Chapter 39: Bankrupt, Sleeping Dragon Jin Guang

The starry river shone brilliantly in the sky; on a flying chariot artifact suspended halfway, the master and disciples were conversing.

"Master, you said the Twin Longshan might produce a Ninth-Rank spiritual treasure in the future; who does such a newly born spiritual treasure belong to?"

Wang Yulou was very curious about the distribution model of production resources in the Cultivation World.

"The Red Lanterns, the Xian Alliance, and the like are too wealthy and powerful; they certainly wouldn't snatch a Ninth-Rank spiritual treasure—that would be too shameful.

The Dripping Cave, the Gu family, and the like, with a Purple Mansion presiding, wouldn't act either; they lack vision.

Under the Xian Alliance's rule, Foundation Establishment cultivators are severely restricted; even a slight move could mean the destruction of one's clan.

Often, it is merely Qi Refining cultivators fighting it out; whoever wins takes it.

The previous head of the Wu family obtained the Chaotic Stone Well this way."

Red Eyebrow said, his heart burning with some heat.

He actually wanted to compete too, but such an opportunity is too rare for wandering cultivators to find; it is more a matter of chance than effort.

"Do those great clans and Xian Sects also send their own descendants to participate in the scramble under assumed names?" Wang Yulou asked, with a touch of melancholy.

Wang Yulou had long seen clearly: this wretched Cultivation World is a great prison; those rules and dogmas lock up all cultivators who have not become Purple Mansion.

If you cannot become Purple Mansion, you must follow the rules.

But following the rules means no excess profits.

Without profits, there are no resources; without resources, one cannot become Purple Mansion.

Linked ring by ring, the Wang Shi clan produced not a single Purple Mansion in twelve hundred years.

"Hahaha, you are not stupid; a Foundation Establishment cultivator can calculate the approximate time of a spiritual treasure's birth; any faction with a Foundation Establishment cultivator will send their best hands to wait nearby in advance.

Wandering cultivators cannot wait, and they cannot fight; the Wu family came from the Miao Peak Mountain, and your Wang Shi is an vassal of the Red Lanterns; wandering cultivators have it hard; their only hope is to reach Foundation Establishment and live another two hundred years."

Red Eyebrow complained.

He also wanted to be free; he wanted to be free so much, but he couldn't!

"Master, you will certainly succeed in reaching Foundation Establishment!" This was Wang Yulou.

"Certainly succeed, certainly succeed!" This was Wang Yuan.

"Hahaha, let's see what fate brings; this time I am almost bankrupt."

Wang Yulou said nothing.

For the sake of Foundation Establishment, Red Eyebrow was indeed almost bankrupt; otherwise, he would not have allowed the two of them to borrow the Hua Feng Residence to sell artifacts to outsiders.

At that time, the Wang Shi and Red Eyebrow had a gentleman's agreement: the two brothers, Wang Yulou and Wang Yuan, could not refine artifacts to sell to outsiders while Red Eyebrow was still alive.

Now Red Eyebrow could not care less about that; he needed the two brothers to support the business of the Hua Feng Residence, relieve his pressure, and squeeze out more time for him to prepare for Foundation Establishment.

Including returning yesterday to the Twin Longshan, his former cave dwelling, was the first time in many years that Red Eyebrow sought out wandering cultivators he once knew to sell artifacts.

Time was tight; no matter how much preparation was made, there was still worry it would not be enough; this portly Red Eyebrow layman looked unhurried, but in action he was already extremely anxious.

At dawn, white mountain mist gently draped over the emerald peaks by the river.

A green great river wound across the ground; if the dragon of the Twin Longshan was a stretch, then the dragon of the Sleeping Dragon River seemed very reasonable and appropriate.

The flying chariot artifact landed steadily on Jin Biya by the Sleeping Dragon River; here lay a market town not recorded on any map—Sleeping Dragon Fang.

After disembarking from the artifact, Wang Yulou noticed many cultivators, either hovering in mid-air or pressed close to the cliff face, crowding the edge of Jin Biya, as if something special was about to happen.

"They are waiting for Jin Guang; although the Sleeping Dragon River is not a spiritual river nor a spiritual treasure, Jin Biya is an Eighth-Rank spiritual treasure.

Every morning, when the nearby mountain mist around Jin Biya is dispersed by both sunlight and the Jin Guang of Jin Biya, a special spiritual tide is produced, named Jin Guang.

This spiritual tide is extraordinary; it can serve as a spiritual guide for many talismans, far better than using the Great Sun Purple Qi as a spiritual guide."

Red Eyebrow actually had many acquaintances here; while greeting people, he pointed to a general store.

