors should be spreading throughout the Immortal Spirit Continent that Chen Guibao poisoned Chen Xingyi."
Zhong Lingxin nodded: "Yes, find more rogue cultivators and others, and scatter spirit stones. We can't keep letting them slander us. First they slandered Chen Xingyi, then I, then my master and the Qingyun Sect, and in the end you will all suffer too. No one will escape."
Although Huo Jun had signed a master-servant contract with Zhong Lingxin, she was originally a young lady from a medium-sized family and possessed an inherent arrogance. While she initially had contractual loyalty to Zhong Lingxin, she lacked genuine respect. Judging from Zhong Lingxin's recent actions—high-profile, flamboyant, and somewhat wicked—she was merely obediently following orders.
But now, Zhong Lingxin's words made her understand in an instant.
Zhong Lingxin is never impulsive; she always thinks three steps ahead before acting.
Zhong Lingxin knew Huo Jun's thoughts from the beginning, as did Chen Xingyi and others.
She's not in a hurry; she'll win their loyalty gradually when things get tough.
During this time, Huo Jun and the others also had another idea: all the cultivators on the Immortal Spirit Continent are blind!
All the cultivators were saying that the Qingyun Sect was poor, and that the Venerable Qingyang was the number one cultivator who was poor when he crossed the tribulation.
What they saw was that the Qingyun Sect did not panic despite the Chen family's business blockade. The disciples continued to receive their monthly stipends as usual, and some who were in seclusion for training or hadn't received their stipends in a long time even received ten or a hundred years' worth at once. The Qingyun Sect's affairs hall happily paid them all in one lump sum, telling them to come back next month, and the month after that, and that they would be fined every single spirit stone.
Qingyang Venerable Saint was even more unpredictable. He would ask his disciple all the time, "Do you have enough funds to open a shop? How about your master gives you some? Your master doesn't need it, it's all just sitting there."
Zhong Lingxin's answer was even more perplexing: "Master, I don't need it for now. The shops need to be opened one by one. I can only buy a hundred or so for now. I still have spirit stones to make do. I'll come back to you for more when I need more."
Venerable Qingyang approved of his disciple's idea of buying shops. They weren't short of spirit stones, so they could buy them one by one to avoid landlords getting jealous and raising prices arbitrarily if the business did well.
Of all the people, Chen Xingyi was the busiest and most fulfilled. He and Zhong Lingxin discussed for half a month and finalized a plan. They were busy recruiting, training, and buying shops.
During this time, for Chen Xingyi's safety, Uncle Xuanyuan stayed by his side every day, praising the kid endlessly as a talented individual with strong execution skills and a brilliant mind. While running the shop, he handled several batches of goods. The storage ring of spirit stones that Zhong Lingxin gave him was not only useless, but he also earned back the storage ring. Incidentally, he also bought many small spirit beasts, which, once trained, could help out and do chores.
What Xuan Yuan Shu truly admired about Chen Xingyi was the kindness that remained in his heart.
Most of the little spirit beasts he bought were injured or disabled.
Chen Xingyi also bought back a batch of servants, who were then contracted out to Huo Jun and others.
Zhong Lingxin's thoughts were simple: the cultivation world had its own rules, which she couldn't change, so she could only do her best to treat these servants she had bought well.
With Zhong Lingxin's introduction of the ninth-grade talisman and array plate, all the sects and individuals who wanted to take advantage of the Chen family's suppression of the Qingyun Sect began to observe.
As the Qingyun Sect continued to distribute its allowances and its disciples continued their cultivation as usual, those sects and individuals who wanted to take advantage of the Qingyun Sect gradually wavered and began to associate with the sect to a limited extent.
The Chen family's business empire is simply too vast. Every sect alliance has too many business dealings with the Chen family, so they dare not easily turn against them.
Among these sect alliances, Lingyun Sect was the most at a loss.
Upon hearing the message from the Chen family, the Lingyun Sect responded immediately and also sent a message to all the secondary sects.
Over the past twenty years, the Qingyun Sect has developed rapidly, and they have been unable to suppress it. They have watched as the Qingyun Sect's reputation has grown day by day, and it seems to be catching up with the Lingyun Sect.
The sect leader of Lingyun Sect was almost frantic with worry.
Now that they've finally seized an opportunity, they certainly won't let it slip by.
Soon after, Zhong Lingxin launched ninth-grade talismans and array plates, and even put up red banners to tell everyone that if you ignore me today, you'll be begging for my attention tomorrow.
Whether the Qingyun Sect, with these two things in hand, can become unapproachable is unknown, but it certainly has a solid foundation for its existence.
The Chen family released information about Chen Xingyi's insane killing spree.
Rumors began circulating again in various cultivation cities that Chen Guibao had poisoned Chen Xingyi with the Fire Dragon Poison.
The Chen family released videos of Chen Xingyi's mother and sister's daily life at home.
Chen Xingyi chuckled and rattled off a long list of legitimate sons, illegitimate sons, and children born out of wedlock, including Chen Guibao, Chen Guiyu, and Chen Jiaojiao. He named each child and described their age, appearance, spiritual roots, and other information in detail.
The people of the Immortal Spirit Continent hadn't had such a juicy piece of gossip in a long time, and everyone was eagerly awaiting the sequel, with betting openings in the markets.