Chapter 3608: Benefiting from the Merchant Guild

Ye Liuyun feels that by then the Zhongxing Wangchao should send someone to negotiate with the Demon Race, ceding the Southern Region to the Demon Race.

As long as the Demon Race still obeys the Zhongxing Wangchao's administration, the Zhongxing Wangchao will not dispatch troops. As for who manages it, the Zhongxing Wangchao probably doesn't care.

Ye Liuyun also looted a large amount of resources from the Demon Race. He wanted to exchange them for Primordial Power to replenish Qinglian. Yet he found that trade here is extremely inconvenient, and there is no merchant guild.

He immediately thought of Chengyuan Shānghuì, and he promptly had Li Qianjiao make contact, having them open a merchant guild within the Demon Race's territory. With Ye Liuyun's official protection, Chengyuan Shānghuì naturally has no reservations.

Lǐ Chengfeng's investment finally sees a return now. Li Qianjiao is still not Ye Liuyun's woman, but whenever Ye Liuyun thinks of a merchant guild, he thinks of Chengyuan Shānghuì.

Lǐ Chengfeng also reminds Li Qianjiao: "Don't be careless, keep pushing forward, lest other merchant guilds adopt the same method and steal your limelight."

"Got it!" Li Qianjiao, after Lǐ Chengfeng's reminder, feels a hint of urgency.

She also thinks that once Ye Liuyun captures the entire Southern Region, other merchant guilds will try to curry favor with him, and whether Ye Liuyun will, for profit, give the preferential policies meant for Chengyuan Shānghuì to others is hard to say.

Ye Liuyun won't be like Li Qianjiao, pondering romantic matters. He is thinking about how to integrate the Demon Race into this world, coexisting peacefully with humans and Demon Cultivators.

And the way for them to accept each other is to have them first interact and get to know one another.

He discovers that the Demon Race isn't numerous; instead, the land is vast and sparsely populated, so resources are relatively abundant and individuals advance their realms quickly.

Thus his advice to Hei Shan and other Demon Race leaders is to open the borders, allowing Demon Cultivators and even humans to enter Demon territories, letting humans and the Demon Race cohabit.

Hei Shan and the others, having been with Ye Liuyun's group, have grown accustomed and are more receptive to Human Martial Cultivators. Yet many demons can't instantly change their mindset, still viewing humans as food.

"Educate them slowly!" In response, Ye Liuyun has no better solution.

He simply begins by introducing merchant guilds, taverns, and other things that broaden the Demon Race's horizons and facilitate trade and circulation, letting the Demon Race gradually accept humans.

The Demon Race isn't particularly averse to merchant guilds and taverns; after all, these things are somewhat useful to them and are fairly acceptable.

When Ye Liuyun's proposed policies were issued, besides Chengyuan Shānghuì, other daring factions also began doing business within the Demon Race.

The Demon Race also strives to protect these businesses from disruption, so in a short time the Demon Race becomes livelier than before, and various resource trades quickly smooth out.

The Demon army confronting Du Hansong at the border also learned of the Demon Race's changes. At first they aimed to establish their own kingdom, but soon discovered that Ye Liuyun's Demon army was far stronger, so they gradually submitted to Ye Liuyun and accepted his governance.

Hei Shan immediately dispatched five hundred thousand troops to replace that Demon army, reorganizing it. Then he trained all the Demon troops, emphasizing discipline and coordination among soldiers, boosting their combat power.

If they wish to prevent the Zhongxing Wangchao from mobilizing against them, the best method is to raise the Demon army's combat power, making the Zhongxing Wangchao deem the casualties of attacking them too high.

Lei Ming and the Nine-Head Demon Dragon have both earned the Demon Race's recognition and respect. Thus their status among the Demon Race even surpasses Ye Liuyun's, and the Demon Race readily obeys their words.

Ye Liuyun has always stayed behind the scenes steering the Demon Race's overall development, rarely appearing, so the Demon Race assumes these policies are issued by Hei Shan and other Demon leaders.

Hei Shan also becomes the Demon Race's new Clan Chief. He never imagined that, as a member of a Foreign Tribe, he would one day be accepted by the Demon Race.

"Foreign Tribes are essentially just a branch of the Demon Race. Once the evil aura you carry is purified, you'll naturally be embraced by the Demon Race!" Ye Liuyun finds this point

quite open.

He believes that any race, alike, can live in harmony.

But he also reminds Hei Shan and the others to seize the opportunity while resources are abundant and quickly strengthen themselves. Otherwise, the Demon Race will eventually question their status, and they cannot always rely on guards for protection.

Hei Shan and the other leaders also know that, as Clan Chief and Elder, if their strength is lacking, they will certainly be doubted by their people. Therefore, in recent times they have taken many Demon Race resources for themselves, rapidly boosting their power.

Moreover, the Demon army they brought continues to be in cultivation, constantly enhancing its strength. In the future, this Demon army will become the Demon Race's main force.

After the Demon Race stabilizes initially, Ye Liuyun finally leads the Tiger-Head Beast King and the Demon half‑beast legion to the front lines, preparing to focus on Song Qing. Hei Shan remains as Clan Chief at the Demon old stronghold.

The Demon army they brought is stationed near Pingyang Guan, serving as reserve forces, quietly cultivating and strengthening in peacetime.

Pingyang Guan's location features a continuous mountain range, like a natural wall, blocking the Demon army outside the pass.

Upon arriving, Ye Liuyun first uses Primordial Spirit Secret Technique and Spatial Power to summon a Thunder Dragon Colossus, attempting to cross the mountains and strike the defending troops opposite.

But the defending troops' combined Formation quickly destroys the Thunder Dragon Colossus he conjured.

Tang Xinyao coordinates with Ye Liuyun, using Wind‑Thunder Fan and Blood‑Mist Formation Flag to attack, but it only works at first and is soon countered by the soldiers' combined Formation. Even the Blood‑Mist Formation Flag is blasted back by the enemy.

Ye Liuyun releases the Golden Crow Fire Spirit again, but Du Hansong possesses a fire‑absorbing artifact that almost draws the Golden Crow Fire Spirit away. Fortunately, the Golden Crow Fire Spirit has sentience; sensing danger, Ye Liuyun quickly reclaims it.

"Du Hansong really has some skill; no wonder he's so reckless!" After probing, Ye Liuyun ceases full‑scale assault, not wanting the Demon Race to suffer heavy losses.

He merely exchanges many resources with Chengyuan Shānghuì, replenishing the Qinglian and the apocalyptic Black Lotus energy of the Nine‑Head Demon Beast in his Sea of Consciousness.

Du Hansong's side also begins full‑scale battle preparations.

Although Ye Liuyun only launched a probing attack, it made him feel this assault was distinct. Each type of attack is actually strong, yet only a taste, clearly a larger strike lies ahead.

Song Qing even dispatched some Demon Cultivator scouts to infiltrate the Demon army and assassinate Ye Liuyun, the Tiger‑Head Beast King, and other Demon leaders. However, Lei Ming and other Monster Beasts detected them early, capturing or killing them before they could act.

"Hehe, I wasn't in a hurry, yet Song Qing can't wait!"

After using Soul Search to learn some information about Song Qing, Ye Liuyun still does not act, continuing to wait. He intends to strike after Du Hansong lowers his guard. Recently the encoding has been severe, giving us more motivation, faster updates; please click to exit reading mode. Thank you.