Chapter 1611

Sovereign Jiazi and Xia Na both squeezed against Liu Mengyun, so Su Yang could only sit leaning against Xia Na.

Liu Mengyun clapped her hands and said to Su Yang, "Come sit over here, I'll hold you!"

"No!"

Su Yang turned his head away, not wanting to speak.

Sovereign Jiazi said quietly from the side, "You two lovebirds, stop flirting right in front of us!"

"Yeah!" Xia Na nodded. "Watching you two feels really uncomfortable."

"Fine then!"

Liu Mengyun heeded Sovereign Jiazi's and Xia Na's suggestion.

After the great battle, Su Yang, Sovereign Jiazi, and Xia Na were all fine, not particularly tired.

But Liu Mengyun was tired.

The main attacker this time was her!

Liu Mengyun reached out and pulled Xia Na into her embrace.

Xia Na didn't struggle, obediently lying in Liu Mengyun's arms.

Liu Mengyun had a great figure, her embrace soft and warm, not uncomfortable at all.

Xia Na couldn't help but recall the time when she had just been taken in by Su Yang and stayed by Liu Mengyun's side.

Back then, the person Xia Na admired and liked most, besides Su Yang, was Liu Mengyun.

Back then, Su Yang was still the City Lord of Mount Dajiao, always vanishing and reappearing out of nowhere, dumping all matters onto Liu Mengyun—he was completely an absentee boss!

She spent the most time by Liu Mengyun's side.

Liu Mengyun also took especially good care of her back then.

But liking someone is hard to hold back, especially for a little girl like Xia Na.

Having been wandering and displaced since childhood, Xia Na had the same girlish fantasies about a significant other.

She also had a calmer, more objective, and realistic mindset than Sovereign Jiazi.

After much thought, she still settled on Su Yang…

Lying in Liu Mengyun's arms, Xia Na suddenly felt a twinge of guilt and uneasiness.

At that moment Sovereign Jiazi spoke up: "General Su, do we have any other targets?"

"Not for now!" Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "For now let's focus on hunting fierce beasts! What we still need to do now is slowly build up our strength—wait another two months!"

Continuing to kill isn't a good thing.

If we really get discovered, we'll be enemies of the entire world.

Su Yang still preferred to play it safe.

"Alright!"

Sovereign Jiazi nodded.

Liu Mengyun suddenly asked, "The strongest nearby faction is the Eight Treasures Studio. Should we find someone to join the Eight Treasures Studio? You've already thoroughly offended the Shenlongshang Alliance anyway!"

"Let's wait and see on that point!"

"But if our Huaxia Federation descends upon the Beast Master Great World, the Eight Treasures Studio probably won't let us off, right?" Liu Mengyun said. "I mean commercial control, just like how the Eight Treasures Studio dealt with the Qingluan Kingdom. If the Eight Treasures Studio really wants to control our Huaxia Federation's commerce, both sides might come into conflict, and regardless of who wins or loses, it won't be a good thing for us."

"The fact that the Eight Treasures Studio can stand up to the Shenlongshang Alliance shows their strength isn't bad either!"

Su Yang asked, "Then what's your view?"

"It depends on the Federation's and your thoughts. If they're willing to let domestic commerce be monopolized and controlled by the Eight Treasures Studio, and willing to accept the Eight Treasures Studio's extremely low commercial taxes, then we won't need to resist!" Liu Mengyun analyzed. "If the Huaxia Federation wants to rise quickly, tax revenue is absolutely essential."

This was indeed a very realistic issue.

For the Huaxia Federation to develop, it must have sufficient resources.

Commercial tax revenue was originally an indispensable part of the Federation's economic system.

If commerce within the Xia Federation Territory were monopolized by the Eight Treasures Studio, then the pricing and pricing power of many cultivation resources would fall into the Eight Treasures Studio's hands.

At that point, either the Huaxia Federation would back down, or the Eight Treasures Studio would back down.

As a commercial alliance, the Eight Treasures Studio would absolutely not back down without sufficient strength being shown.

"If we don't want to fight directly, we can only negotiate directly!" Liu Mengyun raised an eyebrow. "Anyway, once the Eight Treasures Studio enters the Huaxia Federation, our Federation's two Shang Alliances will definitely collapse in the short term. This is purely a dimensional strike, the kind with no chance of turning things around."

Liu Mengyun asked, "Then what should we do?"

"Completely take over the two Shang Alliances within the Xia Federation Territory, nationalize them, pool resources, then split the Shang Alliance into three, run them separately, and maintain a competitive relationship!" Liu Mengyun said. "Externally, resist the pressure from the Eight Treasures Studio. We can allow them to enter the Huaxia Federation, but absolutely not allow them to take down our Shang Alliances."

This kind of system, Su Yang was truly more than familiar with.

"Cultivation resources are strategic resources. If the Huaxia Federation wants to develop, it's best to have its own Shang Alliance—at the very least, it must control the domestic market!"