Chapter 652: The Rise of Immortal Cultivation Industry is Imminent

Shang Zheng, clad in a gray robe, took a deep breath, suppressed the panic in his heart, and stepped cautiously into this deep, ink-black palace.

He was from a collateral branch of the Shang family, oppressed by others, and had come to this desolate place where life and death were constantly at stake.

The palace was silent.

There were no servants, no maids; the wind blew, curtains swayed everywhere, further intensifying the panic in people's hearts, as if walking through a ghostly realm.

Until he reached the center of the palace,

on the black crow throne amidst the clouds, a youth in green robes, with a long sword at his waist, sat there, his gaze calm.

"Greetings, Tushan Master Dinghai Zhenjun!"

Shang Zheng dared not look longer, forced his trembling body to stillness, and prostrated himself in a great bow.

The person before him,

was the infamous Liuzhi Liuzhi Laomo who had single-handedly annihilated the General Heishi of the Northern Plains, whose ferocious reputation was widespread!

According to intelligence, his mind was profound, he mostly appeared via avatars, had no scruples whatsoever, and bullying the weak was a common occurrence.

He had laid out a plan over a century, instigated internal slaughter within the General Heishi, and once their strength was greatly weakened, ruthlessly set a trap to slay the Divine Crow Master Dinghai Zhenjun, destroying the ten-thousand-year-old Beast Spirit Xiancheng, becoming the number one rogue demon lord of the Northern Plains.

A mere collateral branch Jin Dan dying here would not draw any attention from anyone.

Even a main branch Jin Dan would be the same.

The Northern Plains were long no longer the Northern Plains where the Northern Plains family reigned supreme.

"Shang Daoist, no need for such formalities."

The voice from the black crow throne was gentle, crisp, and youthful, like that of a true sixteen-year-old boy.

Shang Zheng secretly shivered.

"What are the various Nascent Souls of the Northern Plains family doing now?"

Jiang Ding, not wasting time on pleasantries, asked, "Do they still have the capacity to search the world in groups of double-digit Nascent Souls to hunt down and kill enemies?"

"Master Dinghai Zhenjun, this junior's cultivation is low; I truly do not know."

Shang Zheng's body trembled, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

This pressure, where life could end in the next moment with no power to resist, was simply too immense, so much so that even a Jin Dan cultivator could not remain calm.

"Tell me what you know."

Jiang Ding said indifferently.

"Yes, Master Dinghai Zhenjun!"

Shang Zheng keenly sensed the other's displeasure and dared not delay even a moment: "The chaotic armies of Blood Flow Cloud and others of the Northern Plains wander and expand everywhere; the Dari Army and the Dari Sword Army are capturing cities and seizing lands everywhere; it is extremely chaotic now, with fighting and killing occurring in all places."

"Affected by this, the borders of the three major powers have seen disturbances multiple times, with Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun stationed at the various array nodes."

"Logically speaking, logically speaking... there should be no spare capacity."

"Logically so..."

Jiang Ding fell into thought, comparing intelligence from all sides: "The suppression armies of the Liu Dao Sect, Bingxuedian, and Zhenjun He Huan Sect set out long ago, did they not? How is the battlefield situation?"

"The journey is long; they have not yet reached the battlefield."

Shang Zheng explained quickly: "The cost of operating long-distance teleportation arrays is Gao Ang; for a few people it is fine, but for tens of thousands, along with large amounts of supplies, they can only travel by treasure ships. Seven years is not enough to arrive; it is estimated that another seven or eight years will be needed before the three sects' armies reach the Black Snow Great Grassland."

"I see."

Jiang Ding appeared indifferent, clearly having known this already.

The spatial technology of the Northern Plains family was not very good; with the technology of the Immortal Sects, the cost would not be so high; armies traveling via long-distance teleportation arrays had already become the norm.

As for the Dari Sect and others... that was unknown.

Even if they had the technology, there was still a considerable distance before they could actually produce it.

Materials: many materials that look cheap and common do not exist even in single small realms; only extremely expensive materials can be used as substitutes.

There are also related artifact refiners, array masters specializing in spatial aspects, personnel maintaining them in various places, and even operators have certain requirements; the numbers are large, not just one or two, but a whole system.