"Your family's shop; the Shopkeeper is named Wang Rongsheng; do you two know him?"

Wang Yulou was somewhat stunned.

Good, good, good; the Wang Shi is indeed extraordinary; even illegal business gets a hand in it.

The Xian Alliance is too far away; the Wang Shi is too close; he finally understood why Wang Xianmao had the confidence to recruit Red Eyebrow into the Wang Shi after he reached Foundation Establishment.

The meaning of inheritance was, at this moment, once again concretely displayed before Wang Yulou.

"I have heard of him but never seen him; Elder Rongsheng left home to struggle on his own very long ago," Wang Yulou replied.

"Hahaha, you two go in and wait for me; I will go discuss business; in the afternoon I will take you back to Qing Xi Fang."

Huh?

Watching Red Eyebrow leave without looking back, Wang Yulou sucked in a breath of cold air.

Sleeping Dragon Fang is an illegal market town!

Master, is your heart too big?

However, behind Sleeping Dragon Fang there are people from the Xian Alliance, and also the Purple Mansion faction, Miao Peak Mountain.

The reputation is indeed formidable; the comings and goings of people are not inferior even to Qing Xi Fang.

"Let's go; go in to visit this clan uncle of ours, and also ask him if he knows what business Master is doing here."

Accompanied by Wang Yuan, Wang Yulou walked into this general store.

Upon entering the shop was a large counter; behind the counter were shelves, though the shelves were somewhat empty.

"What do the two Daoist friends wish to buy?" the clerk asked.

"We are looking for the Shopkeeper; is that convenient?"

Observing the situation inside the shop, Wang Yulou asked calmly.

"Wait a moment." The clerk saw Wang Yulou's extraordinary appearance, did not delay, and soon summoned Wang Rongsheng out.

Wang Rongsheng looked like a lean old man; with early-stage Qi Refining cultivation, he wore a loose dharma robe and kept a beautiful beard, looking quite like an immortal.

"Hahaha, what business do the two young Daoist friends have with this old man?"

Wang Rongsheng had not returned to his family clan for many years and did not know Wang Yulou or Wang Yuan.

Yuan'an was already feeling awkward, but Yulou found it quite interesting.

Meeting relatives in a foreign land—how could there be any estrangement?

We are all Wang Shizi; we are all one family.

"Uncle Rongsheng, this junior is Yulou, and this is Yuan'an. Today we followed Master Hongmei Jushi to Wolong Fang to discuss business. Knowing you were here, we came specifically to pay our respects."

Wang Rongsheng was stunned at first, then realized the situation. He stepped out from behind the counter and said, somewhat vexed.

"That rascal Hongmei—how could he have brought you here!"

Seeing Yulou's slightly awkward expression, he explained.

"It's not that we don't welcome you. Alas, Hongmei is just making a scene!"

"Times have changed. The Gu Shen Zong across the river and Miaofeng Mountain here have had a clash; Wolong Fang is in a state of extreme alarm."

"Master came to discuss business and brought us along from Qing Xi Fang to teach us auxiliary Dao arts."

Yulou felt a bit dramatic. After sixteen years of quiet cultivation since his transmigration, was the transmigration protagonist's inevitable mechanism of causing trouble wherever he went finally triggering?

"Uncle Rongsheng, it looks quite normal outside," Yuan'an said, also somewhat puzzled.

Wolong Fang had fewer people than Qing Xi Fang, but built on the edge of a cliff with a compact layout, its prosperity was no less than Qing Xi Fang's, showing absolutely no signs of alarm.

"The Gu Shen Zong wants Jin Biya. They have already made their move; they plan to attack Wolong Fang soon."

Wang Rongsheng was now very annoyed. Yulou and Yuan'an were both direct-line disciples of the Wang Shi, and moreover, they were Qing Qilin.

He had never met these two children, but he knew of them.

Now a crisis could strike at any moment, yet their unreliable master had brought them to Wolong Fang.

Hongmei, you are truly unreliable!

"The Gu Shen Zong is attacking Wolong Fang? But why are there still so many cultivators inside Wolong Fang?"

Yulou asked in shock.

Wang Rongsheng used three sentences to shatter the understanding of the Cultivation World under the control of the Xian Alliance and the Shi Sect that Yulou had just formed.

The Gu Shen Zong is a vassal of the Tianshe Sect, a sect established by a Purple Mansion grand cultivator.

Wolong Fang is backed by Miaofeng Mountain, a vassal of the Red Lantern Illumination, also guarded by a Purple Mansion grand cultivator.

If they fight, won't everything descend into chaos?