High technology requires high-quality talent to operate; the Dari Sect cannot cultivate talent in many aspects.

Jin Dan cultivators know very little; the intelligence value is not great.

"Shang Daoist, you coming here, the Shang family coming here,"

"if you want to do business, then do business; I do not oppose it."

Jiang Ding said indifferently: "However, do not do anything that violates the laws of Master Tushan Xiancheng. I recall your merchant association has similar regulations; do not make things difficult for me."

"If this happens again, others might think I am an old-fashioned, cruel, and bloodthirsty person who rejects the way of commerce."

"This is not the truth."

The existence of the Lingbao Merchant Association has a certain positive significance for Master Tushan Xiancheng.

After Master Tushan Xiancheng developed, it leaped from a relatively low place where talismans, magical artifacts, and pills Deng Cheng Pin were dumped and spiritual mines and spiritual herbs were bought at low prices, to become a provider of high-quality, low-price talismans and magical artifacts.

There was no way; with the improvement of Immortal Dao productivity, the local consumer base was somewhat insufficient.

The Shang family has recently been buying these things, reselling them, making a fortune; relying on their channels spread throughout the Northern Plains, in this era of frequent warfare, there was no worry about sales.

The resources of the Three Kingdoms region are limited; there are only so many spiritual veins, only so much resource output; development has an upper limit, and the Immortal Dao ecological cycle improvement would not show results without thousands or tens of thousands of years.

However, once an influx of external materials arrives, developing the Immortal Dao processing industry might allow it to reach a higher level, surpassing the natural endowment of this place and developing wildly.

In this aspect, there exists a common interest with the Shang family.

"Master Dinghai Zhenjun!"

"This junior will surely abide by the Tushan laws and never violate even a tiny bit!"

Shang Zheng suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of incredulous joy, keenly sensing the hidden meaning in the words of the person on the black crow throne.

His heart pounded.

If this matter could succeed, this place would instantly transform from a place of exile into a great opportunity for him!

"That is good."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly: "I am weary. Daoist Shang, if you have matters to attend to, go discuss them at the newly formed Merchant Hall."

"Master Dinghai Zhenjun, this junior takes his leave."

Shang Zheng hurriedly rose and said.

"The Battle of the Wang Ting in the Northern Plains..."

In the vast, silent hall, Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

Connected to the sea of consciousness, within that starry sea symbolizing the Northern Plains, scattered star points representing the Tian Chong Guang Yao Yang Dao Soldiers were distributed; occasionally one or two more appeared, their speed far surpassing that of the Tushan Xiancheng side.

The number of Northern Plains maids and candidate maids totaled four thousand two hundred eighty-six!

All possessed dual spiritual roots and exceptional comprehension; the standard had not lowered by a single bit, and as time passed, the number continued to grow, showing no sign of stopping.

The maids from the Three Kingdoms lands were rushing to the Northern Plains precisely for this reason: massive military expansion, and the instructors were temporarily insufficient.

The three Jin Dan maids, Chun, Xia, and Qiu, along with a large number of formal maids, were intensively teaching and training the newly joined Northern Plains candidate maids, striving to form an army as soon as possible to participate in the front-line battlefield.

"Reaching one hundred and eight thousand Dao Soldiers does not seem so far away..."

Jiang Ding was somewhat surprised.

The fact that the three maids, Chun, Xia, and Qiu, could expand the army at such a speed without any decline in troop quality was naturally not due to their three Jin Dan Jing Gao Jie realms.

To know, dual spiritual root aptitude is already an excellent talent in the Cultivation World; a Heaven Spiritual Root is rare and hard to find, often appearing only once among hundreds of thousands of people, and within Jin Dan Sects and Jin Dan powers, they are the backbone supporting the sect, with very few families possessing even one.

The reason it was so effortless

was naturally that the blood of Liu Yun and the multitude of Jin Dan cultivators had heard of the great name of Tushan Master Dinghai Zhenjun, actively cooperating, and even sending their own nephews and sons to offer their service, hoping for a bright future.

This is the value of the Tushan sword cultivators keeping a single promise worth a thousand gold.

(End of this chapter)